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session 100 -- great record, but why does he mention Jean Yawkey? Sept. 18 '06  
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Bernie Hayes: Cool Strut Volt 4047, 1970
more on Bernie Hayes
3.4
session 99 -- Splendor In The Grass Sept. 17 '06  
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1. Jackie DeShannon: Splendor In The Grass (demo)
2. Rollie Willis & The Contenders: Whenever I Get Lonely
3. The Boys: Splendor In The Grass
4. Lou Christie: (I Remember) Gina
5. Jackie DeShannon: Splendor In The Grass (v.1)
6. The Charmaines: Whenever I Get Lonely
7. Gulliver's People: Splendour In The Grass
8. Jackie DeShannon: Splendor In The Grass (v.2)
1. publisher's demo, 1965; wr. DeShannon
2. Saxony 1001, 1962; wr. Paul Trefzger
3. Kama Sutra 203, 1965; wr. Jackie DeShannon
4. Columbia 44240, 1967; wr. Linzer-Randell
5. Imperial 66171, 1966 (also rel. Imperial 66312 & 66313, both 1968); backed by The Byrds; wr. DeShannon
6. Saxony 3008; wr. Paul Trefzger; originally unrel. (debut 2004)
7. Parlophone (UK) R5435, 1966; wr. DeShannon
8. from LP Me About You (Imperial 12386, 1968); wr. DeShannon

< Wood & Beatty in SITG
DeShannon >

(1) 3.1
(2) 3.7
(3) 2.6
(4) 3.3
(5) 2.7
(6) 3.5
(7) 1.6
(8) 2.9
Both versions of "Whenever I Get Lonely" are available on the Saxony Vaults compilation, which is most highly recommended.
session 98 -- why adults hated rocknroll Sept. 9 '06  
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Bill Haley & The Comets: Straight Jacket Essex 348, 1954
title spelling is sic
3.2
In other Haley news, Tom Diehl has provided an upgrade of Haley's version of "That's How I Got To Memphis," which is not only much cleaner than the previous one, but also in stereo (session 23)
session 97 -- mazel tov! Sept. 8 '06  
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Sparks: The Wedding Of Jacqueline Kennedy To Russell Mael Island 043, 1975
non-LP B-side; U.S. rel. only
wr. Russell Mael; pr. Tony Visconti
Mary Hopkin as JK
1.9
session 96 Sept. 7 '06  
added another "That's How I Got To Memphis" version, by Bobby Bare (session 23), and another Napoleon XIV cop, by Ernie Maresca as "Boots Walker" (session 16)
session 95 -- Just To Hold My Hand Sept. 6 '06  
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1. Paul Perryman: Just To Hold My Hand
2. Big Boy Myles & The Shaw-Wees: Just To Hold My Hand
3. Dee Dee Sharp: Just To Hold My Hand
4. Vernon & Jewell: Just To Hold My Hand
1. Duke 158, 1956; wr. Perryman-Robey; orig. version
2. Specialty 590, 1957; Shaw-Wees also backed Sugarboy Crawford
3. from LP Do The Bird, Cameo 1050, 1963
4. Kent 430, 1965; husband/wife team
1.5
2.0
2.5
2.1
session 94 -- is this from the armpit, or what? Aug. 29 '06  
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The Lumpen: Free Bobby Now Seize The Time 4501, c.1970
wr. & arr. Bill Calhoun
group was musical cadre of Black Panther Party,
  song in ref. to BPP co-founder/Chicago 7 co-defendant Bobby Seale
further info
thanks to CAF

< The Lumpen
Bobby Seale >

2.6
session 93 -- Ernie T., phone home Aug. 21 '06  
Little Ernest Tucker: Gonna Get Me A Satellite
Little Ernest Tucker: Too Small To Dance
Fortune 843, 1958
courtesy JM
1.8
2.3
Ernie Tucker: Can She Give You Fever
Ernie Tucker: I'm That Someone
Earth 501/502, 1960
A-side wr. E. Hickey-E. Tucker; B-side wr. E. Tucker
courtesy M. & G. Still

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3.1
2.9
Ernie Tucker & His Operators: Betty And Bobby
Ernie Tucker & His Operators: Telephone Me Some Lovin'
Musicor 1005, 1961
both wr. Tucker; "A Fowler-Tucker Prod."

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2.9
3.0
Stan Robinson: Can She Give You Fever
Stan Robinson: Rhinoceros
Amy 810, 1960; pr. Buddy Smith
A-side wr. E. Hickey-Tucker; B-side wr. B. Wayne-M. Lewis
S.R. = father of Black Crowes' Chris and Rich Robinson

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2.8
2.3
Miss Chuckle Cherry: My Pussycat (Females Answer to Ding-A-Ling)
Miss Chuckle Cherry: S.O.S.
Grassroots 1030, 1972
wr. & co-pr. Ernie Tucker

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4.4
2.9
session 92 -- records about records Aug. 15 '06  
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1. Johnny Bond & His Orch. feat. Rosemary Calvin: You Broke My Heart With Be-Bop
2. Cook Brothers: Jukebox Play For Me
3. Roberta Meshel: My Top Ten Chart
4. The Four Seasons: How Do You Make A Hit Song?
5. Coo Coo Rockin Time: Put Records Back In The Record Shop
6. Three Stooges: Cutting A Record
1. MGM 10565, 1949
2. Island (EP, unnumbered), 1959
3. Diamond 154, 1964; wr. Teddy Vann-Roger Atkins; courtesy Tom Diehl
4. from LP Recorded Live On Stage, Vee-Jay 1154, 1965
5. from LP Coo Coo Party Time, 50 Skadillion Watts COO12-2, 1990; courtesy David Fair
6. Golden, 1959; warning: Curly Joe
2.8
1.9
3.6
5.2
2.7
2.9
session 91 -- Teri Thornton rarity Aug. 11 '06  
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1. Teri Thornton: Where Was I?
2. Teri Thornton: Molly Marlene
3. Mel Tormé: Molly Marlene
1. Mothers Records & The Snarf Co. 1000 (label owned by animator Jay Ward); arr. & pr. H.B. Barnum
2. flip of above; wr. Teri Thornton

click pic for larger view, plus label art

3.1
2.6
2.6
session 90 Aug. 9 '06  
Added another honky cover version of "Bo Diddley, " and reorganized session 53 to incorporate all three of the ofay buggers.
session 89 Aug. 4 '06  
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1. Sonny Bono: Laugh At Me
2. Sonny Bono: Laugh At Me
1. Shindig, Aug. 11 '65
sings live over complete studio track
  (thus double-tracked voc)
more (and bigger) screenshots
2. from LP Sonny & Cher Live (Kapp 3654, 1971)
3.6
4.7
session 88 -- the tooth of a hen Aug. 2 '06  
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Frank Sinatra: Maureen Is A Champ Apple #1; 1968; one copy made
commissioned by Apple executive Peter Brown, in honor of Maureen Starkey's 22d birthday
further info: A B C D
2.6
session 87 -- electronic dabblings July 29 '06  
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1. Kim Fowley: Energy
2. Hiens Hoffman-Richter: Symphony For Tape Delay, IBM Instruction Manual, & Ohm Septet, 3d mvmt.
1. from LP Good Clean Fun (Imperial 12443, c.1968); wr., pr. & arr. Fowley
2. aka Rod McKuen
2.4
7.2
session 86 July 26 '06  
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Ray Saporita: Baby Sitter
Ray Saporita: Hercules
IPG 1006, 1963
thanks to RL
2.6
2.5
session 85 July 25 '06  
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Billie Tam: Happy Together from Hong Kong
thanks to Yi Duan and Dave O'Gara
2.5
session 84 July 23 '06  
Added another Wobble, courtesy Mr. M.R. See tr. 12 of session 68.
session 83 July 21 '06  
Added a Dion soundalike which is also a "Runaround Sue" answer record, and a "Runaround Sue" answer record that is not a Dion soundalike. See tr. 14 & 15 of Dion SAL area of session 5.
session 82 -- a hatful of song-poems July 13 '06  
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1. Dick Kent: Hot Pants Plus
2. Linda Lane: Tribute To America
3. Mike Thomas: Cleanse My Body
4. Rod Rogers: House Of Japan
1. wr. Henry E. Canty; MSR 437, 1971
2. wr. Michael Grant; from LP Through Love And Song, Vol. IV (Royal Master 7003)
3. wr. Linda Hayes; Tin Pan Alley 68-647
4. wr. Frank J. Sears; Aloha 45
thanxs: Jada
3.8
3.2
2.6
4.0
session 81 -- only 139 shopping days till Halloween June 14 '06  
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1. Big Bob Kornegay: At The House Of Frankenstein
2. Carlos Casal, Jr.: Don't Meet Mr. Frankenstein
3. Eddie Thomas: Frankenstein Rock
4. Hollywood Flames: Frankenstein's Den
5. The Swinging Phillies: Frankenstein's Party
6. Bart Lewis: Frankenstein
7. Ivan: Frankie Frankenstein
8. The Castle Kings: You Can Get Him Frankenstein
9. Nicole Paquin: Mon Mari C'est Frankenstein
10. The Crystals: Frankenstein Twist
11. Soupy Sales: My Baby's Got A Crush On Frankenstein
12. Jekyll & Hyde: Frankenstein Meets The Beetles
13. Count Lorry & The Biters: Frankenstein Stomp
14. France Gall: Frankenstein
15. New York Dolls: Frankenstein (Orig.)
1. Go 101, 1958
2. Emge 1005, 1958
3. Spinning 6001, 1958
4. Ebb 144, 1958
5. Deluxe 6171, 1958
6. Oklahoma 19990
7. Coral 62081, 1959; aka Jerry Ivan Allison of Crickets
8. Atlantic 2107, 1961; co-wr. Ahmet Ertegun & Phil Spector (w/ band member Ed Adlum)
9. Polydor (Fr.) 21819, 1961; Castle Kings cover
10. from Crystals LPs Twist Uptown (Philles 4000, 1962) and He's A Rebel (Philles 4001, 1963); wr. K. Henry & William Leo McCorkle; pr. Phil Spector; arr. Arnold Goland
11. Reprise 20108, 1962
12. DCP (= Don Costa Prod.) 1126, 1965; co-wr. Dickie Goodman; lyric re Battle of Bands betw. F. and Beatles!
13. Dragon 4406, 1965
14. Pathé (Fr.) 12207, 1972; wr. Serge Gainsbourg
15. from New York Dolls LP (Mercury 675, 1973; pr. Shadow Morton)

thanks to Andres Jurak

(1) 2.5
(2) 2.6
(3) 2.1
(4) 2.5
(5) 3.0
(6) 2.5
(7) 2.8
(8) 2.9
(9) 2.1
(10) 2.0
(11) 2.3
(12) 2.1
(13) 1.4
(14) 2.8
(15) 6.9
session 80 -- introducing Isadore Fertel June 7 '06  
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1. Isadore Fertel: I Am Woman
2. Isadore Fertel: Susan B.
* self-proclaimed first male member of N.O.W.
* Tiny Tim protégé (T.T. himself called Isadore "Tiny Tim's Tiny Tim")
* 45 reconstructed here scheduled for release on T.T.'s Toilet label, although no copies have ever been seen
* tracks dubbed from cassette found in estate of pianist/dentist/T.T. cousin Marvin Lewis
* for more on Fertel, see Harry Stein's T.T. bio (1976, Playboy Press)
* click pix for larger versions (with notes)
3.1
2.8
session 79 June 1 06  
added another "That's How I Got To Memphis" version, this one by Lee Hazlewood (session 23; thanks to Bruce Milne)
session 78 -- "Henry" cycle May 26 '06  
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1. Effie Smith [>]: Dial That Telephone
2. Thelma Baxter & The Durham Brothers All Stars: Henry (Yes My Love)
3. Little Caesar: Goodbye Baby
1. Aladdin 3202, 1953; wr. Smith
2. Cosmopolitan 522
3. Rec. In Hollywood 235, 1953; wr. & pr. Que Martyn

above sequence recommended

3.2
3.8
2.8
session 77 -- Frankie's greatest unknown May 25 '06  
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Frank Sinatra: Where Do You Go wr. Alec Wilder; arr. Gordon Jenkins
from No One Cares LP (Capitol 1221, 1959)
3.6
session 76 May 24 '06  
added another Dion soundalike, this one by his protégés The Del Satins, and one of the best of the batch (tr. 13 of Dion SAL area of session 5)
session 75 -- unlikely covers May 23 '06  
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1. Annette: California Sun
2. Trini Lopez: Master Jack
3. Dee Dee Sharp: Village Of Love
1. Annette's Beach Party LP (Buena Vista 3316, 1963)
2. Reprise 3255, 1968
3. All The Hits By Dee Dee Sharp LP (Cameo 1027, 1962)
gracias a PC
2.1
2.4
0.9
session 74 -- Greatest Record Ever Made (this week's version) May 18 '06  
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1. The Gongettes: Gong, Gong - I'm Blue
2. The Gongettes: Trouble
Original Sound 21, 1962
thanks to BM
2.3
2.4
session 73 -- "Makin' love is what they teach!" May 15 '06  
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1. Jo Ann Campbell: A Kookie Little Paradise (orig. long version)
2. Jo Ann Campbell: A Kookie Little Paradise (short version)
3. The Tree Swingers: Kookie Little Paradise
4. The Tree Swingers: Teaching The Natives To Sing
5. Gillian Hills: Le Paradis Pour Toi
1. ABC 10134, 1960; orig. mix; wr. Lee Pockriss & Bob Hilliard
2. ABC 10134, 1960; "no ape-call" version; wr. Lee Pockriss & Bob Hilliard
3-4. Guyden 2036, 1960; wr. Lee Pockriss & Bob Hilliard
5. Barclay 70352 (EP; Fr.), 1960; accompagnée par l'orchestre de Paul Mauriat; wr. B. Hilliard, L. Pockriss, A. Salvet & L. Morisse

other versions: Frankie Vaughan; Gus Backus (as "Das Ist Viel Zu Schon Um War Zu Sein"); Monn-Keys & Egil Monn-Iversen Ork (as "Et Festlig Lite Paradise")

more info: PopArchives (grazie a Lyn Nuttall)

3.5
3.0
2.7
2.7
2.8
session 72 May 10 '06  
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Long John Silver: Harvey The Hippo Star Brite 101, 1959
like Alvin & The Chipmunks turned on their heads
courtesy TT
2.9
session 71 -- Nico live at CBGBs, 1979 May 4 '06  
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1. No One Is There
2. All Tomorrow's Parties
3. Abschied
4. Janitor Of Lunacy
What Goes On 1, 1981
rec. live at CBGBs, March 8, 1979
CBGBs' pinball machines and barking dog can be heard in b.g.
Nico solo voc. & harmonium,
  plus Lutz Ulbrich (of Ash Ra Tempel) ac. gtr. tr. 2
legal bootleg (really!)
4.6
4.9
3.6
5.1
session 70 May 3 '06  
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Mills Brothers: Beaver Dot 15909, 1959
courtesy TA
2.8
session 69 -- Tubby Chess & His Candy Stripe Twisters Do The Twist May 2 '06  
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1. The Twist
2. Oh This Is Love
3. Swinging Papa
4. Yes She Knows
5. My Baby Couldn't Dance
6. I Need Your Love
7. I Just Couldn't Take It
8. Hey Little Girl
9. Take A Chance
10. Loving You
Grand Prix K-187, 1962
makes The Surfsiders sound like the New York Philharmonic
(1) 3.1
(2) 2.9
(3) 2.5
(4) 2.9
(5) 2.7
(6) 2.9
(7) 2.6
(8) 2.6
(9) 2.9
(10) 2.0
session 68 -- get up and do The Wobble April 29 '06  
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1. Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch.: Elephant's Wobble
2. Ray Agee: Wobble-Lou
3. James "Sugar Boy" Crawford: She's Gotta Wobble (When She Walks)
4. Diane & The Darlettes: The Wobble
5. Garland Owens: Hula Wobble Shake
6. Les Cooper: Wiggle Wobble
7. Tico & The Triumphs: Get Up And Do The Wobble
8. Jerry Williams: Let's Do The Wobble
9. L.C. Cooke: The Wobble
10. Hector & The Eastmen: Wobble Lou
11. Dyke & The Blazers: The Wobble
12. The Cinders: C'mon Wobble
13. Jimmy McCracklin: The Wobble
1. Okeh 8100, 1923
2. Spark 119, 1955; wr. Ray Agee & Johnnie Getz
3. Imperial 5424, 1957
4. Dunes 2016, 1962
5. Legrand 1024, 1962; pr. Frank Guida
6. Everlast 5019, 1962
7. Amy 860, 1962; wr. (as "Landis") & sung Paul Simon
8. V-Tone 501, 1963; Williams aka "Swamp Dogg"
9. SAR 141, 1963; L.C. Cooke brother of Sam Cooke
10. Tune-Kel 602
11. Original Sound 102, 1971
12. Warner Bros. 5326, 1962; arr. & co-wr. Jack Nitzsche (more info)
13. Mercury 71412, 1959; wr. Jimmy McCracklin

thx to JL, TT, HH, PC, MR and MC

(1) 3.0
(2) 2.7
(3) 2.5
(4) 2.7
(5) 2.4
(6) 2.5
(7) 2.4
(8) 2.6
(9) 2.9
(10) 2.5
(11) 3.1
(12) 2.3
(13) 1.6
session 67 -- "Bring Back Howdy Doody" April 19 '06  
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1. 1910 Fruitgum Company: Wow Wop
2. Flying Giraffe: Bring Back Howdy Doody
3. bonus
1. Buddah 91, 1969
2. Bell 801, 1969
the story
2.4
2.3
0.8
session 66 -- shame and scandal in the family April 10 '06  
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Dorothy Shay: Uncle Fud makes "I'm My Own Grampa" sound like "Rock-A-Bye Baby"
Columbia 37192, 1946; orch. under dir. Mischa Russell
Shay, from Florida, was a classy band singer who fell into a career emphasizing cornpone schtick, hence her nickname "The Park Avenue Hillbilly"
courtesy PC
1.3
session 65 -- A World Without Pitney April 7 '06  
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Gene Pitney & The Embers:
1. Darkness
2. Runaway Lover
3. So Tired
4. Victory

Gene in tongues:
5. Quiero Amor
6. Bleibe Bei Mir
7. Citta Spietata
8. A Poche Ora Da Te
9. Mecca

Gene writes and Gene sings:
10. Hello, Mary Lou
11. She's A Rebel

original versions of Gene's hits:
12. Frankie Laine: I'm Gonna Be Strong
13. Barry Mann: Looking Through The Eyes Of Love

Gene and the Brits:
14. Rolling Stones: And Mr. Spector And Mr. Pitney Came Too
15. Russ Loader: Just Lies
16. Gene Pitney: Lips Were Redder On You

1-4. Gene's first recordings; Hartford, 1958; all wr. GP; unrel. at the time
5. "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" in Spanish
6. "A Town Without Pity" in German
7. "A Town Without Pity" in Italian
8. "24 Hours From Tulsa" in Italian
9. "Mecca" (duh) in Spanish
10-11. Gene's versions of songs he wrote that were hits for other artists
12. Columbia 42843, 1963; orig. version
13. songwriter's demo
14. unrel.; c.f. "Now I've Got A Witness (Uncle Phil And Uncle Gene)"
15. stylistic homage to GP; Columbia (UK), 1965; wr. & pr. Mark Wirtz
16. Musicor 1039, 1964; wr. Joe Meek
special thanks to M. & G. Still
(1) 3.0
(2) 1.9
(3) 2.2
(4) 3.1
(5) 2.2
(6) 3.2
(7) 3.3
(8) 3.4
(9) 2.7
(10) 2.5
(11) 2.6
(12) 2.5
(13) 2.2
(14) 2.9
(15) 3.6
(16) 2.6
session 64 -- Bobby Fuller, song-poem collector March 21 '06  
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1. Rod Rogers: It's Shindig
2. Rod Rogers & The Swinging Strings: The Beatle Crawl
1. Film City, number unknown (due to label damage)
2. Film City 2005; wr. Sgalato Seegar & Rod Rogers; recovered from personal collection of Bobby Fuller
thanks to ML
3.1
2.2
session 63 -- Section 8! March 20 '06  
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Napoleon XIV interview Napoleon XIV for the U.S. Army
from "The In Sound," 1966 U.S. Army promo hosted by Harry Harrison
companion to session 16
courtesy EB
3.6
session 62[incorp. to session 53]  
session 61 March 8 '06  
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Jimmy Reed: You've Got Me Dizzy Vee Jay 226, 1956
Often too drunk to remember old lyrics or read new ones, when Jimmy Reed was in the studio his wife Mary (known as Mama) would whisper the next line directly in his ear. Her voice, though, would occasionally get picked up on the microphone, such as in this, one of Reed's biggest hits.
3.2
session 60 March 7 '06  
repaired session 52 tr. 2 (which had been inadvertently truncated) and session 17 tr. 2 (improved sound clarity)
thanks to MWP and JB
session 59 Feb. 27 '06  
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Dennis Weaver: Hubbardville Store Ovation 1056, 1975
wr. Larry Murray; pr. Marty Cooper
shoutout to WA for the loaner
4.0
session 58 -- sleepin' on the job Feb. 23 '06  
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1. Miracles: Choosy Beggar
2. Temptations: Tear-Stained Letter
3. Supremes: Love Is Here And Now You're Gone
4. Supremes: Love Is Here And Now You're Gone (unrel. alt. mix)
5. Jackson 5ive: One More Chance
pieces of five tracks that snuck past Motown's usually crack Quality Control team 0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
session 57 Feb. 19 '06  
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Muhammad Ali: Ali's Elusive Dream from Crimson Destiny LP Muhammad Ali, 1976 4.0
session 56 Feb. 18 '06  
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Serendipity Singers: Love Is A State Of Mind United Artists 50317, 1968 3.6
session 55 -- who invented love? Feb. 14 '06  
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Hattie McDaniel: Boo Hoo Blues Okeh 8434, 1926 3.6
session 54 -- goin' back to Arkansaw Feb. 12 '06  
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1. Nolan Strong & The Diablos: Village Of Love
2. Nolan Strong & The Diablos: (I'm In Love) Real True Love
Fortune 563, 1964
dynamic cover of labelmate Nathaniel Mayer's 1962 hit
(simult. reissue of Mayer's version bore same release number as Strong's)
2.4
3.0
session 53 -- Jean Dinning, Jean Dinning, have you heard Feb. 9 '06  
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1. Jean Dinning: Bo Diddley
2. Jean Dinning: Baby We're Through
3. Joe Reisman Orch.: Bo Diddley
4. The Harmonicats: Bo Diddley
1-2. Essex 395, 1955; Dinning sister does a Georgia Gibbs on Bo's theme
3. RCA 47-6121, 1955
4. Mercury 70629, 1955
thanks to RG & TA
3.2
3.2
2.5
2.4
session 52 -- our Annette grows up Feb. 7 '06  
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1. Annette: When You Get What You Want
2. Annette: What's A Girl To Do
Tower 326, 1967
both from sdtk. LP to AIP flick Thunder Alley
click label scan for enlarged version
  (where you can see the three Ts in "Annettte" more clearly)
3.2
3.1
session 51 -- a medium for the mass age Feb. 2 '06  
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Sir Arthur Sullivan Sir Arthur Sullivan [>], the musical half of Gilbert & Sullivan, recorded this message in 1888 for Thomas Edison. The fact that we can still listen to it over a century later confirms Sullivan's grasp of the monumental possibilities of Edison's new audio recording machine.

Similarly, according to Dawson & Propes's 2003 book 45rpm: The History, Heroes And Villains Of A Pop Music Revolution, in that same year 1888 Emile Berliner, inventor of the audio disc (as opposed to Edison's cylinder format), rhetorically asked, "Will [audio recording] not be like holding communion with immortality?"

1.0

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