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Some of the music is good. Some is ok. I leveraged my Korean friend's eloquence and polyglot acumen. If you like '70s Korean pop, and some strange covers of KC and the Sunshine Band in different languages, please have a listen.     

The first recorded version of ”Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and more Dottie Moskowitz than you can shake a hookah pipe at.

Donny Hathaway was a mental health tragedy people don’t talk much about but had he lived and thrived, he would have eventually put out a ”What’s Going On” in time, I believe. Some rare original versions and other fun things on this D-Sides!

EPISODE #200!!! THIS show is me delivering a preamble and then playing 4 hours of music from past shows that I really like. Let’s call this ”Part 1” because the show, as I originally tried to put it together, lasted 10+ hours. So consider this show when you’re on a long drive, doing work, making love to your woman, or man, or both, or none.

There was a time, kids, when The Police were the unquestioned biggest band in the world. Their blend of fun lyrics, combined with their tight, deceptively complex Ska-ish arrangements, the best drummer post-Bonham, and one of the great pop songwriters of all time (as much as it chagrins me to admit) made white people dance ”The Carlton” in the aisles of big stadiums in ever-increasing numbers from 1977-1983. They stopped just in time, I think. But all three were long-time veterans of the music biz, especially Andy Summers. I’m glad this show is Pre-Police, not Post-Police. All three became slicker, less inventive, less certain.

Johnny ”Guitar” Watson was a wonderfully unique entertainer who was loved by many. Particularly Frank Zappa. Watson even appeared on a few of his albums. In fact, Zappa cited Watson as his main influence as a guitar player, and you can really hear it.

Stiff Records, solo Cream members, and the ”Sidehackers” Soundtrack on this D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities.

You’d think Frank Zappa and John Lennon sharing a stage would be magical. You’d THINK.

This ”D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities” features an Apple Records release you didn’t know about.

The band Chicago recorded a lot of extra stuff for up-and-coming groups, as well as down and falling ones.

Carpenters! From 1970-1981 or so, and every year at Christmas time, you simply cannot avoid those sultry tones, those wonderful arrangements, and those hit singles. They traveled from your ear to your heart to your lower GI and out. Only to return a few minutes later. This ”D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities” gathers all the stuff I have. And not a minute more. Ok, I love that Suntory Pop jingle.

Carla Bley, Pink Floyd, The Move, and other sounds that Mrs. Neal simply will not sit through. D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities. Let’s try a #hashtag.