Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Uncharted Waters Volume 33: Columbia Records

Hello again! Time for another installment of Uncharted Waters.  This will be the first post under the new format, which focuses on specific labels as opposed to fifteen random tracks that happen to be thrown together.

The new volumes will have approximately 25 tracks per download, but it may be a little less than that depending on how many tracks I have per label.  I'll also be consolidating some of the smaller independent labels into the same volumes further down the line.

Not much I can say about Columbia that hasn't already been said.  They have always had something for everyone - more than enough garage rock, psychedelia, soul, R&B, jazz, elevator music easy-listening, et cetera.  And yet there's still a bunch of stuff on the label that has gone undiscovered until recently.  Some of these artists (Lesley Duncan, the Association) are pretty mainstream, but these singles have gone mostly unnoticed until now.

1. Dreams - 15 Miles To Provo (Columbia 4-45369, 1971)
2. Michaelangelo - 300 Watt Music Box (Columbia 4-45328, 1971)
3. Talon Brothers - Breaking Through The Wall (Of Your Own Making) (Columbia 4-43910, 1966)
4. The Rubber Band - Bring Your Love (Columbia 4-44013, 1967)
5. Mornin' - Cheatin' On You (Columbia 4-45084, 1970)
6. Crossroads featuring David Liska - Cherry Berry Baby (Columbia 4-45193, 1970)
7. Rick Shorter - City Women (Columbia 4-45371, 1966)
8. Spencer Barefoot - Days Of Our Lives (Columbia 4-45389, 1971)
9. The Jerry Williams Group - Down Home Boy (Columbia 4-45213, 1970)
10. The Surprise Package - East Side, West Side (Columbia 4-44460, 1968)
11. The New York Rock Ensemble - Fields Of Joy (Columbia 4-45367, 1971)
12. Michaelangelo - Half A Tap (Columbia 4-45328, 1971)
13. Talon Brothers - I Think There Is Something Sleeping In My Refrigerator (Columbia 4-43910, 1966)
14. The Surprise Package - I'll Run (Columbia 4-44460, 1968)
15. The Rubber Band - In And Out Of My Life (Columbia 4-44013, 1967)
16. The Association - Kicking The Gong Around (Columbia 4-45654, 1972)
17. Rick Shorter - Last Thoughts Of A Young Man (Columbia 4-45371, 1966)
18. Mornin' - Let Me Love You (Columbia 4-45084, 1970)
19. Lesley Duncan - Love Song (Columbia 4-45354, 1971)
20. The New York Rock Ensemble - Ride, Ride My Lady (Columbia 4-45367, 1971)
21. Michael Gately - Shine Your Light On Me (Columbia 4-44763, 1969)
22. The Tropics - Summertime Blues - Land of 1,000 Dances (Columbia 4-44248, 1967)
23. Zuckerman's Dream - The Revolution's Over (Columbia 4-44831, 1969)
24. The Tropics - This Must Be The Place (Columbia 4-44248, 1967)
25. Jacobs Creek - What You Hear (Columbia 4-44856, 1969)

Enjoy!

6 comments:

  1. Hi Peter, thanks for another Volume.....Check it out, I think the 2 Michaelangelo tracks are reversed.

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    1. Hmm...thanks for the heads up. Must have gotten them mixed up.

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  2. Hi Peter

    Thank you very much for te new volume !!, superb !!

    Albert

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  3. a fine collection....many thanks!

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  4. The New York Rock Ensemble track "Fields Of Joy" was covered in the early 90s by Lenny Kravitz. Both versions are great!

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  5. What a wonderful collection! In fact, LOTS of wonderful collections.
    However, this one's link doesn't work anymore, and I'm afraid this must go for others as well. I believe Mediafire is more reliable. Can you please reupload and refresh old links? Will gladly help in the music dept. I'm a collector of over 100,000 records.
    Thanks and keep up the awesome work!

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