Week of 7/30/06 - Beethoven's Secret

Dig, Baby, Dig! The 60s Rock & Roll Excavation with John E. Midnight

1) The Merry-Go-Round “Listen, Listen”
2) The Colors of Night “C-O-L-O-R-S”
3) The Sherlocks “Skin of My Teeth”
4) The Vejtables “Good Things Are Happening”

Shoulda Been a Hit:
5) The Spencer Davis Group “I’m Lost”

6) The Montanas “Take My Hand”
7) Les Baroques “Such a Cad”
8) The Grains of Sand “Passing Through the Night”

Rock Block / Four of a Kind:
9) The Small Faces “Sorry She’s Mine”
10) The Small Faces “Understanding” (BBC Saturday Club ~ 8/30/66)
11) The Small Faces “Plum Nellie”
12) The Small Faces “If I Were a Carpenter” (BBC Top Gear ~ 4/14/68)

Compare & Contrast:
13) The Beach Boys “Summertime Blues”
14) Sounders Avec Pat Winther “L’Argent De Poche (Summertime Blues)”

15) The Coopers “Didn’t I”
16) The Beat Buddies “Pins In My Heart”

New Release of the Week:
17) The Cherry Tempo “All Our Lives Are Running Down” S/T

18) The Beethovens “Long Live Beethoven”
19) The Daytonas “Ready Set Go”
20) The Beatnicks “A One Way Love”

Embryonic Heroes (Frank Zappa ~ recorded 8/66)
21) The Mothers of Invention “Trouble Every Day”

22) 13th Floor Elevators “Fire Engine”(live TV ~ 3/25/66)
23) Fairport Convention “Time Will Show the Wiser”
24) The Open Mind “Cast a Spell”

Lousy Song of the Week:
25) The Ambushers “I Need Love”

26) Bud & Kathy “Hang It Out to Dry”
27) The Show Stoppers “If You Want To, Why Don’t You”
28) The Amberjacks “Hey Eriq!”
29) The Ingrediants “Please Don’t Leave Me”
30) The Country Gentlemen “Saturday Night”
31) The Skeptics “Ride Child”
32) The Inferno “Your Heart Is Too Big For Your Head”
33) The Laurie Jay Combo “Teenage Idol”
34) The Juveniles “I Wish I Could”