Old Enough to Forget

By 1974 Andy Kim was already a pretty established writer and performer. Most of us kids knew "Sugar Sugar" but couldn't have told you who wrote or sang it ... it was The Archies and that was that. Of course everything is processed through a lens and there's a huge difference between what I was able to process as an eleven year old who was obsessed with the radio and music and the knowledge and trivia I have accumulated over the intervening decades ... decades . Good lord, when did I get old? Andy Kim was the eponymous release on ICE records in 1974, and it was distributed here in Canada by London Records. The song everyone, and I mean EVERYONE knows is "Rock Me Gently" a song that was made to sing along too. Like so many others back in the day much of my record collection was comprised of K-Tel anthologies, and there were two that I played until I almost wore the needle through the vinyl. Canadian Mint . 22 songs that were carefully edited and condensed to ...

I'm still trying to dig out from under my pile of treasures. I'm finding there are a little more to go through than I expected, but I'm trying to nest my thoughts and at least get to the core of what I'm trying to express. Likely as not I'm sort of all over the place. That's fine. This is as much for me as anyone, so the typos and grammatical landmines come with the territory. Sometimes I'll come back and fix things more often than not they'll just remain as a testament to my inability to proofread. As always have fun and remember to keep you arms and head inside the vehicle at all times. Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982) The Inmates - Shot in the Dark (1980) Steven Schlaks - Dream With Steven Schlaks (1976) Baron Longfellow - Baron Longfellow (1980) Doucette - The Douce is Loose (1979) Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982) Billy Joel is a bit of an odd duck. Often pigeonholed as the "Piano Man" he would go on a tear through the late...