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Fat, Sleek-Headed Men, Episode 3: Extended Play
Spring has sprung and with the longer days comes a vivacity for livelier conversation and culture. To help celebrate the blooming of a new season, Fat, Sleek-Headed Men searches for the bounce in the step and the power in the nightlife that once consumed the clubs around the world.
This is Episode 3. From the influential hi-nrg of Chicago disco chanteuse Evelyn Thomas to Scottish disco songstress Kelly Marie and her notable hit, “I Feel Like I’m In Love,” extended versions and 12 inch mixes are the name of the game on this mix of rare and delightful construction of disco fever.
Episode One: No Salvation Sweeter Than This
Episode Two: A Long Tradition of Cold Winters
Fat, Sleek-Headed Men
Episode 3: Extended Play
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1. Evelyn Thomas – Masquerade (Extended Version)
2. Hazell Dean – Searchin’ (I Gotta Find a Man) (12 in. Mix)
3. Earlene Bentley – The Boys Come to Town
4. Boytronic – X-Rated Phone Calls
5. Amanda Lear – Queen of Chinatown
6. Tapps – My Forbidden Lover (Original Canadian Version)
7. Divine – I’m So Beautiful
8. The Almighty Showgirls – Your Disco Needs You (Almighty Mix)
9. Trans X – Digital World
10. The Flirts – All You Ever Think About Is (Sex)
11. Paul Lekakis – Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room) (Original Version)
12. Lime – Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight (Extended Version)
13. Kelly Marie – It Feels Like I’m in Love (12 in. Mix)
Fat Sleek-Headed Men, Episode 2: A Long Tradition of Cold Winters
Billy Ray Stupendous is back with another episode of Fat, Sleek-Headed Men.
In this episode, he captures the fascinating and mystical world of English Folk-Rock. Just in time for the holidays and a perfect winter soundtrack, gather around the fire as these bards of rock will share their romantic tales of distant worlds.
Episode 2: A Long Tradition of Cold Winters
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Playlist
- The Strawbs – Benedictus
- Amazing Blondel – Cantus Firmus to Counterpoint
- Bellowhead – Captain Wedderburn
- Trader Horne – Goodbye Mercy Kelly
- Lindisfarne – Alan in the River With Flowers
- Fairport Convention – Tam Lin
- The Incredible String Band – My Name Is Death
- Steeleye Span – Twa Corbies
- The Unthanks – The Testimony of Patience Kershaw
- The English Country Blues Band – Handsome Johnny
- The Silly Sisters – Game of Cards
- Shirley Collins – Geordie
- Sandy Denny – Reynardine
- Vashti Bunyan – Come Wind Come Rain
- Bridget St. John – The Pebble and the Man
- Swan Arcade – Peat Bog Soldiers
Fat, Sleek-Headed Men – Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of Fat, Sleek-Headed Men. Billy Ray Stupendous comes to us from the depths of New Orleans. Once a DJ for Tulane University, Billy Ray will fill your mind with the humidity of the south and the redemption you need.
If it’s hot turn it up because the selection he has for you is a rare treat of blues and gospel.
No Salvation Sweeter Than Sin
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Episode 1 Playlist
1. Sleepy John Estes –The Girl I Love, She Has Long, Curly Hair
2. Lucille Bogan – Shave ‘Em Dry
3. Charlie Patton – Oh, Death
4. Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother – Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus)
5. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Nobody’s Fault But Mine
6. Elizabeth Cotton – Shake Sugaree
7. Otha Turner – My Babe
8. Mae Glover and John Bird – Gas Man Blues
9. Cow Cow Davenport – Slum Gullion Stomp
10. Geeshie Wiley – Pick Poor Robin Clean
11. Furry Lewis – Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
12. Blind Gary Davis – Cross and Evil Woman Blues
13. Honeyboy Edwards – West Memphis Blues
14. Tommy Johnson – Lonesome Home Blues (Take 2)
15. Reverend Louis Overstreet – I’m Workin’ on a Building
16. J.B. Lenoir – Give Me One More Shot
17. Cecil Gant – I’m a Good Man, But a Poor Man
18. Jesse Fuller – The Monkey and the Engineer
19. Miriam Makeba – The Click Song
