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Apologies to Robin Gibb....

...well.... not really, but cheers and RIP:Jack Lord's Hair - Stayin' AliveFrom War of the Monster Trucks (1987)

Susan Christie.....(Philadelphia 1966-69)

Tapewrecks dives to the psychedelic abyss for these treasures by Philadelphia's Susan Christie. She had a hit in 1966 with I Love Onions, then recorded a series a single destined for a a 1970 LP that never came to be, except for a total of 3 test pressings. Mix together some Kendra Smith with string arrangements worthy of an Ennio Morricone score. Add some Patti Smith free verse, a few Petula Clark-ey pop songs, and some of Grace Slick's pills, and you might have Paint A Lady, the album finall

I Am The Dootz and I've Got Acne....

Straight outta Maryland came The Dootz onto The Train To Disaster compilation.... He wrote a song rhyming bus and pus..... But that's all I know. Read Robert Hull's Pop Krazy post and learn:...This radical sound, born in the early '80s, was downright psychotic to the point of being transcendental. It was the creation of one David Frey Johns, who had spent most of his life singing to records in his room and wailing in friends' showers, hoping one day to be heard in a social context.