SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 55

In which Ginger Baldy’s mates, Keith and Matt rescue Small Town Talk’s studio after the storm.   1.   Cavern Stomp - The Big Three 2.   Some Other Guy - Richie Barrett 3.   Don’t Turn Around - The Merseybeats 4.   Blue Girl - The Bruisers   (This month’s death song) 5.   Sorrow - The Merseys 6.   Everything’s Alright - The Mojos 7.   Maybe - The Chantels 8.   Come Softly To Me - Richard Barrett with The Chantels 9.   Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas  (This month’s earworm) 10. Slow Down (You’ve Got A Friend) - Hal 11. Poor Boy - The Fabulous Thunderbirds 12. Poor Boy - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 13. Sleeping Pills - Nick Waterhouse 14. Take Your Love And Run - Barbara Lynn 15. She’s A Heartbreaker - Gene Pitney 16. Dixie Women -The Newports   Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles   This month, just two lines from Hal’s ‘Slow Down (You’ve Got A Friend)’ You're not alone We're right by your side Hal (2004)   Point of interest: The Chantels were the third US girl group to achieve nationwide success following the Teen Queens and the Bobbettes. Into the charts   If you haven’t already, then check out JD McPherson’s  new album, Nite Owls at: https://www.jdmcpherson.com/   Johnny Corsair is giving away a great prize this month, a brand new Ace CD., ‘Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney’.  Listen in to Bright Lights Big City and win that album. https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/   This month, ten of the sixteen tracks on Small Town Talk can be found on our favourite record label, ACE Records. I don’t have it, simply because most of the tracks exist as singles in our vaults, but check out Ace's “Bowie Heard Them Here First”  It’s a great piece of research and feat of licensing to get all these tracks compiled: https://www.acerecords.co.uk/bowie-heard-them-here-first - and then check out the rest of Ace's catalogue.   Any comments, queries about Small Town Talk's podcast can be fired off to: [email protected]   Episode 55 Illustration:  What friends are for - Jim Dandy (and Matt) to the Rescue.