tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42963440167280734272024-02-19T05:16:19.494-06:00Alex ChiltonMark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-19640204031414406182012-09-25T17:09:00.000-05:002012-09-25T17:09:49.420-05:00Big Star - MakeoverIn Space is the fourth studio album by the American rock group Big Star,
recorded in 2004, released in 2005. It was the first new studio
recording by the band since Third/Sister Lovers, which was recorded in
1974.
"Makeover" was written by Jon Auer, Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, and Ken Stringfellow.
The album featured original Big Star members Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens, with two more Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-13102487305190933672012-08-28T18:26:00.000-05:002012-08-28T18:26:01.569-05:00Son Volt covers Holocaust"Holocaust" (written by Alex Chilton, 1974), performed by Son Volt, is available on the CD EP Straightface, and Retrospective: 1995-2000 (available as a compact disc and MP3 album), and also as an MP3 single.
Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-81886079721215548922012-07-31T16:58:00.000-05:002012-07-31T16:58:13.358-05:00Boogie Shoes"Boogie Shoes" is a popular song released in 1975 on the self-titled album KC and the Sunshine Band by the disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The song became a hit when it appeared on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. The song is still heard on radio stations today as a disco-era staple. It reached as high as number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 29 on the soul chart in 1978Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-23342984627898290432012-06-28T17:59:00.001-05:002012-06-29T12:50:42.084-05:00Nice 'n' Easy
Alex Chilton: "Nice 'n' Easy". Among Lew Spence's best-known songs was "Nice 'n' Easy", recorded by Frank Sinatra; Spence (1920-2008) wrote the melody, while Alan Bergman (born 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (born 1929) wrote the lyrics. The song was nominated for three Grammy awards in 1960.
Alex Chilton performs "Nice 'n' Easy":
"Nice 'n' Easy" is available on a vinyl EP, a single Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-78986075291178132632012-05-31T17:03:00.000-05:002012-05-31T17:03:58.410-05:00You Don't Have to Go
Alex Chilton performs "You Don't Have to Go" (Jimmy Reed) in 1995, with Ron Easley (guitar), Richard Dworkin (drums). Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. From the album A Man Called Destruction.
Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-85089054961572082282012-04-28T17:00:00.000-05:002012-04-28T17:03:42.558-05:00Stereo Total - Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vaisStereo Total's recording of "Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais" features Alex Chilton. The title translates as "I Came Here to Say I'm Going Away" or "I Just Came to Tell You That I'm Going" or "I Have Come to Tell You I'm Going". Written by Serge Gainsbourg. Recorded and released by Gainsbourg in 1973. It's on the Stereo Total album Oh Ah, available as a compact disc, an MP3 single track, orMark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-33983892024305504992012-03-29T18:12:00.005-05:002012-03-29T18:31:33.377-05:00Big Star - Baby StrangeBig Star "Baby Strange" (1974). Written by Marc Bolan. Recorded by Bolan in 1971."From Nobody Can Dance. This track recorded live at the Levitt Shell, Overton Park, Memphis Tn. in May 1974. Alex Chilton, John Lightman, and the drummer, play T-Rex' Baby Strange."Recorded in 1974.Recorded in 1973.Recorded in 1993. Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-54873788468465118402012-02-28T18:07:00.013-06:002012-02-28T18:40:24.032-06:00I Will Always Love YouAlex Chilton - "I Will Always Love You", Live On WLYX Memphis 1975:There is no officially released recording of this song performed by Alex Chilton."I Will Always Love You" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. The country track was released on 6 June 1974 as the second single from Parton's thirteenth solo studio album, Jolene (1974). Recorded on 13 June 1973, the singer Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-45019048181666079872012-01-31T15:50:00.010-06:002012-01-31T17:04:36.567-06:00Free AgainAlex Chilton performs "Free Again" #1:Alex Chilton's "Free Again: The '1970' Sessions" is available as a compact disc, as a vinyl LP, and as an MP3 download.Alex Chilton performs "Free Again" #2: Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-23994283180238969672011-12-28T14:04:00.005-06:002011-12-28T14:21:50.409-06:00A World Without Alex Chilton"A World Without Alex Chilton" from Alabama Lo-Fi's: "The Stories We Could Tell", presented in a slideshow tribute to one of the great unsung heroes of rock n roll.A World Without Alex ChiltonWords and music by Rod Warner"I wrote this the day I heard that Alex Chilton had passed. I wrote it from the point of view of some of the people he influenced who influenced me. The names in the last verse Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-76479456691051565112011-11-28T21:29:00.004-06:002011-11-28T22:15:46.885-06:00Big Star - In The Street (live 2010)"In the Street" (Alex Chilton - Chris Bell). Written circa 1971. First recorded in 1971 and released in 1972.A version of "In the Street" by Ben Vaughn was used as the theme song of That '70s Show, which was changed to a version by Cheap Trick after the first season.Big Star with John Davis (Superdrag) perform "In The Street" during the Big Star tribute concert at Levitt Shell in Memphis, TN on Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-68411745479607070082011-10-28T00:22:00.009-05:002012-10-30T15:02:29.031-05:00The Box Tops: The LetterBizarre. Low-budget. This is the sort of thing bands had to do in 1967 to publicize their music. Alex doesn't seem to care if he's there or not. He's just a kid, but has already discovered better living through chemistry, leading to his hoarse voice. The fact that this meant-to-be-disposable show was recorded, and survived, is amazing. "The Letter" is heard twice (without any attempt to mime/Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-53010740774505514582011-09-28T00:13:00.011-05:002011-09-28T01:18:46.660-05:00No SexAlex Chilton's "No Sex" can be found on these releases:This MP3 compilation includes studio and live recordings of "No Sex":The various artists MP3 compilation New Rose Live includes a live version of "No Sex":Immediately upon completing the recording of Panther Burns' Sugar Ditch Revisited in mid-1984, Chilton returned his focus to his own solo career. He stopped playing regular gigs with Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-52839558789998749182011-08-28T22:52:00.009-05:002013-06-20T08:43:58.548-05:00I Wanna Pick You Up Alex Chilton performs "I Wanna Pick You Up" (written by Dennis Wilson and Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, 1977), from the various artists album Caroline Now! The Songs Of Brian Wilson And The Beach Boys. Released in 2000. Available as a vinyl LP, compact disc, MP3 album, and MP3 single. People who bought it had this to say:
"A threesome of tracks from `The Beach Boys Love You' - `I Wanna Pick Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-22366184264165157322011-07-28T04:46:00.008-05:002011-07-28T05:33:49.808-05:00Till the End of the DayAlex Chilton "Till the End of the Day" (written by Ray Davies of The Kinks, 1965), from the 2011 Ray Davies album "See My Friends", available as a compact disc, MP3 single and MP3 album.A 1974 version by Big Star (a different recording than the one on the Ray Davies album) appeared on a release of Third/Sister Lovers, issued as a compact disc, MP3 single and MP3 album.Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-51555909411988505362011-06-28T00:18:00.006-05:002011-06-28T00:49:58.190-05:00Big Star - Hung Up With SummerBig Star -"Hung Up With Summer" (authorship credited to Jon Auer, Alex Chilton, Bill Cunningham, Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow) from In Space (released 2005, recorded 2004). Produced by Big Star with Jeff Powell, recorded and mixed by Jeff Powell at Ardent Studios Memphis, assisted by Adam Hill."Hung Up With Summer" was issued as a compact disc, compact disc with extra tracks, vinyl album, MP3 Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296344016728073427.post-46817224990371042192011-05-28T20:46:00.007-05:002011-05-28T21:37:15.576-05:00The Box Tops - I See Only SunshineThe Box Tops "I See Only Sunshine" (written by Alex Chilton) Press Music Co, Inc., BMI, 1968, 2:10, An American Group Prod., issued as a 45 rpm single on Mala Records / Bell Records 12,035. The song is currently published by Screen Gems/EMI Music Inc.In 1996 "I See Only Sunshine" was included in The Best Of The Box Tops: Soul Deep on cassette tape, compact disc, MP3 album, MP3 single, and Mark Pettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058144432479647065noreply@blogger.com1