Rhymes from The Seventies Subconscious

Songs from the sixties and seventies from my singles and lps. This podcast may be my last for a while, and includes some Ollie Halsall guitar and some other guitar as well. Andy Bown was also in the Herd, so you get two of his songs in this podcast. 1. Terry Stamp--Itchy Feet 2. Capt. Groovy and the Bubblegum Army--Dark Part of My Mind (pt.1) 3. Andy Bown--Tarot 4. The Groundhogs--Eccentric Man 5. Alex Harvey Band--Roman Wall Blues 6. The Herd--This Boy's Always Been True 7. Mandrake--Sunlight Glide 8. Gringo--Emma and Harry 9. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band--Snake Bite 10. Boxer--Don't Wait 11. Killing Floor--Acid Bean

It's been a while since I've put up any of my own music, and since I won't be able to do it for a while, I figure I'd put up some of the things I've been working on recently. There are two versions of the first song, an instrumental and vocal. The vocal version was just an experiment mostly so I could put effects in at the bridge. "Orangina" is an older song I never posted. "Up With Humans" is my imagining how Gary Numan might have recorded "Up WIth People!" in 1979. I recorded the last song in a coffee shop with my iPad. 1. The Astronaut [instrumental] (2:26) 2. Orangina (0:59) 3. Alterations (3:36) 4. The Astronaut [vocals] (2:27) 5. Up With Humans! (2:21) 6. Confessions of an Opium Eater (2:42)

After a fairly long absence, I felt I needed to put up at least one episode that continued the soulful theme that I started with the last one. So these are a bunch of soul tunes mostly from the '60's or early '70's. If you liked Soul Interlude Pt. 1, you should like Pt. 2! 1. Reuben Bell-- You're Gonna Miss Me 2. J.J. Barnes-- Snow Flakes 3. Darrell Banks-- I'm Gonna Hang My Head and Cry 4. Donald Height-- De Da Da 5. The Temptations-- Since I Lost My Baby 6. Solomon Burke-- Cry To Me 7. Lou Courtney-- Hot Butter 'N All 8. Mr. C and Funck Junction-- Hot Butter 'N All Pt. 2 9. Donald Height-- Life is Free 10. Levon & the Hawks-- He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart) 11. Reuben Bell--I'll Be Your Woman 12. Earnest Jackson-- Why Can't I Love Somebody

With lots of reverb on my voice and a lower register than normal I am pleased to introduce some great soul singles I’ve been listening to, plus a few songs that keep it from being exclusively the Reuben Bell and Darrell Banks episode. Atlhough, either one of them could easily provide the soundtrack for a great show by themselves. Darrrell Banks didn’t live long but made some great songs, and Reuben Bell seems to have been more a singles artist than long players. Still, they both have some great songs and some are here for your listening pleasure… Ann Alford and The Temptations provide the background music… 1. Reuben Bell—I Still Have To Say Goodbye 2. Reuben Bell—I Can’t Feel This Way At Home 3 Darrell Banks—Just Because Your Love Is Gone 4. Solomon Burke—Got To Get You Off Of My Mind 5. Reuben Bell—What’s Happening to the World? 6. Eddie Giles—So Deep In Love 7. Reuben Bell—Too Late 8. Darrell Banks—Don’t Know What To Do 9. Reuben Bell—Actions Speak Louder Than Words 10. Reuben Bell – Asking For the Truth 11. Darrell Banks – We’ll Get Over

Well, three more songs of mine before I think about putting up some more pop-psych. I tried incorporating some strumming acoustic guitar. The third song makes a strong argument for funk, especially the fact that when a person or group of people are funky, they are really funky. The lyrics, needless to say, were made up on the spot and were really just an excuse to fiddle with sound effects. What was really fun about making the song was the penny-whistle keyboard sound. I think the penny-whistle is an oft neglected funk instrument. The picture is a hotel in Fiji that's really expensive but looks like fun. A fine place to listen to the podcast. 1. With The Mermaids (4:05) 2. Submerged (3:25) 3. Funksploitation! (5:00)

I’m reposting this with another song. I don't know why I felt like making a bunch of songs this week, but here they are representing my latest stuff. Probably because it's February and it's been a while since I've recorded any music. The first song started as a piano riff but of course I added a lot of organ and stuff and what started out as an eighties sound got kind of seventies. The second song was just one that kind of developed as I went along, and the third song was something I made while I was watching T.V. with the sound off and with the chords and mellotron I was going for a 60's sound I suppose.The last song has moog noises and some basic tracks from my Korg. 1. Solipsism (5:36) 2. River (4:07) 3. Terrain (3:46) 4. Frozen Air (5:04)

It's been a while since I posted any of my songs. The first one is a spacey instrumental. The second is the latest installment of my raps based on gentile professions (in this case farming). The last is a song I made a while ago, and it went on too long. So I edited out the beginning and about thirty seconds in the middle. It still feels a little long but I was just banging away on the keyboard and that's what came out, so in the interest of completeness, I'm including it in this podcast. I recorded it a couple of months ago. These were done on my Korg and with my M-Audio keyboard. 1. PKD Was Right (4:37) 2. Gentleman Farmer (3:32) 3. Musings (3:51)

And in case you've listened to the songs in the last podcast, and watched the entire scooter movie, here's three more of my songs I've been working on. The first song is my attempt to put a horn section in that would make people think of the Ohio Players. The second song is a somber atmospheric instrumental and the last tune is sort of spacey and sort of funky. The second two songs are a bit more inchoate than the first, but they are all finished so I'm posting them. The picture is a little phosphorescent. Oh, and feel free to leave a comment indicating the best version of "Spider" in the last podcast or to what degree the horns in this one remind you of The Ohio Players... or anything else.... I'm reposting this episode because I thought the third song needed another track. 1. Four Minutes of Funk (4:05) 2. Arctic Swim (3:15) 3. Voyage Through Sleep (4:05)

More of my songs I've been working on this time. For some reason the second song sounds like it was recorded under water. I think that happened when I converted it to the podcast. Well, anyway, it's a little less than high fidelity, but the third song has lots of moogs and the last song is funky. The first song was inspired by a trip to an Indian restaurant. 1. Punjabi Dhaba (2:25) 2. Update (2:35) 3. Recovery (3:41) 4. History is Funk! (4:25)

These are a bunch of songs that I've either been working on recently or that I made a while back and didn't post so it's sort of a mix of things and has some glitches here and there. The sitar song was the first thing I made with the sounds I had when I got them, so it's there just as it came out. The picture is a poster I have that I like, and kind of goes with the mood of the first and last song, even though there's no direct relation to the title or the songs really. I just needed a title for this episode... The first song has more Chinese flute and the whole thing is about fifteen minutes. 1. Hot Space Station Justice (3:04) 2. Did You Say "Funk"? (2:36) 3. Breathing (2:05) 4. Lurching (2:20) 5. Clouds (5:05)