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TWO TREMENDOUSLY OVERLOOKED TRACKS
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According to Bandcamp, as of today, May 15, 2025, I am the only person who has bought either of these two records; and it is a major pity. They are terrific, each in its own way.

More Than Words
by Extreme [Actually by Carolyn Mehta]

https://missmehta.bandcamp.com/track/more-than-words

"More Than Words" by Carolyn Mehta is a cover of a massive 1990 Extreme hit sung very prettily. The Extreme single was playing somewhere in the world 24/7 for months. While this is a cover, it differs from the original Extreme version mainly by being sung in female voices. (Even if done with overdubbing, it still features melody and harmony voices.) In one short passage, it reminds of circa-1970 Beach Boys harmony. I would not want to be without "More Than Words" by Carolyn Mehta. Five Stars for beautiful singing.
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I'm Looking Through You
from Next To You by Jenny Reynolds

https://jennyreynolds1.bandcamp.com/track/im-looking-through-you

"I'm Looking Through You" by Jenny Reynolds is not a cover but rather it is an interpretation. I remember Jenny Reynolds as a singer-songwriter in and around Boston probably in the early 2000s. This recording of a greatly neglected Beatles song shows her to have made herself into a real song stylist. Web searches seem to show that this is Reynolds' most streamed track and it ought to sell. Five Stars for artistic growth and for giving a new look to a mid-60s song. It is a wonderful match of song and singer.

: #1960smusic #1990smusic #2000smusic #bandcamp #beatles #carolynmehta #extreme #extremeband #extremetheband #imlookingthroughyou #jennyreynolds #morethanwords #music #musicfeed #musicnews #singersongwriter #thebeatles :

𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 🎶
#music #originalsong #soundcloud #spotify #musicfeed #Jazz
https://soundcloud.com/ennybtudio/house-of-secrets?si=e05c8d625c844469b9eff23bdc68a2e7&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://open.spotify.com/track/1a6NkGCt0svaSK4ENl4wBE?si=5a056191fef949f3

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 🎶
#music #originalsong #soundcloud #spotify #musicfeed #Disco #Funk #Soul
https://soundcloud.com/ennybtudio/groove-resistance?si=89f43363b77e48e6ae41b130998db429&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Ygqks4vq6wuUihqGsMqXW?si=7a25c0ae552d4db9

𝐅𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 🎶
#music #originalsong #soundcloud #spotify #musicfeed #TripHop #DarkAmbient
https://soundcloud.com/ennybtudio/fading-trace?si=e941a14895bf4cdca61a6e39d55afd46&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://open.spotify.com/track/58QeMfGluPq7m0gLeSUKN4?si=f6c734f4c1a745af

𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐕𝐢𝐛𝐞 🎶
#music #originalsong #soundcloud #spotify #musicfeed #Disco #Funk
https://soundcloud.com/ennybtudio/solovibe?si=b4b7eb6b9679494e9061b27191e275fe&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/30mO8IxGrzYhuH7LdLnDm3?si=71031c4f5ae74cca

"WEAVE ME THE SUNSHINE
OUT OF THE FALLING RAIN"
PETER YARROW, 1938-2025
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Peter Yarrow had one highly unusual distinction. All Music's pick for the best Peter Paul and Mary album wasn't a PP&M record at all. It was Yarrow's "Peter" solo album. It is like Groucho Marx winning three Emmys for the best comedy show when he was actually hosting a game show. The world has lost a wonderful silky voice, a fine songwriter, and a long-time political-activist musician. I compile various artist collections for me, family, and friends to enjoy; and several tracks from the "Peter" album are in play right now. I'll just end by adapting one of those songs.

Goodbye Peter
Goodbye old friend
Your strings are silent
The music ends.....

: #democrats #folkmusic #grouchomarx #music #musicfeed #musicnews #peterpaulandmary #peteryarrow :

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞 🎶
#music #originalsong #soundcloud #spotify #musicfeed #Electro #JazzFunk

https://soundcloud.com/ennybtudio/timeless-groove?si=440e998fb970493aa1bd0f08e7e40db4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://open.spotify.com/track/6AbtTD3wSuS2ie0QBlwHgh?si=6e4f176c8edc4c75

@Mommacran

The music collection I am compiling has tracks you should hear. The first is by Jacob's Reunion (incorrectly credited to John Coster). The Bandcamp illustration shows Yosef Oxenhandler of that band. RiP Yo.

https://johncoster.bandcamp.com/track/if-i-could-see-you-clearly

It was recorded in the barn by the diner on the road from Brattleboro to Marlboro.

The second is falsely credited to Extreme. Extreme wrote it and had the hit but this is sung very prettily by Carolyn Mehta, whose photograph illustrates this post.

https://missmehta.bandcamp.com/track/more-than-words

To me, it is beyond belief that I am the only person who has bought the Carolyn Mehta track via Bandcamp.

I'm hashtagging this message, against the possibility others may want to hear either of these two beautiful pieces. [It has become necessary to use the hashtag, #musicfeed, to get your posts picked up by the Music Feed.]

: #bandcamp #brattleboro #carolynmehta #chelseahouse #extreme #ificouldseeyouclearly #jacobsreunion #johncoster #marlborovermont #morethanwords #music #musicfeed #musicnews #yosefoxenhandler :

MUIREANN BRADLEY
"I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY"
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Muireann Bradley - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams cover) [Official Visualiser]
Muireann Bradley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Qh_0TzPefg0

Muireann Bradley's folk blues album, "I Kept These Old Blues,"

https://tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com/album/i-kept-these-old-blues

was an acoustic music sensation. As I understand it, she learned to play the blues from her father's records. Here she shows some more range. Elvis Presley said this is the saddest song he ever heard but it seems to me you'll be happy to hear Muireann Bradley sing "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."

[Note: For some reason it is necessary right now to add the hashtag, #musicfeed, for your music posts to go out to the Music Feed.]

: #acousticblues #acousticmusic #bandcamp #blues #countryblues #elvispresley #folkblues #hankwilliams #muireannbradley #music #musicfeed #musicnews #singersongwriter :

MICK DURANTE MAY HAVE INVENTED THIS GUITAR-PICKING STYLE
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9d2Kn6DRqQI

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

#brattleboro #guilfordvermont #guitar #guitarist #guitarists #mickdurante #music #musicfeed #musicnews #singersongwriter

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DAVID MALLETT
"VITAL SIGNS"
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Evidently "Vital Signs" is the David Mallett fan favorite. It starts strongly with "Midnight Madness" and ends with "Highways," which, according to an apparently knowing Amazon customer comment, was often a very big number in concerts. Side One's "April" and the title track are spoken of favorably by Mallett's followers. The first side ends with one of Mallett's best known songs, "Red Red Rose," which was covered to perfection by Emmylou Harris. It is surprising how many covers and interpretations of David Mallett songs closely follow the original arrangements. This may be seen as a testimonial to the production.

"Vital Signs" is notable for the team effort - from piano to drums - of the players, with each contributing catchy riffs.

"Vital Signs" is something like David Mallett's forbidden fruit album. It has never been reissued; and, as far as I am aware, it does not stream. (Some re-recordings do.) A track that once was posted to YouTube has been removed. Evidently the label, Flying Fish Records, made a mistake on the cover which is mirrored on the LPs label, crediting all words and music to Mallett. Judging by the publisher credits, the first song on the second side, "(Coming Apart) At the Seams," appears to be an exception. Evidently pianist Chris Neville claims a co-writer credit. The album got locked up by a lawsuit. Vinyl LPs and at least one cassette can be had online and, one would imagine, in used record stores.

Following popular concert attractions "Good Times" and "These Times," the album ends with Mallett's re-recording of "Highways," which first came out on the live "Hard Light" album. Mallett's singing here on "Highways" is so different that it ought to be considered as a rearrangement.

Jim Rooney did his usual excellent job with this production. David Mallett's home, Sebec, Maine, shares a town line with my old hometown, Milo. For me, then, it is more than a little ironic that Jim Rooney got his start performing on Boston's WCOP Hayloft Jamboree for Nelson Bragg, "The Merry Mayor of Milo, Maine."

A clean burn of the vinyl LP keeps me happily listening. Anyone who has read this far may want to hunt up a copy of the vinyl album. If you are a devoted singer-songwriter fan, chances are good that you have a friend who has burned it. A reissue would have been ideal but ways still exist to enjoy what may very well have been David Mallett's most popular record release, "Vital Signs."

Here are two of the best covers of David Mallett songs:

Summer Of My Dreams
Kathy Mattea - Topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzFUG4zQWGU

Red Red Rose
EmmyLouharris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmL0QSPJhTo

And one by David Mallett:

David Mallet - Summer Of My Dreams
from Live At The Iron Horse Vol. 1 by Signature Sounds Recording Inc.

https://signaturesounds.bandcamp.com/track/summer-of-my-dreams

Music Museum of New England (MMone) Jim Rooney article

https://www.mmone.org/jim-rooney/

#april #bostonmusic #chrisneville #comingapartattheseams #davemallett #davidmallett #emmylouharris #flyingfish #flyingfishrecords #goodtimes #hardlight #hayloftjamboree #highways #jimrooney #kathymattea #mainemusic #merrymayorofmilomaine #midnightmadness #mmone #music #musicfeed #musicmuseumofnewengland #musicnews #nelsonbragg #nemsbk #newenglandmusic #redredrose #sebec #sebecmaine #singersongwriter #summerofmydreams #thesetimes #vitalsigns #wcop #wcophayloftjamboree