Category Archives: LP tracks played alphabetically

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March 19, 2024

The third week of the 12 week folk-like series on Gulls Window Circus, alphabetically covering the letters D-F. Stuffed with unlikely but fitting finds, even going so far as to unearth my sister’s private press West Virginia band in 2000, The Elktones. Names that should be known to regular listeners include Delaney & Bonnie, Ned Doheny, Durutti Column, Everything But The Girl, East River Pipe, The Farmer’s Boys, Felt, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Brigitte Fontaine, Robert Forster [Go-Betweens] and Free Design. Joys for those who love to dig further would be Karen Dalton, Luther Dickinson, Donna Regina, Donnie & Joe Emerson, Fairport Convention, and Flunk. As well as uncovering my sister’s band, we hear Firecat, the 1999 Tim Sprague band(of Crow Follow – we used to play together in GingerBread Men as well). Jay Ferguson, who used to front Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne is here, Bill Fox who used to front The Mice as well. A few treats you are unlikely to have met: Grandma Dixie Davis, Terry & The Pirates [Terry Dolan], Downsiders, Family, Family Of God, Fantastic!, Emmett Finley, Flying Norwegians, and Robert Lester Folsom, each more-than earning their spot on board.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Karen Dalton	Sweet Substitute	It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best	Capitol Records
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends	Never Ending Song Of Love	Motel Shot	Run Out Groove
Luther Dickinson And The Cooperators Feat. Sharde Thomas	Shady Grove	Live 2016	New West Records
James Luther Dickinson	Relax Your Mind	Dixie Fried	Future Days Recordings
Grandma Dixie Davis	Beale Street Blues	Memphis Development Foundation Presents: Beale Street Saturday Night	Omnivore Recordings
Ned Doheny	Trail’s End	The Darkness Beyond The Fire	Tres Rosas
Terry & The Pirates	Poetrain	Wind Dancer	Rag Baby Records
Donna Regina	How Beautiful	Slow Killer	Karaoke Kalk
Downsiders	Find (We Can Hide)	All My Friends Are Fish	Mammoth Records
Durutti Column	Lies Of Mercy	Amigos Em Portugal / Dedications For Jacqueline	Fundação Atlântica
Donnie & Joe Emerson	Baby	Dreamin’ Wild	Light In The Attic
Everything But The Girl	The Dustbowl	Eden	Buzzin’ Fly Records
East River Pipe	Times Square Go-Go Boy	Shining Hours In A Can	Ajax Records
The Elktones	Mothers and Daughters	Got What It Takes	Elktones
Fairport Convention	Reynardine		Island Records
Family	The Cat And The Rat	A Song For Me	A Song For Me

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Family Of God	Everything Is Fixed	Family Of God	Family Of God
Fantastic!	Beauty Queen	Sun: What A Wonderful World!	Les Disques Aquatic
The Farmer’s Boys	Heartache	With These Hands	EMI
Felt	She Lives By The Castle	Poem Of The River	Creation Records
Firecat	Shield	Black On Black	Re-Entry Records
Jay Ferguson	Real Life Ain’t This Way	Real Life Ain’t This Way	Asylum Records
Emmett Finley	Paula’s Song	Emmett Finley	Big Potato Records
The Flying Burrito Brothers	Border Town	Live At The Bottom Line NYC 1976	Liberation Hall
Flunk	Diet Of Water And Love	Personal Stereo	Beatservice Records
Flying Norwegians	Turn The Page	Wounded Bird	Apollon Records
Robert Lester Folsom	April Suzanne	Music And Dreams	Anthology Recordings
Brigitte Fontaine	Brigitte	Brigitte Fontaine	Superior Viaduct
Robert Forster	Atlanta Lie Low	Calling From A Country Phone	Needle Mythology
Bill Fox	Saga of Bus Station Joe & Rag Luck Annie	Transit Byzantium	Scat Records
Free Design	If I Were A Carpenter	Raindrops	Siesta

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March 12, 2024

The second week of the 12 week folk-like series on Gulls Window Circus. Last week the closing Michael Chapman track was cut short, so today I start with a different track by him. Then you get 15 tracks I uncovered since last week that precede ‘Ch’ in the alphabet. As I said last week, every track has a story as well as telling a story. Darryl Blood was the guitarist in my 90s band Turkish Delight, Beth Capper was vocalist in Oiler. Seana Carmody was in Swirlies. The City was Carole King’s band before going solo. The Colour Field was Terry Hall from The Specials/Fun Boy Three, and also includes Teardrop Explodes drummer Gary Dwyer. Hugh Cornwell was vocal/guitar in The Stranglers. Sarah Cracknell is vocalist for Saint Etienne. Each track gleams in this show.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Michael Chapman	The Aviator	Fully Qualified Survivor	Light In The Attic
Kevin Ayers	Eleanor’s Cake (Which Ate Her)	Original Album Series	Parlophone UK
Alice Babs And The Swe-Danes	Muskrat Ramble	Alice Babs And The Swe-Danes	Harkit Records
Sandra Bell	Willow	City Of Sorrows	VHF Records
Belle And Sebastian	There Is An Everlasting Song	How To Solve Our Human Problems	Matador
Birdie	Port Sunlight	Some Dusty	it Records
Darryl Blood	Stool Pigeon	This Isn’t Goodbye	Bluesanct
Françoiz Breut	Derrière Le Grand Filtre	Vingt A Trente Mille Jours	Labels
Brideshead	Hidden Talents	Some People Have All The Fun	Marsh-Marigold
Beth Capper	This Is Love	Complimentary Mood Enhancer (Presents The Original Soundtrack For The Motion Picture “Wig-Lickers” Based On The True Story Of Trigger)	WIN Records
Bobby Charles	Tennessee Blues	Bobby Charles	Light In The Attic
Gerry Cinnamon	War Song Soldier	The Bonny	Little Runaway Records
Gerry Cinnamon	Every Man’s Truth	The Bonny	Little Runaway Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Seana Carmody	Smoking In The Dark	Struts & Shocks	Kimchee Records
Karen Carpenter	All Because Of You	Karen Carpenter	A&M Records
Cessna	Summer Boy, Winter Girl	The Loves Longings And Regrets Of Cessna	Radio Khartoum
The City	Now That Everything’s Been Said	Now That Everything’s Been Said	Light In The Attic
Gene Clark	Till Today	Gene Clark Sings For You	Omnivore Recordings
The Clingers	Blackbird	Soft Bodies, Hard Rock.	Area251 Records
Codeine	Something New	Dessau	Numero Group
Colorsound	Olympic White	You’re Only As Good As Your Sound	Summershine
The Colour Field	Hammond Song	Virgins And Philistines	Chrysalis
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen	Seeds And Stems (Again)	Live In San Francisco 1971	Sundazed Music
Hugh Cornwell	All The Tea In China	Wolf	Virgin
The Coronets	Watching TV	Veld: 20th Anniversary Edition	Harriet Records
Country Joe And The Fish	Away Bounce My Bubbles	Together	Vanguard
Sarah Cracknell	The Mutineer	Kites	Cherry Red
Crazy Horse	Fair Weather Friend	Loose	Reprise Records
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Poorboy Shuffle	Willy And The Poor Boys	Fantasy

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March 5, 2024

The start of a new 12 week series on Gulls Window Circus, loosely called ‘folk-like’. The series runs alphabetically and includes tracks that have folk-like qualities, some based on acoustic guitars, some related to the strumming structure. The choices include tracks I like from many genres and eras having a folk-like feel. If you are not a fan of folk, you may find you love this series. If you ARE a fan of folk you may question some choices, but enjoy all. I’m not sure how to summarize this week, as each track was singularly chosen and demands the presence your ears. Let’s get started!

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Airport Girl	Home On The Range	Honey, I’m An Artist	Fortuna Pop!
America	How Long (Demo – Chalk Farm Studios, 1970)	Highlights From Heritage: Home Recordings/Demos 1970-1973	Omnivore Recordings
The Association	On A Quiet Night	Insight Out	Warner Bros. Records
Aztec Camera	Down The Dip	High Land, Hard Rain	Domino
The Band	Rockin’ Chair	The Band	Capitol Records
Syd Barrett	Dark Globe	The Madcap Laughs / Barrett	Harvest
Batteaux	Mirror	Batteaux	Be With Records
The Beau Brummels	Sad Little Girl	From The Vaults	Rhino Records
Chris Bell	You And Your Sister	I Am The Cosmos	Omnivore Recordings
Big Front Yard	In Your Wagon	Big Front Yard	Thylacine Records
Big Star	I’m In Love With A Girl	Radio City	Craft Recordings
Karen Black	Babe Oh Babe	Dreaming Of You (1971-76)	Anthology Recordings
The Bluebells	Aim In Life	Sisters	Past Night From Glasgow
Romain Azzaro	Green Line	La Vita Non E Un Film	Rotary Phono Lab
Colin Blunstone	Misty Roses	One Year	Sundazed Music
BMX Bandits	Smile For Me	Star Wars	Past Night From Glasgow

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Bowes Road Band	I Hear A Knocking	Back In The HCA	Jakarta Records
David Bowie	The Bewlay Brothers	Hunky Dory	RCA Victor
Anne Briggs	Step Right Up	The Time Has Come	Earth
Jeff Buckley	Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’	You And I	Columbia
Tim Buckley	Lady, Give Me Your Key	Lady, Give Me Your Key	Future Days Recordings
Buffalo Springfield	I Am A Child	Retrospective – The Best Of Buffalo Springfield	Rhino Records
Vashti Bunyan	I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind	Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Singles And Demos 1964 To 1967)	Dicristina Stair Builders
The Butterfield Blues Band	Keep Moving	Keep On Moving	Elektra
The Byrds	I Knew I’d Want You	Mr. Tambourine Man	Music On Vinyl
Chris Cacavas And Junk Yard Love	Jukebox Lullabye	Chris Cacavas And Junk Yard Love	Heyday Records
Caedmon	Maker Man	Caedmon	Guerssen
J.J. Cale	Devil’s Nurse	Closer To You	Because Music
Eddie Callahan	Where Will We Be Tomorrow	False Ego	Time-Lag Records
Captain Beyond	Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Time Since Come And Gone)	Captain Beyond	Capricorn Records
Michael Chapman	Naked Ladies And Electric Ragtime	Fully Qualified Survivor	Light In The Attic

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January 30, 2024

The sixth week of the 8 week Gulls Window Circus hard rock series covers the letters N-S alphabetically, with stops such as pre-The New York Dolls band Actress, post Milk ‘n’ Cookies Ian North, Dwarve’s side-project Penetration Moon, pre-Chesterfield Kings Greg Prevost, pre-The Sound band Second Layer, pre-Detective band Silverhead, pre-Adverts band Sleaze, two versions of The Stooges track 1969 [by The Sisters Of Mercy and Joey Ramone], speaking of, a track from the often neglected ‘Instinct’-era Iggy Pop, the often-hated Sigue Sigue Sputnik shines, a Kiss cover by Redd Kross, latest PiL, and must-hear tracks by Out Of Band Experience, Novak, Planchettes, Ratcat, The Reactors, Shadow 15, Sic F*cks, Sixteen Deluxe, and Skeletal Family.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The New York Dolls	It’s Too Late	Actress: Birth Of The New York Dolls	Get Back
Ian North	Tran-Sister	Neo	Metronome
Novak	Real Cool Guy	Dumb Records: 1977-1979	Athena Records
No Direction	All Night Long	No Direction	Rerun Records
Out Of Band Experience	Genius	Call Now! 1-800-OUT-BAND	Immortal Records
Penetration Moon	It’s A Wonderful Life Of Crime	Penetration Moon	Burger Records
Planchettes	(You’re Just Like) Everybody Else	The Truth	Rise Above Records
Iggy Pop	Tom Tom	Instinct	A&M Records
Pop Will Eat Itself	Grebo Guru	Box Frenzy	Rough Trade
Greg Prevost	Hey Mister	Vintage Violence: Barbaric, Crude & Primitive 1975-1979	Mean Disposition
PiL	The Do That	End Of World	PiL Official
Punishment Of Luxury	All White Jack	Laughing Academy	United Artists Records
Joey Ramone	I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up)	Don’t Worry About Me	INgrooves
Ratcat	Everything Is Happening Again	This Nightmare	Waterfront Records
The Reactors	Seduction Center	Half-Life!	Rave Up Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Redd Kross	Deuce	Teen Babes From Monsanto	Gasatanka Records
Rema-Rema	Rema-Rema (Renegade Soundmachine Mix)	What You Could Not Visualise	Le Coq Musique
Mike Rep And The Quotas	Rockstar	Hellbender	HoZac Records
The Runaways	Black Leather	And Now… The Runaways!	Mercury
Shadow 15	Just Like Before	Days of Innocence 1983-85	Beat Generation
Second Layer	I Need Noise	Courts Or Wars	1972
Sigue Sigue Sputnik	Massive Retaliation	Flaunt It	Manhattan Records
Sic F*cks	Rock Or Die	Sic F*cks	Sozyamuda Records
Silverhead	Bright Light	16 And Savaged	MCA Records
The Sisters Of Mercy	1969	Alice	Merciful Release
Joey Ramone	1969	Don’t Worry About Me	INgrooves
Sixteen Deluxe	Idea	Backfeed Magnetbabe	Trance Syndicate Records
Skeletal Family	Promised Land	The Singles Plus 1983 – 85	Graveface Records
Sleaze	Dum De Dum	Sleaze	Sing Sing Records

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January 16, 2024

Fifth week of 8 in the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series covers the letters L-N. Several bands follow the artist from very popular previous bands [Screaming Trees > Mark Lanegan Band , Psychedelic Furs > Love Spit Love, Dead Boys > Lords Of The New Church, Nymphs > Inger Lorre, Codeine, Come, Volcano Sounds > The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, Hanoi Rocks > Michael Monroe, Husker Du > Bob Mould], a few of the artists went on to bigger fame in subsequent bands [The Living > Guns ‘n Roses, The Mike Gunn > Charalambides, Mother Love Bone > Green River > Pearl Jam]. All songs have mentionable aspects, but I want to draw your attention to the Menace Dement track, the fact that Map Of Africa is re-edit wizard DJ Harvey, and Manikins, who were formed as Cheap Nasties in Australia.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
John Du Cann	Don’t Talk	The World’s Not Big Enough	Just Add Water
E. Coli	Permafrost	To Drool	Triple X Records
Fanny Kaplan	The Reason To Cover Self Up	Fanny Kaplan	Inflammable Material
Fields Of The Nephilim	Chord Of Souls	The Nephilim	Beggars Banquet
Flesh D-Vice	Color Me Gone	Some Bloodstained Morning	Jayrem Records
Ace Frehley	She	Origins Vol.2	eOne
Girlschool	Race With The Devil	Demolition	Renaissance Records
Giuda	Overdrive	E. V. A.	Burger Records
The Godfathers	Tell Me Why	Birth, School, Work, Death	Epic
Gorillas	Foxy Lady	Message To The World	Damaged Goods
The Gordons	Laughing Now	The Gordons	1972
Grand Funk Railroad	In Need	Grand Funk	Capitol Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Green River	Together We’ll Never	Dry As A Bone	Sub Pop
Gruntruck	Follow	Push	Real Gone Music
Hanoi Rocks	Lost In The City	The Best Of Hanoi Rocks	Lick Records
The Haskels	Walk To The Beach	The Haskels	Splunge Communications Inc.
The Harry Von Zells	Stardom Because	Play It Backwards	Igor Records
Hitmen	Death Grip	Hitmen	WEA
Hollywood Brats	Chez Maximes	Hollywood Brats	Get Back
The Hollywood Stars	So Blue	Sound City	Liberation Hall
Ill Repute	Beware	Transition	Mystic Records
Iron Prostate	Hell Toupee	Loud, Fast, And Aging Rapidly	Skreamin’ Skull Records
Ivy Green	I’m Sure We’re Gonna Make It	Ivy Green	Pseudonym
Tommy Jay	I’ve Been Waiting For You	Tommy Jay’s Tall Tales Of Trauma	Assophon Records
Joneses	Good From Far	Jonesin’ Discography Vol. 2	Projectile Platters
Killing Joke	Wardance	Killing Joke	Spinefarm Records
King’s X	Fade	Tape Head	Svart Records

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January 9, 2024

In this third week of the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series, we leave the 70s (after the first 4 songs, overflows from last week), letting the sound endure through time. It is in these coming weeks that amazing discoveries will be made. Hard rock by artists you might never expect to have dabbled in these waters. Special attention to Baby Grande (Steve Kilby pre-Church), Corpse Grinders, Arthur Kane (post-New York Dolls), Dark Carnival (Niagara, post-Destroy All Monsters). Every track has earned its place, details given after each 3 song set.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Terry Stamp	Itchy Feet	Fatsticks	Just Add Water
Status Quo	Is It Really Me / Gotta Go Home	The Rest Of Status Quo	Music On Vinyl
Sweet	Cockroach (Munich Mix)	Give Us A Wink (Alternative Mixes And Demos)	Sound City Records
The Third Power	Like Me Love Me	Believe	Future Days Recordings
Alien Sex Fiend	I’m Not Mad	Who’s Been Sleeping In My Brain	Anagram Records
Asteroid B-612	Believe It’s True	Not Meant For This World!	Bang! Records
Bakamono	This Is An Unreinforced Masonry Building	The Cry Of The Turkish Fig Peddler	Priority Records
Banned From Chicago	Dear Ron	1978	Alona’s Dream Records
The Batfish Boys	Not Enough Blue	Lurve: Some Kinda Flashback	Twilight Records
Stiv Bator	You Must Be A Witch	Do You Believe In Magyk?	Easy Action
The Beasts Of Bourbon	Drop Out	The Axeman’s Jazz	Big Time

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Blackwater Holylight	Wave Of Conscience	Blackwater Holylight	RidingEasy Records
The Buck Pets	How Delicious She Looks	The Buck Pets	Island Records
Chainsaw Kittens	Heartcatchthump	Chainsaw Kittens	Jett Plastic Recordings
Charlie ‘Ungry	Who Is My Killer?	The Chester Road Album	Rave Up Records
Baby Grande	Pure, White, & Deadly	Baby Grande	HoZac Records
Christian Death	Resurrection – Sixth Communion	Only Theatre Of Pain	Frontier Records
Clinic	Fantasy Island	Fantasy Island	Domino
Corpse Grinders	City Rocker	Grind On	Rave Up Records
Eddie Criss Group	Killer	Undertaker	HoZac Records
The Cult	Dreamtime	Dreamtime / Dreamtime Live At The Lyceum	Beggars Banquet
The Damned	Motorcycle Man	Darkadelic	Ear Music
Dark Carnival	Let There Be Dark	The Last Great Ride	Sympathy For The Record Industry
Avis Davis	Miss Ya	Love Junky	Innovative Communication
The Donnas	It Takes One To Know One	Gold Medal	Real Gone Music

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January 2, 2024

Second week of 8 in the hard rock series. This week completes the original 70s artists (and adds a Gulls Window Circus favorite: alphabetization). Next week we will move on to bands that honor this sound in post-70s recordings. In this show there are only 4 well-known artists, with obscure tracks carefully chosen [Black Sabbath, Cactus, Frampton’s Camel, Spooky Tooth]. Outside of that, many fine discoveries to start the new year with, setting the stage for 6 more weeks of unexpected finds.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Angel	Can You Feel It	On Earth As It Is In Heaven	Casablanca
Bang	My Window	The Best Of Bang	Ripple Music
Barnabus	The War Drags On	Beginning To Unwind	Rise Above Relics
Blackfoot	Road Fever	Strikes	Friday Music
Black Sabbath	Dirty Woman	Technical Ecstasy	BMG
Cactus	Let Me Swim	Cactus	Real Gone Music
Christopher	The Great Clock	What’cha Gonna Do?	Lion Productions
Detective	Tear Jerker	It Takes One To Know One	Swan Song
The Dregs	Cruise Control	Unsung Heroes	Arista
Frampton’s Camel	White Sugar	Frampton’s Camel	A&M Records
Fuzzy Duck	In Our Time	Fuzzy Duck	Be With Records
Jo Jo Gunne	Getaway	Jumpin’ The Gunne	Asylum Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Kannibal Komix	Neurotic Reaction	Kannibal Komix	ViNiLiSSSiMO
Leaf Hound	Freelance Fiend	Growers Of Mushroom	Repertoire Records
Mother Trucker	Rock N’ Roll Lady	Mother Trucker	Sundazed Music
Noah	Goodbye Earth	Brain Suck	Guerssen
Odyssey	Got To Feel It	Setting Forth	Lion Productions
Pandora	Only Seventeen	Space Amazon	Supreme Echo
Parish Hall	Skid Row Runner	Parish Hall	Craft Recordings
Pavlov’s Dog	Song Dance	Pampered Menial	ABC Records
Power Of Zeus	It Couldn’t Be Me	The Gospel According To Zeus	Mr Bongo
Raven	War With Your Soul	Back To Ohio Blues	Permanent Records
Someone’s Band	Country Ride	Someone’s Band	Sunbeam Records
Spooky Tooth	Evil Woman	Spooky Two	A&M Records