Best of 2020-Record Stores n Eats

 It's a foregone conclusion that the music places that we used to know and love are now ancient history.  The FYE's are gone, Hastings is a distant memory and even ten years ago, they closed the Ames store.  And I haven't been back to that part of the state since then.   The big box stores have stopped selling them. Oh, Target and Wally World might have two or three copies of the latest but unless you have access to a computer, you're shit out of luck.  The vinyl revival came into play a few years ago and now the big box stores are selling vinyl.  Unlike the good ole days, these are not the nice price ones of 5.99 or less but rather the 19.95 or more.   And it seems like the major labels continue to tout the higher priced and less satisfying sounding LPs, rather than the poorly recorded new CDs that come out in digipacks that can cause accidents while driving down the road. 

Many years ago (2014), I predicted that 2020 would be the last year in search of the great music library, which turned out to be the biggest hoarding music collection this side of the Mississippi River.  While that happened, FYE continued to close up shops and 2016 Hastings closed for good.  No more bargain hunting in Arizona any more it seems.  So I basically had to rely on donations to goodwill, St. Vinnies and Salvation Army to keep my interest in music going.  And people came through, but this year I had a major crisis.   The trustworthy Sony Discman died earlier this year and I tried to find a replacement CD player to withstand the driving to and from work and trips to Madison and Quad Cities and other Iowa towns.  A Jansen was first to be tested  and it failed, miserably. It couldn't play a single cd without skipping or being hung up and in usual fashion, it got tossed out the window on the way to Davenport.  A couple weeks later I found a Phillips CD player, with fresh batteries for two dollars and it picked up the slack, tho every cd the volume defaulted back to 13, it did pick up when I paused on a song but sometimes it would go a few seconds further.  Slight minor issues but at least it didn't skip. And finally a Sony Discman replacement this weekend.  It's a fucking shame Sony decided to discontinue the discman, mine lasted 15 years of consistent playing.  When my player died, I didn't realize how hard it was to find another copy, I could have done the EBAY route and pick up a used one for 150 dollars (which was the 1988 price for the original Discman that did skip on occasion) but I decided to wait out and hope for a donated player.  Now I have two and may want to pick up another one or two just in case.  The recording industry will find a way to piss me off but then again what else do they do besides pissing me off and putting out shitty sounding LPs or CDs?  

But then again I am getting old and dealing with Tinnitus more often than not.  My stereo speakers need to be reconed or replaced, the midrange is killing my ears, which didn't used to be that way.  And I have had those speakers for 33 years and reconed once.  I haven't bought new speakers since 1988 so a upgrade is in order.   I continue to search for the hard to find cds and odd ball ones and this year has been no different.   In fact, it has been a great year for finding used music even during the COVID epidemic.  But for new stuff, it's less n less.  This year's best places are the usual suspects, with a couple new ones thrown in as well.  

Best places to find CDs (new) or LPs.

Moondog Music (DBQ)

CO OP Moline (QC)

Analog Vault (CR)

Vinyl Emporium (CR)

Metro Records (Waterloo)

Ragged Records (QC)

CDs 4 Change (DBQ)

Wax Static (Marshalltown)

Record Collector (IC) 

Barnes N Noble (CR, QC, Waterloo)

Target 

Madison

Mad City Music X

Strictly Discs

B Sides 

Sugar Shack Records

You'll note the absence of the big box music stores   Books A Million don't sell cd's anymore to which they got dropped off the list, tho they do have vinyl.  If I lived in Madison than I'd be a regular at all four music stores there but since I have limited myself to hour long drives, Moondog Music in Dubuque works best for me.  At least they do have the new releases.  Thirty years ago we had Relics n Rock n Bach and the rest, this time out, we don't have that many choices.  The COVID issues has kept Wax Static as curbside only.  Metro Records is the well kept secret, tho I have only been up there one time but yet found a few decent 80s vinyl LPs and enough to recommend them if you go to Waterloo.  Analog Vault is now four years old and continues to build on their music fanbase. Vinyl Emporium (formerly Vintage Vinyl)  used to be at the old Marion Antique Mall and Lucky Seven Antiques but once lucky 7 closed shop, they moved it to the same block that has Analog Vault.  Ragged still has the Rock Island address but the original store in Davenport has moved closer to downtown and has been slated to open later on this year. CDs 4 Change is more vinyl than CD but they do have a decent, tho pricy used CD selection.  Record Collector the usual odds and ends and worth driving to.   Barnes N Noble is mostly miss than hit but they did have the new AC DC.  And Target had Chris Stapleton.  But their selection is mostly vinyl than CD.   The way it has been going.

Best thrift stores to find music.

Half Price Books (Marion, Madison, DM)

Goodwill (CR, Marion, IC-Coralville, Madison, QC, Waterloo, Independence, DBQ)

Salvation Army (CR, QC)

Housewerks (Iowa City)

St Vincent De Paul (Madison, Dubuque)

Helping Hands (CR)

Stuff Etc (Coralville, QC)

The Source (QC)

Sweet Living Antiques (IC)

Crowded Closet (IC)

Money And More (IC-Waterloo)

Shops By The Wapsi (Anamosa)

The thrift stores continue to be hit and miss, Stuff Etc doesn't sell CD in Waterloo or Cedar Rapids but once in a while somebody will bring some in at the Coralville-IC store or Davenport. And for 99 cents you can find a few bargains among the Hoku, Hootie and Maroon 5.  Even with CORVID, Half Price Books still gets a few decent Cds in the cheap bins. I did find the latest Brett Eldridge cd at the Army as well as latest stuff from Flaming Lips or Jessie Colin Young and Allman Betts Band.   St Vinnie's closed the Waterloo location last year so only Dubuque and Madison are the only places I know.  CR's store is only open for two hours on Saturday.   The Shops By The Wapsi has a vintage record/cd place that is worth going once a year.  Probably the only place that had two copies of Easy To Slip by Little Feat.  Money and More is the only pawnshop that sells CDs, mostly junk tho.  Helping Hands is a new thrift store next to Sav A Lot in CR.  They tend to be hit and miss as well as the Crowded Closet. 

For 45s, they too are hit and miss.  Usually the Madison St Vinnies and Half Price Bookstores have them, tho somebody did donate about 25 of them to Coralville to which I picked most of them up and documented them.  And Vinyl Emporium had a bunch of dumpsters 45s on hand too.  Analog Vault announced that they had a bunch for sale but I yet to go there and see what they have.  Usually I do have luck in finding them over there. 

Best Mexican Food

Si Senor-Mount Vernon

Los Argaves-Iowa City

Taco Depot-CR

Los Tres Argaves-Anamosa 

Los Casa De Poncho-Maquoketa

Cancun-CR

Frida Ketio-Solon

Villa's Patio-Marion

Mi Terra-Marion

El Bajio-CR

Los Compardes-CR

Hacienda-Monticello

Los Aztecas-DBQ

Fiesta Cancun-DBQ

Salsas-DBQ

90 percent of me eating out is to Mexican places and all have been quite good.  Sometimes the lax of the service will make drop the recommendation down a bit, but all these places that I mentioned are worth going to.  SI Senior in MV is lightning fast on the order as well as the Taco Depot in CR, which is where the old Long John Silver's place used to be.   This area has some great Mexican places, whereas in Madison, I have to yet to find any place that I can enjoy a decent Mexican meal.  One of the places that I went to in Independence did go under tho.  

Best Burger Joint:

Tornados'-Cedar Rapids

Bo Macs-CR

Stone City General Store

The Starlight-CR

Red Robin CR

Chrome Horse-CR

Checkers' CR

Lucky's on 16th-CR

The Grove-Scotch Grove 

As I gotten older, I have not gone out eating burgers all that much.  Seems like I have stomach issues or a run to the can.  For local, I still like a good burger from Tornados or Bo Macs.  I tend to enjoy the Southwestern Chicken Wrap at Chrome Horse more than their burgers. Lucky's on 16th is where i go for a good Hot Beef Sandwich, or The Grove in Scotch Grove, which still is a well kept secret.  For Mac n Cheese, Lucky's on 16th is best. 

Best Pizza Place

Marcos-CR

Naso's-Marion

Zoey's-Marion

Lenardos-CR

In these days and times, Pizza has taken a back seat to my Mexican food craze.  While Marco's still remain more of a franchise, I prefer them over Pizza Hut, which has gone down in quality or Dominos or Little Ceasar's  that tend to be a quick fix for the pizza jones.  Kwik Star, I like the cheap 4.99 special over the 7.99 deep crust, tho I haven't been that excited for their pizzas much.  or Casey's which tend to be a bit greasy for my liking.   But if any pizza is edible, I'll eat it.  And pay of it later.

For Chinese, Cross Roads Bistro still rocks, but the COVID did shut down a lot of the buffets that i used to go to.  The Kirkwood Chinese place also is history but Panda Lin and Yen Chang on MV road, do give you heaping helpings of fried rice.  The Anamosa China Inn doesn't disappoint tho a little more of a drive will get you to Monticello and the China Inn. 

back to music things.

The Beaker Hour with Big Mo KCCK 11/27/20

Dazed And Confused-Led Zeppelin

30 Days In The Hole-Humble Pie

I've Been There Too-10 Years After

Sweet Ride (never again)-Moby Grape

Too Many People-Cold Blood

Chasing Shadows-Deep Purple 

Hey Baby (new rising sun)-Jimi Hendrix

In From The Storm

Two tracks from the Live In Maui album from Jimi Hendrix and a couple deep album cuts from Moby Grape and Deep Purple, tho Chasing Shadows has been heard on the Clyde Clifford Beaker Street shows.

Beaker Street Playlist

9 p.m. to 10 p.m.

1. The Corporation “I Want To Get Out Of My Grave”

2. Steve Hillage “Saucer Surfing”

3. Wishbone Ash “Leaf And Stream”

4. Uriah Heep “High Priestess”

5. Blue Oyster Cult “Fire Of Unknown Origin”

6. Vanilla Fudge “Shotgun” (Live)

7. Tommy Bolin “Sweet Burgundy”

8. Roy Buchanan “Down By The River”

9. Argent “I Am The Dance Of Ages”

10 p.m. -11 p.m.

1. Horslips “Speed The Plough”

2. Blood Sweat & Tears “Snow Queen> Maiden Voyage”

3. Acoustic Pagans “Believe”

4. Brian Eno and John Cale “Been There Done That”

5. Emerson, Lake & Palmer “Black Moon” (Live At The Royal Albert Hall. 1992)

6. Anglo Tango “Gypsy Radio”

7. Python Lee Jackson (f/ Rod Stewart) “In A Broken Dream”

8. The Jerry Garcia Band “Stop That Train” (Live- The Jerry Garcia Band)

9. Blind Faith “Well All Right”

10. The Youngbloods “Get Together”

11 p.m. to Midnight

1. David Lindley & El-Rayo X “Do You Wanna Dance ” (Live- Very Greasy) excerpt

2. Deep Purple “Anthem”

3. Dave Edmunds “Crawling From The Wreckage”

4. The Dino Kruse Band “Down Home Blues”

5. Brand X “Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria”

6. Deep Water Reunion “Cindy’s Cryin'”

7. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown “Prelude- Nightmare/ Fanfare- Fire Poem/ Fire”

8. FM “Phasors on Stun”

9. Santana “Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries” (Live at Woodstock)

10. Alan Parsons “Blown By The Wind”

RSD 45's from Analog Vault

Don't Build No Fences For Me-Rusty Draper (Monument  1137)  1969

Draper had a nice long ride for Fred Foster and Monument from 64 to 1970, Ray Pennington wrote this and Cam Mullens added Nashville strings and horns.  B side is the oft recorded Am I That Easy To Forget, written by Cal Belew.  Draper oversings on the final chorus.

Put Your Head On My Shoulder-The Lettermen (Capitol 2423)  #44 1968

Shambala-B W Stevenson (RCA 74-0952)  #66 1973

Tulsa-Waylon Jennings (RCA 47-9925) #94 1970

Goodnight Irene-Hoagy Lands (MGM K-13062) 1962

Resurrection Shuffle-Ashton, Gardner Dyke (Capitol 3060) #40  1971

The Lettermen had a nice return to the 60's pop chart with Al De Lory (Glen Campbell) giving them the right sound.  Going Out Of My Head would have been their third most interesting song from this era outside of Hurt So Bad. The Vogues also had success with their creamy smooth vocals as well, tho not as campy.  For Shambala, 3 Dog Night had the bigger hit but Stevenson did managed to put his version into the top 30 local charts.  Hoagy Lands, does a soulful spin on Goodnight Irene, which is produced by Bert Berns.  I'm surprised this didn't chart on the pop charts.  Resurrection Shuffle made number 2 on the KCRG super 30 chart and even Waylon's Tulsa managed to scrape the top 100 pop charts.  Due to me having allergy issues and not feeling up to par, I kept my record store day bargain hunts to Analog Vault, which had 10 percent off.  They did have three boxes of 100 count juke box 45s for 10 dollars but i didn't figure it would be cost effective and if they were juke box copies, most would have been donated soon afterwards. 

The New And Improved R Smith Show Playlist 11/29/20

American Pie-Don McLean

Dreidel 

Rain-Ian Hunter

Gun Control

Theater Of The Absurd 

Samson And Delilah-The Grateful Dead

Deal

Loser

Passenger 

Buckingham-Nicks. The Townedgers

Cheating Songs

Distant Early Morning Light

Hour 2

All This Music Must Fade-The Who

Beads On One String

Please Help Me I'm Falling-Hank Locklin

You're The Reason

Happy Birthday To Me

Everybody's Talking-Elephants Memory

Crossroads Of The Stepping Stones

Don't Put Me On Trial No More

Take What You Need-Steppenwolf

Everybody's Next One

Monster/Suicide/America

Room To Move-John Mayall

Don't Waste My Time

Blue Train-John D Loudermilk

 

Gobble Gobble Gobble-Thanksgiving 2020

 Less than a month away from Christmas, and nobody's heart is into the holiday season.  It has come to my attention that we once again is back for Thanksgiving 2020.  And what used to be the annual turkey shoot of subpar albums, I have come to find myself blasted the events of the year that wasn't.  And this year has really sucked from the word go.

In 1967, we had Thanksgiving in a old drafty rental place outside of Nevada, Iowa.  My childhood friend from Lincoln Illinois Raymond came up with his brother and we were supposed to have a good time.  Three days prior, I ended up getting real sick, to which on that fateful Monday morning, I preceded to puke five times and felt like shit for the rest of the week.  To which my brother had fun with Raymond instead of me.  I think I slept most of those days away and everybody thought that I might die from this illness.  By the time I felt better, Raymond had went home.  Oh, he came by around the early 70s and proceeded to play American Patrol from Duane Eddy about five times in a row to which we both fought over the record player, and scratching the hell out of The Roaring Twangies, the last Duane Eddy album on Reprise.  He also could play the drums better than me, that Raymond.  We lost track of one another after that.  We might have spoke over the phone once.

53 years later, and my girlfriend has been stuck with the flu since getting a flu shot.  She's very worried about getting COVID and she does get sick most of the time than being well.   I wish I could find a way to make her feel better, but sometimes in my best efforts, I just never seem to find or act in the right way.  If this is another stunning failure of me not keeping somebody happy, then perhaps I am dammed to remain alone forever more.   Love and Loneliness by The Motors is playing in the background.

But enough of my problems, it is that time of year we talk of the not so bright moments of 2020.  Music wise, I stayed away from the crappy music, but I found myself spurge buying the new Strokes album and got bored with it, hearing the new Lamb Of God album and wondered why the hell I bought it.  It may have something to do with Target having a buy one new release and get one free sale.

More Turkey:  The GrammyTM awards and The Weekend was left off.   Hell, I didn't know 90 percent of the artists nominated for awards and at this point in life, I'm not about to embark on catching up.  Too old and too set in my ways.  Perhaps The Weekend has a point, Beyonce has 9 nominations, the guess is that her last album that was issued in 2018 may have passed the deadline of last year, so it was a make up call from the GrammyTM committee.  The other turkey is Mrs. Petty aka Nicki Minaj still bitching about Bon Iver getting the Grammy win nod over her....back in 2012.  Miranda Lambert got three noms for her last album, Wildcard, to which Jay Joyce sucked the life out of.  To which he wins the Turkey award for that effort.  Failed Presidential Candidate Kayne West (gobble gobble gobble) might win something.  He's got two noms for Christian Music of all things. Body Count has one for metal and I still can't find their latest album anywhere. 

The Shitstorm of August 2020.  On any other year, COVID would have won out, but on August 10th, we got a derecho, or land hurricane that came out of South Dakota and changed the landscape around this area. Three and a half months later, Cedar Rapids is still picking up trees and other debris left from that shit storm.  This storm didn't do a fucking thing for anybody living in this state and it will be years till we see the trees again around Daniels Park, Bever Park, Noelridge Park.  Even the Nature Center's trails have been closed due to losing half the trees in the area.  

The GOP:  Urban vs Rural and rural won big time.  Here in Iowa, people were bitching about the do nothing antics of Phony Joni Ernst and No Show Ashley Hinson and both fucking won.  Abby Finkenhimer was out and about helping people while Ashley hid, except showing up when Trump made a bathroom break during the Shit Storm of August.  For their efforts of doing nothing, both Ernst and Hinson won, which is a big joke.  In the meantime, the Parlar gang continue to sing their praises and push conspiracy theories even after Trump got beat by Joe Biden. While Iowa voted for the failed reality star, Biden managed to flip Wisconsin, Georgia and Pennsylvania, whereas Trump continues to insist that he won.  Still, meet the new boss, same as the old boss as Moscow Mitch won big time as well as Lindsay The Sham Graham.  So, with Biden back in, expect these GOP start to bitch about the deficient, to which they had no complaints while Trump raised the deficient into uncharted territory.  At this point in time, Biden is going have to undo the mess that the Failed Reality Star and the GOP left for him.  Best he is do is see if McConnell expires.  Congrats to Trump for losing the popular vote...twice.

COVID:   Since the Failed Reality Star disbanded the CDC and other vital health agencies, this damn COVID has taken over and the epidemic has caused businesses and bars to shut down part of the spring and summer.  COVID Kim Reynolds did nothing to prevent this either.   The music scene has been shut down since March (expect some off and on jams and gigs during Aug-Oct) and it looks to be until a COVID vaccine becomes available, we'll still walk around wearing masks and staying six feet apart from one another.    

Los Angeles Chargers:  They return for the second straight year.  Phillip Rivers, unloved and unwanted moved on to Indianpolis to which he's enjoy somewhat of a resurgence, replaced by an up and coming Justin Herbert, who will probably rewrite the Chargers record book that Rivers had.  Alas, the Charger defense sucks, giving away Desmond King to Tennessee, to which he promptly scored a TD after being forgotten on a woeful Chargers squad.  Herbert will do his damnest to keep the offense going but with no defense, he's going to need to outscore the other team.  He had to do that, beating the Jets, as the Charger D kept giving the Jets chances to come back to make a game out of that. 

Kim Reynolds:  Worst governor in Iowa history.    Nuff said.

Wal Mart:  Deciding to not stock CDs anymore, just like Target, with the exception of new releases, to which they'll get two copies and you hope somebody will have the new Brothers Osbourne (they did) or King Gizzard (forget about that).

The internet:  To which more and more online newspapers are going Pay Wall, just like ESPN Plus and You Tube stockpiling commercials (nothing like four commercial interruptions on Frank Zappa's King Kong's 22 minute version)  Or worse, those fucking clickbait websites that make you keep hitting the next button just to read a 2 sentence paragraph.   Just like cable TV, the internet is a rat infested commercials everywhere site. 

That's about all for the Turkey awards.  A good chance I'll go over 3,000 views this month. The fascination with the Hee Haw Top Ten, fits perfectly into the gobble gobble gobble this year. Thank heavens for the archives. 

(lily smith-photo credit) 

Iowa still owns Nebraska, but they struggled to a 26-20 win at Lincoln.  The defense promptly gave up a NEB td in the 3rd quarter and the erratic Spencer Petras sputtered throughout the game.  Former Lou Groza nominee Keith Duncan had a 51 yard DOINK to which the Cornhuskers had one final chance to come back only to have Adrian Martinez fumble and Zack VanVaulkenburg recovered.   Like Minnesota, Iowa has won six straight meetings against the Popcorn team from Lincoln.   Martinez did a better job getting the NEB offense going but center Cam Jurgens had trouble snapping the ball, prompting paranoid coach Scott Frost to complain to the officials about the hawks clapping across the field since Kinnick Stadium had no fans.   Seems like Frost is the Big Ten's Trump, bitching about the little things.  Frost is looking more like the bust that Jim Harbaugh is up in Michigan, not winning enough ball games, although today's game the Cornhuskers looked more ready to play.  For Iowa, they should have handled Nebraska better.  Even tho Duncan doinked one FG, he did make three of them. Next up for Iowa, Illinois in Champaign. 

Beaker Street 11/20/20

 The Beaker Hour from KCCK and Big Mo

Old Moon Madness-Thin Lizzy

Dead Babies-Alice Cooper

Medicated Goo-Traffic

Deteroia-National Lampoon

Time Has Come Today-Chambers Brothers

Slippin' Into Darkness-War

Piece Of My Heart-Big Brother And The Holding Company with Janis Joplin

For Ladies Only-Steppenwolf

Soul Love-David Bowie

While we await for the complete list of last night's Beaker Street show from Arkansas.   Big Mo came back to do  the Friday night show and threw a few surprises.  Mostly For Ladies Only from Steppenwolf, which never gets played.  Big Mo tends to have more R and B songs in his show, but it's always cool to see War's Slipping Into Darkness as a song.  Perhaps Big Mo can find Mandrill's Fence Walk?

Clyde Clifford's Beaker Street (incomplete)

Includes John Cage 4 33

9 p.m. to 10 p.m.

1. Captain Beyond “Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)”

2. Yes “Yours Is No Disgrace”

3. Blind Faith “Can’t Find My Way Home”

4. Credence Clearwater Revival “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”

5. Talking Heads “Take Me To The River” (Live)

6. Blind Faith “Sea of Joy” (Featuring digital gremlins in the new studio)

*Lengthy pause for technical difficulties on the stream.. Clyde said he played Proto-Kaw “Relics Of The Tempest” Nothing came through on stream. It appears it went out over regular radio*

7. Proto-Kaw “Relics Of The Tempest”

8. Blue Oyster Cult “Sole Survivor”

9. Lucifer “Solomon’s Ring”

10. Renaissance “Prologue”

10 p.m. to 11 p.m.

1. Jethro Tull “Cross-Eyed Mary” (Live)

2. Oingo Boingo “Dead Man’s Party”

3. Neil Young “Living With War”

4. Michael Brewer “Rolling With The Punches”

5. Mountain “Mississippi Queen”

6. Mickey Hart “Island Groove”

7. The String Cheese Incident “Black Clouds” (Live)

8. Yes “Homeworld (The Ladder)”

9. Pure Prairie League “Falling In And Out Love/ Amie”

10. Vanilla Fudge “Ticket To Ride”

11. Tommy Bolin “Gypsy Soul”

11 p.m. to Midnight

1. The Yardbirds “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago”

2. Steeleye Span “The Weaver And The Factory Maid”

3. Steely Dan “Bodhisattva”

4. Rainbow “Starstruck”

5. Scallion “Dragonfly”

6. Audience “The House On The Hill”

7. Procol Harum “In Held ‘Twas In I: I- Glimpses of Nirvana” (excerpt)

8. Chicago “Questions 67 & 68”

9. Dr. John “Babylon”

10. Trout Fishing In America “No Matter What Goes Right”

There was technical problems to which John Cage 4"33 would be the so called song of the night.  Rainbow's Starstuck makes a rare debut on Beaker Street.   Kudos to Clyde for keeping the music of Blue Oyster Cult alive outside of the usual two that classic rock radio runs into the ground.

(joe robbins/getty images) 

In College Football, Iowa continues to dominate their opponents, ending a six game losing streak by destroying Penn State 41-21.  The running duo of Mikil Sargent and Tyler Goodson ran for 179 yards and three touchdowns giving the much maligned coach Kirk Ferentz his 100th big ten victory, joining the likes of Woody Hayes, Bo Schembecker and Alonzo Stagg as the only coaches to do that.   Daviyon Dixon put the exclamation point with a 71 yard pick six to send Penn State to an 0-5 record, the worst in their history.   Hawks play Nebraska this Friday.  We expect a victory since Illinois popped the Cornhuskers 41-23.    Ohio State had to hold on to defeat the surprising Indiana team and Northwestern still having a chance to make the CFP by manhanding Wisconisn.  

AC DC-PWR UP (Columbia/Albert Productions 2020)

An AC DC album is as reliable as Motorhead, you know you're going to get an album of guitar riff songs, but the albums do vary of technique or production.  In the age of digital recording, the sound will vary.  Last time we heard from the guys, they made Rock Or Bust, an album that didn't convince the critics that it was one of their best but I always thought it rocked.  The crisis came forward, Malcom Young had to retire and later died from dementia, Brian Johnson was losing his hearing and Phil Rudd had gotten arrested and Chris Slade came to rescue him on a tour and Stevie Young replaced Malcolm and Axl Rose took over vocals and Cliff Williams retired.  Or so he thought.  Six years later, Brian found a way to hear himself, Williams unretired and Phil Rudd reclaimed his drummer's spot again.  And the end result is a brand spanking new AC DC album.  While the raves have been very positive, (their best since Back In Black?  That's a reach) PWR UP does keep the riffs and Rudd's straight ahead beats (he might be the most bland drummer in rock history, he doesn't break much of a sweat on this) keeps it simple.  12 songs that go to 41 minutes, which vary of outstanding to good to great and whatever my mood is, passable. This time out, Brendan O'Brien's production and sound is a bit on the harsh side (blame long time sound guy Mike Fraser as well) and hard on these 60 year old ears.  Realize starts off the party and Rejection are a good one two punch, but perhaps it's Fraser and O'Brien going deaf as well.  They do end things on a up note, with Code Red, which seems to be a rewrite of sorts of Back In Black. In between, there's nothing close to that album of 40 years ago that turned a new chapter of AC DC into one of the longest lasting bands even before the passing of Malcolm Young but Stevie Young does fine with the sound n tone.  It's great to hear the guys rocking again, perhaps next time they could get their damn producer and engineer to make it sound like Back In Black.

B 

Record from the past: Radiohead/Pablo Honey (Capitol 1993)

They wanted to be Dinosaur Jr or the Pixies more so than Pink Floyd at this time and good for them. The Nirvana rip offs were not their calling, nor being Bush, to which the latter band was much better aping College rock better.  Never cared for this record till I found this cheap in the dollar bins to see if I was right about forgetting these guys.    History has been more kind tho, it seems Kid A is their classic rather than OK Computer. Is It You? reminded me of Idlewild, who wanted to be Nirvana in the worst way before finding their own groove and ID later on.  I might overlook my distain for KID A if I find that in the cheap bins but perhaps I'll be more openminded than I was when Bruce Stanley was alive and we were slamming this record being played on KUNI.  And if you listen to this album to the end, you'll be rewarded with another version of Creep, easily their best song, ever.

B-

Five Star Mud Game:  Green Bay 20  Chicago 3 11/10/74  Milwaukee

Green Bay has had their share of mud bowls but when they would venture to County Stadium in Milwaukee,  they would have a few of their own in that stadium.  I remember seeing this on TV and the Bears got blown to bits, Gary Huff sacked four times and the Bears fumbling 5 times and losing 4 of them. Steve Odom fumbled a punt and then proceeded to run it back 95 yards for a TD, with perhaps Bob Parsons making one of the most timid tackles, which Odom shook off and laughed his way to the end zone.  The Bears D did play fairly well but John Hadl to John Staggers pass went for 63 yards and a John Brockington TD.   Meanwhile the baseball infield turned into a big ole Mud puddle as Huff got a faceful of it from a angry Packer DE for a sack.  Rained a lot that day in Milwaukee.

http://www.packershistory.net/1974PACKERS/GAME9.html

The New And Improved R Smith Show Playlist:  11/22/2020

Alice's Restaurant (the massacree revisited)-Arlo Guthrie (dedicated to Maki Dervo)

AC/DC PWR Up album

Realize 

Rejection

Shot In The Dark

Through The Mists Of Time

Kick You When You're Down

Witch's Spell

Demon Fire

Wild Reputation

No Man's Land

Systems Down

Money Shot

Code Red.

You Lost Me-The Townedgers

After The Dance

Isabella

Hour 2

Looking For A Leader 2020-Neil Young

Creep-Radiohead

How Do You?

Up Against The Wall-Tom Robinson Band

Better Decide Which Side You're On

Marvin

Glad To Be Gay

Right On Sister

Loser-Beck

King Of The Hill-Roger McGuinn

Commit a Crime-Howlin Wolf

Won't Get Fooled Again (Kids Are Alright version)-The Who 

Beaker Street 11/13/2020

 No KCCK Beaker Street Show tonight.  If there was a playlist I have yet to see it.

Paul Horning passed away.  He was the other half  of the Power Packer running backs of him and Jimmy Taylor.  With Bart Starr, Paul has joined Vincent Lombardi and the other guys in the great football field in the sky.  Horning was at his best playing in mud games, most notably the 12/10/60 13-0 shutout of San Francisco in the Kezar mud, the 1965 NFL title game winning 23-12 vs Cleveland and various games against Detroit, namely the 17-9 1961 Thanksgiving Packer win.   

I haven't comment much on Hawkeye football.  The 2020 Hawks are in transition.  Nate Stanley is gone. Spencer Petras is his replacement.  He's been very shaky of late.  The Iowa team for the first two games played one half football and got beat.  Last week they decided to play both halves and blew out Michigan State, which defeated the overblown and overrated Michigan team.  This Friday, Iowa went up to Minnesota and blew them out of Minneapolis 35-7, to which the Gophers didn't score till  14 seconds left and the game decided.  Which means Floyd of Rosedale will remain in Iowa City for the sixth straight season.  One more and he can be declared permanent residency here.  Minnesota fans are not happy with the outcome and blowout and PJ Fleck may be going bye bye if he doesn't turn it around.  Iowa could be 4-0  had they played a full game.  The defense has stepped up to the plate, the offense had Tyler Goodson and Mekhi Sargent carving up the Gopher D with 228 yards rushing and three TDs.  Minnesota had the ball longer  36 minutes to IA's 25, including a 10 and half minute drive, only to have their FG blocked in the third quarter.  Good thing Petras had a good running attack,  he went 9 out 18 throws for 111 yards and two touchdowns but still suffers from a case of shakiness.  Keith Duncan's chance for a Lou Gorza kicker award went out the window with a missed XP (done in by a bad snap) and missed FG.  Nevertheless, Iowa's sixth straight win over the Gophers means Floyd returns home for another season.  Iowa has done very well, winning 16 out of the last 20 meetings with them.   We'll see if the Hawks are for read again next week against a disappointing Penn State.

Beaker Street Song List 11/13/2020  Clyde Clifford's Show, Kyle Vincent Compiled.

9 p.m. to 10 p.m.

1. Kraftwerk “Autobahn” (Live)

2. Al Stewart “Roads to Moscow”

3. Argent “Candles On The River”

4. Audience “Jackdaw”

5. The Doors “Five To One”

6. Alvin Lee “Shot In The Dark”

7. Jimi Hendrix “Red House” (Live)

8. Blue Oyster Cult “Buck’s Boogie” (Live- On Your Feet Or On Your Knees)

9. The Band “The Caves Of Jericho”

10 p.m. to 11 p.m.

1. The Incredible Broadside Brass Bed Band “The Great Grizzly Bear Hunt” (Live)

2. Jethro Tull “Bouree” (Live- Nothing Is Easy: Live At The Isle Of Wight, 1970)

3. The Moody Blues “Higher and Higher> Eyes Of A Child I> Floating> Eyes Of A Child II> I Never Thought I’d Live To Be A Hundred”

4. Brownsville Station “Question of Temperature”

5. The Yardbirds “Mr. Saboteur”

6. Michael Burks “Hard Come, Easy Go”

7. David Lindley and El Rayo-X “Do Ya Wanna Dance?” (Live- Very Greasy)

8. Strawbs “Further Down The Road”

11 p.m. to Midnight

1. Gordon Lightfoot “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald”

2. Within Temptation “Mother Earth” (Live)

3. R. Michael Thomas “Pray For The Captain”

4. Jeff Beck “All Along The Watchtower” (Live)

5. Fleetwood Mac “Bare Trees”

6. Kansas “Song For America”

7. Leon Russell “This Masquerade/ Magic Mirror”

8. Black Sabbath “Planet Caravan”

9. Everything Is Everything “Witchi Tai To”

10. Alan Parsons “One Day To Fly”

The surprise track is Brownsville's Question Of Temperature, and Alvin Lee's Shot In The Dark.  We get a live version of Autobaun, and I guess we'll have to suffer the Yardbirds subpar Mr. Saboteur from the awful Birdland.   Gordon Lightfoot's song played on the Anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking in Lake Superior but we get Bare Trees and Five To One.  The rest, I'm sure you have your faves. 

More 45 finds.

Angel-Johnny Tillotson (MGM K-13316)  #51  1965

You're The Reason-Johnny Tillotson (MGM K-13829)  1968 #48 Country 

The hits were getting few and far between for Johnny, tho he continue to deliver the teenybopper songs, which little fanfare and interest. Sounds like Frankie Avalon's Venus,  B side Little Boy another passable two minute ditty from a Walt Disney film that seems to have the Walt Disney Singers in the background.  Oops, that was Angel, from the the movie Those Calloways. 

Three years later, You're The Reason came out and seems to be aimed for the country market.  Hank Locklin had the hit with this song.  And was the better version. Counting The Teardrops doesn't vary from You're The Reason.   If nothing else You're The Reason did do a respectable number 48 country position, his first country single that made the chart since Send Me The Pillow that You Dream On, also recorded by Hank Locklin come to think of it.

Stranger In Your Arms-Bobby Vee (Liberty F-55654)  #83 1964

The pop idols of the 60s could make decent pop songs, Brian Hyland made consistent songs, likewise Bobby Vee and to a lesser extent Johnny Tillotson.  But by 1964 The Beatles made these guys sound like yesterday. Nothing wrong with Stranger In Your Arms, but when EMI put together the Bobby Vee best of CD, this was left off.  B side 1963 shows Bobby missing the old days already. 

Hurt So Bad-The Lettermen (Capitol 2482)  #12 1969

Their last top 20 hit, and it made the top of the charts on the local radio scene.  For lounge pop, The Lettermen could wake up and score a hit or two but I think this had more to do with the Mort Garson's arrangement and Al Delory's production.  It fit in quite well with the rock of the 1969 AM radio scene. B side they take a crack at Donovan's Catch The Wind, which is not as bad as you think. 

Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger-Country Charlie Pride (RCA 47-9281)  1967  #4 country

Charley Pride was the first true black country and western star.  He scored 9 straight top ten singles including the hard hitting Does My Ring... B side Spell Of The Freight Train is one of my all time fave Charley Pride songs ever. Of course he got the best producers, namely Bob Ferguson and Cowboy Jack Clement.

Me And You And A Dog Named Boo-Lobo (Big Tree BT 112) #5 1971

Number one on the KCRG Super 30 though.

Ken Lavoie aka Lobo, was one of those soft rock singer songwriters that continued to score soft pop hits in the 1970s, mostly for Big Tree Records.  While Me You Boo got laughs from the rock crowd (Stonewall Jackson recorded a country version but he was never happy with having to do it from the record label ABC Records).  Good memories of hearing this song in grade school walking Cheryl Barker from school.  B side Walk Away From It All is another Lobo song, uptempo and perfect for background noise.

The Greatest Adventure Of All-Bobby Brookes (Carlton 515)  1959

The last three singles on this, I found at Vinyl Emporium, the newest record shop in Cedar Rapids and I spent about an half hour sorting through scratchy forty fives and came up with the Lobo, Charley Pride and Bobby Brookes song.  To which the owner of the shop, surprised at me hanging there finding the best of the bunch gave these singles for free.  Perhaps I may pay another visit to see if he has the Hank Locklin version of You're The Reason (I thought I saw it there).  Not much is known for Brookes, he recorded for RCA and made one offs for Capitol, Twist and this one on Carlton, somewhat in the Roy Hamilton ballad range.  B side Looka Looka Looka is much more fun. 

Thank you to Vinyl Emporium for all that you do. 

Five star mud game.  The Fog Bowl  Green Bay 42, Baltimore 27 12/10/65  (Baltimore)

Paul Hornung's best years were the early 60s to which he could do no wrong (except get banned by the NFL for gambling along with Alex Karras in 63).  But perhaps his most shining time was 1965 which he scored five TD's against the Colt Defense in a foggy drizzle.  He scored three TDs rushing but he scored on a 50 yard pass from Bart Starr in the first quarter and tho Gary Couzzo, subbing for Johnny Unitas rallied the Colts with a Ray Berry pass to cut the lead to 8, Hornung would score on a 65 yard pass from Starr to give the Packers the win.  The pic comes from Packer History dot net but Neil Lefner took the photo. 

Record Review:  The Essential Who  (Polydor 2020)

Just what we need, another Who compilation, to which doesn't improve on the Who Hits 50, which remains their best overview or Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy, which was the original Who best of.  Interesting to note that disc one really packs a lot of the songs from The Who Sing My Generation which gives us Much Too Much and The Good's Gone   Disc two adds However Much I Booze and Trick Of The Light, one of John's most aggressive sounding songs ever.  Disc 3 adds live cuts which really don't vary much, only one track is from the 2000's.  And Zak Starkey still doesn't get much respect tho, he was the closest to capture Keith Moon's sound and vision.  Nothing from their last album, tho they did pick the most listenable track from Endless Wire.   Not essential unless you have to have it just for the sake of having it.  But then you're probably off making your own mix CD and get the same result.  Or just buy The Who Hits 50.

B-

The New And Improved R Smith Show 11/15/20  #14 New Music And Other requests.

First Hour:

The New Townedgers Album

Buckingham Nicks

Cheating Songs

Willin

Tomorrow's Girl

Just To Satisfy You

Stupid The Dog

Nine Pound Hammer

Knock On The Door

Jeanette (45 years later)

Please Send Me Someone To Love

Distant Early Light

Steppin' Razor

If You See Her

She Belongs To Me

Rainbow In The Dark

At The Crossroads

Hour Two

The One That Knows Me Best-The Townedgers

Love Like Backfire

The Honeythief-Hipsway

Ask The Lord

Don't Tempt Me (live)-Richard Thompson

Can't Win

1984 (live)-The Dawn

Leaf On A Stream

Let Me Down Easy

Beaker Street Playlist 11/6/20 Plus a Bunch of Coralville 45s

 The Beaker Hour with Big Mo Playlist:

If 6 was 9-Jimi Hendrix

You Keep Me Hanging On-Vanilla Fudge

House at Pooneil Corners-Jefferson Airplane

Black Cat-Gentle Giant

Om-The Moody Blues

Groovin Is Easy-The Electric Flag

Lick My Decals Off Baby-Captain Beefheart

The Immigrants-National Lampoon

Roller Derby Queen-Leon Russell

His Holy Mortal Majesty-Mike Bloomfield

The Reason-Thunderclap Newman

The Iowa City Bargain Hunt:

Another pointless bargain hunt that was an exercise in cussing out Red Lights and every stupid fuck in a car tailgating. I do apologize to the folks at Record Collector for not waiting, (they had a max of five people in the store, whereas I put a half hour in the parking meter and was going to be pressed for time. However, the revenge factor was waiting 20 minutes to get into Housewerks, just to pick up the Billie Holiday album with Strange Fruit as one of the songs.  I donated about 8 CDs to Goodwill and picked up Omar And The Howlers Big Delta on CD and Maggie Bell's Suicide Sal on LP.   It took me about 20 minutes, half of that waiting for the GD lights at Coral Ridge Mall to change.  The reward for my plight was grabbing 24 45's from the 50s and 60s.  Most of it were Don Gibson songs and most in good shape.  Perhaps I should have picked up that 45 record holder at Housewerks for 10 dollars? 

Still, the big pain in the ass was hitting every red light on the way home.  I did stopped in to see Julie and Dave play at Checkers' and hanged with Jeffrey Brown, Freddy Jones and Virginia Harlow.  The things we do for love but Julie is worth it since she has to put up with my record buying habits.   Lucky her ;) 

KCCK's Beaker Hour steals Lick My Decals Off Baby from last week's R Smith's show and some real deep cuts from Gentle Giant and Moody Blues.  John Helm knows his music.  We await the Clyde Clifford Version later on.

I'm not going go full details on the singles found today and probably won't count this as SGS since I don't have much to say.  Vinyl Emporium is supposed to have a bunch of them put out later in the month. Maybe then I'll cue one up.

Sea Of Heartbreak-Don Gibson (RCA 47-7890)  #21 1961

Far Far Away-Don Gibson (RCA 47-7762) #73 1960

Just One Time-Don Gibson (RCA 74-7630) #29 1960

Sweet Dreams-Don Gibson (RCA 74-7805) #93 1960

What Would You Do-Jim Reeves (RCA 47-7905) #73 1961

He'll Have To Go-Jim Reeves (RCA 47-7643) #2 1960

Who Cares-Don Gibson (RCA 47-7437) #43 1959

Apache-Sonny James (RCA 47-7858) #87 1961

Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On (Hank Locklin RCA 47-7127) #77 1958

Four Walls-Jim Reeves (RCA 47-6874) #11 1957

Slinky-Chet Atkins (RCA 47-7747) 1960

Classroom Rock-The Twins Jim and John (RCA 47-7382) 1958

The Night After Christmas-Homer And Jethro (RCA 47-5903) 1954

Return Of The Teenage Queen-Tommy Tucker (RCA 47-7838) 1961

And The Heavens Cried-Ronnie Savoy (MGM K-12950) #84 1961

Mack The Knife-Charlie Palmiera (United Artists UA 299) 1961

Alice Blue Gown-Leroy Holmes (MGM K-12833) 1959

Cross Over-Jimmy Bowen (Roulette R-4023) 1957

Because You're Young-Jimmie Rodgers (Roulette R-4129) #62 1959

B side I'm Never Gonna Tell #36

Stood Up-RickyNelson (Imperial X-5483) #2 1957

Just A Little Too Much-Ricky Nelson (Imperial X-5595) #9 1959

Mona Lisa-Carl Mann (Phillips Int. 3539) #25 1959

Teen Beat-Sandy Nelson (Original Sound OR-5) #4 1959

My Sin-Alan Roberts (Warner F 5067) 1959

(original WB sleeve and record courtesy of Rod's Record Emporium)

45 Cat does not have this single listed but they are free to use this scanned photo from my collection. 

We won't get credit for this, just keeping alive one obscure single nobody would give a shit about. 

As usual, these collection of 45s, taken very good care by their owner varies from the silly tango of Mack The Knife (cha cha cha) to the odd collection of guitar and strings on Alice Blue Gown, as it seems that Leroy Holmes was trying to bridge to rock and pop together.   Tommy Tucker's Return of The Teenage Queen is the followup to Johnny Cash's Ballad Of A Teenage Queen which probably did better on the country charts, b side Since You Are Gone is more teen idol balladry disguised as country.  One of the rare RCA sides not produced by Chet Atkins,  The Twins Classroom Rock didn't chart but b Side the Al Alberts written Gee Whiz owes more to the Everly Brothers, this was their second and final RCA single. 

The Alan Roberts Warner single is a mystery.  45 Cat has nothing on this song but Roberts sounds like Pat Boone or Dean Martin. Ronnie Savoy's And The Heaven's Cry has a harmonica that goes wah wah wah, which is silly to hear, As she took her love away from me he hee hee has to be heard to be believed. Credit Cliff Parman for his unique arrangement.  B side The Big Chain trades Cliff for Stan Applebaum but Savoy adds a bit of paranoia to the song.  This is the fun of finding odd forgotten 45s. You never know what you will hear from the one hit wonders of the past. Jimmy Bowen's Cross Over didn't chart but it has that teen bopper sound that could have been a hit single and probably was in the local radio markets.  B side It's Shameful sounds too much like Charlie Grace's Butterfly.  Bowen has done better songs.   For teen idol madness, two more Ricky Nelson 45s find their way to the collection, the classic Stood Up and The double hit sides of Just A Little Too Much and Sweeter Than You, to which this 45 was part of my Mom's classic record box that got me hooked on music.  The rest of the rock and roll sides, Carl Mann's Mona Lisa and Sandy Nelson's Teen Beat are not hard to find, but finding a clean copy is a rare occasion.  Note: the great Ritchie Polodor produced and played guitar on Teen Beat (Barney Kessel had a overdubbed guitar part and the bass player Guybo Smith, bass was tuned to Sandy's drums.  Piano was provided by Bruce Johnston and while it should have been noted that Polodor and Johnston and Smith should have gotten credit, Art Lebow got co writing credit with Sandy.  Sandy felt bad to the point that future Imperial recordings he made sure that Polodor got co writing credit. Despite it all Laboe made off quite handsomely with the royalties, that he reissued many Greatest Hits of the 60s via Original Sound.  To which Teen Beat got added a couple times on various comps. On Slinky, Chet Atkins discovers the tremolo.   While it's been said that Jim Reeves excelled at ballads, he was quite good on the uptempo songs like You Know Like I Know b side the classic Four Walls. And Stand At Your Window (sounds like The Browns helping out on backing vocals) b side to What Would You Do.   But he'll forever be remembered for the number 2 pop standard He'll Have To Go tho In A Mansion Stands My Love (written by Johnny Russell who wrote Red Necks White Sox and Blue Ribbon Beer)  has been revised later on after Jim's passing. And is one of Reeves's better rocking songs.   But it's also nice to get Hank Locklin's Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On as well.  B side the Wayne Ramey penned Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me, a decent hillbilly country rock number. Sadly, Sony Music continues to belittle the value of Reeves n Locklin.  Especially Reeves, who deserves a decent 2 CD Essential album.

For the most part the Don Gibson singles are the highlight since Gibson has been my fave RCA.   recording artist. While Legend In My Time was the country hit, Far Far Away placed higher on the pop charts. It's been reported that Chet Atkins had the most fun trading guitar licks with Don.  The five singles came from the 1960-1961 era, probably the highlight of Don's musical career, certainly on the pop charts. Just One Time is a replacement copy for the scratched up one that I had.  Sweet Dreams is better associated with Patsy Cline but you can begin to hear the polished Nashville sound that belittled Chet Atkins but I enjoy this sound more.  It's much more fuller sounding. Still Patsy Cline owns Sweet Dreams but she knew where to get the great songs.  B side The Same Street is what Gibson excels at best, sad heartbreak songs of lost love.  I find odd that Who Cares charted as high as it did on the pop chart at number 43 and you don't hear it on any oldies or country channels.  Of course that Chet Atkins doing his guitar runs throughout the song. A Stranger To Me, classic Gibson heartbreak song. Which leaves us with his number 21 Sea Of Heartbreak in 1961, which is classic Anita Kerr background singers tho I actually liked the Curb remake  heard in Heartbreak Ridge, the 1986 Clint Eastwood movie. 

Given the age of these 60 year old recordings, the owner did a fine job of keeping them in decent shape with the original record sleeve despite being a part of Goodwill and the pickers that tend to trash such things.  There were other decent singles from the likes of Jimmy Dean, Ray Price, Leroy Van Dyke and others but I didn't think they were cost effective. All are worth the 88 cent price tag anyway, but I passed on Cowboy Boots from Dave Dudley, the record did look more rough than usual, likewise Mule Skinner Blues by the Fendermen.  While the trip to Iowa City was a pain the ass, the findings from Coralville made it worthwhile.

Tyler Vincent compiled the Beaker Street/Clyde Clifford Version from last night.  Here tis.

9 p.m. to 10 p.m.

1. Bela Fleck And The Flecktones “The Sinister Minister” (Live)

2. Sonia Dada “Lay My Body Down

3. Chris Rea “You Must Be Evil”

4. The Alan Parsons Project “A Dream Within A Dream/ The Raven”

5. Neil Young “Like A Hurricane”

6. Horslips “Dusk> Sword of Light> Dark”

7. Santana “Guajira”

8. Hawkwind “Spiral Galaxy 28948”

9. Nitzinger “Boogie Queen”

10 p.m. to 11 p.m.

1. Jefferson Airplane “Volunteers” (Live)

2. Deep Purple “April”

3. Kansas “Throwing Mountains”

4. Grateful Dead “Franklin’s Tower” (Live)

5. Bob Dylan “Gotta Serve Somebody”

6. Leon Russell “Magic Mirror”

7. It’s a Beautiful Day “Hot Summer Day”

8. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble “Superstition” (Live-Live Alive)

9. Blue Oyster Cult “Harvest Moon”

11 p.m. to Midnight

1. Dr. John “Twilight Zone”

2. James Gang “Ashes The Rain And I”

3. B.B. King And Eric Clapton “Key To The Highway”

4. Steppenwolf “Don’t Step On The Grass, Sam”

5. Local Hero (Music by Mark Knopfler) “The Way It Always Starts”

6. Fleetwood Mac “Black Magic Woman” (Live At The Boston Tea Party Vol. 1)

7. Starcastle “Lady Of The Lake”

8. Alan Parsons “Blown By The Wind”

The New And Improved R. Smith Show 11/8/2020  Rod's 45's Party

Running Scared-The Fools 

Wind-Slim Whitman

This Flight Tonight-Nazareth 

Walk On Water-Neil Diamond

Mother Freedom-Bread

Cubano Chant-El Chicano

Thank God And Greyhound-Roy Clark

Devil Woman-Cliff Richard

Without You-The Doobie Brothers

Return Of The Teenage Queen-Tommy Tucker

In A Mansion Stands My Love-Jim Reeves

I'm Movin' On-Don Gibson

Hour 2

Jole Blon-Gary US Bonds

Easy To Slip-Little Feat

I Got To Get Myself A Woman-The Drifters

Don't Monkey With Another Monkey's Monkey-Johnny Paycheck

Piano Nellie-Bobby Brant

Pledge Of Love-Mitchell Torok

Lonely Women Make Good Lovers-Bob Luman

Jesus Was A Cross Maker-Judee Sill

Tear It Up-Johnny Burnette and the rock and roll trio

Juliana-Five Men Electrical Band

The Lone Twister-The Lone Twister

A Little Bit Of Soul-The Music Explosion 

Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels-Albert Hammond

I'm Into Something Good-Earl Jean

Sun Arise-Rolf Harris

Goodbye Cruel World-James Darren

Wrap Your Troubles In Drums (Drum Trouble) -George Shearing Quintet