GROOVY NOODLES
THE ELM TREASON NEWSLETTER NUMBER 89
JANUARY 13, 2023
TREASON NOODLES
– No big news, breakthroughs or tasty tidbits to pass on. Just continued work on “WITHOUT A TRIBE,” our next studio album.
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OTHER NOODLES
– Legendary guitarist – Jeff Beck died this week at age 78. The onset of his illness was swift – bacterial meningitis.
– John Fogerty has finally gained worldwide control of his Creedence Clearwater Revival publishing rights, putting to bed one of the longest, nastiest battles in music industry history.
– John Cale has released the first song from his upcoming album, Mercy called “Story of Blood.” His first album in more than a decade will drop January 20th.
– Foo Fighters have announced their first concerts of 2023: Boston Calling Music Festival (May 26), the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio, (May 28) and Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn., on June 18.
– U2 has officially announced “Songs of Surrender,” a new album featuring reinterpretations of 40 classic songs from their catalog. It will drop on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17.
– Elvis Costello has announced the release of “The Songs of Bacharach & Costello,” which features music he created with legendary composer Burt Bacharach. It will be available on March 3rd.
– Ozzy Osbourne will star in the upcoming BBC reality series “Home to Roost,” but he admits that returning to TV makes him “deeply nervous.” The 10-part show will focus on Osbourne and his family as they settle back into life in rural Buckinghamshire, England.
– Former Journey singer Steve Perry has reportedly dropped his legal claim against one of the band’s corporations over the trademarking of 20 songs. Neal Schon signaled it was a moment to celebrate, tweeting: “Now we can talk as we were,” suggesting the legal move marked a thawing of relations between himself and Perry.
– Peter Gabriel plans to release a new song from his upcoming album, “i/o,” every full moon. The singer released the first song from the album last Friday called “Panopticom,” featuring electronics from Brian Eno. “i/o” will mark Gabriel’s first album in more than a dec
Your Input: Album Covers
Hello Treasonites!
Participation has been AMAZING in the last few newsletters! We thank you for being a part of it.
This week’s “YOUR INPUT” ought to get the comments section hopping!
We LOVE album art. We adore holding record covers in our hands – whether they be vinyl or even CD.
What are YOUR favorite album covers?
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Birthdays This Past Week
Some birthdays we did not mention on our Facebook page…
Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine turned 64 last Saturday.
Happy 68th birthday to guitarist Michael Schenker of the Scorpions and UFO. (Tuesday)
Brad Roberts of Crash Test Dummies celebrated birthday number 59 on Tuesday.
Mike Reno, frontman for Loverboy, turned 68 last Sunday.
Singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins had his 75th birthday last Saturday.
David Johansen, lead singer of the New York Dolls, was 73 on Monday.
Lead singer for Smash Mouth, Steve Harwell, celebrated his 56th birthday on Monday.
Turning 72 on Monday was country music star Crystal Gayle.
Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen was 75 on Tuesday..
Bands Who ONLY released one album…
Sex Pistols, ‘Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’ (1977)
Derek & the Dominos, ‘Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs’ (1970)
Coverdale-Page, ‘Coverdale-Page’ (1993)
Blind Faith, ‘Blind Faith’ (1969(
Them Crooked Vultures, ‘Them Crooked Vultures’ (2009)
Temple of the Dog, ‘Temple of the Dog’ (1991)
Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys, ‘Band of Gypsys’ (1970)
Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973)
Damageplan, ‘New Found Power’ (2004)
Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
Groovy Noodles Extra: From the Pen of Bobby Steel
Not that long ago, Bobby took pen in hand to talk about Elm Treason’s connection to classical music.
This time, Elm Treason’s resident music teacher talks about the band’s close ties to progressive rock.
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK
One of our earliest – and silliest – attempts at a cool publicity shot… doing our best “Meet The Beatles” routine….. way back in February, 2013.
WHEN A BASS GUITAR AND A CHAIR DECIDE TO HAVE SEX… THIS HAPPENS
7 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
On his 69th birthday, David Bowie’s Blackstar album is released. Bowie dies two days later. It is obvious that his ruminations on mortality are his parting words.
10 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow used by Freddie Mercury is sold at an auction for £74,000 to a Russian businessman. It comes with a box of Kleenex Mansize tissues left in the car by Freddie.
16 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
John Mayer joins Steve Jobs onstage at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco to introduce Apple’s latest invention: the iPhone.
17 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The Phantom of the Opera becomes the longest-running Broadway show when it marks its 7,486th performance at the Majestic theater, breaking the record held by Cats, another Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
30 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman leaves the group after 30 years of service. “I left because I didn’t see anything new happening in the future,” he says. “I realized if we played for another 10 years I’d still be playing ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash,’ ‘Honky Tonk Women,’ ‘Street Fighting Man’ until we packed up.”
31 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Nirvana’s Nevermind album hits #1 in America, unseating Michael Jackson’s Dangerous.
44 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The Village People appear on American Bandstand, where the crowd does the soon-to-be famous arm movements spelling out “Y.M.C.A.” Host Dick Clark makes sure they learn those moves, and they do.
49 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Kiss sign their first recording deal, with Casablanca Records.
54 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Frustrated by a film crew recording the Let It Be sessions and plans his bandmates are making for a concert he wants no part of, George Harrison quits The Beatles, writing in his diary: “Got up. Went to Twickenham. Rehearsed until lunchtime. Left The Beatles. Went home.” He is lured back a few days later with assurances that the concert would be cancelled and his wishes respected.
55 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
Gibson patents their “Flying V” electric guitar.
74 YEARS AGO THIS PAST WEEK
The vinyl record format war heats up as RCA introduces the 45-RPM, 7-inch record. It eventually replaces the 78-RPM record for “singles” – one song on each side. The format takes off in the early years of the rock era.
Rocket Hare
Truth
Everything Sucks!
Aye!
Meow ‘Em All!
Wouldn’t Even Want to Try
Scary!
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Well, for me the most iconic is the Sticky Fingers album with the actual zipper in the cover. Genius! Instead of alienating female consumers, they baited them, all in the name of the almighty dollar. But obviously the real zipper would rub or scratch the vinyl during shipping as alot of consumers experienced. They eventually scrapped the real zipper for a picture.
Hard to argue with that one. I (Andy) have always loved that cover.
Iconic, indeed.
I do have an original issue LP… but the condition is….. “well lived.”
Metallica, ride the lightning.
Love that cover, too, Christine.
It may be their most famous cover… or even their best.
Fleetwood Mac Rumours – it’s artsy and humorous; Van Halen MCMLXXXIV – yes, un’PC, but I like it anyway. Honorable mention: Foghat Fool for the City; CCR Mardi Gras; Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits – just because.
Rumors is SOOOOOO ICONIC.
Love your list of covers, Katie. I (Andy) adore the 1984 cover. Let the political incorrectness fly!!!!
The one that sticks out in my mind the most, from my youth, is KISS – Destroyer.
That image will forever live in my (Andy’s) mind. It was everywhere when I was a boy.
It’s really cheesy but I really like the Rock and Roll Over cover.
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon. It’s iconic.
There is hardly any other cover as iconic, so woven into the fabric of the culture at large.
News of the World
Queen
Good call, Kim. Love it.
I like the Vargas girl on the cars album cover and believe that one’s called Candy-o,pink floyd had good ones, tull had some good ones,beatles, sgnt peppers and magical mystery tour.. album cover art is definitely been a big part of the deal since the ’60s some of the concept album art with a scene depicting. Who could forget who’s next, now I have to pee 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha!
On my way to the loo as we speak.
Album art was such a big part of my (Andy’s) life growing up. The hours I would spend studying the covers, reading the liner notes, ingesting the photos…. It was all part of the experience.
Let your hair downSteve Miller(clever and made me laugh out loud); Rumours, Fleetwood Mac, classy; Diamond Dogs, Bowie Zeppelin 4, reminds me of my Lord of the Rings poster in colouring and style; Elm Treason, Rhyme and Treason and Voice of Treason
Hi Shelley!
I actually love each and every cover you mentioned.
DIAMOND DOGS is one of my all time faves flat out.
And man oh man…. You sent a few shivers down the old spine mentioning the ELM TREASON covers.
My smile is wide.
Was looking through my records and thinking there is a lot that I wouldn’t listen to again, but I love the covers of J.J Cale Naturally and the open up of Moontan Golden Earring is pretty awesome and Box of Frogs is not too shabby. Humble Pie the best is a lot of fun..
Hi Ellen!
It’s funny….
I (Andy) was recently going through my album collection… just for fun… and I realized I have so many records I haven’t even looked at in years…..A good number of them I can’t imagine listening to any time soon…
Album covers? Jeff Beck – Wired, David Bowie – Aladdin Sane, Alice Cooper – Killer, Yes – Close To The Edge, ELP – Brain Salad Surgery, Iggy and the Stooges – Raw Power, Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick.
Favorite album covers: Rush Fly by Night. Yes has some great ones Tales of Topographic Oceans, Relayer. Beatles SGT Pepper There’s more but that’s all I can think of at the moment.
WOW! So much cool stuff happening! Looking forward to the new PLEASIN TREASON! And happy to hear Peter Gabriel is back at it as well as U2! Thanks for being the barer of good new!
Led Zeppelin IV.
I think it’s get lucky by Loverboy