MORNING DEW

Written by 21-year old Canadian folkie Bonnie Dobson in 1962, "Morning Dew" was apparently inspired by the film version of Nevil Shute's apocalypse drama "On The Beach." Fred Neil released an appropriately austere version in 1964, followed by Tim Rose's drastic psych-rock/blue-eyed soul arrangment in 1966. From there, "Morning Dew" became kind of rock standard, with versions submitted by everyone from Lee Hazelwood to the Grateful Dead to Nazareth and Devo

Bonnie Dobson's 1962 original:



Fred Neil and Vince Martin:



Tim Rose's definitive 1966 version:



Lee Hazelwood:



Devo:

SHE OWNS THIS

From the T.A.M.I. Show, ca. 1964.

MISSISSIPPI RECORDS: FIHAVANA

Recorded by Charlie Brooks in the late 1990's and pressed in a 3-LP edition of 200. Apparently, he kept them under his bed until a chance meeting with the Mississippi Records guys, who agreed to distribute 160 copies for Record Store Day. Mississippi plans to press a single-LP version of this release; it should be available from our friend Adam next week.

Sides 1 and 2. Vocals
Sides 3, 4, 5, and 6. Marovany, Misc. Instrumentals

THE FLYING LIZARDS

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LOOK AT EVERYBODY'S FACES

From the 1994 film Wildwood, N.J.

MASHUP

FEELS LIKE SUMMER

ED ASKEW

Our friends at Monsters & Dust posted this mysterious Ed Askew song a while back. Little is known about Askew; he's from Connecticut, bummed around the NY folk scene in the late 60's, played a 10-string Martin tiple, and recorded two LPs for the legendary ESP-Disk label (only one of which saw proper release). Anyway, here's the song. If anyone out there's got any info (the title would be a great place to start), we'd love to have it.


Download it here.