On the subject of Rita C. - aparently her sister, Priscilla, made a great record called Gypsy Queen on Sussex; anyone heard it? She was married to Booker T. and they made a record together which is better than OK, but not mindblowing....
― sonofstan, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
they made, like, 3 records together. i have two of them. i love their version of maggie's farm.
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Does Buffy St Marie count? That song "Codeine" is so heavy.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost to scott
my bad - the one I have is a double S/T; must dig it out
― sonofstan, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
"Does Buffy St Marie count? That song "Codeine" is so heavy."
well, buffy did make one hipster fave record (Illuminations), but she put out a ton of great stuff in the 60's and early 70's that hardly anyone listens to. if you buy vinyl pick up a cheap copy of the vanguard twofer best of for a lot of her best music. i love her records.
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
listening now to Dory Previn's Mythical Kings and Iguanas record and I can't believe I passed up her records for so many years. Saw them all the time in thrift stores. i love this kinda stuff. has dory been featured in mojo yet?
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Rita Coolidge and Maria Muldaur really rub me the wrong way, as does Jennifer Warnes. They all sounds so hopelessly bored with everything I've ever heard them sing; I just don't get it. Instead I'll recommend Karla Bonoff and Joan Armatrading.
― Joseph McCombs, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link
you gonna start bashing yvonne elliman next? go ahead, i dare you!
i can get behind karla and joan. definitely.
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
major dud, just in case anyone was curious:
http://www.fmgvinyl.com/images/gold/lotti2.gif
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
so dudly, i actually own this album and still haven't listened to it:
http://www.fmgvinyl.com/images/gold/lotti1.gif
though it couldn't be worse. and who knows maybe i'll end up liking it.
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
mark needs this one:
http://www.fmgvinyl.com/images/gold/lesb.gif
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
That's Kay Huntington: What's Happening to Our World? for googlers
I found a copy of this for a buck--easily one of the most disturbing album covers (and bizarre records) of all time.
Okay you've given me hope, edd. I'll start hunting for it this week.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
this thread is now number one in a google search for kay huntington. just so you know.
xgau review:
KAY HUNTINGTON: What’s Happening To Our World? (United Artists) This is either a hilarious takeoff on sensitive circa-1964 folk music or (more likely, unbelievable as it seems) one of the most atrocious records ever made. Perfectly awful, right down to the cover art and liner notes. Listen to "Right to Poverty." E MINUS/A PLUS [Later: E]
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
buy it now for 7 bucks!
http://cgi.ebay.com/KAY-HUNTINGTON-WHATS-HAPPENING-TO-OUR-WORLD-LP-dj_W0QQitemZ4809737217QQcmdZViewItem
(plus P&H)
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I've never seen another copy of that awful Huntington record--which I regaled my "hipster" friends with recently, we all needed a drink after that experience. I also made them listen to Carly Simon's Hotcakes just 'cause I think she looked kinda cute pregnant. But the Huntington record is competently done, is the frightening thing about it.
Muldaur I like in small doses, Rita Coolidge was a striking woman but her music I never much liked. I'm sure Karen Dalton has gotten enough kipster -on-toast to disqualify her.
― whisperineddhurt, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
this album is actually kinda good - in parts - if you like italian protest folk:
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/800905.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.wirz.de/music/langhorn/grafik/avatar4.jpg
This is a kick-ass mix of earthy folk-blues from the Lyman Family featuring Lisa Kindred. She sounds tough as nails. This record has gone up in price. Plus, its cult backstory gives it some hipster points. But you can still find it in dollar bins every now and then.
― QuantumNoise, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Joy of Cooking!
― sonofstan, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
THESE LESBIANS SLAY STEEL GUITAR BREAKS FOR DAYS
http://www.guitaristka.ru/zapad/deadly_nightshade/dead_lp1.jpg
― sanskrit, Monday, 18 February 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Rita Coolidge and Maria Muldaur really rub me the wrong way, as does Jennifer Warnes. They all sounds so hopelessly bored with everything I've ever heard them sing; I just don't get it.
That's crazy talk! Admittedly, I don't know anything of Muldaur's catalog other than "Midnight at the Oasis", but that is a great song! She sounds like she wants to slip Rudi Valentino's camel a quaalude and get down to snorting lines and being mischeivous with the sheik.
― dell, Monday, 18 February 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I like Rita's version of "your love is lifting me higher" even better than the original.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 18 February 2008 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Great! This could double as the de facto Kay Huntington thread.
(Pouts) But I want it for a dollar like edd got it for.
Edd, tell us more about your Kay Huntington experiences. Why is the record so weird/frightening/drink needable?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
i used to have that deadly nightshade album. i never played it. i want that lyman family thing. that gets major hipster points though. i'll find one here eventually. they had a cult house on the island. you can still find lyman cult TAPES on the island occasionally.
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
anyway, this thread inspired me to start yet another thread!
This Is The Thread Where I Tell The World How Much I Love *Karen Alexander* And Her Album *Voyager*.
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Susan Pillsbury
There was a mini- rediscovery on Vinyl Vulture (now VG+) last year of her S/T and only album from '73 Great songs, and with Jay Berliner and Richard Davis - pretty much the Astral Weeks Band in fact
― sonofstan, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
.i want that lyman family thing. that gets major hipster points though. i'll find one here eventually. they had a cult house on the island. you can still find lyman cult TAPES on the island occasionally.
Yes! That whole phenomenon is sorely neglected.
― dell, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link
The lyman family thing is weird. You'd think it would've received more hipster props that it has. Jim Kweskin's America LP is a trippy ride.
Geoff and Maria Muldaur had strong ties to Lyman, although both bolted after it got too weird.
― QuantumNoise, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Paul Williams (the critic, not the muppet) as well!
― dell, Monday, 18 February 2008 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
There was a great article/history on mel lyman/jim kweskin in a recent issue of Ugly Things. VERY informative.
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link
That article is really good. This i a HUGE resourse for all things Lyman. You can even download the original Rolling Stone feature.
― QuantumNoise, Monday, 18 February 2008 22:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeh, that website bloo my mind when I first happened upon it.
― dell, Monday, 18 February 2008 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, yeah, great page. i have that kay boyle novel. never knew that was mel-induced.
― scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Erma Franklin, Aretha's sister, deserves some love. She might have cut the definitive version of (Take A Little) Piece of My Heart.
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmr3Br8B_PM
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link
i've got 2 Bonnie Koloc albums. i'm actually gonna start my dj set at dan selzer's club w/one of her songs. it was featured in Andy Votel's first Folk is Not a Four Letter word, so yes, definitely some hipster love there.
what about Melanie? pretty popular, but also along these lines.
this style of music is easily my wife's least favorite style of music i can play around the house.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings's wife, has at least one song i LOVE ("New wine")
― jaxon, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:22 (sixteen years ago) link
is it just me, or does that Midnight Special DVD set look kinda cool? Keep your eye out for photo.
'm actually gonna start my dj set at dan selzer's club w/one of her songs When is this happening?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Libby Titus was married to Levon Helm at one point, wasn't she, and now is married to somebody else...Becker or Fagen maybe? Daughter helps Levon out with his "Rambles" I think.
Essra Mohawk briefly discussed here: Schoolhouse Rock C/D?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Maria Muldaur seems to turn up Zelig-like in all variety of music biographies, but all I know is Midnight at the Oasis.
-- dell True dat. To my knowledge, she turns up in White Bicycles: Making Music In The 60s, Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina & Richard Farina, Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story and Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson. I wouldn't be surprised if she is mentioned in the recent Moondog book and Doo-dah! Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture as well.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe I should have used some semicolons in there.
But what about that other MM Mistress of Midnight, Melissa Manchester?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Serge Gainsbourg could have written another song, "Initials M.M."
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:48 (sixteen years ago) link
-- James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:30 AM
um and yeah here -
Essra Mohawk: "Primordial Man" - worth spending £21.99 on or not?
also -
Maria Muldaur - Classic or Dud?
i tried to start a revival! but it was a no-go
I can't say I am a big Bonnie Koloc fan, despite the fact that I AM a dutiful listener to The Midnight Special, every Saturday night. Well, I can't honestly say that I listen to the full three hours ... Rich can get pret-ty corny, so I usually have to disengage and pop on a Free album at some point. but the man has definitely turned me on to some nice folk stuffs
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:54 (sixteen years ago) link
hows about ronee blakley? i like rita coolidge. any chance of an olivia newton john (pre-grease) hipster revival? if so i'm onboard.
― gershy, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 07:16 (sixteen years ago) link
"any chance of an olivia newton john (pre-grease) hipster revival?"
i tried this a while back. people weren't ready. but i'll definitely bring it up at my next hipster union local meeting. it would have to go to a vote.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Some make-or-break early ONJ:
"Banks of the Ohio" "The River's Too Wide" "Something Better to Do" "Slow Down Jackson" "Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying" "Just a Lot of Folk (The Marshmallow Song)" "I'll Bet You a Kangaroo" "Making a Good Thing Better"
Plus a box set-full of covers/desecrations of rockist faves.
And one Grease-era track, the exquisite, vacuous, devastating "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" which kicked off the Totally Hot album and was featured mantra-like in the film(s) The Beaver Trilogy (you can see Crispin Glover sing it here). (Sean Penn got a shot at it too in one version.) But the film(s) cut out the dénouement where she goes all Yoko. Check it out here.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
i have a great euro best-of cd and it can't be beat as far as track-listing goes. i love it. and the sound is stellar. one of my favorite Cds that i own. and i love her covers!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 14:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i always see 70s bonnie raitt records in the dollar bins, but i never buy them ... are there any worth getting? they seem to have some primo session dudes playing on them. as for muldaur, she's also a presence in the scorsese dylan doc from a few years back -- some great footage of her (probably as a teenager) singin' the blooze.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Gale Garnett seconded!
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Have you guys seen that black-and-white Youtube Gale Garnett video with Glen Campbell and Leon Russell, I think? I'm assuming it's from Shindig.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0yE9tjQMdM&feature=related
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
there is a nice long "hummingbird" on that album. i love that song.
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:30 (two months ago) link
the reissues of Gypsy Queen have been Japan-only naturally thus hard to find. though the album on vinyl isn't hard to find.
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:34 (two months ago) link
Not yet mentioned here?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQz4SsPiDis
― henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:46 (two months ago) link
Too obv?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbQeGh6AU1o
― henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:48 (two months ago) link
that's a nice one. although, it should be mentioned, her second album is supreme hipster bait.
x-post
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:49 (two months ago) link
and then!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33U8Ca3ktK0
― henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:49 (two months ago) link
i love linda lewis. some would say she's the poor man's minnie riperton but i wouldn't say that!
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:50 (two months ago) link
nancy priddy definitely gets the kisses from people she would never kiss. who live in brooklyn.
and why can't THIS hipster ever find a reasonably-priced copy of nancy's album?
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:51 (two months ago) link
I will dare:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhBVeR8Rau0
― henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:52 (two months ago) link
Linda Lewis was also in the poor man's Rotary Connection, Ferris Wheel. i love that stuff. also records nobody cares about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkFAEja0v4
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:54 (two months ago) link
i have that marsha malamet album but i never play it. i should.
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:55 (two months ago) link
reissued by sunbeam once but still inexplicably a ten dollar and under record that rules really hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2QQw4WuFsU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm5FU0Ac0ZM
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:58 (two months ago) link
just a beautiful album. surprised someone like LITA hasn't done a vinyl reissue.
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:59 (two months ago) link
just leaving this here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_xt5a9CwK0
― henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:00 (two months ago) link
you can always leave that here. #alltime
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:12 (two months ago) link
as far as i know i'm the only person who owns a copy of this record. i contacted the guitar player once and HE didn't have a copy. its a good record. my friend rob from Sunburned Hand of the Man put it on Youtube for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLTZxnA8QY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceu3S1_HW80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJuj8nFkmTg
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:48 (two months ago) link
i mean krissy probably has a copy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL536kZx-1Q
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:49 (two months ago) link
more rita with paul williams upping the hipster factor maybe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Dsrz2FM08
― buzza, Sunday, 14 April 2024 08:24 (one month ago) link