As I stumble forth with my long-simmering scheme to write a book celebrating my notion of The Greatest Record Ever Made, I've tentatively settled on a list of 100 records I want to discuss in the book. Yeah, the list will surely change again, 'cuz that's what I do. As noted previously, this is not a list of the 100 greatest records ever made, but a list of 100 records I choose to discuss individually in this format, each one The Greatest Record Ever Made (because there can be an infinite number of THE greatest, as long as they take turns.).
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The 100? Glad you asked! Here's the current draft for the Table Of Contents for The Greatest Record Ever Made:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
DISCLAIMERS AND DECLARATIONS (A User's Guide To The Greatest Record Ever Made)
OVERTURE: A Fistful Of 45s
1. BADFINGER: Baby Blue
2. CHUCK BERRY: Promised Land3. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Only Want To Be With You
4. THE SEX PISTOLS: God Save The Queen
5. PATTI SMITH: Gloria
6. ELVIS PRESLEY: Heartbreak Hotel
7. LITTLE RICHARD: The Girl Can't Help It
8. WILSON PICKETT: In The Midnight Hour
9. THE HOLLIES: I Can't Let Go
10. THE SHIRELLES: Will You Love Me Tomorrow
11. BUDDY HOLLY: Peggy Sue/Everyday
12. GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS: Midnight Train To Georgia
13. THE RARE BREED: Beg, Borrow And Steal
14. CRAZY ELEPHANT: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
15. THE FLIRTATIONS: Nothing But A Heartache
16. THE ROLLING STONES: Happy
17. PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Kicks
18. ARETHA FRANKLIN: Respect
19. THE MONKEES: Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)
20. KISS: Shout It Out Loud
21. THE NEW YORK DOLLS: Personality Crisis
22. THE CASTAWAYS: Liar, Liar
23. THE EASYBEATS: Friday On My Mind
24. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: American Girl
25. SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES: The Tears Of A Clown
26. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Girls In Their Summer Clothes
27. TRANSLATOR: Everywhere That I'm Not
28. DAVID BOWIE: Life On Mars?
29. THE SUPREMES: Stop! In The Name Of Love
30. THE LEFT BANKE: Walk Away, Renee
31. THE COWSILLS: She Said To Me
32. MARVIN GAYE: I Heard It Through The Grapevine
33. THE BOX TOPS: The Letter
34. BIG STAR: September Gurls
35. PRINCE: When You Were Mine
36. THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Rock And Roll Love Letter
37. THE KNICKERBOCKERS: Lies
INTERLUDE: The Tottenham Sound Of...The Beatles?!
38. THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Any Way You Want It
39. JAMES BROWN: Please, Please, Please
40. GRAND FUNK: We're An American Band
INTERLUDE: Old Time Rock & Roll
41. THE BOB SEGER SYSTEM: 2 + 2 = ?
42. THE JIVE FIVE: What Time Is It?
43. THE RUBINOOS: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
44. THE RONETTES: Be My Baby
45. THE STEMS: Never Be Friends
46. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: I'll Be Your Mirror
47. STEVIE WONDER: I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
48. THE CREATION: Making Time
49. THE FIRST CLASS: Beach Baby
50. THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Summer Breeze
51. THE MC5: Kick Out The Jams
52. ALICE COOPER: School's Out
53. BARON DAEMON & THE VAMPIRES: The Transylvania Twist
54. SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Everybody Is A Star
INTERLUDE: I Dream Of Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy (and occasionally Marky, Richie, CJ, and/or new recruits)
55. THE RAMONES: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
56. LED ZEPPELIN: Communication Breakdown
57. BEN E. KING: Stand By Me
58. THE ANIMALS: It's My Life
59. OTIS REDDING: (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
60. THE GO-GO'S: We Got The Beat
61. THE COCKTAIL SLIPPERS: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
62. GENE PITNEY: Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
63. THE WHO: I Can't Explain
64. DEEP PURPLE: Hush
65. FREDDIE & THE DREAMERS: Do The Freddie
66. THE DRIFTERS: On Broadway
67. SAM & DAVE: Soul Man
68. SHOES: Tomorrow Night
69. THE RASPBERRIES: I Wanna Be With You
70. THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise
71. THE KINKS: You Really Got Me
72. THE KINKS: Waterloo Sunset
73. THE JAM: In The City
74. JOHNNY NASH: I Can See Clearly Now
75. THE FOUR TOPS: Reach Out I'll Be There
76. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
77. THE O'JAYS: Love Train
78. PAUL COLLINS: Walking Out On Love
79. MANNIX: Highway Lines
80. T. REX: 20th Century Boy
81. THE SMITHEREENS: Behind The Wall Of Sleep
82. THE RECORDS: Starry Eyes
83. THE SEARCHERS: Hearts In Her Eyes
84. THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Shake Some Action
85. MATERIAL ISSUE: Kim The Waitress
86. FREDA PAYNE: Band Of Gold
87. LULU: To Sir, With Love
88. THE PLIMSOULS: A Million Miles Away
89. THE BEVIS FROND: He'd Be A Diamond
90. P. P. ARNOLD: The First Cut Is The Deepest
91. THE BEACH BOYS: God Only Knows
92. THE SELECTER: On My Radio
93. THE VOGUES: Five O'Clock World
94. CHEAP TRICK Surrender
95. SOLOMON BURKE: Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
96. EDDIE & THE HOT RODS: Do Anything You Wanna Do
97. THE GRATEFUL DEAD: Uncle John's Band
98. EYTAN MIRSKY: This Year's Gonna Be Our Year
99. THE JAYHAWKS: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
LAST CALL: An Infinite Number
INTERLUDE: Underrating The Beatles
100. THE BEATLES: Rain
CLOSING TIME! THE T-BONES: No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)
CODA: Cruisin' Music
AFTERWORD
Hopeless zealot that I am, I discarded a finished draft of one chapter in favor of a different song for which I haven't written anything yet. I remain my own worst enemy. 58 chapters done (in first draft form), leaving 42 more to finish. The supplemental material--Foreword, Disclaimers And Declarations, Overture: A Fistful Of 45s, the four Interludes, Last Call: An Infinite Number, Closing Time!, Coda: Cruisin' Music, and Afterword--is already done. And it's all gonna be worth it when the work is finally finished.
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