For the most part. What was left behind on my Dubuque trip were still there. St Vincent De Paul forty fives are 10 cents apiece when you go to the one in Asbury. The turnover of records is either they have them or they don't. Plus where else can you buy E Power Biggs Greatest Hits for 50 cents on record.. Moondog Music I didn't buy 45s but new albums from The Ocean Blue and the third installment of Buck Owens Capitol Singles, already the first two volumes are already out of print.
Remind me not to eat at Pizza Ranch during the 6 PM rush. I don't do crowds very well.
1) Scotch And Soda-Ray Price (Viva 7-29543) 1983 #70 Country
Snuff Garrett, bless his heart, started up Viva after the successful Every Which Way But Loose soundtrack and started signing up old country singers from the past, Porter Wagoner was one, Ray Price was the other.Ray's album Master Of The Art shows Price doing what he does best, MOR country with an honest voice. He turns the Kingston Trio cover into a track that could have fit on a Clint Eastwood soundtrack. Very professional sounding. The Nashville guys hardly break a sweat on this number. I Love You Eyes was the B side. One of three singles still waiting to be picked up at the St. Vincent De Paul. Still in playable shape go figure.
2) Still Hurting Me-The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic 34-05699) 1985 #33 Country
Can't recall hearing this on country radio at all, nor on rock radio to which Charlie's last pop chart was Still In Saigon (#22 in 1982). The 80's production dates Charlie's voice, he sounds a lot different here or maybe somebody else is singing it? It doesn't sound any different than the Max Carl led 38 Special, it might have been Charlie's last attempt to hit the rock market. The melody sounded quite familiar to what The Questionnaires put out for EMI later on. In the crap that was 1985, this would have worked well on the pop charts better than We Built This City or (fuck me running) Broken Wings. One of two promos that was up at St Vincent De Paul, the other copy was cracked.
3) Everybody's Young-Sandra Bernhard (Mercury 880-950-7) 1985
That Sandra Bernhard the comedian that actually put out a decent single from the I'm Your Woman album. What makes this record listenable is that Barry Reynolds (Marianne Faithful) wrote this song and Barry made Marianne Faithful worth listening again. Bernhard would straddle the line between comedy and rock from here on out, with uneven results.
4) Still Waters (Love)-The Four Tops (Motown M-1170) 1970 #11
By 1970 the Four Tops were becoming more going to the back of the line with their music, not that they took chances, who else can you think of that actually worked with the Moody Blues on a song. Smokey co wrote this with Frank Wilson and this number has more of a reggae beat than your average Motown song. This would be their final top 11 song for Motown, however, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter would give them a new start with Keeper Of The Castle when The Four Tops relocated to ABC Dunhill.
5) Jesus Was A Capricorn-Kris Kristofferson (Monument 8558) 1972 #91
It's interesting to see his greatest hits omitted this forgotten song written with John Prine in mind. Kris actually does a cool Prine soundalike. Produced by Dennis (Burning Love) Linde
6) Cowboy's Sweetheart-Patsy Montana (Gusto GT4-2204) 1964
From the Patsy Montana At The Matador Room (Sims 122), it was recorded at Audio Recorders in Phoenix early 64 and Waylon Jennings plays lead guitar on the album and this song. Mike Lane played rhythm guitar, Ray Tranior played piano, Fred Shelton is on steel guitar and the rhythm section is Dave Lewis (Bass) and Bob Kush on drums. Most likely these guys also figured in Waylon's A&M sides as well. When I first bought this 45, I ended up finding the Cowboy's Sweetheart CD that King/Gusto issued in 1996, but had no record information whatsoever. Highland Music which owns the masters gave no care to liner notes, just a quick buck. Fun fact: Sims Records was distributed by Atlantic but they didn't own the master. Starday ended up with this album and reissued it under a different title. Patsy passed away in 1996. Earl Perrin produced the album, Jack Miller engineer.
7) One-Eddy Arnold & Jaye P. Morgan (RCA 47-6842) 1956
Probably charted on the country chart, Eddy and Jaye did hit the top 50 with Mutual Appreciation Society, but this nod to Les Paul and Mary Ford made the bubbling under top 100 I suspect. Later covered by George Jones and Tammy Wynette. The second 45 of jukebox records that the Salvation Army in Davenport that I bought. You have to be careful with jukebox records, most are scratched up. They would have better luck with the B side Do You Love Me which would have might up on the top 100. Or maybe not. Sounds a lot like Baby You Got What It Takes from Diana Washington and Brook Benton. It's a silly song but it's a fun song.
8) Working Class Hero-Tommy Roe (MGM South S-7013) 1973 #97
This made the top 10 on the local radio here, but on the Billboard, this would be Tommy's last top 100 chart placement. It would show Tommy going more toward Country as well. After a decade on ABC, Tommy moved over to MGM to which the odious Mike Curb stuck him on the lesser priority MGM South label. Don Costa, a step up from Micheal Lloyd did the arrangement. Another record that spent a lot of time at Goodwill that had a few grubby hands on it. Still plays better than it looks.
9) Missing On A Mountain-Tommy Dee (Pike 5917) 1963
I'm sure I put this song in a SGS blog but can't find it so it makes it's official debut then. Bonnie Owens helps sing the melody as Tommy laments the loss of Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and Patsy Cline. Dee also did the same thing to Three Stars for Crest records about Buddy, Big Bopper and Richie which hit number 11 in 1959. This charted on the country side of charts. B side is Look Homeward Dead Angel, which is a misprint, it should be Look Homeward Dear Angel. Would have been much more fun hearing the former title than latter. One of the coolest looking labels in music history.
10) Can't Get Enough-Bad Company (Swan Song SS-70100) 1974 #5
Bad Company was the first band to get a song issued on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song label. In typical 45 fashion this is a single edit, which fades out. B side Little Miss Fortune should have been on the Bad Company album as well as Easy On My Soul, B side to Movin On, but somebody thought the drab and dull The Way I Choose was good enough to be on the album. As you all know Can't Get Enough is played by just about every bar band in the world. I spent many a jam session backing Russ Glackin up at Rumors when he sings this or Feel Like Making Love is his only song to sing. Envy Me.
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