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From The Vault: The Nonce – Roadie For The Kinks 45”

The Nonce - Roadie For The Kinks 45

From the Vault will be a reoccurring feature here on the WOBC blog where fearless DJs plunge into the depths of the station vaults to bring you the freshest stuff gone stale! In addition to a massive vinyl collection, we’re also sitting on hundreds and hundreds of 45s, lots of which are super rad and super rare. We’ll be posting cuts from these recordings for your enjoyment, so let us know what you think!
If you own the rights to any of this music and want it taken down, e-mail wobc@oberlin.edu and we will comply immediately.
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It’s been a while since we posted any cuts from the archives, but want no longer! Here’s a 45” from an old Oakland area band The Nonce (feat. Rookie Phenom). This got pulled on the merits of its title and turned out to be pretty awesome. The A side, “Roadie For The Kinks” is a fun homage to Davies, Davies & Co. (the sleeve also bears the plea: HELP PUT THE KINKS IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME! call 415-648-9405) but the real winner is the B side, “Sometimes I Wonder.”

RIYL: The Kinks, History, Parahistory

More information can be found on the following site: http://www.energyoverseer.com/Nonce2.html

1A The Nonce – Roadie For The Kinks

1B The Nonce – Sometimes I Wonder

July 1st, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: From the WOBC Vault | Comments Off

Pictures From The WOBC Filing Party

Twice a year WOBC calls upon its DJ’s to help get the music library in tip-top shape.

Records Waiting To Be Filed
Records waiting to be filed.

WOBC DJ Hard at Work

A WOBC DJ hard at work, refiling.

WARBOSS

WOBC Metal Director WARBOSS will not sleep until everything is in order.

Thanks to Music Librarian Maggie Gruner for putting this thing on and making delicious food as well. Thanks to Talk Director Francesca Krihely for the pix.

April 13th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Community, From the WOBC Vault | Comments (2)

From the Vault: The (Very Nice) Plants – Rock For Horticulture

From the Vault will be a reoccurring feature here on the WOBC blog where fearless DJs plunge into the depths of the station vaults to bring you the freshest stuff gone stale! In addition to a massive vinyl collection, we’re also sitting on hundreds and hundreds of 45s, lots of which are super rad and super rare. We’ll be posting cuts from these recordings for your enjoyment, so let us know what you think!

I’ll include this again at the end, but if you own the rights to any of this music and want it taken down, e-mail wobc (AT) oberlin.edu and we will comply immediately.

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My friend Amiel found this record during filing workgroup last year and thought it looked too funny to pass up. Turns out, it’s pretty damn good, and pretty damn hard to find much information on. From what I can gather, The (Very Nice) Plants were a DC area band playing joints in the early 80s. Go! Records (again, hard to find much information on) released their 4 song 45 “Rock For Horticulture” in 1983 and must have sent it to WOBC where, 26 years later, we found it misfiled.

Rough contemporaries of The Replacements and the Young Fresh Fellows, The (Very Nice) Plants manage to deliver four great little pop gems that sound like glib, “Johnny Be Good” throwbacks. Roller rink organs, Marty McFly guitar solos, plant chants, it’s all here. The 45 is totally solid, but standouts include the dreamy-to-rippin’ “(I Know) It Couldn’t be Right)” and “Groovy Girl,” a twangy, guitar-driven rockabilly number.

What happened to The (Very Nice) Plants? Was this music too fun to sustain? Did they rock too hard for horticulture? Were they smothered by riffs, keyboards, hard drugs and the prophetic knowledge of the potential of The lo-fi???

Who knows. No one, maybe? Regardless, enjoy the posted 45 and let us know what you think.

A1. The (Very Nice) Plants – (I Know) It Couldn’t Be Right
A2. The (Very Nice) Plants – Bellman
B1. The (Very Nice Plants – Groovy Girl
B2. The (Very Nice) Plants – Plant Chant

If you own the rights to any of this music and want it taken down, e-mail wobc (AT) oberlin.edu and we will comply immediately.

November 6th, 2009 | Category: From the WOBC Vault | Comments (8)