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I have a hankerin' for a 7 inch special, so here ya go! This may be my third such special in the past decade or so. I can't be expected to remember all of this, thank you very much. HA!
The original idea of the 7 inch single, going back to the 1950s had to do with record labels not thinking the 33 1/3 long playing record was worth investing in. The labels commodified the music industry early and knew they were more likely to turn a profit if they could identify one song to sell to a public hungry for entertainment.
By the 1970s the idea of a single had changed. The A-side was always about the "hit" and the B-side was often something special that wasn't going to appear on the full record. They Beatles always put out 12 song records on Parlophone along with a two-song single that didn't appear on the LP.
For the world of the independent artist the single may be the only music they released. A lot of the songs I play tonight haven't appeared in any other format.
There are a lot of gems here, so take a listen and please share with music fans in your life.
Enjoy.
jh
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Kick Out The Jams: Afrika Bambaataa
Emma: Hot Chocolate
Everything's Gonna Be Alright: Steve Mason
One Word For It: Rose Hicks
Brotherman: Mancefield and the Brother Man Band
Give Me My Wife: Bruce Marshall
Andalusia: The Phantom Surfers
Surfatorium: The Neptunas
Paranoid: Ty Segall Band
Valley Girl: Meatbodies
Wait, Let's Go: Thee Oh Sees
The Happiest Guy Around: Tropical Fuck Storm
Wrest The Fist: Melt Banana
What Do I Get? Destroy All Monsters
Zonar Roze: Keith Morris, Ty Segall, John Dwyer, Steven McDonald
Man With a Hole In His Throat: Hello Kitty on Ice
Love Song: The Mutants
Bing Bong: Three Day Stubble
I Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Get Rid of You: Psychotic Pineapple
Looking for Laughs: Neil Hamburger
Ge Rouge: Crash Worship
Transmaniacon MC: Altamont
Sunken City: Mike Watt and the Secondmen
Ripping Death: Zig Zags
Courageous Cat: Pure Hell
Couldn't Be Bothered: The Klitz
My Way: Elvis Presley
