999- Keith Richards
You Left The Water Running- Bobby Hatfield
Love Don't Love Nobody- Ella Brown
Curly Locks- Junior Byles
Half A World Away- R.E.M.
Olympia, WA- Rancid
Rhymes Of Goodbye- Scott Walker
999- Keith Richards
"Main Offender" was a disappointment after "Talk Is Cheap." Hell, every Stones record was a disappointment after "Talk Is Cheap." But a new reissue was just released, and with the bar lowered a bit, as well as a good amount of time away from it, "Main Offender" finally hit the spot. Here's the opener.
You Left The Water Running- Bobby Hatfield
A Righteous Brother in Muscle Shoals---the band kicks ass on this one.
Love Don't Love Nobody- Ella Brown
From Church Points, Louisiana, here is Ella Brown, better known for her time with Wet Willie and not for the few singles she released on the Lanor Label. This one came in the mail this week, a fine addition to any collection. Enjoy Miss Brown in all her swampy soulful glory.
Curly Locks- Junior Byles
I was listening to one of my favorite reggae records, Lee Perry's masterpiece, "Roast Fish, Collie Weed and Corn Bread" and was ready to share his version of "Curly Locks." But I remembered Junior Byles version and thought you'd appreciate Junior's gorgeous lead vocal more than Scratch's.
Half A World Away- R.E.M.
I was working at Smash CDs on St. Mark's Place when "Out of Time" was released. Gary the owner ordered 100 copies and then played it 10 times a day, hoping to sell all of them so he could order 100 more. I went from loving to hating this record in about a week's time. Played it for the first time in ages and I really missed it.
Olympia, WA- Rancid
I think I shared Molly Tuttle's acoustic cover of this track once before. Here is the original. It's a great song that I think even you anti-punks might enjoy. Give it a shot.
Rhymes Of Goodbye- Scott Walker
Sal Maida also played Scott Walker on his Spin Cycle show last week, and commented that he felt "Scott 4" was his best. I agree and we close with what closes "Scott 4."
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After all the hits and famous/infamous songs, Out of Time closes with a murderer’s row of top tier R.E.M. songs, starting with Half a World Away. The version of Country Feedback that they played with Neil Young at one of the Bridge School benefit shows is the love child of mysterious R.E.M. and On the Beach-era Neil Young that we never knew we needed.
Thanks for sharing, Sal!
Bill
Oh wow - Curly Locks !!
Here's a story. From 1998- 2003, me and a buddy had a small cable TV show here in Atlanta - public access TV. Called "CD Keepers & Weepers." It was a music review show. We reviewed 3 new albums every week and debated them on a half-hour show.
It was a cross between Siskel & Ebert (in terms of debate style) and Wayne's World (in terms of production values).
On our very first show in 1998, one of the 3 records we reviewed was a Junior Byles comp with "Curly Locks" on it. So cool to hear it again.
I hope that Junior Byles was a keeper and not a weeper.
Total keeper.
Spot on Sal about Main Offender. When it was released (holy cow - it's been 30 years) I was underwhelmed as well. But having spent a few hours with the anniversary edition, I find myself really enjoying it. "Wicked As It Seems", "Will But You Won't" and "Demon" are my stand out tracks.
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