Sunday, April 21, 2019

Various Artists - "Copy Cats, The Originals" (WAIL TAPE 03)

Johnny was a very cool person. Even as a kid. He knew his shit about how to get dressed to kill and of course he knew where's a cool song when he heard one. From the New York Dolls days to the Heartbreakers and the later solo period, his mind about music was always on the right track, chemistry couldn't kill this. A steady diet of Rhythm and Blues, Rock & Roll (even Surf) was always there. That's why Johnny was such a cool motherfucker throughout his sort passage on this world. He wasn't a cool cat, he was born a real cool cat.
The "COPY CATS" LP with long time friend, Patti Palladin was perhaps the last cool thing he'd done. A set of "oldies" toons (hahaha, I hate the term, fuck it, this is the devil's music man), when most of them were totally forgotten and "uncool". He was a revivalist in its purest term. Not unlike what the Chesterfield Kings did back then or the Tell Tale Hearts, but instead for the Nuggets comps and the USA garage teens' 45s, Johnny and Patti look on the basis of rock & roll music (OK, they have gone for Sky Saxon and The Seeds but no "Pushing Too Hard" here, sorry folks). They picked on Elvis for instance, but they were so ahead of their time to chose not a Sun Records song or a hit but a forgotten piece of motherfuckerness from a movie, man!!! I mean, who else did that except maybe for the Cramps? They chose the King of the New Yawk streets, Dion. They could have chose a well known Little Richard or a Chuck Berry hit or even a more smart ass one but fuck no, they went for Screaming Jay Hawkins' voodoo shit or The Chamber Brothers!!! Anyway, I guess you get what I'm trying to say, right? So here's the easy way to hear them originals all gathered up for you listening pleasure.

Till next time, faithfully yours

Mihaleez


20 comments:

  1. 320
    https://www35.zippyshare.com/v/WeBsQViZ/file.html

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    1. Hi Mihaleez.
      I love Johnny & Patti's Copy Cats.
      I have it on vinyl and cd.
      If love to hear the originals.
      The links dead here.
      Can you help.
      Cheers.
      M ����

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    2. Hi Mihaleez. I'm dying to hear the original versions of JT &PP 's Copy Cats. I love that album. Apart from a couple I've only ever heard the cover versions.
      Zippyshare won't work at all for me anymore. i used to get everything in seconds from it but not now.
      IT WOULD BE MOST APRECIATED IF YOU COULD GIVE ME ANOTHER LIK IF POSSIBLE? CHEERS,. MARTIN

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  2. Fuck yes! Thanks for still doing this! Love your comps, among the very best!

    Cheers,
    MLP (Martin Luther Presley)

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  3. Great idea to remind us the taste of Patti and Johnny. Both were Americans with similar culture. The result is one of the best record of Johnny. I know many people will go against but it's true when this record was out, johnny was down. Later every thing start again for him with new band and tour.

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  4. NICE...always dug the JT/PP set and there were a couple on that I can't remember ever hearing...at least till now...very cool site...thanks for all the great stuff

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  5. haha if he was cool then i'm handsome!

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  6. An excellent idea for a compilation and a good listen. It's like having Johnny for a DJ!

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  7. I bought Copy Cats on vinyl when it first came out and I was still in my teens, and then bought it on CD many years later! I still regularly play tracks from it when I DJ. Timelessly cool!

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  8. Hey Mihaleez! Good to hear from you. Johnny was a coooollll cat and I really miss him. Thanks for the music & see ya

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  9. tragically cool................thanks

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  10. this link doesn't work

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  11. Wow! Thanks! - Stinky

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  13. Hi can you reupload links about the excellents compilations of your blog. Thank you !
    Best regards

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