Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!
This week’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In features the return of Townsman Hrrundivbakshi at the mic and his collection of “rescued” records. HVB’s penchant for trashpicking records from the dustbins of our nation’s capital proves to be a sound practice on both environmental and economic levels. Get this man a Cabinet position! Better yet, let’s let the man set up this week’s episode:
Greetings, seekers of the weird, the rare, the unusual, and the literally near-worthless! I come to you again in Saturday Night Shut-In form, bringing a wide variety of tunes culled from the thrift stores, yard sales, and garbage cans of our proud nation’s capitol.
This week, our installment features a wide variety of genres, from garage soul to pop to Latin boogaloo—and, as part of our ongoing effort to send mellow, peaceful healing vibes to our man Sammymaudlin, an unusually generous helping of tunes you can really RELAX to. So here’s to you, Samulah—get well soon!
HVB
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Great episode, HVB. I really liked the ’70s soul stuff in the middle. Brought back memories of haircuts at that “unisex” salon I used to go to as a teenager. The closing track was a winner, too – shows the value of dropping 25 cents for a goofy slab of vinyl.
I’m digging the ‘garage soul.’ Where did that genre come from? It seems like a term that has emerged only in the last couple of years, even though the music has obviously been there all along. Is it that the soul that rose to the top at the time was more slickly produced, and the garage soul has only been discovered since the era of crate diggers?
I like that song No One Else Will Do. What in the world is that keyboard sound? It sounds like some toy organ, but it’s perfect for the song.
And thanks for pince nezzing on the titles and distinguishing Licking Stick from Licking Stick Licking Stick. These things are important.
Great show, HVB. We’ve listened to it a few times now. I enjoyed all the tracks, especially the slow-jams. The Ronnie and the Daytonas’s vocalist (Ronnie?) sounded a lot like Bill Withers. And the Neil Raymond tune reminded me of the Free Design. And how would have thought a sitar (I think it was a sitar) would show up in a soul tune?!