D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities
Episodes
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Australian Playboys - Black Sheep R.I.P. (1967) The "Australian Playboys" was the name given to the Melbourne-spawned rock & roll band The Playboys, for their appearances and record releases outside of Australia, to avoid confusion with Gary Lewis's backing band "The Playboys."
Because if you mess with Jerry's boy, you're gonna have a bad time. Only one person humiliates Gary Lewis, and that's his father.
Eden's Children - Awakening (1968) "Sham," as ABC wanted the non-existent fans to call Richard Schamach, really was. To be hyped as better than Cream no doubt created expectations this trio could never live up to. Produced by Bob Theile, who wrote “What a Wonderful World” and produced countless great artists from the '60s.
Bob Kuban and the In-Men - Drive My Car (1966) Their hit was “The Cheater” (1965). The frontman/singer was Walter Scott.Scott disappeared on December 27, 1983. In April 1987, his body was found floating face-down in a cistern. He had been hog-tied and shot in the back. Scott's second wife, JoAnn (née Calcaterra), pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution of his murder and received a five-year sentence. Her lover, James H. Williams Sr., whom she married in 1986, was found guilty of two counts of capital murder involving the deaths of his previous wife, Sharon Williams (who died from what was originally thought to be an auto accident in 1983), and of Walter Scott.
That, my friends, is Rock and Roll.
Briarcliff Strings And Voices - I Want To Hold Your Hand (1966)
Burt Bacharach - Lisa (1967)
Eden's Children - Just Let Go (1968) Here is an excellent interview with the lead singer Richard Lee ("Sham"). "After Eden’s Children, I went out to play with Edgar Winter when he was putting together White Trash. When Rick Derringer became available to Edgar I made a hop to Boston again and played with Vern Miller’s (The Remains) group Swallow, with George Leh."
Eden's Children - Invitation (1968)
Eden's Children - Stone Fox (1968)
Freddy Weller - Listen to the Young Folks (1970)
Gary Wilson - Chromium Bitch (1977) Gary Wilson is an experimental musician/performance artist best known for his 1977 album You Think You Really Know Me, after which he promptly retired from recording and performing concerts. He slowly gained a strong cult following during the 1980s and 1990s, and in the early 2000s became active again.
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds - Who Do You Love (1975) On Playboy Records. What's that trivia question I gave you?
Hot Chocolate - Walking On The Moon (1980) “Baby you make me Feel like Im walkin...”
Hudson & Pickett - Sky High Market (1976)
Jim Valley - Try, Try, Try (1967)
Jim Valley - Go-Go Round (1967)
Jim Valley - I'm Real (1967)
Jimmy Webb - Saturday Suit (1973)
Jimmy Webb - Arnie's Appeasement Signals (Samurai Sequence)(1973)
Jimmy Webb - Gymnast's Ballet (Fingerpainting) (Soundtrack)(1973)
Jimmy Webb - Song Seller (1972)
Mean Mister Mustard - Davy Jr and Guess Who? (1969)
Paul Revere and the Raiders - We Gotta All Get Together (1970 Version)
Paul Revere and the Raiders - We Gotta All Get Together (1969 Version) Written by Fred Weller. He also recorded a version solo. It's not THAT great a song.
Raiders - Song Seller (1973) Written by Jimmy Webb.
Raiders - Just Seventeen (1970) My favorite Raiders track.
Paul Revere Interviews His Raiders - Free Cardboard Disc from Teen Scoop mag (1967) They had an unbelievable sense of humor.
Freddy Weller - Sexy Lady (1974)