December 27, 2022
A CD spinning’ show: Buried among a clutch of songs so good you might think they are covers, are 2 covers that are good – Artful Dodger doing Eddie Cochran and Cherie Currie & Brie Darling doing T.Rex, both to stunning effect. The Curt Boettcher produced single by TV actress Cindy Malone (Batman, Bewitched, Love American Style) is great, and the Peter Bagge band Can You Imagine? are as well. Oiler vocalist Beth Capper needs to be heard, as does Atomic Rooster guitarist John Du Cann. Thanks to Harriet Records (recent release High Rise Group is here) for introducing Gulls Window Circus to the Pittsburgh label Igor Records, which you will hear with Bone Of Contention and Minimalist Love Gods. The ones I didn’t mention? If I had written this 5 minutes ago or 5 minutes from not maybe they would have been the track’s I’d mention: listen to all.
Listen to this show – Part Two appears further down the page
| Artist | Song | Release | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artful Dodger | C’Mon Everybody | The Complete Columbia Recordings | Real Gone Music |
| Benett | All Of Me | Welcome To The Jungle | March Records |
| Band Of Outsiders | Red Eye Blues | Sound Beach Time | Hanky Panky Records |
| Badfinger | Why Don’t We Talk | Badfinger | Real Gone Music |
| BPA | No Heat | Maybe Use My Knife 1980-1986 | Shake It! Records |
| The Bangles | Walking Down Your Street | Live In New York | Vogon |
| Cindy Malone | You Were Near Me | Curt Boettcher & Friends – Looking For The Sun | High Moon Records |
| Lloyd Cole And The Commotions | You Will Never Be No Good | 1984-1989 | Capitol Records |
| Clear Light | Sand | Clear Light | Collectors’ Choice Music |
| Churchill’s | Straight People | Churchill’s = צ’רצ’ילים | Third Ear |
| Certain General | Sell-Out | Signals From The Source | CBGB |
| Cheese Borger And The Cleveland Steamers | Chatterin’ Monkeys | Terminal | Smog Veil Records |
| Cherie Currie & Brie Darling | The Motivator | The Motivator | Blue Élan Records |
| Cycle | Father of Time | Cosmic Clouds | Rise Above Relics |
| Artist | Song | Release | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can You Imagine? | Drive | Can You Imagine? | Can You Imagine? |
| Beth Capper | Disharmonious Angel | Complimentary Mood Enhancer (Presents The Original Soundtrack For The Motion Picture “Wig-Lickers” Based On The True Story Of Trigger) | WIN Records |
| Ned Doheny | Too Late For Love | The Darkness Beyond The Fire | Tres Rosas |
| Downsiders | I Wanna Drive | All My Friends Are Fish | Mammoth Records |
| Willy DeVille | Assassin Of Love | Miracle | Raven Records |
| John Du Cann | Only One Night | The World’s Not Big Enough | Angel Air Records |
| East River Pipe | Axl Or Iggy | Shining Hours In A Can | Ajax Records |
| Maggie Estep | Even If | No More Mister Nice Girl | Imago |
| Fanny Walked The Earth | Lured Away | Fanny Walked The Earth | Blue Élan Records |
| Faz Waltz | Boogaloo Boots | Callin’ Loud | Contra Records |
| The Flames | Do You Love It | The Flames | Narmer Records |
| Bone Of Contention | Don’t Ask Me | Fun | Igor Records |
| Minimalist Love Gods | Garden Spot | Devolver | Igor Records |
| The Hawks | Big Store | Un-Scene! Post Punk Birmingham 1978-1982 | Easy Action |
| High Risk Group | Tapped | Seconds Away | Harriet Records |