Tainted Love- Gloria Jones
Too Many Fish In The Sea- The Young Rascals
If I Can't Change Your Mind- Sugar
Big Eyed Beans From Venus- Captain Beefheart
Heartbreaker- The Crystals
Cloud Nine- Charlie Rich
Rendezvous 6:02- U.K.
Tainted Love- Gloria Jones
It was around 1991 when I realized this wasn't a Soft Cell original.
Too Many Fish In The Sea- The Young Rascals
There is a new "Rascals" record coming. Buyer beware. It is only Felix and his son. This is The Rascals.
If I Can't Change Your Mind- Sugar
"Copper Blue" never fails to satisfy. This is one of many big, loud, melodic, hook-filled, in your face tracks on that Sugar album.
Big Eyed Beans From Venus- Captain Beefheart
Is "Clear Spot" the Beefheart record for those who think they can't deal with Beefheart because they tried listening to "Trout Mask Replica?" I say yes. I also say "Safe As Milk." But one step at a time.
Heartbreaker- The Crystals
The B-side of "Da Doo Ron Ron." I understand, but it's still a killer.
Cloud Nine- Charlie Rich
I discovered Charlie Rich's 1965 RCA release "That's Rich" about five years ago after hearing the track "Turn Around & Face Me" on WFMU. Since then, that album has become a favorite and I've found a new appreciation for the Silver Fox. The new Sun Records imprint has just released "I Hear The Blues: Rich In Stereo," a terrific collection which includes this lovely piece of music.
Rendezvous 6:02- U.K.
John Wetton, Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio taking a shot at the Top 40.
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Man, the Charlie Rich is a beauty. Some research revealed the following:
''Cloud Nine'', the known version of this lovely Charlie Rich tune first appeared on Bill Justis's LP (and as a flipside to his single ''Flea Circus''). Rich played piano on that date, but apparently left a solo version of the tune at Sun. Roland Janes believes that this track began life as a simple demo and was later overdubbed of the new studio into the form we hear here. Perhaps it was just an early exercise in overdubbing at the new studio. In any case, the track was not originally issued and has never appeared before.
Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Charlie Rich - Vocal & Piano
Unknown Musicians
Thanks, also for the Crystals and Gloria Jones - I'll be listening to the Phil Spector Mono and the Beg, Scream and Shout box sets today!
Randy
Very nice -- Thanks Sal.
The Sugar put a smile on my face this morning.
Speaking of Captain Beefheart ... I recall a book of "what one record would you take to a desert island?" essays -- maybe edited by Chet Flippo? -- where one author said Trout Mask Replica because it would only be when that was the sole disk you could play that you would and really listen to all four sides :-)
Sal, when you refer to a new Rascals album, are you referring to Felix's recent release of Then and Now, or is a new record in the works....
Joe,
I reread the article, and it's my error.
Yes, it's "Then & Now," which apparently came out in Spetember and it is with his daughter not his son.
Shows you how interested I was.
;)
Thx. I will probably pick it up being a FC completist. It has also been released on Vinyl.
Charlie Rich !! My Mom used to play him all the time growing up, and I love his music but haven't listened to him recently. Thanks for this mix.
I completely confused Charlie Rich with Charlie Pride. It'll be new to me!
Damn , I’d forgotten how much I love that Sugar song.
Whoa, I just noticed this a bit ago.
Re: Gloria Jones – Tainted Love – not a hit but I heard it on the two R&B outlets in L.A. at the time KGFJ & border radio XERB. Never owned any vinyl of it till Rhino put out the Soul Shots LPs in 1987-1988. One of them had the hit “Heartbeat.” And another had “Tainted."
Re: Beefheart – Liked everything since Diddy Wah Diddy (which rules). The Mercury stuff isn't so hot, though. first time I saw him was when he opened for the Beach Boys at the Bowl (with the Byrds, Spoonful, Sir Douglas, Love, Leaves, Outsiders & Percy Sledge) - another memorabale time was 1972 at the Santa Monica Civic where he headlined above Little Feat and Daddy Cool and, get this, it was a free concert - a guy I went to high school with interviewed him shortly after Ice Cream For Crow came out – he met him at a restaurant out in the desert – I was pissed that he wouldn’t let me tag along, but he did let me supply him with some questions – however, the egotistical bastard never asked a single one of my great questions – instead he asked Don if he liked Pere Ubu, Lenny Bruce, Andrian Belew, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa and others – Or was he quarelling with Zoot Horn Rollo - what a numb nut – he had the opportunity of a lifetime and he squandered it – Captain Beefheart didn’t really appreciate the questions either – he was more interested in the server’s legs – all the while sketching -
Re: Crystals – I didn’t recall Heartbreaker being the B-side of Da Doo Ron Ron so I checked it out. My single, which was bought ages ago, has “Git It” on the B. So, not wanting to make a fool of myself I checked 45cat. It turns out “Heartbreaker” was the B-Side on a bootleg/pirate repro in 1978.
Love Charlie Rich – so many labels but so much good stuff – but I have to say, I think the RCA stuff might be my least favorite – maybe I’ll check it out again - got the Bear Family 3-CD of Sun stuff so I don’t think I need the one that just came out – think the Hacienda Brothers did a nice job on “Rebound” from an altogether great album "What’s Wrong with Right."
VR – second dose of Laufey last night – Steve Hackett Saturday Night – great weekend for music
A quick scroll through Discogs took me to a pic of the "Da Doo Ron Ron" 45. I never bothered to click and see that it was a '78 boot reissue. Well, it's still the b-side!
Re Copper Blue...
I saw Mould playing solo in Glasgow about 1990. He'd been dropped by his record company after his solo albums had failed to set the world alight, Nevermind had just been released, Nirvana were playing in town the following night, it felt a little like punky/indy/rock was moving on without him. But when he came out to play to the tiny crowd he had some new songs, all of which ended up on Copper Blue, including If I Can't Change Your Mind... it was obvious to all of us that this next album, whatever it was, was going to be sensational.
I love it when I hear songs and think, "Wow. I understand why was the single. But wow."
I understand why "Walkin' On Sunshine" was the single. But, "Red Wine & Whisky." Wow.
"Stacy's Mom." Of course that was the single, and deservedly and logically. What's scary about Welcome Interstate Managers is that there are like six to eight even better songs on the record,
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