45s and Other Revolutions: Some A-Sides beginning with the letter W as in Whiskey, and some that begin with the letter Y as in Yankee.
Hamilton, Joe Frank, & Reynolds [00:41] a side: "Winners and Losers" b side: "Barroom Blues" Playboy Records P 6054 1975 Both kinds of music... "Country-ish" and Disco? The follow up to "Fallin in Love". This time out they only made it up to number 21 on the Hot 100. Red Fang [08:49] a side: "Wires" b side: "LSP" Relapse Records RR1091-1 2011 Hot and heavy stuff from these Portland gents. As per usual with Red Fang, there's a pretty epic video to accompany this a-side (https://youtu.be/WQPfQvLIseA). Fun fact for fans of The Decemberists: Jenny Conlee and Chris Funk also perform on this record. Oh my glob! Maybe the b-side is about Lumpy Space Princess? Architecture in Helsinki [19:12] a side: "Wishbone" b side: "Wishbone - Rah Teeti Remix" Moshi Moshi Records moshi 36 2006 Antipodeans AIH bring us some charming sounds of 2006 with this single from their album In Case We Die. Nilsson [25:55] a side: "Without You" b side: "Me and My Arrow" RCA Victor 447-0924 1971 The a-side of this reissue single often seems way longer than it's 3 minutes and 16 seconds it claims on the label. Time surely is relative. Thankfully the flipside is a super catchy antidote. King Curtis and the Noble Knights [31:57] a side: "Wobble Twist" b side: "Twistin' with the King" Enjoy Records EJ-4 1962 If there's twising involved, it must be the early 60s. The Mekons [37:06] a side: "Work All Week" b side: "Unknown Wrecks" Virgin Records VS 300 1979 Definitely a certain kind of something. Village People [44:34] a side: "Y.M.C.A." b side: "The Women" Casablanca Records NB 945 1978 Yes, that late 70s smash hit, kept out of the number 1 spot by Chic's "Le Freak" and Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy". Yeah, it was that kind of year. George Jones [52:01] a side: "Ya Ba Da Do! (So Are You)" b side: "Ya Ba Da Do! (So Are You)" Epic Records 34 68743 1988 Ol' No Show finds solace in a ghost and a cartoon. Heck, you can't blame him. Sadly he just missed making the Top 25 for this first time in 30 years thanks to this novelty number. Music behind the DJ: "Aquarius" by Joe Reisman and his Orchestra.
