D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities

I love the album Gaucho.

The Honeys, American Spring, The Honeys...again. Marylin Wilson deserves a Grammy just for cleaning her husband's sandbox.

Finally we got to hear clear, remastered versions of these great Pink Floyd early singles. I think Syd was really UNDERRATED, judging by these wild, innovative productions.

Another somewhat alphabetical potpourri. I like Barry McGuire's pre-conversion, post-emergence recording output. Like so many artists, just searching, searching.

Just a mix of neat songs that I like, beginning with a paean to "Fun Fun Fun" that's the opposite of that.

Some rarely heard original versions, and a set by my favorite art school pot smoking weirdos, Godley and Creme.

Gary Storm was a DJ in Buffalo New York during our formative years. He was (and is) a constant source of great music that eschewed the "Classic Rock" format that Buffalo radio seems to be stuck in to this day. His show was and is "Oil of Dog". 

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Kim Fowley - I Hate You (1973) 

King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic (Part 1) (1972)

King Crimson - Cat Food (Live) (1973)

King Crimson - The Talking Drum (1972)

King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic (Part 2) (1972) 

King Crimson - Starless (1974)

King Crimson - Fallen Angel (1974) 

Boz - I Shall Be Released (1968) A little trivia for you and your'n: Boz Burrell was the first person to RELEASE "I Shall Be Released", a month ahead of The Band's version. 

Flaming Youth - Changes (1969)

Hans Christian Anderson (Jon Anderson) - Never My Love (1968)

Mogul Thrash - Sleeping in the Kitchen (1970)

Bodast - Nether Street (1969?) 

The group recorded an album for Tetragrammaton Records in 1968. The label had success in the United States with Deep Purple, but went out of business just before the scheduled release date for the Bodast album.

A portion of a song from the Bodast album titled "Nether Street" was renamed "Würm" and was re-used as part of the song "Starship Trooper" from The Yes Album in 1971.

Steve Howe - Look Over Your Shoulder (1979)

Bruford - Back To The Beginning (1978)

Annette Peacock - The Succubus (1979)

Annette Peacock - I’m The One (1970)

A tribute to the first record i ever owned, a Beatles single: Something/ComeTogether.

The Arrows - I Love Rock 'N' Roll (1976) Produced by Mickie Most. You should read about Mickie Most. 

Johnny Whitaker - Monster Rock (1973) From the album "Friends, Music from the Television Series  'Sigmund and the Seamonsters'". I said it before and I'll say it again: That cover would be a hard sell in 2020. 

The Wombles - Banana Rock (1974) 

Cymbal & Clinger - Rock Me Baby (1972) The same year, David Cassidy had a #38 "hit" with this song. 

Abba - Rock Me (1975) 

Bill Haley & The Comets - God Bless Rock & Roll (1979) "My cousin is tripping on LSD and mushrooms, but he wants to make a cover for your next album. Is that ok, Bill? It's in the budget."

Blue Öyster Cult - R.U. Ready 2 Rock (Live) (1978) Eric Bloom is one of the great, underrated singers of 70s rock. 

Starbuck - Drop A Rock (1975)

Gene Ammons - Rock-Roll (1956) 

Schneider with The Kick - Rock and Roll Gypsy (1981)* 

Ray Manzarek - The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control (1974) Joe Walsh on guitar. 

Rose Tattoo - Rock and Roll Outlaw (1978)* Same songs. 

Brenda Lee - Rock On Baby (1974)

Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock (1973) 

Freddy Cannon & The Belmonts - Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock And Roll (1981) 

Some of Freddy's artwork. 

Claudine Longet - Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (1972) 

The Cowsills - Wake Up With Milk (1969) That family fucking LOVED milk. 

Paul Revere and the Raiders - Just Seventeen (1970) Very good. 

The Cyrkle - Camaro (1967) Pretty good for your 60s ad featuring rock group. They did the soundtrack for the film "The Minx" in 1967, which (unknown to them) was later retooled to include sex scenes for the 1969 audience. Showbiz is the best. 

The Dave Pell Singers - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town (1969)

Dion - Purple Haze (1968) 

Elvis Presley - She's A Machine (1968) 

The Golddiggers - Shuffle Off To Buffalo (1968?)

From Wikipedia:

The Golddiggers was a female singing and dancing troupe that performed in the style of Las Vegas showgirls. The group was formed in 1968.

The act debuted on The Dean Martin Show, and was later featured in a summer replacement television series over three seasons. In addition to backing Martin on his show and in his nightclub act, the group performed on their own on other TV programs, in live venues, and in three of Bob Hope's Christmas tours. Several members of the original (1968–73) troupe continue to perform as "The Golddiggers", while other former group members perform in other acts, in groups or as solo artists.

On June 20, 1968, they debuted in their own weekly summer variety series, Dean Martin Presents The Golddiggers. The program was the top-rated series of the 1968 summer season, and returned the following July (1969) – with a somewhat altered lineup of performers – once again serving as the summer replacement series in Dean Martin's Thursday night time slot

The Golddiggers recorded three albums, the first in early 1969, when Metromedia Records released “The Golddiggers” (MD1009), and within only a few months, released a second album, “The Golddiggers, We Need a Little Christmas” (MD 1012). In 1971, RCA Corporation released their third album, “The Golddiggers… Today” (LSP-4643).

"It got to the point where it got too expensive to have so many girls... they weren't being treated very fairly... It was getting really bad for the girls so they all got together and said, 'We're not going to do this anymore' and they all quit". - Neil Daniels, former NBC VP and founder Dean Martin Fan Center.

Jayne Kennedy, host on CBS' NFL Today, was a Golddigger, as well as Cathy Lee Crosby. 

John Keating - I Feel The Earth Move (1972)

? - People singing jingles. Probably 1975 or so. 

? - Ring Dang Doo (?) 

Manhattan Strings - (Theme From) The Monkees - (1967)

"The Italian Stallion" movie ad.  

The Partridge Family - Summer Days (1971) 

Scott Walker - Next (1968) 

Sesame Street Rhyming Stuff

So many versions of Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone", including Flatt and Scruggs. Also some early 80's dance music.