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And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

Looks like we've taken a turn down the side street of forgotten folk songs (somewhere near the Junius Ponds exit of the NYS Thruway), so I submit for your listening and dancing pleasure The Kingston Trio and "M-T-A."
 
Penrod Rightout said:
yugoidar said:
Barry McGuire was a New Christy Minstrel before striking out on his own with the "Eve of Destruction".
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Kenny Rogers, Gene Clark of the Byrds, and Kim Carnes were also former Minstrels.

With the mention of Kim Carnes I submit "Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)" - even though it peaked at #15 I still consider this one an el-stiff-o.
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A Co-Worker of mine from WFTL was a second generation Minstrel (he certainly had the voice for it). He told me that John Denver used to come around and ask if he could sit in with them before he became well known.
 
Here's my Monday morning contribution to this thread. I had "We Gotta Get You a Woman" on my mp3 the other day (Leroy boy, is that you? / I thought your post-hangin' days were through...") a great song that peaked @#20 in 1970. A few days later, I heard "I Saw The Light" on WHTT. Yes, I still listen.

Both songs motivated me to check this thread and add one of my favorite Todd Rundgren/Runt songs which also qualifies as a stiff, "Couldn't I Just Tell You." It peaked @#93 in '72. IMHO, it's an awesome song with great lyrics and fantastic arrangement. It was the follow-up to "I Saw The Light," which, BTW, I thought was sung by Carole King the first time I heard it on the radio. Great voice, weather it's Todd or Carole. Still have the Bearsville blue vinyl 45 in the collection.
 
Todd Rundgren. Now you're talking, Jim! When he's not being self-indulgent he's one of my favourite singer/songwriter/producers. I'd like to add "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" to his list of stiffs, although I don't believe he ever released it as a single. Now if I could just remember who did...
 
Here's one from one of the world's greatest bands...

The Rolling Stones (circa 1971-72)...

Rip This Joint.

It got a lot of airplay on KB in the day, and I swear I haven't heard it on the radio since.
 
Debaser said:
Todd Rundgren. Now you're talking, Jim! When he's not being self-indulgent he's one of my favourite singer/songwriter/producers. I'd like to add "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" to his list of stiffs, although I don't believe he ever released it as a single. Now if I could just remember who did...
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Multi grammy-winner Alison Krauss & Union Station recorded it as well, hmmm... don't think it was ever a single but it's available as an MP3 download from Amazon...does that count? ditto for Manhattan Transfer who also recorded it but doesn't appear as a single release.
 
nitro99 said:
Here's one from one of the world's greatest bands...

The Rolling Stones (circa 1971-72)...

Rip This Joint.

It got a lot of airplay on KB in the day, and I swear I haven't heard it on the radio since.
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Here's another one which had a lot of airplay when it was released and disappeared, never to be heard again:

"Military Madness" - Graham Nash-- with Johnny Barbata (Turtles, Jefferson Starship) on drums, Dave Mason on Guitar and Rita Coolidge background vocals.
 
Penrod Rightout said:
nitro99 said:
Here's one from one of the world's greatest bands...

The Rolling Stones (circa 1971-72)...

Rip This Joint.

It got a lot of airplay on KB in the day, and I swear I haven't heard it on the radio since.
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Here's another one which had a lot of airplay when it was released and disappeared, never to be heard again:

"Military Madness" - Graham Nash-- with Johnny Barbata (Turtles, Jefferson Starship) on drums, Dave Mason on Guitar and Rita Coolidge background vocals.
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Graham Nash. Excellent suggestion. Here's another from Graham Nash with David Crosby. Have your passport or enhanced license ready? "Immigration Man" from around '72.
 
nitro99 said:
Today's submission...

I was channel surfing the other day, when I came upon a program about The Monkees. I only wanted to catch a glimpse of this, but it was such a train wreck, I couldn't turn away.

To think they actually outsold The Beatles in 67 is amazing, for a group that really couldn't write their own songs, play their own insturments (or sing for that matter).

Anyway, they talked about how they wanted to go on tour and perform their own music. Ouch.

Here's a Monkees stiff from 1969, one of their last charted hits:

"Listen to the Band"
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They attempted a comeback in the 80s and generated this stiff:

"That Was Then, This is Now"


P.S. I used the "search" feature to make sure this tune hadn't already been posted--hence the quote from May
 
Penrod Rightout said:
nitro99 said:
Today's submission...

I was channel surfing the other day, when I came upon a program about The Monkees. I only wanted to catch a glimpse of this, but it was such a train wreck, I couldn't turn away.

To think they actually outsold The Beatles in 67 is amazing, for a group that really couldn't write their own songs, play their own insturments (or sing for that matter).

Anyway, they talked about how they wanted to go on tour and perform their own music. Ouch.

Here's a Monkees stiff from 1969, one of their last charted hits:

"Listen to the Band"
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They attempted a comeback in the 80s and generated this stiff:

"That Was Then, This is Now"


P.S. I used the "search" feature to make sure this tune hadn't already been posted--hence the quote from May
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Nice idea, PR! I don't think we have an official "Stiff" referee/scorekeeper!
 
John C said:

They attempted a comeback in the 80s and generated this stiff:

"That Was Then, This is Now"


P.S. I used the "search" feature to make sure this tune hadn't already been posted--hence the quote from May

Nice idea, PR! I don't think we have an official "Stiff" referee/scorekeeper!
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Thanks, J C! Well, in the spirit of radio in the days before computer-generated logs and tight playlists, we can keep the formatics loose... as long as the song played in at least two other dayparts and we put the Rook card in the back of the cardfile...make sure you pull at least an hour's worth of music for the guy following you :)
 
I used to have to go into the station vault and pull my requisite 20 or 30 oldies carts for my overnight shift and carry them all into the control room. The PD used to tack on a little note pad to the wall with the cart numbers I was to play that evening. Of course, the current rotation of carts was already in the control room. Them were the days. Remember Heydaybegone?
 
I used to have to go into the station vault and pull my requisite 20 or 30 oldies carts for my overnight shift and carry them all into the control room. The PD used to tack on a little note pad to the wall with the cart numbers I was to play that evening. Of course, the current rotation of carts was already in the control room. Them were the days. Remember Heydaybegone?
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I remember it well. There was a discipline that made the industry what it was. And you loved EVERY minute of it!! (Ok changing the current rotation tabs every week seemed redundant...but dang...when a new tune came in and one went to recurrent...whooo hooo!!)
 


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