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Help needed to identify real obscure song

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BlueHen

I started to put this on the "Favorite Songs You Never Hear On Radio Anymore" thread, but I can't say it's a favorite and the fact is, I've never heard it on the radio. I only remember it from the jukebox in our school cafeteria in the spring of 1970, and it drives me nuts that I haven't been able to identify it all these years.

Does anyone know of a song containing the phrase "America, where are you now?" The Joel Whitburn album tracks book lists no such song with that title, so it must have another name, if the album even charted at all.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but that's about as much as I know about it. I don't know what the song was about. Considering the timeframe at the height of the Vietnam War, I'm guessing it was one of those socially conscious songs of the period. At the time, I remember thinking it sounded a little like "In The Court Of The Crimson King" by King Crimson or "Something In The Air" by Thunderclap Newman, but that could just be my foggy memory since I probably heard those songs around that same time.

I have never heard the song since, but for some reason that haunting line "America, where are you now" has stuck with me.
 
flashback said:
monster/suicide /america by steppenwolf
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Odd title... no wonder I could never find it.

So it's Steppenwolf, huh? Come to think of it, from what I remember, the musical riffs were a little reminiscent of "Magic Carpet Ride."

Thanks, flashback. I'll definitely look for it... all Steppenwolf stuff should be readily available.
 
It was the title track of their album called "Monster".

If you find a vinyl LP copy, be careful because the cover graphics are printed 90 degrees off from the usual, so that the jacket opening where the record goes is on the bottom when the cover picture is viewed right side up.

People often grabbed the album jacket with the picture right side up, and the record would slide out of the bottom and break on the floor.
 
and that's another thing from the old days

Eli Polonsky said:
If you find a vinyl LP copy, be careful because the cover graphics are printed 90 degrees off from the usual, so that the jacket opening where the record goes is on the bottom when the cover picture is viewed right side up.
People often grabbed the album jacket with the picture right side up, and the record would slide out of the bottom and break on the floor.
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Ah yes, there were several of those weird album covers from back in the day, weren't there? I remember I used to always leave the shrink wrap on my albums to keep them in pristine condition, even the gatefold covers. Then in college a serious record buff in my dorm told me you never ever leave the shrink wrap on because it builds up heat which can cause warping. Also learned to store the record in the inner sleeve with the sleeve opening facing up, not with the sleeve opening on the same side as the jacket's opening, to prevent dust from getting on the record.

Still, it was fun to have something tangible to handle. Not quite the same today with an mp3 file, is it?

Thanks, Eli, doctor_radio, & flashback.
 
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