Stretch 'Em! Make 'Em Your Own!

Here we have a wondrous piece of musical taffy from the Beatles Remixers Group,  BRG-02 - Rubber Sounds:

01 - Drive My Car - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

02 - Norwegian Wood - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

03 - You Won't See Me - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

04 - Nowhere Man - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

05 - Think for Yourself - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

06 - The Word - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

07 - Michelle - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

08 - What Goes On - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

09 - Girl - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

10 - I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

11 - In My Life - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

12 - Wait - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

13 - If I Needed Someone - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

14 - Run for Your Life - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

15 - Norwegian Wood - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

16 - I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

17 - Girl - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

18 - Think for Yourself - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

19 - The Word - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

20 - Drive My Car - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

21 - If I Needed Someone - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

22 - Michelle - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

23 - In My Life - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

24 - Nowhere Man - The Beatles  Beatles Remixers Group

BRG-02 - Rubber Sounds

As the front art says, these are remixes of the stereo tracks from which the "original" versions were built.  Have fun cruisin' Saturn in your 88!  See you Thursday.

 

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.

  

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.

  

Songs That Spackled the Seventies

 Yup, here are three anthologies of music from the 1970s. No, they're not easy to categorize in many other ways.

MA-127 - Seethin' Seventies

01 - Oh Bondage Up Yours - X-Ray Spex - 1977   (2:40)

02 - Mourning Star - Zones - 1979   (4:27)

03 - On Reflection - Penetration - 1979   (2:06)

04 - I Don't Want to Go Bald - The Moderates - 1979   (3:54)

05 - Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie - 1978   (2:27)

06 - Itchy Bugs - The Tracers - 1979   (3:22)

07 - Sincerely Yours - Sleepy Hollow - 1972   (3:00)

08 - New York! - The Rentals - 1979   (2:58)

09 - Robot - Plastics - 1979   (3:42)

10 - Down Among the Dead Men - Flash and the Pan - 1978   (3:24)

11 - Skeletons - The Sound - 1979   (3:27)

12 - Talking Loud - Suspects - 1979   (2:21)

13 - Too Much Pride - Fine Art - 1978   (2:49)

14 - White Mice - Mo-Dettes - 1979   (3:38)

15 - Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie and the Hot Rods - 1977   (4:02)

16 - B Movie - Janis and the Bumble Bees - 1979   (2:49)

17 - You - Au Pairs - 1979   (2:51)

18 - Friday's Angels - Generation X - 1979   (3:11)

19 - Dancing with Myself - Fingerprintz - 1979   (3:02)

20 - Judy's Gone Down - James Vane - 1979   (3:18)

21 - Laugh and Walk Away - The Shirts - 1979   (3:05)

22 - Jerk Teens Jerk - Zilch - 1979   (3:52)

23 - The Punk - Cherry Vanilla - 1977   (2:42)

24 - Where's the New Wave - The Cybermen - 1978   (2:18)

25 - Mind Your Own Business - Delta 5 - 1979   (3:12)

MA-156 - Seventies Strut

01 - Do the Boob - The Real Kids - 1977  (2:17)

02 - Don't Talk to Me - The Eyes - 1978  (1:31)

03 - Popgun - Mary Monday and the Bitches - 1977  (1:20)

04 - Empty - SST - 1978  (2:00)

05 - Death to Disco - Notsensibles - 1979  (3:16)

06 - (I Wanna) Burnout - The Korps - 1978  (2:09)

07 - Amateur Surgeon - The Vores - 1978  (2:19)

08 - Money Talks - Penetration - 1978  (1:41)

09 - Nobody Knows - Destroy All Monsters - 1979  (3:25)

10 - IRT - Snatch - 1977  (2:05)

11 - You're So Strange - The Zippers - 1977  (2:46)

12 - Aerosol Burns - Essential Logic - 1978  (1:59)

13 - Ambivalence and Spark Plugs - Immune Systems - 1979  (2:54)

14 - Stimulation - Penetrators - 1979  (2:35)

15 - Eddie and Sheena - Electric Chairs - 1978  (4:26)

16 - Action Time Vision - Alternative TV - 1978  (2:31)

17 - I Wanna Play with Guns - Needles and Pins - 1977  (3:00)

18 - All Queued Up - Deaf School - 1978  (3:02)

19 - Counting (demo) - The Motels - 1978  (4:41)

20 - I Can't Do Anything - X-Ray Spex - 1978  (2:56)

21 - Disco's Dead - The Bags - 1979  (2:12)

22 - Happy Song (live) - The Eyes - 1978  (2:37)

23 - Exhibition - Pneumania - 1979  (2:53)

24 - I'm Talking to You - The Maps - 1979  (3:02)

25 - I Woke Up Dreaming - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks - 1978  (3:05)

26 - CN Tower - The Poles - 1977  (2:52)

27 - I'm Alive - 999 - 1977  (2:28)

28 - Don't Misbehave in the New Age - Animals and Men - 1979  (2:04)

29 - Animal Instincts (live) - Model Citizens - 1979  (2:22)

30 - Strange Boy - Blitz - 1978  (3:02)

MA-229 - Living in the 70s

01 - Flashback - The 5th Dimension - 1973  (3:39)

02 - You (Friendly Side) - Kleenex - 1979  (3:17)

03 - Touch Me - Yoko Ono - 1970  (4:37)

04 - Someone to Lay Down Beside Me - Karla Bonoff - 1977  (4:01)

05 - Zombie - Eddie Mooney and the Grave - 1979  (2:23)

06 - Oh, Babe, What Would You Say - Hurricane Smith - 1972  (3:17)

07 - Hi-De-Ho - Blood Sweat & Tears - 1970  (4:23)

08 - Exhibition - Pneumania - 1979  (2:53)

09 - Beyond the Fields We Know - Mary Hopkin - 1977  (2:46)

10 - Don't Talk to Me - Eyes - 1978  (1:31)

11 - I Am Yours - Derek and the Dominos - 1970  (3:34)

12 - My Friends - The Dark - 1979  (2:33)

13 - I'm Coming Home - Stories - 1972  (2:37)

14 - Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong - 1973  (4:04)

15 - I Hate School - Suicide Squad - 1979  (1:55)

16 - Sunshine in My Rainy Day Mind - Polly Niles - 1970  (2:12)

17 - Reach for It - Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign - 1973  (2:50)

18 - Let's Be Natural - The Rutles - 1978  (3:21)

19 - Hollywood - The Runaways - 1977  (2:51)

20 - My Boyfriend - Suburban Lawns - 1979  (1:40)

21 - Lovely Day - Bill Withers - 1977  (4:06)

22 - Are You Ready - Pacific Gas & Electric - 1970  (5:46)

23 - Living in the 70s - Skyhooks - 1974  (3:41)

Come back on Monday for some comps that may have you doubting your own sanity!

  

So Sweet ...

Yup, who said the Rutles were ONLY a legend that would last a lunchtime?

01. Intro + We've Arrived (3:12)

02. Now She's Left You (1:47)

03. Number One (2:41)

04. Love Life (2:17)

05. Radio Spot + Interview (1:09)

06. Goose-Step Mama (2:35)

07. It's Looking Good (1:57)

08. I Must Be in Love (2:17)

09. Baby Let Me Be (2:08)

10. Radio Spot (0:36)

11. Good Times Roll (3:09)

12. Let's Be Natural (2:25)

13.  Get Up and Go (3:29)

14. Old Blues Man Interview (1:19)

15. Blue Suede Schubert (2:20)

16. Between Us (2:30)

17. Piggy in the Middle (2:47)

18. Living In Hope (2:38)

Supposedly these are rehearsal tracks.  Whatever, you'll have fun!

DRIME LINK.

See you Thursday, fellow Rutleans!

  

MAD About the Disco

... And why SHOULDN'T you be?

01 - Disco Suicide - Phyliss, Karl & Angela Harris

02 - Sorry, No Words - Steve Leeds 

03 - This Time, This Night - Karl, Phyliss & Angela Harris 

04 - Barely Alive - Steve Leeds, Phyliss & Angela Harris 

05 - The Disco Clap - Karl, Phyllis & Angela Harris 

06 - It's a Gas (Disco Version) - Alfred E Neuman 

This was originally a flexi included in the magazine.  It's pretty fun.

DRIME LINK.

See ya Monday, fellow madlings!

  

Don't Do It Wrong!

 

Yes, it's another of my compilations about love going wrong ... or right ... or sideways ... you listen and then decide!

01. The Degenerates - Scungy Girl (2:02)

02. The Outcasts - Clinical Love (3:32)

03. Groovie Ghoulies - Graveyard Girlfriend (2:42)

04. Jimi LaLumia and the Psychotic Frogs - Mangle Me (4:44)

05. RU12 - Rubber Suzie (1:32)

06. Mike Kelly & the Legend - I Love the Little Girls with the Shirley Temple Curls (2:14)

07. The Freeze - One Way Conversations (live) (2:13)

08. Lynn Cornell - Demon Lover (2:58)

09. Radio Werewolf - 1960 Cadillac Hearse (3:32)

10. Judy Clay and William Bell - Left Over Love (2:52)

11. Lord Manuel - Computer Love (1:21)

12. The Hoodoo Gurus - Dig It Up (3:29)

13. Rat's Got the Rabies - Vinyl Darling (3:21)

14. Warren Smith - Miss Froggie (2:24)

15. Supernaut - Space Angel (4:17)

16. The Phenomenal Zits - Sick on You (1:55)

17. X - Adult Books (3:10)

18. The Lipstick Killers - Date with a Thing (2:09)

19. The Jets - Paper Girl (4:07)

20. The Wipers - Telepathic Love (1:32)

21. The Bobs - Trash (3:35)

22. Destroy All Monsters - I Love You But You're Dead (live) (2:45)

23. Ed Gein's Car - Brain Dead Baby (1:48)

24. Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures - Headless Hip Shakin' Honey (2:42)

25. The Soft Boys - Kingdom of Love (4:08)

26. Don Dixon - Praying Mantis (3:55)

Much better to hear about it than to live it, I say.  I found my true love already.

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See you on Thursday!

  

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.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

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."

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you Thursday, my compadre compilers!

  

"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.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

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)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you Monday, fellow time travellers!

   

Put on Your Bib!

That's because you might start drooling.

01. I Must Be in Love (1) (2:39)

02. The Children of Rock 'n' Roll (0:48)

03. I Must Be in Love (2) (2:20)

04. Cheese and Onions (1:24)

05. Shangri-La (3:24)

06. Hold My Hand (2:31)

07. Brian Thigh Interview (1:26)

08. You Need Feet (1:09)

09. Dirk's Love Song (0:50)

10. Lullaby (0:29)

11. Baby S'il Vous Plaît (1:54)

12. My Little Ukelele (1:58)

13. Under My Skin (3:31)

14. Rut-a-Lot (5:54)

15. I Must Be in Love (3) (2:19)

16. Not Letting It Be (8:24)

No dead baby jokes, please!

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

The "original" source was very sloppy.  I added metadata, generated the disc art, evened audio, added opening & closing silences.

See you on Monday!

  

These Grooves Will Drive You ... MAD!

It's MAD, I tell you!

01 - She Got a Nose Job - Mike Russo, Jeanne Hayes, the Dellwoods

02 - It's a Gas - Mike Russo, Jeanne Hayes, the Dellwoods

03 - She Lets Me Watch Her Mom and Pop Fight - Mike Russo, Jeanne Hayes, the Dellwoods

04 - The Boy from ... - Linda Lavin

05 - Well, It Ain't - Dick Libertini

06 - Makin' Out - Smyle

07 - Meet the Staff of MAD - The Editor, the Publisher, and All the Idiots

08 - Barely Alive - Steve Leeds, Phyllis and Angela Harris

09 - This Time, This Night - Karl, Phylliss, and Angela Harris

10 - Disco Suicide - Phylliss, Karl, and Angela Harris

11 - Blind Date - Green Jelly

12 - I Found Her Telephone Number Written on the Boy's Bathroom Wall - Ben Vaughn

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

You won't find THOSE links on ANY bathroom wall, so get 'em quick, campers!  See you Thursday.

  

Sweet, Baby, Sweet

Here's a 1996 release from the legend that will last a lunchtime, the Pre-Fab Four ... the Rutles.

01. Intro + We've Arrived (3:12)

02. Now She's Left You (1:47)

03. Number One (2:41)

04. Love Life (2:17)

05. Radio Spot + Interview (1:09)

06. Goose-Step Mama (2:35)

07. It's Looking Good (1:57)

08. I Must Be in Love (2:17)

09. Baby Let Me Be (2:08)

10. Radio Spot (0:36)

11. Good Times Roll (3:09)

12. Let's Be Natural (2:25)

13.  Get Up and Go (3:29)

14. Old Blues Man Interview (1:19)

15. Blue Suede Schubert (2:20)

16. Between Us (2:30)

17. Piggy in the Middle (2:47)

18. Living In Hope (2:38)

It's up to you to decide if these supposed rehearsal tracks are spiffier than the original releases.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you Monday!

  

Have YOU Been Punked?

Evidently the Beatles have.

01. Love Me Do (1:41)

02. Drive My Car (1:41)

03. From Me to You (1:28)

04. Tell Me Why (1:43)

05. Please Mr. Postman (1:41)

06. Give Punk a Chance (2:10)

07. It Won't Be Long (1:41)

08. And Your Bird Can Sing (1:31)

09. Lady Madonna (1:56)

10. Michelle (1:44)

11. All My Loving (1:31)

12. I'm Down (1:37)

13. Yesterday (1:21)

14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy (1:24)

15. Rock 'n' Roll Music (1:43)

16. Yellow Submarine (3:00)

Unfortunately, for my taste this interesting idea gets old after about 30 seconds.

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How do you feel?  See you Thursday with more silliness.

  

Welcome to April Fun, 2025!

Here's a fun album of Christian music from rapper Emcee One (stylized emcee one).

01. We Missed It (1:35)

02. Introducing (0:46)

03. No Tolerance (Live) (4:00)

04. Fresh (3:27)

05. 3:23 A.M. (1:38)

06. Lukewarm II Hot (3:56)

07. Clouds Away (3:51)

08. Wake Up (Featuring Happy) (5:16)

09. Hip-Hop (Beatbox Mix) (3:12)

10. Satalight Picture (2:09)

11. Keep on Rhymin' (3:49)

12. Holla-Loo-Yah (2:58)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

This guy was a lot of fun to see in concert around 2005.

This is a 2004 release, bought from him at his table after the show.  See you on Monday!

  

Twisted -- Just Like We Like It!

From the usual gang of idiots?

01. High School Basketball Game (2:31)

02. Nose Job (2:17)

03. Please, Betty Jane (2:36)

04. Somebody Else's Dandruff (2:38)

05. Blind Date (1:59)

06. Agnes (2:28)

07. Pretzel (2:12)

08. I'll Always Remember Being Young (3:15)

09. Pimples Turned to Dimples (2:08)

10. Serious Teenager in Love (2:10)

11. My Johnny's Hub Cap (2:24)

12. Boys' Bathroom Wall (2:16)

Actually, the performing group is the Dellwoods.

If you've got a single smart-aleck bone in your body, you'll empathize with my love for stuff like this.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See ya Thursday, Mad Folks!

  

Yer Gonna Luv This One

Or my name isn't Rumpelstiltskin!

If you love the Beatles, and you love Christmas, then you're going to double-love these Beatlesque arrangements of Christmas songs.  Not EVERY LITTLE THING is perfect, but ... YULE LOVE IT.

01. Jingle Bell Rock (2:13)

02. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (2:31)

03. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (2:31)

04. Last Christmas (3:04)

05. Feliz Navidad (3:08)

06. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2:08)

07. Jingle Bells (2:36)

08. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:28)

09. Mary's Boy Child (2:50)

10. White Christmas (3:25)

11. Silent Night (2:55)

12. A Bairn Is Born in Beatlehome (1:20)

And you'll be able to tell which song (or songs) are being emulated.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR THREE DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you Thursday for some Christmas wrapping-up!  Still two more entries to go!