{"id":2868,"date":"2019-07-03T12:16:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T11:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2019-07-03T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T11:16:46","slug":"come-on-operator-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2868","title":{"rendered":"Come On, Operator! Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span lang=\"IT\">Forget about video calls and instant messages: sit down, relax and travel back to an era of red telephone boxes, dialing cacophony and zealous communication with CAMILLA AISA. 1960s and early \u201970s on the line!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2869\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-296x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-296x300.jpeg 296w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-768x778.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-1010x1024.jpeg 1010w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-48x48.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1.jpeg 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<iframe style=\"max-height:500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/user\/1167991953\/playlist\/7EALpj0YrOmnbWmggWCDSb?si=7IKW0Z56QBqkXvi7dNxTjw?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/1167991953\/playlist\/7EALpj0YrOmnbWmggWCDSb?si=7IKW0Z56QBqkXvi7dNxTjw\" target=\"_blank\">Open in Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2870 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Kinks<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Party Line\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nWe start off with one of the mid-60s greatest album openers, track one of he Kinks\u2019 <i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Face To Face\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"IT\">LP. Vintage phoning at its best, turned into a lively Swinging London painting by the Davies brothers, with Dave on lead vocals duties. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2871 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">The Wailers<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Hang Up\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nMeanwhile, liveliness in the Pacific Northwest was hanging onto its fierce raw spirit. The Wailers put the phone down on polite romanticism and follow their stormy garage muse on \u2018Hang Up\u2019, second-to-last track from 1966 album <i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Out Of Our Tree<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"IT\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2872 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">The Free Spirits<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Sunday Telephone\u2019<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b>We stay in 1966 but move to the East Coast: New York, rock, psych and jazz sniffing each other out. The operator gets a shout from The Free Spirits, a band that drummer Bobby Moses described as \u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">a curious amalgam of strong-willed<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">uniquely talented, slightly insane, visionary beings<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver Apples<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018You\u2019re Not Fooling Me\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nPsychedelia, meet technology. The sound of Silver Apples often seems to belong to distant planets, but Simeon and Danny Taylor couldn\u2019t resist some groovy terrestrial interference: on \u2018You\u2019re Not Fooling Me\u2019 it\u2019s an implacable ringing phone &#8211; isn\u2019t love just as relentless?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Granny\u2019s Intentions <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Sandy\u2019s On the Phone Again\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nPhones as an escape strategy? Not just a present-day matter, apparently. Sandy, the young girl Granny\u2019s Intentions chose as protagonist of the B-side to 1967 single \u2018The Story Of David\u2019, has strikingly topical features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018The Red Telephone\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd now the mystery phone. Some say the house Love band members shared came with a red telephone, but trying to give Arthur Lee\u2019s verses some sort of settled meaning would be an inexcusable injustice. \u201cI believe in magic,\u201d he sings on this <i>Forever Changes <\/i>classic \u2013 we better follow him, then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jim Croce<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Operator (That\u2019s Not the Way It Feels)\u2019<\/strong> <b><\/b><br \/>\nSpeaking of classics, a survey of telephone songs could never do without Jim Croce\u2019s touching fingerpicked plea. \u2018Operator (That\u2019s Not the Way It Feels)\u2019 gives voice to a universal feeling, something that Croce had been observing for years, first during military service and then when he worked at a bar, playing right next to a bustling telephone: \u201cP<span lang=\"EN-US\">eople checkin&#8217; up on somebody or finding out what was goin<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">g\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">on, but alway<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">s <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">talkin<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">g<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">to the operator,<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0he later commented. \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">I kinda like to write songs about things that a lot of\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">people have experience with, because it really makes the songs communicate.<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amon D\u00fc\u00fcl II<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Da Guadaloop\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nMost of the original members of <span lang=\"DE\">Amon D<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u00fc\u00fcl reunited in 1974 for <i>Hijack<\/i>, a new <\/span><span lang=\"DE\">Amon D<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u00fc\u00fcl II album. Peter Leopold and Lothar Meid joined forces on \u2018<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Da Guadaloop<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2019, a dreamy and elegantly spacey instrumental with a penchant for sonic collages: cinematic strings, primordial screams, elephant noises and\u2026could some good old \u201870s dialing sounds be omitted? Certainly not. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rolling Stones<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Off the Hook\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nLandlines and engaged tones \u2013 phone\u2019s disconnected! It\u2019s all starting to sound like ancient history now. Well, Mick Jagger was just 22 when he was singing about them on \u2018Off The Hook\u2019, the second-to-last track from <i>Rolling Stones No. 2 <\/i>(also included on the US release <i>The Rolling Stones, Now!<\/i>). It was the kind of romantic spite that might always make a comeback: \u201cBack into bed started reading my books, take my phone right off of the hook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mott The Hoople<\/strong><br \/>\n<b><\/b><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u2018One of the Boys\u2019<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\nDial the right number and you might find yourself travelling from British Invasion times to the glam era. Enter \u2018One of the Boys\u2019, the rock\u2019n\u2019roll anthem that Ian Hunter and Mick Ralphs had written when Mott the Hoople was on the brink of a breakup. Fate would fortunately say otherwise, and the song ended up on the pivotal <i><span lang=\"EN-US\">All the Young Dudes<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"IT\">&#8211; with producer David Bowie pushing (in vain) for it to become the group\u2019s lead single, instead of the titletrack he had written. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2881\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/11.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/11-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/11-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/11-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sweet<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Alexander Graham Bell\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nGlam\u2019s devotion to telephone communication made sure to pay homage to its inventor in 1971, when The Sweet released minor hit \u2018<span lang=\"DE\">Alexander Graham Bell<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2019, co-written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. Bell\u2019s first \u201cHello hello\u201d is turned into sharp \u2013 and campy just enough \u2013 celebration, thanks to the band\u2019s unique combination of sugary and rowdy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Badfinger<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Photograph (AKA Friends Are Hard To Find)\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nNo matter the decade, we have all probably been there: \u201cI don&#8217;t know what to do if I do get through, I won&#8217;t know what to say, say a \u2018How-do-you-do?\u2019\u201d \u2018Photograph (AKA Friends Are Hard To Find\u2019 is the first song Joey Molland wrote with Badfinger \u2013it didn\u2019t make the <i>No Dice <\/i>LP in 1970, but it eventually appeared on later reissues as a bonus track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2883\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/13.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/13-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/13-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/13-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Monkees<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Last Train to Clarksville\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen Bobby Hart, half of the songwriting duo Boyce and Hart, first heard \u2018Paperback Writer\u2019, he misheard the title, sung by Paul McCartney, as \u201ctake the last train\u201d. Too good to throw away, wasn\u2019t it? Then bye bye \u201cyeah yeah yeah\u201d, hello \u201cno no no\u201d and a compelling story (in the form of a cryptic phone call): the Monkees had just found the perfect debut single!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/14.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/14-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/14-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/14-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Band<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Long Distance Operator\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nThe Dylan-penned \u2018Long Distance Operator\u2019 had been circulating on bootlegs and audience tapes since late 1965, until it finally appeared on Side Four of <i>The Basement Tapes<\/i>. This version, featuring Richard Manuel on lead vocals, was recorded on February 28th, \u201968 in LA for the Big Pink sessions.\u00a0 \u201cEve<span lang=\"EN-US\">rybody wants to make a long-distance call<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2885\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/15-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steppenwolf<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Earschplittenloudenboomer\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nSecond-to-last track on <i>Steppenwolf <\/i>7 is driving instrumental \u2018<span lang=\"NL\">Earschplittenloudenboomer<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2019, also released as B-side to lead single \u2018Who Needs Ya\u2019 in 1970. The voice you hear on the phone at the beginning is John Kay\u2019s: he\u2019s speaking German, a nod to his birthplace (he just sang about his dramatic childhood on \u2018Renegade\u2019, last track of side A). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2886\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/16.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/16-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/16-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/16-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Grateful Dead<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Operator\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nTime for Pigpen to shine on the other end of the phone. While his contributions on the Dead\u2019s studio albums were regrettably wearing thin, <span lang=\"DE\">Ron McKernan<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">finally tried his hand at songwriting with \u2019Operator\u2019, one of the jewels on <i>American Beauty <\/i>and a stirring throwback to the band\u2019s origins. Sadly, it would also be his last recording with the group. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keef Hartley Band<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Sacked\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nKeef Hartley answers the phone and gets some bad (although decidedly mysterious) news. The title, \u2018Sacked\u2019, might offer some enlightenment. Plaintive music turns into an inspired \u2013 but elegantly understated \u2013 showcase for the blues boom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2888\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctor K\u2019s Blues Band<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Long Distance Call\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nMore blues ringing, please. And back to a favourite and always fruitful theme: long distance calls. Doctor K\u2019s Mick Hasse narrates, with guitar and harmonica exchanging mighty words we\u2019re left to make up, like two faraway lovers fervidly hanging to helpless receivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2889\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/19.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/19-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/19-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/19-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/19-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Lee Hooker<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Just Me and My Telephone\u2019<\/strong> <b><\/b><br \/>\nSongs usually prefer focusing on the anticipation that precedes phone calls \u2013 lovers awaiting the fateful ring\u2026 you know the drill. \u00a0John Lee Hooker\u2019s blues, on the other hand, admits to a more truthful picture: \u2019Just Me And My Telephone\u2019. The final track on his <i>Plays And Sings The Blues <\/i>LP is, as the liner notes rightly point out, <span lang=\"EN-US\">filled with gaiety and wistfulness at the same time.<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201cI&#8217;m going downtown this morning to ask the operator what\u2019s wrong with my telephone, it don&#8217;t never ring.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2890\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Marvelettes<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Beechwood 4-5789\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nSeems like an almost forgotten early\/mid-60s trope, giving phone numbers over sweet pop songs. Well, not just that: making them as visible as possible, too. Turning them into titles. The marvellous Marvelettes show us how it\u2019s done (while Marvin Gaye co-writes and plays the drums).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wilson Pickett<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018634-5789\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nAnother number to write down. Wilson Pickett wants us to call <span lang=\"DA\">Soulsville, U.S.A.<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">, and comfortably sits at #1 on theR&amp;B charts in 1966. \u201cAll you got to do is pick up your telephone\u201d! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2892\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/22.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/22-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/22-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/22-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/22-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gladys Knight &amp; The Pips <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Operator\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nWhile Jim Croce was still taking note of the unstoppable sentimentality operators had to endure on a daily basis, Gladys Knight was already providing a soulful foretaste. It was 1962, and you could hear her \u2018Operator\u2019 on the not-so-subtly titled <i>Letter Full Of Tears<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/23.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/23-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/23-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/23-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/23-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Left Banke<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018She May Call You Up Tonight\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nBaroque-pop delights and hypothetic phone calls, a very \u201960s combination indeed. This 1967 single written by Left Banke members <span lang=\"EN-US\">Michael Brown and Steve Martin\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">was unfortunately unsuccessful, but it\u2019s still one of the better photographs of young love in the age of long-awaited, momentous ringing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2894\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/24.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/24-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/24-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/24-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/24-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aretha Franklin<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Call Me\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nAretha wrote \u2018Call Me\u2019 after witnessing something very ordinary and very beautiful. As she recounted, \u201cThere were two people on Park Avenue and they were just getting ready to leave each other, going in different directions. As he got across the street and she was on the other side, he turned around and said, \u2018I love yoouu.\u2019 And she said, \u2018And I love you tooo.\u2019 He said, \u2018Call me the moment you get there.\u2019 And she said, \u2018I will!\u2019 And they just stopped traffic on Park Avenue and everybody was checking that out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2895\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/25.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/25-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/25-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/25-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yoko Ono<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Telephone Piece\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nHello, Yoko. Nice to get a call from the early \u201970s. Let\u2019s see who\u2019s on the other line\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/26.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/26-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/26-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/26-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/26-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>George Harrison<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Miss O\u2019Dell\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nGeorge! Let\u2019s talk about missed calls and missed meetings, then \u2013 those can be interesting, too. When Chris O\u2019Dell missed the visit she had promised George Harrison in Malibu, he started writing \u2018Miss O\u2019Dell\u2019 for her (while reflecting many things that were happening in the world and in his life at the moment): the amused plea \u201cWhy don\u2019t you call me, Miss O\u2019Dell?\u201d followed by what is apparently George\u2019s number. When she finally got there, a new Harrison gem was ready to be played. Chris, an intriguing character herself, later borrowed the title for her autobiography, <i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Miss O&#8217;Dell: My Hard Days And Long Nights With The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, And The Women They Loved<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"IT\">. Definitely worth checking out. <\/span><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2897\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/27.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/27-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/27-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/27-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/27-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monty Python <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Phone In\u2019<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b>And now for something completely different\u2026<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2898\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/28.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/28-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/28-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/28-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/28-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lou Reed <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018New York Telephone Conversation\u2019<\/strong> <b><\/b><br \/>\nNew York in unpredicted Python-esque mood. The kind of biting truth only a phone can unmask. 1972, <i>Transformer<\/i>:\u00a0Lou Reed making fun of the Warhol crowd, with a little help from one David Bowie\u2026 <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2899\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/29.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/29-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/29-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/29-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/29-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott Walker<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Time Operator\u2019<\/strong> <b><\/b><br \/>\nWe close with the most wistful phone call. A recorded voice on the other end, and automatic numbers. 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