You Know Who... Is Finding His Spiritual Center

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There are two things that I love about searching for records in thrift shops. Firstly, there is always that hope that I will find something that is a hidden gem, that classic album in pristine condition that would cost much more in a proper record store where the employees know what they have and what it’s worth. The second thing is, I suppose, just another version of the hidden gem, that oddball item, that record that is such an odd concept or document that it seems like it shouldn’t exist.

I popped by my local “creative reuse center” (that’s what they call it) the other day and found a few records from each category. Should I be buying records now, given my employment situation? Probably not, but twenty bucks for six records is hardly a reckless splurge. I found records from all over the spectrum from the bombastic to the soulful, from the kitschy to the holy.

So listen in. We discuss such hot topics as:
        Why did Horace Silver sue Steely Dan?
        Can one copyright a folk melody?
        Where is Kampuchea?

(Okay, the last question doesn’t really get addressed. Short answer: It is what the country of Cambodia was called between 1976 and 1989.)

All this and tons of good tunes by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Jeff Beck, The Band, and more!
 
Click here to check it out:
LIC Radio 12/29/2025
 
 
Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
“Bachmania”
(J.S. Bach, arranged by John Davis)
From Saturday Night Fiedler  (Midsong, 1979)


Ralph Turtle
Side 1: 13 Chants (excerpt)
Peyote Healing Chants of the Native American Church (Canyon, 1972)
 
 
Stevie Wonder
“Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing”
(Stevie Wonder)
From Innervisions  (Tamla, 1973)
 
 
Horace Silver
“Song for My Father”
(Horace Silver)
From Song for My Father  (Blue Note, 1965)
 
 
Steely Dan
“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number”
(Walter Becker, Donald Fagen)
From Pretzel Logic  (ABC, 1974)
 
 
Horace Silver
Horace Silver, 1963
Photo by Francis Wolff

“Acid, Pot or Pills”
(Horace Silver)
From Total Response  (Blue Note, 1972)
 
 
Tom Jones
“Hard to Handle”
(Allen Jones, Al Bell, Otis Redding)
From Live in Las Vegas (Parrot, 1969)
Originally recorded by Otis Redding; released on The Immortal Otis Redding  (Atco, 1968)
 
 
The World
“Come Out into the Open” (version 1)
(Neil Innes)
From Lucky Planet  (Liberty, 1970)
 
 
Dizzy Gillespie's Rebop Six
“Groovin’ High”
(Dizzy Gillespie)
NBC Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 12/29/45
 
Featuring Charlie Parker
 
 
Mountain
“You Better Believe It”
(Leslie West, Corky Laing)
Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, 12/29/74
Studio version released on Avalanche  (Columbia/Windfall, 1974)
 
 
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
“You Belong to Me”
(Elvis Costello)
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, 12/29/79
Studio version released on This Year’s Model  (Radar/Columbia, 1978)
 
 
Rockpile with Robert Plant
“Little Sister”
(Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, 12/2979
Originally recorded by Elvis Presley; released as single A-side (RCA Victor, 1961)
 
 
Wings
“Coming Up”
(Paul McCartney)
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, 12/29/79
Studio version released on McCartney II  (Parlophone/Columbia, 1980
 
 
Bruce Springsteen
“For You”
(Bruce Springsteen)
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, 12/29/80
Studio version released on Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.  (Columbia, 1973)
 
 
Robert Gordon with Danny Gatton
Danny Gatton (with Robert Gordon), 1981
Photo by Ebet Roberts

“Fire”
(Bruce Springsteen)
Lone Star Cafe, New York, NY, 12/29/82
Studio version released on Fresh Fish Special  (Private Stock, 1978)
 
 
Robert Gordon with Danny Gatton
“Love My Baby”
(Junior Parker)
Lone Star Cafe, New York, NY, 12/29/82
Studio version released on Rock Billy Boogie  (RCA, 1979)
Originally recorded by Little Junior's Blue Flames; released as single A-side (Sun, 1953)
 
 
Jeff Beck Group
“Got the Feeling”
(Jeff Beck)
Paris Theatre, London, UK, 6/29/72
Studio version released on Rough and Ready  (Epic, 1971)
 
 
Emerson, Lake & Powell
Cozy Powell, 1975
Photo by Fin Costello

“Touch and Go”
(Traditional. Adapted by Keith Emerson. Lyrics by Greg Lake)
From Emerson, Lake & Powell  (Polydor, 1986)
 
 
Folkal Point
“Lovely Joan”
(Traditional)
From Folkal Point  (Midas, 1972)
 
 
The Band
“It Makes No Difference”
(Robbie Robertson)
From The Last Waltz  (Warner Bros., 1978)
Recorded at the Winterland Arena, San Francisco, 11/25/76
Studio version released on Northern Lights – Southern Cross  (Capitol, 1975)
 
 
Rick Danko
Rick Danko, 1969
Photo by David Attie

“Stage Fright”
(Robbie Robertson)
The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, 3/1/78 (late show)
Studio version by The Band; released on Stage Fright  (Capitol, 1970)
 
w/ Richard Manuel, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson (and Robbie Robertson?)
 
 
Rick Wakeman
“Catherine Parr”
(Rick Wakeman)
From The Six Wives of Henry VIII  (A&M, 1973)

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