According to Jim Dawson, this was one of the early recordings produced at the legendary Gold Star Studios in Hollywood. Jim says co-founder David Gold is still alive.
The Gold Star Sound
Category: Music
The #1 Joker on January 6
Red State, Blue State, Green Day
Dick Clark Productions has officially released video of Green Day’s performance from New Year’s Eve.
September will mark the 20th anniversary of Green Day releasing their superb album American Idiot. As much time as there was between the original LP release of Sgt. Pepper and its first appearance on CD?!
Getting the Kinks Out
Andrew Sandoval is well known for his association with the Monkees. He has also worked extensively with Ray Davies on reissues of the Kinks catalog. Andrew’s favorite Kinks album is The Village Green Preservation Society, and I own Andrew’s deluxe vinyl box set from five years ago. It’s still available, but the price tag will make you gulp hard.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GJ397BS/
Here. You can listen to the official online copy for free, with some extra tracks. The opening of “Do You Remember Walter” reminds me of the opening to ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky”. I doubt it’s entirely coincidental.
Muswell Hillbillies is my favorite Kinks album. I like it so much, I have a copy in 24-bit/96 kHz lossless FLAC format. This playlist is likewise an extended edition.
The Woman Most Admired by Other Woman
You were expecting Taylor Swift?
Debbie was the unanimous winner of an informal survey I once made of same-age women I knew.
American Idiots Assemble!
I didn’t watch Green Day’s performance on New Year’s Eve, but kudos to Billie Joe and the band for knocking the MAGA crowd.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/green-day-maga-agenda-lyric-american-idiot-1234938852/
I’ve given up trying to understand people who want to see Trump back in the White House. They can’t see that it’s a case of, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.” They’re idiots, and I say that admitting Trump probably would have been re-elected in 2020 if not for his incompetence in managing the pandemic. Incredibly, based on recent polls he stands a very good chance of being elected again.
My purity test for Trump supporters:
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- What is your level of education?
- Did you watch The Apprentice?
The mess we’re in goes back to Reagan, who was “Goldwater Lite,” saying government is the problem. What’s astounding to me is that, in the 60’s, both Reagan on the Right and the Hippies on the Left had the same message at the same time. They were both against government intrusion in the lives of Americans, but with very different ideas of what that meant.