Great stuff Hedley, especially Elyse Weinberg. As a (retired English professor and) working musician on the folk-Americana landscape, I have to say your show never disappoints.
@@buck13hornI visited a friend who taught at Brooklyn College, when I spoke to her students I was introduced as Professor Hedley Brown. Proudest moment of my life 😊
Are you familiar with Tir Na Nog? An Irish duo-Sonny Condell 'n Leo O'Kelly-who put out three albums: Tir Na Nog, A Tear & A Smile 'n Strong In The Sun in the early 70's. All three albums are fantastic!
Hi John, thanks for watching. Yes, I am familiar with Tír na nÓg. Although I don't have any of their albums on vinyl. I do have the first album by Sonny Condell's next band Scullion and his first solo album. All great stuff. Cheers - Hedley
Nice to see you extolling the virtues of the Tommy Flanders album, Hedley. It's always been an affordable record to find, in either US or UK guise, and is way better than many over-rated grails. You rightly mention the lovely guitar sounds: they're mostly down to the great Bruce Langhorne, whose distinctive style derived from the loss of several fingers in his youth ... he played on early Dylan recordings, was the inspiration for Mr Tambouriine Man, and recorded with Fred Neil and Richard & Mimi Farina and a bunch of others. There's a great article about Bruce in a recent copy of Shindig magazine.
Hey! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Great bit of info on Bruce Langhorne. I've never read Shindig, I've never seen it here in the UK. I'll have to see if it's available to download. It mystifies me how some great records seem to pass people by. Everything about The Moonstone should be right up the street of the psych rock and acid folk crowd. I totally agree with you that it's a far better record than others which have become sort after. Oh, well, their loss. Cheers - Hedley
Just discovered your show. Great stuff. I had heard of Elyse Weinberg before (Spotify also has an album Elyse that I like of hers). I feel like Red Hash has come up in "recommended" for me but hadn't listened to it yet. So thanks for the taste of his music. I'm old enough to remember hearing Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" on the radio. It was a big novelty song at the time and hopefully made him some money (I won't say anything more about it :) And thanks too for playing Munson and Flanders - interesting stuff too! keep up the terrific work!!!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond. You know, I've never heard Larry Groce's Junk Food Junkie. I'll have to give it a listen. It must be frustrating for artists for their throw-away kind of songs make it big, but I suppose the financial benefit far out-weigh any negatives they might feel. And in the same way film actors take parts in popcorn fodder movies, it gives them the ability to do what they like artistically afterwards, even if the recompense is poor. Interestingly the version of Elyse Weinberg's first album on Tidal is clearly sourced from a record. The CD reissue from 2001 is similar, probably the same recording. I wonder if that means the original master tapes are missing or destroyed? Cheers - Hedley
@@jimeles992 Ah, that means there's a typo in the blurb on the rear of the album, as it definitely says Yorkshire...I think. Maybe new glasses are required. Cheers - Hedley
The Red Hash album is one of the early VC staples. Really interesting backstory on Gary Higgins. There were quite a few people showing it back when the VC had a slew of people sharing a lot of interesting music. The rest of the ones that you showed Hedley are new to me. The drops sounded really nice. I commend you for continuing to share artists that are never shown and are not shown as much. Way to go H~ Rob/Boston
Hey Rob! I can imagine the Drag City repress repress of Gary Higgins' "lost" psych folk would've been right up the VCs street when it came out in 2005. Jazz seems to have taken over from psych these days in the VC. Cheers - Hedley
Greetings Hedley, thanks for the new upload. Listening to your video, you mentioned not understanding "The Turtle" by Alan Munson which encouraged me to listen to it and give thought to it's meaning. Now it might be where I am at in life, early 60's entering retirement, but in my case, the song rang out to me about the stages of life. The tree mentioned early being the family you come from, the seasons we endure at the job we go to when the seasons change, lightning being something like unexpected life emergencies, but we "keep moving on, through life's cycles and changes." Speaking of old friends lost.......I just think it's about life and the changes we go through. I'm a widower, and I know that event, it changed me forever. Maybe it just reads to me as a story of life and aging, but I have been thinking about life and changing a lot lately. Thanks for the recommendations and cheers to you and yours.
Hello. Thanks for your reading of the song. I suppose I was more confused by the Turtle reference. Now, I can imagine a tortoise, with its hard shell and slow plodding movement, together with elements of Aesop's The Hare and the Tortoise, might be more apt. Americans seem to call tortoises turtles, so I wonder if that was where Munson was going? Cheers - Hedley
Living in the US, none of these records were heard here. I really appreciate your educating me. I've got more for my quest, now. I'm newly subscribed to your channel, so I'll be bingeing! As Andy Pratt put it so eloquently, "Records Are Like Life".
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Glad to know I have a Cyclops in my subscribers. US record labels have not served artists and listeners very well. Without European labels releasing US artist's albums in the 70s and 80s, and the recent European reissues, the musical landscape would be a poorer place. Cheers - Hedley
I probably heard some of Larry Groce's Disney's records as a kid; I don't remember. I really became aware of him, however, through listening to, and attending tapings of, the Mountain Stage radio program, as it is based in my home state of West Virginia. "The Wheat Lies Low" is my favorite record of his.
Hey! Thanks for watching. I first became aware of Mountain Stage because of a show with R.E.M. and Billy Bragg was broadcast here on BBC radio. It wasn't a regular thing, and I don't think, before the age of the internet, Mountain Stage was available here. Subsequently I became aware of how important Mountain Stage was for the roots, country and Anericana bands to get heard on the radio. Was Mountain Stage broadcast on public radio? It must've been great to attend the recordings. Can you remember who you saw? I imagine many kids in America grew up with those Disney records, but they probably didn't really register Groce's name. Cheers - Hedley
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 Yes, Mountain Stage is broadcasted on National Public Radio (NPR). I attended a handful of tapings several years ago. It was a unique concert experience. There is usually five acts and each act performs a truncated set of songs. At the end of the night, all the acts come together for a final song (something popular like a Bob Dylan song). The most notable artist I saw was Robyn Hitchcock.
Heck Hedley - only heard of one of these artists! That is Gary Higgins. I bought Red Hash on CD when it was reissued - a really nice album that I should try and get on vinyl. The rest I'd never heard of but I really enjoyed the needle drops - particularly Elyse Weinberg & Tommy Flanders. You can always be guaranteed to introduce me to new artists. Cheers... Pete
Thanks Pete. Always great to introduce folks to records they might get a kick out of. I'm amazed how good the Elyse Weinberg album is, it's a crying shame it went unreleased for so long. I'd love to hear the album she recorded for Asylum (Not Elektra, as I mistakenly said in the video...Still can't believe some smart arse hasn't picked me up on that). Cheers - Hedley
Folk music really did go to the dogs after people stopped singing about the evils of the English and the wickedness of landlords. This navel-gazing rubbish was almost as hard on the ears as contemporary Americana music. The print of the frightened cliff diver/swimmer is nice. I picked up Larry Groce's junk food record for a quarter. The price was right, but the novelty tune didn't earn the LP a spot on the shelf. Titus listens to Mountain Stage every week with religious devotion. It is more sacred than Wheel of Fortune. Cheers, Jacob
Come on Jacob, shit or get off the pot. Tell me what you really think. Navels need gazing into from time to time. Otherwise how do you know if you've got a lint build up. You just need to be careful when gazing into the navel, for if you gaze for too long, the navel will gaze into you. The picture is Spray by Harold Williamson (1940). I saw the painting at the quirky Russell-Cotes Gallery in Bournemouth and fell in love with it. I just wish I'd have forked out for a larger print. I wish we had Mountain Stage broadcast here. I should see what the score it for listening online. Hed
Nice options again Hedley, well done, I enjoy discovering unknown artists, especially in these genres. I love the Mountain Stage series and have many of the CD's in my collection. A question, I'm a massive Steve Earle fan, I think he's possibly the best singer-songwriter / country rock artist of the last 20 years, and I have also just finished his biography, which was very informative. Are you a fan ?
Hey! I think I have recordings of shows R.E.M. and Billy Bragg gave on Mountain Stage. It's a shame we don't have a similar radio show here in the UK. Yes, I'm a fan of Steve Earle. I've got about a dozen albums of his on vinyl, and more on CD. While I like much of his early period, I think I prefer his post prison output. Pleased to get hold of represses of The Mountain and Train a Comin', as those are probably my favourites by him. I've not picked up his recent solo acoustic live album, but I'll probably get his next album of original songs. I also like his sister Stacey Earle. She's great too. Cheers - Hedley
Afternoon Hedley. Another great video with artists I haven't heard of. I will give them a listen over the coming week. I wondered if you had heard of F.J. McMahon and his album Spirit of the Golden Juice? Some years ago now, whilst watching a you tube video, might have been you or I have an inkling it could possibly have been Jeff Party, who unfortunately doesn't make video's of his vinyl collection anymore. Anyway, I bought a re-issued copy of it and loved it. There is a cracking story to the original album being handed out by McMahon as he travelled around hitch-hiking, or something like that. I'm waffling Hedley, just thought I'd mention this brilliant album incase you hadn't heard of it (unlikely I think) all the best Hedley and thanks for the video. Floss
Hi Floss! Thanks for coming back. Yes, I am familiar with F. J. McMahon. I've got his song Spirit Of The Golden Juice on a couple of compilations, including a Numero Group comp called Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music, which is a great record. I've nearly bought the album a couple of times, but I have listened to it. I miss Jeff's videos, he was one of my early VC mates. Cheers - Hedley
Another great video Hedley! Really enjoying the series.. Iam thankful for Larry Croce for starting up Mountain Stage. Also I found my first flying fish record in the wild recently.
Hey! Cheers! Mountain Stage wasn't broadcast here in the UK, but I do remember a one off BBC radio broadcast of Mountain Stage with R.E.M. and Billy Bragg. I think some of the songs from that R.E.M. show were released a extra tracks on CD singles. Cheers - Hedley
Mountain Stage is differently worth looking up and listening to some broadcast.. REM is probably the most well known. A album was released recently. Sadly Larry has recently retired and handed the hosting over to the wonderful Kathy Mattea.
Hey! Thanks for the kind words, and also for the pronouciation check. Having never heard anyone say his name, I pronounced it that because of the way I heard people say Jim Croce. You've now got me wondering if all those I've heard pronounce Croce were all wrong, and it should be pronounced Crose. I'll never get American pronouciation. It's probably because all these names come from folks emigrating from all over Europe and further afield. That might explain individuals pronouncing names differently. Of course, British English has some very odd pronouciations, and we have no excuses. Cheers - Hedley
Okay, here’s one giving you a reversal from the other side of the pond. I recently bought a reissue of Jaki Whitren’s “Raw But Tender” album. I had never even heard her name but people like Albert Lee and Pat Donaldson play on it. I was expecting a Dennian Fairporty thing but turns out she’s a blues belter. Good stuff.
Hey! Yes, I know the album. I like the folky aspects of the record, but I'm afraid I'm not much of a fan of blues. It's a bit how I feel about Karen Dalton. When she's singing old Appalachian folk tunes I'm a happy chappy, but the minute she gets all bluesy it's not up my particular street. Cheers - Hedley
Hey! Yeah, it is a travesty that Weinberg's Greasepaint Smile and her Asylum album weren't released at the time...That said I imagine they probably would've sunk without trace, like so many great records did back then. Cheers - Hedley
A couple of albums worth reviewing would be "Fred Engelberg - The Songs of..." Elektra 1963. Johnny Darrell - California Stop-Over. United Artists 1970. Both are criminally overlooked.
@@scottjohnson6455 Hey! Yes, I've got Darrell's California Stop-over. It's a bit of a conflicted album, it doesn't quite know what it wants to be. Possibly down to having two different producers pulling in two different directions. I enjoy the rootsy tracks, but sime of the string-heavy tunes are not quite up my street. I had assumed that Larry Murry, from Hearts and Flowers, and with a bluegrass background playing with Chris Hillman in the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers, was the producer of the rawer tracks. But I had a conversation with John Beland of Swampwater and The Burrito Brothers, who played on Murray's solo album, and also backed Johnny Darrell on an unreleased song...Possibly meant from California Stop-over...who told me that my assumptions were incorrect. Anyway, it's a good album, certainly better than some of the other Johnny Darrell albums I have. Fred Engelberg is a name I know, but I don't believe I've heard anything by him. Someone to check out. Cheers - Hedley
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 I bought that album many years ago at the flea market. The cover art got my attention. Fading railroad stations in the US were infuriating. Planned failure. After that the different songwriters carried the show. My favorite track was "Freedom In The Yard" written by Ronnie Self of "Ain't I'm A Dog" fame. I thought it couldn't be the same guy but it is. The Fred Engelberg album was a very atypical Folk album for 1963. The Kingston Trio would not have wanted him to open for them. Another I forgot about was "Lakota" a private pressing from 1979. A New Jersey band (I'm from New Jersey and jokes are not welcomed) has a very laid back Allman Brothers feel to it. All originals - no covers. I have both of the albums in full on my channel.
Hi Hedley - Interesting I had only heard of Gary Higgins and the Red Hash album before. Elyse Weinberg piqued my interest. I feel I have heard 'Houses' before, has someone else covered it do you know?
Hello, Dale. It's funny that you should mention a cover of Weinberg's Houses, I just discovered that the Numero Group put out a shared single release of Weinberg's original and a version done by Dinosaur Jr. While this was released in 2021, the Dinosaur Jr. version seems to have originally been a B-side from 2009. Considering Greasepaint Smile was released in 2015, Dinosaur Jr. must've learnt It from a bootleg copy. Interesting. Cheers - Hedley
Over the years I've found 2 original copies of the "Red Hash" album at the flea market. In both cases the records were so shot they were almost unplayable. I can only guess the state of mind the original owners were in.
Ha! That's a shame. It does open up the question as to which genres of music are looked after the best, and which aren't. I would suggest the classical record collector is the most fastidious in their care, and, as my buddy John informs me, reggae records are always in the worst condition. Hmmm? I'm seeing a lot smoking connection here.
I definitely have the Tommy Flanders album. It's not with Blues Project and not under "F". If you could help me find out where I put it I would be grateful.
Does smoking Red Hash turn your hair Red? Not my cup of tea personally, I just think the whole album is too slow. I will however give Elyse Weinberg a listen. I think the Tommy Flanders cover is a case of having an early flash gun too close (before the age of sensors) and the back being backlit and in need of a fill in flash (before they were invented) as well. Cheers 👍
Hullo! The Tommy Flanders cover is an odd one. Clearly it's meant to look like that, but it does look like a mustake. I reckon I could cope with the Gary Higgins album being a tad slower, I'm in danger of tapping my foot along with it. I do like a bit of slowcore. Cheers - Hedley
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Always great to get more insight into your collection! Man you almost always stump me, it's humbling! 😊😊
Thanks Elliott, glad you liked some of these.
Hedley
Great stuff Hedley, especially Elyse Weinberg. As a (retired English professor and) working musician on the folk-Americana landscape, I have to say your show never disappoints.
Thanks, Buck. I wish we got called Professors here in the UK, it sounds much cooler than being called a lecturer.
Cheers - Hedley
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 They don't listen to lectures here. You have to be a song and dance man.
@@buck13hornI visited a friend who taught at Brooklyn College, when I spoke to her students I was introduced as Professor Hedley Brown. Proudest moment of my life 😊
Are you familiar with Tir Na Nog? An Irish duo-Sonny Condell 'n Leo O'Kelly-who put out three albums: Tir Na Nog, A Tear & A Smile 'n Strong In The Sun in the early 70's. All three albums are fantastic!
Hi John, thanks for watching.
Yes, I am familiar with Tír na nÓg. Although I don't have any of their albums on vinyl. I do have the first album by Sonny Condell's next band Scullion and his first solo album. All great stuff.
Cheers - Hedley
Nice to see you extolling the virtues of the Tommy Flanders album, Hedley. It's always been an affordable record to find, in either US or UK guise, and is way better than many over-rated grails. You rightly mention the lovely guitar sounds: they're mostly down to the great Bruce Langhorne, whose distinctive style derived from the loss of several fingers in his youth ... he played on early Dylan recordings, was the inspiration for Mr Tambouriine Man, and recorded with Fred Neil and Richard & Mimi Farina and a bunch of others. There's a great article about Bruce in a recent copy of Shindig magazine.
Hey! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Great bit of info on Bruce Langhorne. I've never read Shindig, I've never seen it here in the UK. I'll have to see if it's available to download.
It mystifies me how some great records seem to pass people by. Everything about The Moonstone should be right up the street of the psych rock and acid folk crowd. I totally agree with you that it's a far better record than others which have become sort after.
Oh, well, their loss.
Cheers - Hedley
Just discovered your show. Great stuff. I had heard of Elyse Weinberg before (Spotify also has an album Elyse that I like of hers). I feel like Red Hash has come up in "recommended" for me but hadn't listened to it yet. So thanks for the taste of his music. I'm old enough to remember hearing Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" on the radio. It was a big novelty song at the time and hopefully made him some money (I won't say anything more about it :) And thanks too for playing Munson and Flanders - interesting stuff too! keep up the terrific work!!!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond.
You know, I've never heard Larry Groce's Junk Food Junkie. I'll have to give it a listen. It must be frustrating for artists for their throw-away kind of songs make it big, but I suppose the financial benefit far out-weigh any negatives they might feel. And in the same way film actors take parts in popcorn fodder movies, it gives them the ability to do what they like artistically afterwards, even if the recompense is poor.
Interestingly the version of Elyse Weinberg's first album on Tidal is clearly sourced from a record. The CD reissue from 2001 is similar, probably the same recording. I wonder if that means the original master tapes are missing or destroyed?
Cheers - Hedley
Yorkville folk scene in Toronto in 60’s. Now the most cachet area of the city.
@@jimeles992 Ah, that means there's a typo in the blurb on the rear of the album, as it definitely says Yorkshire...I think. Maybe new glasses are required.
Cheers - Hedley
The Red Hash album is one of the early VC staples. Really interesting backstory on Gary Higgins. There were quite a few people showing it back when the VC had a slew of people sharing a lot of interesting music. The rest of the ones that you showed Hedley are new to me. The drops sounded really nice. I commend you for continuing to share artists that are never shown and are not shown as much. Way to go H~
Rob/Boston
Hey Rob! I can imagine the Drag City repress repress of Gary Higgins' "lost" psych folk would've been right up the VCs street when it came out in 2005. Jazz seems to have taken over from psych these days in the VC.
Cheers - Hedley
Greetings Hedley, thanks for the new upload. Listening to your video, you mentioned not understanding "The Turtle" by Alan Munson which encouraged me to listen to it and give thought to it's meaning. Now it might be where I am at in life, early 60's entering retirement, but in my case, the song rang out to me about the stages of life. The tree mentioned early being the family you come from, the seasons we endure at the job we go to when the seasons change, lightning being something like unexpected life emergencies, but we "keep moving on, through life's cycles and changes." Speaking of old friends lost.......I just think it's about life and the changes we go through. I'm a widower, and I know that event, it changed me forever. Maybe it just reads to me as a story of life and aging, but I have been thinking about life and changing a lot lately.
Thanks for the recommendations and cheers to you and yours.
Hello. Thanks for your reading of the song. I suppose I was more confused by the Turtle reference. Now, I can imagine a tortoise, with its hard shell and slow plodding movement, together with elements of Aesop's The Hare and the Tortoise, might be more apt. Americans seem to call tortoises turtles, so I wonder if that was where Munson was going?
Cheers - Hedley
Living in the US, none of these records were heard here. I really appreciate your educating me. I've got more for my quest, now. I'm newly subscribed to your channel, so I'll be bingeing! As Andy Pratt put it so eloquently, "Records Are Like Life".
Is the Susan Christie there behind you the one who sang "I Love Onions"? That's a big fave of mine.
I remember seeing Elyse Weinberg's name, maybe heard a track or two due to the Elektra/Asylum loss leader albums back then.
I'm pretty sure you'd really dislike one of my favorite LPs - "Folk Rock" by US pop trio, The Fleetwoods. I loved all of their records.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Glad to know I have a Cyclops in my subscribers.
US record labels have not served artists and listeners very well. Without European labels releasing US artist's albums in the 70s and 80s, and the recent European reissues, the musical landscape would be a poorer place.
Cheers - Hedley
@@Polyphemus47It is. Just sneaking another record in.
I probably heard some of Larry Groce's Disney's records as a kid; I don't remember. I really became aware of him, however, through listening to, and attending tapings of, the Mountain Stage radio program, as it is based in my home state of West Virginia. "The Wheat Lies Low" is my favorite record of his.
Hey! Thanks for watching. I first became aware of Mountain Stage because of a show with R.E.M. and Billy Bragg was broadcast here on BBC radio. It wasn't a regular thing, and I don't think, before the age of the internet, Mountain Stage was available here.
Subsequently I became aware of how important Mountain Stage was for the roots, country and Anericana bands to get heard on the radio. Was Mountain Stage broadcast on public radio? It must've been great to attend the recordings. Can you remember who you saw?
I imagine many kids in America grew up with those Disney records, but they probably didn't really register Groce's name.
Cheers - Hedley
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 Yes, Mountain Stage is broadcasted on National Public Radio (NPR). I attended a handful of tapings several years ago. It was a unique concert experience. There is usually five acts and each act performs a truncated set of songs. At the end of the night, all the acts come together for a final song (something popular like a Bob Dylan song). The most notable artist I saw was Robyn Hitchcock.
Heck Hedley - only heard of one of these artists! That is Gary Higgins. I bought Red Hash on CD when it was reissued - a really nice album that I should try and get on vinyl. The rest I'd never heard of but I really enjoyed the needle drops - particularly Elyse Weinberg & Tommy Flanders. You can always be guaranteed to introduce me to new artists. Cheers... Pete
Thanks Pete. Always great to introduce folks to records they might get a kick out of.
I'm amazed how good the Elyse Weinberg album is, it's a crying shame it went unreleased for so long. I'd love to hear the album she recorded for Asylum (Not Elektra, as I mistakenly said in the video...Still can't believe some smart arse hasn't picked me up on that).
Cheers - Hedley
Damn you Hedley! Now, where did I put that cheque book?
@@merelychris6354 Cheque book! 😂
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 😋
Folk music really did go to the dogs after people stopped singing about the evils of the English and the wickedness of landlords. This navel-gazing rubbish was almost as hard on the ears as contemporary Americana music.
The print of the frightened cliff diver/swimmer is nice.
I picked up Larry Groce's junk food record for a quarter. The price was right, but the novelty tune didn't earn the LP a spot on the shelf. Titus listens to Mountain Stage every week with religious devotion. It is more sacred than Wheel of Fortune.
Cheers,
Jacob
Come on Jacob, shit or get off the pot. Tell me what you really think.
Navels need gazing into from time to time. Otherwise how do you know if you've got a lint build up. You just need to be careful when gazing into the navel, for if you gaze for too long, the navel will gaze into you.
The picture is Spray by Harold Williamson (1940). I saw the painting at the quirky Russell-Cotes Gallery in Bournemouth and fell in love with it. I just wish I'd have forked out for a larger print.
I wish we had Mountain Stage broadcast here. I should see what the score it for listening online.
Hed
Tetragrammaton was partially owned by Bill Cosby, and, yes, they were the US label for Shades of Deep Purple.
Interesting, thanks for the info. Odd name for a label which didn't exclusively release Jewish music.
Hedley
Nice options again Hedley, well done, I enjoy discovering unknown artists, especially in these genres. I love the Mountain Stage series and have many of the CD's in my collection. A question, I'm a massive Steve Earle fan, I think he's possibly the best singer-songwriter / country rock artist of the last 20 years, and I have also just finished his biography, which was very informative. Are you a fan ?
Hey! I think I have recordings of shows R.E.M. and Billy Bragg gave on Mountain Stage. It's a shame we don't have a similar radio show here in the UK.
Yes, I'm a fan of Steve Earle. I've got about a dozen albums of his on vinyl, and more on CD. While I like much of his early period, I think I prefer his post prison output. Pleased to get hold of represses of The Mountain and Train a Comin', as those are probably my favourites by him.
I've not picked up his recent solo acoustic live album, but I'll probably get his next album of original songs.
I also like his sister Stacey Earle. She's great too.
Cheers - Hedley
Afternoon Hedley. Another great video with artists I haven't heard of. I will give them a listen over the coming week. I wondered if you had heard of F.J. McMahon and his album Spirit of the Golden Juice? Some years ago now, whilst watching a you tube video, might have been you or I have an inkling it could possibly have been Jeff Party, who unfortunately doesn't make video's of his vinyl collection anymore. Anyway, I bought a re-issued copy of it and loved it. There is a cracking story to the original album being handed out by McMahon as he travelled around hitch-hiking, or something like that. I'm waffling Hedley, just thought I'd mention this brilliant album incase you hadn't heard of it (unlikely I think) all the best Hedley and thanks for the video. Floss
Hi Floss! Thanks for coming back.
Yes, I am familiar with F. J. McMahon. I've got his song Spirit Of The Golden Juice on a couple of compilations, including a Numero Group comp called Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music, which is a great record. I've nearly bought the album a couple of times, but I have listened to it.
I miss Jeff's videos, he was one of my early VC mates.
Cheers - Hedley
Another great video Hedley! Really enjoying the series.. Iam thankful for Larry Croce for starting up Mountain Stage. Also I found my first flying fish record in the wild recently.
Hey! Cheers! Mountain Stage wasn't broadcast here in the UK, but I do remember a one off BBC radio broadcast of Mountain Stage with R.E.M. and Billy Bragg. I think some of the songs from that R.E.M. show were released a extra tracks on CD singles.
Cheers - Hedley
Mountain Stage is differently worth looking up and listening to some broadcast.. REM is probably the most well known. A album was released recently. Sadly Larry has recently retired and handed the hosting over to the wonderful Kathy Mattea.
Wow, really, really cool video. Thanks. Love Mountain Stage and Larry Groce(pronounced like Gross). Didn’t know that about him.✌️
Hey! Thanks for the kind words, and also for the pronouciation check. Having never heard anyone say his name, I pronounced it that because of the way I heard people say Jim Croce. You've now got me wondering if all those I've heard pronounce Croce were all wrong, and it should be pronounced Crose.
I'll never get American pronouciation. It's probably because all these names come from folks emigrating from all over Europe and further afield. That might explain individuals pronouncing names differently.
Of course, British English has some very odd pronouciations, and we have no excuses.
Cheers - Hedley
Okay, here’s one giving you a reversal from the other side of the pond. I recently bought a reissue of Jaki Whitren’s “Raw But Tender” album. I had never even heard her name but people like Albert Lee and Pat Donaldson play on it. I was expecting a Dennian Fairporty thing but turns out she’s a blues belter. Good stuff.
Hey! Yes, I know the album. I like the folky aspects of the record, but I'm afraid I'm not much of a fan of blues. It's a bit how I feel about Karen Dalton. When she's singing old Appalachian folk tunes I'm a happy chappy, but the minute she gets all bluesy it's not up my particular street.
Cheers - Hedley
Great video I will check them out
I like the Larry Groce, never heard of him, thanks.
Good stuff. Glad you heard something you liked.
Cheers - Hedley
Great stuff! Gary Higgins is a favourite of mine. I just love "Houses" by Elyse Weinberg, too bad it wasn't released at the time. Cheers!
Hey! Yeah, it is a travesty that Weinberg's Greasepaint Smile and her Asylum album weren't released at the time...That said I imagine they probably would've sunk without trace, like so many great records did back then.
Cheers - Hedley
A couple of albums worth reviewing would be "Fred Engelberg - The Songs of..." Elektra 1963. Johnny Darrell - California Stop-Over. United Artists 1970. Both are criminally overlooked.
@@scottjohnson6455 Hey! Yes, I've got Darrell's California Stop-over. It's a bit of a conflicted album, it doesn't quite know what it wants to be. Possibly down to having two different producers pulling in two different directions. I enjoy the rootsy tracks, but sime of the string-heavy tunes are not quite up my street.
I had assumed that Larry Murry, from Hearts and Flowers, and with a bluegrass background playing with Chris Hillman in the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers, was the producer of the rawer tracks. But I had a conversation with John Beland of Swampwater and The Burrito Brothers, who played on Murray's solo album, and also backed Johnny Darrell on an unreleased song...Possibly meant from California Stop-over...who told me that my assumptions were incorrect.
Anyway, it's a good album, certainly better than some of the other Johnny Darrell albums I have.
Fred Engelberg is a name I know, but I don't believe I've heard anything by him. Someone to check out.
Cheers - Hedley
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 I bought that album many years ago at the flea market. The cover art got my attention. Fading railroad stations in the US were infuriating. Planned failure. After that the different songwriters carried the show. My favorite track was "Freedom In The Yard" written by Ronnie Self of "Ain't I'm A Dog" fame. I thought it couldn't be the same guy but it is. The Fred Engelberg album was a very atypical Folk album for 1963. The Kingston Trio would not have wanted him to open for them. Another I forgot about was "Lakota" a private pressing from 1979. A New Jersey band (I'm from New Jersey and jokes are not welcomed) has a very laid back Allman Brothers feel to it. All originals - no covers. I have both of the albums in full on my channel.
Hi Hedley - Interesting I had only heard of Gary Higgins and the Red Hash album before. Elyse Weinberg piqued my interest. I feel I have heard 'Houses' before, has someone else covered it do you know?
Hello, Dale. It's funny that you should mention a cover of Weinberg's Houses, I just discovered that the Numero Group put out a shared single release of Weinberg's original and a version done by Dinosaur Jr. While this was released in 2021, the Dinosaur Jr. version seems to have originally been a B-side from 2009. Considering Greasepaint Smile was released in 2015, Dinosaur Jr. must've learnt It from a bootleg copy. Interesting.
Cheers - Hedley
Interesting Hedley. I will need to check out Alan Munson and Elyse Weinberg. Thanks, Chris
Hey, Chris! I think Greasepaint Smile by Elyse Weinberg is great. A real shame it went unreleased for so long.
Cheers - Hedley
Larry Groce.... For me, I get a slight (maybe more) Phil Ochs vibe vocally.
Yeah, he's certainly more of a traditional folky than the other guys. I can definitely hear a Phil Ochs vibe.
Cheers - Hedley
Over the years I've found 2 original copies of the "Red Hash" album at the flea market. In both cases the records were so shot they were almost unplayable. I can only guess the state of mind the original owners were in.
IF they play without skips, there are PC programs that will make them sound as if they were pressed last week. I've used Roxio to great effect.
Ha! That's a shame. It does open up the question as to which genres of music are looked after the best, and which aren't.
I would suggest the classical record collector is the most fastidious in their care, and, as my buddy John informs me, reggae records are always in the worst condition.
Hmmm? I'm seeing a lot smoking connection here.
Larry Groce sounds a little like Paul Williams.
I definitely have the Tommy Flanders album. It's not with Blues Project and not under "F". If you could help me find out where I put it I would be grateful.
Help yourself! I've got records lost in my shelves which need my attention 😉
Does smoking Red Hash turn your hair Red? Not my cup of tea personally, I just think the whole album is too slow. I will however give Elyse Weinberg a listen. I think the Tommy Flanders cover is a case of having an early flash gun too close (before the age of sensors) and the back being backlit and in need of a fill in flash (before they were invented) as well. Cheers 👍
Hullo! The Tommy Flanders cover is an odd one. Clearly it's meant to look like that, but it does look like a mustake.
I reckon I could cope with the Gary Higgins album being a tad slower, I'm in danger of tapping my foot along with it. I do like a bit of slowcore.
Cheers - Hedley
I always thought his name was spelled Larry Gross, because of how he pronounces it as the host of Mountain Stage.
Yes, it's been pointed out to me it's pronounced Gross. You learn something new every day.
Thanks for watching - Hedley
I also would have guessed 'Gro Chay', due to the pronunciation of Jim Croce.
The track you played has me intrigued - I love 'vocalise', and his humming melody is very sweet.
Great stuff.
@@Polyphemus47 Thank you, I wasn't totally leftfield on this.