HELLO NEWMAN

"I used to be against world peace. But then Bono came out for it and the scales just fell from my eyes." - Randy Newman


RANDY NEWMAN wrote a million great songs. Most of them are on TWELVE SONGS, SAIL AWAY, GOOD OLD BOYS or on what is to me the masterpiece album of yacht-rock, TROUBLE IN PARADISE.
There are some that EVERYONE KNOWS, some written IN THE 60s, and some JUST TWO YEARS AGO.
And some were written for WALT DISNEY:

KID

Am I crazy for liking this song? Anybody can see how cheesy it is, but there's something sweet about its naivety... Isn't there?
Or do I associate it with childhood because KID CREOLE put this song in the charts when I was a child?
Twenty-five years later, my brother is on first-name basis with August Darnell, and my three-year-old daughter listens to this 1961 version of the same song all the time... What a carve up.

UP IN THE SKY

On April 29th, 1967, Sky Saxon's THE SEEDS played the Hollywood Bowl, opening for The Supremes. This was the biggest venue they'd ever played. What I didn't know was that it had been recorded. I'd never heard a real live by The Seeds before (except the faux-live at Merlin's Music Box), and it sounds just like I imagined it would: chaotic but fun. Of course the sound quality is not great, but what the hell.
THE SEEDS LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL:
1.Tripmaker
2.Pushin' Too Hard
3.Mr.Farmer
4.Up In Her Room
5.Can't Seem To Make You Mine

Enjoy - and stay tuned as someday I'll upload the mono mix of A WEB OF SOUND.