A Postcard from the Day
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A Postcard from the Day is the second live album from Washington, D.C.
's Slickee Boys
, and their most recent release (Dacoit Records, catalog #2006-1). The album, compiled by guitarist Marshall Keith, collects recordings from 1980–1982, taken from shows in Maryland
, Virginia
, D.C., and New York City
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
's Slickee Boys
The Slickee Boys
The Slickee Boys were a Washington, D.C. area punk-psychedelic-garage rock band whose most-remembered lineup consisted of guitarist Marshall Keith, guitarist Kim Kane, singer Mark Noone, and drummer Dan Palenski. The band has become a legend in the D.C. punk community...
, and their most recent release (Dacoit Records, catalog #2006-1). The album, compiled by guitarist Marshall Keith, collects recordings from 1980–1982, taken from shows in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, D.C., and New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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Track listing
- "Life of the Party" – 3:48 (Mark Noone)
- "Cinderella" – 2:23 (Gerry Roslie)
- Originally recorded by The SonicsThe SonicsThe Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, originating from the early and mid-1960s. Among The Sonics' contemporaries were The Kingsmen, The Wailers, The Dynamics, The Regents, and Paul Revere & the Raiders...
,
- Originally recorded by The Sonics
- "Porcelain Butter Kitten" – 2:41 (Kim Kane)
- "Can't Believe" – 3:46 (Marshall Keith, Noone)
- "Disconnected" – 2:45 (Noone, J. Charney)
- "Goin' All the Way/GlendoraGlendora (song)"Glendora" is a popular song written by Ray Stanley and published in 1956. It was recorded on May 8, 1956 by Perry Como. It was released by RCA Victor in the United States and by RCA in France ; it was released in the United Kingdom by HMV .The song deals with a man's unusual attraction to...
" – 4:09 (Mike Bouyea/Ray Stanley)- "Goin' All the Way" originally recorded by The Squires, 1966
- "Glendora" originally recorded by Perry ComoPerry ComoPierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...
, 1956; also recorded by the Downliners SectDownliners SectThe Downliners Sect were a British rhythm and blues band of the beat boom era, formed in 1963 when the existing Downliners band split up.Stylistically, they were similar to The Yardbirds, The Pretty Things and the Rolling Stones, playing basic R&B on their first album The Sect...
, 1966
- "Jailbait Janet" – 2:15 (Kenne Highland)
- Originally recorded by The Afrika Korps, 1977
- "Henry VIIII'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" is a 1910 British music hall song by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston...
" – 1:52 (Fred Murray, Robert WestonR. P. WestonRobert Patrick Weston was an English songwriter. He was born and died in London. Among other songs, he co-authored , "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm", a macabre little ditty about the ghost of Anne Boleyn haunting the Tower of London, seeking revenge on Henry VIII for having her...
)- Popular recording by Herman's HermitsHerman's HermitsHerman's Hermits are an English beat band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...
, 1965
- Popular recording by Herman's Hermits
- "Hiccupped to Hell" – 2:13 (Ersel Wank)
- Originally by the Wanktones
- "Ain't Gettin' Any" – 3:27 (Robert Hudson, John Ford)
- Originally recorded by The Monks
- "Louise/Control" – 4:27 (Jesse Lee Kincaid/Howard Weulfing)
- "Louise" originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966
- "Stepping Stone(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" Steppin' Stone" is a rock song by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. It was first recorded by Paul Revere & the Raiders and appeared on their 1966 album Midnight Ride....
" – 3:39 (Tommy Boyce, Bobby HartBoyce and HartTommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were a prolific songwriting duo, best known for the songs they wrote for The Monkees.-Early years:Hart's father was a church minister and he himself served in the Army after leaving high school, Upon discharge,...
)- Originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966; also recorded by The MonkeesThe MonkeesThe Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...
, 1966
- Originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966; also recorded by The Monkees
- "Mean Screen" – 2:16 (Scott Duhamel, Eddie Flowers, Highland)
- Originally recorded by The GizmosThe GizmosGizmos were a proto-punk band that formed in Bloomington, Indiana in 1975. Both leading members, Eddie Flowers andRich Coffee would move to Los Angeles in the late 1970s and becomeactive in the post-punk, underground rock scene there...
, 1976
- Originally recorded by The Gizmos
- "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite" – 1:40 (Jeremy SpencerJeremy SpencerJeremy Cedric Spencer , is a British musician, best known as one of the first guitarists in Fleetwood Mac.Spencer was born in Hartlepool, County Durham. He grew up in South London and was educated at Strand School, where he became known for hilarious impressions of the headmaster and several of his...
)- Originally recorded by Fleetwood MacFleetwood MacFleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
(as Earl Vince and The Valiants), 1969; also recorded by The RezillosThe RezillosThe Rezillos are a punk/new wave band, who formed in Edinburgh in 1976 and still play gigs around the world in a re-formed line-up. Although frequently aligned with the punk movement, the Rezillos' irreverent glam rock image and affection for campy girl-group iconography, set them distinctly apart...
, 1978
- Originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac
- "Pictures of Matchstick MenPictures of Matchstick Men"Pictures of Matchstick Men" is the first hit single by Status Quo, released in November 1967. It reached number seven in the British charts, number eight in Canada, and number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their only hit single in the United States...
" – 2:38 (Francis RossiFrancis RossiFrancis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE is a British musician best known for being a co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, in which he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar.- Career :...
)- Originally recorded by the Status Quo, 1968
- "A Question of Temperature" – 3:29 (Mike AppelMike AppelMike Appel is an American music industry manager and record producer, most known for his role in both capacities early in the career of Bruce Springsteen....
, Ed Schnug, Don Henny)- Originally recorded by The Balloon FarmThe Balloon FarmThe Balloon Farm, a musical act from New Jersey, took its name from a New York City nightclub. It is best known for its sole hit song, "A Question of Temperature," which made the Billboard charts in February 1968, peaking in the top 40....
, 1967
- Originally recorded by The Balloon Farm
- "Riddles and Fairytales" – 2:17 (Tony Camp, Brian Cooke)
- Originally recorded by Bohemian Vendetta, 1968
- "Reverse Psychiatry" – 3:34 (Keith, Noone, Emery Olexa)
- "The Crawling Hand" – 2:45 (Keith)
- "Nagasaki Neuter" – 3:11 (Kane, Keith)
- "Weasel" (WHFSWHFSWHFS was the call sign for three different FM stations in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Maryland markets on various frequencies for nearly 50 years. The first and longest run was a progressive rock station and was usually, and affectionately, referred to as 'HFS...
commercial) – :26 - "When We Were Kids" – 2:54 (Noone)
- "Gotta Tell Me Why" – 4:35 (Noone)
- "Here to Stay" – 3:49 (Noone)
The band
- Kim Kane — Rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
- Marshall Keith — Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Mark Noone — Lead vocals
- Dan Palenski — DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Additional credits
- John Hansen — Stage dude
- Tom Shea — Stage dude, cover photo, collage of photos
- Marshall Keith — CD design
- Cathy Gatlin — Collage of photos
- Carol Albert — Slickette
- Kathleen Sheedy — Slickette
- "Thanks for setting the spark on this project: Jim Moon; for cassettes: Robbie White, Tom Shea, Kay Pauley; for carting us all over the East CoastEast Coast of the United StatesThe East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
: Tom Shea, Allen Atkinson; for paving the way: Razz; for keeping us going all those years: our great fans" - Recorded at:
- The Psychedelly, BethesdaBethesda, MarylandBethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...
, Maryland ("Goin' All the Way/Glendora", "Stepping Stone", "Mean Screen", "Reverse Psychiatry", "When We Were Kids") - The Elbow Room, HarrisonburgHarrisonburg, VirginiaHarrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...
, Virginia ("Disconnected", "Riddles and Fairytales", "Gotta Tell Me Why", "Here to Stay") - Desperados, GeorgetownGeorgetown, Washington, D.C.Georgetown is a neighborhood located in northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River. Founded in 1751, the port of Georgetown predated the establishment of the federal district and the City of Washington by 40 years...
, Washington, D.C. ("Life of the Party", "The Crawling Hand") - The Cellar DoorThe Cellar DoorThe Cellar Door was a music club at 34th and M Street NW in Washington, D.C. from 1965 through 1981. It emerged from The Shadows, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. It was one of the premier music spots in Washington and was the genesis as well as a tryout for larger markets...
, Georgetown ("Cinderella", "Porcelain Butter Kitten", "Can't Believe", "Hiccupped to Hell", "Ain't Gettin' Any", "Louise/Control") - The BayouThe BayouThe Bayou nightclub of Georgetown, Washington, D.C., was a rock, blues, pop, and reggae club.In the late '90s, the Bayou was owned by Dave Williams , who was also responsible for putting on the concerts at DAR Constitution Hall and the Capital Centre...
, Georgetown ("Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite", "Pictures of Matchstick Men", "A Question of Temperature") - Columbia Station, Adams MorganAdams MorganAdams Morgan is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., centered at the intersection of 18th Street and Columbia Road. Adams Morgan is considered the center of Washington's Hispanic immigrant community, and is a major night life area with many bars and restaurants,...
, Washington, D.C. ("Nagasaki Neuter") - CBGBCBGBCBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands like Ramones, Misfits, Television, the...
, New York City ("Jailbait Janet", "Henry VIII")
- The Psychedelly, Bethesda