MA-114 - It Was Exorcised from the 1980s

There's no escaping the possession!

01 - This Reminds Me of the Future - Pastiche   1981  (2:35)

02 - Brains and Eggs - The Young Snakes   1981  (3:26)

03 - I´ve Had Enough of You - Burning Rome   1982  (3:11)

04 - Hide and Smile - Chow Chow   1984  (3:06)

05 - Fire with Fire - Wild Blue   1986  (4:35)

06 - I, the Jury - The Heart Throbs   1987  (3:30)

07 - Misfit - The Swimming Pool Q's   1980  (4:27)

08 - What Do All the People Know - The Monroes   1982  (3:28)

09 - Call the Uh-Oh Squad - Robert Ellis Orrall   1981  (2:16)

10 - How Come Yer Up? - A Matter of Taste!   1981  (2:51)

11 - Fitness - Volumatix   1982  (3:50)

12 - Go Home - Splitters   1982  (2:36)

13 - Let's Start a Rumour - The Wonders of Science   1983  (2:31)

14 - Tear Jerk Hi - Slow Children   1982  (2:16)

15 - Do You Want Crying - Katrina and the Waves   1985  (3:33)

16 - Syndicated Life - Velascurge   1985  (4:47)

17 - Have a Nice Day - Afraid of Mice   1981  (2:24)

18 - New Dark Ages - The Mutants   1980  (3:33)

19 - Happy People - Yazoo   1983  (3:00)

20 - Spookie Cooties - Jr CHemists   1981  (2:45)

21 - Shakespeare Stole My Baby - Eye to Eye   1983  (4:44)

22 - Danger Money - Johnny 7   1984  (2:47)

23 - TV´s On - Electrafive   1981  (3:15)

24 - Underground Radio Stars - The B-Sides   1981  (2:41)

 "Let's Start a Rumour" about how "Shakespeare Stole My Baby."  Then "Call the Uh-Oh Squad," because "I've Had Enough of You."  And don't forget that if you don't become "Underground Radio Stars," we can still "have a Nice Day"!

https://www.filefactory.com/file/7h618bdj7gp2/MA-114.rar

See you on Thursday!

  

MA-167 - They All Played the Maple Leaf Rag

It's my updated version of an LP from a Salvation Army thrift store.

The original LP is on the Herwin label and variously dated circa 1971-1973. It had 15 selections. I removed one or two of very bad quality and added about that many more. I also sorted them in chronological order by recording date.

01 - United States Marine Band - 1906
02 - Vess L Ossman w/Prince's Band - 1907
03 - Scott Joplin (Piano Roll) - 1916
04 - WC Handy Orchestra - 1917
05 - Willie Eckstein - 1923
06 - Halfway House Orchestra - 1925
07 - Harry Snodgrass - 1926
08 - Vera Guilaroff - 1926
09 - Bix Beiderbecke - 1928
10 - Bechet's New Orleans Feetwarmers - 1932
11 - Earl Hines & Orchestra - 1934
12 - Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra - 1936
13 - Jelly Roll Morton (New Orleans Style) - 1938
14 - Jelly Roll Morton (St Louis Style) - 1938
15 - Hank Duncan - 1944
16 - James P Johnson - 1946
17 - Don Ewell - 1949
18 - Ralph Sutton w/Condon's Band - 1950
19 - Joe “Fingers” Carr and His Ragtime Band - 1956
20 - Willie “The Lion” Smith - 1959
21 - The Spotnicks - 1964
22 - Eubie Blake - 1969
23 - E Power Biggs - 1973
24 - Richard Zimmerman - 1974
25 - Dick Hyman - 1975
26 - Jo Ann Castle - 1977
27 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1978
28 - Trittico Trio - 1995
29 - Dan Sindel - 2007

https://www.filefactory.com/file/5duussuk42km/MA-167.rar

See you on Monday!

    

MA-58 - Ridin' with the Reaper

  

In celebration of Walpurgisnacht, which was last Friday night, here's a spooky little comp of teenage death songs, and others, in which "hitting the road" ends fatally for somebody.  The tracks:

 

01 - Two Hour Honeymoon - Paul Hampton - 1960  (3:12)

02 - The Carroll County Accident - Bobby & Laurie - 1969  (2:45)

03 - Car Crash - Avengers - 1977  (4:19)

04 - Chapel Bells Ringing - Gene Summers - 1962  (2:28)

05 - A Young Man Is Gone - The Beach Boys - 1963  (2:17)

06 - Wreck on the Highway - Roy Acuff - 1942  (2:47)

07 - The Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum - 1957  (2:28)

08 - BJ the DJ - Stonewall Jackson - 1964  (2:47)

09 - Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Paterson - 1960  (2:53)

10 - Tell Tommy I Miss Him - Marilyn Michaels - 1960  (2:44)

11 - Angel of Death - Hank Williams - 1954  (2:28)

12 - No Return - The Third Rail - 1967  (1:56)

13 - Message from James Dean - Bill Hayes - 1956  (1:56)

14 - Crash - KaS Product - 1990  (3:06)

15 - Fireball Rolled a Seven - Dave Dudley - 1975  (2:37)

16 - Transfusion - Nervous Norvus - 1956  (2:26)

17 - Come to Me Johnny - Johnny Victor - 1962  (2:13)

18 - The Hero - Bernadette Carroll - 1964  (2:10)

19 - Phantom 309 - Red Sovine - 1964  (3:22)

20 - Hello, This Is Joannie - Paul Evans - 1977  (3:04)

21 - Terry - Twinkle (Lynn Ripley) - 1964  (3:09)

22 - Black Denim Trousers - The Cheers - 1955  (2:06)

23 - Chicken - The Cheers - 1957  (1:56)

24 - Pile-up on the Highway - Lisa Bade - 1978  (2:55)

25 - Teenage Cremation - Dean Davis - 1965  (1:46)

26 - The Beginning of My End - The Unifics - 1968  (3:17)

27 - Last Kiss - Wayne Cochran - 1962  (2:27)

28 - The Visitation - White Noise - 1969  (3:00)

29 - All I Have Left Is Johnny's Hubcap - MAD Twists Rock 'n' Roll - 1962  (2:23)

 When asked to name songs about motor-vehicle accidents, anybody can name “The Leader of the Pack,” or the Beatles’ “Don’t Pass Me By” or “Revolution 9.”  I’ve picked a few familiar tunes, and a lot of less-popular ones, including about those scar-crashed lovers Laura and Tommy, and a pair by the Cheers.  Buckle up now, and remember that cross traffic does not stop.

https://www.filefactory.com/file/zaskadbqw5m/MA-58.rar

See you on Thursday with the continuation of this year's MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!

  

MAYDAY, MAYDAY! May's PsychoFLAIRapy Pages

In 1971, as in 2021, Mother's Day as/was on May 9th.  As then, as now, tell your mom that you love her!

  

Does George Lucas Owe Royalties to Fritz Leiber?

That was my question upon reading the 1975 Ballantine paperback printing of Fritz Leiber’s Gather Darkness!, concerning a world run by a techno-religion.

Gather, Darkness! was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, serialized in the May-June-July, 1943 issues.

On page 185, two characters, Cousin Deth and the Black Man, face off in a duel to the death, with their Rods of Wrath.

Is Cousin Death related to Cousin Darth?  Check out the mutually impenetrable “wrath rods,” which are “two endless blades of violent incandescence.”

Hmmm.  Those bells you hear might be cash registers in the imaginations of the lawyers representing Leiber’s heirs.

See you on Monday for the beginning of our Musical Month of May!

  

Bop You with This Here Lollipop!

From the November 1989 issue of Amazing Heroes, it's a feature on the Fat Fury, Herbie Popnecker!

If only Herbie's dad knew the truth!  He'd keel over in a faint.

See you on Thursday for the source of STAR WARS ... let the lawyers figure it out!