can we give some love to the ladies of the 60's/70's that aren't receiving any hipster kisses?

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was she singing about being gay then? (later on Olivia)

m coleman, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:26 (sixteen years ago) link

Catherine Howe
Her first record (in a Beautiful Place) gets rated, but the second one, Harry (1975?), is cool too...

Also Rosalie Sorrells (though by no means winsome a la Muldaur and Coolidge, and probably wouldn't want your Hipster Kisses)

sonofstan, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link

Doesn't quite fit the dollar bin fodder criteria (i.e. I've never actually seen a copy) but I'm still dying to hear this:

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/445896.jpg

Any mp3s floating around?

Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link

That's Kay Huntington: What's Happening to Our World? for googlers.

Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link

am i gonna be able to find that carol kleyn record at my local record store for cheap? something tells me no. looks cool though.

Yeah, I'm guessing that it was pressed too limitedly to be easily found at a thrift store, or in some hallelujah cheapie vinyl bins...but everytime the song I downloaded of hers comes up on m'iTunes, I'm like "wow, what's this, again? This is pretty great!"

dell, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link

Does Essra Mohawk get hipster kisses? I kinda dig her.

Hurting 2, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link

Check out The Time Has Come by Anne Briggs (name checked by Destroyer but don't hold that against her!)

iago g., Monday, 18 February 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link

"Also Rosalie Sorrells (though by no means winsome a la Muldaur and Coolidge, and probably wouldn't want your Hipster Kisses)"

i've made my case:

Why Isn't Rosalie Sorrels Hip With Hepcats??? She's Great!

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link

how about some love for the ladies of 2007 who largely missed out compared to amy lily nash? last year was great for tracey thorn, roisin murphy, kathy diamond, feist, siobhan donaghy and prolly some others i forgot.

or something, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Gale Garnett should get kisster hisses. Seconds on Catherine Howe.

That's Kay Huntington: What's Happening to Our World? for googlers

I found a copy of this for a buck--easily one of the most disturbing album covers (and bizarre records) of all time.

whisperineddhurt, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link

Kipster hisses.

whisperineddhurt, Monday, 18 February 2008 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link

On the subject of Rita C. - aparently her sister, Priscilla, made a great record called Gypsy Queen on Sussex; anyone heard it? She was married to Booker T. and they made a record together which is better than OK, but not mindblowing....

sonofstan, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link

they made, like, 3 records together. i have two of them. i love their version of maggie's farm.

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link

Does Buffy St Marie count? That song "Codeine" is so heavy.

Nate Carson, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link

xpost to scott

my bad - the one I have is a double S/T; must dig it out

sonofstan, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link

"Does Buffy St Marie count? That song "Codeine" is so heavy."

well, buffy did make one hipster fave record (Illuminations), but she put out a ton of great stuff in the 60's and early 70's that hardly anyone listens to. if you buy vinyl pick up a cheap copy of the vanguard twofer best of for a lot of her best music. i love her records.

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link

listening now to Dory Previn's Mythical Kings and Iguanas record and I can't believe I passed up her records for so many years. Saw them all the time in thrift stores. i love this kinda stuff. has dory been featured in mojo yet?

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link

Rita Coolidge and Maria Muldaur really rub me the wrong way, as does Jennifer Warnes. They all sounds so hopelessly bored with everything I've ever heard them sing; I just don't get it. Instead I'll recommend Karla Bonoff and Joan Armatrading.

Joseph McCombs, Monday, 18 February 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link

you gonna start bashing yvonne elliman next? go ahead, i dare you!

i can get behind karla and joan. definitely.

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link

major dud, just in case anyone was curious:

http://www.fmgvinyl.com/images/gold/lotti2.gif

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link

so dudly, i actually own this album and still haven't listened to it:

http://www.fmgvinyl.com/images/gold/lotti1.gif

though it couldn't be worse. and who knows maybe i'll end up liking it.

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link

mark needs this one:

http://www.fmgvinyl.com/images/gold/lesb.gif

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link

That's Kay Huntington: What's Happening to Our World? for googlers

I found a copy of this for a buck--easily one of the most disturbing album covers (and bizarre records) of all time.

Okay you've given me hope, edd. I'll start hunting for it this week.

Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link

this thread is now number one in a google search for kay huntington. just so you know.

xgau review:

KAY HUNTINGTON: What’s Happening To Our World? (United Artists) This is either a hilarious takeoff on sensitive circa-1964 folk music or (more likely, unbelievable as it seems) one of the most atrocious records ever made. Perfectly awful, right down to the cover art and liner notes. Listen to "Right to Poverty." E MINUS/A PLUS [Later: E]

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link

buy it now for 7 bucks!

http://cgi.ebay.com/KAY-HUNTINGTON-WHATS-HAPPENING-TO-OUR-WORLD-LP-dj_W0QQitemZ4809737217QQcmdZViewItem

(plus P&H)

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link

I've never seen another copy of that awful Huntington record--which I regaled my "hipster" friends with recently, we all needed a drink after that experience. I also made them listen to Carly Simon's Hotcakes just 'cause I think she looked kinda cute pregnant. But the Huntington record is competently done, is the frightening thing about it.

Muldaur I like in small doses, Rita Coolidge was a striking woman but her music I never much liked. I'm sure Karen Dalton has gotten enough kipster -on-toast to disqualify her.

whisperineddhurt, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link

this album is actually kinda good - in parts - if you like italian protest folk:

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/800905.jpg

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.wirz.de/music/langhorn/grafik/avatar4.jpg

This is a kick-ass mix of earthy folk-blues from the Lyman Family featuring Lisa Kindred. She sounds tough as nails. This record has gone up in price. Plus, its cult backstory gives it some hipster points. But you can still find it in dollar bins every now and then.

QuantumNoise, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Joy of Cooking!

sonofstan, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link

THESE LESBIANS SLAY
STEEL GUITAR BREAKS FOR DAYS

http://www.guitaristka.ru/zapad/deadly_nightshade/dead_lp1.jpg

sanskrit, Monday, 18 February 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link

Rita Coolidge and Maria Muldaur really rub me the wrong way, as does Jennifer Warnes. They all sounds so hopelessly bored with everything I've ever heard them sing; I just don't get it.

That's crazy talk! Admittedly, I don't know anything of Muldaur's catalog other than "Midnight at the Oasis", but that is a great song! She sounds like she wants to slip Rudi Valentino's camel a quaalude and get down to snorting lines and being mischeivous with the sheik.

dell, Monday, 18 February 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link

I like Rita's version of "your love is lifting me higher" even better than the original.

Pleasant Plains, Monday, 18 February 2008 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link

this thread is now number one in a google search for kay huntington. just so you know.

Great! This could double as the de facto Kay Huntington thread.

buy it now for 7 bucks!

(Pouts) But I want it for a dollar like edd got it for.

Edd, tell us more about your Kay Huntington experiences. Why is the record so weird/frightening/drink needable?

Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link

i used to have that deadly nightshade album. i never played it. i want that lyman family thing. that gets major hipster points though. i'll find one here eventually. they had a cult house on the island. you can still find lyman cult TAPES on the island occasionally.

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link

anyway, this thread inspired me to start yet another thread!

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

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link

Susan Pillsbury

There was a mini- rediscovery on Vinyl Vulture (now VG+) last year of her S/T and only album from '73
Great songs, and with Jay Berliner and Richard Davis - pretty much the Astral Weeks Band in fact

sonofstan, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link

.i want that lyman family thing. that gets major hipster points though. i'll find one here eventually. they had a cult house on the island. you can still find lyman cult TAPES on the island occasionally.

Yes! That whole phenomenon is sorely neglected.

dell, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link

The lyman family thing is weird. You'd think it would've received more hipster props that it has. Jim Kweskin's America LP is a trippy ride.

Geoff and Maria Muldaur had strong ties to Lyman, although both bolted after it got too weird.

QuantumNoise, Monday, 18 February 2008 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link

Paul Williams (the critic, not the muppet) as well!

dell, Monday, 18 February 2008 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link

There was a great article/history on mel lyman/jim kweskin in a recent issue of Ugly Things. VERY informative.

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link

That article is really good. This i a HUGE resourse for all things Lyman. You can even download the original Rolling Stone feature.

QuantumNoise, Monday, 18 February 2008 22:45 (sixteen years ago) link

Yeh, that website bloo my mind when I first happened upon it.

dell, Monday, 18 February 2008 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link

wow, yeah, great page. i have that kay boyle novel. never knew that was mel-induced.

scott seward, Monday, 18 February 2008 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link

Erma Franklin, Aretha's sister, deserves some love. She might have cut the definitive version of (Take A Little) Piece of My Heart.

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmr3Br8B_PM

that's not my post, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link

i've got 2 Bonnie Koloc albums. i'm actually gonna start my dj set at dan selzer's club w/one of her songs. it was featured in Andy Votel's first Folk is Not a Four Letter word, so yes, definitely some hipster love there.

what about Melanie? pretty popular, but also along these lines.

this style of music is easily my wife's least favorite style of music i can play around the house.

jaxon, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:21 (sixteen years ago) link

Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings's wife, has at least one song i LOVE ("New wine")

jaxon, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:22 (sixteen years ago) link

is it just me, or does that Midnight Special DVD set look kinda cool? Keep your eye out for photo.

'm actually gonna start my dj set at dan selzer's club w/one of her songs
When is this happening?

James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:28 (sixteen years ago) link

Libby Titus was married to Levon Helm at one point, wasn't she, and now is married to somebody else...Becker or Fagen maybe? Daughter helps Levon out with his "Rambles" I think.

Essra Mohawk briefly discussed here: Schoolhouse Rock C/D?

James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:30 (sixteen years ago) link

Maria Muldaur seems to turn up Zelig-like in all variety of music biographies, but all I know is Midnight at the Oasis.

-- dell
True dat. To my knowledge, she turns up in White Bicycles: Making Music In The 60s, Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina & Richard Farina, Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story and Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson. I wouldn't be surprised if she is mentioned in the recent Moondog book and Doo-dah! Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture as well.

James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:43 (sixteen years ago) link

Maybe I should have used some semicolons in there.

James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 06:43 (sixteen years ago) link

Speak of thee devil:

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/karen-dalton.jpg

Karen Dalton’s live recordings released for the first time

A new collection of American folk singer and guitarist Karen Dalton’s archival live performances — called Shuckin’ Sugar — is being released via Delmore Recording Society, this April on Record Store Day 2022.

The 12-track album features a collection of her previously unreleased live performances with her then-husband and guitarist Richard Tucker, as well as her solo compositions.

Shuckin’ Sugar was recorded between 1963 to 1964.

The album is accompanied by archival photos, newspaper clippings, artwork by Dalton, and an essay by journalist and author Kris Needs.

Shuckin’ Sugar follows the 50th anniversary reissue of her In My Own Time album, in March.

Head here for more info in advance of Shuckin’ Sugar’s 23rd April release; check out the artwork and tracklist below.

https://thevinylfactory.com/news/karen-dalton-live-recordings-vinyl-release/

https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/dalton.jpeg

dow, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 21:07 (two years ago) link

three months pass...

Linda Hoover. Very belated release mentioned on the Steely Dan thread but worth logging here:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/07/linda-hoover-on-her-great-lost-lp-with-steely-dan-i-mean-to-shine

Alba, Thursday, 7 July 2022 19:00 (one year ago) link

Great to know, thanks! Omnivore is a good label for that, maybe the best.

dow, Friday, 8 July 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link

three weeks pass...

Not thee kind of thing we usually consider on here, but a friend recently sent me a link to The Poppy Family feat. Susan Jacks---yep, "Which Way You Goin', Billy?": "Ode To Billy Joe" it def. ain't, but her sound got me curious.
She (b. Susan Pesklevits) was a late-teen regular on a Canadian music show, where she met Terry Jacks, whom she later married, and they formed The Poppy Family, then started their own solo careers, his kicking off with "Goodbye Pa-pa it's hard to die," aaaghh, "Seasons in the Sun." They broke up, she continued solo in Canada mainly, died a few months ago--fervent following, tons of stuff on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=susan+jacks+poppy+family+playlist

I remain not crazy about some of the material, but really nice voice x vibe, sunlight-shadow

dow, Saturday, 30 July 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link

You didn’t notice recent revive over here ?

poppy family - s/d - what should i get?

My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 July 2022 21:59 (one year ago) link

one year passes...

I put one of my favorite Rosalie Sorrels songs on youtube recently!

ian, Thursday, 7 September 2023 21:59 (seven months ago) link

four months pass...

Karen Brooks may have hipster kisses (I'm not sure)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iia6BX6bVXQ

@karenbrooks1292
1 month ago (edited)
I was able to get the studio to transfer the original tapes and am re-releasing this as a vinyl record with a "B" side of unreleased material. I'm hoping to get it finished in the next couple months-- life has been confusing and got in the way for a while. I appreciate the patience of those who have asked me for a copy.

Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 15:28 (two months ago) link

two months pass...

Rita revival when? dig the vibes here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv9sjvEZSxI

buzza, Thursday, 4 April 2024 08:00 (two weeks ago) link

would die for her Boz Scaggs cover

assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 4 April 2024 09:46 (two weeks ago) link

i like rita a lot. i like her sister too. her sister made three(?) albums with Booker T. in the 70s but i like this one best. after she was married to Booker T. she was murdered in a murder/suicide by her 2nd husband.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFL15KatmGA

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:30 (two weeks ago) link

there is a nice long "hummingbird" on that album. i love that song.

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:30 (two weeks ago) link

the reissues of Gypsy Queen have been Japan-only naturally thus hard to find. though the album on vinyl isn't hard to find.

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:34 (two weeks ago) link

Not yet mentioned here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQz4SsPiDis

henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:46 (two weeks ago) link

Too obv?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbQeGh6AU1o

henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:48 (two weeks ago) link

that's a nice one. although, it should be mentioned, her second album is supreme hipster bait.

x-post

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:49 (two weeks ago) link

and then!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33U8Ca3ktK0

henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:49 (two weeks ago) link

i love linda lewis. some would say she's the poor man's minnie riperton but i wouldn't say that!

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:50 (two weeks ago) link

nancy priddy definitely gets the kisses from people she would never kiss. who live in brooklyn.

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:50 (two weeks ago) link

and why can't THIS hipster ever find a reasonably-priced copy of nancy's album?

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:51 (two weeks ago) link

I will dare:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhBVeR8Rau0

henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:52 (two weeks ago) link

Linda Lewis was also in the poor man's Rotary Connection, Ferris Wheel. i love that stuff. also records nobody cares about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkFAEja0v4

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:54 (two weeks ago) link

i have that marsha malamet album but i never play it. i should.

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:55 (two weeks ago) link

reissued by sunbeam once but still inexplicably a ten dollar and under record that rules really hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2QQw4WuFsU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm5FU0Ac0ZM

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:58 (two weeks ago) link

just a beautiful album. surprised someone like LITA hasn't done a vinyl reissue.

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:59 (two weeks ago) link

just leaving this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_xt5a9CwK0

henry s, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:00 (two weeks ago) link

you can always leave that here. #alltime

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:12 (two weeks ago) link

as far as i know i'm the only person who owns a copy of this record. i contacted the guitar player once and HE didn't have a copy. its a good record. my friend rob from Sunburned Hand of the Man put it on Youtube for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLTZxnA8QY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceu3S1_HW80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJuj8nFkmTg

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:48 (two weeks ago) link

i mean krissy probably has a copy...

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:48 (two weeks ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL536kZx-1Q

scott seward, Thursday, 4 April 2024 13:49 (two weeks ago) link

more rita with paul williams upping the hipster factor maybe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Dsrz2FM08

buzza, Sunday, 14 April 2024 08:24 (five days ago) link


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