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Then, on the flip side, Eleanor Shaw presents Larry's conception of the complaints of a woman, not only about her marraige, but about all men. The sound quality here is terrible, by the way, but the words more than make up for it.
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Moving up several years now: Near the end of their days as a label, Tin Pan Alley stopped identifying the performers by name, and started slapping a couple of group names on their labels. The last four songs are by "New Image". First up is "Pride", with the lyrics shoehorned - no, pistol-whipped - into a rockin' backing track. I've listened to this nearly a half-dozen times, and have no idea what the hell she's singing about.
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No such problems with the flip side, "A Girl and a Guy in Love", the problems here, instead, being the sheer banality of the lyrics (have there ever been worse or more obvious rhymes than those featured in this record?), and the barely in tune vocal.
Download: New Image - A Girl and a Guy in Love
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Leaving the best for last, here's one of the highest numbers I've ever seen on a TPA record - meaning it is among their last releases. Beyond that, it's easily one of the most unhinged things I've heard on a TPA record (on both sides) - in both cases, my first thought, again, was "what the hell???". But I think I'll let both sides speak for themselves. Here's "Fortune Teller":
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And perhaps my favorite of the six, this little slice of Steppenwolf wannabe rock, "Lady Wildcat".
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sorry I'm a bit late on the scene (hmmmm the story of my life....)but would there be any chance of a re-post of 'Lady Wildcat'?
cheers
Gary
Downloaded Lady Wildcat from Sammy Reed's blog and all I can say is that one is not bad at all, certainly better than I expected for the period. Makes me wonder what Fortune Teller sounded like.
Seriously, "Fortune Teller" is actually Patti Smith, RIGHT??
These are all great tunes here; a cornucopia of long lost treasures.
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