If - S/T

Proggy Jazz Rock - 1970 ==== If - S/T

J.B. Lenoir - S/T

J.B. Lenoir – J.B. Lenoir Label: Polydor – 24-4011, Crusade Records (4) – Number 1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1970 Genre: Blues Style: Country Blues Tracklist A1 Down In Mississippi 3:15 A2 Voodoo Music 2:24 A3 Tax Paying Blues 2:20 A4 If I Get Lucky 2:58 A5 Oh Captain 3:15 A6 How Much More 2:30 A7 Everything I Do 3:15 B1 Feeling Good 3:00 B2 Shot On James Merredith 2:44 B3 Round And Round 2:47 B4 Slow Down 1:32 B5 Vietnam Blues 3:02 B6 Leaving Here 1:35 B7 Born Dead 3:40 B8 Need Somebodies Help J.B. Lenoir - S/T

Dream Police - I'll be Home (In A Day Or So) / Living Is Easy

A side is a pop tune with orchestation. Not bad but compared to the killer B side its pretty wimpy.... B side shreds! === Dream Police - I'll be Home (In A Day Or So) Dream Police - Living Is Easy

Christmas - Heritage

A few years after Reign Ghost Bob Bryden starts Christmas. (Weird band name but ok) Here is Heritage from 1970.+++ Christmas - Heritage

Salt - Long Way To Go

Rare garage / psych jammer with nice fuzz guitar solo. Sounds a bit earlier than 1970...

Salt - Long Way To Go

Taiconderoga - Speakin' My Mind

Rare Netherlands picture sleeve from U.K. heavy psych band.

Taiconderoga - Speaking' My Mind

Elderberry Jak - Vance's Blues

Hard rocker from 1970 from Elderberry Jak. These cats were from West Virginia. Nice write up HERE; if you want a little more dirt.

Elderberry Jak - Vance's Blues

The Children - Evil Woman

The Children or Yesterday's Children as they are most know as, put out a killer hard rock masterpiece of an album on Map City in 1970. I have no idea why they are only "the children" on this 45 and at first i thought this might be a different version but after listening to the album again the seem to be the same? Anyone? This is a straight ripper!!!

Enjoy. I'm off to NYC to see David Gilmour at Madison Square Garden!

The Children - Evil Woman

SRC - My Fortune's Coming True

A non album cut by SRC (The Scot Richard Case) out of Detroit. This is from 1970. This may not be a top SRC cut but not being on any of the albums makes the 45 the only place you can hear it. A Bluesy rock tune with some semi fuzzy guitars. Meh.... I'd rather hear "Black Sheep" or "No Secret Destination" but the weirdo collector in me had to have it for the "collection".... Enjoy, or not....

SRC - My Fortune's Coming True

The Guided Tour - 50 BC Man

Another little known garage psych tune by "The Guided Tour". Info is scant. Not a ripper but a good tune with some psych vibes and organ. A little guitar break in the middle. Looks like this was from 1970 and out of Minnesota, other than that i just don't know....

The Guided Tour - 50 BC Man

Stonehenge - (For The Love Of A) Sweet Woman Like You

I'm having a good summer. For the first time in my life I have been selling records. I've never done this before for myself. I never liked the grip & flip mentality. And most people who sell records are some weird messed up humans, so i stayed away from it. But, I've been selling off some stuff i care very little about or things i have multiple copies of and buy some things i actually want. Here is my newest addition to my heavy psych & thud rock collection of 45's...

Stonehenge - (For The Love Of A) Sweet Woman Like You

Zendik - Is There No Peace

Do you think you would like to find a way out of here?
Do you think you’d like to look at your mind through a kaleidoscope mirror?
Well it just might be the answer even though you’ll die faster here,
‘Cause God was dead a long long time ago.

God is dead, God is dead, GOD IS DEAD


Zendik - Is there No peace

Jeff Simmons - I'm In The Music Business

I'm in the music business. Future looking' doubtful... Music business, bound to be my downfall..... Runnin' out of money.... Crazy going hungry....

I need a sandwich....

One time Mother of Invention tells it like it is...

Jeff Simmons - I'm In The Music Business

Steel Wool - Hold On, I'm Comin'

Rare cover tune of the famous Sam & Dave track by Steel Wool from 1970. This 45 has seen better days but it's a pretty cool cut with some fine guitar work & vocals. I got this in a deal where i bought some punk rock records and dude threw in some pretty trashed soul 45's. So please excuse the pop and hiss. Get past that and enjoy some fuzzy ax work and strong funky vocals.

Steel Wool - Hold On, I'm Comin'

Alex Spearman - Take Good Care Of My Children - (Baby) Don't Take Your love From Me

Sorta poppy R&B tune that kinda of reminds me of Clarence Carter a bit and a funkier flip.

You can read more about Mr. Spearman over at Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven Blog: where he goes into greater detail about the man.

Alex Spearman - Take Good Care Of My Children

Alex Spearman - (Baby) Don't Take Your love From Me

Crabby Appleton - Go Back - Try

Crabby Appleton was an American early 1970s band who scored a Top 40 hit with their first single, "Go Back."
The group is named after a character from the Tom Terrific cartoon.

This a terrific semi heavy pop tune with some nice guitar work. One of my faves.

The Flip "Try" aint to bad either. A semi funky rocker...

This is a European pressing picture sleeve.

Crabby Appleton - Go Back

Crabby Appleton - Try

Solicitors - Acid

Great and Funky instrumental 45 by Solicitors called "Acid"... Great keyboard work and a hypnotic groove make this thing pretty "Trippy".... Then they speed things up to a breakneck pace and break it back down to a groove thang. Tasty.

Solicitors - Acid

The American Group - Stay Off The Grass

Great Funky Instrumental with with a serious groove and bad ass bass and keyboard work.

The American Group - Stay Off The Grass

The Gentrys - Cinnamon Girl

Another cool cover tune here @ the devil's music w/ The Gentrys doing some Neil Young.... The Gentrys were an American band of the 1960s and early 1970s best known for their 1965 hit "Keep on Dancing" (in 1971 also a #9 hit for the Bay City Rollers). Follow-up singles charted outside of the top 40: "Every Day I Have To Cry" (1966), "Spread It On Thick" (1966), "Cinnamon Girl" (1970), "Why Should I Cry" (1970), "Wild World" (1971), and a 'Bubbling Under' Billboard chart entry "Brown Paper Sack" (#101, 1966).

here is the The Gentrys Wiki if you so desire.....

Kind of an odd choice of a cover since it is right around the time the original came out and it does not veer of the beaten patch, but an oddity on the Sun label you don't see too often.


The Gentrys - Cinnamon Girl

Three Degrees - Collage

The Three Degrees are a female Philadelphia soul and disco vocal musical group, formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although always fronted by a three person line-up, there have been a number of personnel changes, and a total of twelve women have represented the group so far. The original members were Fayette Pinkney, Shirley Porter and Linda Turner. They are best known for their million selling 1974 hit song, "When Will I See You Again".

They were formed around 1963 in Philadelphia. They were discovered by producer and songwriter, Richard Barrett. Barrett was responsible for groups of the 1950s such as The Chantels, Little Anthony and the Imperials, and The ValentinesBarrett recorded the original line-up on their first song entitled, "Gee Baby (I'm Sorry)", for Swan Records. Turner and Porter both left the group and were replaced by Helen Scott and a variety of other ladies before Janet Harmon joined in the mid 1960s. Barrett also began managing and producing Sheila Ferguson who was a high school friend of Scott. Barrett also signed Ferguson to Swan Records in 1965. The Three Degrees released a number of singles such as "I'm Gonna Need You" and a cover version of "Maybe" with Scott taking the lead vocals.

By 1966, with many performances lined up, Scott decided to leave the group to start a family. Ferguson filled in for Scott and would remain in the group for 20 years. Ferguson sang backup on all the group's Swan recordings as did the Three Degrees for her solo singles. By 1967, Harmon left and was eventually replaced by Valerie Holiday. Barrett signed them to recording contracts over the next three years with Warner Bros., Metromedia, and Neptune record labels; the latter of which which was owned by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff who would work with group five years later. Their close harmony singing made them a popular nightclub act but that hit record still eluded them.

By 1970, they were signed to Roulette Records and they released their first album, Maybe. The title song took them to #4 on the U.S. R&B charts. Other singles like "I Do Take You" and "You're The Fool" followed, as did their second album, So Much Love. This success landed them a cameo appearance in the 1971 film, The French Connection, filmed during one of their appearances at the Copacabana nightclub in New York.

In 1973, with their contract with Roulette ending, Barrett signed them to Philadelphia International Records under Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, where they were to have their greatest successes. They also made an appearance on the television series Sanford and Son, singing their song "I Didn't Know." The first song they recorded there was with the studio band MFSB, entitled "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" which was the theme song for Soul Train. In total, The Three Degrees recorded four albums for the Roulette label.

The first album spawned three hits. "Dirty Ol' Man" went gold in the Netherlands and Belgium. The second single was "Year Of Decision" which made it to the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart. Their third single "When Will I See You Again" was the one that broke the trio into the mainstream. It topped the UK Chart and reached no.2 in the US, earning the trio a gold record.

That is the wiki low-down; my low-down is that this song reminds my of my younger days driving around in the car with my Mom while she sang along with the A.M.radio. And this is a real song of the times, iot couldn'y have been recorded at any other time than the late 60's or early 70's, in this case smack dab in teh middle, 1970.
A song that mixes in soul with pop and with slight psychedlic edge... Enjoy.

And before anyone gives me shit about the sound quality, this was dug at a flea market and cost me 50 cents... If you like the song go buy some mp3's or whatever and get off my back.... I'm sure some of these ladies are still alive and could use your cracker ass green backs!

Three Degrees - Collage