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power to the golden dawn plant

Powerplant

George Kinney's eco psych punk … When I saw Charly's 2010 budget reissue of "Power Plant" by the Golden Dawn (SNAM950, International Artists 1967), I was immediately reminded of Eva's awful remastering (massacre more likely) of CA Quintet's "Trip Thru Hell" album. And so I was curious: would there be another night vs day difference in this album's sound? Luckily, there wasn't. It's still as powerful …

dropped in unconditionally

Yes, the Big Lebowski classic … bùt do note: the original version is by Jerry Lee Lewis, off his "Soul My Way" lp (1967)! Mickey Newbury didn't release his own version of his song (a Jimi Hendrix favourite) until his 1968 debut "Harlequin Melodies". The First Edition's version (featuring Kenny Rogers) is from the same year. Bettye LaVette's wonderful cover version (1969) of "Just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)" can be found on Trikont's first "Dirty Laundry - The Soul Of Black Country" (US-0333, 2000) v/a comp … whilst Sharon Jones' version (with the Dap Kings) dates dates from 2002 or 2004. Carcass frontman Jeff Walker's cuntry metal version dates from 2006, Supergrass' "Condition" is off 1995's "Alright / Time" single, and die Haut's is off 1988's "Headless Body In Topless Bar" lp and features Nick Cave. Got that?

the yellow machine's fading flower

Flower Machine's "Fading Yellow" series continues (beyond volume 10) … It's not clear from the liner notes whose version of "For all that I am" is the original, but it's Soulful Bowlful's, not the Creation's; Stephen Friedland aka Brute Force wrote it with one Paul Kahan. The Open Window's story, or rather Peter Schickele's, is a long and special one; this track is off the "Oh! Calcutta!" soundtrack (1969). More on Victoire Scott here, but Lazy Jack's a mystery. Hey and the Pebbles were from Antwerp in Belgium, got that?

fuh king brute force

Songwriter Stephen Friedland was involved with the Tokens before he became Brute Force. His 1967 lp "I, Brute Force - Confections Of Love" has been reissued by Bar / None last year. But he's most famous for his "King of Fuh" single from 1969, one of Apple's rarest releases.
http://www.brutesforce.com/
http://www.razorfilmsla.com/#projects
http://www.wfmu.org/365/2003/038.shtml
http://www.bar-none.com/brute-force.html
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2056
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/434/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute_Force_(musician)
http://www.applerecords.com/#!/memorabilia/KingOfFuh_UK
http://ashbeesfragment.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-brute-force-confections-of-love.html
http://www.scrammagazine.com/brute-force-speaks-an-interview-with-stephen-friedland-by-michael-lucas
http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/apple-records-recording-artist-brute-force-tells-all-gently

soul (wo)man bobby marchan

A 1974 stomper and four tracks off "Get Down With It: The Soul Sides 1963-67" (Kent CDKEND357, 2011-07), a compilation of some sixties solo recordings by the New Orleans drag queen and former front man of Huey 'Piano' Smith’s Clowns, including Marchan's 1967 remake of Smith's "Rockin' pneumonia" … "Funny style" is also featured on Kent's "The Fame Studio Story 1961-1973 Home Of The Muscle Shoals Sound" v/a 3cd, incidentally. More on that elsewhere.

more from rick hall's fame studios

Famestudiosstory

After yesterday's post on Kent's F.A.M.E. Studios 3cd, you might think it's a groovy v/a comp. Well no, it has its moments, but it's mostly deep soul ballads you'll find on "The Fame Studio Story 1961-1973 Home Of The Muscle Shoals Sound" … Sometimes in less obvious versions, but always high quality performances … even if they were sung by some unknown singer. But I wanted to show the funky side too, yesterday, because that often gets overlooked by a certain 'beer, blues 'n' soul' audience, no? As if northern soul = uptempo vs. southern soul = downtempo. And as if there isn't enough confusion re: Muscle Shoals already! Anyhoo, enjoy the ups ànd the downs ;-)

muscle shoals' fame studios

Famestudios

After 2008's magnificent "Take Me To The River: A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977" 3cd v/a compilation (KENTBOX10) - a must in any collection - Kent come up trumps again with "The Fame Studio Story 1961-1973 Home Of The Muscle Shoals Sound" (KENTBOX12 v/a 3cd, 2011-11). Not an unmistakeable classic, this time around, but filled to the brim with magnificent soul all the same. And quite a few groovy numbers, as you can witness here. It also features Bobby Marchan's "Funny style" - hear it & read more on him here (in a future post). Meanwhile, for more on the Florence Alabama Music Enterprises over at Muscle Shoals:

kippington lodge

Shyboy
Kippington Lodge: the missing link between Tomorrow and the Idle Race … with hints at Skip Bifferty and Traffic … and featuring Nick Lowe … finally compiled on "Shy Boy: The Complete Recordings 1967-1969" (2011, RPM cat. no. RETRO 899). A number of tracks were produced by Mark Wirtz, incidentally. And see also:
http://www.freewebs.com/daveanderson/biography1.htm
http://theseconddisc.com/2011/07/08/nick-lowe-welcomes-you-to-kippington-lodge/
http://ahowlinwind.blogspot.com/2011/05/hello-because-its-bank-holiday-and-ive.html
http://sirhenryrawlinson.blogspot.com/2011/08/kippington-lodge-in-my-life-acetate.html