Here’s more of my mixed CD for 1966/1967.
Somebody To Love – Jefferson Airplane. Surrealistic Pillow was the first Airplane album with Grace Slick.
I’m Ready For Love – Martha and the Vandellas—a Holland-Dozier-Holland song. On my greatest hits CD, “I’m ready” in the bridge repeats, then “right now” does the same. It’s a failure of the pressing process, not a skip; it’s too precise.
I Second That Emotion – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Smokey explains that the title line was a mistake. Some of the guys were in a store deciding something, and one wanted to say, “I that that motion,” but misspoke.
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – the Buckinghams. I heard the Cannonball Adderly version much later.
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher – Jackie Wilson. Some of the Funk Brothers, who played on the Motown hits, went to Chicago to play on this track to make more money.
My Baby Must Be A Magician – the Marvelettes. The first voice you hear is Melvin Franklin from The Temptations. This song was written and produced by Smokey Robinson.
Wang Dang Doodle – Koko Taylor. It’s a Willie Dixon song.
Big Noise From Speonk – the Lovin’ Spoonful. This is the final cut on the group’s Daydream album, which I got from the Capitol Record Club when I failed to return the postcard in time. I love the collection. Speonk is a hamlet in Southampton, Suffolk County, NY.
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – Otis Redding. A cover of a British band’s song.
19th Nervous Breakdown – the Rolling Stones
Obscure Motown
No More Water In The Well – the Temptations. Written by Warren Moore, Bobby Rogers, and Smokey from the Miracles. From my all-time favorite Temps album, The Temptations With A Lot o’ Soul
Love’s Gone Bad – Chris Clark. I found this Holland-Dozier-Holland song on two Motown compilation albums I own. Here’s her IMDb page.
The Mission: Impossible television theme. This was one of my father’s favorite shows at the time. I have at least seven albums with TV theme songs.
Five O’Clock World– the Vogues. This was the theme for the second season of The Drew Carey Show.
Boris The Spider – the Who. Because I like to say, “Boris, the Spider.”
At The Zoo – Simon and Garfunkel. I wrote a blog post about it.
