"The Witch Queen of New Orleans" by Redbone

Rachel Update 23-Aug-2018: I scanned in my notes of what songs were on the cassettes today so I added the one for "Best of All #7":

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my posts on March 1st and May 20th).


This is the 7th song on Side B of my "Favorites" cassette #7.

YouTube (45 RPM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sql_wzSfBxY
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHEuSGGmX-c
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvDCYblqZzE

"Rock and Roll (Part 1 & 2)" by Gary Glitter

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my posts on March 1st and May 20th).

This is the 6th song on Side B of my "Favorites" cassette #7.  I always thought it was cool that the two parts of this song were on the two sides of the 45 RPM single.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpAYBsWcLuM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OJ01psE6wc
YouTube (45 RPM - Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeMvhuf9058
YouTube (45 RPM - Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owQYc88I6F0

"Mind Games" by John Lennon

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my posts on March 1st and May 20th).

This is the 5th song on Side B of my "Favorites" cassette #7.


YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dHUfy_YBps
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0Jk7Li-ao
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnM66YKHYec
YouTube (remastered): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQdPYiES8Io

"Get that Gasoline Blues" by NRBQ

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post on March 1st and May 20th).

The 3rd song on Side B of my "Favorites" cassette #7 is "Give It to Me" by the J. Giles Band.  But I'm not really feeling it as a "favorite".

This is the 4th song and I love it.  I found the 45 of it a couple of years ago and I get a real kick out of it!  I love the "95 cents a gallon" as a bad thing!  Haha, when we got to $4 a gallon a few years ago (2008) LOL!

I certainly hope we get away from carbon fuels as soon as possible!

The "Topic" version is definitely a different recording than my 45.  The first video is very similar, just longer.  Probably the album version.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb4ZWccudEM
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVz4STmEBo0
YouTube (live 1979): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrLu7e6tAw0

"Incense And Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post on March 1st and May 20th).

This is the second song on Side B of my "Favorites" cassette #7.

This is such a blast from the past!  Turn on, tune in...

YouTube (Topic-Mono): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2NLn4r1IqI
YouTube (Topic-Stereo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLXuBEMgtyo
YouTube (45 RPM-Mono):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7p4BcFNJc
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RghL1rViX34
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOk2T6Uweao
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rw1_FNdy-Y
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhYLz63csS0
YouTube (dancer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhaWvavjy8

Watching that dancer in the last video, now I SO want a dress from the 60's!!  I'll have to stop in Decades , I'll bet I can find something there.  :)

"In a Broken Dream" by Python Lee Jackson

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post on March 1st and May 20th).

This is the first song on Side B of my "Favorites" cassette #7.  I can't believe I have never posted this wonderful song until now (and since I'm writing this post in February of 2017 that's a long time to not have have posted it.

Anyway this song featured Rod Stewart on vocal.

YouTube (art): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUEzrQBSeo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZEHenH-KFM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vssge0VvjiM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcLlq_DXpY8
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK1OSN8QZ5Q

"Let It Rain" by Eric Clapton

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post on March 1st and May 20th).


Track 9 on my "Favorites" cassette #7 was "Jim Dandy" by Black Oak Arkansas, but I'm not feeling it right now so I'm going to skip it for the purposes of this blog.

This is track 10 on the cassette and the last song on Side A (it's only a 60 minute cassette or as it was called a C-60):

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMxZI-o1N5s
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi3WxjnjJ80
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y86kDFaJ2h4
YouTube (Vinyl): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M15y9NL3ANQ
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdqr8Z1ID8o

"Long Lonesome Highway" by Michael Parks

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post on March 1st and May 20th).

Track #7 on my "Favorites" cassette #7 is "I Can See Clearly Now" by  Johnny Nash, which I have now posted to my new blog on on 28-Aug-2016.  This is track #8.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYKQ3fwNb0c
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBuEUwHtbJc
YouTube (45 RPM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oLuIuQ6U4A

"Got to Be There" by The Jackson 5

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post on March 1st and May 20th).

This song is track #6 on my "Favorites" cassette #7.  It is so weird to think how much has changed since this song came out.  I still have the 45 RPM single.  The whole Michael Jackson saga, so SAD!!

Every time I think about how different I was then, I had no idea I was a girl then.  It is so clear now, that I was always a girl.  Freaky that many of the other kids recognized I was a girl but I didn't.  But I've talked about that a lot in  my post-transition blog, so I won't reiterate it here.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=270Fr-B4ad0
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTxvWW667Mg
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoXF_AxlrwU
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1ODaEq9n3Y

"Groovy Situation" by Gene Chandler

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post on March 1st and May 20th).

This song is track #5 on my "Favorites" cassette #7.  So funny that now I'm "that girl".  I so love being a girl/woman, it is absolutely the best thing that ever happened to me.

I had completely forgotten about the "That Girl" TV show, which Wikipedia states "was one of the first sitcoms to focus on a single woman who was not a domestic or living with her parents.  Some consider this show the forerunner of the highly successful The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and an early indication of the changing roles of American women in feminist-era America.".

As I'm writing this post on 28-Jan-2017, Mary Tyler Moore just passed away a few days ago.  She was an amazing woman!

I still have that Mercury 45 RPM single.  The "lyrics" video is a different version, I'm guessing a re-recording.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFOnZAzjeoU
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GOEuYBpp0c
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ClzpmDMTo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va0kV0nKFhE
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkGvYMED78E
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLb4j8rAZdc  
YouTube (TV Show): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMcOJpARVgg
YouTube (45 RPM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lWVrhARzZw
YouTube (45 RPM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEA5oN0P6go
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4olR_CAzVUo
YouTube (live 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-8M7t3pci4

"Brand New Key" by Melanie Safka

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post on March 1st and yesterday).

This song is track #4 on my "Favorites" cassette #7.

And the fact is "I've done alright for a girl!"  LOL!

The 8MM video, filmed by Nancy Walterscheid as a class project in the 70's, is AWESOME!  I love it!!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQOWQeLKxZQ
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5LzOlNZPCc
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FPn5noN_qs
YouTube(8mm): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02DgHeGdyI

"Family Affair" by Sly & the Family Stone

I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post on March 1st).

My "Favorites" cassette #7 starts off with "Doctor My Eyes" by Jackson Browne, which I posted on 29-Dec-2011.  Track #2 is "Garden Party" by Rick Nelson which is now posted on 30-Sep-2014 when I was starting to present female.   And, finally, Track #3 is this song...

YouTube (Vevo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xag5RKD0VHk
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVk4r1-dfA4
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdiRhzTsSnk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lNkRAZ5zSU
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4pWbwWOhGg
YouTube (Disco): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbT_ask1Cco
YouTube (Live TV 1972): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNQpYz1ztx8
YouTube (Live 2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-sonJId90Y
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB71dEpvRnc

"Big City Miss Ruth Ann" by Gallery

Rachel Update 23-Aug-2017: I scanned in some of the notes I took about what is on my old "Best of All" cassette tapes.  Here is the one where I listed the tracks on cassette #6:

I'm actually posting this on 17-Dec-2016.  I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my posts from March 1st and May 3rd).

Track 8 of my "favorites" cassette #6 is "Do You Know What I Mean?" by Lee Michaels which I posted on 12-May-2012 and this is track 9, the last song on side 2.

I kinda feel like they are dissing Big City Miss Ruth Ann.  But I say "Be exactly what you wanna, man".  I am so much happier being Rachel and I do love wearing those fine clothes, LOL!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tczK1GkMRv0
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC1mJC9gPEE
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_VX-rmRvnw
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ4RpedOtgM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT98B-IOSRY

"California Kid And Reemo" by Lobo

I'm actually posting this on 17-Dec-2016.  I'm filling in my old blog using songs from my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my posts from March 1st and May 3rd). This is track 7 from side 2 of cassette #6.

I was looking back to my posts to see what other Lobo songs I've posted and found my post from the 25th of March where I had skipped over another Lobo song: "A Simple Man".  I listened to the song again and it I like the song and some of the lyrics resonate with me.  For example: "Why do we open our mouth, ah stick a foot in".

I thought about posting it to Rachel's Vital Music blog, but posting "A Simple Man" feels weird knowing that I'm a woman.  Anyway, I love this song and I really love the "scenic" video.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYEMPQpPaDw
YouTube (scenic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZvwR2Q4HpU

"The '68 Nixon (This Years Model)" by Denver, Boise & Johnson

This is a hilarious track I found on the "Hard Goods" Warner/Reprise Loss Leader album (see Wednesday's post).

Rachel update 17-Dec-2016: I just discovered that the "Denver" in the artist name is John Denver.  Too Funny!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLs8QwKTAZY
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X25sFcSBxU
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCLv216QDmY

"Another Cruel Love" by The Marshall Tucker Band

Another delightful song from the Warner/Reprise Loss Leader "Hard Goods" album (see yesterday's post).

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9z3M_N4xF0
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYYVoqnfjVY
YouTube (live audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hszhlv0Zo1Y

"Strutter" by Kiss

Listening to all my old cassettes reminded me of the Warner/Reprise Loss Leader albums and a lot of the great songs I discovered on them.  This is probably my favorite Kiss song, I found on the "Hard Goods" album.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX7ChH77B0o
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBY7a2x3A08
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbiFkS4XwG8
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJLITmw642Q
YouTube (live 1975): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxGHYdUBHiM
YouTube (live 2012); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q4RCnf1BmM

"Are You Man Enough?" by The Four Tops

This is track 6 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassette #6 (see my posts from March 1st and May 3rd).

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaxsHyyIzY
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9W0tGIXBfA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0lq_lxThP0

"Come Together" by The Beatles

Back on April 10th I posted a delightful instrumental version of this song, but I realized today that I haven't posted the original version.  So I'm going to correct that omission now.

Years ago I heard somewhere that each verse of this song was about one of the Beatles.  Other that the verse with "Ono sidecar", I've never been able to figure out which verse was about which Beatle.  I wonder if there is anything on Wikipedia...  Damn!  In looking at the Wikipedia disambiguation page it doesn't appear that, as of now (16-Oct-2015), no one appears to have created a "Come Together" page for The Beatles song.  There are several other songs with the same title, but different artists.  Oh well...

I disagree with one of the lines they have in the lyrics, I'm pretty sure he sings "Hold you in his arms 'til you can feel his disease".

YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEo9Bh679wM
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_k-yqfoRk0

"Love Is Like Oxygen" by The Sweet

I think this was their last hit and it was in 1977.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3--_S86-sc
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRgWvvkSvfk
YouTube (extended): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc1sgCT7X2c

"Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet

Another favorite courtesy of The Sweet.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_jdiU47bFA

"Fox On the Run" by The Sweet

I thought the "Block Buster" video was so fun I thought I would take a break from my favorites cassettes and post some other tracks by The Sweet.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRv7EjjwYBI

"Another Day" by Paul McCartney

This is track 5 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassette #6 (see my posts from March 1st and May 3rd).  There is a nice history of the song on this video.  As it notes this song was not released on the album at the time, but was added to some versions of the CD as a bonus track.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFzEA7ZAfZQ

"Chicago" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Track 4 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassette #6 (see my posts from March 1st and May 3rd) is about the riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEFsBF1X1ow

"Cheer" by Potliquor

This is track 3 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassette #6 (see my posts from March 1st and May 3rd).  I love the colorful photographs in the "photos" video.

YouTube (photos): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHuDWI9rvvw
YouTube (album cover): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJF_ipLGwVw

"Cindy Incidentally" by Faces

The first track on side 2 of my "favorites" cassette #6 (see my posts from March 1st and May 3rd).  When I first heard this on the cassette I thought it was just Rod Stewart, I had forgotten that it was a band called "Faces".  I always loved the title of their previous album: "A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse".

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzcYaSAVXp4
YouTube (album cover): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1junF1faGDI

"Block Buster!" by The Sweet

Track #7 and the last track on side 1 of my "favorites" cassette #6 (see my posts from March 1st and May 3rd).  The video is so much fun!!!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQkbfoUVPcY
YouTube (Top of the Pops): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y64211sjSko
YouTube (45 Sleeve): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN8SDdgMsuM

Update 16-Oct-2015: replaced this broken link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liC4MJthJMU

"Real Fright" by Iron Butterfly

Track #4 on my "favorites" cassette #6 (see my posts from March 1st and May 3rd). I posted the album "Ball" by Iron Butterfly two years ago on 9-October-2011. 

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7fln_2XMcA

"Dreaming Room" by Don Fardon

The first track on side 1 of cassette #6 of my favorites tapes from the mid-1970's (see my post from March 1st) is "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers.  I posted it 13 months ago on 3-April-2012.

This song is track #2, which is my favorite song by Don Fardon, I 'm surprised I haven't posted it before now.  You may remember Don Fardon he was the first one to have a hit with "Indian Reservation", years before Paul Revere and the Raiders, if I remember correctly.  This song was actually the B-side to "Indian Reservation".

YouTube (45 label): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCR9VqTArgw
YouTube (45 picture sleeve): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-u83NgRgr4

"Time of the Season" by The Zombies

A classic song, that I have never gotten tired of hearing is track #16 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 23).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBxK3CcOQD8

"500 Miles" by Peter, Paul and Mary

Another wonderful song by Peter, Paul and May is track #15 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 23).


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADN1lLEp3H0