SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 60

In which Ginger Baldy revisits the Graham Gouldman songbook.   1.   Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps 2.   Sweet Gene Vincent - Ian Dury 3.   Styrofoam - The Tyla Gang 4.   Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello 5.   I’m Sorry - The Fabulous Thunderbirds 6.   I’m Sorry - Los Lobos 7.   Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood 8.   Willie And The Hand Jive - The Johnny Otis Show     (This month’s earworm) 9.   Make Me Your Baby - Barbara Lewis 10. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney     (This month’s death song) 11. Soul On Fire - LaVerne Baker 12. No Milk Today - Graham Gouldman 13. You Stole My Love - The Mockingbirds 14. This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis And The Playboys 15. I Wonder - The Gants 16. Going All The Way - The Squires   Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles    No milk today, my love has gone away The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn. Track 12  - Graham Gouldman Check out the full lyrics here: https://genius.com/Hermans-hermits-no-milk-today-lyrics Graham Gouldman’s comprehensive and informative web site is here: https://www.grahamgouldman.info/   Elvis Costello’s lyrics for the original “Oswald Mosely” version of Less Than Zero are here: https://genius.com/Elvis-costello-less-than-zero-lyrics Lyrics for the Lee Harvey Oswald version, (Dallas version) is here: https://genius.com/Elvis-costello-less-than-zero-dallas-version-live-lyrics   If you didn’t already, then check out JD McPherson’s new album, Nite Owls at: https://www.jdmcpherson.com/ The above site also provides The 2025 Tour dates. Small Town Talk will be JD’s gig at London’s Garage on June 20th   I wouldn’t mind winning this one myself!  - Go to Johnny Corsair’s website. The prize - a brand new Ace Records compilation, “Hit & Run - More Motown Guys Rare and unreleased tracks. https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/ The brilliant Ace records:  Small Town Talk plays a track from an Ace album every month. Their site is much more than just an online record shop. Go and see: https://www.acerecords.co.uk/ Episode 59 illustration: Graham Gouldman, composer extraordinaire, the real meaning of influencer.