Okay. It seems the "controversy" over Will's Chris Bell post has died down. So until I can find the time to do a proper post with records and such, I offer you this supplementary listening material from the excellent and newly released, Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story.
Download:
"Miss Eleana" mp3
by Sid Selvidge, 1969.
available on Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story
"Lovely Day" mp3
(early demo version of "Stroke It Noel")
by Alex Chilton, 1974.
available on Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story
"Downs" mp3
(demo: pre-marimba)
by Alex Chilton, 1974.
available on Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story
"Love You (All Day Long)" mp3
(alternate mix)
by Tommy Hoehn, 1975.
available on Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story
top image: William Eggleston Journal, 1978.
© Eggleston Artist Trust
Can you shed any light on "Love You (All Day Long)"? This was part of a tape I got from a friend circa 1989 before Rykodisc released "I Am the Cosmos" and I understood that it was part of that Chris Bell album. It sounds like him, no? Who is Tommy Hoehn?
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ReplyDeleteTommy Hoehn is another in a long line of musicians from Memphis who should have been big but never even came close. Hoehn's first claim to fame was providing background vocals for Big Star's Third/Sister Lovers. He also sang some backups for another legendary "lost" Memphis band, the Scruffs. In the mid-'70s he recorded the classic power pop single "Blow Yourself Up" which was featured on Rhino's D.I.Y.: Come Out and Play: American Power Pop (1975-78) compilation. In 1977 Hoehn released his debut album, Spacebreak, and followed it up in 1978 with Losing You to Sleep on London Records. Around this time he co-founded the band Prix with fellow Alex Chilton veteran Jon Tiven. They managed to release one single before disintegrating. In 1981 Hoehn put out another LP, I Do Love the Light, and then, for the most part, vanished. He returned in a big way in 1997 releasing two albums, Of Moons & Fools and Turning Dance, for the Frankenstein label. In 1999 he joined forces with fellow obscure Memphis pop legend Van Duren to record an album. Hailstone Holiday was hailed as a return to form for both men. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide
hi... I bought this great CD after learning of it here, but in carrying around the great tome of a liner note, accidentally ruined the last two pages such that I didn't get to/can't read them (or 2.5 paragraphs in particular). Any way I can convince someone to scan those?
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