Take That! Songwriters Taking Swipes Vol. 6
On this SIXTH installment of TAKE THAT! songwriters take swipes at the usual targets: authority figures, society, & the government. This volume doesn’t focus as much on tracks recorded by the songwriter as the earlier collections. But it’s usually a fair bet that the singer’s loyalties align with the scribes’.
P.F. Sloan & Edwin Starr take aim at war, with the songs Eve Of Destruction, & well… WAR.
As a recording artist, P.F. takes a swipe at society, as does Sonny Bono, The Temptations, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, & Wendy O. Williams (backed by KISS!)
The Ramones basically tear the “Whattaya got?” page out of Marlon Brando’s book with I’m Against It, by being against nearly everything. The Fugs’ Ed Sanders isn’t happy with hermaphrodites in The Iliad, & Jon Langford is upset with Nashville Radio.
Tennessee Ernie Ford is railing against “the man”, Bo Diddley is against drugs, Suzi Quatro glares in the direction of Hollywood, & Loretta Lynn rails against Santa! A bold strategy unless you plan on being on the nice list for certain this year.
While The J. Geils Band is miffed at love in general, Wayne County is incensed at being deemed unworthy of a good dicking. And Jerry Lee Lewis is taunted by his old friends Ronnie Hawkins & Carl Perkins during a live performance—which is something no fan of The Killer's should miss!
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https://reaganray.com/2018/04/27/record-logos.html
One per customer please.
I’ll go first: My rockabilly heart is going to have to go with SUN Records'!
TAKE THAT! Vol. 6:
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Thank you, Any excuse to feature Wendy O'Williams in a set is good enough.
ReplyDeleteI always liked this one
https://www.discogs.com/label/27413-Recommended-Records
I'm with you, Richard.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing a label design that I was unfamiliar with!
Barney Bubbles' design for the Radar Records logo is probably my favorite. Koen featured it here:
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I'm with Stinky, SUN Records rule, but I also love STIFF, RADAR, VOXX, a.o.
ReplyDeleteNote, that some labels changed a bit over the years, e.g. ISLAND had a lot of variations!
I had forgotten all about VOXX! Definitely a great design, Koen! Can any other label design boast that it contains more than SIX guitars?
DeleteVirgin Records on the first Tubular Bells. My sentimental fav is of course Parlophone singles. I just loved buying those Beatles singles on the day they came out. Six shillings and eight pence.
ReplyDeleteThat VIRGIN RECORD's logo with the virgin(s) & the (Komodo) dragon IS a classic, Lemonflag.
DeleteI, too, love the labels whose logos depended mainly on TYPOGRAPHY (like PARLOPHONE's).
Whilst this may be a one off, I was rather taken with the label for the 7" 'Lord Lucan is Missing' by The Dogems back in the day. The sleeve was clever too, incorporating the lyrics into a newspaper design
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Thanks also for shining a light on The Armitage Shanks - not just a manufacturer of toilets as it turns out
Thanks for turning me onto that one, Hal!
DeleteI will always love Armitage Shanks for their tribute to Mark E. Smith:
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I always like the Ralph Records label
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Not a label, but the 'Buy or Die' art is still a favorite.
"Buy Or Die." I appreciate clear instructions.
DeleteGood call! Lots of cool art from Ralph's in-house Pore Know Graphics, plus great stuff from folks like Gary Panter and Mark Beyer
DeleteShimmy Disc.
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