INXS - Don't Change

 
Mercury (UK) 812-626, 1983 [Atco (US) 7-99874, 1982]

I hated this band when they first broke on MTV with The One Thing. Hated them. They embodied everything that was wrong with commercialized nu-wave: preening, pretentious... those dreadful keyboards and '80s lite jazz sax.

They completely won me over with this follow-up single, though. Epic track. I did get used to their sound in the years following, and they even made a few respectable LPs, though this one does remain as their greatest hit, IMO.



You can see from the pic that my copy had a bit of a manufacturing mishap: the label must have slipped while being pressed, and can be heard at the end of the song. Miraculously, it plays!

Robert Knight - Everlasting Love

 
Rising Sons #705, 1967

A search for this track will most likely turn up the mid '70s monstrosity by Carl Carlton - after that any number of horrendous covers not worthy of mention, but this is the real deal. A true Nashville R&B classic, and one of the last from that era.

Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her

 
Brunswick 55462, 1971

Every hits compilation of this band seems to feature the same remix, which is a shame. The spare instrumentation of the original 45 was perfect.

Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'

RCA 447-0838 ('70s reissue of #74-0161, 1968)

Song certainly needs no introduction. I have been on a Nilsson kick lately, having seen the recent documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?.