A SOAP OPERA (Or, THE KINKS PRESENT A SOAP OPERA) By the KINKS
This was a 1975 concept album, the 13th made by the group.
According to the Wikipedia article, the plot went like this. A musician named Starmaker changed places with an ordinary guy and this is the story of how he found life in the regular world was like.
And, there were a lot of really great songs (none of which I had ever heard before). Sure enjoyed it.
I especially liked "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)," "Holiday Romance" and "You Can't Stop the Music."
Ray and Dave and Group At Their Best. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
Showing posts with label North Carolina Fall 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Carolina Fall 2016. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Travelin' CDs, North Carolina Fall 2016-- Part 4: Jumpin' At the Record Shop
JUMPIN' AT THE RECORD SHOP-- Compilation
This was a real different one for me. It took me back to the 1940s, when there were not even albums or 45s. You'd get your music on those old, heavy, clunky 78s
The CD is named after a song by Slim Gaillard by the same name where he lists most of the performers on this 20 song CD.
I recognized the majority of the songs, some of them I am listing here:
Marie-- Tommy Dorsey
Night and Day-- Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable-- Nat King Cole
Begin the Beguine-- Artie Shaw
Minnie the Moocher-- Cab Calloway
Plus, we even had some Western swing by Bob Wills and Spade Cooley.
There were even several I didn't know like:
Cotton Club Stomp-- Duke Ellington
Ciribiribin (They're So In Love)-- Bing Crosby
Swingin' Uptown-- Jimmie Lunceford
The songs ranged from 1929 to 1951.
The Cream of Jazz and Pops Hit makers From the Thirties and Forties. --RoadDog
This was a real different one for me. It took me back to the 1940s, when there were not even albums or 45s. You'd get your music on those old, heavy, clunky 78s
The CD is named after a song by Slim Gaillard by the same name where he lists most of the performers on this 20 song CD.
I recognized the majority of the songs, some of them I am listing here:
Marie-- Tommy Dorsey
Night and Day-- Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable-- Nat King Cole
Begin the Beguine-- Artie Shaw
Minnie the Moocher-- Cab Calloway
Plus, we even had some Western swing by Bob Wills and Spade Cooley.
There were even several I didn't know like:
Cotton Club Stomp-- Duke Ellington
Ciribiribin (They're So In Love)-- Bing Crosby
Swingin' Uptown-- Jimmie Lunceford
The songs ranged from 1929 to 1951.
The Cream of Jazz and Pops Hit makers From the Thirties and Forties. --RoadDog
Travelin' CDs, North Carolina Fall 2016-- Part 3: Croweology
CROWEOLOGY-- BLACK CROWES
Probably one of the hardest to read track listings I've ever had to do. This style of print would have fit right in at Haight-Asbury back in the good old hippie days. Thankfully, the tracks were listed on the Malibu's CD player.
Judging by the songs "Jealous Again," Remedy" and "She Talks to Angels," I was at first under the impression that this was a greatest hits compilation. But the three I just listed didn't quite sound like the versions I had heard of before.
Today, I looked up the album on Wikipedia and found out that this was a redoing of their old songs.
They did not, however, have "Hard to Handle."
I liked how the Wiki article listed this album for genres as all rock, but: blues, hard, Southern, acoustic, folk and jazz. There's a little bit of everything in this double album with twenty tracks.
I especially liked the songs "Share the Ride," "Downtown Money Waster" and "Thorn in My Side."
Plus, you get your own little "Croweology" sticker and a four panel Cd to open with a pop up.
Such a Deal. --RoadDog
Probably one of the hardest to read track listings I've ever had to do. This style of print would have fit right in at Haight-Asbury back in the good old hippie days. Thankfully, the tracks were listed on the Malibu's CD player.
Judging by the songs "Jealous Again," Remedy" and "She Talks to Angels," I was at first under the impression that this was a greatest hits compilation. But the three I just listed didn't quite sound like the versions I had heard of before.
Today, I looked up the album on Wikipedia and found out that this was a redoing of their old songs.
They did not, however, have "Hard to Handle."
I liked how the Wiki article listed this album for genres as all rock, but: blues, hard, Southern, acoustic, folk and jazz. There's a little bit of everything in this double album with twenty tracks.
I especially liked the songs "Share the Ride," "Downtown Money Waster" and "Thorn in My Side."
Plus, you get your own little "Croweology" sticker and a four panel Cd to open with a pop up.
Such a Deal. --RoadDog
Travelin' CDs, North Carolina Fall 2016-- Part 2: Back to the 50's
BACK TO THE 50'S
This four disc compilation had 100 songs and pretty well covered the 50s, from both rock songs to pop songs, things that parents and kids could listen to had it come out back in the 1950s and both would be happy.
Lots and lots of 2-3 minute gems.
What I really liked about this CD set was that they had the usual big hits as well as some that I haven't heard very often and even ones that I had never heard.
I'll just go through the songs on the first CD (all of them have 25 songs).
Some of the ones I had heard of before: Rock Around the Clock, Bye Bye Love, Stupid Cupid, Honky Tonk Part 1, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Bo Diddley, Only You and Young Love.
Ones that I have heard on occasion:
Butterfly-- Charlie Grace, Let Me Go Lover-- Teresa Brewer, Here In My Heart-- Tony Bennett and Auf Wiedershe'n Sweetheart-- Vera Lynn.
Ones that I had never heard: That's Right-- Carl Perkins, The Girl Can't Help It-- Little Richard, Someone Else's Roses-- Joan Regan, The Man From Laramie-- Jimmy Young.
A Great Cruisin' Compilation-- RoadDog
This four disc compilation had 100 songs and pretty well covered the 50s, from both rock songs to pop songs, things that parents and kids could listen to had it come out back in the 1950s and both would be happy.
Lots and lots of 2-3 minute gems.
What I really liked about this CD set was that they had the usual big hits as well as some that I haven't heard very often and even ones that I had never heard.
I'll just go through the songs on the first CD (all of them have 25 songs).
Some of the ones I had heard of before: Rock Around the Clock, Bye Bye Love, Stupid Cupid, Honky Tonk Part 1, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Bo Diddley, Only You and Young Love.
Ones that I have heard on occasion:
Butterfly-- Charlie Grace, Let Me Go Lover-- Teresa Brewer, Here In My Heart-- Tony Bennett and Auf Wiedershe'n Sweetheart-- Vera Lynn.
Ones that I had never heard: That's Right-- Carl Perkins, The Girl Can't Help It-- Little Richard, Someone Else's Roses-- Joan Regan, The Man From Laramie-- Jimmy Young.
A Great Cruisin' Compilation-- RoadDog
Monday, October 3, 2016
Traveling CDs, North Carolina Fall 2016-- Part 1
I just got back from two weeks in North Carolina, one whole week at Topsail Beach. Of course, on my way down and back, I alternate between finding local radio stations and listening to a selection of CDs I brought along with me.
The four CDs with me this trip:
BACK TO THE 50s-- (4 Cd set with 100 songs) compilation
A SOAP OPERA-- Kinks
CROWEOLOGY-- Black Crows
JUMPIN' AT THE RECORD SHOP-- compilation
--RoadDog
The four CDs with me this trip:
BACK TO THE 50s-- (4 Cd set with 100 songs) compilation
A SOAP OPERA-- Kinks
CROWEOLOGY-- Black Crows
JUMPIN' AT THE RECORD SHOP-- compilation
--RoadDog
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