In order, the songs of the medley include:
“Good Vibrations”
“Help Me, Rhonda”
“I Get Around”
“Shut Down”
“Surfin’ Safari”
“Barbara Ann”
“Surfin’ USA”
“Fun, Fun, Fun”

The first three songs in the medley represent, in reverse chronological order, the group’s three #1 hits from the 60′s. 4 of the other 5 songs reached at least the Top 5 (the exception being “Surfin’ Safari.”)

The medley reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981, becoming the band’s highest charting hit in the U.S. in over five years. And I love playing this song when I’m DJ’ing pool parties. But ya gotta have the 45!

BTW, this was filmed at the beach in Destin, Florida on Spring Break.

30 songs for $11. Great deal. Classics too! (and some of my favorite tunes that most people don’t know, like “Heroes & Villains,” “Do It Again,” “Wild Honey” – awesome tracks!)

“The Dude’s” 2 little girls were in a Circus Acrobatics class at Studio 1406 in East Nashville. The music playing every week kept reminding me of this song. So, thank goodness I held on to this 45 since 1974. (Used to be my big brothers, whom I must thank/blame for their musical influence.) The video concludes with their receital.

I hope you enjoy. Feel free to rate, comment & subscribe.

(21 songs for under $12. Pretty good deal. Cheaper than downloading one-at-a-time!)

March 06, 2010 — Using a rare DJ pressing of YES’s 1973 controversial double album “Tales From Topographic Ocean,” I created this special edit. This could have been used as a “single” if they had done such a thing to this nearly 19-minute song. This is from Part 4 of “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)” which consumes the entire 3rd side (as does each of the four songs on this release – hence the “controversy”).

The video was filmed in East Tennessee out in the woods of Fairfield Glade. The turntable was mostly covered, but as you can see, snow did occasionally drift in. I was on a “spiritual retreat” and of course, I brought my turntable. I hope you enjoy it. 5-star ratings are always appreciated.

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Peter’s notes on this track (and references to 2 other live songs “Not One Of Us” and “Humdrum” for possible future TheDailyVinyl release) are as follows:
“A cassette recording featuring my Alexis Korner impersonation on the intro. The band were Tony Levin: bass. Larry Fast: synthesiser. Allan Schwartzberg: drums. Jimmy Maelen: percussion. Phil Aaberg: piano. Steve Hunter: lead guitar. Robert Fripp: rhythm guitar (partly concealed). These cassettes were dug out of the live cassette box, so the quality of sound is rough. Certain of the vocal bits made me cringe so I spent a little time ‘doctoring’ ‘Not One Of Us’ and ‘Ain’t That Peculiar.’ In the profession, we call this cheating.” (You can hear how his vocals are “double tracked”)

Pre-order the new Peter Gabriel record “Scratch My Back”

Description on Amazon:
Peter Gabriel s Scratch My Back album project is the first part of a series of song exchanges in which Gabriel and other leading artists reinterpret each other s songs. To help craft his recording of the album s eclectic array of cult favorites and classic tracks, Gabriel enlisted former Durutti Column member John Metcalfe, composer, arranger and the expertise of producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd’s The Wall , Lou Reed’s Berlin ) and engineer, mixer and producer Tchad Blake (Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow, Tom Waits).

Gabriel describes this as a very personal record with twelve songs performed only with orchestral instruments and voice. He made the choice not to include guitar or drums. The album’s richly diverse sounds include the sparse romance of Lou Reed’s The Power of the Heart , the powerful musical journey of David Bowie’s Heroes and an epic arrangement of Arcade Fire’s My Body Is A Cage. Gabriel and his collaborators recorded the album at George Martin’s Air Lyndhurst Studios and the Real World Temple with further editing and mixing at his own Real Worlds Studio in Wiltshire. The Scratch My Back release is one of the most creative and engaging records from an iconic artist in a long time. The marketing focus is to penetrate Peter Gabriel’s core fan base as well as fans of all genres and in all demographics given the scope of artists being covered as well as its depth of composition.

Here is the complete track listing:
1. Heroes (David Bowie)
2. The Boy In The Bubble (Paul Simon)
3. Mirrorball (Elbow)
4. Flume (Bon Iver)
5. Listening Wind (Talking Heads)
6. The Power Of The Heart (Lou Reed)
7. My Body Is A Cage (Arcade Fire)
8. The Book Of Love (The Magnetic Fields)
9. I Think It’s Going To Rain Today (Randy Newman)
10. Apres Moi (Regina Spektor)
11. Philadelphia (Neil Young)
12. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radiohead)

The Deluxe special edition has a 2nd disc with:
1. The Book Of Love (Remix)
2. My Body Is A Cage (Oxford London Temple Version)
3. Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks) (Oxford London Temple Version)
4. Heroes (Wildebeest Mix)

The Release Date is March 2nd!!!

Uploaded to YouTube: January 09, 2010

This is the first time I produced a special request by a loyal viewer. The Daily Vinyl video #4 featured the home demo version of “In The Air Tonight” from a Phil Collins Maxi-Single released in conjunction with his debut album “Face Value” in 1981. And someone asked to hear the other demos on this record. (6 months later, here they are!)

It’s amazing to me that these demos (recorded in 1980 while Phil was going thru a very rough divorce) were ever released. It’s fun to find the the improvised phrases that eventually made it to the final versions. To my knowledge, these versions, entitled “Drawing Board” are not available for purchase anywhere. So please… ENJOY.

(I can’t believe Nashville schools were closed for two days for THAT snow!)

Pick up the classic 1981 album for under $7.

This also seems like a pretty sweet deal, if you’re looking for instruments.

Save Up to 83% During the Semi-Annual Rockstar Clearance Sale at Music123.com (exp:2/3) (but of course, it’s always best to support your local music store, if you’ve got a good one, like Fanny’s House of Music in East Nashville. They have awesome vintage instruments and cool guitars for smaller-framed peoples.)

The Daily Vinyl #35: “Groovin’” at The Groove from The Daily Vinyl on Vimeo.

It was a lovely Sunday afternoon. Just hangin’ out at my neighborhood record store called “The Groove” in 5-Points/East Nashville. The fellas were kind enough to let me buy this record by The Young Rascals and to pull my turntable out of the car, and set-up shop right there while the customers were browsing. No fancy effects or editing this time around. Just a sweet song and chillin’. Take a break. Relax. It’s time for The Daily Vinyl.

And here’s a little trivia from TheDailyVinyl DJ… The Young Rascals changed their name to just The Rascals after this 1967 hit record “Groovin’”.

Featuring the first four song of Side 2: “Martha My Dear” / “I’m So Tired” / “Blackbird” / “Piggies”. Thanks to the East Nashville art group, The Collective Muse. They completely brainstormed this 2nd of 4 videos featuring about 9 minutes from each side of the classic 1968 album “The Beatles” (aka “The White Album”).

In case you didn’t know, “Martha My Dear” was about Paul McCartney’s sheepdog. Although we didn’t have one of those handy, we thought to take the puppy inspiration literally.

“I’m So Tired” became my theme while trying to edit the whole video. For some reason while creating the sleepy/blur effect, the file became corrupted. 2 weeks were wasted trying to figure out the problem. I decided to just start from scratch.

Did you know that the new remastered Mono box set is limited edition??? Amazon still has a good price on it. It sounds amazing! Who’s gonna get this collector’s item?

About the music — Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe were 4-of-the-5 members of YES during their most prolific prog-rock years: 1971/1972. In 1989 after Jon Anderson quit the version of YES that released big hits like “Owner Of A Lonely Heart,” these four members released a self-titled album (aka ABWH). This 45 is a single remix of a larger 4-part song called “Quartet.” To my knowledge, this version is NOT AVAILABLE ON CD or DOWNLOAD anywhere. So this may be the only way to hear this version.

However, you can pick up the full CD from Amazon for under $7. That’s a good deal.

Check it out… listen to some samples.