Talk about a time warp! What memories do YOU have of these songs?
1970
1 Mississippi Queen Mountain
2 Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy/Mr
Bojangles Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3 We Gotta Get You a Woman Todd Rundgren
1971
4 That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be Carly Simon
5 Walk Away James Gang
6 Tiny Dancer Elton John
7 Hocus Pocus Focus
8 Behind Blue Eyes The Who
1972
9 School's Out Alice Cooper
10 Rock And Roll Part 1 & 2 Gary Glitter
11 A Piece of Paper Gladstone
12 Back Off Boogaloo Ringo Starr
13 Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) Stevie Wonder
14 Give Ireland Back to the Irish - instrumental - (Version) Wings
15 Early 1970 Ringo Starr
16 Mary Had a Little Lamb Wings
1973
17 You Light Up My Life Carole King
18 Back When My Hair Was Short -single version Gunhill Road
19 Rocky Mountain Way Joe Walsh
20 Under the Boardwalk Rickie Lee Jones - 1983
21 It's the Real Thing The New Seekers - 1971
Track 1 -- I first heard on an 8-track player on a houseboat in a lake somewhere in Illinois.
Track
2 -- This is a recreation of the 45rpm release. The A-side of the
record had only the song "Mr. Bojangles." The B-side had the song,
prefaced with an audio clip, "Uncle charlie and His dog Teddy." Decades
later I discovered that the spoken material was from a different spot
on the original LP, but I crossfaded them to try and recreate the 45rpm.
Track 14 -- Another 45rpm-only track, the flip side of the vocal version released as a single.
The last track is from a promo 45rpm handed out at record stores, obviously as an attempt to sell (even more) Coca-Cola.
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01. Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 (3:04) - 1968
02. Someday Soon - Judy Collins (3:46) - 1969
03. Fresh as a Daisy - Emitt Rhodes (2:52) - 1970
04. Walk a Mile in My Shoes - Joe South (4:07) - 1970
05. A Case of You - Joni Mitchell (4:23) - 1970
06. Temptation Eyes - The Grass Roots (2:33) - 1970
07. Loneliness Is Just a Word - Chicago (2:38) - 1971
08. Me and My Arrow - Harry Nilsson (2:05) - 1971
09. Cry Baby - Janis Joplin and Full Tilt Boogie (3:59) - 1971
10. Baby Blue - Badfinger (3:37) - 1972
11. Do You Want to Dance - Bette Midler (2:45) - 1972
12. Changes - David Bowie (3:37) - 1972
13. This Masquerade - Leon Russell (2:59) - 1972
14. Lose Again - Linda Ronstadt (3:37) - 1976
15. Going for the One - Yes (5:32) - 1977
16. Jocko Homo - Devo (3:39) - 1978
17. Cheese and Onions - The Rutles (2:42) - 1978
18. Trouble Again - Karla Bonoff (3:37) - 1979
19. She's Got a Big Boyfriend - Blotto (3:28) - 1980
20. Turn Me Loose - Loverboy (5:34) - 1980
21. Nights Are Forever - Jennifer Warnes (3:36) from Twilight Zone - the Movie - 1983
22. Dear Prudence - The Beatles-BRG-VM (3:51)
Track 1 -- I first heard it while looped on something at a dentist's office in the late 1960s.
Track 8 -- is, of course, from The Point.
Track 17 -- Everybody knows The Rutles, right?
Track 21 -- This can be heard briefly on the bar jukebox in the "Time Out" segment.
Track 22 -- Can you deny that this version wouldn't have sold even more copies of the White Album?
See you Monday!
