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The Rugbys - ‘Wendegahl The Warlock’ b/w ‘The Light’ (Amazon Records 7”)

Weirdo psychedelic hard rock b/w catchy pop rock tune.

“I’m melting through the floorrrrrrr” 

uploaded from my personal record collection.

Timmy Thomas - “Funky Me” b/w “Why Can’t We Live Together” (Glades Records 7”, 1972)

Both sides of this 45 are just a man and an organ. The production is kind of off. The drums are really just a selected preprogrammed drum beat in an electric organ. The first song being an upbeat jazzy-funk instrumental but I think the real gem is the flip side. “Why Can’t We Live Together” is lonely, simple, desolate ballad of being kind to each other and is one of those topics that never really goes out of style. It takes a while for the vocals to kick in but when they do (and not for long) they absolutely make the song. 

Uploaded from my personal collection and purchased at the Carrboro Record Fair from the kind DJ Harley Lyles.

The Children - “Evil Woman” (Map City Records 7”)

Eventually changed their name to Yesterday’s Children.

Uploaded from my personal vinyl collection.

Good morning.

Frijid Pink - “House of the Rising Sun”

Probably my favorite version of this song. Found this 45 at the Raleigh flea market.

The Spinners - “A Message From A Blackman” (1967)

Uploaded from my personal record collection.

The Mooney Suzuki - “Hot” (Hot/Shitter 7”, 2002)

A hot slice of garage fuzzyness. Uploaded from my personal collection for a day in January that’s 70 degrees.

The Bevins Specials - “If I Had A Hammer” (1971)

I found a stash of Nashboro Records 45s at my old place of work and this is one of the A-sides from said stash. Though the roster of Nashboro (out of Nashville, obv.) is technically all “gospel” it actually ranges from traditional gospel, blues, soul, and r&b and intermixes it all. They had a few offshoots like Nasco, Crescent & Mankind Records and they reached more into secular music. I’m always looking for that center label and even if I’ve never heard the artist, I’ll usually give it a whirl anyway.

And the 4th vocalist who has a solo…whoa, that shit is insane.

B-side will come later today if people seem to like this one enough.