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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.

https://www.filefactory.com/file/22i0xb2ln40g/MA-17.rar

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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?

https://www.filefactory.com/file/1erlv5b2g9fu/MA-68.rar

See you Monday!

Man from U.N.C.L.E. Movie Merchandising, a Lesser Look

In honor of tomorrow's release of the movie on home video, here's a look at some other merchandising of the film.

Unlike some movies whose promo campaigns include tie-in merchandise, the 2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. had basically no tie-ins.  Too bad, for us original "kids from U.N.C.L.E.", who were looking forward to toys and paperbacks and the rest.

The only ancillary merchandise for purchase that I know about is the soundtrack by Daniel Pemberton and other performers of the time, which is a fun ride.

However, thanks to my friends at the Channel D Yahoo! discussion group, I was alerted that burger chain Carl’s Jr was doing some merchandising.  Turns out, not much!

But we U.N.C.L.E. fans take what we can find!

Starting a few weeks before the movie’s release, Carl’s Jr replaced their normal “giant-size” cup with a special U.N.C.L.E. cup.

And here’s a bunch of them:

Unfortunately, the chain didn’t have a promotional window cling for the cup, and there weren’t U.N.C.L.E. kids’ meals (wouldn’t that have been GREAT!).

There WAS a counter card, even though some stores didn’t even set it out!

 This one was saved for me, thanks to nice guy Mike at the Carl’s Jr location at NW 23^rd and Broadway in OKC.

While we’re on the topic of U.N.C.L.E. stuff, let’s close with a home-made one.  This U.N.C.L.E. item  was sewn for me by my friend Kathy Porter in 1986.

Fellow agents, your current assignment is to go buy the movie!

See you next time.