STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - THE MUSIC PEOPLE - VARIOUS ARTISTS

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today our record(s) of choice is this three disc compilation, The Music People People. The LP was released in 1971 on the Columbia label and features deep cuts from several blues rock, country rock, jazz fusion,  psychedelic and folk acts of the day. There were several songs and acts I had never heard of before. One such act is Jimmie Spheeris. He was a jazz rock musician who was born in Phenix City, Alabama on November 5, 1949 to parents Janita 'Gypsy' and Andrew Spheeris, who owned and operated a traveling carnival called the Majick Empire. His Father was murdered by  an "belligerent carnival-goer," and his Mother moved him, his Sisters Penelope and Linda, and a brother, Andy to New York. There he met and became friends with Richie Havens who introduced him to Clive Davis and Columbia Records, Jimmie recorded 4 albums for the label before his life was tragically cut short due to a motorcycle accident on July 4, 1984, He was 34. Hours before his death he had finished recording his fifth studio album, Spheeris, and that album finally saw the light of day 16 years later. On that album there is a song entitled, "You Must Be Laughing Somewhere". The tune is based upon the life of another of Spheeris' friends, author  John Kennedy Toole, who is best known for his Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning novel, A Confederacy of Dunces. Years ago I was watching an episode of Smallville where actress Kristin Kreuk, who plays Lana Lang is reading a book given to her as a Birthday gift by her boyfriend Whitney. That book is A Confederacy of Dunces. Years later I spotted it at an estate sale and bought it for next to nothing. I haven't read it yet bought have fantasized if I ever meet Kristin Kreuk at a comic con type event, I'd get her to sign the book.

A1 Johnny Winter And– Jumpin' Jack Flash
Written-By – M. Jagger-K. Richards
4:26
A2 Sweathog– Hallelujah
Written-By – G. Zekley*, M. Bottler, R. Twain
2:58
A3 Ten Years After– Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N Roll You
Written-By – A. Lee*
2:00
A4 Blue Oyster Cult– I'm On The Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep
Written-By – A. Bouchard, E. Bloom, S. Pearlman
3:09
A5 Bell + Arc– High Priest Of Memphis
Written-By – G. Bell
3:26
A6 Jeff Beck Group– Situation
Written-By – Jeff Beck
2:47
A7 R.E.O. Speedwagon– 157 Riverside Avenue
Written-By – R.E.O. Speedwagon
3:20

B1 Bob Dylan– The Grand Coulee Dam
Written-By – W. Guthrie
3:00
B2 Barry Mann– Too Many Mondays
Written-By – B. Mann - C. Weil
3:55
B3 Jake Holmes– Silence
Written-By – J. Holmes
2:28
B4 Colin Blunstone– She Loves The Way They Love Her
Written-By – C. White, R. Argent
2:49
B5 Jimmie Spheeris– The Nest
Written-By – J. Spheeris
4:00
B6 Pamela Polland– Abalone Dream
Written-By – P. Polland
3:58

C1 Blood, Sweat & Tears– Go Down Gamblin'
Written-By – D. Clayton - Thomas
4:14
C2 Dreams – Calico
Written-By – D. Lubahn, J. Kent
3:19
C3 Chase – So Many People
Written-By – P. Williams, R. Nichols
2:42
C4 Wayne Cochran & The C. C. Riders– Sleepless Nights
Written-By – C. Brent, Jr., W. Cochran
3:16
C5 Boz Scaggs & Band– Monkey Time
Written-By – W.R. Scaggs, C. Arrowsmith
C6 David Clayton-Thomas– Magnificent Sanctuary Band
Written-By – D. Burnette
3:30
C7 Edgar Winter's White Trash– Cool Fool
Written-By – E. Winter
3:02

D1 Poco – Hoe Down
Written-By – R. Furay, R. Young
2:05
D2 New Riders Of The Purple Sage– Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)
Written-By – C. Mangiaracina, G. Pitney
2:58
D3 The Byrds– Bugler
Written-By – L. Murray
3:07
D4 Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina– To Make A Woman Feel Wanted
Written-By – J. Messina - K. Loggins
2:45
D5 Kris Kristofferson– Little Girl Lost
Written-By – K. Kristofferson
3:08
D6 Taj Mahal– Stealin'
Adapted By, Arranged By – Taj Mahal
7:00

E1 The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin– Dawn
Written-By – John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu*
5:15
E2 Fields – While The Sun Still Shines
Written-By – A. Barry
2:04
E3 Santana– Para Los Rumberos
Written-By – T. Puente
2:44
E4 Spirit – Chelea Girls
Written-By – A. Staehely
3:27
E5 It's A Beautiful Day– No Word For Glad
Written-By – R. Taylor
3:05
E6 Compost – Country Song
Written-By – J. DeJohnette, J. Gregg
2:31
E7 Blue Rose (3)– My Impersonal Life
Written-By – T. Furlong
3:29

F1 Mylon– Holy Smoke Doo Dah Band
Written-By – Surrell, Le Fevre
4:07
F2 Redbone– The Sun Never Shines On The Lonely
Written-By – L. Vegas
2:32
F3 Grin– White Lies
Written-By – N. Lofgren
3:26
F4 Doctor Hook And The Medicine Show– I Call That True Love
Written-By – S. Silverstein
2:59
F5 Genya Ravan– What Kind Of Man Are You
Written-By – R. Charles
3:26
F6 The Chambers Brothers– Celebration Of Life
Written-By – J. Chambers
3:25
F7 Grootna– I'm Funky
Written-By – Chance, de Lone, O'Hara
5:29