Donny Most - I Only Want What's Mine (1980) With Linda Purl as "Lorree". She played Pam Beesly's mother in The Office. The one Michael Scott dated until he found out she was too old.
Freddy Cannon - Suzanne Somers (1981) The sounds like a fake crowd. Man, Freddy Cannon tried EVERYTHING.
Denny Greene - Love Party (1976) I picked out the nuttiest title from Sha Na Na man Denny Greene's one solo album. Spot on. Immaculately produced dross to my ears.
Freddy and Connie Cannon - Blankcheck Market (1981) B-side of "Suzanne Somers". Nothing gets wasted on VINYL NIGHT!! More fake audience hilarity.
Chuck Barris - Too Rich (1969) Here's Chuck Barris's Wikipedia thingie. Too rich an American tale to do justice here. Suffice to say he hosted a show called The Gong Show, a crazy continuum of the Arthur Godfrey Show in that you had a chance, before a nation-wide audience, to be a star (or, TGS, a notorious failure). But your goal was always fame. Barris claimed, until the day he died, to be a CIA assassin.
Chuck Barris - I Know a Child (1969) B-Side of "Too Rich". Nowhere near as good.
Denny Greene - Great Escape (1976) This is different from the 12" single (which is a little different than the LP version). A little less processed, and the bass is nowhere near as prominent.
Citizen - I Am A Citizen (1980) I forget how I found out about Citizen, but I'm glad I did, sorta. I would love to talk to Donn Marier to see what the original plan was. Who decided on the shoulder pads? What was it like recording that video? Did you have any success? The main thing I got from listening to this album was that someone in his band was an amazing guitarist. Donn Marier's website is dead. But here's the video.
Freddy Cannon - Sugar (1976) ANYTHING!!!! Including Disco.
Freddy Cannon - Sugar (inst.) (1976) The b-side.
Citizen - Advertising (Rock Rock)! (1980) No, Wall Street!! You will not take me into your consumer-driven clutches.
Scott Simon - Think About Me (1980) Another Sha Na Na guy puts out an inoffensive record. This one is more reminiscent of the original group. Fun in places, competent. Not great.
Lou Christie - Wood Child (1971) To me, a great record that very few people know.
Hard to find a copy that isn't a cut-out. That means that the record company sends them as wholesale to retailers as non-returnable items, meaning that the store cannot send them back to the distributor for a refund; the reason for the cut or hole in the packaging is to mark the item as non-returnable. The marking also serves to prevent the retailer from selling the discounted item at full price.
All the albums that I have accrued lately are actually cut-outs. The music is the same. The vinyl is the same. It's just a way of preventing them from being perpetually returned by retailers.
That gal is Twyla Herbert, LC's songwriting partner.
J Jocko - That's The Song (1975) The best of the three solo SNN albums during my recent spree. Co-produced by my personal friend Elliot Randall. Slick, pretty fun, and one gets the impression J Jocko doesn't care what anyone thinks.
Lou Christie - Waco (1971)
J Jocko - Lip Service (1975)
Lou Christie - Lighthouse (1971)
J Jocko - Tomorrow’s Rising (1975)
Lou Christie - Paint America Love (1971)
The Guess Who - Country Disco (1981) This HAS TO be a contract fulfillment record. Remember those AM hits? "American Woman"? "These Eyes? "It's Clap For The Wolfman"? Only the bass player remains.
Screamin' Scott Simon - I Ain't Got a Home (1980)
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