Coming Up: "Elvis On Tour" Box Set
Out in December. Order now from Amazon.
Details:
Elvis On Tour is a 6 CD + 1 Blu-ray box set comprised of the audio from four of the shows (and two rehearsal)s that were part of Elvis’ 1972 North American tour. Originally recorded for the Elvis On Tour concert film that was released later that year, the set features a total of 145 tracks, including 91 tracks that have been previously unreleased, as well as the award-winning concert film on Blu-ray.
Track list:
Disc: 1
1 April 9, 1972 - Hampton Roads
2 Introduction Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
3 See See Rider
4 I Got a Woman / Amen
5 Never Been to Spain
6 You Gave Me a Mountain
7 Until It's Time for You to Go
8 Polk Salad Annie
9 Love Me
10 All Shook Up
11 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
12 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
13 I Can't Stop Loving You
14 Hound Dog
15 Bridge Over Troubled Water
16 Suspicious Minds
17 For the Good Times
18 Introductions
19 American Trilogy
20 Love Me Tender
21 A Big Hunk O' Love
22 How Great Thou Art
23 Sweet, Sweet Spirit
24 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
25 Can't Help Falling in Love
26 Closing Vamp
Disc: 2
1 * April 10, 1972 - Richmond
2 Introduction Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
3 See See Rider
4 Proud Mary
5 Never Been to Spain
6 You Gave Me a Mountain
7 Until It's Time for You to Go
8 Polk Salad Annie
9 Love Me
10 All Shook Up
11 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
12 Heartbreak Hotel
13 Hound Dog
14 Bridge Over Troubled Water
15 Love Me Tender
16 It's Over
17 Suspicious Minds
18 Introductions
19 For the Good Times
20 I Can't Stop Loving You
21 American Trilogy
22 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
23 Funny How Time Slips Away
24 Can't Help Falling in Love
25 Closing Vamp
Disc: 3
1 * April 14, 1972 - Greensboro
2 Introduction Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
3 See See Rider
4 Proud Mary
5 Never Been to Spain
6 You Gave Me a Mountain
7 Until It's Time for You to Go
8 Polk Salad Annie
9 Love Me
10 All Shook Up
11 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
12 Hound Dog
13 Heartbreak Hotel
14 A Big Hunk O' Love
15 Bridge Over Troubled Water
16 Suspicious Minds
17 Love Me Tender
18 Introductions
19 For the Good Times
20 American Trilogy
21 Burning Love
22 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)
23 Funny How Time Slips Away
24 Can't Help Falling in Love
25 Closing Vamp
Disc: 4
1 * April 18, 1972 - San Antonio
2 Introduction Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
3 See See Rider
4 Proud Mary
5 Never Been to Spain
6 You Gave Me a Mountain
7 Until It's Time for You to Go
8 Polk Salad Annie
9 Love Me
10 All Shook Up
11 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
12 Heartbreak Hotel
13 Hound Dog
14 How Great Thou Art
15 I Can't Stop Loving You
16 Love Me Tender
17 Suspicious Minds
18 Introductions
19 For the Good Times
20 Burning Love
21 American Trilogy
22 Funny How Time Slips Away
23 Can't Help Falling in Love
24 Closing Vamp
Disc: 5
1 * March 30 & 31, 1972. Rehearsals at Rca's Studio
2 Burning Love (Incomplete)
3 Burning Love
4 Burning Love
5 For the Good Times (Incomplete)
6 For the Good Times (Incomplete)
7 For the Good Times
8 For the Good Times
9 For the Good Times
10 El Paso (Fragment)
11 For the Good Times (Incomplete)
12 For the Good Times
13 Johnny B Goode
14 Always on My Mind (Incomplete)
15 Always on My Mind (Incomplete)
16 Always on My Mind
17 Separate Ways
18 Separate Ways
19 Proud Mary
20 Never Been to Spain
21 You Gave Me a Mountain (Incomplete)
22 Until It's Time for Me to Go
23 Polk Salad Annie
24 Love Me
Disc: 6
1 * March 31, 1972. Rehearsals at Rca's Studio
2 All Shook Up
3 Heartbreak Hotel
4 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
5 Hound Dog
6 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
7 A Big Hunk O'Love
8 A Big Hunk O'Love
9 See See Rider
10 For the Good Times
11 For the Good Times (Incomplete)
12 For the Good Times
13 Funny How Time Slips Away
14 Burning Love
15 Help Me Make It Through the Night
16 Can't Help Falling in Love
17 Young and Beautiful
18 Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
19 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)
20 See See Rider
21 Proud Mary
22 Never Been to Spain
23 I, John
24 Bosom of Abraham
25 You Better Run
26 Lead Me, Guide Me
27 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Nearer My God to Thee
Hot Trax '72: Jermaine Jackson! Nilsson! Steve and Edyie with the Osmonds! More!
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Pop Culture Roundup: Batman! Harlem Globetrotters! Roxy Music! More!
ITEM! Check out the weird, wild retro art of Ryan Heshka.
ITEM! The second season of HBO Max's "Batman: The Audio Adventures" debuts in October.
ITEM! An upcoming issue of Dynamite Comics' Savage Tales anthology will feature works by recent graduates of the Kubert School, founded by the great artist Joe Kubert back in the 1970s.
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Pop Diary: Bad Sisters, Orson Welles, Don Perlin
What I'm digging these days...
"Bad Sisters." This dark who-done-it, set in Ireland, is hilarious, disturbing and thought provoking all at once. Developed by the brilliantly funny Sharon Horgan ("Catastrophe" and more), it focuses on four sisters scheming to kill the husband of a fifth.
We know from the first episode that the vile misogynist John Paul is dead, but it's not clear exactly how he died. The show's action switches back-and-forth between the past and present. Flashbacks reveal the depths of John Paul's emotional abuse of not just his own wife, but of all the Garvey sisters. The present-day scenes, meanwhile, center on the clan's desperate efforts to cover up the facts of John Paul's apparent murder from a zealous insurance adjuster who's eager not pay out on a life insurance policy.
The more we see of John Paul's behavior, the more we learn about all the ways in which men can diminish and mistreat women. Our sympathy for the sisters grows, even as wince at some of their foiled, Wiley E. Coyote-like attempts to kill off the bad guy. How John Paul dies is as big a mystery as who killed him. The rapport between the five actresses playing the Garvey sisters is delightful, even as their behavior grows more dastardly.
Apple TV+ is doling out new episodes weekly and each one instantly leaves you wanting more.
Orson Welles. Our neighborhood cinema is in the midst of a Welles retrospective, featuring 35mm screenings of several of his films. So far, we've seen the funnier-than-I-remembered "The Magnificent Ambersons" (I recalled it as pretty, but somewhat slow) and the more-bonkers-than-I-remembered "The Lady from Shanghai" (I remembered it as grim, dark and perverse, but this time I was captivated by the over-the-top, near-camp performances by Everett Sloane and Glenn Anders, not to mention Welles' hilarious Irish brogue). Repeated viewings, particularly on the big screen, can reveal new layers even to familiar films, I guess. Next up: "A Touch of Evil."
Alter-Ego #177. The most recent issue of Roy Thomas' comics history mag spotlights Bronze Age great Don Perlin, co-creator of Moon Knight and Werewolf By Night, both of which are having a bit of a moment on the small screen these days. The package includes lots of nice art and long interview with the artist. There's also a fun, photo-packed feature on Marvel's ill-fated Marvelmania fan club of the 1970s, which is most famous for not sending fans stuff they paid for.
What are you digging these days?
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Coming Up: Kids On The Street – UK Power Pop And New Wave 1977-1981
From Cherry Red Records.
Details:
Hit singles from some of the era’s most vital acts (The Stranglers, Pretenders, The Ruts, The Teardrop Explodes, Elvis Costello) are joined by key cuts from seminal albums by the likes of The Jam, Squeeze and XTC.
The mod revival is represented by such names as Squire, The Circles, Smart Alec and pre- Direct Hits band The Exits, power pop royalty includes The Records, The Pleasers and The Jags, while there are cult favourites from The Soft Boys, The Distractions, Radio Stars and many others.
Joining the boys about town and kids on the street are pub rock veterans The Motors (with John Peel’s favourite track of 1977), former Bonzos man Neil Innes’ Beatles spoof The Rutles, Slade spin-off Dummies and beat boom veterans The Searchers, enjoying a new lease of life as the new wave of power pop bands updated their pioneering 60s sound.
Housed in a stylish clamshell box, and featuring a booklet that includes notes on each individual track, ‘Kids On The Street’ is a riveting reminder of a sound that dominated the British pop scene for a brief but highly creative period.
Track Listing:
DISC ONE
1 KIDS ON THE STREET – The Stiffs
2 BABYLON’S BURNING (single version) – The Ruts
3 BLOODLINE – Bram Tchaikovsky
4 COME ON STUPID – The Flys
5 SMASH IT UP – The Damned
6 WEEKEND – The Boys
7 TIME TO KILL – Clive Culbertson
8 TOWERS OF LONDON (album version) – XTC
9 THIS TIME – The Wasps
10 I DON’T THINK SO – The Smirks
11 DIAMOND SMILES – The Boomtown Rats
12 MY OWN WAY – Shake Appeal
13 TONIGHT, TONIGHT – Speed-O-Metors
14 ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN – Elvis Costello and The Attractions
15 MOTORBIKE BEAT – The Revillos
16 GINA – Salford Jets
17 I-SPY – Rudi
18 DUCHESS – The Stranglers
19 YESTERDAY’S LOVE – Any Trouble
20 OH GIRL – The Freshies
21 LIFE ON THE LINE – Eddie and The Hot Rods
22 SHE DOESN’T LOVE ME – Cramp
23 TALK OF THE TOWN – Pretenders
24 NERVOUS WRECK – Radio Stars
25 DOUBLEBACK ALLEY – The Rutles
DISC TWO
1 BOY ABOUT TOWN – The Jam
2 I AM A CASE – The Reaction
3 NEED SOMEBODY TO LOVE – The V.I.P.’s
4 SOUND OF CONFUSION – Secret Affair
5 TOMORROW – Sta-Prest
6 CIRCLES – The Circles
7 WOMAN’S WORLD – The Jags
8 HEAD IN THE CLOUDS – Ada Wilson and Keeping Dark
9 ONE WAY LOVE – The Innocents
10 WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND (single version) – The Vapors
11 ANOTHER GIRL – The Vandells
12 SOMETIMES GOOD GUYS DON’T FOLLOW TRENDS – The Teenage Filmstars
13 I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND – Squire
14 GIRL IN A PICTURE – The Exits
15 THE SOUND OF THE SUBURBS (single version) – The Members
16 FRIDAY NIGHT – The Kraze
17 LEAVE YOU TO DREAM – The Distractions
18 BABY, BABY – The Vibrators
19 THE BEAT DRILL – The Steppes (aka The Fifty Fantastics)
20 HUNG ON YOU – Rich Kids
21 NEIGHBOURHOOD GIRLS – The Barracudas
22 TAKE IT – The Quads
23 VICKY VERKY – Squeeze
24 BEER, BACCY, BINGO AND BENIDORM (album version) – Inner City Unit
25 SCOOTER BOYS – Smart Alec
26 YOU DON’T KNOW – The Pleasers
27 LOVE’S MELODY (single version) – The Searchers
DISC THREE
1 DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY (album version) – The Motors
2 I WANNA DESTROY YOU – The Soft Boys
3 SILICON CARNE – The Monochrome Set
4 DON’T STEP ON THE CRACKS – Wah! Heat
5 SHE SAID GO – Private Dicks
6 GIRL – The Records
7 SET ME FREE – Tinopeners
8 INTO THE VALLEY – Skids
9 THIS CRAZY WORLD – Dead Fingers Talk
10 THE ORIGINAL MIXED-UP KID – Various Artists
11 OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT – The Only Ones
12 THE CAR – Apartment
13 YOU DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE – The Fans
14 DANGER SIGNS – Penetration
15 MOVE IN RHYTHM – Airkraft
16 NO FEAR – The Squares
17 SHE WAS MY GIRL – The Innocent Vicars
18 I CAN DETECT YOU (FOR 100,000 MILES) – Andy Arthurs
19 DO IT CLEAN – Echo and The Bunnymen
20 ANIMAL CONNECTIONS – Radio 5
21 HOTEL ROOMS – Joe Public
22 TREASON (single version) – The Teardrop Explodes
23 TWO-HEADED DOG – The Avant-Gardeners
24 CALL ON ME – The Engineers
25 WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT – Dummies
Coming Up: Dean Torrence - "The Teammates: Twenty Years Of Making Music 1965-1985"
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Details:
Dean Torrence’s The Teammates: Twenty Years Of Making Music 1965-1985 is a curated collection that traverses the decades of the various musical teams Torrence has captained. Whether it was in the producer’s chair, behind the microphone or putting together musical entities, Dean has done it all. This collection includes many of Dean’s rare collaborations with the likes of Mike Love, Jan Berry, Bruce Johnston, Harry Nilsson, and Leon Russell.
Teaming with The Beach Boys/Jan & Dean historian David Beard (also editor/publisher of Endless Summer Quarterly), Torrence raided his vaults and discovered previously unreleased recordings from 1965–1985. Beginning with the ultra-rare single of “Summertime, Summertime” by Our Gang (never available on CD and taken from the original 2-track master), this collection is a treasure trove of rarities and previously unheard music. There are alternate recordings by Jan & Dean, never before heard music from 1973 by Terry Melcher, Bruce Johnston & Torrence, and a slew of rare tracks by Mike (Love of The Beach Boys) & Dean from the early ’80s that has never been made available on CD or digitally until now!
Omnivore Recordings is proud to continue its association with Dean Torrence on this exciting and rare compilation of historical music from one of the early progenitors of rock ’n’ roll. The Teammates: Twenty Years Of Making Music 1965-1985 also offers extensive liner notes by Torrence, a track-by-track conversation with David Beard on the album’s contents and a forward by longtime Jan & Dean associate, and entertainment executive Winston Simone.
Track list:
- BUY OUR ALBUM – The Legendary Masked Surfers
- SUMMERTIME, SUMMERTIME – Our Gang
- THE THEME FROM LEON’S GARAGE – Our Gang
- LOUISIANA MAN – Jan & Dean
- SNOWFLAKES ON LAUGHING GRAVY’S WHISKERS – The Laughing Gravy
- VEGETABLES (Alternate Mix) – The Laughing Gravy
- MOVING DAY – Locksley Hall
- IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY – Hogfat Cantina Singers & Bel Air Bandits
- JUST KEEP IT UP – Terry Melcher, Bruce Johnston, Dean Torrence
- LOVE LACE – Terry Melcher, Bruce Johnston, Dean Torrence
- A TEENAGER IN LOVE – Dean Torrence
- I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU – Dean Torrence
- GET A JOB – Dean Torrence
- ONE SUMMER NIGHT – Dean Torrence
- DEAD MAN’S CURVE (Dr. Landy Version) – Dean Torrence
- BE TRUE TO YOUR BUD (BUDWEISER FIGHT SONG) – Mike & Dean
- LIGHTNIN’ STRIKES – Mike & Dean
- HER BOYFRIEND’S BACK – Mike & Dean
- ALLEY OOP – Mike & Dean
- JINGLE BELL ROCK – Mike & Dean
- RIDE THE WILD SURF – Flo & Eddie with Dean Torrence
- ORDER OUR ALBUM – The Legendary Masked Surfers
- FUN, FUN, FUN (Commercial) – Mike & Dean
