HIP-pocricy

[captain_slinky]

Listening to one of my many, MANY eclectic albums from my eclectic album collection today called "DO IT NOW!" I can't find a date on it anywhere, but based on the artwork and the artists involved I'm placing it at right around 1969 or 1970. One of the infamous "Ronco" compilation albums, it's "20 GREAT HITS FROM ARTISTS WHO CARE!" Artists like The Beatles! Janis Joplin! Jimmi Hendrix! Jefferson Airplane! And MANY MORE!

The thing that makes me love this album so very much is the "Pledge" found on the back of the album which explains that each and every artist featured on this album is truly dedicated to helping kids resist illegal drugs, and that they've all signed individual pledges to never, EVER take any illegal narcotics of any kind because that would be just wrong and the highest you'll ever get is when you're High on Life, maaaaaan.

All the music on this album is awesome. i can only guess as to how trippy this stuff would have been if the artists HAD been "Popping Doobies", "Shooting-out Goofballs" or any of the other slang terms the kids use for illegal drugs?

Comments

[cunninggod.livejournal.com]

You should research the bands and see if they remained clean...could very well be that some of them could be a sad episode of VH1's Behind the Music

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure there isn't a single act on that entire album that isn't at least 90% dead from Drug overdoses :)

[wildbilltx.livejournal.com]

I used to have this LP years ago, but my copy was very scratched up so I gave it to Goodwill before moving. It's one of the very few non-Capitol albums with a Beatles track.

"From artists who care?" Bullshit since Hendrix is on it, and he died of a drug overdose. And one of the tracks on it is the Association's "Along Comes Mary" which is about..

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

Well, Janis Joplin died in October of 1970, so it's before that. At least, you'd hope they released it before she died. I'm pretty sure Hendrix died in 1970 as well.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Yeah... BOTH from Drug Overdose. That's what makes the album SO AWESOME!!!

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

So, very true!

HMMM...

[alittlerebel.livejournal.com]

I can't seem to find this one anywhere, what are the individual tracks on it? I'd like to download them and give it a listen.

Re: HMMM...

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

You want me to TYPE?!?! AAAAARGH!!!

Okay, let's see here... IN ORDER:

The Beatles - Nowhere Man
Melanie - What have they Done To My Song Ma
Crazy Elephant - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
B.J. Thomas - So Lonesome I Could Cry
Mel & Tim - Backfield in Motion
Jimi Hendrix - Redhouse
Teegarden & Van Winkle - God, Love and Rock & Roll
Neil Diamond - Mr. Bojangles
The Association - Along Comes Mary
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
Janis Joplin - Down On Me
Buffalo Springfield - Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
Richie Havens - Minstral From Gault
The Turtles - Happy Together
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
The Byrds - Artificial Energy
The Ides of March - Vehicle
Eric Burdon - When I Was Young
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
Five Stairsteps - Ooh Child