Sharing More Favorites

From long ago and far away, here are some of my faves from mostly pop-culture closets.

MA-57 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 8:

1 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young with Crazy Horse (2:29) 1969

1970
2 - Let It Be Beatles/BRG/Veech (3:59)
3 - Your Song (live) Elton John (3:48)
4 - Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) Melanie (3:49)
5 - (I Know) I'm Losing You Rare Earth (3:36)
6 - Everything Is Beautiful Ray Stevens (3:33)
7 - We Can Work It Out Stevie Wonder (3:11)
8 - Moondance Van Morrison (4:31)

1971
9 - Let Your Love Go (album version) Bread (2:22)
10 - What Is Life? George Harrison (4:15)
11 - Footstompin' Music Grand Funk Railroad (3:46)
12 - Here Comes the Sun Richie Havens (3:43)

1972
13 - Immigration Man Crosby & Nash (2:57)
14 - The Sage (live) Emerson, Lake & Palmer (4:01)
15 - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (live) Rick Wakeman (6:29)

16 - Thomas The Rhymer Steeleye Span (3:12) 1974
17 - Life's Been Good Joe Walsh (8:03) 1978
18 - Juke Box Fury Rickie Lee Jones (4:12) 1990
19 - Pity Jude Beatles/BRG/SB (7:41) 2005

Don't take Track One personally.  But take Track 19 to the bank as a great mashup of two suspiciously similar songs!

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MA-239 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 27:

01 - Be What You Is - The Flys - 1966  (2:02)

02 - Hook in Your Heart - The Shades - 1980  (2:28)

03 - Norwogian Weed - The Beatles - Sacred Cowboy - 2014  (2:06)

04 - I'm Alive - The Hollies - 1964  (2:25)

05 - Contact In Red Square - Blondie - 1978  (1:59)

06 - Creeps - Q4U - 1982  (1:49)

07 - Love in a Vacuum - 'Til Tuesday - 1985  (3:36)

08 - Run Home to Your Mama - Evie Sands - 1965  (2:31)

09 - Every Kiddie Gets A Prize (live) - Xiro - 1988  (2:27)

10 - Hey! Puppet Man - Bob Morrison - 1965  (2:27)

11 - It's So Difficult - Dislocation Dance - 1980  (2:58)

12 - Tell Me in the Sunlight - Margie Day - 1963  (1:54)

13 - Mind - Kas Product - 1990  (2:42)

14 - Grin and Bear - Screaming Sneakers - 1982  (4:37)

15 - Magnetic Heart - VS. - 1980  (2:16)

16 - It Was a Happening - Unknown Detroit Artist - 1966  (2:05)

17 - Too Much to Take - Stark Raving - 1987  (3:40)

18 - No One Listens - Legal Weapon - 1981  (2:49)

19 - Allergy - The Petticoats - 1997  (2:18)

20 - (Drowning Out the) Big Jets - Action Pact - 1983  (2:01)

21 - It's a Groovy World! - The Unifics - 1968  (3:20)

22 - I Hate Myself for Loving You - Joan Jett - 2014  (4:10)

23 - (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All - The Fifth Dimension - 1972  (3:12)

24 - Can't Take It - Barb Wire and the Fences - 1982  (2:28)

25 - Maybe Tomorrow - Angel Pavement - 1969  (4:07)

26 - Wrong Yo Yo - Carl Perkins - 1957  (2:35)

27 - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - Gore Gore Girls - 2002  (3:02)

You can't beat the advice of Track One!  Track 12 is a song which references another classic, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"  Track 25 is notable in that it's a cover of a Badfinger song, but its intro is straight of a Chicao cover band's version of "25 or 6 to 4"!  And keep your hands off my baby, she's not your yo-yo.  See you Thursday! 

 

Exporting Eighties Erosion

Two comps of musical glory and oddities.

MA-93 - It Exported from the 1980s:

01 - Start from the Start - Nervus Rex   1980  (3:01)

02 - Pretty Boys - Jimmy and the Boys   1981  (2:44)

03 - Wings Over America - David Reilly   1982  (3:59)

04 - Neighborhood Kids - The Lads   1983  (3:32)

05 - The Raft - Pink Industry   1983  (1:36)

06 - Get My Message - Shoes   1984  (3:41)

07 - The Gang on Fortune Hill - The Nobodys   1984  (4:02)

08 - Eldorado - March Violets   1985  (4:14)

09 - Too Hot to Stop - Benjamin Orr   1986  (4:14)

10 - Ghosts Can´t Run Away - Foreign Affair   1989  (4:04)

11 - (Don't Talk to Me) I'm Shy - The Passions   1981  (2:16)

12 - Drowning in Berlin - Mobiles   1981  (3:26)

13 - Play This Song (on the Radio) - Sorrows   1981  (2:54)

14 - The Late Mistake - Comateens   1983  (2:30)

15 - What's There Left - Nine Circles   1982  (5:19)

16 - Black Mirror - Get Smart!   1984  (2:15)

17 - She Went Pop - Iam Siam   1984  (4:45)

18 - Innocent, Not Guilty - Garland Jeffries   1980  (2:14)

19 - Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime) - The Flirts   1982  (3:39)

20 - Boys Will Be Boys - One to One   1985  (3:27)

21 - Lies to Live By - The Del-Byzantines   1982  (3:59)

22 - Memory Lane - The Sinceros   1981  (2:47)

If you start from the start, you'll get my message, and hope it's not lies to live by!

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MA-124 - It Eroded the 1980s:

01 - Catch a New Wave - The Metropolitans   1986   (3:59)

02 - Boys Can Cry - Catholic Girls   1982   (2:43)

03 - Mad Heat - The Popular Sex   1984   (3:22)

04 - Paralyze - Drama   1985   (3:41)

05 - The Serpent - Fantasia   1989   (3:16)

06 - First to Know - Doubledare   1986   (3:25)

07 - E102 - BMX Bandits   1986   (3:41)

08 - Cubismo - Data   1985   (3:47)

09 - Lies - Frame by Frame   1985   (4:04)

10 - Pretty Day - Mary Möör   1982   (2:58)

11 - I'm a User - Donnie Iris   1983   (2:27)

12 - Nobody Told Me - The Monitors   1981   (3:36)

13 - Been Teen - Dolly Mixture   1981   (2:25)

14 - Practical Girl - The Clique   1983   (3:09)

15 - City of Fame - Hillary Laddin   1980   (2:19)

16 - Johnny Quest - Pack Nine   1982   (2:54)

17 - Not Goin to Work - Boy Girl   1986   (3:00)

18 - Television Satellite (extended version) - Sophie & Peter Johnston   1987   (3:45)

19 - Waiting for Tomorrow - Shadowboys   1983   (3:34)

20 - Living in a Movie World - In Fear of Roses   1988   (2:17)

21 - Power of TV - Sandglow Marinas   1982   (3:22)

22 - Running Past - Strike   1980   (3:05)

23 - Keep Going - Fou Gorki   1984   (3:38)

24 - On Your Video - TV Smith   1983   (3:07)

If only it were this easy to catch a new wave!  Don't worry, it will keep going on your video!

See you Monday for the last installment in this catching-up month of comps!

  

Stalk or Defy?

 Two comps of Seventies relics.  Pretty active relics, I say!

MA-98 - Defying Disco in the 70s:

01 - Don't Dictate - Penetration   1977  (2:54)

02 - (They Long to Be) Close to You (album version) - Carpenters   1970  (4:32)

03 - Computer Games - Mi-Sex   1979  (4:01)

04 - Gidget Goes to Hell - Suburban Lawns   1979  (2:03)

05 - Clap Your Hands - Bonnie St Clair and Unit Gloria   1972  (3:58)

06 - The Man Who Sold the World - Lulu   1974  (3:46)

07 - Convention '72 - The Delegates   1972  (5:07)

08 - Then Came You - Dionne Warwick and The Spinners   1974  (3:57)

09 - I Hate School - Suburban Studs   1978  (2:38)

10 - I Gotta Get a Fake ID - Barnes & Barnes with Friends   1979  (3:07)

11 - Overture from “Tommy” - The Assembled Multitude   1970  (2:30)

12 - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John   1975  (5:42)

13 - I Only Want to Be with You - Bay City Rollers   1976  (3:33)

14 - Ain't Gonna Bump No More - Joe Tex   1977  (3:32)

15 - 2000 AD - The Rezillos   1978  (3:00)

16 - Heartbreaker - Jenny Darren   1978  (3:05)

17 - The Wild One - Suzi Quatro   1974  (2:51)

18 - Baby Don't Go - Karla Bonoff   1979  (3:16)

19 - They Don't Know - Kirsty MacColl   1979  (3:02)

20 - Waldorf - Edith Nylon   1979  (2:28)

21 - Too Young to Date - D-Day   1979  (2:35)

22 - Teenarama - The Records   1979  (4:00)

23 - Part-Time Punks - Television Personalities   1979  (2:39)

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MA-148 - Stalking the Seventies:

01 - The Mel Brewer Show (edit) - National Lampoon - 1975  (0:07)

02 - Impossibilities - The Bastards - 1979  (2:55)

03 - Disco Fever - Monroe - 1978  (3:17)

04 - Rock and Roll Housewife - The Vinny Band - 1978  (3:15)

05 - TVOD - The Normal - 1978  (2:53)

06 - Don't Bother Me - Simpletones - 1979  (2:15)

07 - Hello, I Love You - Novak - 1979  (2:28)

08 - Do You Have a Job for a Girl Like Me - The Delinquents - 1979  (2:07)

09 - Disco Love - The Molesters - 1979  (2:32)

10 - Who Needs Wildlife Anyway - The Grackles - 1979  (1:56)

11 - Pogo Dancing - Chris Spedding and the Vibrators - 1976  (3:05)

12 - What Happened to the Moon - The Late Show - 1977  (2:05)

13 - Irrelevant Battles - Patrick Fitzgerald - 1978  (1:54)

14 - They Saved Hitler's Brain - Unnatural Axe - 1978  (2:49)

15 - TV Adverts - The Nerves - 1978  (2:48)

16 - One Chord Wonders - The Adverts - 1977  (2:34)

17 - I've Got a Crush on You - The Rentals - 1979  (3:06)

18 - Magazine Girl - The Rousers - 1979  (2:53)

19 - Stuck on You - The Toasters - 1979  (2:55)

20 - TV Pox - No Way - 1978  (1:46)

21 - We Are the One - The Avengers - 1977  (2:40)

22 - I Can't Stand My Baby - The Rezillos - 1977  (2:36)

23 - Life's a Gamble - Penetration - 1978   (2:57)

24 - Hedi's Head - Kleenex - 1978  (2:11)

25 - The Day the World Turned Day-Glo - X-Ray Spex - 1978  (2:50)

26 - Everybody's Happy Nowadays - Buzzcocks - 1979  (3:11)

27 - Shout Above the Noise - Penetration - 1979  (4:02)

28 - Quality Crayon Wax OK - Essential Logic - 1979  (3:06)

29 - Living in the Eighties - Blue Peter - 1979  (2:08)

30 - Faerytale in the Supermarket - The Raincoats - 1979  (2:58)

They's a lotta good music in hyar.  I used to be in the "Disco sucks" club.  Now IMO it's just a trope usually wasted on groove and not ideas.

See you on Monday, fellow refugees from the Seventies!

  

Two Spaced-Out Comps

Both of these comps contains songs about outer-space topics.

MA-22 - A Star to Steer By: Music from the Great Beyond:

1 - (When You) See Those Flying Saucers The Buchanan Brothers 1947

2 - Rocket Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones 1957

3 - Tiny Space Man Bill Carlisle 1957

4 - The Flying Saucer Goes West    Buchanan and Goodman 1958

5 - Outer Space Santa The Lennon Sisters 1958

6 - Mope-itty Mope Boss-Tones 1959

7 - Asteroid Hop Jimmie Haskell And His Orchestra   1959

8 - Beep Beep Loiuis Prima 1959

9 - Beep, Beep Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans 1959

10 - UFOs Soul, Inc 1967

11 - Have You Seen The Saucers Jefferson Airplane 1970

12 - Supersonic Rocket Ship The Kinks 1972

13 - UFOs Undisputed Truth 1975

14 - Waiting For The UFOs Graham Parker 1979

15 - Flying Saucer Safari Suburban Lawns 1981

16 - The Alien song (for those who listen) Milla Jovovich 1994

17 - Subterranean Homesick Alien Radiohead 1997

18 - Fell In Love With An Alien The Kelly Family 1997

19 - Space Robot Five   Brave Saint Saturn 2000

20 - Outer Space Song Pinky and Perky 2002

21 - UFOs, Big Rigs And BBQ Mojo Nixon 2005

22 - Devil Woman From Outer Space Rezurex 2006

23 - Space Craze Rick McGuire 2006

24 - Pluto Clare and The Reasons 2007

25 - The Planet Mars The Corillions 2007

26 - Robot Monster Damon Alexander & the Ten Cent Rentals 2008

27 - The Ballad of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)   They Might Be Giants 2009

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MA-220 - Cosmic Thoughts:

01 - Friction Heat - Bonnie Lou with Lew Douglas, His Orchestra and Chorus - 1958  (2:12)

02 - Science Friction - XTC - 1977  (3:12)

03 - Zoom, Zoom, Zoom - The Mask - 1967  (2:29)

04 - Our Spaceman Did Come Back - Jeff Hughes - 1963  (2:37)

05 - U.F.O. - Gene McKown - 1968  (2:19)

06 - Something Going On - The Unknown Band - 1979  (3:38)

07 - Florida Rocket (Number Ninety-Nine) - Charlie Hines - 1959  (2:00)

08 - Space Shuttle Stowaway - X-Dreams - 1984  (1:43)

09 - Journey to Mars - The Perfectors - 1979  (1:58)

10 - Satellite No 2 (unissued) - Carl Mann and the Kool Kats - 1957  (2:15)

11 - Space Ship Blues - Billy Lane - 1962  (2:26)

12 - Rockin' in the Rocket Room - Frances Langford - 1956  (2:33)

13 - Space Rock - Danny Valentine - 1960  (2:06)

14 - Man on the Moon - Shelly Stuart - 1976  (3:07)

15 - Strangers from the Sky - Kim Fowley - 1967  (2:55)

16 - The Last Astronaut - Slick Slavin - 1962  (3:43)

17 - Twisting on the Moon - Sammy Marshall - 1966  (1:55)

18 - A Surprise Visitor from Outer Space - The Five Crowns - 1959  (1:54)

19 - Monkey on the Moon - Gene Hall - 1962  (2:32)

20 - Gonna Build a Rocket - Galen Denny - 1958  (2:08)

21 - Rocket Ship - Vernon Green & the Medallions - 1960  (3:00)

22 - U.F.O. - The Monos! - 1979  (3:42)

23 - Moon Doll - Ralph Young - 1961  (2:30)

24 - Energy in Northampton - Linda Jardim - 1980  (3:23)

25 - Sirius - United Balls - 1980  (2:49)

26 - Girl from Mars - Rudy Gaddis and His Lone Star Rangers - 1954  (2:08)

27 - A Menacing Glow in the Sky - Player (1) - 1979  (3:06)

28 - Secret Saucer Man - Barry McGuire - 1968  (2:45)

Be aware that since these sources are physical media, surface noise is present in places!

Track 4, “Our Spaceman Did Come Back” is a riff on “My Boomerang Won’t come Back.”

Albert van Strongheart, “The Last Astronaut”  of Track 16, seems an impersonation of Jack Benny’s voice.

When you make it back from orbit, come back on Thursday for more music from the Excellent Eighties.

  

Listen to the Mirror

... And you might be looking ... instead of listening ... to Recursive Rock!

That's the core of these two compilations.  The songs all reflect a bit of media awareness.  They're about toys, or rock music itself, or TV or magazines ...

MA-155 - Recursive Rock:

01 - Rock Show - Excel - 1980  (3:30)

02 - I Slept in an Arcade - Black Randy & the Metrosquad - 1979  (2:28)

03 - Caught on Tape - Zom Zom - 1985  (1:49)

04 - I'm in the Charts - The Radio Rhythm Boys - 1980  (2:36)

05 - Townshend Nose - Mikes House - 1987  (2:29)

06 - Kill the Bee Gees - The Accidents - 1979  (2:52)

07 - James Bond - Ralph and the Ponytails - 1980  (2:22)

08 - Television Screen Heroes - MI5 - 1980  (4:06)

09 - Late Show - The Dark - 1981  (3:46)

10 - Disneyland (live) - Come On - 1980  (1:53)

11 - Parasites - The Tyros - 1980  (3:15)

12 - Adventures in Modern Recording - The Buggles - 1981  (3:39)

13 - Sorry About That, Chief - Spiny Norman's Mind Games - 1981  (2:16)

14 - The TV Made Me Do It (Blame It on the Quasar) - Lip Service - 1982  (3:59)

15 - TerrorVision - The Fibonaccis - 1986  (3:42)

16 - American Bandstand - The Seat Belts - 1981  (2:06)

17 - (Let's Get Let's Get) Tammy Wynette - The Maggots - 1980  (1:33)

18 - New Heroes - Noise Annoys - 1981  (1:28)

19 - November 22, 1963 - Destroy All Monsters - 1989  (4:18)

20 - Dead Rock n' Rollers - Detention - 1983  (1:37)

21 - I'm in Love with the Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk - The Freshies - 1980  (2:49)

22 - Beatiful Pictures - Fatal Microbes - 1979  (1:49)

23 - I Wanna Kill James Tailor - Ivan and the Executioners - 1979  (2:49)

24 - (I Work for) K.A.O.S. - The Spliffs - 1987  (2:57)

25 - Disco Pop Stars - Altered Images - 1982  (2:35)

26 - Jackie Onassis - Human Sexual Response - 1980  (3:45)

27 - Modern Time's Pop - Mad Tea-Party - 1980  (2:10)

28 - Elvis Impersonator Blues - Beasts of Bourbon - 1988  (2:54)

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MA-223 - Recursive Rock 2:

01 - Please Stand By - The Shivvers - 1980  (3:13)

02 - Pornography - The Revenge - 1978  (2:33)

03 - Amplitude Modulation - The Modulators - 1980  (2:54)

04 - Scratched Blue Vinyl - Juveniles - 1980  (2:21)

05 - Stuck on the Grid - Martha and the Muffins - 1986  (4:12)

06 - Stop the Presses (from Tabloid) - The Signal - 1989  (2:46)

07 - Sound of the 80s - Peer Pressure - 1978  (2:19)

08 - Media Junkie - 63 Monroe - 1982  (3:14)

09 - On the Phone - Stryker - 1980  (2:50)

10 - TV Commercial - Johnny Parker and the Zirkons - 1962  (2:29)

11 - Waiting for Stardom - The Shy Tots - 1980  (2:10)

12 - Neil Young - John Bartles - 1992  (1:35)

13 - Record Man - The Ferrets - 1987  (3:08)

14 - Just a Camera - The Keys - 1980  (3:56)

15 - Recorded in England - Rod Bernard - 1986  (2:21)

16 - Disco's Dead - Sgab from the Planet Zed - 1980  (2:11)

17 - TV Patrol - Art Kritics - 1987  (3:09)

18 - Gimme Mick (live) - Candy Slice & the Slicers - 1979  (4:11)

19 - When the Phone Stops Ringing - Eighth Wonder - 1987  (3:58)

20 - Songs Like These - The Crew - 1981  (2:15)

21 - Raggedy Ann - Margaret Lewis - 1964  (2:15)

22 - Child Star - The Diodes - 1977  (1:57)

23 - Sitting in a Disco - Kirsty and the Husbands - 1980  (1:49)

24 - Shakespeare Rock - The Eligibles - 1958  (1:49)

25 - TV on Tap - The Limps - 1980  (3:10)

26 - One More Record - The Relations - 1980  (3:08)

27 - I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape - The Teenage Filmstars - 1980  (2:58) 

Maybe these songs can help YOU escape for awhile -- at least until Thursday.  See you then!

  

Welcome to 2026's JULY SPOCKEBRATION!

We're gonna begin this month's celebration of this great and aspiring-to-be-greater country, with two patriotic comps.

MA-73 - American Favorites:

01. The Star-Spangled Banner - Jerry Goldsmith (1:22)

02. This Land Is Your Land - Peter, Paul & Mary (2:27)

03. Let' s All Be Americans Now - Arthur Hall (3:05)

04. People Like You and Me - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (3:46)

05. The Stars and Stripes Forever - The US Army Ceremonial Band (3:33)

06. Home On The Range - Roy Rogers & the Sons of the Pioneers (2:41)

07. God Bless America - Kate Smith (2:04)

08. Variations on 'America' - Charles Ives (7:10)

09. The House I Live In - Frank Sinatra (3:39)

10. The Magnificent Seven Main Title - Elmer Bernstein (1:59)

11. Pleasant Moments - Scott Joplin (3:02)

12. Ragged Old Flag - Johnny Cash (3:08)

13. No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven) - Golden Gate Quartet (2:59)

14. You're a Grand Old Flag - James Cagney (5:39)

15. High Noon - Tex Ritter (2:47)

16. Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (3:11)

17. Battle Hymn of the Republic - John Williams & The Boston Pops (5:01)

18. A Lincoln Portrait - Aaron Copland (15:44)

19. The Stars and Stripes Forever - Vladimir Horowitz (4:00)

Special mention:  Track 1 is a great arrangement of our national anthem, and it's heard in Poltergeist as a TV station signs off.  Track 13 is a great idealization of our country's promise of fair treatment for all; can we live up to it in our personal lives?  Track 18 is an off-the-air recording of an unknown performance, but the spoken words are recited by the composer, Aaron Copland himself!

MA-150 - National Anthems:

01 - The Star-Spangled Banner - Reuben Guevara - 1978  (3:45)

02 - Long Long Ago - Merry-Go-Round Records - 1959  (2:45)

03 - There's a Service Flag Flying at Our House - Sterling Trio - 1918  (3:09)

04 - On the 4th of July - James Taylor - 2002  (3:24)

05 - America, Communicate with Me - Ray Stevens - 1970  (3:12)

06 - American Flag on the Moon - Brad Paisley - 2014  (3:49)

07 - Yankee Doodle Blues - Billy Murray & Ed Smalle - 1922  (2:56)

08 - Dixie & The Bonnie Blue Flag - Classical Brass - 1991  (2:25)

09 - Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagle Fly - Aaron Tippin - 2001  (3:44)

10 - Because All Men Are Brothers - Peter, Paul and Mary - 1965  (2:09)

11 - Only in America - Jay and the Americans - 1963  (2:01)

12 - National Emblem March - Tommy Dorsey - 1943  (3:00)

13 - Cool Water - Sons of the Pioneers - 1959  (2:08)

14 - America - Waylon Jennings - 1984  (3:24)

15 - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime - Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees - 1931  (3:39)

16 - The Immigrant (dedicated to John Lennon) - Neil Sedaka - 1975  (3:46)

17 - We Must Be Vigilant (American Patrol) - Hour of Charm All-Girl Orchestra - 1942  (2:51)

18 - Bugle Call Blues - Jack Pettis and His Pets - 1929  (2:42)

19 - It's America - Rodney Atkins - 2009  (3:29)

20 - Barnum and Bailey's Favorite - United States Army Band - 2012  (2:26)

21 - America Is My Home, Part 1 - James Brown - 1968  (3:20)

22 - Melting Pot - Blue Mink - 1969  (3:47)

23 - Alexander's Ragtime Band - Joe “Fingers” Carr - 1956  (2:07)

24 - Home on the Range - Gene Autry - 1947  2:37)

25 - Battle Cry of Freedom - John Williams and Chicago Symphony Orchestra - 2012  (2:14)

26 - Country Dances - The Swingle Singers - 1991  (3:30)

I hope you can take heart from these two panoplies of the wonders of American musical expression.  Sah-LOOT!

See you on Monday.

  

Forward to the Eighties

It's another trio of treats and trauma from the Eighties.

MA-87 - It Exploded from the 1980s

01. HBO Feature Presentation Intro - Ferdinand J Smith  (1:14)  1983

02. Heartache Heard 'Round the World - Patty Smyth (4:48)  1987

03. Master of the Obvious - The DT's (4:15)  1981

04. The Second Time - Kim Wilde (3:50)  1984

05. Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin  (3:59)  1988

06. Make Up With Me - Let's Active (3:41)  1983

07. Ever So Lonely - Monsoon (3:57)  1982

08. Cardboard Lamb - Crash Course in Science (2:31)  1981

09. Manifestoi! - Oi! The Robot (2:58)  1983

10. Seein' Double - Shy Imposters (3:27)  1981

11. Club Country - Associates (4:03)  1982

12. Happy Birthday - Altered Images (3:00)  1981

13. Quite Unusual - Front 242 (3:45)  1987

14. Modern Girl - James Freud & the Radio Stars (3:18)  1980

15. When Tomorrow Comes - Eurythmics (4:16)  1986

16. D-Day - Bus Boys (4:14)  1980

17. I Predict - Sparks (2:51)  1982

18. Parents - The Idiots (1:51)  1980

19. I've Done Everything for You - Rick Springfield (2:43)  1981

20. Eighth Day - Hazel O'Connor (3:11)  1980

21. Love Is Ready - Suzi Quatro (3:33)  1980

22. Defreeze Walt Disney - Pajama Slave Dancers (1:49)  1988

23. Love's Got a Line on You - Scandal (3:26)  1983

MA-89 - It Extruded from the 1980s

01. I Need That Record - The Tweeds (3:20)  1980

02. Chinese I's (Here Come the Minutemen) - Venetians (3:49)  1983

03. Vaguely Human - Flesh for Lulu (3:25)  1985

04. Forever Young - Alphaville (3:47)  1984

05. Equal/Equality - The Parachute Club (5:02)  1984

06. Cathode Mamma - Krisma (3:15)  1980

07. Flatland - November Group (2:49)  1982

08. Room That Echoes - Peking Man (3:51)  1986

09. Person to Person - The Signals (2:44)  1984

10. 1,000 Gene Autrys - Scattered Order (4:36)  1985

11. Study Up! - Mechanical Servants (3:42)  1980

12. Kids In America - Kim Wilde (3:29)  1981

13. There Was a Time - One to One (3:19)  1986

14. I Don't Wanna Die - The 4-Skins (3:13)  1982

15. Pac-Man Fever - Buckner and Garcia (3:55)  1981

16. Time to Get Up - Los Microwaves (3:04)  1981

17. You Pull Me Down - The Stabilizers (4:04)  1986

18. Cry Boy Cry - Blue Zoo (4:23)  1982

19. Did You Ever - The Cichlids (2:18)  1980

20. Don't Call Me Baby - Voice of the Beehive (3:07)  1988

21. All the Time in the World - The Crooks (3:03)  1980

22. C·30 C·60 C·90 Go! - Bow Wow Wow (3:03)  1980

MA-101 - It Exited the 1980s

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)

So much wonder and thrills!  It's easy to please me when love's got a line on you.  Please don't aim low, or you may find you've lost.  If you keep watching the tears for the second time, you too may become vaguely human.

See you Monday!  Thanks for journeying through this MAXI MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!

  

Some Favorites

I still have most of my 45s. Years ago I dubbed them to mp3 and added some other favorites.

MA-63 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 9

01 - Maybe Tomorrow - Badfinger - 1970  (2:51)

02 - 25 or 6 to 4 (single version) - Chicago - 1970  (2:53)

03 - You've Got a Friend (live) - Carole King with James Taylor - 1971  (5:07)

04 - Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Leon Russell - 1973  (4:25)

05 - Bad Company - Bad Company - 1974  (4:46)

06 - The School of Instant Pain - Triumvirat - 1975  (6:23)

07 - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter/Coyote (edit) - Joni Mitchell - 1976  (11:19)

08 - Here Come Those Tears Again - Jackson Browne - 1976  (3:34)

09 - Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent - 1977  (3:38)

10 - Because the Night - Patti Smith - 1978  (3:22)

11 - Long Hot Summer Nights - Wendy Waldman - 1978  (4:09)

12 - Life During Wartime - Talking Heads - 1979  (3:41)

13 - Crying - Don McLean - 1978  (3:40)

14 - Precious Time - Pat Benatar - 1981  (6:01)

15 - Destination Unknown - Missing Persons - 1981  (3:33)

16 - Rock the Casbah - The Clash - 1982  (3:42)

MA-85 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 17

01. Run Away Child, Running Wild - The Temptations (4:36)  1969

02. Burning Bridges - The Mike Curb Congregation (2:48)  1970

03. Freddy's Dead (single version) - Curtis Mayfield (3:19)  1972

04. I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles (2:32)  1974

05. Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro (3:46)  1974

06. Showstopper - Triumvirat (3:39)  1975

07. Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra (5:07)  1977

08. Zero Hour - The Plimsouls (2:31)  1980

09. Chart Buster - De Cylinders (2:20)  1980

10. Shadows of the Night - Rachel Sweet (4:01)  1981

11. Valentino's Had Enough - The Expressos (2:58)  1981

12. Valley Girl - Frank and Moon Zappa (4:53)  1982

13. I Eat Cannibals (Parts I & II) - Toto Coelo (6:48)  1983

14. My Baby's the Star of a Driver's Ed Movie - Blotto (3:34)  1983

15. All Around the World - Robert Palmer (2:18)  1985

16. The Goonies 'R' Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper (3:39)  1985

17. Weird Science (album version) - Oingo Boingo (6:06)  1985

18. Big Trouble in Little China (original version) - The Coupe De Villes (3:02)  1986

19. Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen (2:42)  1988

20. Witch in a Ditch - Erasure (3:42)  1988

21. Night Ride Home - Joni Mitchell (3:21)  1991

MA-183 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 23

01 - Right Now - Runaways - 1976  (3:33)

02 - The Empire Strikes Back (Medley) - Meco - 1980  (3:01)

03 - Breakfast Cereal Deviant - The Undead - 2002  (1:47)

04 - It's No Game (Pt 1) - David Bowie - 1980  (4:40)

05 - At the Dance - Jezebel & the Nudes - 1983  (3:54)

06 - Suicide a Go Go - Big in Japan - 1978  (2:25)

07 - Radical Attitude - Epicycle - 1979  (2:18)

08 - Your Love Is Like a Ballistic Missile - Roses Are Red - 1979  (3:04)

09 - Love Canal - The Vores - 1978  (3:26)

10 - Ain't That Peculiar - Fanny - 1972  (4:03)

11 - Living on Dreams - Vice Squad - 1981  (2:49)

12 - Paint by Number Heart - Martha and the Muffins - 1980  (3:45)

13 - Sometimes I (live) - The Plasmatics - 1979  (3:55)

14 - Explosive Decompression - The Maps - 1979  (1:51)

15 - The Wicked Name - House and Gardens - 1985  (4:12)

16 - Identity - X-Ray Spex - 1979  (2:19)

17 - Final Kiss of Love - West and Byrd - 1988  (4:25)

18 - More Suicides Please - The Thought Criminals - 1979  (2:32)

19 - Big Chain - The Flamingo Group - 1971  (2:30)

20 - Heads Are Gonna Roll - Straight Lines - 1980  (3:09)

21 - Happey Valley - pragVEC - 1980  (3:32)

22 - Betty Lou's Got a New Tattoo - The Creep - 1964  (1:59)

23 - New Maiden - Metal Boys featuring China - 1980  (2:45)

24 - Radio Dream (The Last Song) - The Orchids - 1979  (1:51)

25 - Audio, Audio - The Classics - 1979  (2:43)

26 - All Wound Up - Phobia - 1979  (2:08)

Now you  got some new favorites, too!  See you Friday for some songs from the Eighties, wrapping up this MAXI MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!

  

Tracking Some Sounds

Here are three collections.

MA-02 - TREKonometry: Good, Bad, & Silly Versions of Star Trek Themes

1 The Galactic Force Band Star Trek TV Theme

2 Gene Page Star Trek TV Theme

3 Gotham’s Greatest Star Trek TV Theme

4 Gotham’s Greatest STAR TREK: The Motion Picture Theme

5 Chris Holland Star Trek TV Theme

6 Nichelle Nichols Theme from Star Trek

7 Now Sound Orchestra Ilia’s Theme from ST:TMP

8 Now Sound Orchestra Star Trek II Theme

9 Now Sound Orchestra ST:TMP Theme

10 Schnauzer Radio Orchestra Star Trek TV Theme

11 The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde Star Trek TV Theme

12 Orion Star Trek Tekkno

13 The Secret Agents Star Trek TV Theme

14 Phil Reavis Star Trek TV Theme

15 Super Hero Orchestra Star Trek TV Theme

16 Ettore Strata Star Trek Suite

17 Ed Willett Star Trek TV Theme

18 Wonderland Space Shuttle Star Trek TV Theme

19 Laserlight Label Star Trek TV Theme

20 Phil Woods Quintet Star Trek TV Theme

21 London Philharmonic Star Trek TV Theme

22 James Horner The Search for Spock

23 Opie & Anthony Star Trek Rhapsody

24 The Firm Star Trekkin’

Track 22 was a maxi-single included with the vinyl STAR TREK III album in its original release.

MA-04 - 2001:  A  Musical  Odyssey: Thirteen Versions of "Also Sprach Zarathustra"

1)  As heard in the film

2)  From the Telarc album “Time Warp”

3)  By the Now Sound Orchestra (1)

4)  From the Columbia album “Selections from 2001”

5)  From the Stage & Screen album “Space Movies”

6)  By the Doctor Exx Band

7)  By the Now Sound Orchestra (2)

8)  From the Laserlight album “Science Fiction Movie Themes”

9)  By the Wonderland Space Shuttle

10)  By Neil Norman

11)  From the soundtrack album “2010: The Year We Make Contact”

12) By the Ventures

13) From the soundtrack album “2001: A Space Odyssey” (but not heard in the film)

MA-129 - WATCHNOTES

01 - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Film Edit) - Bob Dylan - 1964  (3:49)

02 - Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy Osbourne - 1981  (6:15)

03 - Neighborhood Threat - Iggy Pop - 1977  (3:23)

04 - The Comedians - Elvis Costello - 1984  (2:30)

05 - The Black Freighter (Live) - Steeleye Span - 1978  (6:15)

06 - Heroes (Album Version) - David Bowie - 1977  (6:06)

07 - Walking On The Moon - The Police - 1979  (4:59)

08 - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day - Robert Johnson - 1961  (2:35)

09 - Life On Mars - David Bowie - 1971  (3:51)

10 - We Will Become Silhouettes - The Postal Service - 2005  (3:43)

11 - Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends - Phil Ochs - 1967  (3:41)

12 - Jocko Homo - Devo - 1977  (3:37)

13 - Eve Of Destruction - Barry Mcguire - 1965  (3:33)

14 - Nightshift Watchman - David Wilcox - 1987  (3:15)

15 - Two - R D Laing, Alan Blakley, Ken Howard - 1978  (1:42)

16 - Requiem Aeternam - W A Mozart - 1791  (6:51)

17 - Santies - John Cale - 1982  (5:55)

18 - The Smiley Face Song - Charles Ball - 1998  (3:08)

19 - Def Con One - Pop Will Eat Itself - 1988  (4:01)

The post concerning MA-129 is here, with more info.  I was pretty satisfied at how I made the characters look like they were musical.

Hope you find some fun in here.  See you Wednesday with somethin I assembled.

  

Turn the Page

Across the years, I've been intrigued and sometimes amused by some musical attempts to peer into the future.  Sometimes the band or artist is optimistic, sometimes not.

MA-120 - Vacuum-Tube Predictionz

01 - Modern Man - 4 Out of 5 Doctors   1980   (3:37)

02 - Big Brother - Winston Tong   1985  (5:12)

03 - A Circuit Like Me - Metronomes   1980  (3:49)

04 - Everybody's Gotta Mutate - Instant Music   1980  (3:36)

05 - Computer One - Dear Enemy   1983  (4:39)

06 - Screen Me, I´m Yours - Tik and Tok   1984  (3:50)

07 - Replicant - Camera   1985  (2:26)

08 - 1980 1234 - Plastic Money   1980  (1:32)

09 - Armageddon - Data   1981  (3:07)

10 - Robot Love - Chrome Dinette   1982  (4:57)

11 - Future Shock - Communication   1982  (3:51)

12 - Systems Breaking Down - Anna   1982  (4:19)

13 - The Triangle Man - Sally Patience   1984  (3:18)

14 - Computer - The Microbes   1980  (2:35)

15 - Mechanical Minds - Prophecy   1983  (3:35)

16 - We Are the Sub-Machines - Toccata   1987  (3:29)

17 - My Robotic Friend - Trem   1983  (3:31)

18 - Computer Numbers - Vög   1981  (4:16)

19 - I'm Wearing an Appliance - Drop   1980  (3:18)

20 - Shock of the New - Trees   1982  (2:36)

21 - Evil Eye - Gymslips   1985  (6:19)

MA-153 - The Future: Friend or Foe?

01 - Wirehead - Wasted Lives - 1979  (2:28)

02 - Slave to the Metal Horde (live) - Servotron - 1997  (2:21)

03 - Robot Wizards - Ward 13 - 1980   (2:37)

04 - Automatic Man - The Telefones - 1981  (4:20)

05 - Test Tube Baby - Chronics - 1978  (2:15)

06 - Me and My Machine - Dynamit Fischer - 1982  (3:15)

07 - Robot Robot - Nacht und Nebel - 1986  (2:50)

08 - Cybernetic Surgery - The Cybermen - 1978  (1:56)

09 - Sonic Reducer - The Dead Boys - 1977  (3:05)

10 - Clone - Greg Vandike - 1979  (3:05)

11 - TV Me - The Distributors - 1979  (3:47)

12 - Babylon Generation - Gina X Performance - 1981  (4:07)

13 - 3-D Dance - Trans X - 1984  (5:37)

14 - After the War (Meat to Eat) - Teds - 1982  (2:20)

15 - Mr Science - Mr Science - 1981  (2:23)

16 - Trust in Technology - Adaptors - 1979  (2:26)

17 - Future State - Future State - 1983  (4:56)

18 - Robot Secret Agents - Mythos - 1981  (2:51)

19 - Last Rockers - Vice Squad - 1980  (4:16)

20 - Talkin' 'Bout the Future - Dick Tracey - 1986  (3:33)

21 - Science - New Musik - 1980  (3:20)

22 - In the Year 2525 - Visage - 1983  (3:44)

23 - Art-I-Ficial (Peel session) - X-Ray Spex - 1978  (3:29)

24 - Animation - Jyl - 1984  (4:06)

MA-170 - Xtended Xpectations

01 - The End - Wrong Kind of Stone Age - 1987  (1:40)

02 - Clones All Think Alike - Mike Gould and the Gene Pool Band - 1981  (3:42)

03 - Modern Living - Experimental Products - 1982  (5:42)

04 - Computer - The Allies - 1979  (4:28)

05 - Lose Control - Stocking Heads - 1983  (2:20)

06 - Android Police - Pompeii 99 - 1982  (3:01)

07 - The Machine Wants to Know - The Aliens - 1980  (3:27)

08 - Century of Machines - The Conservatives - 1983  (3:30)

09 - Science Gone Too Far - The Dictators - 1977  (3:27)

10 - Dream Machines - Sons of Heroes - 1983  (3:28)

11 - Watchman, Walkman, Thinkman - Rupert Hine - 1988  (4:50)

12 - The Shape of Things to Come - The Diodes - 1977  (2:18)

13 - 21st Century Man - DL Byron - 1980  (2:55)

14 - I'm Mechanical - Subjects - 1982  (3:15)

15 - Machine - Satellite Spies - 1986  (3:28)

16 - Clones - The Waitresses - 1978  (2:28)

17 - Take Your Brain Out for a Walk - Tagmemics - 1980  (3:02)

18 - Ms Machine - Times - 1983  (5:59)

19 - Instant Knowledge - The Asteroids - 1978  (3:11)

20 - Do It for Science - New Marines - 1982  (3:23)

21 - Transformer Man - Neil Young - 1982  (3:18)

Now listen here!  Then come back on Friday for some SUPER music!

  

Other U.N.C.L.E.s

 Here are my other three comps of music from and about The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

MA-67 - U.N.C.L.E. Themes A-Go-Go

01. Man from U.N.C.L.E. Promo - NBC, 1965 (0:14)  

02. Harlem Shuffle (live) - Open Channel D (5:25)    1983

03. Twiggy Twiggy - Pizzicato Five (4:08)  1991

04. Lucid Dream - Meat Beat Manifesto (2:12)  1996

05. Une Very Stylish Fille - Dimitri from Paris (3:17)  1996

06. Dirty Larry - Dimitri from Paris (7:25)  1996

07. The Legend of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Paula and the Jetliners (2:14)  1966

08. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Ventures (1:46)  1966

09. Illya Kuryakin - Bobby Ellis & The Crystalites (3:20)  1967

10. Napoleon Solo - The Jokers (2:40)  1967

11. The Man from Thrush - Parris Mitchell Strings with Brass (2:36)  1967

12. Illya's Walk - Wyncote Records (1:59)  1967

13. The Thrush Tune - Wyncote Records (2:26)  1967

14. Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Promo - CBS, 1983 (0:29)

15. April Dancer - Birdmen of Alkatraz (2:59)  1989

16. The Rock from U.N.C.L.E. - Doctor QE (2:48)  1994

17. My Friend Illya - The Ulterior Motive Orchestra (2:53)  1996

18. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Santiago Tamura (2:53)  1998

19. The April Dancer Affair - The Monochrome Set (4:23)  1999

20. Napoleon Solo - The Specials (3:07)  2000

21. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - The Illuminoids (2:53)  2007

22. A Martini Built For Two (live) - Robert Bruce and the Mellowtones (3:41)  2008

23. Meet Mr. Solo (live) - Robert Bruce and the Mellowtones (2:14)  2008

24. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Revolution for Dogs (2:38)  2008

25. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (live) - Tokyo Sexwhale (1:38)  2009

26. The Case of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Vulcans (1:43)  2011

27. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Robert Short (2:07)  2012

MA-69 - Final Themes from U.N.C.L.E.

01. The Man from Thrush - The Clee-Shays (2:00)   1965

02. The Spy - The Guys from U.N.C.L.E. (2:31)   1966

03. Man from America (Medley: Theme from Man from U.N.C.L.E. - America) - The Ring (7:03)   1980

04. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Times (5:14)   1985

05. Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me - Cleaners from Venus (2:58)   1987

06. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - London Theatre Orchestra (2:36)   1996

07. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - TV21 (3:24)   1998

08. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Johnny Pearson and His London Orchestra (2:04)   1999

09. Agent for Love - Girls from U.N.C.L.E. (2:20)   2000

10. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Ray Fischer (2:10)   2001

11. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. - The Four Corners (1:41)   2001

12. Lament for a Trapped Spy - The Moon-Rays (2:14)   2002

13. Run Spy Run - The Moon-Rays (2:03)   2002

14. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Spy-Fi (2:05)   2003

15. Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me (Slow Version) - Cleaners from Venus (2:52)   2004

16. The Man from Thrush - Jet Set Sweden (3:54)   2005

17. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Los Tortures (1:40)   2005

18. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Paul Brooks (2:44)   2005

19. Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me - The Jennifers (3:02)   2006

20. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Warren Barker Orchestra (2:44)   2006

21. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Countdown (2:31)   2007

22. The Man from Thrush - Movie Sounds Unlimited (2:37)   2008

23. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Chris Rime (featuring Lionel Fortin) (4:56)   2011

24. Napoleon Solo - George Zhen (4:44)   2011

25. Season 1 Theme - Dominik Hauser (1:07)   2012

26. Season 3 Theme - Dominik Hauser (0:41)   2012

27. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - The Grave (2:59)   2012

28. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - West Hell 5 (2:40)   2012

MA-131 - The Post-Terminal Affair

01. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jerry Goldsmith and the London Symphony Orchestra (1:15)

02. McCallum Guest Appearance - The Andy Williams Show (3:48)

03. McCallum Guest Appearance - Hullabaloo (0:59)

04. Robert Vaughn Cameo - The Glass Bottom Boat (0:19)

05. No Tricks - Director-Writer-Producer - Jerry Goldsmith (2:13)

06. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:33)

07. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:35)

08. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme (live) - The Ventures (1:41)

09. Meet Mr Solo (edit) - Goldsmith arr Fried (2:05)

10. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Rancho Alamitos High School Concert Band Dance Band Orchestra (0:53)

11. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jet Set Unlimited (2:13)

12. Meet Mr Solo - Goldsmith arr Schifrin (0:58)

13. McCallum-Vaughn Cameos - Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1:13)

14. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Ensemble Petit & Screenland Orchestra (2:36)

15. Do the Kuryakin - Ann Boleyn (2:01)

16. She's a Notary - Writer-Director Card - Jerry Goldsmith (0:40)

17. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Los Angeles Radio TV Symphony Orchestra (1:19)

18. Powers Cameo - Please Don't Eat the Daisies (0:24)

19. The Spy in the Green Hat - End Title - Goldsmith arr Fried-Armbruster (0:33)

20. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Jerry Goldsmith (0:37)

21. As Long as I Live - The George Shearing Quintet (1:20)

22. Lips that Glow - Gerald Fried (2:38)

23. The Karate Killers - End Cast - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:26)

24. Escape Route - Sweet Smell of Success - Jerry Goldsmith (2:20)

25. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme (live) - Naked City (2:14)

26. Meet Mr Solo (edit) - Goldsmith arr Fried (1:34)

27. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Music Factory (1:18)

28. Meet Mr Solo - Goldsmith arr Shores (0:33)

29. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Michigan State U Marching Band (1:02)

30. Night People - Morton Stevens (2:26)

31. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 01 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:39)

32. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 02 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:39)

33. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 03 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:28)

34. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 04 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:31)

35. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 05 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:34)

36. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - 4th Season Alternate 06 - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:36)

37. Man from Uncle - Prophet (3:23)

38. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Miami Pearls Orchestra (2:37)

39. Napoleon's Solo - The Marketts (2:24)

40. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme (live) - Reverb Syndicate (2:08)

41. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Crazy Beatles (1:39)

42. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (1:16)

43. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Goldsmith arr Fried (0:36)

44. The Napoleon Solo - The Meteors (1:56)

45. The Helicopter Spies - End Title - Goldsmith arr Shores (0:27)

46. The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - Tony Freeman (3:19)

47. Dr Goldfoot (and His Bikini Machine) - The Gamblers (1:54)

48. Lament for a Trapped Spy - Gerald Fried (3:11)

49. Main Title - Gina, the Foxy Chick (1:49)

50. Meet Mr Solo - The U.N.C.L.E. Theme - The Summit Six Sextet (3:30)

I thought the cover art for these came out good.  I've only come across a few snippets of U.N.C.L.E.-related music since MA-131.  See you Wednesday!

  

We're Splitting Up

 ... Or maybe coming together even stronger! It all depends on whether we're fissioning or fusioning. Think about it while listening to these atomic-or-nuclear-themed songs.

MA-11 - The A-Bomb B-List

1 - Atomic Bomb Blues Homer Harris  1946

2 -  Atomic Baby Amos Wilburn  1950

3 - Fujiyama Mama Wanda Jackson  1957

4 - God's Gonna Turn Us ToDust Johnny Tyler 1960

5 - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall Bob Dylan 1962

6 - Eve of Destruction BarryMcGuire 1965

7 - So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) Tom Lehrer 1965

8 - Electric Funeral Black Sabbath 1970

9 - Damnation Alley Hawkwind 1977

10 -   Your Love Is Like Nuclear Waste Tuff Darts 1978

11 - Nuclear Attack Gary Moore 1980

12  -   Fylingdale Flyer  Jethro Tull  1980

13 - Einstein A Go-Go Landscape 1981

14 -   Manhattan Project   Rush 1985

15 -   If the Bombs Fall Larry Norman 1986

16 -   Christmas at Ground Zero Weird Al Yankovic 1986

17 - Watchin' Joey Glow Steve Goodman 1989

18 -    Workin' at the Nuclear Power Plant Penny File 2002

19  -   Radiation Song The Aquabats 2002

20 -    Santa Came On A Nuclear Missile Heather Noel 2003

MA-13 - Splitting Mad: More Nuclear Numbers

1  Fireball Boogie Camille Howard  1948

2   Sh-Boom The Chords  1953

3  Watch World War Three (on Pay TV) Crown City Four 1960

4  The Sun Is Burning Simon & Garfunkel   1964

5  I Come And Stand At Every Door The Byrds  1966

6  Atomic Bombs Away Blues Creation  1971

7  Nuclear Blues Blood Sweat & Tears  1980

8  Your Attention Please Scars 1981

9  After the Rain Comsat Angels  1982

10  99 Red Balloons Nena  1983

11  Party at Ground Zero Fishbone  1985

12  Protect And Survive The Dubliners  1987

13  Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 1988

14  I Like Chinese Monty Python  1989

15  April 2031 Warrant  1992

16  Nuclear Supremacy  Dayglo Abortions  1995

17  Jesus Hits Like an Atomic Bomb Chanticleer  2004

18  Bring Back the Bomb GWAR 2004

19  Brighter Than A Thousand Suns Iron Maiden  2006

20  The Iranian Bomb Tal Gilad  2011

MA-18 - Goin' Fission!: Pop & Rock with a Long Half-Life

1  Jesus Is the First Line of Defense Pilgrim Travellers 1951

2  Atomic Kisses Earney Vandagriff 1955 

3 Hydrogen Bomb The Laurels 1961

4 The War Drags On Mick Softley 1965 

5 Atom and Evil General Electric 1966

6 Please Don't Drop That H-Bomb on Me Country Joe & The Fish 1967 

7 Wooden Ships Jefferson Airplane 1969

8 Political Science Randy Newman 1972

9 Nuclear Babies Oingo Boingo 1980

10 Let's All Make a Bomb Heaven 17 1981

11 Run Like a Villain Iggy Pop 1982 

12 World Suicide Defuser 1983

13 Uranium Rock The Cramps 1983

14 Surfin' USSR Ray Stevens 1988

15 The Bomb Lifesavers Underground 1992

16 Atomic Power Uncle Tupelo 1994

17 The Bomb Inside the Bomb We Are Scientists 2002

18 Nuclear Blues Frances Plante-Scott 2004

19 Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.1954 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 2007

20 Atomic Bomb Brian Butler 2008

21 Atom and Evil song Heaven and Hell 2009 

22 Atom Bomb Blues The Naptown Jug Busters 2009

Please remember that the viewpoints expressed in these songs may or may not be consonant with your own.

See you Monday with some more spies!

  

That Weird and Wonderful Decade

I mean the 1980s. For some reason, years ago, I got a musical bug in my ear about the 1980s, which saw the conception of all three of my wonderful offspring. But you didn't come here to hear me brag about biological children ... just musical ones ...

MA-15 - It Escaped from the 1980s

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)

MA-132 - It Was Extracted from the 1980s

01 - Dancing with You - PIC - 1985   (3:57)

02 - Fizz Pop (Modern Rock) - The Continentals - 1980   (2:51)

03 - Man of Time - Kas Product - 1982   (3:21)

04 - TV Song - Mortal Men - 1984   (4:15)

05 - Car Back - Big Jerks - 1981   (2:25)

06 - Trick of the Light - Shooting Party - 1985   (3:09)

07 - All You Zombies - The Hooters - 1982   (4:01)

08 - (I Gotta) Buy One - Jetz - 1981   (3:46)

09 - We Like It - The Visible Targets - 1982   (2:25)

10 - Goin' Thru the Motions - Nu Shooz - 1986   (3:56)

11 - Public Buildings - Puppies - 1981   (2:41)

12 - Where's Romeo? - CaVa CaVa - 1982   (3:05)

13 - Uptight World - Single Mary - 1987   (2:53)

14 - Waiting For Delmore - Algebra Suicide - 1988   (2:56)

15 - Song for America - Westside Lockers - 1980   (4:03)

16 - Infinite Roads - The Hawaiian Pups - 1983   (3:14)

17 - Naughty Miranda - Indians in Moscow - 1984   (3:34)

18 - Time - Pauline Murray - 1989   (4:38)

19 - No Control - Wendy & the Rocketts - 1983   (3:30)

20 - Pay My Bills - Barbi and the Kens - 1980   (2:25)

21 - Dead Pop Stars - Altered Images - 1981   (3:16)

22 - Under the Gun - Face to Face - 1984   (4:39)

23 - Sold Out - The Fools - 1980   (3:16)

MA-176 - Two Word 80s Too

01 - It's Hip - The Terraplanes - 1981(2:40)

02 - Moja Mama - Videosex - 1983  (3:47)

03 - Bubble Gum - The Chichlids - 1980  (1:53)

04 - Electric Shadows - The Silence - 1985  (4:08)

05 - Savoir Faire - Family Fodder - 1980  (3:15)

06 - Callous World - Ester Zoobes - 1981  (3:12)

07 - In Egypt - Dik Dik Dimorphic - 1985  (3:39)

08 - Private World - The Vels - 1983  (4:36)

09 - Western Laughter - The Fatal Charm - 1980  (3:28)

10 - Elaborate Dummy - Portray Heads - 1984  (3:51)

11 - After Today - Elisa Waut - 1988  (3:09)

12 - Fun Wars - Dead Katts - 1982  (2:22)

13 - Permanent Damage - Suzanne Fellini - 1980  (3:16)

14 - Snake Handler - L7 - 1988  (2:27)

15 - Paper Dolls - IQU - 1984  (4:34)

16 - So Hard - Personal Effects - 1982  (3:25)

17 - Zero Gravity - IQ Zero - 1981  (3:07)

18 - No Romance - The Whisper Mode - 1985  (3:26)

19 - Sixties Flix - Action Pact - 1984  (1:54)

20 - Shut Up - Graduate - 1980  (2:53)

21 - After All - Midnite Lunch - 1983  (2:19)

22 - Hello Hello - The Keys - 1981  (3:31)

23 - Once Over - Burning Rome - 1982  (3:24)

24 - Trash City - Transvision Vamp - 1988  (5:10)

I could rave on for a while about most of these songs, but listen for yourself and do your own rave!  See you on Friday for some of my atomic accumulations.