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Random Vinyl 7/20-7/24

Posted at 12:30 PM on July 24, 2009 by Jill Riley
Filed under: Random Vinyl


Monday: Donovan, "Mello Yellow" (1967)
Don't attempt to smoke bananas while listening to this record. You won't get high. It's a myth. We played "Museum," which you might recognize as a song that Herman's Hermits covered.

Tuesday: The Mamas & The Papas, "The Mamas & The Papas" (1966)
This album marks the point in the band's career where Michelle Phillips and Denny Doherty's affair was out in the open. Michelle Phillips was kicked out of the band when they made this record and replaced with Jill Gibson. That didn't last long and Michelle was back in the group. Michelle having to sing "I Saw Her Again Last Night" over and over again was probably... awkward?
But, enough about Michelle all ready, we chose to drop the needle on a tune featuring the booming voice of Mama Cass. Written by John Phillips (Papa John), "Words of Love" was a hit single for the group in November of 1966.

Wednesday: The Suburbs "Love is the Law" (1983)
Here's a Twin Cities music gem from the 80's. They got their start releasing albums on the Twin/Tone label, but this one was a little more of the big time for The Suburbs. The record, "Love is the Law" was released on Mercury/Polygram. "Rattle My Bones" is a favorite of Steve's.

Thursday: The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" (1969)
The soundtrack to the 1968 animated Beatles movie. The Beatles didn't have much to do with it though, other than the music of course. They didn't even voice their own characters. We thought it would be timely to feature this soundtrack since the art director for the film, Heinz Edelmann recently passed away. We played the very simple, easy to sing-a-long with song, "All Together Now."

Friday: The Archies "Everything's Archie" (1969)
Archie, Reggie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica were The Archies. Let's not forget Jughead's dog, Hot Dog, who served as the animated band's mascot. They even penned a tune for him. The lyrics of "Hot Dog" are too precious. OK, they didn't pen the song. Jeff Barry did. And they didn't sing and play the songs. Studio musicians did. Hopefully this slice of bubblegum pop brought you back to the time you watched The Archies every Saturday morning on CBS.

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