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

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

"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!

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.

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.

Kipster hisses.

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....

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

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

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

"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.

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?

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.

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

i can get behind karla and joan. definitely.

major dud, just in case anyone was curious:

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

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.

mark needs this one:

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

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.

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]

buy it now for 7 bucks!

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

(plus P&H)

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.

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

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

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.

Joy of Cooking!

THESE LESBIANS SLAY
STEEL GUITAR BREAKS FOR DAYS

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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*.

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

.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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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?

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?

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.

Maybe I should have used some semicolons in there.

But what about that other MM Mistress of Midnight, Melissa Manchester?

Serge Gainsbourg could have written another song, "Initials M.M."

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

-- James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:30 AM

um and yeah here -

Essra Mohawk: "Primordial Man" - worth spending £21.99 on or not?

also -

Maria Muldaur - Classic or Dud?

i tried to start a revival! but it was a no-go

I can't say I am a big Bonnie Koloc fan, despite the fact that I AM a dutiful listener to The Midnight Special, every Saturday night. Well, I can't honestly say that I listen to the full three hours ... Rich can get pret-ty corny, so I usually have to disengage and pop on a Free album at some point. but the man has definitely turned me on to some nice folk stuffs

hows about ronee blakley? i like rita coolidge. any chance of an olivia newton john (pre-grease) hipster revival? if so i'm onboard.

"any chance of an olivia newton john (pre-grease) hipster revival?"

i tried this a while back. people weren't ready. but i'll definitely bring it up at my next hipster union local meeting. it would have to go to a vote.

Some make-or-break early ONJ:

"Banks of the Ohio"
"The River's Too Wide"
"Something Better to Do"
"Slow Down Jackson"
"Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying"
"Just a Lot of Folk (The Marshmallow Song)"
"I'll Bet You a Kangaroo"
"Making a Good Thing Better"

Plus a box set-full of covers/desecrations of rockist faves.

And one Grease-era track, the exquisite, vacuous, devastating "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" which kicked off the Totally Hot album and was featured mantra-like in the film(s) The Beaver Trilogy (you can see Crispin Glover sing it here). (Sean Penn got a shot at it too in one version.)
But the film(s) cut out the dénouement where she goes all Yoko. Check it out here.

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

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.

Rita revival when? dig the vibes here

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

would die for her Boz Scaggs cover

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

you can always leave that here. #alltime

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

i mean krissy probably has a copy...

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

more rita with paul williams upping the hipster factor maybe?

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