I'll Say It's So Jo!

It's a fine anthology of a wonderful singer from the Big Band era.

DISC ONE:

01 - Little Man with a Candy Cigar - Jo Stafford With Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - 1941

02 - Haunted Heart - Jo Stafford - 1948

03 - If - Jo Stafford - 1950

04 - In a Little Spanish Town (T'was on a Night Like This) - The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford - 1939

05 - April and You - Jo Stafford & Liberace - 1953

06 - Where Are You - Jo Stafford - 1953

07 - The Trolley Song - The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford - 1944

08 - I'll Remember April - Jo Stafford - 1958

09 - Blues In The Night - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1959

10 - Floatin' Down to Cotton Town - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine - 1953

11 - Every Night When the Sun Goes In - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1959

12 - The Night We Called It a Day - Jo Stafford - 1963

13 - The Gentleman Is a Dope (from Allegro) - Jo Stafford - 1958

14 - My Darling, My Darling (from Where's Charley) - Gordon MacRae, Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1949

15 - Young and Foolish (from Plain & Fancy) - Jo Stafford - 1955

16 - Tomorrow Mountain (from Beggar's Holiday) - Jo Stafford - 1958

17 - (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) - Jo Stafford,Norman Luboff Choir - 1953

18 - Teardrops from My Eyes - Jo Stafford & Gene Autry - 1950

19 - Dancing in the Dark (from The Bandwagon) - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1952

20 - Love Is Here to Stay (from The Goldwyn Follies) - Jo Stafford - 1953

21 - The Gypsy in My Soul - Jo Stafford And Art Van Damme Quintet - 1956

22 - Imagination - Jo Stafford - 1960

23 - If I Were a Bell - Jo Stafford - 1953

24 - No Other Love - Jo Stafford - 1963

25 - You're Blase (from Bow Bells) - Jo Stafford & Paul Weston (as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards) - 1957

DISC TWO:

01 - You and Your Love - Jo Stafford - 1943

02 - As I Love You - Jo Stafford - 1955

03 - Teach Me Tonight - Jo Stafford - 1954

04 - When April Comes Again - Jo Stafford - 1950

05 - St. Louis Blues - Jo Stafford - 1955

06 - Good Nite - Jo Stafford - 1957

07 - Make the Man Love Me (from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) - Jo Stafford - 1951

08 - Warm All Over (from The Most Happy Fella) - Jo Stafford - 1956

09 - The Best Things in Life Are Free (from Good News) - Jo Stafford - 1947

10 - One (based on One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story) - Jo Stafford - 1957

11 - These Foolish Things (Remind Me oOf You) - Jo Stafford and Art Van Damme Quintet - 1956

12 - The Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (from Here Comes The Groom) - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine - 1951

13 - The Nearness of You - Jo Stafford - 1956

14 - Smoking My Sad Cigarette - Jo Stafford - 1952

15 - The Party's Over (from Bells Are Ringing) - Jo Stafford - 1969

16 - The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Jo Stafford - 1960

17 - A Thought in My Heart - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - 1949

18 - Yes, Indeed! - Jo Stafford - 1941

19 - I'm Your Girl (from Me & Juliet) - Jo Stafford - 1953

20 - When I'm Not Near the Boy I Love (from Finian's Rainbow) - Jo Stafford - 1965

21 - Whispering Hope - Jo Stafford - 1978

22 - Shenandoah - Jo Stafford - 1961

23 - What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry - Jo Stafford - 1960

24 - I'll Be Seeing You - Jo Stafford - 1958

25 - Candy - Jo Stafford - 1960

26 - The Last Time I Saw Paris (from Lady Be Good) - Jo Stafford - 1960

DISC THREE:

01 - All The Things You Are (from Very Warm for May) - Jo Stafford - 1952

02 - If I Loved You (from Carousel) - Jo Stafford - 1947

03 - What Is This Thing Called Love (from Wake Up & Dream) - The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford - 1969

04 - Come Rain or Come Shine (from St. Louis Woman) - Jo Stafford - 1952

05 - With These Hands - Nelson Eddy & Jo Stafford - 1951

06 - Use Your Imagination (from Out Of This World) - Jo Stafford - 1950

07 - Three-Cornered Tune - Jo Stafford - 1951

08 - It Happened in Sun Valley (from Sun Valley Serenade) - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1956

09 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Jo Stafford - 1953

10 - Oh! Look at Me Now - Jo Stafford - 1963

11 - Ghost of a Chance - Jo Stafford feat. Warren Covington, trombone - 1967

12 - My Heart's in the Highlands - Jo Stafford feat. Mitch Miller, oboe & English horn - 1953

13 - My One and Only Highland Fling (from The Barcleys of Broadway) - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - 1949

14 - I Didn't Know About You - Jo Stafford with The Pied Pipers - 1944

15 - Indiscretion (from Indiscretion of an American Wife) - Jo Stafford & Liberace - 1953

16 - Old Devil Moon (from Finian's Rainbow - Jo Stafford - 1957

17 - For You - Jo Stafford With Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - 1941

18 - Silence Is Golden - Jo Stafford, Vic Damone - 1957

19 - The King of Paris - Jo Stafford, Norman Luboff Choir - 1956

20 - I Should Care - Jo Stafford - 1958

21 - Stardust - Jo Stafford - 1950

22 - I See Your Face Before Me (from Between the Devil) - Jo Stafford - 1965

23 - You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford - 1952

24 - Stayin' Alive (from Saturday Night Fever) - Jo Stafford & Paul Weston (as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards) - 1979

25 - I Am Woman - Jo Stafford & Paul Weston (as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards) - 1979

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DISC TWO PERMANENT LINK.

DISC THREE PERMANENT LINK.

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Happy listening!  See you Monday.

  

Paging Paganini

Here's one man's version of the grandiose Violin Caprices of Niccolò Paganini.

01. Capriccio #1 In E (1:47)

02. Capriccio #2 In B Minor (2:45)

03. Capriccio #3 In E Minor (2:45)

04. Capriccio #4 In C (6:32)

05. Capriccio #5 In A Minor (2:43)

06. Capriccio #6 In G Minor (4:48)

07. Capriccio #7 In A Minor (3:56)

08. Capriccio #8 In E Flat (2:51)

09. Capriccio #9 In E (3:00)

10. Capriccio #10 In G Minor (2:06)

11. Capriccio #11 In C (3:55)

12. Capriccio #12 In A Flat (2:22)

13. Capriccio #13 In B Flat (2:37)

14. Capriccio 14 In E Flat (1:56)

15. Capriccio #15 In E Minor (2:42)

16. Capriccio #16 In G Minor (1:32)

17. Capriccio #17 In E Flat (3:42)

18. Capriccio #18 In C (2:32)

19. Capriccio #19 In E Flat (3:01)

20. Capriccio #20 In D (4:04)

21. Capriccio #21 In A (3:03)

22. Capriccio #22 In F (3:12)

23. Capriccio #23 In E Flat (5:06)

24. Capriccio #24 In A Minor (4:24)

These fun and devilish, quite competent!  Not quite as demented as Ruggerio Ricci’s 1973 release, but still lotsa fun!

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You wouldn't think such a cute face could handle such deviltry, but Ehnes gives it the ole devil's college try.

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Someday Soon You'll Cry, Baby Blue, on the Hill

To wrap up this ANTHOLOGY AUGUST, a crop of youthful faves which still tug at my ears' heartstrings (is that possible?)!

MA-68 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 10:

01 - Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 - 1968  (3:05)

02 - Someday Soon - Judy Collins - 1969  (3:44)

03 - Fresh as a Daisy - Emitt Rhodes - 1970  (2:48)

04 - Walk a Mile in My Shoes - Joe South - 1968  (4:07)

05 - A Case of You - Joni Mitchell - 1971  (4:22)

06 - Temptation Eyes - The Grass Roots - 1969  (2:34)

07 - Loneliness Is Just a Word - Chicago - 1971  (2:36)

08 - Me and My Arrow - Harry Nilsson - 1970  (2:06)

09 - Cry Baby - Janis Joplin and Full Tilt Boogie - 1971  (3:55)

10 - Baby Blue - Badfinger - 1971  (3:35)

11 - Do You Want to Dance - Bette Midler - 1972  (2:43)

12 - Changes - David Bowie - 1971  (3:33)

13 - This Masquerade - Leon Russell - 1972  (2:59)

14 - Lose Again - Linda Ronstadt - 1976  (3:32)

15 - Going for the One - Yes - 1977  (5:29) 

16 - Jocko Homo - Devo - 1978  (3:38)

17 - Cheese and Onions - The Rutles - 1978  (2:39)

18 - It's Raining Again - Supertramp - 1982  (4:21)

19 - Trouble Again - Karla Bonoff - 1979  (3:32)

20 - Nights Are Forever (from Twilight Zone: The Movie) - Jennifer Warnes - 1983  (3:35)

21 - Dear Prudence - The Beatles-BRG-VM - 2011  (3:51)

When I first encountered Track 5, I read the song name before hearing it.  I thought it was a clever image.  "I've caught a case of you and I can't get over it!"  Imagine my shock when I heard Joni sing "I could drink a case of you."

Track 7 astounds me because it's so brief.  When I bought the 45, I figured it was a shortened version of a longer album track.  Imagine my surprise when I bought Chicago III and discovered this was it!

Track 8, of course, is from the TV movie The Point.  Have you seen it?

Track 17 is another little work of genius by Neil Innes for the Rutles.

I remember the video for Track 18, don't you?

Track 20 is briefly heard on a jukebox in Twilight Zone: The Movie.  It's a good song, given a stronger cachet by this knowledge, I think.

The last track is another exceptional entry from the Beatles Remixers Group.  It's a spiffy semi-rewind of "Dear Prudence," from LOUD to soft, instead of the original's soft to LOUD.

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See you Monday!

  

Walk Like an Egyptian or Turning Japanese? We Belong!

If you can't find a familiar friend or new musical buddy in this compilation, you need to find a new planet.

01 - MTV Theme ''Man on the Moon'' - Jonathan Elias; John Petersen - 1981  (0:54)

02 - I Think I'm in Love - Eddie Money - 1982  (3:09)

03 - We Belong - Pat Benatar - 1984  (3:42)

04 - Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer - 1986  (4:05)

05 - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel - 1987  (4:50)

06 - The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun - Julie Brown - 1984  (4:41)

07 - Turning Japanese - The Vapors - 1980  (3:47)

08 - Theme from “The Greatest American Hero” - Joey Scarbury - 1981  (3:15)

09 - Roll Over Beethoven (Long Version) - Electric Light Orchestra - 1973  (8:10)

10 - Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac - 1982  (3:46)

11 - Shakin' - Eddie Money - 1982  (3:10)

12 - The Warrior - Patty Smyth and Scandal - 1984  (3:58)

13 - Words - Missing Persons - 1983  (4:30)

14 - Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar - 1982  (3:39)

15 - Mickey - Toni Basil - 1981  (3:38)

16 - Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo - 1982  (4:11)

17 - Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles - 1986  (3:24)

18 - Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel - 1982  (3:57)

For an added sensory overload experience, watch the videos of some of these, like "Shakin'," "Words," or "Sledge Hammer."

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See you Thursday, my compadre compilers!

  

The Water Is Wide, But Don't Say Goodbye!

... Or you'll miss all the fun of these nifty songs.  Some I heard on AM radio in the Seventies, others I encountered later.

01 - Goodbye - Mary Hopkin - 1969  (2:24)

02 - A Certain Kind - Bloodrock - 1971  (4:10)

03 - Friends - Elton John - 1971   (2:23)

04 - Wondr'ing Aloud/Wond'ring Again - Jethro Tull - 1971  (5:58)

05 - I Am I Said (edit) - Neil Diamond - 1971  (4:05)

06 - Oh Woman, Oh Why - Paul McCartney - 1971  (4:34)

07 - Don't Do It (live) - The Band - 1972   (4:27)

08 - Behind Blue Eyes - The Who - 1971   (3:41)

09 - Am I Blue - Bette Midler - 1972  (5:20)

10 - Grave Concern - Graham Nash - 1974  (2:46)

11 - The Bitch Is Back - Elton John - 1974  (3:44)

12 - Fame - David Bowie - 1975  (4:12)

13 - Beginnings - Steve Howe - 1975  (7:30)

14 - Saucy Sailor/Black Freighter (live) - Steeleye Span - 1978  (9:31)

15 - Bad Reputation - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - 1980  (2:48)

16 - The Water Is Wide - Karla Bonoff - 1979  (4:56)

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See you on Monday for our final week of ANTHOLOGY AUGUST!
  

"I Am Helpless Without My Computer" and Other Truths

 

Yeah, the 1980s had a lot going for it, including predictions of what's now common.

01 - I Am Helpless Without My Computer - The Nobodys  1984   (4:25)

02 - Back in Flesh - Wall of Voodoo  1981   (3:41)

03 - Porch - Personal Effects  1984   (2:53)

04 - Is This Love - Karen Lawrence  1986   (4:31)

05 - The Salt in My Tears - Martin Briley  1983   (3:24)

06 - The Fanatic - Felony  1983   (3:34)

07 - Color Anxiety - 9353  1983   (3:43)

08 - Mental Hopscotch - Missing Persons  1982   (3:15)

09 - You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin’ Odd - J Geils Band  1984   (6:46)

10 - Ways to Be Wicked - Lone Justice  1985   (3:25)

11 - Modern Man - National Pastime  1986   (4:09)

12 - Knight - Get Smart!  1984   (2:14)

13 - End of the World - Personal Effects  1984   (3:15)

14 - Love Me Too - Blanket of Secrecy  1982   (2:41)

15 - Running In Place - Iam Siam  1984   (3:28)

16 - Remote Control - Eternal Triangle  1984   (3:07)

17 - Fashion Hurts - Xex  1980   (2:12)

18 - Snake Dance - March Violets  1984   (4:55)

19 - The Computer Generation - Jyl  1984   (4:07)

20 - TV Man - The Bolshoi  1987   (4:35)

21 - Waiting Out the Eighties - The Coupe de Villes  1985   (3:08)

Listen to these fab songs while playing mental hopscotch.  Learn new ways to be wicked, while running in place and waiting out the Eighties.

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At least it'll be fun!  See you on Thursday.

  

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)

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See you Monday, fellow time travellers!

   

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!

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See you on Thursday.