Originally released February 2020:
Song-poems were records created when random citizens wrote "poems" (lyrics) and sent them, along with a check, to various companies which employed musicians who would set those words to music, record the song and press it to vinyl. It was basically a scam and many of the records ended up in thrift shops and record stores where they at some point were discovered by collectors of the odd and obscure. On this episode one of those collectors, Bob Purse, shares with us some of his favorite songs discovered from more than two decades of seeking these things out.
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UNICORN
POWER POP SERIES: THE SHIVVERS/THE TREND/THE MOSQUITOS
FROM THE ARCHIVES: 8 TRACKS
BRIAN SPENCE
FROM THE ARCHIVES: SOFT ROCK
JEFF SUMMERS (WEAPON/WILDFIRE/STATETROOPER)
LOST EPISODE: CARTOON THEME SONGS
FROM THE ARCHIVES: MARTY FRIEDMAN INTERVIEW
AOR? AOK! XXI
POWER POP SERIES: PARTHENON HUXLEY
POWER POP SERIES: COLEMAN YORK (NUMBERS) / KIDDER (INCREDIBLE KIDDA BAND)
CHEETAH CHROME
POWER POP SERIES: BRENT HOAD (THE SECRETS*)/ JEFF ROOT (HOT DATES)
THE BOOK IS OUT! GET IT NOW! THIS BAND HAS NO PAST: HOW CHEAP TRICK BECAME CHEAP TRICK
I WROTE A BOOK! THIS BAND HAS NO PAST: HOW CHEAP TRICK BECAME CHEAP TRICK
FROM THE ARCHIVES: TOP TEN ALBUMS, 1970 & 1974
POWER POP SERIES: 20/20
POWER POP SERIES: STEVE BUTLER (QUINCY) / PHIL SOLEM (GREAT BUILDINGS)
POWER POP SERIES: MARCO DELMAR (ELEKTRICS) / DAVE HEARN (HAWKS)
FROM THE ARCHIVES: TICKLED IVORIES / UNPLUGGED
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