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In which Ginger Baldy revisits the Graham Gouldman songbook.
1. Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
2. Sweet Gene Vincent - Ian Dury
3. Styrofoam - The Tyla Gang
4. Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello
5. I’m Sorry - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
6. I’m Sorry - Los Lobos
7. Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood
8. Willie And The Hand Jive - The Johnny Otis Show (This month’s earworm)
9. Make Me Your Baby - Barbara Lewis
10. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney (This month’s death song)
11. Soul On Fire - LaVerne Baker
12. No Milk Today - Graham Gouldman
13. You Stole My Love - The Mockingbirds
14. This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis And The Playboys
15. I Wonder - The Gants
16. Going All The Way - The Squires
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
No milk today, my love has gone away The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn.
Track 12 - Graham Gouldman
Check out the full lyrics here:
https://genius.com/Hermans-hermits-no-milk-today-lyrics
Graham Gouldman’s comprehensive and informative web site is here:
https://www.grahamgouldman.info/
Elvis Costello’s lyrics for the original “Oswald Mosely” version of Less Than Zero are here:
https://genius.com/Elvis-costello-less-than-zero-lyrics
Lyrics for the Lee Harvey Oswald version, (Dallas version) is here:
https://genius.com/Elvis-costello-less-than-zero-dallas-version-live-lyrics
If you didn’t already, then check out JD McPherson’s new album, Nite Owls at:
https://www.jdmcpherson.com/
The above site also provides The 2025 Tour dates.
Small Town Talk will be JD’s gig at London’s Garage on June 20th
I wouldn’t mind winning this one myself! - Go to Johnny Corsair’s website. The prize - a brand new Ace Records compilation, “Hit & Run - More Motown Guys Rare and unreleased tracks.
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
The brilliant Ace records: Small Town Talk plays a track from an Ace album every month. Their site is much more than just an online record shop. Go and see:
https://www.acerecords.co.uk/
Episode 59 illustration: Graham Gouldman, composer extraordinaire, the real meaning of influencer.