Monthly Archives: May 2024

#625

May 28, 2024

Today starts the folk-unlike series on Gulls Window Circus. This is the companion series to folk-like (shows #613-624), with the ‘folk’ restraint removed. You will hear the same artists as before played alphabetically, but this time I’ll be choosing my favorite track instead hunting for the folk-like song. You will notice that many of the artists in the previous series do not sound anything like folk in their normal guise, and you will get to hear some incredible music as we go.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Airport Girl	Shine Like Stars	Honey, I’m An Artist	Fortuna Pop!
America	Letter (Alternate Mix)	Heritage II: Demos/Alternate Takes 1971-1976	Omnivore Recordings
The Association	Reputation	Insight Out	Warner Bros. Records
Kevin Ayers	Stop This Train (Again Doing It)	Original Album Series	Parlophone
Romain Azzaro	Ballet Jelinox	La Vita Non E Un Film	Rotary Phono Lab
Aztec Camera	The Boy Wonders	High Land, Hard Rain	Edsel Records
Alice Babs And The Swe-Danes	You’re Driving Me Crazy	Alice Babs And The Swe-Danes	Harkit Records
The Band	The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show	Stage Fright	Capitol Records
The Band	4% Pantomime	Cahoots	Capitol Records
Syd Barrett	Clowns & Jugglers	Opel	Legacy
Batteaux	Dig Up The Love	Batteaux	Be With Records
The Beau Brummels	Deep Water	Bradley’s Barn	Run Out Groove
Chris Bell	Get Away	I Am The Cosmos	Omnivore Recordings
Sandra Bell	7 Day Descent	City Of Sorrows	VHF Records
Big Star	In The Street	#1 Record	Craft Recordings

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Belle And Sebastian	Poor Boy	How To Solve Our Human Problems	Matador
Big Front Yard	No More Angels	Big Front Yard	Thylacine Records
Birdie	Sidewalk	Triple Echo	Rock Records
Karen Black	Well I Know You’re Lonely Now	Dreaming Of You (1971-76)	Anthology Recordings
The Bluebells	Cath	Sisters	Past Night From Glasgow
Colin Blunstone	She Loves The Way They Love Her	One Year	Sundazed Music
BMX Banditos	Right Across The Street	C86	Glass Modern
Bowes Road Band	Tomorrow’s Truth	Back In The HCA	Jakarta Records
David Bowie	Like A Rocket Man	The Next Day Extra EP	Columbia
Anne Briggs	Highlodge Hare	The Time Has Come	Earth
Tim Buckley	Freeway Blues	Look At The Fool	Real Gone Music
Jeff Buckley	Poor Boy Long Way From Home	You And I	Columbia
Buffalo Springfield	Sit Down, I Think I Love You	Retrospective – The Best Of Buffalo Springfield	Rhino Records
Vashti Bunyan	Someday (1964 Tape)	Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Singles And Demos 1964 To 1967)	DiCristina
The Butterfield Blues Band	Morning Sunrise	Keep On Moving	Elektra

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May 21, 2024

The twelfth and final week in the Gulls Window Circus folk-like series. The show starts with 4 artists that were missed when their letter was covered in this alphabetical series, then picks up with the letter W and wraps with the artist Zuzu’s Petals. There was extra space, so 2 tracks from the ‘Sumer Is Icumen In’ compilation close out the second hour. The John Wonderling and Robert Wyatt tracks are no-brainers for this series, but folk-like sounds have been uncovered by even the most unlikeliest of artists here, so give yourself a treat and find music that brings unexpected riches to your mind.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Lune	No, No	Sill	Aesthetics
Chico Hamilton	Stacy	The Master	Craft Recordings
Grant McLennan	What Went Wrong	Horsebreaker Star	Beggars Banquet
Suzi Quatro	Angel Flight	Quatro	Chrysalis Catalogue
Brian Wilson	Lay Down Burden	Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology	Rhino Records
Dennis Wilson	Thoughts Of You	Pacific Ocean Blue	Music On Vinyl
Windsurf	Vapour Trails	Weird Energy	Catune
Edgar Winter	Alta Mira	The Definitive Collection	Real Gone Music
John Wonderling	Someone Like You	Day Breaks	Flashback
Chris Wood	Tone Blind Rhythm Deaf	Moon Child Vulcan	HiddenMasters
Ron Wood	Far East Man	I’ve Got My Own Album To Do	Friday Music
World Of Pooh	On, On And One	The Land Of Thirst	Starlight Furniture Co.
Link Wray	La De Da	Link Wray	Future Days Recordings

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Wreckless Eric	The World Revolved Around Me	Construction Time And Demolition	SOUTHERN DOMESTIC ‎
The Wrens	Destruction/Drawn	Secaucus	Craft Recordings
Robert Wyatt	Free Will And Testament	His Greatest Misses	Domino
Bill Wyman	Soul Satisfying	Stone Alone	Rolling Stones Records
XTC	Another Satellite	Skylarking	Ape House
Yo La Tengo	The Fireside	Popular Songs	Matador
Young Marble Giants	The Clock	Colossal Youth / Loose Ends And Sharp Cuts	Domino
Zenamon	Xingu	Zenamon	Private Records
Zephyr	Keep Me	Going Back To Colorado	Warner Bros. Records
Tucker Zimmerman	Someone’s Crazy Plan	Over Here In Europe	Big Potato Records
The Zombies	The Sun Will Rise Again	Different Game	Cooking Vinyl
ZuZu’s Petals	Johnny	The Music Of Your Life	Twin/Tone Records
Lal Waterson	The Scarecrow (Demo Version)	Sumer Is Icumen In (The Pagan Sound Of British And Irish Folk 1966-75)	Grapefruit Records
Jan Dukes De Grey	Sorcerers	Sumer Is Icumen In (The Pagan Sound Of British And Irish Folk 1966-75)	Grapefruit Records

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May 14, 2024

The eleventh week in the 12 week Gulls Window Circus folk-like series runs from T-W in alphabetic order.
Toadstool is Brad White before The Lune. Russ Tolman is post-True West. Trembling Blue Stars is Bobby Wratten after Field Mice. Jack Waterson was a founding Green On Red member. Willimantic Shrin is Joe and Dawn post-Bimbo Shrineheads. Viva Saturn has Rain Parade members.
Artists you may not have heard that I am glad to present here are Tony, Caro & John, Travis Pickle, Twizzle, Dino Valente, Martha Veléz, Irmão Victor, Viva Saturn, Andrew Wasylyk, Geraint Watkins, Mats Wawa, David Westlake, and Bobby Whitlock.
All tracks earn their keep, so try a complete listen.

Folk rock, psychedelic folk, indie folk, acoustic rock Are the tags

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Three Johns	Paris-Forty One	Men Like Monkeys	CNT Productions
Mary Timony	The Golden Fruit	Mountains	Matador
Toadstool	The Cage	The Sun Highway	Twin/Tone Records
Russ Tolman	Waitin’ For Rain	Totem Poles And Glory Holes	Down There Records
Tony, Caro & John	The Snowdon Song	All On The First Day	Tapete Records
Travis Pickle	Mr. Boyfriend	Travis Pickle	LunaSea Records
Trembling Blue Stars	Until The Dream Gets Broken	Alive To Every Smile	Sub Pop
Tsunami	Fits And Starts	The Heart’s Tremolo	Simple Machines
Twizzle	Kaliphony	S’prise Inside	Happi Tyme Records
Unrest	Imperial	Imperial F.F.R.R.	Teenbeat
Dino Valente	Time	Dino Valente	Floating World
The Vaselines	Rory Rides Me Raw	The Way Of The Vaselines – A Complete History	Sub Pop
Martha Veléz	I’m Gonna Leave You	Fiends & Angels	Real Gone Music
Tom Verlaine	Swim	Cover	Warner Bros. Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Irmão Victor	Vamos Dar Uma Volta	Irmão Victor	Pop Supérette
Violent Femmes	I Hear The Rain	Hallowed Ground	Slash
Viva Saturn	Brightside	Brightside	Restless Records
Scott Walker	Cowbells Shakin’	‘Til The Band Comes In	BGO Records
Andrew Wasylyk	Magpie Spring	Balgay Hill: Morning In Magnolia	Clay Pipe Music
Jack Waterson	I Could Be With You	Whose Dog?	Heyday Records
Geraint Watkins	Easy To Say ‘Bon Temps Rouler’	In A Bad Mood	Jungle Records
Mats Wawa	French (Intro)	Rock Omelette	Black Pop Records
Bob Weir	Black-Throated Wind	Ace	Rhino Records
Paul Weller	Wild Wood	Wild Wood	Island Records
Paul Westerberg	Dirt To Mud	Stereo / Mono	Vagrant Records
David Westlake	Everlasting	D87	Optic Nerve Recordings
Tony Joe White	Wonder Why I Feel So Bad	The Beginning	New West Records
Bobby Whitlock	Dearest I Wonder	Raw Velvet	Future Days Recordings
Wilco	Where Do I Begin	Star Wars	Anti-
Willimantic Shrin	Wasted Saturday	Rin Liminal Switch	Shana Records
Lucinda Williams	Stop Breakin’ Down	Ramblin’ On My Mind	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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May 7, 2024

The tenth week in the 12 week Gulls Window Circus folk-like series explores the fertile letters S & T. The joy of an alphabetical show is that what artist you hear is pre-determined – only the song selection is negotiable. I love that particular negotiation, by the way! So by alphabetical coincidence this show finds many of my all time favorite artists [Dan Stuart, Subway Sect, The Summer Hits, The Teardrop Explodes, Television, Johnny Thunders], but also many secondary faves. I love the feel of the whole in the this show, and think you will hear one or two songs that may cause you to explore an artist further.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Stephen Stills	Stateline Blues	Illegal Stills	CBS
The Stills-Young Band	Long May You Run	Long May You Run	Reprise Records
Bridget St. John	To B Without A Hitch	Fly High	Cherry Red
Kelley Stoltz	All That Jazz	Crockodials	Nine x Nine
Joe Strummer	X-Ray Style	Assembly	Dark Horse Records
Dan Stuart	The Day William Holden Died	The Unfortunate Demise Of Marlowe Billings	Cadiz Music
Stumpwater	Blind Darkness	Motel In Saginaw	Drag City
Subway Sect	She Looks Sad	Moments Like These	Gnu Inc. Recordings
Nikki Sudden • Johnny Fean • Simon Carmody	Four Wicked Winds	The Last Bandits In The World	Seventeen Records
Nikki Sudden • Johnny Fean • Simon Carmody	Winter	The Last Bandits In The World	Seventeen Records
Jim Sullivan	Rosey	U.F.O.	Light In The Attic
The Summer Hits	Preference	Beaches And Canyons	Medical Records LLC
Sunflower Bean	I Was A Fool	Twentytwo In Blue	Mom + Pop
Matthew Sweet	Evergreen	Altered Beast	Music On Vinyl
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs	Maggie May	Under The Covers (The Best Of Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs)	Demon Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Rachel Sweet	Tonight Ricky	Protect The Innocent	Stiff-Columbia
Tall Bald Grandfathers	Fire In The Building	Broken Wallpaper	Mrs. Tuis’ Records
Norma Tanega	What Are We Craving?	Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog	Real Gone Music
R. Dean Taylor	Two Of Us	The Essential Collection	Spectrum Music
Team Dresch	What Can A Lover Do?	Choices, Chances, Changes: Singles & Comptracks 1994-2000	Jealous Butcher Records
The Teardrop Explodes	Soft Enough For You	Everybody Wants To Shag…The Teardrop Explodes	Fontana
Teenage Fanclub	Tears Are Cool	Thirteen	Sony Music
Deniz Tek	Ships In	Take It To The Vertical	Wild Honey Records
Television	Carried Away	Adventure	Elektra
Television Personalities	I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives	Chocolat-Art (A Special Tribute To James Last)	Pastell
Texas	Future Is Promises	Southside	Mercury
Richard Thompson	Calvary Cross	(Guitar, Vocal) A Collection Of Unreleased And Rare Material 1967-1976	Island Records
Johnny Thunders	I Only Wrote This Song For You	Que Sera, Sera	Jungle Records