Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Two For Tuesday




My friend and band member Sal Maida has a fine little radio show on Mondays called Spin Cycle, which can be found at LittleWaterRadio.org.

Yesterday, aside from giving a bit of air time to our new record, the John Sally Ride's "A New Set Of Downs, out now on the Kool Kat label, he blew me away with this James Gang cover by Philly's Three Degrees. Yes, the same Three Degrees with the 70's disco hits on Philadelphia International. This track was 5 years prior to "When Will I See You Again" and man, what a record! "Collage" was actually the b-side of "Maybe," their version of the old Chantels doo wop hit, and man, what a record that is!

"Maybe" has one of those classic, melodramatic spoken word intros that is wonderful camp, but if you stick with it, the opening verse feels like it was shot out of a cannon. What a powerhouse 45.

Of course now, I am completely obsessed with everything on this debut LP from 1970, so let me get over it and we will continue with Side Two of the Beatles battle tomorrow.


6 comments:

JAYESSEMM said...

So. Much. Fun.

Shriner said...

The b-side was better than the a-side. Liked it!

Anonymous said...

I had to go back and listen to the James Gang original. What an unlikely choice. Maybe they had just toured through Philly and that's how it got picked as a cover? I like the slight Rotary Connection vibe.

ken49 said...

Maybe by the Chantels' Arlene Smith is one of the great vocals.

dogbreath said...

Don't know these versions but I'm up for it. The Three Degrees were a favourite of my ex-wife - but I won't hold that against them! Cheers!

Anonymous said...

Collage by Three Degrees sounds like Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla to me! - Stinky