This compilation of indie rock and alt-country has its runout grooves split up a phrase: "Believe it or not..." and then on Side 2, "I got nothing to say!!"
I wonder if this is to be sung to the tune of "Believe It or Not", the song composed by Mike Post (music) and Stephen Geyer (lyrics) and sung by American singer Joey Scarbury. This was the theme song for the television series The Greatest American Hero, which in the early 80s I liked as a socially awkward nerd since the hero and I shared hair styles and general appearance, or so I was told.
What are the vinyl messages on the run-out groove that I am calling "record inscriptions?" Well, here I am using that phrase to refer to the sometime cryptic text, typically in upper case, which appears just beyond the outer edge of a vinyl LP and is not any of the identifying serial numbers. These have always fascinated me and sometimes their meaning is obvious, sometimes not. I encourage your feedback by e-mail or comment.
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Graham Parker – Human Soul
Matrix / Runout of Side A here of Human Soul is etched w/"BEIZEL LIVES". But, who is Beizel? I believe that is the name of a founder of an American religious community, but this could be a more inside reference.
This album has on the B-side Matrix / Runout the etched message "RICK AND JOHN BIACTOLBOYS". Is that mean take on some chaps with acne? Actually, a bigger mystery to me about side 2 is what sounds like an unintentional inclusion of a part of a song after the end of "Slash and Burn".
This album has on the B-side Matrix / Runout the etched message "RICK AND JOHN BIACTOLBOYS". Is that mean take on some chaps with acne? Actually, a bigger mystery to me about side 2 is what sounds like an unintentional inclusion of a part of a song after the end of "Slash and Burn".
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