D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities
Episodes
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
L Ron Hubbard (Amanda Ambrose) - The Worried Being (1986)
Excerpt from “Scientology” Talk by L Ron Hubbard (1967)
L Ron Hubbard/Yvonne Giliham Jentzch - The Golden Dawn (1972)
The Church of Scientology - We Stand Tall (1990)
Excerpt from “Scientology” Talk by L Ron Hubbard (1967)
The Golden Era Musicians (Edgar Winter on vocals) - Drum Drummer Drum (1998)
The Golden Era Musicians (Billy Sheehan on bass) - A Clever Man (1998)
Soundtrack from “Battlefield Earth” - Windsplitter (1982)
The Apollo Stars - We’re Movin’ In (1974)
Excerpt from “Scientology” Talk by L Ron Hubbard (1967)
Edgar Winter - Just A Kid (1986)
L Ron Hubbard (Michael Roberts, Pam Roberts, Margie Nelson) - Laugh A Little (1986)
Excerpt from “Scientology” Talk by L Ron Hubbard (1967)
L Ron Hubbard (John Travolta, Leif Garrett, Frank Stallone, Lee Purcell) - The Road To Freedom (1986)
L Ron Hubbard (John Travolta, Karen Black, Jeff Pomerantz, Frank Stallone, Lee Purcell, Gloria Rusch) - The ARC Song (1986)
Excerpt from “Scientology” Talk by L Ron Hubbard (1967)
L Ron Hubbard - L’envoi, Thank You For Listening (1986)
American Iron & Steel Institute (?)
Armageddon Experience - People In Motion (1970)
Armageddon was one of the music ministries from Campus Crusade For Christ during the late 1960s into the 1970s. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as "The Armageddon Experience" because of the title of their album, the album was produced by a new, young arrival to Hollywood, Michael Omartian, who wrote many of the songs for the group. He went on to produce records for Christopher Cross, Michael Bolton, Whitney Houston, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer and many more. As I type this, I can just hear the cheesy synths.
Avon - Music To Order Inches By (?)
Balsara & His Singing Sitars - Strawberry Fields Forever (1969)
Bobby Jameson - Please Little Girl Take This Lollipop (1963)
Bobby Jameson - Gotta Find My Roogalator (1966) Arranged by Frank Zappa.
Bobby Jameson - Know Yourself (1967)
Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest
Jameson was approached by Mira Records... They had recorded an album, Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest, with another singer-songwriter, Chris Ducey, for release on their mid-price subsidiary Surrey label. The album sleeves had already been printed, with Ducey's name and the track titles, but with a photo showing Brian Jones. However, in the meantime Ducey had entered into another contract with a different company, which meant that Mira were unable to release Ducey's record. The label asked Jameson — who at the time was "broke, homeless, and sleeping on people's couches" — to write and record new songs to match Ducey's song titles, and arranged to have the record sleeves overprinted so that the name "Ducey" would appear as "Lucey". Within two weeks, Jameson wrote the songs, and recorded them with producer Marshall Leib (previously a member of The Teddy Bears with his friend Phil Spector). The record was released without fanfare, with Jameson credited as songwriter, but without any agreement over his legal rights to the recordings. It was later issued on the Joy label in the UK under Jameson's own name, and the title Too Many Mornings.
Although Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest was not promoted commercially, and was ignored when first released in late 1965, over the years it acquired a strong reputation. According to Dean McFarlane at Allmusic:
This sought after psychedelic pop gem... [is] often compared to Love's Forever Changes, in that it is an intricate exploration of sophisticated arrangements and bleak and twisted lyricism... [It] may have been a little too courageous for its time, tackling blues, exotic - almost lounge arrangements and pure pop psychedelia. Its beauty is in its absolute fracture and collage of a million and one ideas.
Richie Unterberger wrote:
There aren't many albums of the time that bear an unmistakable Love similarity, but Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest is one of them. Both the vocals and songwriting bear strong recollections of early Arthur Lee, with the melodic but wistful folk-rock chord changes, occasional Latin jazz tempos, occasional gruff folk-blues downbeat atmosphere, probing yet vague lyrics, and oddball production.
Part of its appeal to record collectors was its obscurity and that little was known about its creator. Jameson himself commented: "[The album] was a throw away album when it was created. Like it or not, that is a fact. It has, in recent years, taken on a life of its own and for that I am grateful, but it needs to be viewed in real context, to see how it has risen on its own merit to a position it never held when it was created."
Bobby Jameson and Jesse Ed Davis - Junkie Jesus (1971)
Scritti Politti - Skank Bloc Bologna (1978)
Scritti Politti - P.A.s (1979)
Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl (1982)
Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (1985)
Ray Conniff - Theme From “Midnight Cowboy” (1970)