Songs you have been searching for in vain
 

I think we all have them. Songs that you always look for whenever you are connected to a peer-to-peer network, but can never find. These are mine:

Barracuda - Ain't No Big Deal (This was a song slated to be on Madonna's first album. But Barracuda, who I have read were an all-female disco act, released the song first. So the song Holiday was put on the album instead)
Dale Bozzio - Simon Oh Simon (Dale was the lead singer for Missing Persons. In 1988 she released a solo album, and this was the first single.)
Walter Egan - Sisters of the Moon
Ian Matthews - Crying in the Night
Mary Wilson - Red Hot (This Supremes member made a solo album in 1979, also titled Red Hot. And to bring things full circle, Mary Wilson was offered the song "Holiday" before Madonna! She turned it down.)

Good idea for a thread, sorry I can't offer any of the tracks on you list. My own want is for Mighty Groundhogs - Earth Is Not Room Enough

Oh yeah, and the theme from an English show I saw around mid-1980s called Swalk which was a bit like Mental Hopscotch.

I loved Missing Persons' Mental Hopscotch when I was a teen.

Gosh - had you started this thread weeks ago I'd have a whole list - but I've managed to find most of the songs I was looking for..namely a song called "Laughing Wild" by Julianna Raye.

However, in peer to peer I ALWAYS look for songs from "A Smoky Mountain Christmas" - during the early Napster days someone had taken all the music from the movie and uploaded it there....so I used to have all those songs - but they are now long gone...it was long ago before cd burners were common :(

So that's my quest...

"Curried Soul" (AKA, the theme to "As It Happens") by Moe Koffman.

Anything by Nikki & the Corvettes.
The Blue Van's cover of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag."
Heart's cover of "Black Dog."
Tooons of Sonics and 13th Floor Elevators.
Anything by Nico.

There are some early Sonics here...

http://rapidshare.de/files/21327167/SYS-P1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/21328206/SYS_-p2.rar

There are actually two versions of this song available. A studio version of it was released in 2000 - in the U.S. on a disc called "The Lost Album" and in the U.K. on a disc called "Mad Dog - The Lost Album." Both appear to be out of print but can still be found used on Ebay and Amazon.

A live version of it, which to my knowledge is still in print and available, was released in 2004 on a disc called The Meaning of Live.

I've previously posted a 2 minute clip of it, but since it does seem to be out of print and Walter therefore can't make any money from it, I'll go ahead and post the studio version. I still urge people to buy the actual cd, however, which features guest performances by Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, and Jackson Browne.

Walter Egan's Sisters of the Moon

I'll only leave it up for a little while though, since it takes up too much space on my server.

Hey Victoria :wavey: Its been a while - hows things??!!

Same old ****, different day.
How've you been?

I know the feeling - I have been good, I don't feel as stressed because exams are over and Im on break - which is excellent. Thanks for posting SOTM, i have been waiting to get that for a while :nod:

No prob. Although as much as I love Walter, it's not one of my favorite songs. I still think it's strange for a man to sing it. :shrug:

I've been stressing a little trying to figure out how to write a good pitch/query letter to send out to literary agents for my book, and am sort of sliding back into the "it needs more work" frame of mind about the whole project. I keep doing this. I'll work on it, decide it's finished, take a step towards getting it published, then decide it's not finished and go back to working on it again, "And that just reinforces my faith in cycles." :rolleyes:

BTW, are you on My Space? I just recently set up a page there and am looking to add more friends.

Im going to Real Groovy on thursday this week, its a giant second hand music store in central Auckland, Im going to see if I can find any Walter!!!

Good luck with your book - Im hoping to read it! :blob1:

No, Im not on MySpace, I don't see the need :shrug:, but gimmie yours and I will go and have a look-see :)

http://www.myspace.com/vkogawa

I hope you find some Walter there, and I don't think you can really go wrong with any of his stuff (except maybe the Brooklyn Cowboys, ugh) but I'm not biased or anything. :)

Well, maybe I'll let you read the book, since Josh never gave me any feedback (and it's been over a month! grrrr) and the last person who read it wasn't very constructive in his feedback. He had three things to say: a) he didn't like my ending (Too bad, not changing it!!!) b) he felt that I should make the book a first in a series about the characters (Nope, not doing sequels. Sequels suck.) c) he couldn't believe that a woman wrote it. Not helpful at all!

So, Vermicious knid, what do think of Walter's 'Sisters'?

Im going to try the "Not Shy/Fundamental Roll" double pack, but if there is anything else really cheap - I will pick that up too :D

I would love to read your book!! I wonder where Josh is, have not seen him for a while...

His profile at SevenWonders says he was active yesterday, but he hasn't replied to the pm or email I sent him, so your guess is as good as mine.

PM me your email addy and I'll send you the book, provided you can be constructive in your criticism - I'm more interested in what you don't like about it and why than in what you do like about it. Except, of course, I won't change the ending, no matter how many people tell me they don't like it. Not up for discussion.

Cool!! I promise to be constructive :woohoo:

Does anyone have the mp3 of "Secret" ... the Robin Zander song that Stevie sings backup on? That is my latest quest ...

I can make one for you. Hold on.

"Secret" by Robin Zander

I also have a few other Stevie collaborations that might be kind of hard to find:

"Lay Down Your Arms" Ringo Starr
"Devil Wind" Bob Welch
"If You Ever Did Believe" Louise Goffin (this one is cringe-worthy, just a warning before anyone requests it)
"Let Me Count the Ways" Dave Koz
"Smiling Islands" Robbie Patton
"Sorcerer" Marilyn Martin

and of course, "Desiree" and "Intuition" from Rick Vito

I like Walter's Sisters of the Moon. Thanks for that; now I can delete that segment you had posted earlier. But the Fleetwood Mac one has that sense of foreboding which is a central element.

Thank you! Really appreciate it.

Yeah, well that "sense of foreboding" and Walter Egan's early work don't exactly go together. I have a feeling that if he were to do the song today it would have a very different sound than that recording, though.

I've been looking for Madonna's version of Ain't No Big Deal for ages. I had it years ago and then somehow lost it. Actually I had two versions, one from 81 and a 97 remix I think.

I can also never find "I'm A Lady" by Tina Turner.

Here is the "Ain't No Big Deal" that would have been on her first album. The '81 version you speak of was an earlier demo made before she had a record deal.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...615243741EE22F

Wow, I've never heard this version. Thanks:thumbsup:

You should sign up for iTunes. You'll find Smoky Mountain Christmas there!:wavey:

I have a bunch of 13th Floor Elevators's stuff that I'll post for you. I'll try to post all the songs of theirs that I have. I also have a bunch of Nico with the Velvet Underground, but no solo Nico. Let me know if you want the VU stuff. I'll post the 13th Floor Elevators today, but it may take me a little bit to upload all the songs. :wavey:

Nope - I do have iTunes.

It's not an officially released movie or cd - so there is no album for it. The songs I used to have were from someone who just lifted all the songs from the movie....

It's not on peer to peer and it's definitely not on iTunes.

There IS a crappy Smoky Mountain Christmas out ther e- but it's some bluegrass instrumental Christmas album - not what I'm looking for.

:sorry: to get your hopes up. I saw that on there, and I thought that might be it. Same title and all. I hope you find the right one. :)

You didn't get my hopes up - I already knew for a fact it wasn't there. I've known for years of other albums titled Smoky Mountain Christmas - I know what I'm looking for - which is why I know it's hard to find.

Although if I could just figure out a way to take only the audio off a dvd then I'd be in business...

Dont laugh, but I searched FOREVER for a copy of Holiday Road. GOD was that hard to find!

I have been searching for:

Blondie - The Hunter
Marilyn Martin - Marilyn Martin
Sandy Stewart - Cat Dancer

Its hard to find all of the above in NZ :mad:

Here is several 13th Floor Elevators' songs:
1. 13th floor elevators - don't fall down.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...BD4D8D6B1EF408

2. 13th floor elevators - Down By The River.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...345AC608893758

3. 13th floor elevators - dust.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...6A448F7CC789F6

4. 13th floor elevators - earthquake.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...E24820002572CC

5. 13th floor elevators - fire engine.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...90EA90203E0854

6. 13th floor elevators - i had to tell you.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...9C183F4B51A0DA

7. 13th floor elevators - kingdom of heaven.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...2ADFC7727506C8

8. 13th floor elevators - Levitation.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...9CFF9643C624E7

9. 13th floor elevators - May the Circle Remain Unbroken.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...33BF5B6CF3C1A0

10. 13th floor elevators - i'm gonna love you too.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...538F101DFC17D8

11. 13th floor elevators - monkey island.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...B1CEEE4B9F7D1D

12. 13th floor elevators - Nobody to Love.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...4C9F2C0A1BF900

13. 13th floor elevators - reverberation.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...52A6D84E7206B2

14. 13th floor elevators - You Don't Know.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...68DB024CE3096F

15. 13th floor elevators - you're gonna miss me.mp3
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...89813D026CCF8F

Marilyn Martin had a song titled after herself?

:laugh: That's the name of the album.

"You know I'm not afraid of your night moves...."

you talking about Dolly's SMC?

I LIVE for that movie beginning at Thanksgiving all the way to New Years.

Anybody have any live tracks of Billy Burnette doing solo material?

I'd take just about anything.

Also, Tom Petty doing "Gloria," "Rainy Day Women" and "Girl On LSD"

tom petty doing "gloria" from charlotte, 6/9/06: http://www.sendspace.com/file/q6zubd

Thanks, but how do I download it from there? It says a file is waiting to be downloaded but doesn't have any buttons or links for downloading it.

EDIT: Nevermind. I found the link.