Really very interested to hear Caroline's new recordings, Edd. Any idea when they'll be out and about?
― Tim, Friday, 28 March 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
Wilma Burgess is criminally underrated! as a young undiscovered Nashville singer, she waited patiently for Patsy Cline to doe, whereupon she bought Patsy's house and car and bunch of other personal effects, and Owen Bradley (Patsy's producer) promoted her as the new Patsy Cline for a few years until her career fizzled out. she later opened Nashville's first lesbian bar. she was the first singer to record 'Misty Blue', and her version is my favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ-qBfdyxYM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbxnLX9zRl0
― stoomcursus rockisme (unregistered), Friday, 24 July 2015 02:43 (eight years ago) link
*waited patiently for Patsy Cline to die
― stoomcursus rockisme (unregistered), Friday, 24 July 2015 02:49 (eight years ago) link
I'm constantly surprised that pre-'At Seventeen' Janis Ian never seems to get any love. Her first few albums as a teen prodigy are amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYLU6JIqWtg
― Meaty Mitts (Old Lunch), Friday, 24 July 2015 02:49 (eight years ago) link
yeah, there's some great stuff on Janis's Verve Years compilation, although Shadow Morton wasn't the most sympathetic producer. she wasn't really a pop singer at that phase of her career, so those string sections and brass bands and organs sound like desperate attempts to commercialize her slightly old-fashioned coffeehouse folk sensibilities. the success of 'Society's Child' was largely a burden for her artistically, as she hints at in this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF8HQgoEq7A
Between the Lines is more consistent than any of her first few albums, although its tastefulness makes it less immediate/hard-hitting than her early material. I don't know if she ever came out with a song as boldly over-the-top as 'New Christ Cardiac Hero' once she went the adult contemporary route.
― stoomcursus rockisme (unregistered), Friday, 24 July 2015 03:52 (eight years ago) link
Baby Washington
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 July 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/455/19971539455_e5fbb1c291_z.jpgThis is a nice record I've been playing a lot.
― JacobSanders, Friday, 24 July 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
my new favorite Wilma Burgess song. it's so lush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOO2JdWJQcM
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 01:46 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlXNBw6nzqs
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 01:55 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jfSFMOLUAA
lora Schultz 2 months agoWilma was THE best voice in Nashville,also my dearest friend, I spent many weekends in Patsy's house while she lived there, Wilma always said Patsy's spirit was there, and nearly all her furniture was left there by Charlie right down to her car and credit cards. Wilma wanted to give me her car, but I let my husband talk me out of it. Wilma worked many of my husband's shows he promoted , and her mom was a regular visitor in our home , staying for several months, which we enjoyed. They both are missed.Widow of Ken Allen
Wilma was THE best voice in Nashville,also my dearest friend, I spent many weekends in Patsy's house while she lived there, Wilma always said Patsy's spirit was there, and nearly all her furniture was left there by Charlie right down to her car and credit cards. Wilma wanted to give me her car, but I let my husband talk me out of it. Wilma worked many of my husband's shows he promoted , and her mom was a regular visitor in our home , staying for several months, which we enjoyed. They both are missed.Widow of Ken Allen
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 02:11 (seven years ago) link
her records are almost impossible to sell. so good pick for this thead!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
Will have to check more Wilma, among others here. Thread revival also reminds me that I always meant to post about the Women Blue comp, which incl. tracks by several artists already mentioned, like Michele, whose Saturns Rings I described upthread in '08 (without ever getting to the eventual paranoid starflowerchild vibe, quite: Laurel Canyon in Manson times). A few of them are relatively well-known, at least to folkies: Sorrels, Koloc, McCaslin---but most not, although almost all of 'em were still on YouTube and/or Spotify the last tyme I checked (not recently). And as the following review points out, this is a bit more varied in arrangements etc. than Ladies From The Canyon---a few audio samples here too:http://www.allmusic.com/album/women-blue-16-lost-us-femvox-classics-mw0000825913
― dow, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
huh never heard of Wilma - nice stuff
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link
did she record those tracks before or after she married fred flinstone?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/meet_wilma_burgess_country_musics_first_openly_lesbian_singer
― nickn, Monday, 2 May 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/Rachel-Faro-Refugees/release/5569643
― Deverly (Bangelo), Thursday, 5 May 2016 23:51 (seven years ago) link
^impressive credit list on this one! the whole album is on youtube (can't find it anywhere else) and it's pretty good, like Carole King meets Court and Spark-era Joni. I love the organ and treated keyboard on 'Time Passes Slowly':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZmAd-vU7qA
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Sunday, 8 May 2016 22:54 (seven years ago) link
i think i underrated the 2nd Risa Potters record. it's really quite lovely. now debating whether i need to buy a cheap copy of her first album from 1970 online or just wait to happen upon one someday in an out of way place on the side of the road far from where i dwell.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
Just listened to that anonymous "help me find the singer" youtube upthread; that's kinda fascinating!
― Dan is a #VegetablePuppet, he is NOT REAL. #flatearth (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Over on Rolling Reissues, I posted info about and comments on the forthcoming (first legit, remastered from actual masters) reissue of Judy Henske & Jerry Yester's Farewell Aldebaran. Gotta find her pre- and non-Jerry albums, also the one they did as co-leaders of Rosebud.
― dow, Thursday, 16 June 2016 00:42 (seven years ago) link
Pre- and *post-Jerry albums, that is, if she did any.
― dow, Thursday, 16 June 2016 00:44 (seven years ago) link
Rosebud is not great. High Flying Bird is her best solo album. Though "Wade In The Water" on her 1963 self-titled Elektra album is one of her knockouts and her epic "Betty and Dupree" on her 1966 Reprise album is, uh, epic. and the funny stories she tells on stage are funny on those albums. I always felt like her 1965 album on Mercury was a little flat. But it's worth hearing.
Everything except for Farewell Aldebaran sells for peanuts now so you could probably buy everything except that for about 40 bucks total.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 June 2016 01:03 (seven years ago) link
(there are two later dawn of the 21st century albums that nobody listens to because they are later dawn of the 21st century albums.)
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 June 2016 01:05 (seven years ago) link
the dave guard & the whiskeyhill singers album on capitol that judy was on is fun too.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 June 2016 01:08 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UHw0fbZHPE
― brimstead, Thursday, 16 June 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
i think Fanny actually do get some love. if not from hipsters. Birtha need more love. they rocked so hard.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 June 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
And thanx for the Judy et al tips too---reminded me that one of Richie Unterberger's books incl. pre-Modern Folk Quartet Cyrus Faryar's account of feeling like he and other musos were little peasants in the valley, caught between the warring gods, Guard and Henske. But that maybe just an exaggerated memory of what Cyrus says here, in Unterberger's (still lively!) liner notes for the Whiskeyhill reissue (his site also has his appealing notes for MFQ reissues, or at least one of 'em):http://www.richieunterberger.com/guard.html
― dow, Thursday, 16 June 2016 23:01 (seven years ago) link
Probably some good lesser known stuff in herehttps://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/milk-of-the-tree-an-anthology/
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:36 (six years ago) link
good stuff on there. i gotta play that susan pillsbury album again soon. so great.
― scott seward, Saturday, 3 June 2017 04:06 (six years ago) link
did i mention risa potters on here? those two albums are really nice. was listening to the second one the other day.
― scott seward, Saturday, 3 June 2017 04:07 (six years ago) link
So I keep getting YouTube recommendations for a Japanese singer-songwriter I'd never heard of called Hako Yamasaki, and it turns out she's great! Strangely enough she turns up on the recs list of a couple of other people I know, plus many more according to the comments sections. Seems to be some strange algorithmic spasm that's shoved her up to the front of the queue. Most of the English-language info to be gleaned about her is buried in said comments sections too, although there is a Japanese-language Wikipedia page.
Anyway, she's released about 30 albums, most of them sounding of their time - but since the mid-70s was the best time for this kinda thing those records are the winners, the odd enka vocal inflection notwithstanding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5xYdkMiV6Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w71N7MX9HcQ
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Thursday, 11 January 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
Wow---intriguing, thanks! Reminds me a little of Murakami's Kafka On The Shore, which is also the title of an out-of-nowhere 60s hit by a young Japanese female singer-songwriter: one and she's done, vanishes, a lost legend. Good lyrics too, but unfortunately it's mostly nit about her, except as a magnet for this sometimes tedious teenboy horndog, the main character. Um, anyway, the aforementioned s/t one-and done Rosebud album got legit reissued and expanded, like the aforementionedFarewell Aldebaran, which I found uneven enough that I haven't gotten around to checking Rosebud yet, though with Henske & Yester it can't sound too bad; anyway here's the press sheet I pasted onto Rolling Reissues:
ROSEBUDROSEBUDFILE UNDER: R/ROCKCD: DIGIPAKSRLP: 16.98 / BOX LOT: 305% DISCOUNT THROUGH 6/23/2017AVAILABLE JUNE 16, 2017WWW.OMNIVORERECORDINGS.COMWWW.FACEBOOK.COM/OMNIVORERECORDINGSWWW.TWITTER.COM/OMNIVORERECORDSKEY SELLING POINTS• Remastered and expanded reissue of the1971 classic.• Contains 10 bonus tracks—7 previouslyunissued .• Packaging contains rare ephemera andnew interviews with band members JudyHenske, Jerry Yester, and Craig Doerge.The iconic 1971 release – expanded with 10 bonus tracks!When Judy Henske and Jerry Yester’s (now revered) Farewell Aldebaran sadly disappeared into legend,they decided to take a different approach for their next release—becoming a “band.” Adding songwriterand multi-instrumentalist Craig Doerge (pronounced “Durgee”) and John Seiter (known for his workwith Spanky & Our Gang and The Turtles), Rosebud was born. After recording was done and the album“fi nished”—the band added Bassist David Vaught. Additional songs were laid down, and others re-moved in lieu of the new material. Finally, in 1971—Rosebud the album appeared.In his liner notes, Barry Alfonso (acclaimed author and songwriter) says “French choral numbers, gospelrockers, nostalgic ballads, angelic lullabies—it sounds like the contents of a greatest hits collection.In fact, the above tracks are all found on the sole album by Rosebud, an L.A.-based quintet that barelylasted a year.”Rosebud, is indeed, all of that and much more. While inching Henske & Yester closer to the main-stream, Rosebud is just as daring as Aldebaran, as its songs have the same studio sophistication,hook-laden material, and wit.To make this reissue even more special, 10 bonus tracks have been added, 7 of which are previouslyunissued. The packaging contains photos and ephemera, tracing the changing history in the makingof the album, as well as new interviews with Henske, Yester and Doerge in Alfonso’s essay. Producedfor release by Grammy ® -winning Producer Cheryl Pawelski, and new mastering and restoration byMichael Graves (who also has won a few Grammys ® himself), Rosebud is ready to take the uninitiatedon a journey, and adds nearly another album’s worth of rare singles and unheard tracks for those wholoved the original.Named after the sled in Orson Welles’ iconic Citizen Kane, Rosebud is a secret no more.JERRY YESTER, JUDY HENSKE, CRAIG DOERGE, JOHN SEITERORIGINAL ALBUMPanamaLe SoleilRenoWestern WisconsinLoreleiSalvationLullabye II(Summer Carol)The Yum Yum ManRoll Home CheyenneFlying To MorningBONUS TRACKSLazyReno (MONO SINGLE VERSION)Mercury Of Fools *Hey Old Friend (JUDY VOCAL) *Le Soleil (DEMO) *What’s The MatterWith Sam *Easy On Me, Easy *Father Of SoulsMercury Of Fools (DEMO) *Hey Old Friend(JERRY VOCAL) (DEMO) ** PREVIOUSLY UNISSUEDRosebudKEY SELLING POINTSThe iconic 1971 release – expanded with 10 bonus tracks!Photo: Henry Diltz
― dow, Friday, 12 January 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
And this first volume of Light In The Attic's projected Japanese reissue series has some thread-relevance, audio samples, info here (the non-ltd. ed 2-LP will be back in stock later this month, they've also got CD, but not digital) https://lightintheattic.net/releases/3178-even-a-tree-can-shed-tears-japanese-folk-rock-1969-1973
― dow, Friday, 12 January 2018 02:38 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9BpZGRIl5s
― kolakube (Ross), Friday, 12 January 2018 03:42 (six years ago) link
Hey I have an early 70s California singer songwriter query.theres a really good early 70s album by a woman,who I think maybe had drug problems and died young, plus was kinda obscure. Definite hipster kisses in the 00s and on tho. Multitracked vocals,a song called "x rain" where x is the name of a small town in CA or the PNW. Any ideas? 😔
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 6 April 2019 22:02 (five years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb59WCJTs_Q
?
― budo jeru, Saturday, 6 April 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
Yeeeeees
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 6 April 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
A million thank yous
I've def conflated someone else's bio with Linda's, glad shes still around
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 6 April 2019 22:08 (five years ago) link
me too and yr v welcome
― budo jeru, Saturday, 6 April 2019 22:10 (five years ago) link
Faun Fables vibes there
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 6 April 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
Think the bio you've conflated with Linda's is Judee Sill. They were both kind of rediscovered in the early 00s
― Zelda Zonk, Saturday, 6 April 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah,that's definitely it
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 6 April 2019 22:23 (five years ago) link
Also: Kath Bloom is new to me, but she started recording in the 70s with Loren MazzaCane Connors, and check the link to older and new tracks on her MySpace page here--this new PTW-posted title track is not her best performance, the other one described is more typical, but it's all well worth checking out: http://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=1668
― dow, Friday, 4 July 2008 20:58 (ten years ago) Permalink
The Kath Bloom/Loren Connors 1981-1984 CD that I have is a-fucking-mazing. Dunno anything else she has done, but that one thing is an absolute treasure of simple cracked and beautiful otherness.
― NickB, Friday, 4 July 2008 21:12 (ten years ago) Permalink
Thee Whiney-edited Paper Thin Walls is long gone, but Kath Bloom review-interview (re her return and the CD reissue comps) is archived here: https://papercomet.blogspot.com/2017/03/maybe-not-earlies-but-might-as-well.html
― dow, Monday, 15 April 2019 23:04 (five years ago) link
i listened to lots of linda perhacs and judee sill last weekend
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Monday, 15 April 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
where did you go wendy waldman lovers?
― scott seward, Monday, February 18, 2008 3:51 PM
As you may have seen on the stock up/stock down thread, I was checking all the new classic album compilation releases and Wendy Waldman's first 3 albums were released in a compilation last year. I thought she looked like the type for this thread. Never heard of her before.
I bought the Bridget St John box a while ago but that was from 2015. Surprised she's not mentioned onthread.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 19 July 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
I think i need more fanny in my lifehttps://youtu.be/imZUqkPlUaQ
― brimstead, Saturday, 20 July 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
Excited for this - https://lightintheattic.net/artists/2952-sachiko-kanenobu
― MaresNest, Saturday, 20 July 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
Jean Millington, Fanny's bass player needs your help.
https://www.gofundme.com/jean-millington-go
― Ned Trifle X, Saturday, 20 July 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
strangely enough, last night at the port washington public library i saw nancy nevins and two other original members of sweetwater, who were the second act to perform at woodstock '69. nancy's solo album definitely belongs on this thread:
https://www.discogs.com/Nancy-Nevins-Nancy-Nevins/release/2126684
the whole evening of discussion & performance should be up on the port washington public library's youtube channel soon if it isn't yet.
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 20 July 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link