Hello, partygoers!
This week it’s déjà vu all over again as a “glitch in the Dedricks” resulted in us losing the original Episode 49! Yikes! So marvel at a sulky young lady and her maybe too eager dad hanging around the LP Rumpus Room and playing another set of cool tunes!
This episode we are spinning:
- Spiritualized – “Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space” – Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space, 1997 – 13:13
- Judee Sill – “I’m Over” – Dreams Come True, 2005 – 39:08
- Big Dipper – “All Going Out Together” – Heavens, 1987 – 1:01:16
- Felt – “The Seventeenth Century” – Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death, 1986 – 1:18:28
- Wilson Pickett – “I’m In Love” – I’m In Love, 1968 – 1:33:55
- The Romantics – “Tell It to Carrie” – Bomp single version b/w “First in Line”, 1978 – 1:55:47
- Boy – “Gentlemen” – Boy, 2002 – 2:08:08
- Belle Adair – “Golden Days” – The Brave and the Blue, 2013 – 2:15:56
- Masters of Reality – “Counting Horses” – Deep in the Hole, 2001 – 2:24:43
- Jefferson Airplane – “We Can Be Together” – Volunteers, 1969 – 2:39:37
Also on the old Victrola:
- Ellie Janov – “Portabello Road” – Capitol single b/w “Theme”, 1967 – 1:45
- Tommy Peltier – “Pocket Socket” – Chariot of Astral Light, 2005 – 51:26
- Tommy Peltier – “Here Today” – Chariot of Astral Light, 2005 – 54:52
- Bobby Womack – “Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)” – Fly Me to the Moon, 1968 – 1:45:56
- Jefferson Airplane – “Mexico” – RCA Victor single b/w “Have You Seen the Saucers?”, 1970 – 3:18:24
Thanks for listening.
We were able to find – via the wonders of Googling – this interview with Stephen Kozmeniuk of Boy conducted by David Dedrick in 2005! Follow this link!
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I liked the dreaminess of “Gentleman” by Boy and the country twang meets British pop sound of “Golden Days” by Belle Adair.
But I really loved Portobello Road with its vivid descriptions and the full orchestration with the harpiscord and trumpet flourishes. The bouncy sound and subject matter remind me a lot of Penny Lane so I checked to see which came first. According to Wikipedia:
In October 1965, McCartney mentioned to an interviewer that he wanted to write a song about Penny Lane. (Lennon had named Penny Lane in an unused lyric of “In My Life.”)
In September 1966, Cat Steven’s simple guitar-and-whistling version was released as a B-side to his single, “I Love My Dog.”
In December 1966, Penny Lane was recorded and released in February 1967.
In 1967, Ellen Janov’s Portobello Road was also released.
So I’m wondering (a) if Paul McCartney heard Cat Steven’s song and was influenced to finally write Penny Lane and (b) if someone got the bright idea to emulate Penny Lane’s orchestration in a cover of Portobello Road.
First off, props to both of you for getting this episode out at all after that lousy SD card decided to prank you. Your dedrickation to the cause of fine listening is hugely appreciated.
Ah, Judee Sill (sigh). Such a special talent, and one of the saddest stories in 20th century music. The two albums she put out in her lifetime are both wonderful, and I also love her great live set of BBC recordings. I have Dreams Come True on CD, but it’s so heavily freighted with everything that was spiralling out of control towards the end of her life that I’ve only played it a couple of times. So, it was lovely to hear I’m Over in a different context and just enjoy the song for what it is. I wasn’t aware of the Tommy Peltier recordings, so thank you for including them. Rarities rock! Pocket Socket in particular was a treat.
Of the others, I thought Spiritualized had a great atmosphere, although – and this is true – I did fall asleep midway through first listen. I enjoyed all the others too. Even Felt had all the qualities I could ask for in one of Lawrence’s compositions… ie it was short and an instrumental. Boom!
You could add Boy to the list of great musicians that aren’t on Spotify. One of three standout tracks that were new to me in this excellent list, along with Belle Adair and Masters of Reality.
And here’s a first – you’ve got me liking Jefferson Airplane. My older sister had the Volunteers LP, and I gave it a play or two when I used to dig into her collection in my teens, but I came away with the impression that the band were pretty third-rate and haven’t really bothered with them since. However, Dave’s context around We Can Be Together really illuminated the song for me, and I now agree it’s fantastic. Nice work, Mr D.
The Mylanta story was fascinating. I hadn’t heard about folk being so strait-laced they wouldn’t even say ‘chimney’ because the second syllable sounds like a body part. I guess they wouldn’t have appreciated the English comedian Tony Hancock (four body parts). Oh Mylanta!