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Older subscribers will remember Sid Slaw as Fred MacMurray's stunt double
for the pilot episode of N.B.C.'s heartwarming The Nunkie Bupkiss Show, unfortunately canceled by the network after it failed to even register in the Nielsen ratings. "Literally nobody watched it!' laughs Fred today. But Sid went on to pen the Confide In Uncle Sid column for Gals-A-Rama magazine before the publisher, Solly "Schenectady" Schnitzwiesel, was arrested under the Mann Act after three issues. "Literally nobody bought it! Except the F.B.I." laughs Sid today from Fabulous False Memory Foam Island©, where he runs the Fickle Flume O' Fate® concession ("Survive The Chute Of Burning Coals And Cascade Of Boiling Oil To Win Your Money Back!").
But few know of the secret stash of psychedelic albums hidden in his sock drawer! Study this here Foam-O-Graph© [above - Ed.] and see if you can spot the two albums he's sharing with us today! If you're a wise-ass type guy, leave a clew for the dumb jocks in a comment! Don't name act or albums!
Just a note - Pmac has been sending updates of his harrowing attempts to leave the U.S., which will be collated into an epic of heartbreak and despair (or not) shortly!
ReplyDeletehang in there, pmac, we're all rootin' for ya...if your stuck at Moisant, at least there's an Acme?
DeleteSorry--I know it's called Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport now, I just forgot for a moment.
DeleteAny chance of a hint, before staring at the graphic gives me a Myoclonic seizure?
ReplyDeleteThanking you in advance.
Pleased to assist, old-timer! Here's some hints to help you on your way:
Delete- There are two albums by the same band!
- Psychedelic in nature!
- You'll see then partially revealed in Sid's sock drawer!
Astigmatic Presbyopia: The Celestial Body in the skEYE!
DeleteOne is by a band that's named for a celestial body. The other I can't identify.
ReplyDeleteDo I get half a point?
They're both by the same band, which you have identified, so you win!!!
DeleteThose are nice albums. They have kind of a Beach Boys go psych vibe. if I remember right they come by it honestly.
ReplyDeleteThough my memory is feeling eclipsed, I do recall seeing one of those album covers, at least in pixels, but allmusic is remarkably stingy with graphic approximations of the first. There's a remarkable amount of pretty decent sunshine pop out there that didn't make a Mark on the charts back before the AM/45 era transitioned to the FM/33 years. Not that they would have had a much better chance at airplay in 1972 than they did in 1968. How much record company grift was flowing to radio programmers must have put the smaller labels at a disadvantage. Why am I blathering of things I know nothing about instead of listening to music? You tell me that.
ReplyDeleteYour clew was very nicely capitalised on!
DeleteYep, they are swell albums. I'll loadup soon as I run this floss thru my nasal cavity.
Matter of fact...it's all dark.
ReplyDeleteAnother stellar clew! Perhaps JKC has one now?
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ReplyDeleteA couple of Grade A psych-pop platters, less lauded than they should be. (Stealth Link herein).
Wait Wait, don't tell me!
ReplyDeleteThe Moons!
It is indeed that swingin' beat combo, The Moons!
DeleteThey started their own dance craze, called Mooning. Dick Clark looked a bit confused when they demonstrated it.
ReplyDeleteThe notoriously humor-free Pink Floyds saw nothing fun about the group or the dance and wrote a concept album about how a teen fad led to despair and insanity.
DeleteThese are indeed two stellar albums featuring not just a once and future Beach Boys axe-man (and Hep. C campaigner - that's the infectious disease, not some jive-talkin' 40's jazzbo scenester, ya dig?) but also - and I'm slowly getting to the point here, so bare with me - the rather wonderful Matthew Moore.
ReplyDeleteYou might recognise that name from the credits on Sheffield Joe's Mad Dogs & Englishmen for which he provided backing vox (amongst a host of others) and also wrote Space Captain.
He released two obscure solo albums later in the 70's and a handful of equally unheard singles earlier in the 60's. I've managed to hunt down the lot plus various demos and sessions dating from the period after Mad Dogs when he was sketching out his solo LPs and working with Leon Russell, Lindy Stevens, Tom Pacheco and Richie Havens amongst others.
If it wouldn't step on F.T III's toes and if that brief synopsis piques your curiosity I'd be happy to share... on a purely rarity basis I'm not aware that these are available anywhere on the interwebs.
In the meantime, I do hope the four or five guys are all enjoying your chocolate this fine Easter Sunday.
Regards, Ludo.
Thank you Ludo - share away! I knew some of this inneresting back story, and can add that Moore wrote three songs for Joe Cocker's masterpiece Stingray album, which may already be on th IoF©.
DeleteMatthew Moore - Complete: https://workupload.com/file/TEQ7UNa2TcQ
DeleteI apologise for the sonic fidelity of some of these tracks, they've been gathered from various sources and some betray their various travails in getting here to you. But I certainly don't apologise for the quality of the music served up by Mr Matthew Moore - the Space Captain himself!
Listen responsibly. And at volume.
https://workupload.com/file/TEQ7UNa2TcQ
Regards, Ludo
Lotsa thanks to Sid Slaw's sock drawer. Thee psychedelic baroque pop soft rock discovery of the month, for me!
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