Thursday, October 06, 2005

Song Of the Day: September 27, 2005


George Jones -
There's Nothing Left For You

From George Jones Sings The Songs Of
Dallas Frazier,Musicor Records LP, 1968

Does anybody know what's up with George Jones's Musicor catalog? All of his labels (Mercury, UA, Starday, Epic, etc.) are adequately covered by anthologies, except Musicor, for which he did a dozen or so albums starting in 1965. There were a couple of excellent LP comps assembled by Rounder in the early 80s containing classics like "A Good Year For the Roses" and "Things Have Gone To Pieces," but those are long out of print. One's only option is to go find all of the original Musicor LPs, which fortunately, are plentiful and not very expensive. Here is a track from George's album of Dallas Frazier songs.


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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Songs Of the Day: September 25-26


Couple of obscure Australian 45s here. The Manikins 45 was the 2nd of three by this Perth band. (Thanks to Henry Weld's fine discography at collectorscum.com.) James Baker, later of the Hoodoo Gurus participated. The Lonely Hearts had at least three 45s, this would be the second.

Was there ever a go at a good Waterfront Records anthology? You could probably make an excellent double CD comp of the best stuff they released.






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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Songs Of the Day: September 23-24, 2005


The Three O'Clock - Jet Fighter

From the LP 16 Tambourines, Frontier Records, 1983

The Three O'Clock - In Love In Too

Fan Club 45, 1983

"Wimpy." "Paisleyed twees." "Is that a man singing?" Yes we heard them all back in the early mid-80s, pointless blather from Philistines with their old ways who could never understand THE POINT. The point: Michael Quercio may have written the most indelible hooks of the 80s. And yeah, I think they eventually reached a point where the production was a serious detriment, but that point was certainly not the hit-packed Arrive Without Travelling. The Three O'Clock are still revered in our house where we play their records all the time because our planet is warm and full of life and wonder. Here is a monster 45 from their first LP, and the fan club 45 (flip = "Lucifer Sam") that was appended to the French issue of the "Baroque Hoedown," EP, but didn't turn up on the Frontier 16 Tambourines/Baroque Hoedown CD.





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