Snow

Psych-lite record with male/female vocals, engineered by Roy Halee.

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Los Feliz

Consider time
It comes and goes
And you're left wondering just where it went
You're its slave
You're its prisoner
It leaves you in forever torment

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Tomorrow

To the lonely and invincible of the earth
To endure and then endure
Tomorrow and tomorrow
Dear God

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Low Down

I can laugh and I can cry
I can ask myself why, why, why
I can live a life that's as real as it gets
Pick myself up when I'm blown to bits
I can be good as good as can be
But will that be better
Better for me

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Beautiful People

There goes the past Receding and not always redeemable And here comes the future Waiting to churn us up
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Pisano & Ruff

A groovy set of bossa-inspired tunes from guitarist John Pisano and French horn player Willie Ruff, and produced by Herb Alpert.

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Ghosting

I am not here
And you are not there
Nobody is anywhere, anywhere
I thought that I knew you
A humble boast
I thought that I knew you
But you're a ghost

Cover girl: Susan Gil, whereabouts unknown
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Wolves

I stand accused
Of a wrong I did not do
And I sound nervous in my deposition
You see, innocence's a trick of paperwork
Whereas guilt is the human condition
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Brazilian Carnival

Yet another A&M/Mayfair comp, this one with a Brazilian accent.

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The Bells

Rare record from Canuck band.

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Western Daylight

That summer by the lake
There was a boat house and a pier
We sat around a fire
Told some stories and drank some beer
One day you swam too far
We didn't hear you scream
I still wonder if it was real
Or something from a dream

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Eastern Standard

I scream at you but you don't hear
You flash an evil grin
"I am Henry the Eighth," you say
"And you're my Anne Boleyn"
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20 Golden Greats

Rare comp collecting songs from A&M/Mayfair.

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Something Strange

Never fit in here
Never fit in there
No matter how I tried
I never fit in anywhere
Did what I could
To accomodate
But all of my efforts were in vain
And that's how it always will remain
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Jimmie Haskell

Completely bonkers record from the recently departed Jimmie Haskell. Features Joe Walsh on a few cuts.

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Trouble

Poor old Fred
He passed so young
No more pearls
Will fall from his tongue
Woe is him
But more woe is me
I gotta a big ol' hole
Where my heart used to be

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Westphalia

Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.

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Gordon Staples

Groovy set of tunes conducted by Detroit Symphony concertmaster, who also provided the strings on many Motown records.

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Harpo's Blues

This girl of mine
Has blue-y blue eyes
She pulls at my heart
Each time she cries
I never knew
I wouldn’t have guessed
She holds my hand
And I feel blessed

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The Friendship RIng

The past is filled with peculiar ghosts
It’s best to let them all go
'Cause when you start to really stir things up
You find out stuff that you don’t want to know
Like how much you don’t matter
Or how much your ex got fatter
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Memphis Soul Band

Also known as Memphis Black.

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Wild Blue Yonder

Putting out the last of the garbage
Sam says, "I'll see you next year"
I'm about to say I won't be back
But Sam went to get a beer
And I'm left here to ponder
Over the wild blue yonder
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The Young Lovers

Yet another Pickwick/33 record. Would anyone have "The Carpenters Song Book" by the Young Lovers?

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Remember Me

So I am a peephole
Into a windowless room
Where the sweat on the tiles
Is the only perfume
On the desk is a diary
And next to it a vase
The rose draws blood
And it drips on the lace
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The Young Lovers

A fresh vinyl rip of yet another Pickwick/33 knock-off. BTW, Ol' Mondo appreciates those select few of you who take the time to comment ... but I know there are literally thousands who download from this site without leaving so much as a word. It'd be nice to know what you think. And if you have an album you'd like to share that fits with what I am doing here, please do. Put it this way: without your active involvement there's really no point in me continuing with this, capice?

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From Eliot With Love

Our conversation moves in circles
And so do the hands of the clock
We sound like we are saying something
But it's all only idle talk
Mel says love is spiritual
But some of us disagree
Some get a kick out of being kicked
Every beater needs a beatee
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Honky Tonk Freeway

Obscure country soundtrack featuring Beverly D'Angelo. Anyone remember this one?

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Armistice Day

What would it take to end
All this fighting
What could we do to stop
All the war
It's been going on
Since the very first caveman
Since he figured out
What a club was for

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Scary Guy at the End of the Hall

I got a dream in me
That nothing can quite kill
You may try to squash me
I know that's where you get your thrill
And I am gonna get myself up
And shake off these cliches
And I will see myself clear
Living in better days
If you do download, please consider a donation. I'm about to run out of free monthly downloads, and when I do Bandcamp will automatically start charging $7.

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Lonnie Knight

Mid-'70s folky singer/songwriter for your Sunday morning pleasure.

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Far Country

I see justice
Just out of view
Yeah, I see justice
Don't have much to do
But I got no worries
Why give a toss
I'm already long gone from here
And I don't feel a loss

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Jim Weatherly

This one goes out to Monkeeboy. Thanks for your contribution.

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Stockholm Syndrome

Out of left field
There came a sudden wind
Blew down our well-built fences
While the devil grinned
We were aghast
The end was here at last

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Dial-a-Hit

Yet another Buddah comp.
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The Sentimental Education of Eliot Wilder

Here's a collection of tracks you won't find on my Bandcamp page. It's my very first solo album, recorded over the course of several years (starting around 2002) at Woolly Mammoth Sound here in Boston. When I began this project, I'd not thought about writing songs in about 20 years, but with the encouragement and help of Dave Westner (who plays all over thing), I found myself slowly flexing that muscle again. Some of these tunes, like "Sensitive Boy," "Nobody," and "Hard Won" were written as far back as the late 1970s for my old band, Catch 22 (these versions were rerecorded for this album). The song "True" goes pretty far back as well, and was transferred from a crummy old cassette into the digital realm, where I added new instruments and vocals. I have a great fondness for these songs; they may not be my absolute best, but they were my starting point. This album goes out to Bob Gartland (my old songwriting buddy) and Natalia Cooper, who provided backing vocals and sang a spine-shivering lead on "Everyone's Gone to the Moon."

As a side note, this record was named after my old web site, which, curiously, has now been hijacked by a Japanese company selling hair tonic. Why they stole my domain name - and why they think it is appropriate for their products - I will never know. It's a crazy old world.

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Roger Shriver

Part of my ongoing quest to track down every obscure artist that was on Buddah Records. Got any suggestions?

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14 Hit Songs

Sweet collection of Buddah/Kama Sutra tracks.

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The Best of Buddah

More good stuff from one of my all-time favorite labels.

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Incense and Oldies

This one comps artists from Buddah's jarringly eclectic roster ... I mean, Sopwith Camel and the Shangra-Las? Classic.

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A Proper Viking Funeral

I bleed real blood
Red as a your lips
It gushes out of me
In Technicolor strips
Can't hold it back
It is out of control
That's the way that it is
When you're a slave to your soul

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Primitive Man

I like the way that the world
Revolves around me
I am at the center
Of my very own galaxy
I get to call the shots
I get to say what's cool
I am no idiot, no
I suffer no fool

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The Very Soul of Me

You shut the door
You turned the key
Never looked back into that darkened room
Never looked back at me
You left a note
You left it blank
No explanation given, no final words
Not even, I have you to thank
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David Anderson

Rare loner-folk, or whatever the current euphemism is for this kind of thing.

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Walk Away

Featuring Dave Westner, Natalia Beth Cooper, and Chris and Astrid.

Walking Distance

There is nothing
Nothing out in the desert
And no man
No man needs nothing
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Broken Things

To say that Bowie was an influence is to understate matters. At one point, a huge chunk of my old band's live set consisted of songs like "The Jean Genie," "Suffragette City," and "All the Young Dudes." Painful to imagine him gone. David, this one is for you.

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Soundsville!

A rare exploito classic, which features none other than Lou Reed on three tracks. Read more about it.

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Funzone

My guess is these guys thought they were comedians. At any rate, Ben Benay is playing lead guitar.

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Woebegone

The good and the bad
The happy and the sad
All the living and the dead
It will stay with me
For eternity
My thoughts are a tornado
In my head

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Better

Is this the way to live a life
Never think about the meaning
Then one day you wake up
And the whole world is careening
Well I'm no philosopher
Not Jean Paul Sartre
But it doesn't take a genius to know
You gotta have heart, miles of heart
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Teegarden & VanWinkle

A rockin' little Southern duo.

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