can we give some love to the ladies of the 60's/70's that aren't receiving any hipster kisses?

Nicolette Larson, for Lotta Love alone. That voice!

So I've listened to Libby Titus and I fail to hear any connection with Devendra or the psych-folk movement. Should I be looking for a particular song?

Ah, yes! have to draw attention to Ellen Mcilwaine, raw acoustic guitar, very potent vocals and exquisite afro beats.

Take a listen for yourself:

http://www.divshare.com/download/4361685-55c

Lily & Maria's s/t had the folkie-princessy over-enunciation at times, and though I sympathize with their feeling like album was out of their control, when they complain in(Sunbeam label) re-issue's liner notes that the arranger got so 60s-adventurous, I can only wish it were so--but "Melt Me" is a prowly sleepless shuffle like good 70s Patti Smith, several years early, and "Subway Thoughts" and some others work too. More consistent is Michelle's Saturn Rings, re-issued on Fallout (not to be confused with Radioactive; the former seems to be legit. Michele (sic) O'Malley was an accomplished L.A. session singer, also with The Ballroom and several of Curt Boettcher's projects, and he's on here with Lowell George, Elliott Ingber from Fraternity Of Man and early Mothers, Gordon Alexander of the Association, etc. Kinda lush Nyro-ish overall, with "Song To A Magic Frog"("Will you ever learn?") cryptic "Know Yourself," falling off Laurel Canyon ("Spinning Spinning Spinning") outta season sidetrips ("Lament Of The Astro Cowboy"),but hey it's just L.A. in the moonlight, so they can cope. Her only solo album,but did she record with the Ballroom? Anybody know whatever happended to her?

I will, I promise, later tonight. this is one of my favorite threads of all time. I will also talk about this Kathy Smith reissue I got.

― whisperineddhurt

not sure if this is about kathy smith "some songs i've saved" reissue on fallout, but if it is can i just that this is one of the most AMAZING hippie soul records i've heard in a long time?!?

Yeah, that's the same Kathy Smith record. Some Songs I've Saved. "End of World" is amazing esp. since that's the actual title.

Caroline Peyton recently performed songs from Mock Up and Intuition in Nashville, on a bill with Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide. She was in great voice. Ron Wynn wrote a good piece about Peyton in Nashville City Paper.

really, i'm not a scold or an old lady, but please don't buy stuff on fallout. they are the worst of the worst.

posted bonnie koloc and Ellen McIlwaine songs to my site recently

http://www.robotsinheat.com/trax/DontLeaveMe.mp3
http://www.robotsinheat.com/trax/Pinebo.mp3

How about Engelbert Humperdinck, Des O'Connor, The Bachelors, Ken Dodd or Mike Sarne? Not ladies, I know, but surely not a lot of hipster kisses anyway. Not that they'd deserved any though...

does fallout not pay artists or something, scott?

because i've been buying fallout stuff like crazy.

i like this thread

fallout/radioactive has had multiple artists beg and plead for them to stop selling their work illegally and they refuse to do so. what makes them more pernicious than "fans" who make 300 to 500 copies of a needledrop boot is that fallout has MASSIVE distribution around the world. they are a business. and everything they put out is put out without that artist's or artist's estate's knowledge. this has really done damage to some people who have gotten late recognition for their work and who want to put it out themselves and see some money from original albums that made none. (see: george brigman and a ton of others.) often, people will take the time to put out really nice authorized copies only to find that fallout has saturated the market only months before. they are shitheads. i'd rather that people just rip something from a blog for free than support these people.

^agreed

also the quality of their boots is usually not too crash hot

hmmm that is a bummer to hear, i really enjoy their releases :-(

everything they put out is put out without that artist's or artist's estate's knowledge

I'm not going to defend Fallout--they do substandard work generally and so forth--but when I was writing liners for the Asterisk reissues of the Caroline Peyton records (Fallout had already reissued Intuition in 2007, with only minimal liners, no extras and pretty lousy sound; Asterisk got the master tapes for their reissues), Peyton told me that she did indeed know about the Fallout edition, and met with them in London. They did pay her, not a lot. So she at least knew what was going on; but, unlike many of the people Fallout has revived, she has been a pro musician her whole life, had a career after her hippie days. But yeah, the Fallout Intuition is substandard, no doubt about it.

most of the fallout releases i've heard sound better than the radioactive releases, for what it's worth.

i think the same dude (plummer) is also running phoenix records, who are basically reissuing the "highlights" of the radioactive back catalog (first one i noticed was henske/yester) in little faux-LP sleeves.

Phoenix has issued a few expensive boot-looking things, like the first Silver Apples (first one that comes to mind, though there are a few others IIRC.. Flower Travelin' Band...)

on LPs that is. I dunno about CDs, but a while back I saw Newbury Comics in RI had a load of Radioactive CDs for under $10.

Lovers of this thread would love this blog:

http://femalevocals.blogspot.com/

!!! awesome link!

pretty sure my grandma owned the same afghan featured on the cover of the geoff and maria - pottery pie lp

"On the subject of Rita C. - aparently her sister, Priscilla, made a great record called Gypsy Queen on Sussex; anyone heard it?"

LOVING this recently. so great.

also digging the Lily & Maria album that don mentions up above.

and lots of other stuff! i'll post more faves later today. been hearing some great near-forgotten records.

Lovers of this thread would love this list.

http://www.mb.ccnw.ne.jp/swamp/female_list.htm

Unfortunately all the backup info is in Japanese. He's got an even more extensive list of 70s hippie dudes:

http://www.mb.ccnw.ne.jp/swamp/70th_list.htm

such a huge fan of gayle mccormick's work with smith and was excited recently to get three of her 70's solo albums but none of them do it for me. (reading latest ugly things some rocker who knew her says that she wanted to go in a more kick-ass rocking direction, but labels didn't want her too. which is sad. i can imagine that she had a great mama lion/ck strong album in her.)

been listening to a ton of jackie deshannon records from the 60's/70's and loving most of them. when is she gonna get her hipster reappraisal? her records - even the 60's ones - sell for peanuts.

also digging the dozen sammi smith records i ended up with. um, on the country tip.

and sandy posey! i need more sandy posey in my life. though morrissey is probably a fan.

i bow down before ruth copeland's self portrait this week. i haven't heard anything so beautiful in ages. but hepcats know about her. her two invictus records being basically parliament + groovy female vocalist. and her version - she wrote it - of the silent boatman just friggin' kills me so hard. i want to marry it.

"Copeland, Ruth, age one day..." CUE TRUMPETS!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH! i love it so much. just kills me dead.

hey, i like bonnie koloc!

that's a good thing! that's what this thread is all about.

i came within a few minor scuffs of buying a ruth copeland album off the wall in ian's shop sunday.

i think we have two copies of that kickin' around; next time yer in & i'm there i'm happy to give ya a discount!

btw sang freud, e-mail me so i have yer email info. Chapman's on for the 14th at thes tore--5:30.

whoa! i'll be there with bells on. and a baseball cap.

before i forget, you know what are pretty good? the two early 70's Gloria Loring albums on Evolution Records that I have. total hippie stoner folk pop. waaaaaay mellow. *sing a song for the mountain* and *...and now we come to distances*. buy them now cheap before espers namedrops them. some of the more rousing orchestral numbers/covers are a little dudly, but half of each album is mellow goodness. you can never have enough trippy covers of "dolphins" if you ask me.

jackie deshannon records from the 60's/70's and loving most of them. when is she gonna get her hipster reappraisal?

i've been trying to spread the news but i'm not hip. i think her poppy, raspy voice doesn't do it for the kids into more folkie stylings

i love the phrase "hipster kisses"

i love hipster kisses irl

cmere

love this album so much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JJIpWNEtwk&feature=related

love this album too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiZxJ93QJ9s&feature=related

listened to some late-seventies libby titus album today. lotsa stars. carly simon, paul simon, members of the band, eric kaz, james taylor. it was alright when it wasn't too horn-y

this album is my jam::
http://place1.dyndns.org/music/files/images/detailed/1532788.jpg

wow never seen this before! crazy, man!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5Qf-B9kVo&feature=related

barbara is majik.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E8HqSqGcns

i love hipster kisses irl

― the tune is space, Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

cmere

― plax (ico), Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

*smack*

dig that barbara keith tune scott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmD2tAEmgyg

i mentioned dobson upthread. here are 3 amazing songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErOoUgGysLw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcaM-x1U6nA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8DdihnlNs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AonhE1U-EL0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnQj-6FtpPg

blushing

"dig that barbara keith tune scott"

i've gotten to know barbara and her husband a little bit. they are awesome. they come in my store. and they have a seriously rocking power trio with their son. their band is big in texas for some reason! they go and do little tours down there. i love her album on reprise. and i have always been fond of her first band Kangaroo. they made one album in 1968. i still need a copy of that first solo album though. her husband tells great stories. he grew up with and was good friends with terry melcher. so, that was exciting to me, because i'm such a big terry fan. he used to party in that ill-fated house of terry's. and hang with dennis wilson, etc. he wrote for t.v. munsters episodes! but they both got their fill of the t.v. and record business and moved east long ago. everyone covered barbara's songs in the 70's. even streisand on stoney end ("free the people").

Just to say I love this thread....

More ladies in '11 please