Skot's Sexy 70's Mix For Sailors, Searchers, and Seers

May peace be with you. And also with you.

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side one

arica - heaven

randy pie - star attraction

birtles & goble - into my life

ned doheny - take me faraway

bill quateman - keep dreaming

matthew fisher - do you still think about me

parchment shamblejam - long as i can see you

carly simon - be with me

magna carta - airport song

steve hunter - sail on sailor

www.wvvy.org/listen/content/smoothsailing.mp3

side two

m.frog - relax goliath

john villemonte - i am the moonlight

mac gayden - diamond mandala

sand - destined road

barclay james harvest - hymn

karen alexander - bermuda triangle

brian protheroe - interview/also in the limelight

www.wvvy.org/listen/content/smoothsailing-2.mp3

(sexy equals sleepy in my book...)

skot, who is max groenthal? i bought a record at thrift store by him a couple years ago. tracklisting includes: 'sailfish', 'white satin lady'

"groNenthal", rather

looks awesome

gonna listen right now @ work, thanks dude

i love that there is a band called "arica". that was/is neo-gurdjieffian spiritual group started by this chilean dude, which counts john lilly among its alumni

that's who made the record, the spiritual group

http://www.othermusic.com/2008august20update.html

scroll down

birtles and goble are talking to me about jesus, but somehow despite their honorable intentions i feel like they're trying to touch my bathing suit area

thanks for the link, dmr. wow.

i have no fewer than two acquaintances, including an ex-coworker who was involved with that group!

there used to be an awesome account online of some guy's experience with them...as well as candid memories of being part of that heady climate in big sur in the seventies... and driving drunk to esalen. it was on a geocities cite, so i fear it may have disappeared forever. anyhow, i'm a sucker for those sort of narratives.

"my bathing suit area". is this a common phrase? my friend used to say it all the time and i thought she was the only one, until i heard it on 30 rock last week.

i guess i picked up on it from eighties-era public service stuff about being molested. y'know, like there's probably a mr. t record from that period that quotes that phrase.

in any event, i guess i'm glad that "30 rock" writers are on the same page with me in some sense

clickable: www.wvvy.org/listen/content/smoothsailing.mp3
clickable: www.wvvy.org/listen/content/smoothsailing-2.mp3

dingdong
clickable? http://www.wvvy.org/listen/content/smoothsailing.mp3

clickable! www.wvvy.org/listen/content/smoothsailing-2.mp3

shoot me now
clickable: http://www.wvvy.org/listen/content/smoothsailing.mp3

okay that worked, and for part two: http://www.wvvy.org/listen/content/smoothsailing-2.mp3

thanks!

uhoh part 2 is only 6 minutes...

scratch that I was wrong, partial download due to non-ZIP format.

i put i am the moonlight on my old columbus mix from way back when. here's what i wrote about it then:

John Villemonte – “I Am The Moonlight” – John is or was a member of the religion of the light and sound of God, Eckankar. The leader or Mahanta or living ECK master of Eckankar is Harold Klemp. And he LOOKS like a Harold Klemp. Which is kinda cool. He really does look like he should be giving you detention for not paying attention in algebra class, and yet, he is a total master of ECK. And you don’t just become an Eck master overnight you know. You have to study your ECK off. Sorry. Back to John. Some people have one great book in them. Or one album. Or one great day where everything they do and everyone they touch is filled with the joy of timeless and deathless unselfconsciousness. A perfect day can never be premeditiated. It must breathe on its own. John Villemonte had one great song in him. It aches with belief and sunshine. It moans with contentment. You could die or be born to this song.

(i think sang froid was the only ilxor to hear that mix, so that's why i don't mind putting it on here. i want everyone in the world to hear that song.)

(the arica and m.frog tracks are really just for an intro vibe. i was actually gonna fade them out after a minute or two, but then just said fuggit...)

that's SRI Harold Klemp.

Show some respect, man.

It's funny you should say that (about the John Villemonte track). It's my favourite so far (still listening to part two). Is it off his first album? I found a webpage which mentions him and he is quoted as saying his first album is his favourite of the eight he made. I suspect it might not be because the song sounds quite professionally recorded, whereas he mentions the first one being done on a 4-track with no effects or mixing. But a wonderful song, yes.

I particularly love the flute and piano towards the end.

this version of i am the moonlight is on his 2nd solo album. his first solo album, i think, he made with a group and i've never heard that one. (the song is on both albums.) anyway, this version is found on this album from 78/79:

http://popsike.com/pix/20071129/280179094680.jpg

you can buy a cd copy of *THIS* from his website. or at least you could. the whole album is nice. (and you can probably get the first album there too. be a lot cheaper than a vinyl copy.)

Ah yes, I've found it. All the albums are still available. I'll be placing an order.

yeah, like that waxonomy website always blows my mind...people post obscure thriftstore record finds there, and then their family or the original artist will show up and be like, "yeah, we still exist. go to my website and invest in my latest cd".

I wound up ordering that John Villemonte cd after hearing that tune, & he sent a nice note along with it.

thank you scott!!

oh, and i should mention that tim f. starting that one thread and asking for stuff that sounded like a "desultory beach party" is what got me started on this mix. i don't know if that's what it actually sounds like, but that was the original inspiration. (and i had a ton of stuff left over that i couldn't fit. kinda hard to stop once i started.)

oh, and i've been looking for an excuse to put a karen alexander song on a mix for a long time too:

This Is The Thread Where I Tell The World How Much I Love *Karen Alexander* And Her Album *Voyager*.

hey, you can still listen to this! i was trying to find the tape copy and i couldn't find it. god bless the internet. i really needed to hear birtles & goble.

no we cant ;_;

I found Birtles & Goble The Last Romance at a record shop/head shop in beaumont tx. An amazing record from start to finish. Should I check out Little River Band's full albums? What of Birtles, Shorrock, and Gobles 'Beginnings?

I'd love to hear this :(

I loved Skot's '50s one, the one that led off with "Flop Top Beer" and "Mom, oh Mom"

I"ll upload these tomorrow. You really should hear these.

numero group has i am the moonlight on a new comp of theirs! i saw it cuz gottpunch revived the numero thread. it's cool that more people will hear it. hope it doesn't end up in a car commercial. for years that song felt like a secret to me. like someone whispering something sacred in my ear.

i put it on my columbus mix that i eventually sent to sang freud. that's the first time i ever felt like sharing it with the wider world. (or, er,a wider world of one, anyway.)

Christopher Columbus Said The World Is Like A Ball Spinning Round In Endless Circles It's Not Flat At All People Laughed And Said You Poor Fool Now What's Your Game And He Said You're Never Gonna Mak

yeah, this mix isn't online anymore cuz maria's radio station computer was wiped out by a virus. i think that's why anyway. and we don't have digital copies, i don't think. i love this mix. well, i would say that. but i think it really works as a mood. what that mood is i couldn't say. i made a new hotheads mix last week. put it on tape. now i just have to get it on the computer. along with the mix i made to accompany the late 60's/early 70's west coast country rock thread. more ilx threads should come with their own mix.

side one http://www.mediafire.com/?yyi1xmwmmm5

side two http://www.mediafire.com/?kwtqmlizgmw

These are both so good. They really fit the mood I'm been in lately. We should have a scott appreciation thread.

The links above are for Scott's mixes incase it wasn't clear.

Scott, I need your help. Is the Bill Quateman song Keep Dreaming from "Shot In the Dark,' 'Just Like You,' 'Self Titled,' or 'Night after Night'? Also I'm having a hard time finding information on Sand? I found Randy Pie's Highway Driver, which is great funk rock. Thanks again for making these mixes, just when I think I've run out of new music, a flood gate opens.

bill quateman song is from his self-titled debut.

sand is this sand. they only made one album. the one with a sandy sandwich on the cover. the whole album is GREAT. two one-sided discs for some reason. doesn't usually sell for very much.

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/sand_f2/sand_f1/

Thanks

Just the tip of the iceberg, but I made a quick list of underheard albums that I go back to again and again for whatever reason. Some apply to this mix/thread, some don’t, but whatever. I’ve also talked a bunch about most of them on ilm or included them on a mix that I’ve posted here. These are all a part of my 70’s non-hard rock rock canon. didn’t include more obvious stuff. In 2009, my holy trinity would probably be ian matthews, michael franks, and poco! Who would have guessed? I used to listen to a lot of crass records. Anyway, for what it’s worth:

Allesi – s/t (a&m – 1976) (probably my favorite brothers of the 70’s. or maybe that title goes to the gurvitz brothers. can’t decide.)
curved air – phantasmagoria (wb – 1972) (really, everything by them in the 70’s. like babe ruth. or savage rose.)
curtiss maldoon – s/t (capitol – 1971)
jackson heights – king progress (mercury – 1970)
howard werth & the moonbeams – king brilliant (mca – 1975)
vance or towers – s/t (a&m – 1975)
gary farr – addressed to the censors of love (atco – 1973)
danny o’keefe – breezy stories (atlantic – 1973)
string driven thing – the machine that cried (charisma – 1973)
east of eden – s/t (harvest – 1971)
molkie cole – s/t (janus – 1977)
bloomsbury people – s/t (mgm – 1970)
redeye – s/t (pentagram – 1970)
danny o’keefe – american roulette (wb – 1977) (hell, really everything from the 70’s.)
trefethen – am I stupid or am I great?/it’s all mom’s fault (1980) (recorded in the 70’s though.)
gallagher & lyle – the last cowboy (a&m – 1974)
john randolph marr – s/t (wb – 1970) (also, bubba fowler’s album *and then came bubba*, but I think that might have been 69 or even 68. can’t remember. The marr album is essential for nilsson fans.)
country joe mcdonald – hold on it’s coming (vanguard – 1970) (i can’t even begin to describe how much I love this album. it is the end and the beginning of something wonderful. )
song – album (mgm – 1970) (essential.)
cowboy – s/t (Capricorn – 1977) (again, who am I kidding? I love everything they ever did. Possibly one of the top ten most underrated/underheard major label acts of all time.)
boxer – s/t (virgin – 1975)
george geddes – obituary (ua – 1971) (but, you know, everyone needs son of obituary from 1972 too.)
thomas jefferson kaye – s/t (dunhill – 1973)
mckendree spring – s/t (decca – 1969) (oops, 1969. But you can substitute it with *3* or *tracks* from the early 70’s.)
facedancers – s/t (paramount – 1972)
barnaby bye – room to grow (atlantic – 1973)
dane donohue – s/t (Columbia – 1978)
tim hardin – painted head (Columbia – 1972) (one of my heroes, and his 70’s stuff doesn’t get near enough praise. And it’s all worth people’s time. )
tim hollier – message to a harlequin (imperial – 1968) (1968? but it’s so good. and I can’t find a copy of skysail from 1971 and I can’t afford a copy of his 1970 s/t album which is also awesome.)
dave morgan - morgan (ampex – 1971)
mick greenwood – living game (mca – 1971)

Wow Scott! Now Now I have a mission. Of all of those artist I only have Thomas Jefferson Kaye and Gary Farr. And Tim Hardin's first two records. Seriously this is much appreciated. My recent discovery, which I bought due to the nice cover is Gary Ogan & Bill Lamb's Portland.

I just found out mac gayden was a member of Area Code 615. Danny O’keefe's Breezy Stories is a record I've passed over at this one record shop for the past year, due to the cover. I bought and I haven't stopped playin git since. Also Barnaby Bye's Room To Grow is an amazing record.

The Global Blues is such a great O'Keefe album too. Oh, man, it is just so good. And addictive too. He was really on to something with that album.

scored a copy of Driftin' by the Alessi brothers on the street this morning for a quarter! hey, some people get up early to score crack on the street, but those dudes are totally like crack to me. great album and one that i needed.

I listen to this at least once a night now; what an amazing amazing mix.

skot, who is max groenthal? i bought a record at thrift store by him a couple years ago. tracklisting includes: 'sailfish', 'white satin lady'

― del (dell), Friday, November 7, 2008 1:58 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

man, that album rules

scott nice to see props for curved air. i have been getting more and more into them lately. east of eden's debut mercator projected isn't half bad either

string driven thing – the machine that cried (charisma – 1973)

Great record!

I've lost this utterly magical mix in changing computers - is there any way I might be able to hear it again? Or even just Bermuda? Jacob's links have expired :(

:B

Thank you so much!

Hey Scott I love the Birtles & Goble record and a few of Little River Band, should I track down this record?
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/4e6f071c1865e0686a3c6c5690af4f34/271085.jpg

http://www.milesago.com/artists/Images/friezeLP.jpg

sorry to post the image twice. this is the record.
http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/frieze

i would track that album down. cuz even if you didn't like the music you could still just stare at the cover.

Would love to hear this again. It's so good!

We need to start a petition to get these up on Soundcloud.

I had a torrent up of all Scott's mixes, I can't check from where I am on it, but I can recreate it and get everybody on board again if that one's down

YSI
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40037000/skot-mixes.zip

torrent
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40037000/skot-mixes.torrent

Corn Licker
Don't Believe In Beatles
Intensity In 9 & A Half Cities
Saigon Shuffle
Skot's '80s Rock Box Vol. 1
Skot's Sexy 70's Mix for Sailors, Searchers, and Seers Side 1
Skot's Sexy 70's Mix for Sailors, Searchers, and Seers Side 2
Sweet Smoke for Hotheads Vol. 1
Sweet Smoke for Hotheads Vol. 2: The Smoke Is Getting Thicker
Sweet Smoke for Hotheads Vol. 3 Side 1
Sweet Smoke for Hotheads Vol. 3 Side 2
Sweet Smoke for Hotheads Vol. 4: Riff Fields Sown with Beats of Love

Wow! I used to have all of these but I lost them when my old mac crashed, thanks! Long live Skot's mixes!

oh niiiiice, thanks Brakhage!

Hey thanks, it's my pleasure. It's probably a good thing to rebuild that torrent since I was missing a couple last time. If there are any more mixes that aren't in this most recent package send them on. I'm not sure if Scott's done any recently ...

(By the way is search busted for anyone else? I have to google ILX/M rather than try to search for anything here.)

I don't seed 24/7, so if you do grab it that way, keep seeding - I'll leave the dropbox links up for a while but at some point those are going to go away

ty Brakhage -- I was missing Don't Believe in Beatles

xp yeah Search is down for now

and thanks for this, not sure I had them all but will check

Listened to 80's Rock Box and I love it!

Sweet Smoke for Hotheads Vol. 1 the first thing this year to make me really feel like sumer is icumen in

thanks! just in case people didn't see link to new one:

https://soundcloud.com/djdutch-1/side-1

https://soundcloud.com/djdutch-1/sweet-smoke-for-hotheads-2017-side-2

hey excellent!!

Listened to 80's Rock Box and I love it!

― JacobSanders, Friday, May 5, 2017 7:34 AM (two months ago)