10@10: Alternative Takes

[ggould]

Does anyone have the mashup of Boz/Rita version of "We're All Alone?"

sadly, it's not it's on YouTube:

But don't forget Frankie Valli's...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om1ZAf2mfxw

http://youtu.be/4PjFZHwnrAY
this isn't really the mashup I'm thinking of.

[RGMike]

Any other covers you want to hear? I'm taking requests!

From '75: the Hollies "4th of July Asbury Park (Sandy)"

also '77: Ronnie Spector "Say Goodbye to Hollywood"

I'm sure i'll think of more...

[RGMike]

Does anyone have the mashup of Boz/Rita version of "We're All Alone?"

sadly, it's not it's on YouTube:

But don't forget Frankie Valli's...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om1ZAf2mfxw

http://youtu.be/4PjFZHwnrAY

yeah, I saw that on YouTube but it's not really a "mash-up"; just the two versions played back-to-back. Apparently there were radio stations back in the day who spliced the two versions together duet-style (as they later did to the Diamond & Streisand versions of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", which inspired their actual duet).

[ggould]

Does anyone have the mashup of Boz/Rita version of "We're All Alone?"

sadly, it's not it's on YouTube:

But don't forget Frankie Valli's...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om1ZAf2mfxw

http://youtu.be/4PjFZHwnrAY

yeah, I saw that on YouTube but it's not really a "mash-up"; just the two versions played back-to-back. Apparently there were radio stations back in the day who spliced the two versions together duet-style (as they later did to the Diamond & Streisand versions of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", which inspired their actual duet).

yes, I came to this realization too late to avoid embarrassment!

[CapnJack]

The third in the trilogy of '76 sets (all dischead request set):

 1. 801 - T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows)
 2. George Benson - Breezin'
(Commercial: Puppy Chuck Wagon)
 3. Stomu Yamashtu/Steve Winwood/Michael Shrieve - Crossing The Line
 4. Parliament - I've Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body)
(Frank Zappa interview)
 5. Frank Zappa - Disco Boy
 6. Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
(Stevie Wonder interview)
 7. Stevie Wonder - Ordinary Pain
 8. Steely Dan - Green Earrings
(Commercial: Air travel)
 9. Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Superman Lover
10. Joni Mitchell - Song For Sharon
11. Gil-Scott Heron & Brian Jackson - Johannesburg

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/126-10-10-1976

So you can listen to the three '76 sets and decide which one floats your boat.  Enjoy!

[dischead]

The third in the trilogy of '76 sets (all dischead request set):

 1. 801 - T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows)
 2. George Benson - Breezin'
(Commercial: Puppy Chuck Wagon)
 3. Stomu Yamashtu/Steve Winwood/Michael Shrieve - Crossing The Line
 4. Parliament - I've Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body)
(Frank Zappa interview)
 5. Frank Zappa - Disco Boy
 6. Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
(Stevie Wonder interview)
 7. Stevie Wonder - Ordinary Pain
 8. Steely Dan - Green Earrings
(Commercial: Air travel)
 9. Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Superman Lover
10. Joni Mitchell - Song For Sharon
11. Gil-Scott Heron & Brian Jackson - Johannesburg

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/126-10-10-1976

OMFG!  CapnJack is in my head!  (grin)

Really though, even in some cases where I offered an array of choices, you picked the "right" one.
I will have to make the effort to download and listen to this one.  Although I wasn't listening to
quite all of this music in 1976, I certainly became familiar with most of it soon afterwards, and it is
very representative of what I used to get through the musical drought of the late '70s.  As it is
representative of my tastes, I will be interested in hearing what others think about this set.

Perhaps I should start assembling my cherry-picked lists for 1977 & 1978...

[RGMike]

The third in the trilogy of '76 sets (all dischead request set):

 (Frank Zappa interview)
 5. Frank Zappa - Disco Boy

 

Leave his hair alone/But you can kiss his comb

Damn, the guy who interviewed Zappa was a total tool. Who *was* that?  Great stuff. 

The 801 was NTM -- me likey.

oh, and I probably hadn't heard Stevie's "Ordinary Pain" since the LP came out.

[CapnJack]

The third in the trilogy of '76 sets (all dischead request set):

 (Frank Zappa interview)
 5. Frank Zappa - Disco Boy

 

Leave his hair alone/But you can kiss his comb

Damn, the guy who interviewed Zappa was a total tool. Who *was* that?  Great stuff. 

The interviewer was Bill Boggs on WNEW's "Mid Day Live TV", 12/22/76.  You can watch the whole interview here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTL8l_CO5Ac

[RGMike]

The interviewer was Bill Boggs on WNEW's "Mid Day Live TV

I was right. He was kind of a tool.

[ggould]

The third in the trilogy of '76 sets (all dischead request set):

 1. 801 - T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows)

    I've always enjoyed this one.

 

3. Stomu Yamashtu/Steve Winwood/Michael Shrieve - Crossing The Line

I used to have this on cassette back then, and listened a jillion times on my commute back and forth to Palo Alto.  Totally awesome.  Great Winwood singing, the best Al DiMeola guitar shredding you could ask for, deep bass, and atmospheric percussion and synths.  I looked it up on Amazon, and could only find it on import CD.  Can't even buy it on iTunes.

8. Steely Dan - Green Earrings

     Guitar solos by Denny Dias (1st) and Elliott Randall (2nd).  Beautiful crystalline guitar.

10. Joni Mitchell - Song For Sharon

     I've always loved this, but probably haven't listened to this track in decades.  I just suddenly noticed the opening lines about "going to Staten Island to buy a mandolin."  A friend of mine used to be a co-owner of that place!  I looked up the lyrics on Joni's site, and ran into this:

The following is a letter to the editor that appeared in the April 1997 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Q: I was listening the other day to Joni Mitchell's Hejira album, and I was struck by these lines in "Song for Sharon": "I went to Staten Island, Sharon / To buy myself a mandolin / And I saw the long white dress of love / On a store-front mannequin." Now, I've been listening to this album for years, but it just now occurred to me that these lyrics may refer to the Mandolin Brothers store in Staten Island. Is this the case? Did Joni Mitchell go buy a mandolin there sometime in the '70s? What did she buy? Am I crazy for even wondering about this stuff?

A: Stan Jay, president of Mandolin Brothers, would like to assure you that you are not crazy, and that he has been asked this question many times over the years. Joni Mitchell did indeed make a trip to his store on Staten Island in 1976, where she bought a Gibson K-4 mandocello, built around 1915. It is a large (guitar-sized) version of the Gibson F-4 mandolin and is tuned C G D A, one octave below a mandola. On the same trip, she also bought a circa 1915 Martin 000-28 herringbone guitar. It was during the ferry ride back to New York City from Staten Island that she began writing "Song for Sharon."

[Here'sToYa!]

10. Joni Mitchell - Song For Sharon

     I've always loved this, but probably haven't listened to this track in decades.  I just suddenly noticed the opening lines about "going to Staten Island to buy a mandolin."  A friend of mine used to be a co-owner of that place!  I looked up the lyrics on Joni's site, and ran into this:

The following is a letter to the editor that appeared in the April 1997 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Q: I was listening the other day to Joni Mitchell's Hejira album, and I was struck by these lines in "Song for Sharon": "I went to Staten Island, Sharon / To buy myself a mandolin / And I saw the long white dress of love / On a store-front mannequin." Now, I've been listening to this album for years, but it just now occurred to me that these lyrics may refer to the Mandolin Brothers store in Staten Island. Is this the case? Did Joni Mitchell go buy a mandolin there sometime in the '70s? What did she buy? Am I crazy for even wondering about this stuff?

A: Stan Jay, president of Mandolin Brothers, would like to assure you that you are not crazy, and that he has been asked this question many times over the years. Joni Mitchell did indeed make a trip to his store on Staten Island in 1976, where she bought a Gibson K-4 mandocello, built around 1915. It is a large (guitar-sized) version of the Gibson F-4 mandolin and is tuned C G D A, one octave below a mandola. On the same trip, she also bought a circa 1915 Martin 000-28 herringbone guitar. It was during the ferry ride back to New York City from Staten Island that she began writing "Song for Sharon."

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Great anecdote!

[CapnJack]

3rd visit to 1984:

 1. Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
(News: Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial accident)
 2. Jermaine Jackson with Michael Jackson - Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'
 3. Tina Turner - I Might Have Been Queen
(TV: PM Magazine - Paul McCartney on marijuana)
 4. Paul McCartney - So Bad
 5. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
(TV: MTV - Madonna on fame problems and new album)
 6. Madonna - Like A Virgin
 7. Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All The Luck
(Radio: Andy McCluskey OMD KROQ interview)
 8. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Locomotion
 9. The Rolling Stones - Think I'm Going Mad
(TV: CBC-TV Tito Jackson interview)
10. The Jacksons - Torture

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/102-10-10-1984

Enjoy!

[dischead]

3. Stomu Yamashtu/Steve Winwood/Michael Shrieve - Crossing The Line

I used to have this on cassette back then, and listened a jillion times on my commute back and forth to Palo Alto.  Totally awesome.  Great Winwood singing, the best Al DiMeola guitar shredding you could ask for, deep bass, and atmospheric percussion and synths.  I looked it up on Amazon, and could only find it on import CD.  Can't even buy it on iTunes.

I'm guessing that's the Australian import on Raven Records, "The Go! Chronicles."  It's a bit pricy,
but I justified it as a birthday present for myself.  The two-CD package includes the entire Go!
discography:  Go!, Go Live From Paris, and Go Too.  One complaint I have is that it's not fully
tracked out -- each original album side of Go! and Go Live From Paris is only one track.

[dischead]

The 801 was NTM -- me likey.

Anyone who enjoyed 801's TNK should check out some of the other album cuts, like East of Asteroid,
Diamond Head, and Rongwrong.  Apparently this album pioneered a new method of recording
live shows called direct injection.  I sometimes have trouble listening to it, because I'm trying to play
air guitar and air drums at the same time.  Note that the other 801 albums are not up to par with this
one.  If you're looking for more material along the same lines, I'd recommend Phil Manzanera's solo albums Diamond Head and K-Scope instead.

[CapnJack]

Inspired by Renee's recent set, my 4th visit to 1980:

 1. Bruce Springsteen - Crush On You
 2. D.L. Byron - Down In The Boondocks
(Commercial: Noxzema)
 3. Linda Ronstadt - Girls Talk
 4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Human Touch
(Commercials: Lucky / JC Penney)
 5. The Joe Jackson Band - Beat Crazy
 6. Debbie Jacobs - High On Your Love
(Commercial: Glenn Frey "It's Pepsi In The USA")
 7. The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf
 8. Rocky Burnette - Tired Of Toein' The Line
(Movie: Melvin and Howard)
 9. Robert Palmer - What Do You Care
(Paul McCartney interview)
10. Paul McCartney - On The Way

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/108-10-10-1980

Enjoy!