*Help* Compiling "Lost Classics" for a radio station

Not yet Bob, but I'm working on it! I'm trying to put together an all-Warner Ides Of March comp.

 

SW,

You have all of my support in doing so. Having grown up in Illinois - the Ides of March singles were very popular and I have fond memories associated with them.

Thanks!

Bob

 

Again: I am knocked out by the variety of great tunes here. Even though the classic rock station in question is a fairly mainstream one, on this "lost classics" show, the feature really lives up to it's name. If it's a good song, and if there is a chance that someone listening will say "holy crap, I can't believe they are playing THIS!" , they will play it on this feature. They have access to a vast library through the parent company's directory. I was floored when I saw what was available in this directory. Even live and studio bootleg versions are available. Even though most stations wouldn't play bootlegs, it's kind of neat to know that someone is really doing their job to stock the library that well. Thanks for the great ideas! All of these posts contain some good possibilities and I welcome more--as many as you want to send!

 

Bob,

I think L.A Goodbye appears on the Ideology CD
There seems to be a copy at http://www.vvmo.com

All the best - Andrew

 

Andrew,

Really! - let me check that, back in a bit...

Bob

 

Andrew,

OK - I checked, unfortunately it is not!

Good album, however..

http://www.sundazed.com/artists/index.html

Thanks,

Bob

 

Bob,

according to http://www.theidesofmarch.com/disc.htm it is

Most disconfloberating

All the best - Andrew

 

Andrew,

Interesting - for sale directly from the band themselves...

Thanks!

Bob

 

Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave - Dave Mason
Roll Right Stones - Traffic
Ashes Are Burning, A Trip To The Fair - Renaissance
Gypsy, Out & In, Melancholy Man, One More Time To Live - The Moody Blues
Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Ladies Of The Road, Red - King Crimson
Dirty Water - Rock & Hyde
Turn Up The Radio - Autograph
Young Girl - Sue Sadd & The Next
Laurielle, Little Baby Of Mine - Carolyn Mas
ETI, Vengeance (The Pact), Black Blade - Blue Öyster Cult
My Clone Sleeps Alone - Pat Benatar
All In A Matter Of Time - Jon Anderson
Long Haired Lady, Venus & Mars/Rockshow - Paul McCartney / Wings
Living In The Plastic Age, Elstree, Vermillion Sands - The Buggles
The Worlds Greatest Lover - Cheap Trick
Barabajagal, The Fat Angel, Trudy - Donovan
The Knife, Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis
Into The Night, No You Don't, Blockbuster - Sweet
Shades Of Orange - End
10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box - Aquarian Age
The Intro & The Outro - Bonzo Dog Band
The Bewlay Brothers, Width Of A Circle, Station To Station - David Bowie
New World, Lay A Little Light On Me/Hero's Theme, Down By The Sea - The Strawbs
Illusions On A Double Dimple, The Deadly Dream Of Freedom - Triumvirat
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Carouselambra - Led Zeppelin
Slow Dancer - Robert Plant
Great King Rat, The Prophets Song, Drowse - Queen
Man-Erg, A Place To Survive, Darkness (11/11) - Van Der Graaf Generator

Whoa...went a little overboard there.

Keith

 

Beware indeed! That version is live from 2002. I haven't heard it.

Oh, here's a lost one for Bob:
Summer Sun - Jamestown Massacre

 

Why does that ring a bell?

Bob

 

Minor Hot 100 hit in summer '72, but I do think it was a big Midwest hit; very upbeat, good record.

BTW, any luck on "L.A. Goodbye" yet?

ED

 

So a single CD of Tusk with both the 45 version and LP version of Sara is perfect. I don't know why it hasn't been remastered since the current CD was mastered in the 1980s.

 

Of the Mac albums from the period, AFAIK, only RUMOURS was remastered; the rest, including FLEETWOOD MAC, TUSK and MIRAGE, remain as they were from the mid'80s, unless members can tell us otherwise. And if any minor tweaking had been done, nobody's been going around screaming about how great they sound. I think they're pretty good, but with room for improvement. The one plus of TUSK as is: the only place to get the 45 edit of "Sara" on CD. Lp version everywhere else I have it.

ED

 

Fleetwood Mac, Rumours & Tusk are all scheduled to be remastered/reissued this year with Rumours & Tusk to be expanded to double discs (like Rhino's Costello series, I believe.)

Anyway, we're a bit off topic here so I'll throw in

Never Been Any Reason - Head East!

 

A Jefferson Starship song from the early 80's that is completely ignored these days, but one of my favoite tunes:

Find Your Way Back

Others I don't hear on the radio anymore - mostly 80's here:

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Sweet Sweet Baby (I'm Falling) - Lone Justice
Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works
State Of Confusion - The Kinks
The One Thing, Don't Change - Inxs
Should I See - Frozen Ghost
Red Skies - The Fixx
Heaven - Eurogliders
Science Fiction - Divinyls
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
99 - Toto

And I have to add

Take A Ride On A Riverboat - Louisiana's LeRoux



Joel

 

Oooh the Eighties!

China - Red Rockers
I Melt With You - Modern English
Nowhere Girl - B Movie
Back Of My Hand - The Jags
I Got You and/or Iris - Split Enz

 

Oooh, goodie!!! This will be fun. There are literally thousands of great "Lost Classics" out there. Here's but a few that I remember hearing on FM Radio in the 70's-80's:

Pollution Woman, Why Don'cha - West, Bruce & Laing
Lights Out - UFO
Lorreli - Styx
Fast Buck Freddie - Jefferson Starship
CHEMICAL FIRE - VAN DUREN ********A "true" lost classic!
Ice, We Want Mine - Crack The Sky
1985 - Paul McCartney & Wings (really not much of Wings...actually)
Willin' - Little Feat
You Can All Join In - Traffic
Jeepster, Ride A White Swan - T. Rex
I Can't Quit Her - B,S & T
Simple Sister - Procol Harum
The Water Song - Hot Tuna********absolutely GREAT instrumental!
The Loner - Neil Young
Since You Been Gone - Head East


...not even scratching the surface, and ALL terrific songs!

 

Here's three more to add to the list....

You Could Have Been A Lady - April Wine

Tongue In Cheek - Sugarloaf

Stay In Time - Off Broadway U.S.A. (don't get outta line, boy)

 

Cool Rockin' Loretta - Joe Ely; this lp got **** on when it came out, but when I first heard that tune on WXRT outta Chicago I raced to the closest record store and snagged that puppy - greaaaaaat tune, dig it up and spin it L-O-U-D!!!

 

Ooops, goofed - sorry!

 

Don't forget about all that mellow "Adult Contemporary" stuff:
Only A Lonely Heart Sees - Felix Cavaliere
The Captain Of Her Heart - Double
Into The Night - Benny Mardones

 

Draw of The Cards by Kim Carnes is overlooked on radio these days and in fact, save for Bette Davis Eyes, most of her hits are overlooked, but the good news is that all of her major EMI America albums are in print in this manor: St. Vincent's Court and Romance Dance are twofered on Raven, Mistaken Identity is in print on Razor & Tie (I have the EMI CD of this album) and Voyeur, Cafe Racers, and Barking At Airplanes are all on One Way.

 

I Love You - Climax Blues Band
Crazy (Keep On Fallin') - John Hall Band
Tell Mama - Savoy Brown
Porpoise Song - The Monkees
Goin' Back - The Byrds
Darling - Stories

 

My Significant Other just shouted from the other room:

Pretty Lady - Lighthouse
Where Did You Come From - The Buckinghams