D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities
Episodes
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Ray Sawyer RIP
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Ray Sawyer - (One More Year Of) Daddy's Little Girl (1976)
Ray Sawyer - I Want Johnny's Job (1979)
Ray Sawyer - You Gave Me The Right (1962)
Ray Sawyer - I Don't Feel Much Like Smilin' (1979)
Ray Sawyer - Red Winged Bird (1977)
Ray Sawyer - I Need The High (But I Can't Stand The Taste) (1976)
Ray Sawyer - Bells In My Heart (1962)
Gene Carroll and The Shades - Is It Ever Gonna Happen (1964) Eugene Okerlund, Dec 19, 1942; Brookings, So Dakota - Jan 2, 2019; Sarasota, Fla. Later on Wausau label as Gene Carroll, began working in radio & eventually as TV wrestling announcer "Mean Gene" Okerlund.
The Moving Sidewalks - I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1969) With Billy Gibbons, later of ZZ Top.
Art Garfunkel - Scissors Cut (1981)
Bangor Flying Circus - Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown) (1969)
Sonny Smith - Super Spook (1973)
Sammy Davis Jr. - John Shaft (1972)
Willie Hutch - Give Me Some Of That Good Love (1974) From the Foxy Brown soundtrack.
O C Smith - Blowin' Your Mind (1972) From Shaft's Big Score. "Who freaks you out 'til you're downright simple?" I play these Shaft songs too frequently.
Spirit - Taurus (1968)
Spirit - Theme From "Potatoland" (1972)
Tingling Mother's Circus - Flowers On The Wall (1968)
Tingling Mother's Circus - I Found A New Love (1968)
Elliot Randall - Sour Flower (1970)
Interview with Elliott Randall.
Disney's "The Barefoot Executive" Opening Theme (1971)
Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (1972)
John Culliton Mahoney - The Ballad Of Evel Knievel (1974)
Louie and the Rockets - Stay Away From Karen (1972) Pacific Northwest band Louie and the Rockets performed several cover songs for the film, including "Johnny B. Goode," "Rock and Roll Music," "Roll Over Beethoven," and several others. The songs are only heard in original 35mm theatrical prints of the film. Due to music rights issues, home video and cable TV versions replaced the songs with instrumental music.
Marvin Gaye - "T" Stands For Trouble (1972)
Yes - Going For The One (1976)
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Disco here. Disco there. Disco on your derriere.
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Stump - Buffalo (1987)
Stump - Chaos (1987)
Peter Tork - Pleasant Valley Sunday (1980)
Village People - Action Man (1981)
Which cover do you like better?
Aretha Franklin - The Feeling (1979)
Village People - Big Mac (1981)
The Osmonds - Boogie Down (1976)
Connie Francis - Where The Boys Are (Disco version) (1978) ON the United Artists label. Just like ELO.
Bobby Vinton - Disco Polka (1979)
Ethel Merman - Everything's Coming Up Roses (Disco) (1979)
Village People - Food Fight (1981)
Theresa Brewer - Music Music Music (Disco version) (1976)
Myron Floren - Double Eagle Disco Polka (1977)
Percy Faith - Mongonucleosis (1975) Originally by Chicago.
Peter Tork - Since You Went Away (1980)
Rick Wakeman - Rhapsody In Blue (1979) He threw a tomato at YES's album cover?
Ringo Starr - Tango All Night (1977) Bette Midler on backing vocals.
Sammy Davis Jr. - That Old Black Magic (Disco version) (1979)
Black Arabs - Black Arabs (1978)
Village People - Do You Wanna Spend The Night (1981)
Bill Cosby - What You Think About Lickin' My Chicken? (1977)
Bobby Hebb - Sunny '76 (1976)
Frank Sinatra - All or Nothing At All (1977)
Mel Tormé - Dominique's Discoteque (1966)
Jack Allocco - Disco Madness (1978)
Reunion - Disco-Tekkin' (1975)
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Earth, Wind & Fire : The Early Years.
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Earth, Wind & Fire - I Can Feel it in My Bones (1971)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Mom (1972)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Fan The Fire (1971)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Love is Life (1971)
The Salty Peppers - La La Time (Pt. 1) (1969)
The Salty Peppers - Your Love is Life (1969) Recorded two years later by EWF.
Ramsay Lewis - Sun Goddess (1974) Backed by EWF.
Ramsay Lewis - Hot Dawgit (1974) Backed by EWF.
The Emotions - Flowers (1976) Written by Maurice White and Al McKay, backed by members of EWF. Produced by Charles Stepney and Maurice White, basically an EWF album. And a sort of Rotary Connection album.
The Emotions - Smile (1978) Written by White and McKay. Produced by White. You can REALLY tell when Verdine White is playing bass. Just a cut above.
Deniece Williams - Time (1977)
Deniece Williams - Watching Over (1976)
Charles Lloyd - TM Song (1972)
Mickey Dolenz - Daybreak (1973) One of the only songs Nilsson wrote that I like.
Dennis Wilson - River Song (1977)
Eddie and Dutch - My Wife The Dancer (1970)
Frank Sinatra - I Sing The Songs (1978)
Freddie Cannon - Sock It To The Judge (1968)
G.C. Cameron - If You Don't Love Me (1974)
Giles and Fripp - I Talk To The Wind (1968)
Greyhound - Black and White (1970)
Elvis Presley - Hey Jude (1968)
Frank Zappa - I Don't Wanna Get Drafted (1980) Single version.
Ian Thomas - Goodnight Mrs. Calabash (1976)
L Ron Hubbard - Windsplitter (1982)
Lawrence Hilton Jacobs - Larry's Theme (1978)
Les Humphries Singers - Mexico (1972)
I know no one is listening. But for my own sake, I think i need to repeat songs less. I treat my show as all cool and rare and precious, but I repeat songs as much as anyone. I didn't even realize that until I started archiving all of them. So to both of you, I'm sorry.
Friday Jul 03, 2020
In the wake of Elvis. Motown in different languages is still beautiful.
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Jerry Lee Lewis And Friends - Save The Last Dance For Me (1978)
Jerry Lee Lewis And Friends - Sweet Little Sixteen (1978)
Jerry Lee Lewis And Friends - I Love You Because (1978)
From Discogs:
A very weird, and weirdly entertaining, curiosity of an album. The liner notes simply say that the sessions that produced these tracks are "clouded in mystery," with the result that Lewis's lone duet partner on these tracks is never actually identified. Whoever he is, let's just say that he could make a very good living as an Elvis impersonator, and probably does. Let's also say that it's more than possible that his vocals were added years (if not decades) after the original sessions, which sound as if they derive from the early '60s, just before Lewis left Sun Records. Personnel: Jerry Lee Lewis (vocals, piano). Audio Remixer: Bob Smith. Producers: Sam C. Phillips, Jack Clement. Compilation producers: Shelby S. Singleton, Jim Wilson. Mojo (Publisher) (5/02, p.144) -"...A wonderful con devised by producer Shelby Singleton...Acquiring Lewis's Sun originals he persuaded Jimmy Ellis, perhaps the greatest Elvis impersonator, to imitate The King and overdubbing did the rest. Listeners were left open-mouthed..."Factually this artificial album issued in 1978 was composed by two unequal parts:1) most of tracks (9 of 11) are Jerry Lee Lewis recordings from sessions 1960-1962 later overdubbed by Jimmy Ellis vocals;2) two tracks ("Am I To Be The One" and "Sail Away") are Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Rich authentic duo recorded in 1959 and previously issued correspondingly in 1970 (on album Jerry Lee Lewis - A Taste Of Country without credit to Rich) and in 1975 (on compilation Kings Of Country Vol.2 where Rich was credited).So this album is performed, besides Jerry Lee Lewis himself, partially by "false friend" Jimmy Ellis (who never recorded together with Lewis) and partially by "true friend" Charlie Rich.Ellis and Rich were not credited, so them remain unnamed mysterious "friends".Though Lewis Sun sessions from 1960 to 1963 were recorded in stereo, this album was released in mono (maybe because duos with Charlie Rich do not have stereo versions).In 1996 this album was also reissued on CD in stereo. Two mono duos with Charlie Rich were removed, and three other tracks with overdubs by Ellis were added.
Jerry Lee Lewis - Rockin' Jerry Lee (1980)
Orion - Ebony Eyes (1979)
Orion - Rockabilly Rebel (1980)
Orion - Texas Tea (1980)
Ronnie McDowell - Walking Through Georgia In The Rain (1977)
Ronnie McDowell - Animal (1978)
Ronnie McDowell - This is A Hold Up (1978) Kinda rapey. "It's not your money. Since I tasted your honey..."
The Flatlanders - Bhagavan Decreed (1972)
The Flatlanders - Dallas (1972)
The Flatlanders - She Had Everything (1972)
Phil Ochs - Kansas City Bomber (1972)
Bill Medley - Old Friend (1985)
Roy Orbison - Hound Dog Man (1979)
The Four Tops - Gira Gira Reach Out (I'll Be There)
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Four Tops – L'Arcobaleno Walk Away, Renee
Jimmy Ruffin - Se Decidi Cosi' What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
Stevie Wonder - Mi Querido Amor My Cherie Amour
Stevie Wonder - Por Primera Vez For Once In My Life
The Temptations - Mein Girl My Girl
The Supremes - Baby, Baby, Wo Ist Unsere Liebe Where Did Our Love Go
The Supremes - Jonny Und Jo Come See About Me
Marvin Gaye - Wie Schön Das Ist How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Johnny Cash Sings In German (late 50's)
"Besser so Jenny Joe"
"Kleine Rosmarie"
"In Virginia"
"Wo ist Zuhause Mama"
"Wer kennt den Weg"
From "The Current":
Johnny Cash's German-language songs were released in Germany and to some extent in the United States, but are not very well known on this side of the Atlantic. Two of the tracks appear on an album, The Unissued Johnny Cash, released in 1978 on the Germany-based label, Bear Family Records.
"Bear Family is the single most prolific label out of Germany that put out recordings of American artists," says Val Camilletti, owner of Val's Halla Records in Oak Park, Ill., just outside Chicago. "They are renowned for their box sets of recordings by Buddy Holly, Chet Atkins, the Everly Brothers and so many others, especially in the world of rockabilly. The label is extremely important. It's a goldmine of American artists."
According to liner notes that appear on The Unissued Johnny Cash, Cash recorded the German-language songs in the late 1950s after he had moved from Sun Records to CBS Records, and the latter label noticed that Cash's song, "Don't Take Your Guns to Town," proved a big hit in Germany. At the label's request, in 1959, Cash recorded a handful of tracks in German, including "I Got Stripes," translated as "Viel Zu Spät."
Johnny Hallyday - L'Histoire De Bobby McGee (1975)
Milan Drobný - Kdo Ví (1975)
Vicky Leandros - L'amour Est Bleu (1967)
Les 409 - S'il Faut un Homme (1967)
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Van Halen and The Rascals
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Bill McClintock - Mean Machine (2018)
Brigati - Groovin' (1976)
Brigati - Made In Spain (Bamboo) (1976)
Brigati - Lost In The Wilderness (How 'Bout A Harlem In Your Life) (1976)
Bulldog - No (1972) Featuring (?) Dino Danelli on drums. Ex-Young Rascals.
Felix Cavaliere - Destiny (1975)
Felix Cavaliere - A High Price to Pay (1974)
Felix Cavaliere - Only A Lonely Heart Sees (1979)
Paris Connection - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (1978)
Van Halen - Take Your Whiskey Home (1974)
Van Halen - Take Your Whiskey Home (1980)
Van Halen - Kicks (1977?)
David Peel & The Lower East Side - The Pope Smokes Dope (1972)
? - Asian Pop Soul Funk That I Don't The Titles Of (?)
I think I went home early.
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Boom Boom. Out Go The Lights.
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
1910 Fruitgum Co. - Creations of Simon (1969)
1910 Fruitgum Co. - Collection of Thoughts (1969)
Allan Clarke - Born To Run (1975)
Dusty Springfield - Anyone Who Had A Heart (1964)
Bacon Fat - Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) (1970)
Blonde on Blonde - Whole Lotta Love (1979)
Blue Ash - Hippy Hippy Shake (1972)
The Bluejeans - Sandfly (1969)
The Blues Band - Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) (1980)
Chan Romero - Hippy Hippy Shake (1959) The original version.
Denny Greene - Great Escape (1977) Dance mix with attendant electronic drum solo.
Denny Greene - Lonely Town, Lonely Street (1973) Written by Bill Withers.
Dusty Springfield - Close To You (Recorded in 1964, released in 1967)
The Bluejeans - Hey Mrs. Housewife (1969)
John Fred And His Playboy Band - Back In The USSR (1969)
King Biscuit Boy - Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) (1971)
Mike D'Abo - Gulliver's Travels (See The Little People) (1969)
Having made his name as The Rolling Stones' manager, Andrew Loog Oldham and partner Tony Calder also established one of the 1960s' most eclectic record labels - Immediate, and its spin off Instant. The pair subsequently set about recording an almost indescribable mix of material. 1968's "Gulliver's Travels" was clearly one of Oldham's odder projects. Based on the famous Jonathan Swift book, the Oldham-produced album stands as an early stab at a concept piece. Described as "a musical journey inspired by Jonathan's Swift's story", the album featured a bizarre mix of song fragments (including unlicensed snippets of The Lovin' Spoonful's "Do You Believe In Magic" and a couple of Little Richard cops), sound effects (courtesy of David Collison), backward tapes and heavily orchestrated incidental music. Elsewhere, the title track featured a performance former Manfred Mann vocalist Mike D'Abo. It's all exceptionally strange and occasionally quite taking and is one of those LPs best heard through a good pair of headphones. Unfortunately, the failure to secure copyright/licensing rights for the song fragments and D'Abo (who was still signed to a contract with Fontana) saw the LP pulled from circulation within a matter of weeks. Needless to say, today pristine copies are quire rare.
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound - Part Of My Past (1968) Pre-Gentle Giant Schulmann Brothers.
Pat Travers - Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) (studio version) (1976)
Pat Travers Band - Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) (live hit version) (1979)
Peps Blodsband - Bom Bom-Sen Blir Det Svart (1988)
Philadelphia Flyers - Run and Hide (1974)
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Black Magic!
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Black Magic! - Where Love Is/Mama Says/Black Bottom/Miss Jessie/Kimu (1970)
Black Magic! - Aunt Adele/'Tater Man (1970)
Scott Douglas - The Beatles' Barber (1964)
The Dynamits - A Hard Day's Night (1965)
Lynn Castle & Last Friday's Fire - The Lady Barber (1967)
The Blue Cats - Nowhere Man
Monti Rock III - For Days and Days (1965) Can't tell if that's a real audience. He would resurface with the wonderful "Get Dancin'" in 1974.
The Beat Kings - Paint It Black (1966)
Monti Rock III - Trouble (1965)
The Lovers - 2,000 Light Years From Home (1968) Occasionally, "200" light years. What difference does it make? Also on the Tempo label.
John Henry Kurtz - Drift Away (1972) A pretty good original version!
Chad and Jeremy - Homeward Bound (1966) The first release of this song.
Bob Kayli - Small Sad Sam (1961) Alias of Robert Gordy, Barry Gordy's brother. On the Tamla label. this is one of about 7,000 answer songs to "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean. He's still selling you pork.
Bobbi Blake - My Panties (1978) Song-poem.
Bobbie Gentry and Skitch Henderson for the National Guard (1969)
Dottie West - My Big John (1961)
Laurel Near - (In Heaven) Lady in the Radiator Song (1977) From Eraserhead, the strangest movie I've ever seen. It NEVER disappoints.
Isadore Fertel - I Am Woman (1973) Isadore Fertel was Tiny Tim's protege. He identified as female long before "transgender" was an understood term. He released one record on Toilet Records, which was Tiny Tim's short lived label in the 1970's.
Isadore Fertel - Susan B (1973)
Jimmy Dean - Little Bitty Big John (1962) Even Jimmy Dean tried.
John Kongos - He's Gonna Step on You Again (1971) Pretty obscure song that later became a hit for Happy Mondays. That's Happy Mondays. Cited in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first song to ever use a sample. I'm not Bez!!
Jack Kittel - Psycho (1974)
I Still Love You - The Seven Souls (1967) Bob Welch, later of Fleetwood Mac and suicide on guitar
The Lumpen - Free Bobby Now (1970)
Stonemen - No More (1966)
Black Magic! - Faces on the Bus/Vacant Lot/Pershing Square/Before It's Done/Echoes Of Love (1970)
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Rotary Connection and Chess Records.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Rotary Connection was an American psychedelic soul band, formed in Chicago in 1966.
In addition to their own recordings, including their 1967 debut album Rotary Connection, the band is notable as the backing band for Muddy Waters on his 1968 psychedelic blues album Electric Mud. The band's members included Minnie Riperton, who would emerge as a notable solo artist.
Rotary Connection - Memory Band (1967)
Rotary Connection - Didn't Want To Have To Do It (1967) I never knew John Sebastian wrote this.
The New Rotary Connection - Hey Love (1971)
The New Rotary Connection - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (1971)
The New Rotary Connection - If I Sing My Song (1971)
Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs (1970)
Minnie Riperton - Memory Band (1970) On this album, Maurice White (lead singer for Earth Wind and Fire) played drums.
Minnie Riperton - Whenever, Wherever (1970)
Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Snow Queen (1971)
Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Long Time Gone (1971)
Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Lake Shore Drive (1971) Mitch Aliotta played bass guitar in Rotary Connection. The band appeared in a 1978 made-for-TV movie, Sparrow, playing a rock band whose lead singer is electrocuted while performing onstage.
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (1968) Backed by Rotary Connection.
Muddy Waters - She's Alright (1968) Backed by Rotary Connection.
Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You (1968) Backed by Rotary Connection.
Howlin' Wolf - Evil (1968) Backed by Rotary Connection.
Howlin' Wolf - Tail Dragger (1968) Backed by Rotary Connection.
Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Man (1968) Backed by Rotary Connection.
Joan Armatrading - Stepping Out (1975)
Frank Sinatra - From Both Sides, Now (1968) If Frank wants to change the title, we change the title. Capisce?
Doug Clifford - Guitar, Drums, and Girls (1972)
The Shadows - Heart Of Glass (1979)
Les Humphries Singers - Paranoid (1971)
Link Wray - Snag (1979)
Mick Taylor - Leather Jacket (1979)
Wings - Give Ireland Back To The Irish (1972)
Percy Mayfield - Right On Young Americans (1972)