Saturday, June 14, 2025

10 SONGS: 6/14/2025

10 Songs is a weekly list of ten songs that happen to be on my mind at the moment. The lists are usually dominated by songs played on the previous Sunday night's edition of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl. The idea was inspired by Don Valentine of the essential blog I Don't Hear A Single.

This week's edition of 10 Songs draws exclusively from the playlist for This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1289

THE GRIP WEEDS: Soul Bender

This little mutant radio show is always delighted to play brand new music from the Grip Weeds. We're also delighted to play familiar music from the Grip Weeds. We are remarkably--and delightedly--consistent on that point. And an opportunity to open a show with a new single from the Grip Weeds? We're ON it! "Soul Bender" is the advance single and title track from the group's eagerly-anticipated new album, and delight rules the friggin' day. Delight will renew itself with another spin of "Soul Bender" on our next show.

KID GULLIVER: 24 Hours

We are also delighted to play both new and familiar music from Kid Gulliver. We're fans! The group's "Forget About Him" is a proven TIRnRR Fave Rave, and we included it on our 2022 compilation This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 5. It's been a bit since we've had anything new from these Kids, but the wait is over! New single "24 Hours" is a little more Ramonesified than previous Kid Gulliver classics, though the comparison to your Joey, your Johnny, and your Dee Dee is in terms of the track's forward-lunging rhythmic thrust. The resulting flourish of pretty pop music is pure Kid Gulliver. Welcome back, Kids.

AMY RIGBY: Bitter
JILL SOBULE: Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart

Tribute.

Our time in this mortal plane is steeped in loss, reluctant farewells whispered again and again. Beyond the devastation of personal losses, we also mourn people we've never met, but who nonetheless became a part of our lives through the magic of the art they created. We are inundated with constant, rapid-fire reminders of our fragile nature. On this week's show, we felt the fresh wound of losing Terry Draper, and since then the losses of both Sly Stone and Brian Wilson

And we still feel the sting of the recent loss of Jill SobuleAmy Rigby acknowledges that sting, and she's channeled the lingering ache into a homemade cover of Sobule's "Bitter," a song Sobule wrote with Richard Barone of the Bongos. The track is now available as a single, with sales benefitting The Jill Fund. A worthy tribute for a worthy cause.

We followed Amy Rigby's version of "Bitter" with another spin of what's become my favorite Jill Sobule track, "Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart." With hearts born to be broken, we do our best to avoid becoming bitter.

THE CORNER LAUGHERS: Speak To The Sky

Last week's exciting edition of 10 Songs extolled the virtues of the new various-artists collection Second By Second By Minute By Minute: The Songs Of Rick Springfield. My favorite Rick Springfield song is his very first single, 1972's "Speak To The Sky." On the new tribute album, the Corner Laughers offer a loving and heartfelt rendition of "Speak To The Sky," capturing the ache of looking to the heavens and communicating with the cherished memory of a departed father, speaking to the sky every night. More loss. The comfort is sweet and welcome. 

We'll play this again on Sunday. Father's Day. Love you , Dad. It's been thirteen years, but I know you're still with me all of the time.

PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Just Like Me

The Greatest Record Ever Made!

THE FLASHCUBES: The Sweet Spot
SORROWS: Radio

After many months of gleeful teasing, we have announced the track listing for the long-promised tribute album honoring Syracuse's own power pop powerhouse the Flashcubes. Due out in September from the irresistible rockin' pop force of Big Stir Records, our twenty-four track salute Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes gathers twenty-one new covers of songs written by members of the 'Cubes, and supplements 'em with three new recordings by the Flashcubes themselves. This week, we reprised a couple of already-proven Make Something Happen! favorites--the Flashcubes' "The Sweet Spot" and Sorrows' epic cover of "Radio"--as we look toward the bright lights of September. The sweet spot! Let us be your radio.

(And on our next show, we'll debut two more tracks from Make Something Happen!, as Graham Parker and Mike Gent take on "Pathetic" and Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin conjure up a "Bad Dream." We will also have encore spins of Flashcubes tribute album tracks by Tom Kenny and the Hi-Seas and Librarians With Hickeys, another run through Make Something Happen!'s first single "Reminisce," and we'll even throw in the Slapbacks' previous cover of "Make Something Happen" from This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4. The tribute you take is equal to the tribute you make.)

KLAATU: Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft

We mentioned the passing of Terry Draper. Draper was best-known as the drummer for Klaatu, and he also crafted an impressive body of work as a solo artist. Terry was always nice to us, and we mourn along with his friends and family. We've played a fair amount of his music over the years, both solo and with Klaatu, and also working with Ray Paul. This week, our opening set included "For The Few" from Draper's 2024 album In The Beginning. And we circled back near show's end for a spin of Klaatu's most famous track, "Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft." We are your friends. Godspeed, Terry Draper.

THE BEATLES: Within You Without You

From a previous post about Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, picking up the narrative with Side 2, Track 1:

"...The mystic hum of Indian music invites us back inside. Many will skip over George Harrison's meditative 'Within You Without You' on subsequent spins, and your humble blogger would be among them for a while, until the song's beguiling, subtle magic eventually completes its spell, capturing the heart forever thereafter...."

We were talking about the love we all could share. Life goes on within you and without you. Music endures. Memory endures for as long as we can hold it. We endure for as long as we can hold on.

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My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here.

Friday, June 13, 2025

MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! A Tribute To THE FLASHCUBES: The complete track line-up revealed


It's finally time to reveal the track line-up for MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! A Tribute To THE FLASHCUBES. The album will be released by our friends at Big Stir Records in September, and the first digital single ("Reminisce" by our honorees the Flashcubes) will be out on June 27th.

1. THE FLASHCUBES: Reminisce
2. sparkle*jets u.k.: Make Something Happen
3. LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS: Gone Too Far
4. CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: No Promise
5. GRAHAM PARKER AND MIKE GENT: Pathetic
6. JOE GIDDINGS: You're Not Grounded
7. BALLZY TOMORROW: Five Personalities
8. THE FLASHCUBES: The Sweet Spot
9. THE KENNEDYS: Walking Through The Park
10. POP CO-OP: Wait Til Next Week
11. HAMELL ON TRIAL: Got No Mind [EXPLICIT]
12. SUPER 8 FEATURING LISA MYCHOLS: When We Close Our Eyes
13. THE ARMOIRES: You're Not The Police
14. THE VERBS: I Need Glue
15. THE FLASHCUBES: If These Hands
16. THE PEPPERMINT KICKS: Muscle Beach
17. THE MAYFLOWERS: Born To Cry
18. DOLPH CHANEY: Girl From Germany
19. CALLAN FOSTER: It's You Tonight
20. ROB MOSS AND SKIN-TIGHT SKIN: Bad Dream
21. THE CHOOSERS: Christi Girl
22. TOM KENNY AND THE HI-SEAS: Welcome To The Working Class
23. SORROWS: Radio
24. THE SPONGETONES: Nothing Really Matters When You're Young

ALL SONGS WRITTEN OR CO-WRITTEN BY THE FLASHCUBES

"Reminisce," "Pathetic," "Got No Mind," "I Need Glue," "Muscle Beach," and "Bad Dream" written by Paul Armstrong Nuneaton Music BMI

"Make Something Happen," "No Promise," "Wait Til Next Week," "You're Not The Police," "Born To Cry," "It's You Tonight," and "Welcome To The Working Class" written by Gary Frenay Cubic Music BMI

"Gone Too Far," "You're Not Grounded," "Walking Through The Park," "When We Close Our Eyes," "If These Hands," "Girl From Germany," "Christi Girl," and "Nothing Really Matters When You're Young" written by Arty Lenin Cubic Music BMI

"Five Personalities" written by Paul Armstrong, Norm Mattice, Gary Frenay, and Mark Doyle Cubic Music BMI

"The Sweet Spot" written by Gary Frenay and B. D. Love Cubic Music BMI/Bonificence Music ASCAP

"Radio" written by Paul Armstrong and Gary Frenay Cubic Music BMI

It's increasingly clear that this is gonna be an absolutely kickass compilation. We start with great material--a selection of songs written by my favorite power pop group the Flashcubes--put 'em in the hands of fave rave acts who know their own bright-lights magic and how to conjure with it, and brilliance results. Add three brand-new tracks by the Flashcubes themselves, and by God, we are indeed making something happen. 

Sequencing is the most fun part of assembling a compilation album. With every compilation I've programmed or co-programmed over the last two decades, it's always been important to arrive at a sequence that flows like a great album should flow. Gotta have a compelling opening, backed up by further, mounting evidence of musical wonder at work. Every song is vital, everything needs to compel you to keep listening, and the final tracks at the end of the compilation have to be at least as exciting as everything that led up to them. Best mix tape ever. This sequence is still subject to change, but it's probably set. From "Reminisce" to "Nothing Really Matters When You're Young," this is gonna be a terrific pop album.

 As always: Stay tuned. Smile everybody. It's the Flashcubes.

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My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here

Thursday, June 12, 2025

THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! The Beach Boys, "God Only Knows"

Adapted from a previous piece, this is a chapter in my book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1). It's offered here today in memory of a musical genius named Brian Wilson.

An infinite number of tracks can each be 
the greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Today, this is THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE!


THE BEACH BOYS: God Only Knows
Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher
Produced by Brian Wilson
Single from the album Pet Sounds, Capitol Records, 1966

Ambivalence and certainty can sometimes go hand in hand. It's incongruous, a paradox, but it's true in the sublime case of "God Only Knows." The track is emblematic of the classic album that gave it life: Brian Wilson's 1966 masterpiece Pet Sounds.

Pet Sounds is pop music's greatest contradiction: Fragile but indestructible, delicate but strong, frail but immortal. Gossamer and granite. It is a wisp of emotion, heartbreak, love, and hope, a precarious house of cards that will still stand long after we're all dust. It is pop, and it is art, but it is not pop art. It is mature, and it as giddy as a teenager in love with the unattainable. 

The story of Brian Wilson's emotional turmoil and trauma has been everyday legend for decades: The tale of this boy genius, this dumb angel, his mind frayed and tattered from abuse, drugs, and inner demons, withdrawing from the spotlight, retreating to his sandbox, lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did; a nervous breakdown, leading him to leave the Beach Boys' touring group in 1964, and take to the studio to reproduce the unique celestial sounds he heard in his head; "California Girls;" Pet Sounds; a "pocket symphony" called "Good Vibrations;" and another potential masterpiece, a "teenage symphony to God" called SMiLE, left unfinished, abandoned, as Wilson's world closed in and shut down. Brian Wilson was pop music's saddest living casualty.

Yet somehow, he survived. His younger brother Dennis Wilson drowned in 1983, and the youngest of the three brothers, Carl, succumbed to cancer in 1998. Like a surfer-boy Harry Potter, Brian became The Wilson Who Lived. His voice was ravaged by time and torture, his demeanor a reflection of one who'd spent a season--several seasons--in Hell, but Brian Wilson returned to the spotlight nonetheless. He toured, playing with an incredible band that could recreate his perfect sound live. He completed SMiLE, and he saw that it was good. He did a well-received reunion album and tour with the other surviving members of the Beach Boys. He continued to perform, a beached soul freed by the music only he could create.

 "God Only Knows" is the most beautiful song that has ever graced our human experience. It is as close to the divine as our mortal ears can receive and relay, as near to celestial presence as man or woman could ever imagine while still tethered to this physical realm. Its music lifts us even as its lyrics remind us of the limits to our flawed perception, our finite grasp. It reinforces our faith all the same.

"God only knows what I'd be without you." It's secular. It's love song, not psalm. Yet it feels like a sacrament, benediction, a step nearer to a God who may not exist, but whose believers attain redemption and inspiration in the belief itself. Belief makes us better. Love makes us better. Nothing in all of humanity's wisdom, art, science, and culture expresses that with greater eloquence than Brian Wilson's "God Only Knows."

There is a risk in elevating Pet Sounds and forgetting about the simple wonders Brian and the Beach Boys crafted before that, in the days when they were the living avatars of the beguiling and alluring California myth. There are summer days (and summer nights) when "I Get Around" is The Greatest Record Ever Made, as is its B-side "Don't Worry Baby;" hell, arrogant strutting, backed by adolescent insecurity? That's both sides of the teenage experience captured at 45 RPM and wrapped in a picture sleeve. "Surfin' USA," "Help Me Rhonda," "Fun, Fun, Fun," and "Girl Don't Tell Me," each in its own infinite turn. 

The Beach Boys continued to record essential works beyond Pet Sounds, with and without brother Brian. "'Til I Die" from 1971's Surf's Up is heartbreaking in its desolate beauty, and that album's title tune is stunning. And honestly, it's ludicrous to even have this discussion of a greatest record ever made without talking about the miracle of "Good Vibrations."

But the best remains the best. Pet Sounds. The Greatest Album Ever Made.

And "God Only Knows" is the heart of Pet Sounds. The gift of Pet Sounds travels with us throughout our endless troubles and scattered triumphs. 

I recognize only three things in this world that ever really bother me: The past, the present, and the future. There are long, fulfilling moments of respite--moments of love, family, friendship, art, music, camaraderie, and creation--but the road behind us, the road ahead of us, and the small patch of ground upon which we stand in the moment, all contain perils that can strike at any time from any direction. We carry with us that determination that we can outrace our shadows, we can navigate this uneven path, and we can face whatever the hell that big, gray thing is around the next corner. I know there's an answer. Love is here today. Maybe it doesn't have to be gone tomorrow. Maybe we can be made for these times.

Wouldn't it be nice? You never need to doubt it. Someday, we will be so sure about it.

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My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! Sly and the Family Stone, "Everybody Is A Star"

From my book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1).

An infnite numbers of tracks can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Today, this is THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE!


SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Everybody Is A Star
Written by Sylvester Stewart
Produced by Sly Stone
Single [B-side of "Thank You Falettine Be Mice Elf Agin"], Epic Records, 1969

Taller. Younger. Stronger. Sexier.

We wish to be many things that we are not. We wish to be in better shape, possessed of quicker wit, smarter and better-looking, wealthier, more stylishly dressed, more adept at the things that seem simple for others but impenetrable for us. I wish I had more hair. Yet for all of our square-pegged nature, a song on the radio in 1969 tells us the one thing we always need to hear: "I love you for who you are, not the one you feel you need to be."

We accept you. 

Earlier in that combustible decade of the 1960s, Sylvester Stewart was a DJ on San Francisco's soul station KSOL, and a staff producer at the Autumn Records label. Stewart produced the Beau Brummels' 1965 breakthrough "Laugh, Laugh." The (perhaps apocryphal) story was that Stewart became frustrated while producing tracks by the Great Society (featuring future Jefferson Airplane star Grace Slick), and decided to form his own group rather than continuing to put up with such nonsense as a producer at Autumn.

Via whatever sequence of events, Sylvester Stewart became Sly Stone, and he formed Sly and the Family Stone in 1966. Everybody is a star. Their debut album A Whole New Thing did not establish stardom upon its release in 1967; decades later, rapper LL Cool J would sample one of that album's songs, "Trip To Your Heart," as the hook for his own hip hop gem "Mama Said Knock You Out." 1968's Dance To The Music fared better, and its title tune became Sly and the Family Stone's first Top Ten single.

Success. Stardom. Excess. Sly and the Family Stone generated hits, created influence, made some cash, and fed some bad habits along the way. The music was often phenomenal, a uniquely psychedelic hybrid that, like the Chamber Brothers' "Time Has Come Today," was absolutely rock and absolutely soul. The personal toll of this success, the weight of its numbing and high-flying rewards, would not be small. Its cost to Sly Stone in particular would be considerable.

"Dance To The Music." "Everyday People." "Stand." "I Want To Take You Higher." The gorgeously inviting "Hot Fun In The Summertime." "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin," which probably taught '70s UK glam rockers Slade how to spell. This is a great run of great singles, and that's just the singles. The albums that spawned them are acknowledged classics. 1971 brought the group another hit (the # 1 smash "Family Affair") and only # 1 album, There's A Riot Goin' On. From this pinnacle, a fall from grace was set to follow.

But: Before that. Before drugs and spiraling craziness did all the destructive things they do, the B-side of "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin" offers the dignity of acceptance, the quiet, welcoming comfort of a hand to hold and a shoulder to lean on. "Everybody Is A Star" is a casual, unassuming juggernaut, its groove so inviting, its sentiment so naturally easy and at peace. 

You don't need darkness to do what you think is right. In the words of another song: This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. Even as we wish for better, stronger, faster, more beautiful, a light within can show the way home. Andy Warhol said everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes. He was wrong. Everybody is a star, loved for who we are, not the ones we think we need to be. 

That's what the song says, anyway. And when I see a star, well, that's the wish I'll wish for you tonight. I hope you'll wish the same for me. 

With or without more hair.

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My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

COMIC BOOK COVER GALLERY: Team-up and crossover books acquired in the '60s, '70s, and '80s

What's better than superheroes? MORE superheroes! We'll get to superhero groups in a near-future post, but today we'll look at the covers from a few comic books that gathered together two or more characters from different comic book features in one story, but without giving them a group name.

No, "hard-traveling heroes" does not qualify as a group name.

We'll be sticking exclusively to the '60s-'80s era of acquisition I've established for these galleries. Today's selection includes books I bought new, back issues I acquired after the fact (but within the timeline), and B-stock contraband originally purchased without their covers. As always: No, these aren't actual photos of comics in my collection. But I did have each and every one of 'em at some point in time.

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My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get my previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here.

Monday, June 9, 2025

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1289

As rockin' pop radio shows go, I'd say this is a pretty damned good rockin' pop radio show. Each week's TIRnRR is testimonial to how much the music means to us, how much we want to share it, how much we hope it will have meaning for others. There is so much great stuff out there, old and new, an intoxicating mix of the familiar and the as-yet undiscovered. We're determined to play as much of it as our short time on this planet allows. 

Quixotic? You betcha. But it's fun.

This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream, and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO

You can read all about this show's long and weird history here: Boppin' The Whole Friggin' Planet (The History Of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO). You can follow Carl's daily blog at Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do).

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Carl's latest book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available, and you can order an autographed copy here. You can still get Carl's previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

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Volume 1: download
Volume 2: CD or download
Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
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Volume 5: CD or download

TIRnRR # 1289: 6/8/2025
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold

THE GRIP WEEDS: Soul Bender (Jem, Soul Bender)
GRAHAM PARKER: Soul Shoes (Hip-O, Ultimate Collection)
THE BANDWAGON: Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache (Kent Soul, Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache)
GUIDED BY VOICES: My Kind Of Soldier (Matador, The Best Of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements At Hourly Rates)
TERRY DRAPER: For The Few (MVD Audio, In The Beginning)
BLONDIE: In The Sun (Chrysalis, Blondie)
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KID GULLIVER: 24 Hours (single)
AMY RIGBY: Bitter (single)
JILL SOBULE: Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart (Beyond, Pink Pearl)
THE HEARTBREAKERS: Love Comes In Spurts [Yonkers demo] (Cleopatra, Yonkers Demo + Live 1975/1976)
THE AMAZING SHAKES: Ladies And Gentlemen (L.R.S., 10x The Crash)
THE AMAZING SHAKES: Like A Phoenix (L.R.S., 10x The Crash)
ROBERT GORDON: Red Hot (Razor & Tie, Red Hot 1977-1981)
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DENNIS DAVISON: Winterland's Gone (Pretty Plague Music, Sirens And Hellbenders)
ROCKPILE: Play That Fast Thing (One More Time) (Columbia, Seconds Of Pleasure)
JIM BASNIGHT: All Summer Long (single)
BOB DYLAN: If You Gotta Go, Go Now [Take 2] (Columbia, The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966)
BETH PEABODY: Other Woman (single)
THE RUBINOOS: Sugar Sugar (Yep Roc, The CBS Tapes)
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THE AIRPORT 77s: Don't Let Go (Jem, Don't Let Go)
THE GO-GO'S: Turn To You (IRS, Talk Show)
THE SPONGETONES: Lulu's In Love (Big Stir, single)
LULU: Love Loves To Love Love (Demon, Gold)
THE MONKEES: Love To Love (Rhino, Good Times!)
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Accused Of Love (MCA, An American Treasure)
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LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS: Can't Wait Till Summer (Big Stir, Handclaps & Tambourines)
IRENE PEÑA: It Must Be Summer (Big Stir, single)
THE RAMONES: Rockaway Beach (Rhino, Rocket To Russia)
CHRIS STAMEY: The Summer Sun (Rhino, VA: DIY: Come Out And Play: American Power Pop I)
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XTC: Generals And Majors (Geffen, Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982)
EDWIN STARR: War (Rhino, VA: Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience)
THE BYRDS: It Won't Be Wrong (Columbia, Turn! Turn! Turn!)
THE CHELSEA CURVE: Jamie C'mon [Andy Lewis remix] (Rum Bar, single)
ELASTICA: Vaseline (DGC, Elastica)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Just Like Me (Sundazed, Just Like Us!)
RICH ARITHMETIC: And Then You'll Love Me (Tonight) (n/a, Sleep In A Wigwam)
URGE OVERKILL: Back On Me (Geffen, Saturation)
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PERILOUS: Perilous (single)
DEAN LANDEW: Summertime Friday Night (single)
MOTÖRHEAD: RAMONES (WTG, 1916)
HELIUM ANGEL: Georgie (Pilot Error, An Early Clue To The New Direction)
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THE EASYBEATS: Good Times (Retroactive, Gonna Have A Good Time: The Complete US & UK Singles Collection)
MICKEY AND SYLVIA: Love Is Strange (Rainbow, Presenting Mickey & Sylvia)
THE ARTWOODS: Can You Hear Me (RPM, Steady Gettin' It: The Complete Recordings 1964-67)
CLOCKWORK FLOWERS: Going Going Gone (n/a, Clockwork Flowers)
THE BONGOS: Come Back To Me (Razor & Tie, Numbers With Wings/Beat Hotel)
KLAATU: Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (Bullseye, Sun Set: 1973-1981)
THE BEATLES: Within You Without You (Apple, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
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THE MONKEES: Band 6 (Rhino, Headquarters)