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Our beloved Spock is featured in the header photo, taken in 1979. These are some of my LPs, themed compilations, and the like.

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Flashin' My Favorites for All to See

 

Yup, I heard most on AM radio, and some from albums I bought in the Seventies.

01 - Beginnings (single version) - Chicago - 1969  (2:49)
02 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (single version) - Iron Butterfly - 1968  (2:53)
03 - Carry on Till Tomorrow - Badfinger - 1970  (4:46)
04 - Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf - 1970  (6:49)
05 - That's the Way God Planned It (live) - Billy Preston - 1971  (4:33)
06 - Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan - 1971  (3:36)
07 - DOA (album version) - Bloodrock - 1971  (8:28)
08 - Music - Carole King - 1971  (3:50)
09 - Hold Your Head Up - Argent - 1971  (6:16)
10 - Hoedown (live) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1974  (4:16)
11 - Ride Captain Ride - Blood, Sweat & Tears - 1975  (5:05)
12 - All Around My Hat - Steeleye Span - 1975  (4:06)
13 - WOLD (live) - Harry Chapin - 1976  (5:05)
14 - I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones - 1978  (2:29)
15 - Watching Over You - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1977  (3:53)
16 - We Belong to the Night - Ellen Foley - 1979  (5:08)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

See you Monday, fellow time travellers!
   

Monday, August 11, 2025

Soon to Be Your Favorites, Too!

How can I share my joy at listening to a wide variety of music? I guess by passing some of it along. You won’t find a theme otherwise.

01 - 45 Single - Suburban Reptiles - 1978  (1:48)

02 - Private Eye - Buddy Wilkins - 1960  (2:23)

03 - TH Queen (live) - Destroy All Monsters - 1995  (3:06)

04 - Echo Beach - Martha & the Muffins - 1979  (3:33)

05 - Floating Dream - Peanut Butter Conspiracy - 1967  (2:09)

06 - The Fool on the Hill (Major/Minor Swap) - The Beatles - The Evolution Control Committee - 1994  (2:58)

07 - LA Sleaze - CPC Gangbangs - 2008  (1:48)

08 - It Hurts to Be Sixteen - Andrea Carroll - 1963  (2:05)

09 - Ghost Rider - Suicide - 1976  (2:30)

10 - Back of My Hand - The Jags - 1979  (3:20)

11 - Do You Dream in Color? - Living Links - 1990  (3:34)

12 - Behind Those Eyes - The Diodes - 1977  (2:31)

13 - Nursery Rock - Judy & Joyce - 1958  (1:58)

14 - Television Addict - The Victims - 1979  (2:57)

15 - Disco Biscuit - Lung Leg - 1997  (2:17)

16 - She Got a Nose Job - The Dellwoods - 1962  (2:16)

17 - Fragile Beings - X-Teens - 1980  (2:13)

18 - Pop Star - Swoons - 1994  (2:13)

19 - Bloody Ice Cream - Bikini Kill - 1996  (1:21)

20 - What the World Needs Now Is Love - The Staple Singers - 1968  (2:44)

21 - Age of Corruption - Alan Klein - 1965  (3:31)

22 - Shot by Both Sides - Magazine - 1978  (4:03)

23 - Danger Signs - Penetration - 1979  (2:27)

24 - Magic Colors - Lesley Gore - 1967  (2:29)

25 - Don't Wake Me Up - Midnite Snaxxx - 2015  (1:32)

26 - Three Stars - Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and the Teen-Aires - 1959  (3:11)

27 - Love from Abbey Road - The Beatles - Sacred Cowboy - 2011  (7:34)

28 - Get Off the Radio - The Sharks - 1980  (2:57)



Track 5 is a pleasant diversion, but the way-out imagery is less impressive than in Track 11.

Track 6 is a virtuoso display of techno wizardry. But it wouldn’t have been a hit for the Beatles this way!

Track 8 crystallizes a true observation. Of course, you can hurt at other ages too -- don’t tell Andrea. And that chinking wood block might have inspired same in the Man from U.N.C.L.E.! Ya think? I figured not.

Don’t you agree that Track 13 is a buncha fun? Deedly-quack-quack, indeed!

I don’t know what a Disco Biscuit, even after listening to the song (Track 15)!

We’re all “Fragile Beings” (Track 17), but the X-Teens make it sound so fun!

Track 21 speaks for itself, but I wish I’d thought of it first! “I’m travelin’ so fast, I’m passing’ the wind!”

Track 24 -- wow -- what a pop-music depiction of the utter existential emptiness of lost love! (and co-written by Neil Sedaka, too!)

Track 26 is a curiosity, with disgustingly juvenile lyrics. It was a quicky rushed out to cash in on the deaths of Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, and the Big Bopper. The vocals are so maudlin! See what you think.

On the other extreme, Track 27 is just an astounding assemblage of Beatle beats!

And Track 28 signs us off. Hey, you!


See you on Thursday.
  

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Once More into the Future!

 

Yes, it's another forward-looking compilation of songs which address a future world and time.

01 - The Year 2,000 Will Turn Out Okay (live) - The Deadbeats - 1978  (2:19)
02 - Computer Dating (live) - General Accident - 1980  (3:27)
03 - Time Machine - Jack Donovan and the Knight Caps - 1959  (2:19)
04 - Kitchen Motors - Crash Course in Science - 1980  (1:58)
05 - World 2000 - Gary Knight - 1968  (2:50)
06 - Home Alone - Los Microwaves - 1981  (1:46)
07 - Waiting for the Future - Berlin - 1980  (3:16)
08 - Polyclimate Is Here - John Ruth - 1981  (3:42)
09 - Babies on Parade - The Body Electric - 1983  (4:47)
10 - Lost in Space - Androids of Mu - 1980  (4:04)
11 - Science's Fiction - Hates - 1982  (2:11)
12 - Cyborg - The Outcasts - 1979  (3:11)
13 - Metropolis - Schwefel - 1988  (4:47)
14 - The Ultimate System - Murder the Disturbed - 1979  (3:59)
15 - In Nineteen-Ninety-Nine - Al Bernard - 1924  (3:21)
16 - The Future Now - Psychic Youth - 1981  (4:19)
17 - Robot Holiday - The Spizzles - 1981    (2:23)
18 - Living in a Vacuum - The Higher Primates - 1980  (1:32)
19 - Here Is the News - ELO - 1981   (3:44)
20 - Into Overload - Overload - 1980  (3:08)
21 - Dumping-Cart Motion - Glass Museum - 1983  (3:04)
22 - Just Too Many People - The Miamis - 1976  (3:09)
23 - Everything's Moving Too Fast - Peggy Lee - 1946  (2:58)
24 - Shape of Things - Manual Scan - 1986  (1:41)

Of course, it's up to YOU to decide what kind of future you want.  Polyclimates, Robot Holidays, or just a surrender to an endless Dumping-Cart Motion.


For myself, I predict that if you come back on Monday you'll encounter another socko, boffo music comp!
  

Monday, August 4, 2025

WELCOME TO ANTHOLOGY AUGUST!

 Yup, because I'm such a creative compiler, I got a plethora of presentations for ya this month.  Some are new; some are representations of comps which have been updated and/or altered.

To begin with, here's Disc 11 of my 45s & Favorites.

01. Chelsea Morning - Joni Mitchell (2:30)      1969
02. One Tin Soldier - The Original Caste (3:38)    1969
03. Closer to Home (single version) - Grand Funk Railroad (5:30)    1970
04. We're for the Dark - Badfinger (3:53)    1970
05. Get It On - Chase (2:59)    1971
06. I'm a Man (single version) - Chicago (3:26)    1969
07. Timothy - The Buoys (2:43)    1971
08. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra (5:29)    1971
09. Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne (3:19)    1972
10. Old Man - Neil Young (3:23)    1972
11. Taxi - Harry Chapin (6:42)    1972
12. Undercover Man - The Edgar Winter Group (3:49)    1972
13. Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney & Wings (3:45)    1973
14. Get Ready (single version) - Rare Earth (2:51)    1969
15. Junk Food Junkie (live) - Larry Groce (3:04)    1975
16. Barracuda - Heart (4:24)    1977
17. Rock 'n' Roll High School - Ramones (2:18)    1979
18. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring (4:40)    1982
19.  Pressure - Billy Joel (4:37)    1982

These are all fun in different ways.  For me, the real curiosity of this group is Track 3, the "single version" of Grand Funk's "Closer to Home."  I bet somebody today could come up with a more succinct (and technically polished) version today using Audacity or some such.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

Travel down some backroads of your mind and check back in Thursday, fellow time travelers!