Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic

Discoveries of a Pop Music Archaeologist

Tag: Paul Simon

50s/60s rockabilly bop +/- boogie
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Summer Beach Read – Fun Fluff

Breezy, offbeat, trashy, yet intermittently illuminating – and just in time! Zero to 180’s curated highlights from 1983’s Rolling Stone Rock Almanac humbly serves as your Summer Beach Read!  These carefully selected bits of humor and offbeat information have been lavished with picture sleeves from around the world, streaming audio,

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"Bangarang Festival"
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“Bangarang Festival”: The Sound of 1969

Very little information seems to exist about this Jamaica Independence Festival song contribution that bears the classic sound of vintage 1969 reggae – “Bangarang Festival” – from The Peter Ashbourne Affair: Bangarang Festival – Peter Ashbourne Affair [Pssst:  Click the triangle to play “Bangarang Festival” by The Peter Ashbourne Affair.]

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"A Satisfied Mind"
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“A Satisfied Mind”: Country Meets Soul

Country meets soul in Roberta Sherwood‘s updated version of “A Satisfied Mind” – a home run of a hit, originally, for Starday in the mid-50s during the label’s early years: “A Satisfied Mind” Roberta Sherwood (1970) (streaming audio uploaded Nov. 2022) “A Satisfied Mind” is the B-side of “That’s Why

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