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NO ZIP CODE, NO SUMMER CAMP!
| Side A | ||
| Artist | Song | |
| ANDY WILLIAMS | Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (Rado / Ragni / Macdermot) (1969) | |
| THE COWSILLS | Hair (Rado / Ragni / Macdermot) (Concert Version) (1969) | |
| THE MORNING GLORIES | Love-In (Blanc / Grippin / Farthingsworth XIV) (1967) | |
| THE BYRDS | Tribal Gathering (Crosby / Hillman) (1967) | |
| FREAKS OF NATURE | People! Let's Freak Out (Scott / McCauley / Fowley) (1966) | |
| DENNY DOHERTY | Indian Girl (Sylvester) (1973) | |
| R.DEAN TAYLOR | Indiana Wants Me (Taylor) (1968) | |
| THE HOLLIES (UK) | Sorry Suzanne (Stephens / Macauley) (1969) | |
| THE ASSOCIATION | Along Comes Mary (Almer) (1966) | |
| THE LEFTE BANKE | Walk Away Rennee (Catilli / Brown / Sansone) (1966) | |
| DAVID RUFFIN | Walk Away From Love (Kipps) (1975) | |
| THE ARROWS (USA / UK) | My Last Night With You (Ferris) (1975) | |
| DAVID CASSIDY | My First Night Alone Without You (Vassy) (1974) | |
| JACKIE DE SHANNON | Put A Little Love In Your Heart (De Shannon / Holiday / Myers) (1969) | |
| JACKIE LEE (UK) | Everybody Needs A Little Loving (Jones / Rothenstein) (1970) | |
| Side B | ||
| Artist | Song | Buy |
| THE FOUR TOPS | Reach Out I'll Be There (Holland / Dozier / Holland) (1966) | |
| BROTHERHOOD OF MAN (UK) | Reach Out Your Hand (Hiller) (1971) | |
| JACKSON 5 | Honey Love (Holland / Holland / Smith) (1975) | |
| ABBA (Sweden) | Honey, Honey (Andersson / Andersson / Ulvaeus) (1974) | |
| EDDIE HOLLAND | Candy To Me (Holland / Dozier / Holland) (1964) | |
| KIM FOWLEY | Bubblegum (Cerf / Fowley) (1968) | |
| NANCY SINATRA | Sugar Town (Hazelwood) (1966) | |
| MAC & KATIE KISSON | Sugar Candy Kisses (Bickerton / Waddington) (1974) | |
| THE ARCHIES | Kissin' (1969) (Adams / Barkin) | |
| THE JACOBITES (UK) | Choo Choo Charlie (Crowe) (1969) | |
| THE BOX TOPS | Choo Choo Train (Fritts / Hinton) (1968) | |
| SWEET (UK) | Funny Funny (Chapman / Chinn) (1971) | |
| THE TOKENS | Laugh (Margo / Margo / Medress / Siegel) (1967) | |
| THE BEACH BOYS | Sloop John B (Trad / Wilson) (1966) | |
| BARRY McGUIRE & THE MAMAS & PAPAS | Hang On Sloopy (Russell / Farrell) (1965) | |
Comment:
Summer Camps? Er, what they? Aren't they pre-fab establishments where kids with no IQ spend summer? Er, no they're not. Oh you must be from The U.S. - got any gum chum?
When you catch documentaries about Punk in England, Lydon, Strummer or who ever else the makers have roped in as talking heads, always say England was mired by depression. And it was; it really was. For some reason, and I'll leave it to Social commentators to explain, England, in the seventies was a shit hole! There were intermittent power-cuts - in fact the whole country seemed to be on strike, rioting or being blown up. If they weren't marching they were making bombs and if they weren't making bombs they were dying a horrendous death on floor 500 in a Tower Block.
TV, for instance, had 3 channels and finished broadcasting at midnight. Ice-Cream came in 4 flavours: vanilla, chocolate, coffee, strawberry & raspberry ripple - actually I think there may have been a chocolate ripple - but you get the picture. Orange Juice wasn't real. Bubble Gum smelt & tasted of hair-spray and fortunately lost it's flavour in minutes. A friend, whose parents lived in The States, returned for the new school term, with a stash of Bubble Yum. I think he was surprised at just how many friends he had. Actually, Bazooka Joes were available. The wrappers promised you a free remote-control plane. Free? All you had to do was send 500,000 wrappers off with your Name, Address & Zip-Code! Zip Code? Er, what they? And how do I get one?
Pop Mags from The U.S. were a constant joy to me - for some inexplicable reason I was obsessed with The Osmonds, so much so that I insisted people call me Corky after I read it was Donny's secret nick-name. What so infuriated me was to find out more Osmond secrets (like Marie's cup-size - I'm kidding guys) and receive my free poster, membership card and Olive Osmond's cookery book I had to send off my name (check), address (check), Country (check) and Zip Code (aaaaaargh!). Other exotica included ads for Twinkey Rolls (I'm still not sure what they are) or candies (we call them sweets) that boasted grape or melon as a flavour. Grape? Melon? Like wow. When I want on family holidays, mostly to Italy or Crete, I was always impressed that you could get orange or lemon chewing gum but hey, in The U.S. not only did they have melons, they had so many they were able to turn them into candy. Anyway, it's a good 30 years later and we now have 5 channels - many more if you purchase a box or satelite - we are still, I believe, the only nation who have to buy a TV Licence or face a fine or prison sentence. We're still making bombs and being bombed and last night Birmingham experienced one of the worst riots in 20 years..oh yeah and people are still dying in Tower Blocks.but on the bright side we can purchase Orange Juice from California, Ben & Jerry's ice-cream and consume products laced with Grape flavourings. But I still don't have a Zip-Code!
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Sweet! Andy doing Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In must be amazing.
Lots of good stuff here.
Nice mix, Corky.
I still remember Mr. Zip, the cartoon character who had the job of explaining Zip codes to Americans, who thought this new regimentation was a Commie plot.
And perfect Dom-like transitions all the way; I guess Mary and Renee will cross on the bridge.
I still remember Mr. Zip, the cartoon character who had the job of explaining Zip codes to Americans, who thought this new regimentation was a Commie plot.
And perfect Dom-like transitions all the way; I guess Mary and Renee will cross on the bridge.
great summary of the 1970s. You forgot that everybody at school wanted to be like 'the Fonz' ! Mix looks good too - where do you find the time - tapes sake soooo long to do. Hey in Dubai I have no zip code nor do I have a post code!
cool and fun ride
I love it all but especiallly the David Ruffin tune!
Brilliant theme and music and notes Dom... my family moved to America in the 80s for a couple of years. As a nine year old, the cereal and candy and tv channels were just something else. All day cartoons, Reese's Pieces, Super Mario Brothers... wow.
This is lovely, as usual, Dom. We don't see nearly enough Kim Fowley here.
Really great mix AND liner notes. And I can send over a Twinkie (a golden sponge-cake with white Lard filling)- there's nothing natural in them so they'll keep!
Intriguing snap-shot from across the pond.
Really enjoyed the commentary.
Mix...as always...is wonderful.
Really enjoyed the commentary.
Mix...as always...is wonderful.
Loved the commentry - glad it's not only me that wondered what a "zip code" was (or an Oreo for that matter). Although my cultural references are a few years later - like wondering why the kids in Degrassi High didn't have to wear uniforms. And when exactly in the school year do you have a prom? They were always having them. And what the hell was a faucet?
You have no idea how much zip codes rule our lives here. It seems like every call we get in our office here at the Census Bureau is asking for data tabulated at the zip code level. Several years ago the Claritas Corporation came out with an elaborate typology that categorized every neighborhood into one of 40 categories, each with a clever name to make this irresistible to marketers Examples include "Gray Power" (retirement ommunities) and "Young Suburbia", while the poor live in "Tobacco Roads", "Hard Scrabble" and "Public Assistance", and the wealthy live in "Urban Gold Coast, "Money & Brains" "Furs & Station Wagons" and, of course, "Blue Blood Estates"). This was all done at the zip code level because marketers could then use this information for bulk mailings. In the 1980s, the Christian Right mobilized their constituency through targeted direct-mail campaigns relying heavily on zip codes. Now don't you wish you had a zip code?
I'll gladly trade you a couple of Twinkies for this fine mix.
I'll gladly trade you a couple of Twinkies for this fine mix.
This is educational (the notes) and absolutely fantastic.
Super duper mix! I'll be happy so sell you my zip code (92116), or you can send me 100,000 Bubble Yum wrappers.
A wonderful piece o' art here Dom.
This is wonderful!