Baby Loves To Rock- Cheap Trick
Fabulous- Charlie Gracie
Oh Bondage! Up Yours!- X-Ray Spex
You Can't Take Love For Granted- Graham Parker
You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat)- Marva Whitney
Come Go With Me- Gloria Jones
Break It Down Again- Tears For Fears
Baby Loves To Rock- Cheap Trick
(George Martin produces The Beatles of Rockford, Illinois! What could go wrong? Well, at the time, I thought everything. I did not like this record, especially after "Dream Police." But I've warmed to it, at least Side One.)
Fabulous- Charlie Gracie
(I believe this was the first release on Philly's Cameo-Parkway records. Macca does a nice cover of it, too.)
Oh Bondage! Up Yours!- X-Ray Spex
(Two exclamation points in the title! For good reason!)
You Can't Take Love For Granted- Graham Parker
(I've got a few more GP albums in the listening queue today. "The Real Macaw" is an underrated favorite. I love the jump from minor to major on "I get so hungry and I...")
You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat)- Marva Whitney
(True dat! This may too be funky for a Sunday.)
Come Go With Me- Gloria Jones
(Mrs. Marc Bolan revs up the Dell-Vikings doo wop classic. I highly recommend the whole album, which clocks in at a very cheap 21 minutes. Worth your time.)
Break It Down Again- Tears For Fears
(This band has
fans, of course. They're popular, of course. Yet, it still feels like
not enough people know anything beyond "Shout." Playlist below. And it's
a damn good one, if I do say so myself.)
Tears For Fears Playlist
OH...and BY THE WAY!
I put up about 30-35 really solid records for sale at my usual below wholesale prices! Please take a look, because as Marva and James say, if you don't work, you can't eat.
Go shopping HERE!
8 comments:
Nice 1-2 with Oh Bondage and Can’t Take Love For Granted. Marti Jones does a worthy cover of the latter.
Somehow I’ve never listened to Hole, didn’t expect sunshine pop. Sweet tune. Also, a tasty Tin Man cover with a cover photo similar to Hole’s.
- Paul in DK
Ditto on "All Shook Up." Seemed like song fragments were grafted onto each other trying to make a whole. Regarding Sir George, I always thought the orchestration of "Stop This Game" sounded like it could be from "Live and Let Die."
Bob in IL
"the orchestration of "Stop This Game" sounded like it could be from "Live and Let Die."
Absolutely!
Can't get too funky on a Sunday, though maybe I'll wait till Sunday afternoon as I try to forget Monday is around the corner.
Great stuff on sale at the story. Very tempted by the McCartney, World Party, Irma Thomas while the Cheap Trick and Utopia are real steals. Though maybe the XTC Apple Venus Vol. One? Gotta make up my mind while they're still available....
I had forgotten how great that GP song is. Thanks!
Amazing Graham Parker choice, and your reco of The Real McCaw is spot on. A great album.
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