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session 50 Jan. 26 '06  
added yet another Napoleon XIV cover version (tr. 14 of session 16) (courtesy A.M.)
session 49 Jan. 25 '06  
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Freddy Cannon: Maverick's Flat Warner Bros. 7019, 1967
see also
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session 48 Jan. 22 '06  
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Wilson Pickett: Lay Me Like You Hate Me from LP Funky Situation (Big Tree 76011, 1978) 4.5
session 47 Jan. 20 '06  
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1. Huck L. Berry: Flight Of The Bumblebee
2. Huck L. Berry: Rock'n Rhythm 		HLB Classic (unnumbered, date unknown, Google searches nil)
1. "Synco Clarinet Paraphrase"
2. "Synco Jazz Piano"
courtesy J.F. 		2.8
2.7
session 46 -- New York Doll Jan. 13 '06  
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Killer Kane Band: Mr. Cool Whiplash 200, 1977
feat. Arthur "Killer" Kane 		4.8
session 45 -- Write Me Jan. 10 '06  
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three records in which the performer divulges his mailing address:
1. Paul Hampton: Write Me
2. Bobby Rydell: A Message From Bobby
3. Jonathan King: Inpraiseofuk 		1. Columbia 41396, 1959
2. bonus 45 from Cameo LP The Top Hits Of 1963 Sung By Bobby Rydell (Cameo 1070, 1963)
3. Big Tree 16046, 1975 		2.4
2.7
2.2
session 44 Jan. 6 '06  
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unknown: His Name male cover of Josephine Sunday orig.
wr. Mike Curb, voc. uncredited
from The Big Bounce sdtk. LP, 1969
courtesy J.B. 		3.3
session 43 Jan. 3 '06  
added three more Dion soundalikes (tr. 10-12 of Dion SAL area of session 5)
session 42 Dec. 3 '05  
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Link Wray: Fallin' Rain from Polydor LP Link Wray, 1971 4.2
session 41 Nov. 20 '05  
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Darla Hood: My Quiet Village
Darla Hood: I Pledge Allegiance 		Ray Note 25, 1959
Acama 129, 1962
per request of L.L.; courtesy of R.L. and W.
pic: Darla Hood c.1968 		2.5
3.1
session 40 Nov. 19 '05  
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The Arbors: Hey Joe Where you goin' with that what in your hand? 5.2
session 39 -- Sunday Josephine Sunday Oct. 30 '05  
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Josephine Sunday: intro by and chat with Dick Clark American Bandstand appearance, in which our gal Josephine lip-synced to "You Won't Even Know Her Name" (Tower 184, Dec. 18, 1965; song not included) photo gallery 0.6
session 38 -- goodbye Louis Nye Oct. 13 '05  
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Louis Nye: Like Cola
Louis Nye: Hi Ho, Steve-O
Louis Nye: Teenage Beatnik 		radio ad, c.1983
Coral 61836, 1957
Wig 103, 1959 		0.8
3.5
2.2
session 37 Aug. 29 '05  
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Doc Severinsen: Knowing When To Leave
Doc Severinsen: Barbarella 		 Command 4125, 1969 2.8
2.6
session 36 Aug. 23 '05  
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Syd Nathan: Syd Speaks (Part 1)
Syd Nathan: Syd Speaks (Part 2) 		c.1964, King Records founder and CEO Syd Nathan recorded a 35-minute motivational-slash-instructional speech to be distributed to his sales staff. Nathan was a music biz lizard if ever there was one, and the resultant recording, divided (due to disc flip) into two parts, captures him in all his unapologetic scuzziness.

Delivered in a raspy voice that ranges in excitement from apoplectic to edge-of-a-stroke, Nathan's lecture ultimately serves as a master class in how to run a successful record company. Bottom line: geniuses need not apply!

Collectable quotes: "The record business is not a freak business. It is the same as being in the coffin business, or a funeral parlor"; "I'm more Dutch than I am Jewish!"; "Gimme my hat and I'll give it to ya and godspeed."

shout-outs to P.T. and B.G.

11.4
13.2
session 35 -- The Surfsiders Sing The Beach Boys Songbook Aug. 19 '05  
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1. California Girls
2. I Get Around
3. Little Deuce Coupe
4. 409
5. Little Honda
6. When I Grow Up To Be A Man
7. Warmth Of The Sun
8. Surfin
9. Fun Fun Fun
10. Help Me Rhonda
Design 208, c.1965
gloriously inept!
courtesy T.A.



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 (1) 2.7
(2) 2.4
(3) 2.2
(4) 2.0
(5) 2.1
(6) 2.0
(7) 4.0
(8) 2.4
(9) 2.4
(10) 3.0
session 34 Aug. 15 '05  
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"P. Vert": Stickball "under the counter" novelty record, by Tony Bruno (see session 32) (image) 4.4
session 33[deleted]  
session 32 Aug. 4 '05  
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Nathan Catalon & The Keys: Lost Teen-Ager
John Key & His Keys: Tucumscari (With Apologies To Tucumcari, New Mexico) 		Mercury 71397, 1959
mysterious offshoot of Chicago-based R&B vocal group The Magnificents 		3.2
2.8
Hank Jacobs: Heide
Hank Jacobs: Playboy's Penthouse 		Sue 113, 1964
(sounds like Jackie Mittoo jamming with Cambodian rock band) 		3.0
2.9
1. Tony Bruno: I'm Feeling It Now
2. Tony Bruno: Rhoda Mendelbaum 		1. wr. Tony Bruno-Pete Anders
2. wr. Tony Bruno-Vic Melrose (and covered by The Doughboys)
from I'm Feeling It Now LP, Capitol 2930, c.1967
Bruno aka "P. Vert" of "Stickball" fame (see session 34) 		4.0
3.4
Les Paul & Mary Ford: I Just Don't Understand Columbia 42602, 1962
cover of Ann-Margret hit 		3.1
Jim Hall & The Radio Pals: Hydrogen, Nitrogen & Potassium Process 107; song-poem record, wr. Lolla Mont Gue
courtesy M. Greenberg 		3.6
Ros Sereysothea: Pink Night Cambodian version of "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" 3.1
Freddie & The Dreamers: Do The Freddie
Chubby Checker: Let's Do The Freddie 		Mercury 72428, 1965
Parkway 949, 1965
similar name, different songs 		2.4
2.8
Kate Smith: Daydream from Kate Smith Today LP, RCA 3670, 1966
yet another Spoonful cover 		3.1
Mr. Rogers: I'm Going To Marry Mom from Won't You Be My Neighbor? LP, 1967
America's favorite "funny uncle" professes Oedipal love 		5.1
session 31 Aug. 1 '05  
at long last:
MSR Madness, vol. 5 & 6
session 30 -- Mighty Like A Rolling Stone Aug. 1 '05  
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"Like A Rolling Stone" versions:
1. Buddy Greco
2. Four Seasons
3. The Turtles
4. The Soup Greens
5. Sebastian Cabot
6. The Remains
7. Jimi Hendrix Experience
8. Rotary Connection
9. Johnny Thunders
10. Race Marbles
11. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
12. The Young Rascals
13. Phil Flowers & The Flower Shop (short version)
14. Phil Flowers & The Flower Shop (long version)
15. Hugo Montenegro Orch. 		1. from LP Let The Love Shine In LP (Scepter, 1969)
2. from LP The Four Seasons Sing Big Hits By Burt Bacharach ... Hal David ... Bob Dylan (Phillips, 1965)
3. from LP It Ain't Me, Babe (White Whale, 1965; debut LP)
4. Golden Rule 5000, 1966 (NYC band; rel. 5-66)
5. from LP Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet (MGM 4431, 1965)
6. from Capitol demos (rec. 4-66)
7. Monterey International Pop Festival (6-18-67; Hendrix's U.S. debut with Experience)
8. Cadet Concept 7000, 1968
9. acoustic; c.1984
10. Tower 194, 1966
11. Columbia 44623, 1968
12. from LP The Young Rascals (Atlantic 8123, 1966; debut LP)
13. A&M 1122, 1969
14. A&M, 1969
15. from LP Dawn Of Dylan (GWP 2003, 1970) 		(1) 7.4
(2) 5.1
(3) 3.7
(4) 3.0
(5) 3.4
(6) 3.9
(7) 7.8
(8) 5.7
(9) 1.6
(10) 3.3
(11) 2.6
(12) 7.0
(13) 2.7
(14) 6.1
(15) 4.4
session 29 -- Larry Collins invents heavy metal July 8 '05  
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Lorrie & Larry Collins: Whistle Bait (standard version)
Lorrie & Larry Collins: Whistle Bait (proto-metal version) 		Columbia 4-41225, 1958; wr. The Collins
45rpm slowed to 33, revealing "Whistle Bait" as the roots of Led Zeppelin 		1.8
2.5
session 28 -- Superstar variations July 6 '05  
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1. Delaney & Bonnie: Groupie (Superstar)
2. Cher: Superstar
3. Ros Sereysothea: 		1. Atco 6725; 1969
2. Atco 6793; 1970 (courtesy M. & G. Still)
3. from Cambodia 		3.3
3.6
4.4
session 27 -- C. Carson Parks July 4 '05  
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1. Carson & Gaile: Something Stupid
2. Mills Brothers: Cab Driver
3. Greenwood County Singers: Anne
4. Greenwood County Singers: Save The Bones For Henry Jones ('Cause He Don't Eat No Meat)
5. Greenwood County Singers: Cake Walkin' Babies From Home 		1. Kapp 813, 1967; wr. C. Carson Parks
2. Dot 17041, 1967; wr. C. Carson Parks
3-5. from Kapp LP Have You Heard (1964):



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 2.5
3.4
2.4
2.7
3.0
session 26 -- Darin does Sebastian July 3 '05  
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1. Bobby Darin: Daydream
2. Bobby Darin: Darling Be Home Soon
3. Bobby Darin: (Sittin' Here) Lovin' You
4. Bobby Darin: Bes' Friends 		Four Bobby Darin covers of John Sebastian/Lovin' Spoonful songs. 1 and 3 from If I Were A Carpenter LP (Atlantic, 1966); 2 and 4 from Inside Out LP (Atlantic, 1967). 3.0
3.5
2.6
1.9
session 25 -- ID inquiry July 3 '05  
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La Ragazza Del Clan: Caro Johnny
 wr. R.W. Matthews
who did original version? 		2.9
session 24 June 24 '05  
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Steve Greenberg: Big Bruce Trip 3000, 1969
co-wr. Mack Vickery, aka Matt Vincent
label scan, plus other "Big Bad John" responses 		3.5
session 23 -- "That's How I Got To Memphis" June 23 '05  
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1. Billy Haley & The Comets: That's How I Got To Memphis
2. Scott Walker: That's How I Got To Memphis
3. Tom T. Hall: That's How I Got To Memphis
4. Lee Hazlewood: That's How I Got To Memphis
5. Bobby Bare: That's How I Got To Memphis 		1. U.A. 50483, 1969
2. Stretch LP, 1973
3. Ballad Of Forty Dollars LP, 1969
4. 20th Century Lee LP, 1976 (Sweden rel.)
5. Mercury 73097, 1970

song wr. Tom T. Hall

3.0
3.7
3.6
3.4
3.5
session 22 -- early April June 22 '05  
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April Stevens: Don't Do It
April Stevens: The Sweetest Day
 Society 9 (78rpm), 1950 (image) 4.0
3.5
session 21 -- Si-i-i-imon-n-n-n!!! June 12 '05  
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1. "David Seville" & Julie London: The Sounds Of Liberty, pt. 1
2. "David Seville" & Julie London: The Sounds Of Liberty, pt. 2
 Liberty Records' promo, distrib. as part of 1960 Annual Report (image)
in memory of label founder Simon Waronker
courtesy Margaret & Gary Still 		9.2
8.8
session 20 -- Deep Throat 2-in-1 June 7 '05  
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Big Joe: Tape White Wash combines both meanings of "Deep Throat" in a single record!
Fab 243, c.1973; Jamaica; "Big Joe" aka Joseph Spaulding
see also Watergate '69 		3.6
session 19 -- Post-Sadler, or Gober's Pile June 6 '05  
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a platoon of responses to S/Sgt. Barry Sadler's "Ballad Of The Green Berets":
1. Major Hershel Gober: Picture Of A Man (45 version)
2. Hershel Gober: Picture Of A Man (LP version)
3. Hershel Gober: Saigon Warrior
4. Hershel Gober: Six Klicks
5. Hershel Gober: An American's Dream
6. Hershel Gober: Look Over My Shoulder
7. Kate Smith: The Ballad Of The Green Berets
8. Nancy Ames: He Wore A Green Beret
9. Nancy Ames: War Is A Card Game
10. Johnny Mac: Chosen To Wear The Green Berets
11. Johnny Mac: Let The Cannons Roar Loudly
12. Johnny Mac: Wishes
13. Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America: Ballad Of The Green Berets
14. Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America: The Green Beret
15. Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America: Badge Of Courage
16. Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America: Bamiba
17. Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America: Saigon
18. Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America: I Am An American 		1. Buddah 152, 1970 (also, as "Capt." Hershel Gober, on Tee Pee 4533)

2-6. from Hershel Gober LP The Proud American (Patriot Records; date, rank and serial number unknown)

7. from Kate Smith Today (RCA LPM-3670, 1966)

8-9. Epic 10003, 1966 (courtesy Margaret & Gary Still)

10-12. from Johnny Mac LP Ballad Of The Green Beret (Crown 5510)

13-18. from Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America LP Salute To Our Fighting Men In Vietnam (RCA LSP-3600, 1966)

Probe's gallery of post-Sadler images (this time from Probe's own collection)

(1) 3.9
(2) 4.1
(3) 6.9
(4) 3.3
(5) 5.9
(6) 4.4
(7) 4.2
(8) 2.7
(9) 2.2
(10) 3.2
(11) 3.0
(12) 2.7
(13) 3.1
(14) 2.5
(15) 3.2
(16) 3.0
(17) 3.7
(18) 3.2
session 18 -- Thurl Ravenscroft June 3 '05  
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1. Thurl Ravenscroft: Z Ford Chevrolet
2. Thurl Ravenscroft: I Ain't Afraid 		1. radio ad
2. Bally 1008, 1956 		1.2
2.5
Probe's gallery of Thurl R. images swiped from the 'net

external websites:
All Things Thurl
trade mag int.
DoomBuggies.com: An Unofficial Tribute to Disney's Haunted Mansion

session 17 -- Bedazzled June 3 '05  
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1. Peter Cook: Bedazzled
2. Dudley Moore: Love Me 		1. dubbed from film's actual sdtk. (diff. than version on sdtk. LP/45);
introduced in film as by "Drimblewedge & The Vegetation"
2. Parrot 3016, 1967 		2.6
2.8
session 16 -- Napoleonic Code May 25 '05  
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XV responses to Napoleon XIV:
1. Josephine: They Took You Away, I'm Glad I'm Glad
2. Josef: They Took You Away, I'm Glad I'm Glad
3. Josephine XIII: Down On The Funny Farm (Oy Vey)
4. Josephine XV: I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Haaa!
5. Henry The IX: Don't Take Me Back, Oh- Nooo!
6. The Emperor: I'm Normal
7. Teddy & Darrel: They Took You Away, I'm Glad I'm Glad
8. Rose Brooks: They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
9. Kim Fowley: They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
10. VIX Noelopan: !Aaah-Ah, Yawa Em Ekat Ot Gnimoc Er'yeht
11. Floris VI: Ze Nemen Me Eindelijk Mee, Ha- Haaa!
12. Floris VI: Ahah Eem Kjilednie Em Nemen Ez
13. I Balordi: Vengono A Portarci Via Ah, Aah!
14. Napoleon Puppy: Ellos Me Quieren Llevar
15. Boots Walker: They're Here
16. Beatrice Kay w/ Mitchell Ayres & His Orch.: Hoooray, Hooray, I'm Goin' Away
bonus: Napoleon XIV interview 		1. Valiant 745-A, 1966
2. Valiant 745-B, 1966
3. Cameo 427, 1966
4. Warner Bros. LP 1661 (They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!, otherwise by Napoleon XIV), 1966
5. Showcase 9810
6. Current 111, 1966
7. Mira LP 10,000 (These Are The Hits, You Silly Savage!), 1966
8. Soul City 750, 1967 (any relation to Rosa Lee Brooks, of "My Diary" fame?)
9. CBS (UK) 202243, 1966
10. Warner Bros. 5831, 1966 (flipside to orig. hit)
11. Decca (Netherlands) 10223-A, 1966
12. Decca (Netherlands) 10223-B, 1966
13. Durium (Italy) 7494, 1966 (acc. to Roberto Lanterna, "The Italian lyrics were by their producer Luciano Giacotto, and they're a bit different from the original -- here the band are taken away to a mental hospital because their music is too loud!")
14. CBS (Argentina) 21779; wr. cr. "Napoleón Bonaparte" (acc. to Ayrton Mugnaini, "The record plays at 33rpm. In the vinyl era Brazil and Argentina shared the dubious honour of being the only major phonographic markets not to produce singles at 45rpm.")
15. Rust 5115, 1967; aka Ernie Maresca
16. Columbia 37922, 1947; wr. Sunny Skylar; courtesy Lee Hartsfeld
bonus. see session 63 		(1) 3.1
(2) 2.5
(3) 3.3
(4) 2.6
(5) 2.9
(6) 2.6
(7) 3.6
(8) 2.5
(9) 2.3
(10) 2.5
(11) 2.5
(12) 2.5
(13) 2.7
(14) 3.8
(15) 2.6
(15) 2.6
misc. Napoleonic notes:

  • The Louvre: Probe's Napoleon XIV image gallery

  • Track #10 above is the B-side to the hit single, and was a mirror-image (both sonically and graphically) of the topside. It is listed (among the album's other contents) on the front cover to the Napoleon XIV album, but, for reasons unknown, was replaced on the actual disc with the Josephine XV track (#4 above).

  • Chris Mezzolesta writes an excellent story on the Napoleon XIV phenemonon
    • session 15 May 12 '05  
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    The Ten Lonely Guys: Ten Lonely Guys post-rel. demo; co-wr. ten diff. Brill Bldg. cats; lead voc. Neil Diamond (who was one of the ten) 4.3
    session 14 May 9 '05  
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    Cookie V: You Got The Wrong Girl
    Cookie V: Queen Of Fools     		Checker 1222, 1969; pr. Bo Diddley
    Cookie V aka Cornelia Redmond     		2.7
    2.9
    session 13 May 8 '05  
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    1. Uzi: JJ85
    2. Uzi: Wafer Brain
    3. Uzi: Tighter Circles
    4. Via: 1000 Miles An Hour     		a handful of rare Thalia Zedek-related recordings, including original versions of a couple of recently-exhumed songs (#s 1 and 4):
    1. live at Johnny D's, Boston, Jan. 26 '85
    2. ditto
    3. live at Channel, Boston, Dec. 10 '85; opening for Jesus & Mary Chain
    4. live at Green Street Station, Boston, Apr. 3 '88 (Via's one and only gig, as Thalia quit the next day to move to NYC to join Live Skull); opening for Crime And The City Solution
    		 3.8
    4.8
    5.6
    3.1
    session 12[deleted]  
    session 11[deleted]  
    session 10 May 3 '05  
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    1. Sounds Of Sunshine: Anything Can Happen
    2. Sounds Of Sunshine: Yesterday Keeps Getting In The Way     		Ranwood 913, 1972; both wr. Warner Wilder, pr. Randy Wood & Wilder Bros.
    1. arr. Don Ralke
    2. vocal bg & strings: Don Ralke; rhythm arr. Larry Muhoberac; "from LP Love Means"     		3.2
    3.4
    session 9 April 19 '05  
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    John Fred & His Playboy Band:
    1. No Good To Cry
    2. Most Unlikely To Succeed
    3. Off The Wall
    4. Up And Down
    5. AcHenall Riot     		all from Agnes English LP, Paula, 1967 3.1
    2.8
    2.4
    3.1
    2.8
    session 8[deleted]  
    session 7 March 13 '05  
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    Billy Eckstine: Vertigo rejected title theme to Hitchcock masterpiece 3.0
    Chubby Checker & Dee Dee Sharp: Love Is Strange from LP Twist With Chubby Checker (Parkway 7001, 1960); thanks to Frank Wright 3.2
    session 6 March 11 '05  
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    Buddy Holly: Love Is Strange unadorned version 2.1
    session 5 Feb. 28 '05  
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    The Jackson 5ive: One More Chance Motown, 1970, from when Michael was still street (evidence within); flip of "I'll Be There" 3.5
    The Bon-Bons: Each Time Coral, 1964; wr. Jackie DeShannon; courtesy JDAS 3.6
    Screamin' Jay Hawkins: what "mojo" is c.1981; Jay, corraled between sets at a club gig in Somerville, Mass., answers my question "vass iz dis 'mojo'?" 2.5
    1. Basil Swift & The Seegrams: Farmer's Daughter
    2. Basil Swift & The Seegrams: Shambles     		Mercury 72386, 1965; aka Danny Hutton 2.2
    2.1
    1. Odyssey: California
    2. Odyssey: Jethro     		ESP-Disk 45 (#4502); rare and wild; both sides ripe for covers 4.7
    2.3
    1. Half-Japanese: Karen
    2. Half-Japanese: Hey Laurie
    3. Half-Japanese: I Want Something New     		1. the great lost Half-Japanese track
    2. from rare 1979 compilation The Best Of Baltimore's Buried (Balto-Weird 1001, 1979)
    3. from 30 Seconds Over D.C.: Here Comes The New Wave (Limp 1001, 1978)
    courtesy Jad & David Fair     		2.9
    1.2
    2.0
    three Johnny Cash soundalikes:
    1. Johnny Price: Marijuana, The Devil's Flower
    2. Charlie Stewart: Who'd Lie On Johnny Cash?
    3. Tommy Cash: I Didn't Walk The Line     		 
    1. unknown
    2. Showland, 1970
    3. Musicor, 1965     		 
    3.1
    2.9
    2.9
    Dion soundalikes:
    1.     Dean & Jean: Please Don't Tell Me Now
    2. Dino & The Diplomats: I Can't Believe
    3. The Echoes: Baby Blue
    4. The Elegants: Little Star
    5. The Elegants: Please Believe Me
    6. The Mystics: Hushabye
    7. Joel Hill: I Ran
    8. The Rip Chords: The Queen
    9. Trade Martin: That Stranger Used To Be My Girl
    10. Dick Dale: Who Can He Be
    11. Johnny Cymbal: Little Miss Lonely
    12. Danny Jordan: Runaround Sue's Getting Married
    13. The Del Satins: Counting Teardrops
    14. Linda Laurie: Stay At Home Sue
    15. Carmen Taylor: You're Puttin' Me On     		 
    1. Rust 5075, 1964
    2. Laurie 3103, 1961
    3. Seg-Way 103, 1960
    4. Apt 25005, 1958
    5. Apt 25017, 1958
    6. Laurie 3028, 1959
    7. Monogram 510, 1963
    8. Columbia 42921, 1963
    9. Coed 570, 1962
    10. Capitol 5290, 1964
    11. Kapp 614, 1964
    12. United Artists 491, 1962
    13. Win 702, 1961
    14. Rust 5042, 1961; w/ The Del Satins (courtesy D.C.)
    15. Kama Sutra 206, 1966; wr. Richard Perry; answer only (not SAL)

    tracks are suppl. to So Why Did You Sing Like Me, Dion? compilation CD

    		 
    (1) 2.7
    (2) 2.9
    (3) 3.1
    (4) 3.3
    (5) 3.4
    (6) 3.0
    (7) 2.6
    (8) 2.0
    (9) 3.2
    (10) 2.6
    (11) 3.0
    (12) 2.3
    (13) 3.1
    (14) 2.6
    (15) 2.5
    session 4 Feb. 22 '05  
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    The Gentrys: Cinammon Girl
    The Gentrys: I Just Got The News     		Sun 1114, 1970 2.7
    2.7
    session 3 Feb. 19 '05  
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    Kitty Bruce: Yesterday rec. Lenny Bruce, approx. one week before his death on July 27, 1966; gtr: Lawrence Schiller; from exploitation LP Why Did Lenny Bruce Die? (Capitol), pr. Lawrence Schiller 2.0
    1. Tim Hardin: Lenny's Tune (edit)
    2. Tim Hardin: Lenny's Tune (full)     		1. intro deleted (cleanly)
    2. incl. intro w/ VO
    aka "Eulogy To Lenny Bruce"; from exploitation LP Why Did Lenny Bruce Die? (Capitol), pr. Lawrence Schiller     		2.8
    4.1
    session 2 Feb. 11 '05  
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    Tiny & Tim: Bop A Diddy Do Okeh, 1958; wr. Julius Dixon 1.8
    Rose DuBats: Signals From Saturn
    Rose DuBats: Wonder Where The Boys Go     		Raynard 1014, 1962 2.6
    2.6
    The Remains: Let Me Through Ed Sullivan Show, Dec. 26 1965; VHS audio track; song elsewise unrecorded 3.6
    Dion with The Wanderers: Now Columbia, 1967 (?); from LP Wonder Where I'm Bound; pr. Tom Wilson; wr. Dion DiMucci & Carlo Mastrangelo 3.1
    Dion: 900 Miles Columbia, 1967 (?); from LP Wonder Where I'm Bound; pr. Robert Mersey; wr. Woody Guthrie 4.1
    Astrud Gilberto: You Didn't Have To Be So Nice Verve, 1967; cloying version of Spoonful classic, feat. her obnoxious young son 3.1
    Mino Retano: Hai Gia' Sofferto Tanto Ital. version of "Darling Be Home Soon" 4.3
    Johnny Thunder: I'm Alive Calla 161, 1968; wr. Tommy James & Pete Lucia; pr. Teddy Vann; arr. & "musical concept" Tommy James 2.9
    Jill Read: Maybe Stiff, 1977; from label's debut LP Hits Greatest Stiffs; liner notes indicate this Dave Edmunds production of The Chantels' classic was made in 1969, which "maybe" but I'm a bit suspicious that the vocal isn't actually Edmunds himself sped up 3.4
    Alive & Kicking: Sunday Morning Roulette, 1970; flip of "Tighter, Tighter"; wr. B. Sudano-W. Wilson; pr. "Tommy James & Bob King for Tommy James Ventures" 4.0
    Cherokee: Girl I've Got News For You ABC, 1971 (UK release on Probe); ex-Robbs; pr. Steve Barri 3.1
    Bob Summers: The Pied Piper Verve, 1972; arr. & pr. Bob Summers; decent, if irrelevant, cover version 2.8
    Dennis Yost & The Classics IV: It's Now Winter's Day MGM South, 1973; pr. Tommy Roe & Sonny Limbo; nice cover of Roe's own song 4.1
    session 1 -- We Wrote 'Em And We Sing 'Em Feb. 9 '05  
    artist: title notes file size
    MGM SE-3912, 1961, LP; six songwriters showcase their own material -- one hit and one new song apiece
    graphics     		1.1
    Otis Blackwell: All Shook Up   2.1
    Eddie Cooley: Fever   2.9
    Winfield Scott: Tweedle-Dee   2.7
    Ollie Jones: Send For Me   2.8
    Lincoln Chase: Jim Dandy   2.5
    Billy Dawn: The Angels Listened In aka Billy Dawn Smith 2.9
    Billy Dawn: When I Saw You aka Billy Dawn Smith 2.5
    Lincoln Chase: Hot Biscuits And Sweet Marie   2.9
    Ollie Jones: Come On, Come On   2.4
    Otis Blackwell: Music And Fire   2.1
    Winfield Scott: Some Cold Night Now (That's All Right Now)   3.1
    Eddie Cooley: Lay It On   2.2

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