Show Notes
A genuine celebration of the one of the most talked-about bands and albums of the 20th century, Big Star and their lauded yet lost album, #1 Record. Joining me to break it all down is host of the popular, entertaining and controversial podcast, Ranking the Beatles, as well as a guitarist and singer for a Beatles experience band. The Walrus, Jonathan Pretus.
#1 Record
"Feel"
"The Ballad of El Goodo"
"In the Street"
"Thirteen"
"Don't Lie to Me"
"The India Song"
"When My Baby's Beside Me"
"My Life is Right"
"Give Me Another Chance""Try Again""Watch the Sunrise""ST 100/6"
Additional Selections:
"With a Little Help From My Friends" - The Walrus - A New Orleans Beatles Experience from Elysian Fields Forever
"The Ballad of El Goodo" - Counting Crows from Underwater Sunshine
"In the Street" - Big Star (single)""In the Street" - Cheap Trick from Authorized Greatest Hits
"Baby Blue" - Badfinger from Straight
"You and Your Sister" - Chris Bell from I Am the Cosmos
"I Am the Cosmos" - - Chris Bell from I Am the Cosmos
"Bangkok" - Alex Chilton from Alex Chilton's Lost Decade
"Surfer Girl" - Alex Chilton from Electricity by Candlelight / NYC 2/13/97
"I've Got a Feeling" - The Walrus - A New Orleans Beatles Experience from Elysian Fields Forever
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