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| Joe_Stax |
You-you-you-youtube, you!Hey everyone--a buddy sent me this link a while back, and got me hooked on youtube.It's a clip from the movie "Skidoo" in which Jackie Gleason takes a trip. The best part about it is the "if you liked this, you might like..." link, which took me to all sorts of great band clips, including the Music Machine, Pretty Things, Creation, Small Faces and more! I'll post more links as I find'em. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jwd32yTxFY |
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| Joe_Stax |
Music Machine!Try this one, it's the Music Machine doing their classic "Talk Talk".Boss! |
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| Joe_Stax |
It would help if I include the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJR_KGZO4U0 |
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| Joe_Stax |
Oh man!!! It's the Seeds doing "Pushing too Hard"!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmHTyLBIZ1g On Shebang! Introduced by Casey Kasem!! Dig!!! |
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| cosmikdebris |
One of the more bizarre things I've come across on youtube is this clip from Neil Young's "Human Highway" featuring Devo in brightly glowing radiation suits doing their famous cover of "It takes a worried man." A surreal video, if there ever was one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xJa-WCJO8E |
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| Joe_Stax |
Mod Madness!Oh yeah! It's the Creation, performing Making Time!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtPeEt8-oDM and Painter Man!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sarClpvdAP4 |
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| Joe_Stax |
My Friend JackThe Smoke performing their classic banned song, My Friend Jack!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ebKmaA3UQ |
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| JimENight |
Wow, Thanx for these video links, Joe.
Never thought I'd get to see a Music Machine performance - too cool! |
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| Joe_Stax |
Oh, man...the Velvet Underground on Lawrence Welk!!! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i48BP1PUoFI |
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| JimENight |
As some of you may know, Mariska Veres, lead singer of The Shocking Blue passed away in early December '06.
They (she) will be featured on our next live show (2/3/07). Here's a nice viddy of them performing their classic hit: http://youtube.com/watch?v=U2DBcbZc3ck Dig! |
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| Joe_Stax |
Monk Time!Hey hey, check out the craziness of the Monks! You've heard'em on LD, now watch them perform two wild numbers...the mysterious Monk Chant followed by Oh How To Do Now.Vintage video from German (?) TV! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZK_olqwHwk |
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| Joe_Stax |
Outsiders--Lying all the timeWow! Here's Lying All the Time, a great Kinks-like tune from the Dutch Outsiders, with the original lineup.Wally Tax--vocals (and amazingly long hair for...what, 1966?) Ronnie Splinter--electric 12 string Tom Krabbendam--rhythm Appie Rammers--bass Buzz Busch--drums dig it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLK0q0xcnuc |
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| Joe_Stax |
I posted this separately, but since it's on youtube I wanted to put it here, too.
Zal Yanovsky's solo single, "As Long As You're Here" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcKoVzwiep8 |
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| Joe_Stax |
Okay, this has nothing whatsoever to do with garage or psych, or even the '60's. But it made me laugh.
It's trio of buskers doing the 80's Buggles classic, Video Killed the Radio Star. Weird, but fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSUX9byu6NY |
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| Joe_Stax |
Monkees!Hey, hey, it's the Monkees appearing on the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour in 1969, performing Teardrop City.I really haven't paid too much attention to the post-Tork Monkees, but this is a pretty good song. Davy's out of control, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhCnZDQ3FpA |
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| Joe_Stax |
Monkey Rock!Does anyone remember the Saturday morning show Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp? It was kind of like Get Smart, but with monkeys.
In addition to hip spy action, there was a musical segment on the show. Lance had a group on the side called the Evolution Revolution, and they would do a song every week. There was even an album. Anyway, here's a performance by the Evolution Revolution. The sound's not too good; sorry about that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmTmvBzNFY4 |
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| Astrakhan |
Chimp rock? That's just weird. Did they cover other bands, too? | ||
| Joe_Stax |
I don't think so. I used to have a copy of the album on cassette and all of the songs were "original", probably supplied by Don Kirshner, or the like.
It would have been cool if they'd done Apeman by the Kinks, though! |
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| Joe_Stax |
Oh man! It's My Indole Ring on the CBC!
The song is Orange Float Petals, in psychedelic black & white. It's a powerhouse performance. Dig it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcG5Jrae7bI |
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| JimENight |
My Indole Ring is fantastic! Their sole album from 1968 is well worth seeking out! I can't believe they have been so overlooked for all these years. | ||
| JimENight |
As someone who has known Joe Stax for nearly 20 (yipes) years now, I need to state publicly that his fixation on and slight obsession over Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution is extremely disturbing!
It was only a matter of time before he hit it up here on the forums... you've all been warned! 
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| JimENight |
Monks video 1966Noticed that the link Joe posted to the Monks viddy on youtube had been taken down. I went ahead and fixed the link on his post for y'all, and also, here 'tis:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYsyC2PFVBs |
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| Rockin'_Art_Lewis |
Man! A whole bunch of those links got pulled. 
That My Indole Ring video was still up there when I clicked on it, though. Heavy! R.A.L. |
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| Rockin'_Art_Lewis |
True Lancelot Link story. (Doc should appreciate this, if he actually lurks around in here  )
When the producers felt that "Lance" was getting a little too agressive on the set, due to his advancing Chimp puberty, he was sent off to a Vet......to be castrated! I'm not making this up!
R.A.L. |
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| Astrakhan |
Ouch! You can't make stuff like that up.
But that's showbiz, I suppose. 
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| JimENight |
Sheesh, how long was that show in production??? | ||
| Rockin'_Art_Lewis |
Some great footage of the legendary MC-5!!
Black To Comm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0zbDOdzpeM finds the band in their wannabe Yardbirds phase, back in 1967. From Public TV (WNDT?) 1967. American Ruse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6pfU9wli8g from "The Lively Spot". They're lippin' it to the album track here. Tyner definitely shows his rock star chops, though. Kick Out The Jams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I8o3y5wP48 Live version from "Beat Club" on German TV. The producers of this show have been yanking videos off Youtube at warp speed so catch this one while you still can! Electrifying performance!! Ramblin' Rose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cg0qJ-ieRk Post Rob footage with Wayne taking the lead vocal. Well, if you can call it a vocal.
From "Detroit Tube Works" 1972. It's amazing that this got on television at all. Kramer flips off the crowd and basically does all the crazy shit you still can't do on the box. Check out their backline for a view of some hangers-on passing a doobie the size of a Zeppelin back and forth.
Peace! R.A.L. |
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| Joe_Stax |
All right! Some new links at last!
Tin Soldier by the Small Faces--a cool color performance of the song with PP Arnold joining on vocals! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc...pZCI&mode=related&search= Death of a Clown by Dave Davies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK-Po-IGY8k Painter Man by the Creation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PshEmL6pWog When I Come Home by the Spencer Davis Group (from the Ghost Goes Gear!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38...eT38&mode=related&search= Astrologically Incompatible by the Music Machine, in color against a blue screen--trippy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW...CL_Q&mode=related&search= The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly by the Music Machine. This is from the same show as the prior clip. Introduced by Casey Casem! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK...90Kk&mode=related&search= You'll Never Know by the Luv'd Ones. This isn't a vintage clip, but it's a GREAT song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_...Gh1M&mode=related&search= Diddley Daddy by the Liverbirds! Cool beat boom sounds by some Liverpool birds! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrcFOhG58Ks You Can't Judge A Book...by the Syndicats. Watch out for a young Steve Howe on guitar! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG...wfr8&mode=related&search= Hoochie Coochie Man by the Graham Bond Organization, featuring Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Yow!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_g0AdvSFZA And, finally... Excerpt from a Teenage Opera by Keith West! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J534B5NsVzU Dig 'em all! |
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| Joe_Stax |
Okay, here are a few more...
Love Special Delivery by Thee Midniters! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW...dRbw&mode=related&search= I Should Be Glad by the Tages--Swedish beat! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy...vwDw&mode=related&search= A double shot of the amazing Snobs! What a great gimmick! Buckle Shoe Stomp is first, followed by Stand & Deliver. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk...7mXM&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv...JGQw&mode=related&search= Lydia Purple by the Collectors--Canadian psych! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ...CAaE&mode=related&search= |
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| Astrakhan |
Quite a selection, Joe. I watched the Snobs with some amusement. You have to love the powdered wigs and regency gear. The numbers seemed a bit tame, though. Did they release any records?
I did love the Luv'd Ones, and noticed that the person who posted that also posted a number of other "home-made" clips of 60's tracks. Is this a common practice, do you think? My question to the Lost Discs community: how do you feel about that? Should we only present vintage performance footage, or is it all right to post links to newer interpretations of 60's music? If the answers are positive, I'd like to post a link to the Bootles! |
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| Astrakhan |
Perhaps I'll post it anyway, and damn the torpedoes!
The Bootles--I'll Let You Hold My Hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8l5JO5L6Bw |
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| Rockin'_Art_Lewis |
The "Tin Soldier" video seems to be altered by the person who posted it.
The audio is the mix heard on the Castle Communications L.P. "Collection" which was missing P.P. Arnold's back-up vocals.
It's kind of odd, watching her lip sync to....well......nothing! At least she looks yummy in the clip! Just wish I could hear her as well. Peace! -R.A.L. |
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| Joe_Stax |
Yipe!! Sorry about that, everyone...I missed the lack of PP Arnold vocals on Tin Soldier.
But I will agree she looks yummy! And continuing the yumminess, some PP Arnold clips! First Cut, on Beat Club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0sH4dq_T6s Life Is But Nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiHBOUPtBDA I Go To Pieces Everytime--a more recent track--still gorgeous! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH8pONJSVfY And a couple of more Small Faces clips, featuring songs from Ogden's Nut Gone Flake: Happydaystoytown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pPCYlYWO6w Mad John http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8w55L1Hsg Happiness Stan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI7ASaAA55g Rollin' Over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6ldLiqp4lc The Hungry Intruder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjAkE03y6VU The Journey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tveS1eS68OE |
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| Joe_Stax |
Hey, check out the Remo 4! Peter Gunn is probably a bit overdone as a cover, but that's some tasty guitar work!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnTZFXBDBDU |
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| Joe_Stax |
Oh yeah! It's the Thirteenth Floor Elevators doing You're Gonna Miss Me! Dig the jug player!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Av_pGYI2k Then, there's the Yardbirds doing Dazed and Confused! Jimmy Page bows his guitar! Psych out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMz1TwtDsjk The Pretty Things: LSD!! For Ellis Dee! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXzgMQM0B-8 |
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| Astrakhan |
This clip isn't music, but it is rather...entertaining...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYcrCdGcOnU |
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| JimENight |
It's all too much, man.
Great list of viddy poasts, guys! Seeing The 13th Floor Elevators sync to their song on Dick Clark... amazing. Rocky Erickson comes off as some sorta ultra cool anti-Elvis. I WAS gonna post a link to the Electric Prunes doing The Great Banana Hoax, but instead I'm opting for the trailer from Peter Fonda in, The Trip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt6TDSZSPiI
p.s. the band (which you can barely see) performing in the psyched-out disco is The International Submarine Band. And yes, that's Dennis Hopper rolling a joint. |
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| Joe_Stax |
Hey, check this one out: it's the Sir Douglas Quintet doing Nuevo Laredo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM2uOhiM2YM This happens to be one of my favorite Sir Doug tracks, although you'd be hard pressed to find a bum cut from this band! |
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| Joe_Stax |
Do the Lurch!This is a big find for the Halloween season--it's Ted Cassidy as Lurch on Shindig!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzI6NrBdP7U 
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| Joe_Stax |
More monster vid with the Munsters! Dragula makes an appearance in the Macy's Parade!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW2rRIzY9dY |
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| Joe_Stax |
No music this post, but some cool/weird classroom propaganda films...
First, a lenghty (about 10 minutes), Perversion for Profit with George Putnam, Outstanding Reporter. http://youtube.com/watch?v=NidUG88wY4o Then, Case Study: LSD. http://youtube.com/watch?v=a5TJApnJ8X8 Some classic Red Scare stuff, Make Mine Freedom. (nice animation!) http://youtube.com/watch?v=g_DaMKUP3Og |
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| Astrakhan |
How wonderfully appalling! Clearly, these were made with same love as those driver's ed films we endured in high school...probably for the same audience, too.
I did enjoy in the LSD film, the girl hallucinating just before she bit into the hot dog. Paging Dr. Howard, Dr. Freud, Dr. Howard! |
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| JimENight |
That does it, I'm cancelling my subscription to Frolic!
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| Joe_Stax |
A bit of blues from Muddy Waters...
Rollin' Stone at Newport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaIT0mKJ7D0 Got My Mojo Workin': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K91Qj870HHk Hoochie Coochie Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAOeoDSMz54 |
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| Joe_Stax |
Mekons and related in this post....
The promo for the new album, Natural, the song is Cockermouth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH-gDKwD1kU A live version, early October 2007. I saw them about a week before this performance, but Jon Langford was the same ball of energy then, bouncing and jumping throughout. This man doesn't sleep: he's in the Mekons, the Waco Brothers, the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, does solo stuff, paints...amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCyCjbpB3O0 Some Jon Langford, a great song from his solo release, All The Fame of Lofty Deeds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyT4JQfvdqY |
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| Joe_Stax |
More oddball stuff...
I'm a fan of Eddie Izzard, who's a hilarious UK comic. He's got a nice line in surreal looks at pop culture. Anyway, here are a couple of his stand up bits, but with home-made animation...done with Legos! Darth Vader visits the Death Star's cafeteria: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw Cake or Death! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZVjKlBCvhg |
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| Joe_Stax |
It's a new year, let's kick it off with Cab Calloway!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D44pyeEvhcQ Reefer Man, from the movie International House. |
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| Joe_Stax |
HOLY! It's the Holy Modal Rounders!
She Done Sold It Out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqcKfeVWIzs |
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| JimENight |
Here's one sent in by a listener, George in Youngstown, Ohio.
Graham Bond Organization!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7vlaA-H-dU |
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| JimENight |
Hey Joe,
Thanx for the Holy Modal Rounders link. You'd all do well to check out their stuff, just watch out for those Moray Eels! Also, you all might try out some John Fahey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf9JTLbA-YY&feature=related [/url] |
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| George Elias |
"youtubing" (Have we created a new word?)Hello everyone...this is my first post, so i don't know what the heck i'm doing. JimE turned me on to this.... |
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| George Elias |
Sorry for the blandness of my post folks, but I hope my youtube links will color things a bit...
thanx JimE, this is awesome. I've spent the past hour checking out all your great posts friends. Especiallly you Joe... This is the first time I've ever seen the Monks. AND the Shocking Blue! All this time I'd thought the lead singer was a guy. And to find out that she died not long ago...another one in rocknroll heaven, right? Ok, i'm going to get busy and post some things...be rigth back... |
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| George Elias |
rock and roll heavenHere's another one who's in rock and roll heaven.Arthur Lee of Love who died I believe last year of cancer. I know there was a benefit concert by Robert Plant while Lee was still alive. If you search some of the links, there is a documentary being made and you can find clips from that too... MORE TAMBOURINE PLEASE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXEAWlIe2sQ Also, i was telling JimE about a great website that plays 60s psych uninterrupted. they also include those great ads and such that you guys always play... http://www.techwebsound.com |
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| George Elias |
WHEW!!! tryin to get the hang of this going back and forth tween here and youtube...
I LUV the Luv'd Ones. Char was the lead singer guitarist. Imagine how ahead they were. While girl groups were doing their best to sound like the the Supremes, these girls were rocking like no girls had before. I'm a fan of a new band called the Gore Gore Girls. The lead singer Amy Surdu told me she was influenced by Char Vinnedge. If you check them out, you can hear the similarities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozx1SIWSQ78 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COV6_fW5ldc Re an earlier post. yes, I think we're being true to the era by posting vids that may not be original images of the band or, as well as posting bands they influence. |
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| George Elias |
Okay, one more cause I've taken up enough valuable space...
One of my favs from The Era (caps intentional). The Bobby Fuller Four and one of their greatest but most overlooked songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKOw7hLa8Es And JimE, I forgot to thank you for posting that ultr groovy Graham Bond vid "Gonks Go Beat"! How cool to see 2/3rds of Cream in Ginger Baker and the other guy! '-))))))) (Like in the Seinfeld episode when Elaine goes backstage with Jerry to meet one of the 3 Tenors who she refers to as "the other one.") |
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| George Elias |
One thing I forgot about the BB4 vid...pay attention to the go-go dancers on the platforms behind the band. It's an example of what a lost art that is and how choreographed some of those dances were...just a thought. | ||
| George Elias |
Sorry folks, I just couldn't stay away. (Actually I'm trying to set a record for first time posts.)
JIMe, YOU'VE CREATED A MONSTER!!! Alex Chilton. We all know how great he was with The Box Tops. But I think his greatest work was with Big Star in the 70s. (Even having one of their songs used as the title track of That 70s Show.) Now I know that the Box Tops aren't exactly "Lost Discs" material being a staple of oldies formats. But I believe Chilton was a sort of "Lost Genius" in the pantheon of rock along with people like Arthur Lee. It's hard to believe that he wasn't much more than 18-20 yrs old when he made these appearances. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9mCp8SifM&feature=related |
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| George Elias |
More Box Tops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POFVr0pC-qQ&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM4xro6MAFA&feature=related This isn't the Box Tops, but I just had to include it because it's so freakin far OUT!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKCl8cN90Kk&feature=related |
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| Joe_Stax |
Alex Chilton was great. Some prefer the Box Tops, others Big Star, but I have a soft spot for some of his solo work.
There was a particular album in the mid 80's called High Priest that's my favorite. Welcome, George! |
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| Joe_Stax |
Hey, here's a great number by the Soft Machine, and a good thought for the new year: Hope for Happiness!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwo3ht8sxJo |
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| Joe_Stax |
Oh, dear. Here's some twisted kid vid from the Krofft Brothers...when I was a little kid, I loved stuff like Pufnstuf, Lidsville and the Bugaloos.
Looking at this now, it's some amazingly weird psychedelic kiddy tv... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrrRbggbPJQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59kwUoTGOBI |
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| George Elias |
JimE, Doc, Joe Stax and all the other Groovy Studio People, thanks for the shoutout on tonights show!!!!
I now vow to live up to the great honor and responsibility you have once again bestowed on me...that is, to go forward with a renewed vigor and commitment to seek out and find the most Far Out, Grooviest, and Happening LOST DISCS that would make you all proud and that would live up to the highest standards that you have all demanded at the greatest radio show this planet has ever heard: THE LOST DISCS RADIO SHOW!!!!! KICK OUT THE JAMS MUTHA*&%$#*! |
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| George Elias |
A rare clip of Phil Ochs with an intro by Curtis Mayfield...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlbMFRK9I9s |
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| George Elias |
This a clip from the Haskell Wexler film "Medium Cool" from 1969. What makes this film so amazing is that Wexler weaves together a fictional love story through the all-too-real events of 1968 including the Democrat convention in Chicago. There's one problem with the credits though. All of the music is credited to Mike Bloomfield when, in fact, the opening track is actually a Love song named "Emotions" from Love's first LP...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc7f_LiGthQ |
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| Joe_Stax |
Here's an amazing interpretation of the Yardbirds classic, For Your Love, by Humble Pie.
That's the original line-up, too! Steve Marriott, Jerry Shirley, Peter Frampton and Greg Ridley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N9VV9CT2P8 |
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| JimENight |
George, thanx for hipping me up to Medium Cool. I enjoyed the viddy clips from this movie very much, although it did leave me with a very odd taste in my mouth, even just the short clip I watched. Anyroad, I am curious enough to seek out a copy & take-in the entire thing!
I'm afraid that the same cannot be said for Captain Milkshake. 
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| George Elias |
Joe, that vid of Humble Pie is amazing. They couldn't do that today...too long and cumbersome in this soundbite culture...
...but I DO have something current from Frampton which should exite us all!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiA-_p5QRJM |
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| George Elias |
JimE...Right On brother Man!!!
I've checked some clips from Captain Milkshake and it is amazing. I never knew it even existed. If it's anything like this clip, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ae3pAbnuP0&feature=related then it's truly diggable. There was another clip of a mother speaking who's son was killed in Nam. Wow, what's that thing about those who refuse to learn from history? As far as Medium Cool, seeing only clips doesn't do it justice. You've got to see the whole thing to savor it's Coolness...but say no more...it's in the works right now... |
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| George Elias |
Thank God Frampton never sold out... | ||
| George Elias |
Greetings and salutations Lost Discs afficionados!
I believe I have found a YouTube vid of the very same track our dear brothers JimE and Doc played during their ultra-hip Show #70, the "One Album Wonder" Show! I think it's the same track but let's see if Joe can confirm. In the meantime, dig... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Wng_fUoI0 |
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| George Elias |
This is not from Youtube, but it does show the 45 Fife Piper by the Dynatones...interesting that Hannah-Barbara, yes the same HB of cartoon fame, produced this disc. Again, can't wait for Joe's input...
http://fleamarketfunk.wordpress.c.../15/the-dynatones-the-fife-piper/ |
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| George Elias |
Found a really far out cable access show in Chicago called "Chi-ca-go-go" man!
It's a kid's dance show, and it's a total trip! They did an interview with the Pretty Things. Check out some of the other vids from the show while you're at it. The website mentions some other 60s acts who appeared, but I can't find the vids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rK8AmU-iXc . |
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| JimENight |
Friends I encourage you to check out this Swedish group, The Tagues:
One of the best Beatles influenced groups of the mid-60s... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyQ5zhtvwDw&feature=related |
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| JimENight |
My copy of The Dynatones "Fife Piper" LP from 1966 is on the way... I'll throw it on for pre-show music one of these Saturdays soon as it arrives! |
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| Joe_Stax |
The Bonzo Dog Band!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLdA4zKp-00 |
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| Joe_Stax |
More Bonzos! Black and white madness from British tv...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz6KHhRGVKs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hyPUBEh9SA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj86_2tAtdU |
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| Astrakhan |
The Bonzo Dog Band = black and white and weird all over. Entertaining, though.
I have to say the clip for Look Out There's a Monster Coming disturbed me a bit, if only because of the make up on the band. That period has to be the last time it was even remotely acceptable to do blackface, at least in England. You'll note the guitar player isn't wearing makeup. At least in this clip... The ventriloquist business was funny. Funny strange and funny ha-ha. One question, though. Were the vocals live? It seemed obvious that the playing was mimed, but it seemed like they were actually singing. Was this a common practice? I'd always assumed that if a group was miming to a song, it was all prerecorded? 
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| Joe_Stax |
All of the Bonzo video is weird. The medley clip is probably the most straightforward in a "showbiz" kind of way, though.
I think that piece is a little older than the other ones, if only because there seem to be more band members on hand. Originally there were anywhere up to a dozen Bonzos, but by the time they started recording it was down to about 7. Given that someone else was on the drums while "Legs" Larry Smith was joining in with vocals and dancing suggests to me that the drummer on Equestrian Statue (and as the vent. dummy) was Sam Spoons, who, along with bassist Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell appeared on the first album, but left before the second. Thinking of the second album, the Urban Spaceman clip looks like it was shot during the photo shoot for the second album cover (Donut in Granny's Greenhouse), using the same costumes and the dogs, etc. I kept looking for Joel Druckman in the footage. Druckman was an American living in the UK, and ended up playing bass for a bit with the Bonzos. He can be heard speaking on the We Are Normal track, and is on the cover for Donut. Beyond that, he doesn't seem to have been with the group for long. About the vocals, yeah, it looked like they were done 'live' to pre-recorded backing tracks. I don't know how common that was. Most 'performance' footage I've seen was usually lip-synced, too. But as I think about it, the Small Faces stuff I posted a while ago, where they do the B-side of Ogdens looked like it had live vocals, too. |
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| Joe_Stax |
Here's an old favorite, Sam Hall by Frank Tovey. It's from an excellent album called Tyranny and the Hired Hand. Well worth a listen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_wJYXGuafM |
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| Joe_Stax |
It's SMOKE TIME again! Dig High in a Room!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J87HNLdoshs |
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| Joe_Stax |
It had to happen sooner or later...here's Hurricane Smith!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaUZmMyflrA |
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| Joe_Stax |
Check this out: some band called Pillory, doing Tear Drop City on Peyton Place!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUK57Tu3L-k I was looking for the Monkees on Glen Campbell's show, and found this instead. It's a fuzzier, messier version of the song, but really good. Does anyone know anything about this band? |
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| Joe_Stax |
Here's a pretty cool beat group, the Sorrows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Ias3gYZv4 |
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| Joe_Stax |
Man alive! This is an absolute knockout--Earl Scruggs & his band jamming on a Dylan song with the Byrds! Killer!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHYQr8meeog |
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| Joe_Stax |
Hey hey, I finally tracked down the Monkees doing "Teardrop City" live on the Glenn Campbell show. Davy plays bass on this, and gets pretty carried away... Great song, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjaCTC4bLr4 |
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| Joe_Stax |
I've come across the trailer for the film the Touchables. The theme was done by the UK Nirvana. Great song, but I'm not too sure about the trailer. Looks like it heads for BVD territory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEpSL2THyB0 |
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| Joe_Stax |
It's Peter Sellers! Doing Hard Day's Night! As Richard III! (?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLongUBPm5Y |
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| Joe_Stax |
Hey, it's been a while since there've been any posts here! Let's get things rolling again with Professor Longhair doing his classic "Tipitina" with the Meters!
This was the first song I heard by Fess (on the soundtrack of the Big Easy) and it's been a favorite ever since. |
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| JimENight |
Like I sez, I ran across a copy of this album at a flea market on Labor Day Weekend & I kinda dig the title track. Here's the 1968 video promo -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vOJc42S9Vk |
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| Joe_Stax |
Here's a link for the trailer of the new documentary on Hunter S. Thompson!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOHCjGhy6vY |
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| Joe_Stax |
Here's a slightly guilty favorite of mine, the Cream song Anyone for Tennis, which was done as a throwaway cut for the soundtrack to the film the Savage Seven.
I like the song, which is a supremely whimsical psychedelic ditty. I've read that Clapton never liked the song, but it remains a fun song, and one of my fave Cream cuts. I've never seen this clip before, and can't explain the frogs on the tray at the beginning and end... Also, you can see how little the band thinks of doing this kind of promotion; Jack Bruce keeps his head down throughout, Ginger just looks bored and Clapton looks supremely pissed. Enjoy! |
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| Astrakhan |
Anyone for Tennis? Wouldn't it be nice? It is a fun song, really. A bit waspish in some of the lyrics, with references to the "Bentley driving guru who's putting up his price" (et tu, Maharishi?) and beggars staining the pavements with flourescent Christmas cheer in spite of the jolly tune.
And Joe, you're right. EC does look quite ticked off!
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| Joe_Stax |
Elevation!I just watched an excellent documentary about Roky Erickson. It's called You're Gonna Miss Me. I recommend it to everyone.Since that's been on my mind, here's Roky and the 13th Floor Elevators on American Bandstand (!) doing You're Gonna Miss Me. Dig that wild jug action! In the documentary, there's some additional footage of Dick Clark talking to the band. He heads over to Tommy Hall, the jug player, and asks him who leads the band, or to qoute, "Who's the head?" To which Tommy replies, "We're all heads." Brilliant! |
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| Joe_Stax |
Skank or die!Here's an odd scene... a look at dancing to ska music from the early 60's. Learn those ska steps! |
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| Joe_Stax |
This is dynamite! The Sonics' Psycho mashed up with some boss GO-GO dancing!
Anyone recognize the footage? I'm stumped. |
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