R.I.P. John Gosling of the Kinks Long Tracks from Vacationland // Additional discographical (usually original label, year of release), biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
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Recorded at London's Olympic Sound Studios on October 29, 1967, the second-to-last day of recording for this album. / * - Released a month earlier in England
John GOSLING died August 4th, at age 78. He was the keyboard player for The Kinks from 1970 to 1978, on 10 albums total, starting with "Lola Versus Powerman ..." and ending with "Misfits" in May 1978. He was replaced by Gordon Edwards in 1978. / In 1994, Gosling founded "The Kast Off Kinks", alongside former band members Mick Avory (drums, 1963 - 1984), Jim Rodford (bass, 1979 - 1997/ break-up) and John Dalton (bass, 1976 - 1979). He retired in 2008. // 'Lola' was ranked #422 on the "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs" list
John GOSLING died August 4th, at age 78. He was the keyboard player for The Kinks from 1970 to 1978, on 10 studio albums total, starting with "Lola Versus Powerman ..." and ending with "Misfits" in May 1978. He was replaced by Gordon Edwards in 1978. / In 1994, Gosling founded "The Kast Off Kinks", alongside former band members Mick Avory (drums, 1963 - 1984), Jim Rodford (bass, 1979 - 1997/ break-up) and John Dalton (bass, 1976 - 1979). He retired in 2008. /// Davies has said that the song is about an old school friend who died of a drug overdose - parts of song were also used in season #3, episode 8 of the AppleTV series 'Ted Lasso', entitled "We'll Never Have Paris."
John GOSLING died August 4th, at age 78. He was the keyboard player for The Kinks from 1970 to 1978, on 10 studio albums total, starting with "Lola Versus Powerman ..." and ending with "Misfits" in May 1978. He was replaced by Gordon Edwards in 1978. / In 1994, Gosling founded "The Kast Off Kinks", alongside former band members Mick Avory (drums, 1963 - 1984), Jim Rodford (bass, 1979 - 1997/ break-up) and John Dalton (bass, 1976 - 1979). He retired in 2008. /// Davies has said that the song is about an old school friend who died of a drug overdose.
They were described as as a "naïve blend of Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dylan & the Band, and Buffalo Springfield, with a heavy dose of early Yes" - Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
* - in the 1930 Broadway revue "Three's a Crowd". It grew quickly in popularity, and by the end of 1930 at least 11 American bands had recorded it. Louis Armstrong was the first jazz musician to record it, in October 1930
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5:34
Artist:
Elmo Hope [Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke] [with John Coltrane and Hank Mobley]
Song:
Polka Dots and Moonbeams [1st recorded by Frank Sinatra (with The Tommy Dorsey Orch) - his 1st hit]
PERSONNEL: Elmo Hope – piano / Donald Byrd – trumpet // John Coltrane, Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone /// Paul Chambers – bass //// Philly Joe Jones – drums
This song was ranked #329 on the "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list / This is taking an "epic" recording, and making it EVEN MORE "epic" - LsA
