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made of plastic
"Plastic Fantastic Lover"
Jefferson Airplane
BLESS IT'S POINTED LITTLE HEAD 1969
lead vocal Marty Balin
bass Jack Casady
drums Spencer Dryden
recorded at Fillmore West in S.F. 1968
the Airplane were a hot live band
😎
youtu.be/Gs-6nsyart0?...
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syncopated rhythm
"Rock & Roll Doctor" Little Feat
FEATS DON'T FAIL ME NOW 1974
written & sung by slide guitarist Lowell George
incorporating New Orleans style "3rd Line" rhythms
drums & percussion :
Richie Hayward & Sam Clayton
youtu.be/z3LNhZ7msI4?...
Cover art by Ms. Mitchell
Laurel Canyon Lady, Joni
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found on the beach
"The Dawntreader"
SONG TO A SEAGULL aka s/t
1968 debut album
After listening to Side 2 of this record I was hooked for life.
"Peridots & periwinkle
Blue medallions
Guilded galleons
Spilled across the ocean floor"
youtu.be/zQwVeu09VCQ?...
No, but I plan to watch. Thanks so much for sharing. I loved Rory and collected pretty much all of his records. First saw him at the Agora in Columbus Ohio, April 1974. It was an unforgettable experience.
☮️😎
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2nd try 😐
Something hard to lift
"Heavy Load" Free
FIRE & WATER 1970 3rd LP
lead vocal Paul Rodgers
bass Andy Fraser
drums Simon Kirke
sublime guitar Paul Kossoff
piano Andy or PR
This slow burning ballad is classic Free.
😎☮️
youtu.be/Quyn6vwvBho?...
Original front cover
Wigged out, wavy cover of the Surround Sound version
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song that fades out
"Mary Shut the Garden Door"
Donald Fagen MORPH THE CAT
3rd solo LP 2006
music, lyrics, vocal, synthesizers & melodica : DF
bass : Freddie Washington
drums : Keith Carlock
This fantastic tune includes a glorious fade :
youtu.be/sHz2IRSdTeE?...
The front with paste over label
The side view
Case & tape showing the sides are reversed. Where's "Alone Again Or" ?? Weird.
Side "2" of the tape with Side 1 titles and the inside of the case
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vintage cassette
FOREVER CHANGES Love
first Elektra issue on tape 1968
black clamshell snap case
w/ paper labels on 3 sides
paper labels attached to the tape
sides 1 & 2 are reversed on tape & case
really strange
a relic from the past
☮️😎
youtu.be/cPbNpIG8x_s?...
Just listened to this towering song for the umpteenth time and yet again it was an astonishing experience, timeless music from an extremely gifted artist.
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I lucked out and saw CTA on the tour for this album, at the Atlantic City Pop Festival, back in August of '69. They were fantastic, as one might expect. I was 18.
😎☮️
The iconic front cover of one of 1982's best records ☮️
This highly potent, trance inducing music is not for the weak at heart 😎
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a song that might give one the chills
"Are You Going With Me ?"
Pat Metheny Group
OFFRAMP 1982
keyboards : Lyle Mays
otherworldly guitar : Pat M
(sounds like a synthesizer)
Live versions of this piece are also highly recommended
youtu.be/_4GyNmXHpIc?...
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In a good music store one can usually find an array of different strings for sale
"Strength of Strings" Gene Clark
NO OTHER 1974
violin : Richard Greene
bass : Leland Sklar
guitar : Buzz Feiten
One of many gems on this excellent LP
youtu.be/6ZZmucGjt10?...
The original septet
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song with a heavy HORN presence
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is ?"
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY
self-titled debut album 1969
a HEAVY horn section is in full effect on this late '60s classic, complete w/ freaked out piano intro :
youtu.be/xoJpyYu_NMk?...
Here's young George, with his wife Johnnie Lee, at a lunch counter. He's having coffee while she's digging into a couple plates full of Soul Food, inc. a pool of (perhaps) giblet gravy. Her beverage is a tasty vintage 7Up. 😎
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messy food
"Giblet Gravy" George Benson
title track 1968
Haven't had this type of gravy for 50 years but as I recall, all such brown sauces can be messy. One might spill some on one's shirt if not careful. This remains a tasty tune.
youtu.be/wNFaAn-AkPc?...
Original cover
Rory's excellent debut
My home away from home, the High Street Laundry Mat
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Appliance
"Laundromat" Rory Gallagher
LIVE ! (IN EUROPE) 1972
Originally on his s/t 71 debut
"I don't have no clothes to clean
To put inside the machine,
It was the craziest place
I have ever been !"
Rory goes nuts on this rocker
youtu.be/1TZPVGAsDec?...
Classic front cover of Peter's killer first solo LP
The gifted young artist at an early peak
Fig Tree Bay on the island of Cyprus !!
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a fruit one doesn't enjoy
(I don't mind the taste of figs, they're just too seedy)
"Fig Tree Bay" Peter Frampton
WIND OF CHANGE 1972 solo debut
This gorgeous, breezy tune kicks off my favorite Frampton record. Love the seaside vibe.
youtu.be/9oSb3ZgKU90?...
Probably the best show I've seen in the past 22 years. Just fantastic. Brian's massive band was stunning, the vocals & the instruments. We had Row A in the balcony, incredible seats.😎☮️
Mr. Wilson, healthy and in top form back in 2004.
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Brian Wilson @ the Michigan Theater
Ann Arbor MI - October 4th, 2004
This wonderful concert ran for 2-3 hours inc. a performance of the legendary SMiLE album + dozens of other classic tunes. His huge onstage band feat. the Stockholm Strings & the Wondermints
Original inner sleeve with liner notes, a ting of the past.
Original Side One label, U.S. first issue
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Help Yourself
1. "Brown Lady"
STRANGE AFFAIR 1972
Recently heard this song, which led to the decision to feature The Helps this month. Enjoyed revisiting their LPs, realizing again why I've always loved their music. Thanx 2 our hosts.
youtu.be/OwCFYW-afhw?...
Cover of ECHO shows a space next to Tom, where their missing in action bass player (Howie) should have been standing. 😐
The casual T.P. circa 1999
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part of the body
"Rhino Skin"
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
ECHO 1999
Here's one of many treasures hidden away on this somewhat overlooked CD.
This tune concerns one's need to be totally unaffected by what others might say or think.
youtu.be/xMHQhMU9uC8?...
A complete load of shit from an Administration desperate to convince the stupidest among us to continue to wallow in their cesspool of ignorance and treason...
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It's Doctor Jesus to the rescue.
Look at that gaudy gold crap. So tacky.
The Helps fantastic 3rd record.
The very cool extensive box set. I need this.
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HELP YOURSELF
2. "Passing Through"
BEWARE THE SHADOW 1972
written & sung : Malcolm Morley
This stunning song could have been my number 1
It's so simple & so good
I wholeheartedly recommend it
"There goes a light
Just passing through"
youtu.be/dSMKnsC6XGE?...
Ummm...
That's : 11 TRACKS OF "WHACK" not "WHACKS", sorry folks.
Even so, it's an odd title for a disc with 12 tracks. Just sayin'...
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something one might have read
"Book Of Liars" Steely Dan
ALIVE IN AMERICA 1995
originally recorded by Walter Becker on his criminally underrated 1994 debut LP
11 TRACKS OF WHACKS
"There's a star in the Book of Liars by your name"
youtu.be/VqP0zsu1Eh8?...
Rare very cool picture sleeve
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3. "Heaven Row"
STRANGE AFFAIR 1972
also released as a single
lead vocal, piano : Malcolm Morley
Unlike any other tune by The Helps during 72-73, this catchy song features some (uncredited) female background singers (!)
youtu.be/nsOA1Y2PDKE?...
The tape slides in the side of the case & stays there 😎
Tape has 2 named sides : Side 1 : AQUALUNG Side 2 : MY GOD Wild...
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vintage cassette :
AQUALUNG
Jethro Tull
1973 issue on U.S. Chrysalis
solid green one piece slip-in case
matching green cassette shell
pretty spiffy looking
a short lived tape design (early '70s)
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get dirty
"Get Down In the Dirt" UPP
From UPP (self-titled debut album) released 1975
Produced by Jeff Beck
A British Jazz/Funk/Soul trio
Led by keyboardist Andy Clark w/ bassist Stephen Amazing
Lead guitar by Jeff Beck (uncredited)
youtu.be/wc30n4PPDmU?...
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"Fannie Mae" The Three Souls
DANGEROUS DAN EXPRESS 1964
1st of 2 albums recorded in Chicago & released on ARGO (Chess)
Feat. Landon "Sonny" Cox on alto sax & Ken Prince on organ
Sunny funky Jazz for a sunny afternoon
😎
youtu.be/F_oW5QYznqA?...
The 4th and last true Helps studio album. UA passed on a release in the States. So one had to buy the import.
An album I had never seen, one that I need to find !!
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This month it's Help Yourself, an obscure but cool Welsh quartet from the early 70s
4. "Pioneers Of The West In The Head"
THE RETURN OF KEN WHALEY 1973
Here's a groovy tune that perhaps concerns a bit of psychedelic adventuring 😎☮️
youtu.be/Vn9E448bn6U?...
Side Two label
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HELP YOURSELF
final 5 countdown
11/5 "Many Ways Of Meeting"
STRANGE AFFAIR 1972
Here's the dynamite closer on the 2nd Helps album, featuring Welsh singer/songwriter/founder/guitarist/keyboardist Malcolm Morley, a talented musician.
youtu.be/-P_c-I1wnH8?...