Tav Falco's R&B Jukebox (Vol. 3 of 4)

It is said that James Luther Dickinson rescued tapes of Sir Mack Rice demos from a dumpster behind Stax Records. Had he not done so, the classic Tina The Go-Go Queen might only be known to the world in its disco version.  I could only find a two minute fragment of the Mack Rice demo.  The Panther Burns recorded three of Rice's songs:  Tina, Do The Robot, and Money Talks.

Among his many talents, Tav Falco is a filmmaker and film historian.  He is surely familiar with Bruce Conner's short film "Breakaway" (which you can watch here unless it's been taken down again).  Dennis Hopper and Dean Stockwell held the lights as a young and lovely Toni Basil danced to her 1966 single of the same name.

Breakaway is a terrific Motown style tune written by Ed Cobb (composer of Tainted Love, Dirty Water, and Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White). It's interesting that Toni Basil and Ed Cobb both had hits in the New Wave era: Basil with Mickey and Cobb with Soft Cell's version of Tainted Love. The Panther Burns covered Breakaway on their excellent 2015 album, Command Performance.