Hey, it's me, Your Old Pal Will, here with another episode of Vinyl-O-Matic for your listening pleasure. In this episode, we will round out our journey through songs that begin with the letter N as in November and venture into singles with a-sides that start with the letter O as in Oscar. To start things off, let's take a trip back to the shoegaze-y early 90s.

Awe yeah, The Possum aka George Jones along with The Jones Boys brought us "Not What I Had in Mind" backed with "I Saw Me". That is on United Artists from the year 1963, when it reached the number 7 position on the Billboard Country charts. And we kicked things off with Delaware's own Smashing Orange and their 1991 single "Not Very Much to See" with the b-side "Collide". That is on the unfortunately named Ringers Lactate label. I was able to catch this band live alongside Primus and The Fluid round about that time at New York's Marquee (not to be confused with the Marriott Marquee Theater for all you drama nerds).
Moving right along, this next set features a promo single from The Rubinoos which is so nice I'll play it twice, once in stereo and once in mono.

Indeed, that was a set that transitioned from power pop to power ballad. If you cast your minds back, you will recall that we heard from The Rubinoos and their single "Nothing a Little Love Won't Cure" on Beserkley Records from 1977. That was followed up by the epic epicness of Guns N' Roses' Axl-piece "November Rain" clocking in at 8 minutes and 53 seconds. The flipside was "Sweet Child o' Mine" so you could feel secure in your masculinity if you bought this single. Here's a question for you loyal listeners: Is "November Rain" really "Candle in the Wind" disguised as a power ballad? Inquiring minds want to know!
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And now, for a little trip south of the border.

Oh yeah. We just heard from The Shadows of the Knight and their classic garage rocker "Oh Yeah" on Dunwich Records from 1966. And even more impressive is the b-side "Light Bulb Blues". From Chicago, The Shadows of the Knight took the British Blues Invasion which borrowed heavily from Chicago Blues and put some Chicago right back into it. And we got that set started off with the mighty Sir Douglas Quintet and the mono version of "Nuevo Laredo" from 1970. I know what you're thinking, "Will you only played one side." You are correct. While it was a Smash Records promo single, oddly enough both sides were mono. Nevertheless, a fine Tex Mex tune that makes me wonder if Doug Sahm ever met a municipality he didn't want to write a song about.
Now back to the early 90s, this time to Louisville.

We did it! We made it to the end of another episode of Vinyl-O-Matic. That wasn't too painful, was it? In that last set, we heard from Palace Brothers aka a young Will Oldham and family and friends bringing us "Ohio River Boat Song" and the b-side of "Drinking Woman". Of course, that is on Drag City Records (DC25 for those of you playing along at home) from the year 1993. And we rounded things out with The Blank Tapes featuring tunesmith Matt Adams and the amazing Pearl Charles bringing us "1000 Leather Tassels" and "Mr. Mister". This is a Volcom Entertainment Vinyl Club release from 2014.
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Next time we will continue to make our way through singles with a-sides that begin with the letter O.