Dwight Twilley - Jungle (1984)

1980's power-pop. This album brought an unexpected return to the charts for Dwight Twilley with the track "Girls" which features vocals from Tom Petty.

Tracklist:
1. Little Bit Of Love
2. Girls
3. Why You Wanna Break My Heart
4. You Can Change It
5. Cry Baby
6. Don't You Love Her
7. Long Lonely Nights
8. Jungle
9. To Get To You
10. Max Dog

Download: mediafire

Smith - Minus-Plus (1969)

1960's pop-rock with soul and country influences. Produced by Steve Barri who was a common collaborator with P.F. Sloan. Another find from the King of Trades in Medicine Hat.


Tracklist:
1. You Don't Love Me
2. Born In Boston
3. Comin' Back To Me
4. Feel The Magic
5. Jason
6. What Am I Gonna Do
7. Take A Look Around
8. Since You've Been Gone
9. Circle Man
10. Minus-Plus

Download: mediafire

The Free Design - Kites Are Fun (1967)

Pure psych-pop. These guys had some great harmonies. Fun and easy listening, nothing challenging about it at all, just good fun pure-pop music. Their originals are great and I really like their version of the 59th Street Bridge Song. Ripped from the 2003 Light In The Attic reissue.

Tracklist:
1. Kites Are Fun
2. Make The Madness Stop
3. When Love Is Young
4. The Proper Ornaments
5. My Brother Woody
6. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
7. Don't Turn Away
8. Umbrellas
9. Michelle
10. Never Tell The World
11. A Man And A Woman
12. Stay Another Season

Download: mediafire

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Peace On Earth: The 1967 CBC Massey Lecture (1967)

Also commonly known as Conscience For Change, this was the final 1967 CBC Massey Lecture, delivered as a Christmas sermon in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, and broadcast by CBC on Christmas Eve, 1967.

In the fall of 1967, CBC invited revered civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to deliver the seventh of it's annual Massey Lectures series. In these lectures, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. restated his belief in non-violence and treated the whole range of confrontations between black people and white, rich and poor, the world over. There were five lectures in total. The first four recorded in studios in New York and Atlanta, and the sessions were interrupter for four days while Dr. King recuperated from pneumonia brought about by overwork. The fifth and final lecture, is preserved on this recording.

Tracklist:
1. Part 1
2. Part 2

Download: mediafire

WWF Summerslam 1996

Certified for trippers.


Download: hotfile

P.F. Sloan - Karma (A Study Of Divinations) 45 (1966)

Any posting of Die Brucke has to shine a light back to the roots of that trip, and that trip came from a 45 released in 1966 by Philip Sloan. The only psychedelic trip 45 Philip Sloan ever released as a solo artist.

Tracklist:
1. Karma (A Study Of Divinations)
2. I Can't Help But Wonder Elizabeth

Download: mediafire

The Tetraktys - Die Brucke (2008)

Original trip album from Calgary's psychedelic wizard. Here's what Jarome Iginla has to say about it:

"It was a great period of cross pollination, of advancement, really, where the Trippers definitely heard Die Brucke loud and clear. Here’s Die Brucke to deal with. Friar Chris also told me that the Trippers specifically went in to make an album better than Die Brucke. That album turned out to be Sgt. Tripper, which Friar Chris said may or may not have been better. He wasn’t sure that it was better. He did however know that the age of the true trippers, which many had thought died in 1969, was still very much alive.

After years of spiritual trip transfers, two trip wizards were together in the physical state at last.

One thing he absolutely knew for sure was that Vibrations in C on Die Brucke, which wouldn't be what we know it to be today without the arrangement/recording advice from trip pioneer with the red balloon P.F. Sloan (best known for Secret Agent Man, Eve of Destruction, and his work with The Grassroots), was the first song to lead the trip in the direction that any future (and current) pop-artist owes a tremendous debt to. The song was recorded over a period of 3 years, with a reported 250 recording sessions, which included 88 different musicians, and an estimated total cost of $60000 to produce. Barnaby Bennett, describes the song as his "psychedelic gospel for Jehova 1". This song really will take you on a journey to the express way of your mind!"

Free download: http://thetetraktys.bandcamp.com/album/die-br-cke-in-which-the-yo-yo-string-is-revealed-as-a-state-of-mind

Jeff Beck - Truth (1968)

Jeff Beck's first solo album. Vocals by Rod Stewart. Ron Wood on bass, and Mick Waller on drums. Jeff Beck shreds a lot. I guess this is sometimes considered to be the beginning of heavy metal.

Tracklist:
1. Shapes Of Things
2. Let Me Love You
3. Morning Dew
4. You Shook Me
5. Ol' Man River
6. Greensleeves
7. Rock My Plimsoul
8. Beck's Bolero
9. Blues De Luxe
10. I Ain't Superstitious

Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription (1987)

Jason Pierce's band before Spiritualized. Total stoner rock/neo-psych. Cool shit. Definitely receives the Certified Trippers Seal of Approval. Ripped from the 2010 Fire records reissue on 180 gram vinyl.

Tracklist:
1. Take Me To The Other Side
2. Walkin' With Jesus
3. Ode To Street Hassle
4. Ecstasy Symphony/Transparent Radiation (Flashback)
5. Feel So Good
6. Things'll Never Be The Same
7. Come Down Easy
8. Call The Doctor

Download: mediafire

The Beach Boys - Smile (surfin records bootleg) (1971)

This bootleg started showing up at just about every single record store I shop at last summer. A friend of mine told me he was talking to one of the dudes that work at one of the record stores and he said they didn't even know they were getting in a Smile bootleg and they had thought they originally ordered a reissue of Smiley Smile. The quality isn't the greatest but it's still a cool mix of the Smile songs, and includes a lot of tracks that are missing from 2004's Brian Wilson Presents Smile. And since Al Jardine was lying about an official Beach Boys Smile being released, this will have to do. This also receives The Certified Tripper Seal of Approval.

Tracklist:
1. Our Prayer
2. Heroes And Villains
3. Barnyard
4. Do You Like Worms
5. The Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine
6. He Gives Speeches
7. Wonderful
8. Child Is Father Of The Man
9. Cabin Essence
10. Look
11. Good Vibrations
12. I Wanna Be Around/Friday Night
13. Vega-Tables
14. Wind Chimes
15. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
16. I Love To Say Da Da
17. You're Welcome
18. Surf's Up

Download: mediafire

Bruce Springsteen - 08/09/1978 - The Agora, Cleveland, OH (Crystal Cat’s Agora Night)

There's something about this bootleg that I haven't been able to stop listening to for about 2 years. The entire concert is extremely powerful from start to finish. This is the absolutely most intense version of Backstreets I've ever heard. When I used to still have a car and work nights, every night after I'd finish up work around 11 pm, I would throw on this bootleg, and spend a few hours driving through the country blasting this from start to finish. I don't think I've ever heard a better concert recording of anyone. Highly, highly recommended, though unfortunately it's not just for trippers.

Tracklist:
1. Summertime Blues
2. Badlands
3. Spirit In The Night
4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. Factory
6. Promised Land
7. Prove It All Night
8. Racing In The Street
9. Thunder Road
10. Jungleland
11. Paradise By The C
12. Fire
13. Sherry Darlin'
14. Not Fade Away - Gloria - She's The One
15. Growin' Up
16. Backstreets
17. Rosalita
18. 4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy)
19. Born To Run
20. Because The Night
21. Raise Your Hand
22. Twist And Shout

Download: megaupload

For more bootlegs of Bruce Springsteen, visit: The Bruce Springsteen Bootleg Index

Sparklehorse Live in Milan 22/05/2007 Video

Some of the videos are cut a little short but it's still cool to have video footage on almost an entire concert.

Blue - Another Night Time Flight (1977)

Blue's 1977 album. Produced by Elton John and Clive Franks for Elton John's Rocket Record label, and for whatever reason it wasn't a huge hit. Though nothing on this album is particularly mind-blowing, it's still a very enjoyable collection of 1970's pop-rock. This is another record from The King Of Trades.

Tracklist:
1. Another Night Time Flight
2. Fantasy
3. Women
4. The Shepherd
5. Strange Thing
6. Bring Back The Love
7. I'm Alone
8. Tired Of Loving You
9. Capture Your Heart
10. I Understand

Download: mediafire

Gary U.S. Bonds - Dedication (1981)

1981 rock n roll comeback album. Produced by Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt, and Garry Tallent. The E Street band plays all the backing music, and Gary US Bonds and Bruce Springsteen share the lead vocals on Jole Blon. Bruce Springsteen also gets writing credits on 3 of the tracks. The whole record sounds like a Darkness-era E Street record, most of the songs would have fit right in with the recent The Promise: Darkness Outtakes album.

Tracklist:
1. Jole Blon
2. This Little Girl
3. Your Love
4. Dedication
5. Daddy's Come Home
6. It's Only Love
7. The Pretender
8. Way Back When
9. From A Buick 6
10. Just Like A Child

Download: mediafire

The Beach Boys Feb 5th 2011 (almost) reunion

I got the day off work today, and after a busy weekend (and a little hung over from the Heritage Classic yesterday) I decided to just stay in today and waste time on youtube.

Al Jardine and John Stamos joined Mike Love's Beach Boys band for a celebration of Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday. The performance seems kind of weak and if they actually end up doing a 50th anniversary tour, this kind of makes me worry.

Real Estate - Real Estate (2009)

One of my favorite albums of 2009. Lo-fi surf stuff. I listened to this album a ton in the spring of 2010 and it's still great.

Tracklist:
1. Beach Comber
2. Pool Swimmers
3. Suburban Dogs
4. Black Lake
5. Atlantic City
6. Fake Blues
7. Green River
8. Suburban Beverage
9. Let's Rock The Beach
10. Snow Days

Download: mediafire

Roxy Music - Avalon (1982)

Roxy Music's final, and almost most commercially well known album. I think "More Than This" is probably on every single "greatest hits of the 80's" album ever. This albums a lot softer and lush than the bands early avante-pop. It's a really great textured synth-pop album though, and a great way to finish the band's career.

Tracklist:
1. More Than This
2. The Space Between
3. Avalon
4. India
5. While My Hearts Still Beating
6. The Main Thing
7. Take A Chance With Me
8. To Turn You On
9. True To Life
10. Tara

Download: mediafire

Various Artists - Psych-Out Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1968)

Soundtrack to Dick Clark's 1968 movie Psych-Out. I've never seen the movie but this is a pretty rad soundtrack.

The tracklist on the album, gives credit to four bands: The Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Seeds, Boenzee Cryque, and The Storybook. All of these bands were popular bands in the 1960's, with the exception of The Storybook, who were created by Rick Stein for the Psych-Out movie and this soundtrack, and all their songs may have been actually recorded by The Strawberry Alarm Clock. The first song on this album "The Pretty Song From Psych-Out" is credited to The Storybook, however a writing credit is given to S.A. Clock, and the song also appears on The Strawberry Alarm Clock's first album. The other four Storybook cuts on this album sound so similar to The Strawberry Alarm Clock that they're either clones of The Clock, or recorded by The Clock under a fake name.

Tracklist:
1. The Storybook - The Pretty Song From Psych-Out
2. The Strawberry Alarm Clock - Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow
3. The Seeds - Two Fingers Pointing On You
4. Boenzee Cryque - Ashbury Wednesday
5. The Strawberry Alarm Clock - The World's On Fire
6. The Storybook - Psych-Out Sanctorum
7. The Storybook -Beads Of Innocence
8. The Storybook - The Love Children
9. The Storybook - Psych-Out
10. The Strawberry Alarm Clock - The World's On Fire (Long Version)

Download: mediafire

The Tetraktys - Lime (2010)

Newest album from local tripper Barnaby Bennett's The Teraktys. When I listen to this I feel like I'm on a magic carpet ride through kaleidescopic mushroom pillows, and when the smoke clears, the story continues to carry me through corridors and pathways paved with marmalade daisies which lead me to the doors of perception where I'm inter-spiritually connected with Robert Anton Wilson and Tandyn Almer and we skip through platypus fields to the whimsical gates. On the other side of the gates I'm left with a trembling desire to pursue the afterglow of the ever present love machine. This receives a Certified Tripper Seal of Approval.

Free download: http://thetetraktys.bandcamp.com/

The Beach Boys - Rarities (1983)

1983 compilation of rare covers, b-sides, out-takes, and alternate takes of familiar songs.

Tracklist:
1. With A Little Help From My Friends
2. The Letter
3. I Was Made To Love Her
4. You're Welcome
5. The Lord's Prayer
6. Blue Birds Over The Mountain
7. Celebrate The News
8. Good Vibrations
9. Land Ahoy
10. In My Room
11. Cotton Fields
12. All I Want To Do
13. Auld Lang Syne

Download: mediafire

Mitch Ryder - The Detroit-Memphis Experiment (1969)

1969 album by Detroit blue-eyed soul singer Mitch Ryder. On this album, Mitch went to Memphis to record with Booker T & The MG's.

Bruce Springsteen's been covering "Raise Your Hand" for years, and during the Working On A Dream tour, the band entered the stage to the Mitch Ryder version of "Raise Your Hand".

Tracklist:
1. Liberty
2. Eenie Meenie Minie Moe
3. Boredom
4. Push Aroun'
5. Sugar Bee
6. I Get Hot
7. I Believe (There Must Be Someone)
8. Direct Me
9. Long Long Time
10. Raise Your Hand
11. Wear And Tear On My Heart
12. Meat

Download: mediafire

The Association - Stop Your Motor (1971)

1971 album by The Association. I guess when the album came out, it sounded dated, but I really like it. It has more of a country vibe than anything else I've heard from The Association, and I really like the cover of Jimmy Webb's P.F. Sloan

Tracklist:
1. Bring Yourself Home
2. Funny Kind Of Song
3. That's Racin'
4. P.F. Sloan
5. Silver Morning
6. It's Gotta Be Real
7. The First Sound
8. Along The Way
9. Travelers Guide (Spanish Flyer)
10. Seven Virgins

Download: mediafire

Archers Of Loaf - Vee Vee (1995)

Archers of Loaf's second album.Classic 1990's indie rock.

Tracklist:
1. Step Into The Light
2. Harnessed In Slums
3. Nevermind The Enemy
4. Greatest Of All Time
5. Underdogs Of Nipomo
6. Floating Friends
7. 1985
8. Fabricoh
9. Nostalgia
10. Let The Loser Melt
11. Death In The Park
12. The Worst Has Yet To Come
13. Underachievers March And Fight Song

Download: mediafire

The Fat Boys - The Fat Boys Are Back (1985)

Another gem hidden at the King of Trade in Medicine Hat. Sophomore album from Brooklyn's Fat Boys. Though often regarded as nothing more than a novelty act because well, the 3 members weighed in at over a combined 750 pounds, they called themselves The Fat Boys, and rapped about being fat, they actually had impeccable rapping technique.

Tracklist:
1. The Fat Boys Are Back
2. Don't Be Stupid
3. Human Beat Box Pt. 2
4. Yes, Yes, Y'all
5. Hardcore Reggae
6. Pump It Up
7. Fat Boys Scratch
8. Rock-N-Roll

Download: mediafire

The Four Seasons - The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (1969)

Psychedelic concept album by The Four Seasons which casts a satirical view on American life. I wish I had full scans of the entire artwork for this album because it's some really interesting stuff. The whole album looks like a newspaper, and even comes with a pull out of a newspaper. All the articles are weird hippie anti-America articles. And there's fake baseball stats replacing actual baseball teams with bands that were popular at the time (placing The Beach Boys in last place with 1 protested win, and 198 losses). There's also a full page "Move To Watertown!" ad. "Watertown" was an LP released by Frank Sinatra, which was also written and produced by Bob Gaudio and Jake Holmes.

Unfortunately this album was a commercial failure due to the fact that it was too different from what The Four Seasons were known for, and they were too established for the hippies to get into. It is a really great psych-pop album though.


Tracklist:
1. American Crucifixion Ressurection
2. Mrs. Stately's Garden
3. Look Up Look Over
4. Somebody's On Her Mind
5. Saturday's Father
6. Wall Street Village Day
7. Genuine Imitation Life
8. Idaho
9. Wonder What You'll Be
10. Soul Of A Woman

Download: mediafire

Unreleased Sparklehorse!

I guess when Azure Ray reunited in 2009 to record their newest album, they teamed up with Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse to record a song called Silverlake. The song's pretty beautiful and sounds like a Sparklehorse song.

Saddle Creek has the song available for a free download here: http://api.saddle-creek.com/efa/013/embed.php

Emitt Rhodes - Emitt Rhodes (1970)

Debut album from songwriter Emitt Rhodes. Curt Boettcher was the mixdown engineer on this album. Just like the other Emitt Rhodes album I put up, this is a really great album of Beatles-style pop songs.


Tracklist:
1. With My Face On The Floor
2. Somebody Made For Me
3. She's Such A Beauty
4. Long Time No See
5. Lullaby
6. Fresh As A Daisy
7. Live Till You Die
8. Promises I've Made
9. You Take The Dark Out Of The Night
10. You Should Be Ashamed
11. Ever Find Yourself Runnin?
12. You Must Have

download: mediafire

Sagittarius - Blue Marble (1969)

I think this album is on almost every single blog on the internet that posts this kind of music. It's a fucking great album though. I like the version of In My Room on this more than The Beach Boys version. One of the greatest 1960's sunshine pop albums ever released in my album.  Produced by Gary Usher (who co-wrote In My Room with Brian Wilson)

Tracklist:
1. In My Room
2. From You Unto Us
3. Will You Ever See Me
4. Gladys
5. I Sing My Song
6. The Blue Marble
7. Lend Me A Smile
8. I Still Can See Your Face
9. I See In You
10. Cloud Talk

download: mediafire

Muddy Waters - Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live (1979)

1979 live album by Muddy Waters backed by Johnny Winter and his band, also produced by Johnny Winter.

Tracklist:
1. Mannish Boy
2. She's Nineteen Years Old
3. Nine Below Zero
4. Streamline Woman
5. Howling Wolf
6. Baby Please Don't Go
7. Deep Down In Florida

download: mediafire

Screamin' Jay Hawkins & Lillian Briggs - Self-titled (1962)

1962 album by Screamin' Jay Hawkins teaming up with Lillian Briggs. I frequently go to see a local blues musician named Gary Martin play at bars around the city with his band. The guys been around for ever, and is actually the nephew of the great Hubert Sumlin. He told me that once back in the day he got asked to play a gig for this touring guy named Screamin Jay Hawkins, who he had heard nothing about prior to this concert. So he shows up, sets up all his stuff and starts playing when someone rolls a coffin onto stage and Screamin Jay climbs out. Gary says he was so scared by this he packed up his stuff and left right then and there. On the first 5 tracks Screamin Jay takes the lead vocal, Lillian Briggs takes over for the rest.

Tracklist:
1. I Hear Voices
2. Handy Man Is Back In Town
3. Just Don't Care
4. Why Did You Lie?
5. Follow That Girl
6. Come Here
7. We Will Meet Again
8. Nobody Knows
9. Flying Too High
10. Dixieland Band

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Kayo Dot - Coyote (2010)

The newest album from Boston's avante-gard post-rock neo-jazz whatever the fuck you want to call it band. Pretty interesting stuff.

Tracklist:
1. Calonyction Girl
2. Whipser Ineffable
3. Abyss Hinge 1: Sleeping Birds Sighing In Roscolux
4. Abyss Hinge 2: The Shrinking Armature\Cartogram Out Of Phase

Download:  mediafire

Hey guys

I quit one of my jobs on Thursday so I'll have more time for this again without it either being a weekend or me having pneumonia.

I'm working on a few things right now but I recommend you check out my friend Drew's podcasts here: http://drewcg.podbean.com/

Emitt Rhodes - Mirror (1971)

The second solo album by Emitt Rhodes, who was commonly known as "The One Man Beatles". I've always thought this dudes stuff was pretty good, and it totally does sound like The Beatles, and fortunately enough it sounds like The Beatles stuff that I actually really like (almost like a McCartney solo album). This is one of my first times listening to this album, but I've been digging his debut album (which was produced by Curt Boettcher, and I will upload later) for the last couple years. This one's produced by Keith Olsen of Fleetwood Mac, White Snake, and The Millenium fame.

Tracklist:
1. Birthday Lady
2. Better Side Of Life
3. My Love Is Strong
4. Side We Seldom Show
5. Mirror
6. Really Wanted You
7. Meldey: Bubble Gum The Blues/I'm A Cruiser
8. Love Will Stone You
9. Golden Child Of God
10. Take You Far Away

Download: mediafire

The Beach Boys - New Album (1976)

Another bootleg of songs that might have been out-takes from the 15 Big Ones sessions. I know some of these were originally intended for the Adult Child album. Unfortunately, Eugene Landy didn't write any notes for this one.

Tracklist:
1. My Diane
2. Marilyn Rovell
3. Hey Little Tomboy
4. Ruby Baby
5. You've Lost That Loving Feeling
6. Sherry She Needs Me
7. Come Go With Me
8. Mony Mony
9. On Broadway
10. Sea Cruise
11. Help Is On The Way
12. Games Two Can Play
13. When Girls Get Together
14. Honkin Down The Highway

Download: mediafire

Jimmy Webb - Words and Music (1970)

After I posted "Letters" I got a few requests to put this up. P.F. Sloan is probably my favorite Jimmy Webb song.

Tracklist:
1. Sleeping In The Daytime
2. P.F. Sloan
3. Love Song
4. Careless Weed
5. Psalm One-Five-O
Music For An Unmade Movie In 3 Parts
6. Song Seller
7. Dorothy Chandler Blues
8. Jerusalem
9. Three Songs (Let It Be Me, Never My Love, I Wanna Be Free)
10. Once Before I Die

Download: mediafire

Bar-Kays - Soul Finger (1967)

Memphis-based Stax/Volt backing band that also functioned as a self-contained unit. Tragically this is the only album the original band released before dying in a plane crash along with Otis Redding. Produced by Booker T. Ripped from a reissue on Rhino records.

Tracklist:
1. Soul Finger
2. Knucklehead
3. With A Child's Heart
4. Bar-Kays Boogaloo
5. Theme From Hell's Angels
6. You Can't Sit Down
7. Horse Shoes
8. Pearl High
9. I Want Someone
10. Hole In The Wall
11. Don't Do That

Download: mediafire

Sailor - Checkpoint (1977)

1970's disco-pop produced by Bruce Johnston and Curt Boettcher.

Tracklist:
1. Stay With Me Now
2. Romance
3. Keep Off The Streets At Night
4. Checkpoint Charlie
5. Joe's Pianola
6. Down By The Docks
7. Put Your Mouth Where The Money Is
8. My Girl (She Knows What To Do)
9. Istanbul 6.25
10. Nothing Has Changed

Download:  mediafire

The Beach Boys - California Feeling (1976)

Bootleg of 1970's Beach Boys outtakes. It's actually credited to Carl and the Passions. Eugene Landy wrote the liner notes for this album:
 "This is California Feeling, an album of 17 previously unreleased recordings carefully selected and programmed for your listening delectation. Be mindful of the fact that although the title "California Feeling" was the proposed moniker for what was to essentially become MIU Album, this collection bares no resemblance to that album. We simply liked the title and decided to appropriate it for the little collection we've assembled here. (We'd also like to point out this collection bears no relationship to an unauthorized collection on the Making Waves Ltd. label entitled California Feeling. Perhaps they should change the name of their label to Illiterate Records.)
Our program begins with the title track, written by Brian with Steve Kalinich in late 1975. If there was ever a group qualified to sing about California feelings, it's these guys. Nuf said. "Brians Back", ostensibly a Mike solo effort (although Carl's unmistakable falsetto essentially renders this a "group effort") follows. Mike manages to be affectionate without becoming obsequious in this touching tribute to his cousin and long-time cohort and collaborator. Motifs from some of the groups earlier hits are interweaved throughout the song. If you get hard-up for a parlour game you can try picking them out.
Part of the influential fallout from the towel-head religions that were in vogue during the late sixties/early seventies was the concept of the mantra. This circular style of singing was put to use several times by the boys, and always with pleasant results. "We're Together Again" is no exception. It's a rather pretty song and was recorded circa 1970. In the mold of "Be True To Your School" (sorta) comes "Our Team", a song considered for the MIU Album but dropped at the last minute. Another song likewise dropped from that collection was "How's About A Little Bit Of Your Sweet Lovin'", a short tune barely longer than it's title.
The next song (presented here in painfully discreet stereo) is not a finished track but rather a vocal/demo of Brian imploring "I'm Begging You Please". The disturbing revelation here is that vocally there is sometimes a thin line separating Brian from Wild Man Fischer. Alan gets the spotlight on the next two numbers. His lead vocal on an unreleased version of "Santa Ana Winds" is obviously a scratch track. Note that the tracks were completely rewritten by the time the song was redone for inclusion on Keepin' The Summer Alive. Though the version included here is considerably rougher, this reviewer finds that it possesses more charm than the more refined and considerably "sweetened" officially released specimen. Brian sings the opening lines on Al's next track "Looking Down The Coast", another song with a California feeling. The side closes with another of Brian's demos, "Lazy Lizzy" is a domestic essay, the subject matter being about picking your kids up as they walk home from school. So who says ya gotta try to be deep all the time, huh? The song has something of a dirge-like quality about it and is too long and meandering but it is, as stated, only a demo.
Side two: Mike and Carl share the lead vocals on the Mamas and Papas hit "California Dreamin", the only cover song contained on this album. "Skatetown USA" was written by Al and Mike and submitted to Columbia Records for consideration for the "roller disco" film of the same name. The song lost out to a recording by Dave Mason. "Sherry She Needs Me" is interesting in that the instrumental tracks were recorded in 1965, but the vocal was recorded by Brian in 1976. The trouble is, the lyrics are dippy, even by 1965 standards. There are some phrases that just don't seem to work very well in the context of a pop song. "Sherry, don't hate her guts because she took me away" is a prime example. The basic storyline of the song is excessively naive. The singer is asking his old flame to be cool about getting ditched for some other chick, and he even goes as far as to suggest that the ditchee should consider becoming friends with her successor. This kind of logic could only come from someone who spent too much time with his feet in a sandbox; in real life socio-sexual relationships seldom resolve themselves in such a way. It's hard to find fault with the instrumental tracks, though. The music is sophisticated even by mid-seventies standards. 
The boys get heavy with "River Song" co-authored by the brothers Dennis and Carl. This quite respectable group effort preceeded the version Dennis eventually cut for his one and only released solo album. This is a rough mix, to be sure, but it packs a punch. From 1980 comes a song produced by Dennis and sung by Brian: "Stevie" was written about that airhead who sings in Fleetwood Mac.
I guess you could say that "Marylin Rovell" rates as a "personal" song for Brian, considering that the songs title was his wife's maiden name. "We Gotta Groove" is somewhat of a mystery. We don't know which of the brothers wrote it or when it was recorded. It doesn't even sound much like them (but it is). I guess this number could be described as a bombastic mantra.
This album closes with a track that, in light of the events that have since transpired, is downright scary. "Carry Me Home" is a solo effort from Dennis, the lyric content of which leads one to the conclusion that the man may have been haunted by some frighteningly and all too dreadfully accurate premonitions regarding his eventual fate. We will comment no further about it - the song speaks for itself.
So there you have it ... a generous helping of rarities finally released from the vaults. We hope you have fun fun fun listening to them!"

I picked up a pretty good batch of records over the week, and though I would like to stay home and upload more, my arms are sore now from typing all of that out, and it's Superbowl Sunday. So I'm gonna go get drunk and watch football. Even though I'm a Jets fan, I really hope Green Bay wins.

Tracklist:
1. California Feeling
2. Brian's Back
3. We're Together Again
4. Our Team
5. How's About A Little Bit Of Your Sweet Lovin
6. I'm Begging You Please
7. Santa Ana Winds
8. Looking Down The Coast
9. Lazy Lizzy
10. California Dreamin
11. Skatetown USA
12. Sherry, She Needs Me
13. River Song
14. Stevie
15. Marylin Rovell
16. We Gotta Groove
17. Carry Me Home

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Mike and Dean - Rock N Roll Again (1983)

1980's album put out by Mike Love of The Beach Boys and Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean, with special guest appearances from The Association, The Rip Chords, and Paul Revere and the Raiders, and produced by Curt Boettcher. This album's full of really cheesy covers, and it's kind of awesome. Oh, and it was an exclusive for Radioshack.

Tracklist:
1. Lightning Strikes
2. Walk Away Renee (with The Association)
3. The Letter
4. Locomotion
5. Sealed With A Kiss (with The Ripchords)
6. Sugar Shack
7. 96 Tears (with Paul Revere and The Raiders)
8. Baby Talk
9. Wild Thing
10. Da Doo Ron Ron
11. Her Boyfriend's Back

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Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast 45 (1982)

I used to fucking love Iron Maiden when I was in Jr high, and this was one of my favorite songs. I used to have the opening part where the dude talks about the number of the beast memorized. When I was at the record store the other day I found a copy of this 45 with the picture sleeve for $5 so I picked it up. It's still awesome. The b-side is a version of Remember Tomorrow recorded live in Italy.

Tracklist:
1. The Number Of The Beast
2. Remember Tomorrow (live)

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California Music - Don't Worry Baby 45 (1974)

Another California Music 45. This one's produced by Bruce Johnston and is a country cover of Don't Worry Baby with a sax solo by Steve Douglas, the b-side is a Bruce Johnston ballad about The Beach Boys called Ten Years Harmony.

Tracklist:
1. Don't Worry Baby
2. Ten Years Harmony

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Jimmy Webb - Letters (1972)

For a record I am listening to today for the first time while I rip it for you, it strikes a pretty personal chord for me. When I was younger I lived in Texas, some of the best time I ever remember having with my family was in Galveston. I have fond memories of combing the beaches with my brother and father trying to find sharks teeth. I remember the first time I went to NASA with my whole family, and I thought it was super cool because a real life astronaut came out to do a presentation and asked a question to which only my father knew the answer, and in exchange for answering the question he got an authentic patch from the Apollo mission the astronaut was on, as well as a autographed picture of the astronaut. As far as I remember, my dad still has that hanging up in his home office 16 years later. I remember the drive back from Galveston for the first time, we passed through Austin, and my dad made use stop outside of Austin so he could get a picture with the Austin City Limits sign. I kind of miss Texas, but I can't imagine who I would be if I grew up there. I was an actor and football player in the first and second grades, both of them were things I gave up when I moved to Calgary.


Not only do I have extremely fond memories of Galveston, but a couple years back I heard an outtake from Sparklehorse's "Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain" album called "Galveston", and I loved it, to this day I listen to it fairly often, and up until today I had absolutely no idea it was a Jimmy Webb cover, and I wasn't surprised, because also this morning I was listening to a radio interview of Mark Linkous on my way to work where he talked about an album he produced for Nina Perrson, that he thought sounded a lot like Jimmy Webb, so he tried to produce it to still sound like that.

Anyways, before listening to this, I had only ever heard the "Words and Music" album from Jimmy Webb, and I really did love it, but hadn't been able to track down anything else from his solo career until my latest trip to the record store on Tuesday when I found a copy of "Letters". This album also has a alternate version of "Song Seller" which is also on the "Words and Music" album.

While I write this, I'm only three tracks into the album and it's really solid. The "Love Hurts" cover is kind of lame, but the other 2 tracks have been rad. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I have been.

Also, I won $1200 on a slot machine tonight, which was also rad. And I'm a little drunk right now.

Tracklist:
1. Galveston
2. Campo de Encino
3. Love Hurts
4. Simile
5. Hurt Me Well
6. Once In The Morning
7. Catharsis
8. Song Seller
9. When Can Brown Begin
10. Piano

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Various Artists - The Music of George Gershwin (194?)

Songs of George Gershwin sung by Dinah Shore, Buddy Clark, Marion Marlowe, Jane Russell, Helen Ward, Lee Wiley, Kate Smith, Feliecia Sanders, and The Modernaires. I got pretty into Gershwin after the Brian Wilson Gershwin album came out last summer. This is one of the best Gershwin LP's I've found. I can't seem to find anything out about it online, including cover art (I'll take a picture or scan sometime). But from the sleeve/record, it was released on Harmony (HL 7050), aside from that I can't find out much else, but it's some good 1940's versions of George Gershwin classics sung by some singers that were pretty big back then. These songs remind me of what I thought of New York before I actually went there.

Tracklist:
1. Marion Marlowe - The Man I Love
2. Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark - 'S Wonderful
3. Jane Russell - Do It Again
4. The Modernaires - Bidin' My Time
5. Helen Ward - Nice Work If You Can Get It
6. Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark - Summertime
7. Lee Wiley and Bobby Hackett - I've Got A Crush On You
8. Felicia Sanders - How Long Has This Been Going On
9. Kate Smith - Somebody Loves Me
10. Dinah Shore - They Can't Take That Away From Me

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