Dave Brubeck-Live At The Oberlein (Fantasy 1953)
Duke Tomato-A Ejukatid Man (J Bird 1999)
Ismael Lo-Iso (Mango 1994)
45's
Bop-Dan Seals (Capitol B-44077) #42 1985 #1 Country
Yodeling Crazy-Jean Valli (ABC 11448) 1974
What She Is (is a woman in love) Earl Thomas Conley RCA 6894-R) 1987 #1 Country
My Wild Irish Rose-Muggsy Spanier (Decca 9-29857) 1956
Stand A Little Rain-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner 7-28690) 1985 #6 Country
Are We In Love (or am I?) Charlie Ross (Town House B-1061) 1982
Oh My Mother In Law-Red Buttons (Columbia 4-40243) 1954
Worst time to go up to Waterloo is the fourth of july weekend and I didn't bring enough CDs for the car and what was found wasn't exactly worthwhile. The Dr Duke (Duke Tomato) album is fun blues and whoever Ismael Io was Iso was the CD I knew nothing about. Senegalese music and it's nice to listen to, unlike the Trail Of The Dead album that got traded in for the Dave Brubeck Live CD. Most of the 45s found are country songs of the 1980s and of course the novelty and oddball jazz from Spanier. Jean Valli's Yodeling Crazy is not even on 45 cat and is an out of control yodeling classic that you'll never hear. Dirt Band's Stand a Little Rain is a bit too slick of a country ballad. Charlie Ross's Are We In Love is a passible forgotten 1981 minor hit that nobody knows about either. Conley regularly made the top country charts and What She Is is no exception. Oh then there's Bop, the 1985 Country single of the year that managed to hit the pop top 40 as well. The 1953 Dave Brubeck Group Jazz At Oberlin is a March 1953 gig that showcases the interplay between Dave and Paul Desmond and one of Paul's most expressive piano soloing. Way before Joe Morello and Eugene Wright came on board, the rhythm section of Ron Crotty and the easy swing of Lloyd Davis, who would leave soon after, replaced by the underrated Joe Dodge, one of the best time keeping drummers in jazz at that time. Then again Brubeck managed to get some of the best drummers (Morello, Alan Dawson) in the band. Oberlin is basically the Desmond and Btubeck show but what a show that was.
Nothing else going on, Metro Records closed at 5 so I missed out going there. I tried to find the Camp Run A Muck jam session but then moved on to Waterloo after washing the car. Today makes the 10th anniversary of the passing of Dennis Pusateri, and also today was the day my X The Brat finally got her wish to be married. And probably to my situation, the end of my relationship. A bittersweet day for sure.
The Cubs have not won since no hitting the Dodgers 10 days ago, LA taking the next three, Milwaukee sweeping, and now Cincinnati ready to sweep them. The Cubs can't hit, they have struck out 25 times in the two games with Cincy, the power puff hitting of Rizzo hitting a double play to kill a Cubs rally and El K popping out a short foul ball didn't help much either. A brief 2 run lead and Pitching hack Azolay tired out and gave up a home run and the Reds win 3 to 2. Cubs have been spared of seeing washed up Amir (King Kong) Garrett in this series, which is for the better for the Cubs since any of the hitters will swing at just about everything that is not a strike. Former cub Kyle Schwarber did go on a Home Run streak which did end and he pulled a hamsting in the process of a base running play. Nico Horener returns back off the IR list to try to give some spark to a team that has lost it. They can't score and when they do, the Cubs pitching gives it right back (Jake Arrieta). Craig Kimbrel still remains lights out as the stopper but he has had no lead to save due to lack of offense, Andrew Chaflin, another bright spot. But even as rag tag and as good the bullpen was in May, the lack of offense and quality starts are taking their toll. New York fans are screaming about the lackluster Yankees, which they're only a game behind the Cubs in the W's department (as long as the Orioles are in the crapper, don't worry about the Yankoffs being in the basement). But then again the Cubs owner, Rickey Ricketts is too busy pumping his money into the laughable Marquee Network and doing nil about sizing up help to get the fading Cubs to the title, but it is all a moot point if Ricketts does nil and do a fire sale which Kimbrel might be going to a team that's going to the playoffs. El K, Rizzo and Kris Bryant has not done much to prove themselves worthy of a contract extension. 2016 is five years gone. Embrace them for the World Series Championship and move on. PS, The Reds came back to win 3-2 and King Kong Garrett got power puffer Wilson Contreras to hit into a game ending DP for the sweep. To which I'm sure he went and pounded his chest in victory. Nice going Cubs, you make any washed up pitcher look good like King Kong Garrett.
For your pleasure. Jane Dillon celebrating the 4th of July in cheeky style. Anything to divert attention away from the Cubs.
CDs from Half Price Books
Pink Floyd Saucerful Of Secrets
Pink Floyd Meddle
Echobelly: On
The Doors: Weird Scenes From The Goldmine
Blackberry Smoke-You See Georgia
Basically completing my Pink Floyd collection, checking out Echobelly since they are like The Primitives and new Black Berry Smoke to boot. The Doors' album is one of those albums you really don't need unless your nostalgic for a forgotten best of that has been replaced by better comps. Hoarding is hard habit to break.
Goodwill Finds 7 4 21
Best Of Seals And Crofts
The Beatles 1962-1968
The Essential Earth Wind And Fire
Simon And Garfunkel-Concert In Central Park
LP: Renaissance-Camera Camera (IRS)
More CDs:
The Bush-Got Bush If You Want It
XTC-Nonesuch
Iain Matthews-The Soul Of Many Places-The Elektra Years
George Thorogood-Nadine
LaBelle-Something Silver
Lee Dorsey-Yes We Can And Then Some
Rilo Kiley-The Execution Of All Things
The Bush Got Bush If You Want It, compiles all of the recordings that this band did for Hibtone (3 singles) and a bunch of unreleased stuff. They might have been a minor garage rock band, but they opened for the Rolling Stones and the Byrds by winning a battle of the bands contest. Ernie Freeman produced a single of Got Love if You Want It, Kim Fowley produced To Die Alone and the third single Who Killed The Ice Cream Man? was supposed a slam on novelty songs but it became a novelty song itself to which the band was against. The liner notes are worth reading, and they were right, that the original cut of Got Love If You Want It, was off, as well as Every Night (these songs got re recorded with Freeman producing with better results). They loved the Stones, They loved the Kinks and for a brief time managed to carve out a couple of singles on their own. One of those dollar CDs at Record Collector that looked good enough to check out. XTC Nonesuch wastes the talents of Dave Mattacks on drums and one of the last productions from Gus Dudegon and makes a bloated 17 song effort that should have been cut in half. Andy Partridge can be full of himself at times and this record proves it. Which might explain why this was their last album for Virgin/Geffen.
LaBelle's Something Silver (Warner) is the source point for the over the top vocal of Patti LaBelle, which pioneered the Don't yell at me singer era that gave us Whitney Houston and Anita Baker, while it's nice to hear the medley of Something In The Air/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised there are way too meddling soul scream ballads and while Won't Get Fooled Again is interesting for the arrangement, it bogs down in the OTT vocals that almost ruins the song. Blame Kit Lambert for giving them the idea. Best song: Lady Marmalade to which Allen Toussiant managed to tame the screaming down. Toussaint produced the Lee Dorsey Yes We Can Polydor album and got the Meters to play. Anything with Ziggy on drums will be a funky ole good time and this CD is quite hard to find. Lee Dorsey is one of the best, let's see if we can locate his 1978 ABC album Night People on CD (tho evil empire Universal owns that master).
The Rilo Kiley album is as not as hooky as their Warner's debut and I really didn't listen to the whole thing. I got interrupted by a shitty rush hour traffic, which enabled me to have road construction and 10 merging cars coming off the exits to the point that I missed my turnoff and had to log an extra 10 miles. getting to work just to make it before the buzzer. God owes me a better day and less traffic headaches tomorrow.
