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  • 45s and Other Revolutions: A-Sides beginning with the letter S.

    The English Beat [00:22]

    a side: "Save It for Later"
    b side: "Save It for Later"
    I.R.S. Records IR-9909 1982
    Normally I would play both sides, but we've got a lot of ground to cover today. In fact I could pretty much play this song over and over all day long.

    XTC [03:59]

    a side: "Scarecrow People/Mayor of Simpleton"
    b side: "Medley: Senses Working Over Time/Grass/Love on a Farmboy's Wages"
    c side: "Blue Beret/Medley: Great Fire/Dear God/Big Day"
    d side: "King for a Day/Medley: Rock the Boat/Hungry Heart Beats/Welcome to the Garden of Earthly Delights"
    Vigotone 1989
    A heckuva bootleg from a live 1989 performance on KROQ.

    Dead in the Dirt [34:44]

    a side: "The Screaming Wind/Bastards of the Bleak/Disease/Two Flames/Burden of Life"
    b side: "Can They Suffer?/Biting at the Binds/Sever the Tie/Skin Graft/Fear"
    Southern Lord Records LORD130.5 2011
    Oh hey, I hope you like grindcore.

    Boris [46:20]

    a side: "Seasons"
    b side: artwork
    Southern Lord Records LORD108.4 2009
    A cover of the dutch symphonic rock band Earth and Fire.

    Johnny Rivers [53:03]

    a side: "Secret Agent Man"
    b side: "You Dig"
    Imperial Records IM-6187 1967
    Hombre secreto!

    Ichirou Mizuki [01:02:40]

    a side: "Set Up! Kamen Rider X/White Bullet Cruiser"
    b side: "I Am X Kaisogu"
    Columbia Records SCS-224 1974
    Set up! Set up! Set Up!

    Music behind the DJ: "The Look of Love" by Christopher Scott

    1 hr 13 min
  • 45s and Other Revolutions: More A-Sides beginning with the letter R, and some that begin with the letter S.

    Stray Cats [00:47]

    a side: "Rock This Town"
    b side: "You Can't Hurry Love"
    EMI Records B-8132 1981
    A-side produced by Dave Edmunds and written by Brian Seltzer, and the b-side produced by Brian Seltzer and of course written by Holland, Dozier, and Holland.

    Link Wray & His Ray Men [07:17]

    a side: "Rumble"
    b side: "The Swag"
    Cadence Records 1347 1958
    The a-side title was suggested by none other than Phil Everly. Be sure to check out the documentary
    Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.

    Leif Garrett [12:55]

    a side: "Runaround Sue"
    b side: "I Wanna Share a Dream with You"
    Atlantic Records 3440 1977
    Yup, that's pretty much the sound of 1977 pop culture. Future nostalgia? Dion DiMucci he ain't. Also, Leif, no one wants to hear about your dreams.

    Iron Maiden [17:40]

    a side: "Running Free"
    b side: "Burning Ambition"
    EMI Records EMI 5032 1980
    The sound of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

    Jane Wiedlin [24:44]

    a side: "Rush Hour"
    b side: "The End of Love"
    EMI Manhattan B-50118 1988
    Fun fact: this song can be heard in the Corey and Corey classic License to Drive. View at your own peril.

    Billy Harner [32:03]

    a side: "Sally Sayin' Somthing"
    b side: "Don't Want My Love"
    Kama Sutra Records KA226 1967
    Not much I can tell you about this single except that it's on Kama Sutra Records and songwriting credits are by Sunshine and Poltergeist. I guess that is sayin' something.

    Eric Burdon and The Animals [37:21]

    a side: "San Franciscan Night"
    b side: "Good Times"
    MGM Records K13769 1967
    Peace and love, peace and love. Till the meth moves in. Not to be confused with The Animals.

    The Corsairs [43:48]

    a side: "Save a Litte Monkey"
    b side: "Instrumental Background To Save A Little Monkey"
    Tuff Records TU5584 1963
    You know I love a good monkey song, and the flipside is prime for the karaoke party room!

    Music behind the DJ: "Gomez" by Vic Mizzy

    Bonus Round

    The 5, 6, 7, 8s with Bloodshot Bill [50:15]
    a side: "My Little Muck Muck"
    b side: "Smell Was Grease and Chewing Gum"
    Pig Baby Records PBR014 2018

    53 min
  • 45s and Other Revolutions: More A-Sides beginning with the letter R.

    David Allan Coe [00:22]

    a side: "The Ride"
    b side: "Son of a Rebel Son"
    Columbia Records 38-03778 1983
    A fine if slightly goofy ghost song on the a-side. The b-side, well... interesting definition of freedom there, but perhaps my perspective as a son of a son of a Yankee son is different.

    Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs [06:44]

    a side: "Ring Dang Doo"
    b side: "Don't Try It"
    MGM Records K13397 1965
    Some mighty fine Tex Mex.

    Cymarron [12:11]

    a side: "Rings"
    b side: "Like Children"
    Entrance Records ZS7 7500 1971
    This is the first single on Columbia's Entrance label, a short-lived country rock label.

    The Standells [18:59]

    a side: "Riot on the Sunset Strip"
    b side: "Black Hearted Woman"
    Tower Records 314 1967
    Heck yeah. If you're the sort who enjoys American International Pictures exploitation flicks from the 60s, check out the film of the same name. The riots are also mentioned in The Source Family documentary.

    Rush & Attack [25:11]

    a side: "Road Rash/Every Night/About Me"
    b side: "Bike/Dreams/Black Smoke"
    Three Ring Records TRR079 2013
    Truly the best 6 minutes of your day.

    The Gants [31:06]

    a side: "Road Runner"
    b side: "My Baby Don't Care"
    Liberty Records 55829 1965
    Meep meep. A fine cover, but Bo knows best.

    Detroit with Mitch Ryder [36:28]

    a side: "Rock 'N Roll"
    b side: "Box of Old Roses"
    Paramount Records PAA-0133 1971
    A cownbell rocker from fka The Detroit Wheels, featuring the guitar work of Steve Hunter who would go on to play with Lou Reed and whose hot licks can be heard on Reed's Rock and Roll Animal.

    The Clash [42:57]

    a side: "Rock the Casbah"
    b side: "Long Time Jerk"
    Epic Records 34-03245 1982
    The ubiquitous sound of popular music tastes in American changing.

    Music behind the DJ: "Caravan" by Thelonius Monk.

    58 min
  • 45s and Other Revolutions: A-Sides beginning with the letter R.

    Ernie K-Doe [00:26]

    a side: "Real Man"
    b side: "Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta"
    Minit Records 627 1961
    The genuine article and the man we can thank for "Mother in Law".

    Half Japanese [05:19]

    a side: "Refreshing"
    b side: "Do It Now"
    Joyful Noise Recordings JNR138 2014
    A fine return to form with this 2014 release on Joyful Noise.

    Little River Band [11:25]

    a side: "Reminiscing"
    b side: "So Many Paths"
    Harvest Records 4605 1978
    De rigeur on late 70s FM Gold programming, and revivified by Biz Markie.

    The Album Leaf a side: "Reso" [19:20]

    Her Space Holiday b side: "Callinblue" [23:54]
    Better Looking Records BLR055-7 2004
    Picked this up at the Moog Fest in San Francisco.

    Jesus + Mary Chain [29:56]

    a side: "Reverence"
    b side: "Heat"
    Blanco y Negro NEG 55 1992
    Solidly J+MC. The lead single from Honey's Dead.

    Fleetwood Mac [36:42]

    a side: "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)"
    b side: "Sugar Daddy"
    Reprise Records RPS 1345 1976
    Witchy goodness backed with McVie-an goodness. I used to have a crush on a girl in high school who drove a Camaro that had a license plate spelling Rhiannon.

    T. Rex [45:07]

    a side: "Ride a White Swan"
    b side: "Is It Love/Summertime Blues"
    Fly Records BUG-1 1970
    Well, is this your new favorite T Rex song or what?

    Parliament [52:46]

    a side: "Ride On"
    b side: "Good Footin'"
    Casablanca Records NB 843 1975
    Don't worry about being right, just be real.

    "Happiness Is..." by Perry Botkin Jr. and his Orchestra

    1 hr 4 min
  • 45s and Other Revolutions: A-Sides beginning with the letters P, Q, and R.

    The Kills [00:30]

    a side: "Pull a U"
    b side: "The Search for Cherry Red"
    Domino Records RUG165 2003
    Nothing like a little stripped down rock and roll.

    Grace Jones [06:52]

    a side: "Pull Up to the Bumper"
    b side: "Breakdown"
    Island Records IS49697 1981
    Funk yeah. Beep beep. Made it number 5 on the R&B charts, and number 2 on the Hot Dance charts. And of course, there's that killer b-side, for which Tom Petty provided a third verse especially for Grace.

    Sheb Wooley [14:24]

    a side: "The Purple People Eater"
    b side: "I Can't Believe You're Gone"
    MGM Records K12651 1958
    So does it only eat purple people or is it purple and eats people? The answer is right in the lyrics: it eats purple people!

    Jody Miller [19:07]

    a side: "Queen of the House"
    b side: "The Greatest Actor"
    Capitol Records 5402 1965
    Ayup, that's an answer song all right. Made it to number 12 on the Hot 100 and number 5 on the Country charts. Not only that, The Supremes even recorded a version of it.

    B.J. Thomas [25:01]

    a side: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
    b side: "Never Had It So Good"
    Scepter Records SCE-12265 1969
    Heckuva Hal David/Burt Bacharach number, heckuva film. Number 1 on the charts of course.

    Blondie [30:55]

    a side: "Rapture"
    b side: "Walk Like Me"
    Chrysalis CHS 2485 1981
    Sadly the b-side is rendered unplayable due to damage. The video features cameos by Fab Five Freddy, Lee Quinones and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

    Pavement [38:00]

    a side: "Rattled by the Rush"
    b side: "False Skorpion/Easily Fooled"
    Matador Records OLE-134-7 1995
    Wowee. Zowee. The first single from Pavement's 1995 album Wowee Zowee. Definitely sounds like the boys are having some fun on the b-side.

    J.J. Barnes [47:27]

    a side: "Real Humdinger"
    b side: "I Ain't Gonna Do It"
    Ric-Tic Records RT-110 1966
    Hot stuff, and a Northern Soul classic from this often overlooked Detroit singer/songwriter.

    Music behind the DJ: "Ski Chase" by John Barry.

    57 min
  • 45s and Other Revolutions: More A-Sides beginning with the letter P.

    Lou Reed [00:26]

    a side: "The Power of Positive Drinking (stereo)"
    b side: "The Power of Positive Drinking (mono)"
    Arista Records AS 0535 1980
    Please drink responsibly. From his 1980 album "Growing Up in Public". Sadly this single failed to chart.

    Marvin Gaye [04:55]

    a side: "Praise"
    b side: "Funk Me"
    TAMLA T 54322F 1981
    Disco gospel, it's a thing!. Made it to number 18 on the Hot Soul charts.

    Tandoori Knights [14:59]

    a side: "Pretty Please"
    b side: "Bucketful"
    Norton Records 45-154 2010
    Best. Flipside. Ever. Mssrs. King Khan and Bloodshot Bill.

    The Fall [21:29]

    disc 1, a side: "(We Wish You) A Protein Christmas"
    disc 1, b side: "(We Are) Mod Mock Goth"
    c side: "(Birtwistle's) Girl in Shop"
    d side: "Recovery Kit 2 #"
    Action Records TAKE 22 2003
    Merry-uh Christmas-uh.

    Sonic Youth [38:58]

    a side: "Providence (stereo)"
    b side: "Providence (mono)"
    Blast First Records BFFP 48 1989
    Thurston on piano, Mike Watt on the answering machine, and an overdriven Peavey Roadmaster.

    Skin Yard a side: "Psychoriflepowerhypnotized (live)" [44:22]

    Loveslug b side: "Loser Bar" [47:23]
    Rave Records RAVE022 1991
    Skinyard live on good ol' KDVS. And Loveslug.

    Count Five [51:56]

    a side: "Psychotic Reaction"
    b side: "They're Gonna Get You"
    Double Shot Records 104 1966
    Classic.

    Positively Thirteen O'Clock [57:31]

    a side: "Psychotic Reaction"
    b side: "13 O'Clock Theme for Psychotics"
    Hanna-Barbera Records HBR-500 1966
    Yes you read that right. Hannah-Barbera Records.

    Music behind the DJ: "I'm a Believer" by Arthur Greensdale and his Orchestra

    1 hr 3 min
  • 45s and Other Revolutions: A-Sides beginning with the letter P.

    Dick and Libby Halleman and their High Society Orchestra [00:19]

    a side: "Pizza Sure Is Good"
    b side: "Geococcyx Californianus"
    Summit Records SR-189-12 1963(?)
    It sure is.

    Olivia Newton-John [04:42]

    a side: "Please Mr. Please"
    b side: "And in the Morning"
    MCA Records MCA-40418 1975
    A fine mellow 70s country song sung by an Australian and penned by two Brits: Bruce Welch and John Rostill of The Shadows. Go figure. Reached #3 on the Hot 100 and #5 on the Country charts.

    Dim Stars [13:36]

    disc 1, a side: "The Plug/Dim Star"
    disc 1, b side: "Christian Rat Attack"
    disc 2, a side: "You Gotta Lose (Pt. 1)"
    disc 2, b side: "You Gotta Lose (Pt. 2)"
    disc 3, a side: "You Gotta Lose (Pt. 3)"
    disc 3, b side: "You Gotta Lose (Pt. 4)"
    Ecstatic Peace! E# 11 1991
    A downtown NY super group of sorts featuring Richard Hell, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore and Don Fleming.

    Sonny and Cher [44:32]

    a side: "Podunk"
    b side: "A Beautiful Story"
    ATCO Records 45-6480 1967
    Well, the b-side isn't so bad.

    M [50:19]

    a side: "Pop Muzik"
    b side: "M Factor"
    Razor & Tie 1979
    aka Robin Scott. This song was pretty inescapable in late 1979 and into 1980, when it made it all the way to #1 on the Hot 100.

    The Monkees [57:45]

    a side: "Porpoise Song"
    b side: "As We Go Along"
    Colgems 66-1031 1968
    From the BBS motion picture "Head".

    Muisc behind the DJ: "Gomez" by Vic Mizzy

    1 hr 8 min
  • 45s and Other Revolutions: A-Sides beginning with the letter O, and some that begin with the letter P.

    Booker T & the MG's [00:34]

    a side: "Over Easy"
    b side: "Hang 'Em High"
    Stax Records STA-0013 1968
    Whoops... guess I got those sides flipped around. Of course "Hang Em High" would be the a-side. Oh well. Reached #9 on the pop charts and #35 on the R&B charts in 1968.

    Pigbag [08:35]

    a side: "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag"
    b side: "The Backside"
    Y Records Y10 1981
    Some groovy early 80s post punk from Cheltenham. An obvious play on the hardest working man in show biz, who we will hear in just a little bit, coincidentally enough.

    Art of Noise [17:21]

    a side: "Paranoimia"
    b side: "Paranoimia (with Max Headroom)"
    Chrysalis Records VS4 43070 1986
    That's right, paranoia plus insomnia equals Paranoimia, with the b-side featuring illustrious mid-80s cyberpunk Max Headroom. Interested listeners can shake the internet to find the Channel 4 tv tilm Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future, or The Max Headroom Show, or the Gibsonian US tv series Max Headroom, and even Mr. Headroom as spokesentity for New Coke (no really).

    DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince [25:28]

    a side: "Parents Just Don't Understand"
    b side: "Parents Just Don't Understand"
    Jive Records 1099-7-JAA 1988
    Parents, amirite?

    The JB's [31:50]

    a side: "Pass the Peas"
    b side: "Hot Pants Road"
    People PE 607 1972
    Funk yeah! James Brown's backing band from the 1970s with two killer tracks. Pass the Peas reached #29 on the R&B charts.

    Wymond Miles [38:10]

    a side: "Passion Plays"
    b side: "Batwing"
    Sacred Bones Records SBR-108 2013
    Fresh & Onlys guitarist Wymond Miles bringing us some fine solo atmospherics, and flipside cover of New Zealand band The Terminals.

    Will Oldham [44:59]

    a side: "Patience"
    b side: "Take However Long You Want"
    Drag City Records/Palace Records DC118/PR16 1997
    Oh hey, remember last episode when I mentioned that Will Oldham briefly recorded as Will Oldham between Palace and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy?

    Pink Lady [52:00]

    a side: "Peppaa Keibu"
    b side: "Kanpai Ojousan"
    RCA Victor SV-6097 1976
    Debut single from Mei and Kei aka Pink Lady, singing about Inspector Pepper. In case you are wondering, Peppa Keibu is in the key of D Major. Thanks again to loyal Vinyl-O-Matic listener Trane for this one.

    Music behind the DJ: "3rd Man Theme" by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass.

    1 hr 1 min
  • 45s and Other Revolutions: A-Sides beginning with the letter O.

    Honey Cone [00:23]

    a side: "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part I)"
    b side: "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part II)"
    Hot Wax HS 7110 1971
    Of course the show is going on when I've got more monkey tunes to spin. Fun fact: lead singer Edna Wright is the sister of Darlene Love. Reached #5 on the R&B charts and #15 on the Hot 100. Another fun fact: Hot Wax was started by the great Holland, Dozier and Holland when they left Motown in 1968.

    Murray Head [07:20]

    a side: "One Night in Bangkok"
    b side: "Merano"
    MCA Records PB-13988 1984
    The sound of 80s musicals is alive and well in this production from ABBA's Bjorn and Benny teaming up with Tim Rice, featuring Murray Head doing to the spoken word bits. Oh right, it's a musical about Chess... called Chess. The great Frank Rich described the Broadway production thusly: "a suite of temper tantrums, [where] the characters ... yell at one another to rock music".

    INXS [19:35]

    a side: "The One Thing"
    b side: "Phantim of the Opera"
    ATCO Records 7-99905 1982
    The lead single from their 1982 album Shabooh Shoobah, released in the US in 1983. The b-side is a tongue in cheek reference to yes, the Phantom of the Opera and INXS lead guitarist Tim Farriss.

    The Damned [26:15]

    a side: "One Way Love"
    b side: "Don't Cry Wolf"
    Stiff Records BUY 24 1977
    A 1981 Re-release of their second single originally release in 1977, this time with the sides flipped around. Interestingly enough, this was produced by Nick Mason after the band originally tried to get the ever reclusive Syd Barrett to produce.

    Bonnie 'Prince' Billy [34:39]

    a side: "One with the Birds"
    b side: "Southside of the World"
    Palace Records PR20 1998
    The first official release of the newly minted Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, after a brief spell recording and performing as Will Oldham, after a slightly longer spell recording and performing of all the Palace iterations.

    Brenton Wood [42:53]

    a side: "The Oogum Boogum Song"
    b side: "I Like the Way You Love Me"
    Double Shot Records 111 1967
    Hot stuff and cool stuff from Brenton Wood. This single reached #19 on the R&B charts and #34 on the Hot 100 in 1967. Seems like it should have gone much higher than that if you ask me.

    The Marmalade [48:25]

    a side: "Otherwise It's Been a Perfect Day"
    b side: "I See the Rain"
    Epic Records 5-10236 1967
    Sorta Kinksian, sort Bacharachian a-side from these Glaswegians. But that flipside! Some excellent psyche pop.

    Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart [55:07]

    a side: "Out & About"
    b side: "My Little Chickadee"
    A&M Records 858

    Or as they say in Canada, Oot and Aboot. Super singer/songwriters release a bit of their own magic that reached #39 on the Hot 100 in 1967. And the nostalgic b-side sort of sets us up for when we reach Sonny & Cher's 1967 single "Podunk" in a few episodes from now. Fun fact: Jeanie was their drummer, and Phil Spector approves.

    "I Dream of Jeanie Closing Theme" by Hugo Montenegro and Buddy Kaye

    1 hr 2 min
  • 45s and Other Revolutions: A-Sides beginning with the letter N, and some that begin with the letter O.

    Smashing Orange [00:27]

    a side: "Not Very Much to See"
    b side: "Collide"
    Ringers Lactate RL03 1991
    Some fine Loop-esque shoegaze grunge from Delaware's own Smashing Orange. Caught them at The Marquee in New York on a bill with Primus and The Fluid.

    George Jones and the Jones Boys [06:54]

    a side: "Not What I Had in Mind"
    b side: "I Saw Me"
    United Artists UA528 1963
    Reached number 7 on the Country charts.

    The Rubinoos [13:21]

    a side: "Nothing a Little Love Won't Cure (stereo)"
    b side: "Nothing a Little Love Won't Cure (mono)"
    Berserkley Records ZS8-5810 1977
    Power pop from the People's Republic of Berkeley.

    Guns N' Roses [18:40]

    a side: "November Rain"
    b side: "Sweet Child o' Mine"
    Geffen Records GEFS7-19067 1991
    Is "November Rain" really just "Candle in the Wind" disguised as a power ballad? Inquiring minds want to know!

    Sir Douglas Quintet [34:38]

    a side: "Nuevo Laredo (mono)"
    b side: "Nuevo Laredo (mono)"
    Smash Records S-2259 1970
    Some mighty fine Tex-Mex from the man who loves to sing about municipalities.

    The Shadows of the Knight [37:17]

    a side: "Oh Yeah"
    b side: "Light Bulb Blues"
    Dunwich Records DN-10155 1966
    Sure the a-side is a garage rock classic, but dang that b-side is blistering.

    Palace Brothers [43:27]

    a side: "Ohio River Boat Song"
    b side: "Drinking Woman"
    Drag City Records DC25 1993
    The first stirrings of His Bonnieness from Louisville.

    The Blank Tapes [50:19]

    a side: "1000 Leather Tassels"
    b side: "Mr. Mister"
    Volcom Ent. Vinyl Club VEVC0037 2014
    Some fine jangle pop form Matt Adams and Pearl Charles.

    Music behind the DJ: "Gomez" by Vic Mizzy.

    59 min

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Your Old Pal Will takes you on a journey through the peaks and valleys of all recordings vinyl. A through Z, organized alphabetically by artist/compilation title, irregardless of genre. Maybe it’s by title. Maybe it’s by album. Who knows what path we take next. New episode every Wednesday.