Biddy-Biddy, BUCK!

While the show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century had a lot of silly aspects, Stu Phillips's music was pretty boffo.

01. Cosmic Forces (0:37)

02. Song from Buck Rogers (Suspension) (3:01)

03. The Draconia / Buck Awakens (2:07)

04. Princess Ardala / Seduction (2:47)

05. Buck's Heroics (1:46)

06. Introducing: Twiki & Dr. Theo (1:07)

07. Pirate Attack (2:25)

08. Buck Returns to Earth (2:41)

09. Dead City/Attack of the Mutants (3:55)

10. Something Kinda Funky (3:09)

11. Buck Vs. Tigerman (2:47)

12. Fanfare & Appearance of Draco (2:12)

13. Tailpipe Torpedo (2:12)

14. Wilma Saves Buck / What An Ending (2:45)

15. Song from Buck Rogers (Suspension) reprise (2:22)

16. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV Theme (0:52)

17. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV Theme (Narrated) (1:10)

18. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century End Credits (0:30)

19. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Neil Norman) (1:32)

20. Buck Rogers Extended Theme (2:26)

21. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (edit) (1:12)

This contains a lot of "official" tracks plus some "bonus tracks" from somebody at the Final Fantasy Shrine Forum (now defunct).  The last track is an edit I attempted in the 1980s using two cassette decks and a PAUSE button.

Another edit (a mite better) of the Buck theme is found in my Thanksgiving 2024 comp, MA-204 - The Sound of Adventure!

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See you on Thursday for the commencement of 2025's July SPOCKebration!

  

Can You Take a Hit?

I was introduced to this 1971 album circa 1975 by my musical-genius friend from high school, Roger Price.

01 - Russian Sailor's Dance, from The Red Poppy - Glière 

02 - Procession of the Sardar, from Two Caucasian Sketches, Op. 10 - Ippolitov-Ivanov 

03 - Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Borodin 

04 - The Moldau, from My Fatherland - Smetana 

05 - Trepak, from The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a - Tchaikovsky 

06 - Can-Can, from Orpheus in the Underworld Overture - Offenbach 

07 - The Miller's Dance, from The Three Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2 - Falla 

08 - The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - Wagner 

09 - Danse Macabre, Op. 40 - Saint-Saëns 

10 - Somewhere, from West Side Story - Bernstein 

11 - William Tell Overture - Finale - Rossini 

This is a fine little anthology of familiar classical tunes.  Of special emotive power is the final cut.  If you're familiar with the entire overture, you can *almost* tell where the Columbia techs did a quick fade-in from the quiet pastoral sounds of flute and oboe, before the blaring trumpet takes over and leads us to Lone Ranger land.

Yes, this final, frenetic clash of musical forces led my friend Roger and his roommate Tony Hutchinson to mime a wild, Keystone Kops-like duke-it-out (only pretending) brawl across several dorm rooms, bouncing off beds and rebounding effortlessly from walls.  At the end, both looked at each other in victory ... only to collapse, in unison.

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Is She ... Authentic? Nudge Nudge

Judge for yourself after listening to this 1985 cassette.

It's a short one:

01. Authentic Strip Tease Music 01 (14:22)
02. Authentic Strip Tease Music 02 (12:38)

There are no track lists on the tape, hence the generic clumping.

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Now YOU TOO can practice your stripping in the privacy of your own home!  Wow the neighbors!  Give Aunt Bessie a heart attack!  Get out there and STRIP, baby!

See you Thursday.

  

Orgel Me Baby!

This is a 1990 release.

Max Reger - Reger: Drie Choralphantasien op. 52 (53:23)

01. Alle Menschen müssen sterben (15:56)

02. Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme (20:25)

03. Hallelujah! Gott zu loben (17:02)

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This is fifty minutes of muscular, thundering whatzit!

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When your head stops spinning, come back ONE WEEK FROM NOW, on June 23rd.  Takin's off time for SOONERCON!

See ya Monday.

Why Repaint Anyway?

This is a 1995 release.

01. Carolan's Ramble to Cashel (3:27)

02. Kitchen Girl / New Rigged Ship (2:23)

03. Lord Inchiquin (2:29)

04. Lady Mary (5:03)

05. Kesh Jig / Rakes of Kildare / Tobin's Jig (3:07)

06. The British Grenadiers / Scotland the Brave (2:48)

07. Sheebeg and Sheemore (3:07)

08. LaBastrangue / Cold Frosty Morning (3:11)

09. Southwinds / Captain O'Kane (3:49)

10. Morpeth Rant (2:09)

11. Kerry Dance (1:30)

12. Planxty Irwin (3:37)

13. Haste to the Wedding / Irish Washerwoman (2:21)

14. Star of the County Down (2:45)

15. Red-Haired Boy (2:35)

16. Nancy's Waltz (4:31)

17. Whiskey Before Breakfast / Drowsy Maggie (3:02)

18. Give Me Your Hand (4:19)

19. The Minstrel Boy / Garryowen (4:15)

20. Off to California / Rights of Man (3:38)

21. Blessing of Love (3:52)

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Aye, ’tis a mystery how such music, played so well, can become so boring after a few selections.

See you next time!

  

100 and Counting

This is New Agey, almost vapid background music.  In some tracks, I wonder what an imitation-Irish pennywhistle sound has to do with Oklahoma?  On second thought, to call it “elevator music” is too much.  I’d call this “wallpaper music,” or maybe “Sominex for the ears.”  It is competently performed, but somehow is hollow through and through.

That might have been considered a plus, since judging by the labeling this was a handout from an OKC bank.  Heaven forbid that their valued customers hear music that’s inspiring or challenging!  Somebody might become offended!

01. Beautiful America (2:52)

02. Sight of My Homeland (3:18)

03. Where Horizons Meet (4:26)

04. Light on the Moon (4:20)

05. Osage Hills (2:56)

06. A Look into the Ages (2:53)

07. Eagle's Nest (2:57)

08. Grand Lake (3:18)

09. Mantles of Gold (2:32)

10. Wichita Mountains (3:27)

11. Golden Sunrise (2:25)

12. Turner Falls (3:21)

13. Stars Alight the Heavens (2:30)

14. Tall Grass Prairie (2:50)

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I daresay you won’t be offended either.  See you Thursday!

  

Is It Hip to Be Hep?

 

You might ask that question after hearing this cassette, originally released on LP in 1959.

01. In the Still of the Night (2:54)

02. It's All Right with Me (2:55)

03. Love for Sale (3:32)

04. Just One of Those Things (2:25)

05. I've Got You Under My skin (2:51)

06. Every Time We Say Goodbye (2:22)

07. Night and Day (2:34)

08. Easy to Love (2:38)

09. Why Can't You Behave (3:02)

10. I Love Paris (2:12)

11. I Concentrate on You (3:12)

12. It's De-Lovely (2:32)

My feeling is, it’s so hep that I can’t stand it!

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Maybe you'll feel different.  See you Monday!

  

Be Cool, Goolies!

This file was assembled by one or more folks from the good ole Final Fantasy Shrine Forums.

I cleaned it all up a bit and regularized things.

01. Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies TV Theme (1:15)

02. Goolie Get-Together TV Theme (1:03)

03. Monster Cookbook (2:53)

04. When I Grow Up (3:08)

05. Lights Out (3:10)

06. Monsters on Parade (3:07)

07. The Monster Trio (2:53)

08. Super Ghoul (3:08)

09. Feed the Ghost Some Garlic (2:53)

10. Midnight (3:08)

11. Darlin' Darlin' (2:52)

12. Kings and Queens (3:07)

13. Shadows (2:53)

14. A Lovely Night for Scaring (3:08)

15. Witches Brew (2:53)

16. Creeper Crawler (3:07)

17. The Goolie Swing (2:53)

18. Listen for the Bells (3:07)

19. Be Kind to Monsters Week (3:07)

20. What's in the Bag? (2:50)

21. When the Moon Is full (3:08)

22. Goolie Picnic (2:52)

23. Little Texas Goolie (2:52)

24. Noises (2:53)

25. Where You Going, Little Ghoul? (3:08)

26. Ghoul School (2:53)

27. Chick-a-Boom (3:08)

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See ya Thursday, if ya don't chicken out!

  

Gimme a Hammer

That's the solution to "Technical Difficulties," Track 1 of this socko, boffo compilation of songs from that storied decade, the Eighties!

01 - Technical Difficulties - Mondo Vita   1983  (2:12)

02 - Easy to Please Me - The Cheeters   1981  (3:50)

03 - And There's More - The Bytes   1983  (3:54)

04 - Jailhouse Rock - Judy Nylon   1983  (3:51)

05 - You've Lost - Tom Dickie and the Desires   1981  (2:41)

06 - Fotogenic - Ellen Shipley   1980  (3:31)

07 - Watching the Tears - The Pencils   1984  (3:55)

08 - Tina’s Got a New Hairdo - Metro   1982  (3:12)

09 - Payola - The Professionals   1981  (3:39)

10 - All for One - Berlin   1982  (3:17)

11 - O-O-O-O-O - Those French Girls   1982  (2:07)

12 - Aim Low - Graphic Shadows ‎   1984  (2:55)

13 - Worst Suicide - Unlimited Systems   1985  (4:24)

14 - She's So Cynical - The Modulators   1982  (2:33)

15 - She Wants You - The Breaks   1983  (3:54)

16 - Girls - The Lost Tropics   1983  (3:11)

17 - While the City Sleeps - Artificial Organs   1981  (3:33)

18 - Confidential Story - Jane Bond & the Undercover Men   1981  (3:12)

19 - Victim of Hypocracy - The Kids   1982  (3:58)

20 - Generator - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission   1980  (4:33)

21 - Air Heads - Popular Mechanix   1980  (2:18)

22 - Decisions - Unit 5   1981  (4:11)

23 - Non Stop World - Life by Night   1985  (4:02)

Other tracks of especial note:  All of 'em!  Don't be an "Air Head" or a "Victim of Hypocracy."  In this "Non Stop World," you can "Aim Low" or be a "Generator."

Though it's an interesting concept, don't you  dare ever believe that life is the "Worst Suicide"!  Because "And There's More"!

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Thanks for sharing this Musical Month of May!  See you on Monday for who knows what!

  

Don't Take a Bite

 On this Memorial Day, let's remember the heights and depths to which Man's knowledge can lead him.

Knowledge is great. It's the APPLICATION of that knowledge that we sometimes take less responsibly than we should. Just ask Victor Frankenstein.

01 - Rockin' at Ground Zero - The Gears - 1980  (1:45)

02 - Ten More Shopping Days Till the Bomb - The Weeds - 1967  (3:02)

03 - A Letter from the Shelter - Planet P Project - 1984  (5:22)

04 - Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus) - The Stranglers - 1979  (3:32)

05 - No War No More - Uproar - 1982  (2:51)

06 - American Neutron - Citizen 23 - 1980  (2:14)

07 - Radiation - Perfect Gentlemen - 1987  (3:45)

08 - Missiles - The Sound - 1980  (5:26)

09 - Steps - Leningrad Sandwich - 1983  (5:06)

10 - Back in 1984 - Cerebral Hemorrhage - 1984  (4:56)

11 - Atomic Energy - Jimmy Womack - 1960  (2:13)

12 - Neutron Bomb - The Art Attacks - 1978  (2:58)

13 - Meltdown Boogie - The Buzzards - 1979  (2:54)

14 - Welcome to the Nuclear Age - The Hates - 1982  (2:53)

15 - Limited Nuclear War - Toxic Reasons - 1984  (2:20)

16 - Radiation Nation - Subverts - 1981  (1:44)

17 - Paint It Red - The Disco Zombies - 1980  (2:05)

18 - Prompt Critical - Insinuations - 1980   (2:51)

19 - Strontium 90 - Bobbie Warren - 1960  (2:24)

20 - Atomic Garden - Bad Religion - 1992  (3:12)

21 - Satan Ain't Nothing but a Bomb - Sister Pauline Trotter - 1976  (3:32)

22 - Shattered Glass - Paranoia - 1984  (3:04)

23 - Nuke Up Now! - Sado-Nation - 1983  (2:32)

24 - Holocaust Hop - The End - 1983  (2:16)

We start and end this depressing chronicle of fatalism with some dance steps.  Even though (so far) the most pessimistic fears of atomic angst haven’t come true, if it’s got a beat, you can dance to it!

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See you on Thursday for our final installment.

  

Five of One

Yup, these songs are from the Eighties. and their song titles comprise only one word.

That's their blessing, or gimmick, or curse.

01 - Disneyland - The Dik Van Dykes - 1987  (1:26)

02 - Bubblegum - The Cichlids - 1980  (1:53)

03 - Dangerboy - Rough Cut - 1981  (2:15)

04 - Communication - Glass Torpedoes - 1982  (3:17)

05 - Security - Wendy and the Rocketts - 1983  (3:53)

06 - Telepathy - A-Heads - 1982  (1:49)

07 - Strangers - The Stripes - 1980  (3:05)

08 - Innocent - Grace Pool - 1980  (4:16)

09 - Dreaming - The Expelled - 1982  (2:28)

10 - Powerlines - Delta 5 - 1982  (3:14)

11 - Julie - Invaders - 1981  (2:56)

12 - Summer - The Take - 1980  (2:39)

13 - Espionage - Essential Bop - 1984  (2:46)

14 - Professionals - Ana Hausen - 1981  (2:49)

15 - Souvenirs - Second Language - 1984  (3:57)

16 - Spymaster - Jerry's Kids - 1989  (3:04)

17 - Wake - Leningrad Sandwich - 1982  (3:10)

18 - Normal - The Petticoats - 1980  (2:03)

19 - Chains - The Wad - 1980   (4:33)

20 - Vertigo - Standing Waves - 1981  (3:57)

21 - You - The Cold - 1980  (3:07)

22 - Augie - The Subjects - 1982  (2:25)

23 - Nemesis - Shriekback - 1985  (3:44)

24 - TV - The Judy's - 1981  (2:15)

25 - Beaverworld - The Shades - 1980  (3:30)

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See you on Monday for the final week of this Musical Month of May!