The hunt for 45's continues on
Moondog Music 45's
Blue Daylight-Earl Thomas (Phillips 40045) 1962
It's Up To You-Ricky Nelson (Imperial 5901) #6 1962
She Belongs To Me-Rick Nelson (Decca 32550) #33 1969
I Told You So-Jimmy Jones (Cub K-9055) #85 1961
The Next Time-Little Junior Parker (Duke 317) 1960
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag-Otis Redding (Atco 45-6636) #21 1968
Where Were You On Our Wedding Day-Lloyd Price (ABC Paramount 45-9997) #23 1959
Girl Watcher-The O'Kaysions (ABC 45-11094) #5 1968
Fist City-Loretta Lynn (Decca 32264) 1968
Suavecito-Malo (Warner GWB-0406) #18 1972
The Malo record came from a Goodwill find, the rest were at Moondog Music in Dubuque, found just before closing time.
I don't mind paying a dollar for scratchy records as long as they clean up. Most notably Otis Redding, which played fairly good. For a number 21 charting, you don't hear Otis's version of the James Brown classic. Direct Me, is another of the Otis's songs recorded after his passing in 1967. Booker T and The MGs have always gave their best when backing up Otis, Direct Me is another winning track. Earl Thomas was Earl Cupit, who was a rockabilly singer that recorded this as a country one off for Phillips. Blue Daylight is more of a Leroy Van Dyke type of country pop number and better than the A side Evergreen Love, which is bland. The Lloyd Price song was once part of the box of records that my Grandma Ambrose used to have (not this version) but this record has some scratches that wouldn't buff out but it's listenable. B side Is It Really Love? is your usual Don Costa production that dates itself to 1959. I Told You So was Jimmy Jones, last top 100 single, but I never heard it on the radio, it's borrows a bit too much from You Talk Too Much. You're On My Mind, is closer to the blues (other side to The Next Time), and written by Don Robey under the moniker of Deadric Malone. This and I Told You So came from the collection of Dave Eglander, who seemed to take care decent care of the records without the sleeves. Finally, more Ricky Nelson music from the teen idol ballad It's Up To You and the country flavored She Belongs To Me, which did make the local top 10. B side I Need You, does show Ricky's interest into folk music. That song was written by Baker Knight, who supplied a lot of decent music for Nelson during his time with Imperial. She Belongs To Me, was Rick's first top forty hit since 1965 and really is one of those major songs that showed that Rick outgrew his teen idol moniker in for a decent but under the radar career. Anyway, my mom has this record in her collection at one time.
The December Dubuque bargain hunt didn't bring much in terms of CDs outside of the 45's that I picked up on a speed buy. As well as the new Nathaniel Rateliff CD And It's still alright, to which it wasn't. I may have to wait till next year to get the King Gizzard album. Since it's Christmas season, the shoppers were out and about despite COVID and I had to wait a half hour while some woman was taking her sweet time going through the DVD CD section at the Goodwill. Found three CDs, The Best Of The Lettermen, Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World (on Bluebird RCA) and the Serendipity Singers Don't Let The Rain Fall Down best of, which is hard to find. The lady clerk was a total bitch, no Christmas spirit whatsoever. Stuff Etc, had Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie, (to which I did have at home) a Armund Jurmal best of and Lamb Of God Sacrament. To which might give me 15 cent credit when I sell at Half Price Books eventually.
I'm not sure if Moondog Music had new forty fives or not. I have gone through their inventory and picked out quite a few Ricky Nelson 45s up there in the past. I don't recall seeing the Jimmy Jones and Jr. Parker 45s, and I could entertain the thought of returning to Coralville to see if any of the 45's left behind last month will be there, my guess is no. The Lloyd Price 45, looked battered but I figured by cleaning it, it might sound better. I don't think it's stupid to buy scratchy 45s at a dollar as is. Since Madison is out of the question for the rest of the year, this copy will have to do. I'm not sure when Julie has me move into her place, she's going to like all these records and CDs and other assorted shit cluttering up her house. She'll have to learn to live with my bad record buying habits. But when I continue to find the records that I used to known from the Big Box of Records grandma used to have, it is another piece of the puzzle added to a collection of what warped my mind for life. No hope for me as I continue to search for music of the past. In the meantime, Julie will get a nice christmas gift from me, what it is, I don't know yet.
BTW the Nathaniel Rateliff album is a C grade.
The Beaker Hour on KCCK Hour list:
Moonlight Drive-The Doors
Glimpses-The Yardbirds
Isn't It Cloudy And Cold?-Gentle Giant
Roundabout-Yes
Spirit In The Sky-Norman Greenbaum
One Room County Shack-Al Kooper and Shuggy Otis
Susie Q-CCR
Evil Woman-Canned Heat
The Lemmings Lament-National Lampoon
Long And Tall-Boz Scaggs and friends.
Five Star Game From The Past
Minnesota 35 Kansas City 15 (Arrowhead Stadium 12/14/74)
Sixty Five Toss Power Trap This Hank Stram
Minnesota still remembered being embarrassed in Super Bowl 4, that the guys who were on that Viking team took it personally to kick Kansas City's ass in the games prior. Back when Arrowhead Stadium had a rug instead of grass, teams would slip and slide. In 1974, Len Dawson was in the twilight of his career and Hank Stram would eventually be let go after the 1974 season To which that game the Viking defense manhandled Dawson and later Dean Carlson without mercy all day. Chiefs had three Jan Sternerud FGs and a Emmit Thomas pick six to speak of. Fran Tarkington threw two TD passes to Sam McCullum and even backup Bill Berry managed to have 2 TD passes as well, in fact Berry went 11-12 relieving Tarkington who played the first half. Needless to say the 65 Toss Power Trap that worked so well in Super Bowl 4, did not and Chiefs QBs were sacked five times by the still pissed off Eller/Page/Sutherland/Marshall front four. By the next time, Minnesota/KC hooked up, most of the super bowl 4 players have retired or been traded. If there was any KC revenge, it would be a 10 to 6 win in the final game at the old Metropolitan Stadium, which would be later torn down for the coming of the Mall Of America, an Minnesota would relocate to the Humphrey Dome (aka Baggy Dome) and the recent new stadium, which still has a roof. Real vikings play outdoors in the elements.
Beaker Street (Arkansas Radio Version)
9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
1. Iron Butterfly “Butterfly Bleu”
2. Daddy Cool “Eagle Rock/ Zoot Bop Gold Cadillac”
3. H.P. Lovecraft “Blue Jack Of Diamonds”
4. J.F. Murphy & Salt “The Last Illusion”
5. Yes “Close To The Edge (I- The Solid Time Of Change; II- Total Mass Retain; III- I Get Up, I Get Down; IV- Seasons Of Man)”
6. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown “Spontaneous Apple Creation”
10 p.m. to 11 p.m.
1. Frank Zappa “Inca Roads”
2. Andy McKee “Heather’s Song”
3. Mike McGear “What Do We Really Know?”
4. Mike + The Mechanics “Take The Reins”
5. Andy Powell “You See Red” (Live At Juanita’s)
6. Nazareth “Born Under The Wrong Sign”
7. Sonia Dada “Last Parade (Crazy Lady)”
8. Beauty And The Bastards “Beaker St”
9. Shuggie Otis “Ice Cold Daydream”
10. Emerson, Lake & Palmer “The Barbarian”
11. Mahogany Rush “Dragonfly”
11 p.m. to Midnight
1. Quicksilver Messenger Service “Shady Grove”
2. Dust “Suicide”
3. Bruce Cockburn “If I Had A Rocket Launcher”
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “Red Right Hand”
5. Colonel Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade “Thela Hun Ginjeet” (Live Frogs: Sets 1 & 2)
6. Brewer & Shipley “Tarkio Road”
7. Proto-Kaw “Words Of Honor”
8. Brian Auger & Trinity “This Wheel’s On Fire” (feat. Julie Driscoll)
9. Evanescence “Away From Me”
Tyler Vincent had to work that night and would compile the list later Saturday Afternoon. This guy has been totality committed to Beaker Street's return. They went full tilt with Close To The Edge from Yes and some great deep cuts from Frank Marion and Mahogany Rush and Dust, and forgotten forty fives from Brewer And Shipley's Tarkio Road and This Wheel's On Fire from Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll. But there's more to Sonia Dada than a Day At The Beach album, to which Clyde Clifford seems to play from Sonia Dada. I always thought it was the least of their albums but to each their own.
The New And Improved R. Smith Show-Final show 12/6/2020
Nobody-The Doobie Brothers
Kick Out The Jams-MC5
I'm Eighteen-Alice Cooper
Freedom-Jimi Hendrix
Must Be Love-James Gang
Bluebird (long version)-Buffalo Springfield
To which the plug was pulled and I went to bed. Steve Reischow took over.
Eruption-Focus
Hour 2
Logos-Tangerine Dream
Teenage Depression-Eddie And The Hot Rods
12XU-Wire
That concludes the failed experiment that was the New And Improved R Smith Show. Thanks to those who bothered to tune in on KMAI from 11 to 1 CST.
