Son of Timatollah

These are songs I ripped from 45s, which I think means I have license to share with my friends, this afternoon. I would link to appropriately licensed online versions of these, if they were available, but they're not. I'm not thrilled about that, since I could make each of you a CD or cassette tape of these songs if I wanted to, but I don't have $675k to spare if those bastards should be able to prove in court that I'm "a distributor."

I admit being deflicted about this: Artists clearly have a right to earn income from their creations. Whether the RIAA and its international co-conspirators represent or have ever really represented those artists is another question, but I'm not looking for a fight with them. Mongo only pawn in game of life.

• Kraftwerk, "Dentaku"
  
  My 45 is a chartreuse vinyl promo copy, not for sale (as retail), in a rice-paper sleve with English text on the "Pocket Calculator" side and Japanese on the "Dentaku" side.


• Ian Lloyd, "Slip Away"
  
  Written by Ric Ocasek. This song has such a thick sound. I was hoping it would be a big hit.


• Robert Ellis Orrall with Carlene Carter, "I Couldn't Say No"
  
  I'm glad this one was a hit.


• Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Keep It, Part Two (Inferiority, Part One)"
  
  The several years later follow up to the original. Who knows what Kevin was thinking. Best line is rushed, buried: "Just like Jon Voight in 1969." Yeah, the mp3 artifacts are annoying. Think I recorded it a little too hot. May try again on this one.


• Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra, "A Swinging Safari"
  
  For the Cloverbottom guys. And Mr. Gene Rayburn. Yes, the audio is poor, but, please, someone in my family has been carrying this around since 1962, so be gentle.

Labels: 45, 7", five, five songs, rpm, single