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Thursday, July 25, 2019

JULY 2019 NEW ADDS FOR THE RETRO ATTIC

Here are The Retro Attic's latest new adds:

The American Breed - Keep The Faith

Paul Anka - Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - 1968 A Side Version

April Wine - Bad Side Of The Moon

Bachman Turner Overdrive - Gimme Your Money Please

Joan Baez - In The Quiet Morning

Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen - I Still Love You All

Len Barry - Lip Sync(To The Tongue Twisters)

Len Barry - 1 2 3

The Beach Boys - Break Away

The Beatles - She's A Woman

Bee Gees - My World

Brook Benton - Hotel Happiness

Pat Boone - Speedy Gonzales

Boston - Don't Look Back

Jan Bradley - Mama Didn't Lie

Joe Brown And The Bruvvers - That's What Love Will Do

The Buckinghams - You Misunderstand Me - Flip Side Friday Request

Jerry Butler And Brenda Lee Eager - Ain't Understanding Mellow

Carlo - Ring A Ling

Eric Carmen - Boats Against The Current

Ray Charles - Born To Lose

Tony Christie - Avenues And Alleyways

The Classics - Till Then

Mike Clifford - Close To Cathy

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare

The Cowsills - Indian Lake

Liz Damon's Orient Express - 1900 Yesterday

Skeeter Davis - I Can't Stay Mad At You

Little Jimmy Dickens - May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose

Mark Dinning - Top Forty News Weather And Sports

Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island

Don And The Goodtimes - I Could Be So Good To You

Donovan - Atlantis

Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back - Original UK Version

The Emotions - So I Can Love You

The Emotions - Best Of My Love

The Emotions - Don't Ask My Neighbors

Marianne Faithfull - Summer Nights

Fireflies - You Were Mine

First Class - Funny How Love Can Be

The Four Preps - Got A Girl

The Gainsborough Gallery - Life Is A Song

The Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today

Donna Hightower - If You Hold My Hand

The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother

Hounds - Under My Thumb

Fred Hughes - Oo Wee Baby I Love You

Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini

The Ides Of March - L.A. Goodbye

Tommy James And The Shondells - Gettin' Together

Jan And Dean - Dead Man's Curve

Jan And Dean - The Little Old Lady(From Pasadena)

Just Us - I Can't Grow Peaches On A Cherry Tree

Eden Kane - Forget Me Not

The Kinks - A Gallon Of Gas

Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff

Lyme And Cybelle - Follow Me

Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp(In The Bomp Bomp Bomp)

Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World

Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man

Rick Nelson - String Along

The Notations - I'm Still Here

The Original Caste - Mr. Monday

Tony Orlando And Dawn - Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally

Mary Kay Place - Baby Boy

Ray Price - I Won't Mention It Again

Peter Pringle - Let Me Love You

Gary Puckett - Keep The Customer Satisfied

Christine Quaite - Tell Me Mamma

Raiders - Indian Reservation(The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)

James Ray - If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody

Margie Rayburn - I'm Available

Helen Reddy - Crazy Love

Johnny Rivers - Going Back To Big Sur - Flip Side Friday Request

Craig Ruhnke - Summer Girl

Shango - Day After Day(It's Slippin' Away)

Carole Shelyne - The Girl With The Horned Rim Glasses

Shepherd Sisters - Don't Mention My Name

Joe Simon - The Chokin' Kind

Spencer And Spencer - Russian Band Stand

Dusty Springfield - Losing You

Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy

The Stylistics - Sing Baby Sing

The Supremes - Come See About Me

Sutherland Brothers And Quiver - (I Don't Want To Love You But) You Got Me Anyway

Sutherland Brothers And Quiver - Arms Of Mary

Sweeney Todd - Roxy Roller - Nick Gilder Vocals

The Sweet Inspirations - Sweet Inspiration

Teddy And The Pandas - We Can't Go On This Way

The 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me

Triumph - Lay It On The Line

The Troggs - Wild Thing

The Troggs - With A Girl Like You

Trooper - Janine

John Valenti - Anything You Want

Billy Vera And Judy Clay - Country Girl City Man

Andy Williams - Wrong For Each Other

Willows - Church Bells May Ring

Bobby Womack - More Than I Can Stand

Weird Al Yankovic - My Bologna - Original Bathroom Recording Version

What will August's new adds have in store? As Delaney And Bonnie once said: Only you know and I know!

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Saturday, July 6, 2019

THE AMERICAN BOTTOM 45 OF THE DAY - FIREFALL - GOODBYE I LOVE YOU

THE AMERICAN BOTTOM 45 OF THE DAY - Firefall - Goodbye I Love You - Atlantic 3544 - Peaked at 43 in Billboard on 3/3/79, but it did sneak in at 40 for one week in Cashbox that same month.

During the late 70's, the only two radio stations that were on in my household were ones out of Lebanon, NH and Claremont, NH. Their focus? Adult contemporary. As a matter of fact, my old stomping grounds was like that town in the Footloose movie; instead of outlawing dancing, mine outlawed hard rock! So I became very familiar with Barry Manilow, Ambrosia, LeBlanc And Carr, England Dan And John Ford Coley, Seals And Crofts, Linda Ronstadt, Eric Carmen...you get the idea. Years later, I can now look back at those days and say "I miss those stations." As you know, The Retro Attic keeps trying to bring back those missing sounds.

Another band that got played frequently on those stations was Firefall, a Colorado band that scored 6 top 40 hits and is still touring with a couple of the original members; check them out at Firefall's Website. Everyone best remembers them for "You Are The Woman," "Strange Way" and "Just Remember I Love You." If you know today's featured single, then I think you will agree that there are occasions(the acoustic guitar especially) when it sounds very similar to "Just Remember I Love You." That probably explains why it fell just short of the 40; the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" concept didn't always guarantee huge follow-up success(think of Edward Bear and The Soul Survivors).

You can hear this great lost Firefall platter and many other seldom heard soft rock numbers from the late 70's(Mesa, Euclid Beach Band, Boatz, etc.) by accessing the player on The Retro Attic's webpage. Thanks for your continued support!