A Postcard from the Day
Appearance
A Postcard from the Day | |
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Live album by | |
Released | 2006 |
Recorded | 1980–1982 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 70:59 |
Label | Dacoit |
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Source | Rating |
Black to Comm | favorable link |
A Postcard from the Day is the second live album (and most recent release) by the Washington, D.C. band The Slickee Boys (Dacoit Records, catalog #2006-1). The album, compiled by guitarist Marshall Keith, collects recordings from 1980 to 1982, taken from shows in Maryland, Virginia, D.C., and New York City.
Track listing
[edit]- "Life of the Party" – 3:48 (Mark Noone)
- "Cinderella" – 2:23 (Gerry Roslie)
- Originally recorded by The Sonics,
- "Porcelain Butter Kitten" – 2:41 (Kim Kane)
- "Can't Believe" – 3:46 (Marshall Keith, Noone)
- "Disconnected" – 2:45 (Noone, J. Charney)
- "Goin' All the Way/Glendora" – 4:09 (Mike Bouyea/Ray Stanley)
- "Goin' All the Way" originally recorded by The Squires, 1966
- "Glendora" originally recorded by Perry Como, 1956; also recorded by the Downliners Sect, 1966
- "Jailbait Janet" – 2:15 (Kenne Highland)
- Originally recorded by The Afrika Korps, 1977
- "Henry VIII" – 1:52 (Fred Murray, Robert Weston)
- Popular recording by Herman's Hermits, 1965
- "Hiccupped to Hell" – 2:13 (Ersel Wank)
- Originally by the Wanktones
- "Ain't Gettin' Any" – 3:27 (Robert Hudson, John Ford)
- Originally recorded by The Monks
- "Louise/Control" – 4:27 (Jesse Lee Kincaid/Howard Weulfing)
- "Louise" originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966
- "Stepping Stone" – 3:39 (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart)
- Originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966; also recorded by The Monkees, 1966
- "Mean Screen" – 2:16 (Scott Duhamel, Eddie Flowers, Highland)
- Originally recorded by The Gizmos, 1976
- "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite" – 1:40 (Jeremy Spencer)
- Originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac (as Earl Vince and The Valiants), 1969; also recorded by The Rezillos, 1978
- "Pictures of Matchstick Men" – 2:38 (Francis Rossi)
- Originally recorded by the Status Quo, 1968
- "A Question of Temperature" – 3:29 (Mike Appel, Ed Schnug, Don Henny)
- Originally recorded by The Balloon Farm, 1967
- "Riddles and Fairytales" – 2:17 (Tony Camp, Brian Cooke)
- Originally recorded by Bohemian Vendetta, 1968
- "Reverse Psychiatry" – 3:34 (Keith, Noone, Emery Olexa)
- "The Crawling Hand" – 2:45 (Keith)
- "Nagasaki Neuter" – 3:11 (Kane, Keith)
- "Weasel" (WHFS commercial) – :26
- "When We Were Kids" – 2:54 (Noone)
- "Gotta Tell Me Why" – 4:35 (Noone)
- "Here to Stay" – 3:49 (Noone)
Personnel
[edit]The band
[edit]- Kim Kane – Rhythm guitar
- Marshall Keith – Lead guitar
- Mark Noone – Lead vocals
- Dan Palenski – Drums
Additional musicians
[edit]- John Hansen – Lead vocals ("Stepping Stone")
Production
[edit]- Seth Martin – Soundman
- John Chumbris – Soundman
Additional credits
[edit]- John Hansen – Stage dude
- Tom Shea – Stage dude, cover photo, collage of photos
- Marshall Keith – CD design
- Cathy Gatlin – Collage of photos
- Carol Albert – Slickette
- Kathleen Sheedy – Slickette
- "Thanks for setting the spark on this project: Jim Moon; for cassettes: Robbie White, Tom Shea, Kay Pauley; for carting us all over the East Coast: Tom Shea, Allen Atkinson; for paving the way: Razz; for keeping us going all those years: our great fans"
- Recorded at:
- The Psychedelly, Bethesda, Maryland ("Goin' All the Way/Glendora", "Stepping Stone", "Mean Screen", "Reverse Psychiatry", "When We Were Kids")
- The Elbow Room, Harrisonburg, Virginia ("Disconnected", "Riddles and Fairytales", "Gotta Tell Me Why", "Here to Stay")
- Desperados, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ("Life of the Party", "The Crawling Hand")
- The Cellar Door, Georgetown ("Cinderella", "Porcelain Butter Kitten", "Can't Believe", "Hiccupped to Hell", "Ain't Gettin' Any", "Louise/Control")
- The Bayou, Georgetown ("Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite", "Pictures of Matchstick Men", "A Question of Temperature")
- Columbia Station, Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C. ("Nagasaki Neuter")
- CBGB, New York City ("Jailbait Janet", "Henry VIII")