Star Time #172: Barnabas Collins - Love Bandit


This week's episode is awash in novelties like gothic soap opera vampires (Fig. 1), prostitution rehabilitators, Boston monkeys, one group under two different names, and a higher-than-usual number of ampersands. It's also the final episode produced with Macbook Pro No. 2 (2018-2020), the departure of which we'll address next week with a gut-busting opening bit.
Artist Song Year Label
Set 1      
LaVern Baker See See Rider 1963 Atlantic
Carrie Grant & the Grandeurs Take All of My Life 1963 New Art
Jackie Opel You're Too Bad 1965 Coxsone
The Manhattans Boston Monkey 1965 Carnival
Rose Batiste Hit & Run 1966 Revilot
Lorie Burton Yeh, Yeh, Yeh (That Boy of Mine) 1965 Roulette
Donald Height Talk of the Grapevine 1966 Shout
Toni Washington Breaking Lovers Hearts 1966 Kon-Ti
Austin Taylor Can't You See I'm Busy 1964 Sprout Artist
Set 2      
Duke & Leonard You've Lost Your Soul 1967 Stomp Town
Billy & Betty I Need Some Kind of Something 1968 Sag Port
William Bell & Judy Clay My Baby Specializes 1968 Stax
James & Bobby Purify You Can't Keep a Good Man Down 1967 Bell
The Loving Sisters Freedom Isn't Free 1968 Peacock
Ralph Graham She Just Sits There 1968 Up Front
Keanya Collins Barnabas Collins - Love Bandit 1969 Keanya
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson We Got Our Bag 1969 SSS Int'l
McKinley Mitchell This Place Ain't Getting No Better 1971 Sandman
Set 3      
Gene Chandler & Jerry Butler Ten and Two (Take This Woman Off the Corner) 1970 Mercury
The Volumes Am I Losing You 1970 Karen
Rena Scott La-Te-Da (This Girl's in Love) 1973 Epic
Geater Davis I Don't Worry (About Jody) 1972 Luna
The Quickest Way Out Tick Tock Baby (It's a Quarter to Love) 1974 Karen
100% Pure Poison Holes in My Shoes 1974 EMI (UK)
The Violinaires You've Been Good to Me 1973 Jewel
Ronnie Dyson Do What Your Heart Tells You to Do 1970 Columbia
Set 4/Outro      
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby 1975 Philadelphia Int'l
Beverly & Duane Glad I Gotcha Baby 1977 Ariola
Facts of Life Uphill Places of Mind 1977 Kayvette
Flashlight Beginner's Luck 1978 Philly Groove
Karen Pree Painmaker 1977 MCA
Philippé Wynne Waiting on a Letter From Home 1977 Cotillion
Side Effect Time Has No Ending 1976 Fantasy

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