A long line of folk and blues songs that trace their origins to the American South and to the agricultural crisis caused by the boll weevil insect.
I’ve always loved music. Later in life I would make playlists on Cassette, CD’s and now on thumbdrives. With these posts I’ll reminisce about some of my all-time favorite songs.
This “Stand Out Single” was #1 in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Venus” / “Hot Sand” by Shocking Blue is one of the most iconic European rock singles of the late 1960s, released originally in the Netherlands in July 1969 on the Pink Elephant label and later in the United States by Colossus Records. Written and produced by the band’s guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen,
Yeah, baby, she’s got it
When I was young before I had cassettes, the only good way of making a playlist of songs was to stack 45s on the turntable. I would arrange for them to play my favorite songs in my favorite order. These posts are about records I had in my stacks.
All in all, they would have about 50 hits in Holland!
Melody Hill was the Circle Sky Records official magazine while we were open between 2002 and 2010. We published a new issue as often as we could and had a total of fifteen. The following article was written by me and was published in the Premiere Issue of Melody Hill. The smoking cat is mine and is an incense burner with a cone inside. The artwork on the pumpkin, that I bought at Michaels, was drawn by Donnie Thompson and carved out by Richard Golden. The psychedelic font we used is called MAMA and the groovy girl photo I just found on the internet. Enjoy!
