10@10: Alternative Takes

[CapnJack]

  For this Hits From Hell, I selected ten records that were aired on "Bad Wax" (which I don't believe were selected by DM for Hits From Hell).  I'll post the setlist on Halloween, as not to spoil it for you, if you
listen to it now:

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/120-10-10-hits-from-hell

Let me know what you think!

So far, so good: I'm thinking Dave played the TO & Dawn tune at least once (I think he may have done a "career medley" of their hits, like he did for Manilow and Cher). Ditto the Sedaka, David Soul and Frankie Valli. OTOH, "Elusive Butterfly" is one of my favorite songs of all time (the late Scott Muni would've agreed with me). But "Stay Awhile" is truly one of my top 5 HFHs -- a horrid horrid song with horrid horrid vocals.

And I'd forgotten about that "Flower Children" thing -- good gawd. Marcia Strassman, aka Mrs Kotter on Welcome Back Kotter: every nice Jewish boy's dream wife.

Please!  I need the MP3 of the Strassman tune!  I've been looking for that for years for it, but unwilling to buy the whole damn CD I'd seen it on!

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/08-marcia-strassman-the-flower

[urth]

Please!  I need the MP3 of the Strassman tune!  I've been looking for that for years for it, but unwilling to buy the whole damn CD I'd seen it on!

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/08-marcia-strassman-the-flower

Didn't she play Gabe Kaplan's wife on Welcome Back, Kotter?

[CapnJack]

Please!  I need the MP3 of the Strassman tune!  I've been looking for that for years for it, but unwilling to buy the whole damn CD I'd seen it on!

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/08-marcia-strassman-the-flower

Didn't she play Gabe Kaplan's wife on Welcome Back, Kotter?

Indeed she did!

[RGMike]

Please!  I need the MP3 of the Strassman tune!  I've been looking for that for years for it, but unwilling to buy the whole damn CD I'd seen it on!

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/08-marcia-strassman-the-flower

Didn't she play Gabe Kaplan's wife on Welcome Back, Kotter?

see my comment above.

[ggould]

  For this Hits From Hell, I selected ten records that were aired on "Bad Wax" (which I don't believe were selected by DM for Hits From Hell).  I'll post the setlist on Halloween, as not to spoil it for you, if you
listen to it now:

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/120-10-10-hits-from-hell

Let me know what you think!

So far, so good: I'm thinking Dave played the TO & Dawn tune at least once (I think he may have done a "career medley" of their hits, like he did for Manilow and Cher). Ditto the Sedaka, David Soul and Frankie Valli. OTOH, "Elusive Butterfly" is one of my favorite songs of all time (the late Scott Muni would've agreed with me). But "Stay Awhile" is truly one of my top 5 HFHs -- a horrid horrid song with horrid horrid vocals.

And I'd forgotten about that "Flower Children" thing -- good gawd. Marcia Strassman, aka Mrs Kotter on Welcome Back Kotter: every nice Jewish boy's dream wife.

Please!  I need the MP3 of the Strassman tune!  I've been looking for that for years for it, but unwilling to buy the whole damn CD I'd seen it on!

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/08-marcia-strassman-the-flower

thanks!

[CapnJack]

With the recent passings of Lou Reed and now Bobby Parker, I think I'll be compiling an "In Memoriam" set come Monday.

Any suggestions on what song I should play to represent Lou Reed?

[CapnJack]

3rd visit to 1975:

 1. John Lennon - You Can't Catch Me
(Radio dial: Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds /
WPLJ Alex Bennett phone interviews David Bowie, Yoko Ono, and John Lennon /
David Bowie - Across The Universe)
 2. Queen - '39
 3. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way
(Commercial: Jimmie Walker for Panasonic)
 4. Tony Camillo's Bazuka - Dynomite
 5. The Tubes - Mondo Bondage
 6. Chicago - Brand New Love Affair (Part I & II)
 7. Al Green - Love Ritual
(Commercial: Alex Karras and Jim Plunkett for J Wipes)
 8. Faith, Hope & Charity - To Each His Own
 9. Patti Smith - Redondo Beach
(TV: Paul & Linda McCartney New Orleans interview)
10. Wings - Treat Her Gently / Lonely Old People

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/116-10-10-1975

Let me know what you think.  Enjoy!

[RGMike]

3rd visit to 1975:

 

great stuff -- I always loved that underplayed Queen track; "Dynomite" is, well, dyanamite; and "To Each His Own" is a lost early-disco gem.

Patti's "Redondo Beach" always reminds me of Meg Griffin on WNEW-FM -- she used to play that one a lot.  And Macca's lesser-heard LP cuts continue to amaze after all these years.

[Tinka Cat]

With the recent passings of Lou Reed and now Bobby Parker, I think I'll be compiling an "In Memoriam" set come Monday.

Any suggestions on what song I should play to represent Lou Reed?

listening to Heroin from RnR Animal right now.  Great version, but mainly for Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner. 

Edit: OK, now listening to Perfect Day. 

edit 2: use Andy's Chest.  Not only does it rock and have great varied shape, but you can hear Lou's New Yawk accent in when he says certain words, like the word "all" at :30 here >>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VV0HCTkHtc

[CapnJack]

4th visit to 1969:

 1. Fairport Convention - Matty Groves
(News: Amsterdam Bed-In, March 29th, 1969)
 2. The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down
 3. The Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler
(TV: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, June 17th, 1969)
 4. The Monkees - I Won't Be The Same Without Her
 5. Dusty Springfield - I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore
 6. Chicago - South California Purples
(Commercial: International House Of Pancakes)
 7. The Meters - Here Comes The Meter Man
 8. Steve Miller Band - My Dark Hour
(News: Toronto Peace Seminar, September 13th, 1969)
 9. The Plastic Ono Band - Money (That's What I Want)
10. The Doors - The Soft Parade

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/101-10-10-1969

Enjoy!

[RGMike]

4th visit to 1969:

 1. Fairport Convention - Matty Groves

hadn't heard that in many a moon.  Reminds me: I'd like to request some Renaissance for your next '73 or '74 excursions. They were HUGE on NYC prog-FM and you never hear them anymore.

That Monkees tune sounded very Buffalo Springfield.

"The monk bought lunch"  -- I referenced "Soft Parade" in my writing a few months back, as my lead character is a lapsed Catholic teen and the bit about "you cannot petition the lord with prayer" really speaks to him.  An amazing track.

[CapnJack]

That Monkees tune sounded very Buffalo Springfield.

That was a Nesmith-produced track from '66 that wasn't released until '69.  I should put together a set of Nesmith-produced '66 Monkees tracks for a themed 10@10 set one day...

[dischead]

4th visit to 1969:
 1. Fairport Convention - Matty Groves

Yes!  Matty Groves and Tam Lin got a lot of play on WNEW-FM.  I've long thought that
Come All Ye would make a good TOTHC.  Great album.

6. Chicago - South California Purples
10. The Doors - The Soft Parade

Playing all the short songs, eh?

[dischead]

4th visit to 1969:
1. Fairport Convention - Matty Groves

hadn't heard that in many a moon.  Reminds me: I'd like to request some Renaissance for your next '73 or '74 excursions. They were HUGE on NYC prog-FM and you never hear them anymore.

I remember that, and yet when I looked at their discography I didn't recognize any of the song
titles, and only a couple of the album covers.  I guess they didn't click with me.  There was a lot
of prog rock in the early '70s, so it was easy to pass on some groups.

"The monk bought lunch"  -- I referenced "Soft Parade" in my writing a few months back, as my lead character is a lapsed Catholic teen and the bit about "you cannot petition the lord with prayer" really speaks to him.  An amazing track.

The Soft Parade was the second album I bought with my own money.  (I can't remember the
third.)  While long songs weren't entirely unusual, the spoken introduction struck us suburban
kids as a little outre and titillating.  It aired often on the radio, back when eight-minute tracks
were played without a second thought.

[CapnJack]

4th visit to 1969:
 1. Fairport Convention - Matty Groves

Yes!  Matty Groves and Tam Lin got a lot of play on WNEW-FM.  I've long thought that
Come All Ye would make a good TOTHC.  Great album.

6. Chicago - South California Purples
10. The Doors - The Soft Parade

Playing all the short songs, eh?

Since 1969 had some short *hit* singles, I padded out the set with longer album cuts to balance things out.