MA-86 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 18

Another boffo collection of musical memories!

01. Overture from Tommy - The Assembled Multitude (2:28)  1970

02. Primitive Love - Suzi Quatro (4:12)  1973

03. Hey, St. Peter - Flash and the Pan (3:51)  1976

04. Ain't Gonna Bump No More - Joe Tex (3:30)  1977

05. Bloat On - Cheech & Chong (4:56)  1977

06. Sunshine After the Rain - Elkie Brooks (3:20)  1977

07. Hollywood Square - Hollywood Squares (2:56)  1978

08. Baby Don't Go - Karla Bonoff (3:18)  1979

09. Barbed Wire Love - Stiff Little Fingers (3:26)  1979

10. Homework - Screaming Urge (2:24)  1979

11. Lucky Number - Lene Lovich (2:46)  1979

12. Money - The Flying Lizards (2:30)  1979

13. Video Killed the Radio Star - Bruce Woolley & the Camera Club (2:50)  1979

14. Weekend Love - The Stripes (2:11)  1980

15. Don't You Want Me - Human League (3:58)  1981

16. I Could Be Happy - Altered Images (3:31)  1981

17. He Could Be the One - Josie Cotton (2:46)  1982

18. Do You Wanna Hold Me - Bow Wow Wow (3:11)  1983

19. Human Touch - Rick Springfield (5:07)  1983

20. Hero Takes a Fall - Bangles (2:54)  1984

21. Crime Story (Runaway) (edit) - Del Shannon (4:49)  1986

22. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Little Help from My Friends - Big Daddy (5:12)  1992

You can't go wrong with any of the songs here.  Track 13 is the original version of the song that launched MTV's first minutes.  Track 21 is an amalgamation of about four or five sources, from the original 45rpm to the opening and closing titles of Crime Story.

https://www.filefactory.com/file/23cbf92kuy2c/MA-86.rar

I'll see you on Monday, friends and fiends!

A Dreamy Re-Post

This is one of those sublime instrumental albums that takes you nowhere, but in a charming and relaxing way.

01. Natural Light (7:09)

02. Play of Light (4:04)

03. Harp and Soul (4:11)

04. Firelight (3:29)

05. Shared Visions (4:10)

06. Butterfly and the Lotus (4:27)

07. Flowing with the Changes (4:42)

08. Serenity (5:50)

09. The Light in Your Eye (8:12)

Natural Light

See you on Thursday.

The Devil You Say!

Old Scratch, the Adversary, abounds in popular culture.  He wants to buy your soul; he sends temptations to lure you from the straight and narrow path that leads to righteousness.  In times when religious life is deemed restrictive,  That Old Serpent acts as a spirit of discord.  No matter what, as Bob Wills said, “The Devil Ain’t Lazy!”

01. The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress - Geraldine (Flip Wilson) (0:36)
02. Satan Is Her Name - Steve King (2:32)
03. Angels and Devils - Echo and the Bunnymen (4:20)
04. Dancing the Devil Away - Victor Arden and Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra (3:03)
05. Devil's Train - The Lab Rats (5:57)
06. Putting Salt on the Devil's Tail - Jack Teagarden (2:32)
07. Train to Satanville - Ruby Ann (2:43)
08. Symphony for the Devil/Sympathy for the Devil - Blood, Sweat & Tears (7:47)
09. The Devil's Right Hand - Johnny Cash (2:37)
10. Hell's Bells - Sid Peltyn and His Orchestra (2:31)
11. I Am the Red Devil - Frankie "Zeke" Hart (2:49)
12. Hellbound Train - Lita Ford (6:05)
13. The Devil's Gonna Get You - Bessie Smith (3:12)
14. Satan's Chauffeur - Jimmy Minor (1:54)
15. Satan's Got You (By the Hand) - Lenny Davis (2:24)
16. Devil's Sweetheart - Chuck Thompson and His Rock-a-Billies (2:10)
17. The Devil Ain't Lazy - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (2:43)
18. Sinner's Train - Art Mooney and His Orchestra (2:33)
19. Pitchfork and Shovel - Mike Yaeger (2:44)
20. Makin' Deals - The Satans (1:59)
21. The Devil's Train - Hank Williams (2:59)
22. Hellbound Train - George Thorogood and the Destroyers (4:47)
23. Hades Highway - Len Barrow (2:25)
24. The Devil - The Topics (3:26)
25. The Devil Made Me Crash My Car - Geraldine (Flip Wilson) (0:31)

Our cover image, of course, is from Devo's sneaky "Peek-a-Boo!" video. 

            Johnny Cash may have held the gun, but it was “The Devil’s Right Hand” that pulled the trigger -- at least that’s what he told the judge.

            In Cecil Campbell's Tennessee Ramblers’ “Spookie Boogie” from 1950,  it’s Satan who makes the ghosts and skeletons dance every night in the graveyard.

             Flip Wilson's Geraldine is like a lot of us, blaming the Devil for the consequences of her own actions.

            The devil may entice, but he's like the school miscreant who breaks a window and then hands you a rock, just as the principal shows up.  He's not out to help you; he's out to drag you down with him.

            I hope you have a devil of a good time with this compilation! 

https://www.filefactory.com/file/6cxglk1s5vrm/MA-76.rar

See you on Monday!