Friday, October 31, 2014

Barbarella


Happy Halloween ... and what better way to celebrate than with this spooky exploito record by the Young Lovers, whoever they were. If you are looking for some more scary fun, check out the comments in the post below.

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Monday, October 27, 2014

Wilderness Years


Days roll along
One into the other
All the time in the world, it seems
The next thing you know
There's one less day
And slightly taller weeds

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Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Happy Day Choir


You'd think that from all the happy-faced white folks on the cover that this would be yet one more happy-faced, white-folks exploito. But you'd be wrong.

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Friday, October 24, 2014

Goldenrod


Instro record in which ace sessioners Ben Benay (guitar), Jerry Scheff (bass), and Toxey French (drums) make like a badass power trio in the mold of Cream and truly let their hair down.

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Monday, October 20, 2014

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Breeze


Some sweet '70s mellow rock, featuring covers of Bread and Todd Rundgren songs as well as originals that slot right in. Breeze-y.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Billy Martin


Mostly instro funk workouts from trumpeter Billy Martin. Very hard to find.

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Thursday, October 9, 2014

John Stewart & Scott Engel


This largely instrumental record was no doubt released by Tower to cash in on the early success of the Walker Brothers, and I'm guessing that Scott "Walker" Engel probably had little involvement. But still, it's not so bad as these things go. And since Mr. Walker has new album out - "Soused," featuring Sunn O))) - I thought it might be interesting to compare where he came from to where he is now. Turns out, there is no comparison.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Wild Thing


What's atypical about this typical slab of biker-styled exploito is that it was conceived by Elektra head honcho Jac Holtzman. Otherwise it's business as usual: hits of the day performed with slightly less oomph, soul and precision as the original.

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Friday, October 3, 2014

A Long Day's Journey


I just posted a new album of mine over on Bandcamp, the release of which coincides with my birthday. You would make ol' Mondo's day brighter if, when you download it, you also make a contribution.

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Dennis Linde


Reclusive Nashville songwriter best known for penning Elvis' "Burning Love," which appears on this here mighty fine record.

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