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Random Vinyl 7/13-7/17

Posted at 1:16 PM on July 17, 2009 by Jill Riley
Filed under: Random Vinyl

Monday: Pink Floyd, "A Nice Pair" (1973)
A re-issue of two albums, "Piper At The Gates of Dawn" and "A Saucerful of Secrets." Since this was released just after "Dark Side of the Moon", fans were able to go back and get a taste of what Pink Floyd sounded like when Syd Barrett was apart of the band. We played "Lucifer Sam."

Tuesday: Various Artists, "Stars of the Apollo Theatre" (Columbia KG 30788)
This album pays tribute to some of the great performers of the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. It contains some rare and unreleased material as well. We chose to play a Bessie Smith recording from 1933, "Gimme A Pigfoot."

Wednesday: The Rolling Stones, "Sticky Fingers" (1971)
Famous for the Andy Warhol designed cover, the real working zipper on the jeans might come to mind. "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" are the big hits from this album. We went with the ballad, "Moonlight Mile."

Thursday: The Mothers of Invention, "Just Another Band From L.A." (1972)
A live album recorded at the campus of UCLA in 1971. Frank Zappa, Flo & Eddie (The Turtles), need we say more? Playing 24 minutes of "Billy The Mountain" seemed a bit much, so we went with, "Eddie, Are you Kidding?" It's a nice jab at consumerism.

Friday: Luxuria, "Unanswerable Lust" (1988)
Howard DeVoto, original lead singer for The Buzzcocks (and later for the band Magazine) put together this new wavey-project in 1988 with multi-instrumentalist Noko (Norman Fisher-Jones). It ended up being a one-off, and truthfully, the record isn't all that great - except for the lead track and single, "Redneck," which is quite awesome in Steve's opinion.

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