You Know Who... Is a Superstar!

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Featured on four tunes, Jon Hiseman is the
the most featured player of the episode.
Photo by Alan Messer
Another good time with Brett. I know that we probably talk too much, and there may be too many in-jokes and references that only we get, but I like to think that when we are enjoying ourselves that the listeners (all two of them today) do as well. Brett always brings the stuff that comes out of left field, and I love him for that. From his list, I picked out some interesting cover tunes; reimaginings of songs by the likes of the Beatles and Procol Harum, and even some musical theatre. There was a track by Colosseum that was left over from our last episode together, and I really wanted to delve into that. I mean, at least as far as what I know about his taste, Brett’s not a big prog-rock, jazz-fusion guy. Thus, I wanted to discuss how that band, not very well known in America, particularly these days, entered his orbit. Sadly, once again, we ran out of time, and so I’ll have to wait another month before we get into that. I did, however, end the show by illustrating how that British jazz-rock band of the late 60s/early 70s came to my attention via Andrew Lloyd Webber, of all people. Uh, yeah, so we played two cuts by the guy who gave us Cats and Starlight Express.
Lord forgive us.
 
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LIC Radio 11/18/2025
 
 
Frank Zappa / The Mothers
“Big Swifty”
(Frank Zappa)
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, 11/18/73
Studio version released on Waka/Jawaka  (Bizarre/Reprise, 1972)
 
 
Harry Nilsson
I feel like any show with Brett is incomplete
without a little Harry Nilsson.
Photo by Tom Hanley

“She Wandered Through the Garden Fence”
(Gary Brooker, Keith Reid)
Recorded in 1968; released on The RCA Albums Collection  (Sony/RCA/Legacy, 2013)
Originally recorded by Procol Harum; released on Procol Harum  (Regal Zonophone/Deram, 1967)
 
 
Fanny
“Hey Bulldog”
(Lennon–McCartney)
From Fanny Hill  (Reprise, 1973)
Originally recorded by The Beatles; released on Yellow Submarine  (Apple, 1969)
 
 
Peter Sellers
“A Hard Day’s Night”
(Lennon–McCartney)
Single A-side (Parlophone/Capitol, 1965)
Originally recorded by The Beatles; released on A Hard Day's Night  (Parlophone, 1964)
 
 
Tom Waits
“What Keeps Mankind Alive”
(Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)
Released on Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill  (A&M, 1985)
Originally composed for The Threepenny Opera  (1928)
 
 
Ben Vereen
Ladies and gentlemen, BEN VEREEN!

“Superstar”
(Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice)
From Jesus Christ Superstar – Original Broadway Cast Album  (Decca, 1971)
First recorded by Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers; released as single A-side (Decca, 1969)
 
 
The Undertones
“Mars Bars”
(Michael Bradley, Damien O’Neill)
Released as single B-side (Sire, 1979)
 
 
Procol Harum
“Conquistador”
(Gary Brooker, Keith Reid)
From Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra  (Chrysalis/A&M, 1972)
Recorded at Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB, 11/18/71
 
 
Traffic
“Heaven Is in Your Mind”
(Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood)
Fillmore East, New York, NY, 11/18/70
Studio version released on Mr. Fantasy  (Island/United Artists, 1967)
 
 
Daryl Hall & John Oates
“She’s Gone”
(Daryl Hall, John Oates)
Ultrasonic Studio, Hempstead, NY, 11/18/73
Studio version released on Abandoned Luncheonette  (Atlantic, 1973)
 
 
Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen was irked by the hype that
acompanied his UK debut.
Photo by Chalkie Davies

“It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City”
(Bruce Springsteen)
From Hammersmith Odeon, London '75  (Columbia, 2006)
Recorded on 11/18/75
 
 
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
“Tiger in a Spotlight”
(Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Peter Sinfield)
Wheeling Civic Center, Wheeling, WV, 11/18/77
Studio version released on Works Volume 2  (Atlantic, 1977)*
*Outtake from Brain Salad Surgery sessions (Manticore, 1973)
 
 
Colosseum
“Rope Ladder to the Moon”
(Pete Brown, Jack Bruce)
From Colosseum Live  (Bronze, Warner Bros., 1971)
Colosseum’s studio version released on The Grass Is Greener  (Dunhill, 1970)
Originally recorded by Jack Bruce; released on Songs for a Tailor  (Polydor/Atco, 1969)
 
 
Andrew Lloyd Webber*
“Variation 7”
(Andrew Lloyd Webber)
From Variations  (MCA, 1978)
 
*Though the album is credited to Andrew Lloyd Webber, who composed and produced the album, the music was performed by his brother, the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, backed by the British jazz-fusion group, Colosseum II, augmented by additional keyboardist Rod Argent and woodwind player Barbara Thompson.
 

Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Photo by Chalkie Davies

“Nothing’s Gonna Pull Us Apart”
(Graham Parker)
From Howlin’ Wind  (Vertigo/Mercury, 1976)
 
 
Tempest
"Yeah Yeah Yeah"
(Ollie Halsall, Jon Hiseman)
Paris Theatre, London, UK,  February, 1974
Studio version released on Living in Fear  (Bronze/Island, 1974)
 
 
Colosseum II
“The Inquisition”
(Gary Moore, Jon Hiseman)
From War Dance  (MCA, 1977)

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