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Derek's Weekly 45's: Tony Clarke 7 Jun 2013 | 08:14 pm
Three of my all time favorite sing les were cut by the troubled soul man Tony Clarke. Tony Clarke wrote a few great tracks for Etta James, and released a handful of singles on his own for the mighty C...
Derek's Weekly 45's: Tony Clarke 7 Jun 2013 | 08:14 pm
Three of my all time favorite sing les were cut by the troubled soul man Tony Clarke. Tony Clarke wrote a few great tracks for Etta James, and released a handful of singles on his own for the mighty C...
Derek's Weekly 45's: The Dells- in tribute to Marvin Junior 31 May 2013 | 05:32 pm
I try my best not to pick favorites of anything, since my introduction to The Dells I've always thought of them as the ultimate soul vocal group. It's with a heavy heart that I write this tribute to t...
Derek's Weekly 45: The Glorious Debut of The Rain Parade 24 May 2013 | 07:34 pm
The Los Angeles music scene in the early 1980's was a place of diametric opposites in the early 1980's; the punk scene had become a form of conformity with cartoonish thugs churning out loud for the s...
The Bedazzled Radio Hour with Spike Priggen #8 - The La's 19 May 2013 | 03:10 pm
Here's an MP3 of The Bedazzled Radio Hour with Spike Priggen #8 - The La's. Lots of great b-sides and outtakes along with the best songs from their one (and only) great album. "Like" The Bedazzled Rad...
Derek's Weekly 45's: Myron And E 17 May 2013 | 07:02 pm
While the crop of old school sounds that have popped back into consciousness within the past ten or so years may be looked at as a revival or comeback, only a fool would say that soul music had EVER g...
Alan Merrill's a Dead-ringer for Michael Jackson! 17 May 2013 | 03:59 pm
Some of you Rock Fans may have heard of Alan Merrill (... "The Face of '69"! Just like Peter Frampton was "the Face of '68", does that ring a bell? ) : If not, here's for reminders : The son...
Derek's Weekly 45: The ultimate fuzzed out DC5 number, in two mixes 10 May 2013 | 08:52 pm
By 1968, the hits had all but dried up for Tottenham's Dave Clark Five. With a run of massive hits recorded between '64-'65, this group was considered STRONG competetion for the Beatles, and many teen...
Derek's weekly 45's: The Flamin' Groovies at 45 RPM 3 May 2013 | 05:19 pm
I was inspired to write this post, as tomorrow evening the Cyril Jordan- Chris Wilson version of The Flamin' Groovies are gonna be playing the tiny Elbo Room club in San Francisco (their ONLY US show,...
The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones 1963-1969 - On Video! Ocean County Library, Toms River, New Jersey, May 6th, 7PM 2 May 2013 | 04:13 pm
It's the age-old question: "The Beatles or The Stones?". A lot of people like 'em both, but most everybody who's a fan of 1960s Pop-Rock music seems to have a preference for one or the other. Music Vi...
