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Lost Albums Of The 70's Part 5

 

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Ah yes!  The clock on the wall says it's time for another look at some of the wonderful "Lost" albums of the 1970's!  There were many excellent records that popped up on my radar whenever I would go through

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Lost Music: Dead Man's Stroll (The Revels)

REMEMBERING FORGOTTEN HALLOWEEN SONGS!

Today's Lost Music is one of my all-time favorite Halloween songs, Dead Man's Stroll by The Revels! 

While looking for some info on The Revels, I came across the Way Back Attack website: "The Walking Dead.

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Lost Albums: The Ones That Got Away Expanded Edition

Over the decades, there have been a significant number of album projects that, due to one thing or another, got lost in the sauce and were never released by their respective record labels.  Some projects, such as Brian Wilson's Smile

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Lost Music: Summertime in New Orleans (Anders Osborne)

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

ANDERS OSBORNE

 

Anders Osborne's wonderful ditty, Summertime in New Orleans, is today's Lost Song!  

Mark Carpentieri

I first heard this song on an Anders Osborne album titled Coming Down which was sent to me from

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Lost Music: Sweet Emotion (Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon)

Remembering Forgotten Songs

Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon

 

 

 

I've always been a rabid collector of Cover Songs.  However, I'm very particular about which ones I collect.  In my world view, I only collect cover songs that are unique in the

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Lost Albums Of The 70's (part 4)

Today, I thought it would be cool to look back on 6 albums

that pretty much got lost in the proverbial sauce back in the 70's

1971: LAURA NYRO & LABELLE : GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE

From the first time

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Lost Music: Walkin' On The Sun (Smash Mouth)

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

This morning I woke up humming Walkin' On The Sun, a popular song by a combo called Smash Mouth.  Back in 1997, when the tune was a big hit single, my daughter Molly

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Lost Music: Ca Plane Pour Moi (Plastic Bertrand)

REMEMBERING FORGOTTEN SONGS!

 

Plastic Bertrand

Zoot Alors!  Today's Lost Music is a kick ass dance tune credited to a fella named Plastic Bertrand that became wildly popular around the world in 1977.  Plastic Bertrand is

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Lost Music: The Song of The Elves (John Simon)

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

John Simon - The Song of The Elves

John Simon is an American music producer, composer, writer and performer. Recognized as one of the top record producers in the United States during the late

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Lost Music: Gone (John Hiatt)

Remembering Forgotten Songs

JOHN HIATT

 

John Hiatt - Gone

 

Ah yes...John Hiatt!  He's one of my favorite songwriters.  As a matter of fact, when I was in a band called the Freelance

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Lost Music: Crabwalk (American Music Club)

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

 

American Music Club - Crabwalk

 

CRABWALK

He reels around the nightclub 
like the hubcaps off of a car 
That just crashed into a sign that said 
"This way to the

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Lost Music: Jumpin' Jive (Cab Calloway)

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

 

Jumpin' Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers

 

Cab Calloway

"Cab Calloway was an American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor. He was associated with the Cotton Club…

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Lost Music: Spanish Harlem (Levon Russell)

Remembering Forgotten Songs

Leon Russell - Spanish Harlem

 

Today's Lost Music post is all about a swinging instrumental track  called Spanish Harlem which was recorded by Leon Russell and The Gap Band back in…

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Lost Music: Freeway Jam (Jeff Beck)

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

As I've stated in the past on this blog, I'm a collector of all types of music; one of the type of music I collect are  Instrumentals! 

Today's Lost Music song is an…

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Lost Music: Slap & Tickle (Squeeze)

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

 

SQUEEZE - SLAP & TICKLE

Ah!  Squeeze!  They're one of the great English bands who broke big on the music scene starting in 1979.  Today's lost music song  is Slap & Tickle

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Lost Music: Too Bad (Doug & The Slugs)

Remembering Forgotten Songs!

 

Doug & The Slugs - Too Bad

TOO BAD

Too bad that you had to get caught, 
That's not like you to lose face. 
So sad that you're not as smart, …

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Lost Music: 7 and 7 Is (Love)

Remembering Lost Songs!

 

Love - 7 and 7 Is 

The band Love recorded this genuine rock classic in June of 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood.  At that time, Sunset Sound Recorders was one…

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