Made a great vinyl find over the weekend at a flea market before leaving Youngstown. The Supremes--A Bit of Liverpool (Motown, 1964, and in very good shape). To quote the liner notes, "A tribute to their brothers--their brothers in song. Who better to give this tribute than the gals who have received all of the tributes themselves? The Supremes, The Number One Sweethearts of America." Nice find since it's unavailable on CD except in an out-of-print (and cheesy) "two records on one cd" compilation, but this one's all about the music, mostly covers of British invasion bands. Fun, rockin' stuff. Among the three Beatles tunes, the best here is their faithful version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," which rivals Al Green's take on the song on his similarly awesome "Green is Blues" covers record.
Today on Stylus, a nice analysis of R.E.M.'s Reckoning, a fixture in my top ten 80s records.
When I should have been working on research, made a mix CD for my nephew, home sick with mono. Here's the line-up:
Tony’s Theme (The Pixies)
Call the Doctor (Sleater-Kinney)
Repeater (Fugazi)
Summer Babe (Pavement)
December 4th (DJ Danger Mouse & Jaz-Z)
What do I get? (The Buzzcocks)
Lazy Line Painter Jane (Belle & Sebastian)
B.O.B. (Outkast)
Hellicopter (Bloc Party)
Granny’s Little Chicken (Dirtbombs)
Folsom Prison Blues (Boogie Man Smash)
Germ Free Adolescents (X-Ray Spex)
Arkansas Heat (Gossip)
Mono (Courtney Love)
Only a Lad (Oingo Boingo)
People Have The Power (Pearl Jam)
Comin’ Round the Mountain (Funkadelic)
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone (Sleater Kinney)
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Postal Service)
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Back in the day, I owned a copy of that Supremes LP. Wore it out and alas discarded it many years ago. Glad copies are still in circulation!
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