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REJOICE – WE’RE ON THE MOON!
Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, The Velvet Underground and The Stooges might have nudged ahead of them in my album chart of this year, but Silver Apples have the greatest Rock n Roll story to tell in 1969.
“Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
Just minutes before Neil Armstrong uttered those immortal words at 8:18pm UCT on 20 July 1969, almost a quarter of a million miles away, Silver Apples were whipping up a musical celebration in Central Park, just gone 3:00pm local time. Speaking to Terrascope magazine in 1996, group leader Simeon Coxe recalled an exceptional moment in history:
“I think it was early Spring in 1969 when New York's Mayor John Lindsay declared a free day in the park for all New Yorkers to watch the Apollo 11 astronauts land on the moon. He arranged for huge television screens to be mounted in Central Park so everyone could watch the moon landing and a bandstand to be constructed so there could be music leading up to the historic event. He declared Silver Apples to be "the New York sound" and commissioned us to write a piece for the event and perform it plus all of our other songs just before touchdown on the moon. We decided that it was an important enough event that we would stick our heads out of our hiding place to do it. I wrote a piece called 'Mune Toon' and Danny and I rehearsed it for days. The rocket launch went off without a hitch but as the spaceship began its approach to the surface of the moon, it began to rain cats and dogs in New York City. I had distinct memories of the shocking experience at the Café Wha? [during a performance there a couple of years earlier, a high voltage surge went through him via a microphone and he dislocated his shoulder] which Danny witnessed, but we felt this was a significant enough event that we had to go through with it. We were at least under the cover of a band shell, more than I can say for the thousands of people under parkas or umbrellas or newspapers all around the park, but there was a noticeable amount of water trickling onto the stage floor and under my bass switches. We decided to forego the build-up portion of our concert - explaining it to the crowd, who applauded our concern for our safety - but when Neil Armstrong began his descent to the moon's surface Danny and I struck up the band, caught up in the emotion of it all, and performed 'Mune Toon'. I was receiving electrical shocks every time I touched the instrument but there was nothing that seemed like it was life-threatening so we kept going. I knew that to touch the microphone was zap city, that was my mistake at the Café Wha?, but there was definitely a connection being made between the bass platform and the top oscillators. I just kept my hands on the oscillators because I found that when I let go and then tried to re-touch them, that was when I got zapped. So all during 'Mune Toon' there was this tingling, sexy, frightening, scary thing coursing through my body and I was singing my heart out and Armstrong was stepping onto the moon and human beings were entering a new era and thousands of people were crying with happiness and soaking wet and singing and hugging each other. Well, just when he thought the most political-mileage-moment was upon him Mayor Lindsay grabbed the microphone to say something profound and I swear I saw his ears light up. He was baptized into the world of electronic music. His hair looked like the bride of Frankenstein. Rolling Stone magazine did a piece on the event and called me the "¼ leading exponent of hippy technology." I have always liked that, but have never figured out how to use it at parties.”
It's a wonderful tale, completely under the radar. How typical of Silver Apples. For one glorious day, the world could forget about its troubles and rejoice - singing and dancing in the rain!
The Jukebox Rebel
07-Feb-2016

Leonard Cohen
Columbia CS-9767


Jukebox picks: “Bird On The Wire” (10) • “Tonight Will Be Fine” (10) • “Lady Midnight” (9.8)


Nick Drake
Island Records ILPS-9105


Jukebox picks: “Cello Song” (10) • “River Man” (10) • “Saturday Sun” (9.5)


The Velvet Underground
MGM Records SE-4617


Jukebox picks: “Pale Blue Eyes” (10) • “What Goes On” (9.9) • “Some Kinda Love” (9.8)


The Stooges
Elektra EKS-74051


Jukebox picks: “I Wanna Be Your Dog” (10) • “Little Doll” (9.8) • “1969” (9.5)


The Can
Music Factory SRS-001


Jukebox picks: “Father Cannot Yell” (9.7) • “Yoo Doo Right” (9.6) • “Outside My Door” (8.0)


Silver Apples
Kapp Records KS-3584


Jukebox picks: “Fantasies” (9.8) • “I Have Known Love” (9.4) • “You And I” (8.8)


The Doors
Elektra EKS-75005


Jukebox picks: “Touch Me” (10) • “Tell All The People” (9.4) • “Runnin’ Blue” (9.3)


Toots and The Maytals
Beverley's Records LP-005


Jukebox picks: “Monkey Man” (10) • “Sweet And Dandy” (9.9) • “Pressure Drop” (9.8)


Karen Dalton
Capitol Records ST-271


Jukebox picks: “In The Evening (It’s So Hard To Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best)” (9.4) • “It Hurts Me Too” (9.2) • “Little Bit Of Rain” (8.9)


Bridget St. John
Dandelion Records S-63750


Jukebox picks: “Ask Me No Questions” (9.6) • “To B Without A Hitch” (9.5) • “Barefeet And Hot Pavements” (9.3)


Girlie and Laurel Aitken
Pama Records ECO-8


Jukebox picks: “Stupid Married Man” (8.5) • “Mr. Soul” (8.5) • “Night Cricket” (8.3)


The Kinks
Pye Records NPL-18317


Jukebox picks: “Young And Innocent Days” (9.2) • “Victoria” (9.0) • “Shangri-La” (8.5)


The Flying Burrito Brothers
A&M Records SP-4175


Jukebox picks: “Sin City” (10) • “Do You Know How It Feels” (9.3) • “Hot Burrito #1” (8.9)


The Dubliners
Tribune TRLP-1010


Jukebox picks: “The Molly Maguires” (8.4) • “The Saxon Shilling” (8.3) • “God Save Ireland” (8.0)


The Incredible String Band
Elektra EKS-74057


Jukebox picks: “Creation” (9.8) • “Dust Be Diamonds” (8.1) • “Mr. And Mrs.” (6.7)


Nina Simone
RCA Victor LSP-4152


Jukebox picks: “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” (9.0) • “Suzanne” (8.3) • “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (8.0)


Neil Young with Crazy Horse
Reprise Records RS-6349


Jukebox picks: “Round & Round (It Won’t Be Long)” (8.6) • “Cinnamon Girl” (8.2) • “Running Dry (Requiem For The Rockets)” (7.8)


The Crofters
Beltona MBE-103


Jukebox picks: “Killie Crankie” (8.7) • “Drunken Sailor” (7.9) • “I Never Will Marry” (7.7)


Fairport Convention
Island Records ILPS-9115


Jukebox picks: “The Deserter” (8.7) • “Tam Lin” (8.0) • “Reynardine” (7.5)


Miles Davis
Columbia CS-9875


Jukebox picks: “In A Silent Way / It’s About That Time / In A Silent Way” (7.7) • “Shhh / Peaceful” (6.2)


Doris Duke
Canyon Records LP-7704


Jukebox picks: “Feet Start Walking” (9.0) • “Your Best Friend” (8.3) • “I Can’t Do Without You” (8.0)


The Rolling Stones
Decca SKL-5025


Jukebox picks: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (8.8) • “Country Honk” (8.2) • “Midnight Rambler” (7.5)


The Pentangle
Transatlantic Records TRA-205


Jukebox picks: “Hunting Song” (9.0) • “House Carpenter” (7.7) • “The Cuckoo” (7.2)


The Johnstons
Transatlantic Records TRA-185


Jukebox picks: “Ye Jacobites By Name” (8.5) • “The Flower Of Northumberland” (8.3) • “Fuigfidh Mise ’n’ Baile Seo” (7.8)


Fairport Convention
Island Records ILPS-9102


Jukebox picks: “A Sailor’s Life” (8.7) • “Si Tu Dois Partir” (8.4) • “Genesis Hall” (7.0)


Cold Blood
San Francisco Records SD-200


Jukebox picks: “I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)” (7.5) • “Let Me Down Easy” (7.0) • “If You Will” (6.9)


O.V. Wright
Back Beat BLP-67


Jukebox picks: “I’ll Take Care Of You” (8.6) • “Why Not Give Me A Chance” (7.7) • “Pledging My Love” (7.4)


Led Zeppelin
Atlantic 588171


Jukebox picks: “Dazed And Confused” (8.7) • “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” (7.7) • “How Many More Times” (7.6)


Shocking Blue
Pink Elephant 888.001


Jukebox picks: “California Here I Come” (8.6) • “Love Buzz” (8.5) • “Long And Lonesome Road” (7.7)


Otis Redding
ATCO Records SD 33-289


Jukebox picks: “Look At That Girl” (7.9) • “Love Man” (7.8) • “I’ll Let Nothing Separate Us” (7.2)


The Beatles
Apple Records PCS-7070


Jukebox picks: “It’s All Too Much” (9.2) • “All You Need Is Love” (8.0) • “Yellow Submarine In Pepperland” (7.7)


Tyrannosaurus Rex
Regal Zonophone SLRZ-1007


Jukebox picks: “The Seal Of Seasons” (8.8) • “Chariots Of Silk” (7.6) • “She Was Born To Be My Unicorn” (7.5)


The Beach Boys
Capitol Records SKAO-133


Jukebox picks: “Do It Again” (10) • “I Can Hear Music” (9.2) • “Cabinessence” (9.0)


Elvis Presley
RCA Victor LPM-4155


Jukebox picks: “In The Ghetto” (10) • “I’m Movin’ On” (8.3) • “Power Of My Love” (6.9)


Sly and The Family Stone
Epic BN-26456


Jukebox picks: “Everyday People” (8.0) • “Sex Machine” (7.1) • “I Want To Take You Higher” (6.8)


Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Straight STS-1053


Jukebox picks: “The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)” (10) • “Steal Softly Thru Snow” (8.9) • “Bills Corpse” (8.8)


Buffy Saint-Marie
Vanguard VSD-79300


Jukebox picks: “God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot” (7.9) • “Mary” (7.6) • “Better To Find Out Yourself” (7.0)


Canned Heat
Liberty LST-7618


Jukebox picks: “Do Not Enter” (8.3) • “Big Fat (The Fat Man)” (7.6) • “Change My Ways” (6.9)


Laurel Aitken
Doctor Bird DLM-5012


Jukebox picks: “Fire (In Your Wire)” (8.4) • “Worried Over Me” (7.1) • “Quando Quando Quando” (6.9)


Tony Joe White
Monument SLP-18133


Jukebox picks: “Elements And Things” (8.2) • “I Want You” (8.0) • “I Thought I Knew You Well” (7.0)


The Byrds
Columbia CS-9942


Jukebox picks: “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” (8.9) • “Fido” (8.1) • “Ballad Of Easy Rider” (7.7)


Marlena Shaw
Cadet Records LPS-833


Jukebox picks: “Woman Of The Ghetto” (9.5) • “Liberation Conversation” (8.0) • “I’m Satisfied” (7.8)


Led Zeppelin
Atlantic 588198


Jukebox picks: “Whole Lotta Love” (9.0) • “Ramble On” (6.8) • “Bring It On Home” (6.5)


The Beatles
Apple Records PCS-7088


Jukebox picks: “Come Together” (8.3) • “Mean Mr. Mustard” (7.4) • “Here Comes The Sun” (7.2)


C.A. Quintet
Candy Floss CF-7764S


Jukebox picks: “Underground Music” (6.8) • “Smooth As Silk” (6.6) • “Trip Thru Hell, Pt. 1” (6.5)


David Bowie
Philips SBL-7912


Jukebox picks: “Space Oddity” (8.4) • “Memory Of A Free Festival” (7.1) • “Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed” (6.8)


Dusty Springfield
Philips SBL-7889


Jukebox picks: “Son Of A Preacher Man” (9.5) • “Breakfast In Bed” (7.4) • “No Easy Way Down” (6.6)


Harry J All Stars
Trojan Records TBL-104


Jukebox picks: “Liquidator” (10) • “The Dog” (7.9) • “Spyrone” (7.3)


Nina Simone
RCA Victor LSP-4102


Jukebox picks: “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today [1969 album version]” (7.2) • “Everyone’s Gone To The Moon” (7.0) • “Who Am I?” (6.5)


Scott Engel
Philips SBL-7913


Jukebox picks: “The Seventh Seal” (8.6) • “Duchess” (6.8) • “Hero Of The War” (6.3)


Richie Havens
Verve Forecast FTS-3047-2


Jukebox picks: “I Pity The Poor Immigrant” (7.5) • “Putting Out The Vibration And Hoping It Comes Home” (7.5) • “She’s Leaving Home” (7.0)


Isaac Hayes
Enterprise ENS-1001


Jukebox picks: “Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic” (7.2) • “Walk On By” (6.9) • “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” (4.4)


The Temptations
Gordy GS-939


Jukebox picks: “Run Away Child, Running Wild” (7.9) • “Cloud Nine” (6.4) • “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” (6.2)


Tim Buckley
Elektra EKS-74045


Jukebox picks: “Buzzin’ Fly” (7.9) • “Sing A Song For You” (5.5) • “Love From Room 109 At The Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)” (5.3)


The Who
Track Record 613 013/4


Jukebox picks: “Pinball Wizard” (7.1) • “Overture” (6.9) • “We’re Not Gonna Take It” (6.9)


Tony Joe White
Monument SLP-18114


Jukebox picks: “Don’t Steal My Love” (8.5) • “Polk Salad Annie” (6.3) • “Willie And Laura Mae Jones” (6.2)


13th Floor Elevators
International Artists IA-LP-9


Jukebox picks: “Dear Dr. Doom” (6.7) • “Til Then” (5.8) • “Street Song” (5.4)


Frank Zappa
Bizarre Records RS-6356


Jukebox picks: “Willie The Pimp” (6.5) • “Peaches En Regalia” (5.8) • “It Must Be A Camel” (5.5)


The Byrds
Columbia CS-9755


Jukebox picks: “Child Of The Universe” (6.0) • “Nashville West” (5.8) • “This Wheel’s On Fire” (5.6)


Wendy and Bonnie
Skye Records SK-1006D


Jukebox picks: “Five O’Clock In The Morning” (6.8) • “By The Sea” (6.4) • “I Realized You” (5.4)


Bob Dylan
Columbia KCS-9825


Jukebox picks: “Lay Lady Lay” (6.5) • “I Threw It All Away” (5.4) • “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You” (5.4)


Quicksilver Messenger Service
Capitol Records SKAO-391


Jukebox picks: “Flute Song” (6.3) • “Too Far” (5.5) • “Shady Grove” (5.4)


Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fantasy 8387


Jukebox picks: “Graveyard Train” (5.8) • “Keep On Chooglin’” (5.5) • “Born On The Bayou” (5.4)


Nilsson
RCA Victor LSP-4197


Jukebox picks: “I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City” (7.0) • “Mournin’ Glory Story” (6.7) • “Fairfax Rag” (5.5)


The Hollies
Parlophone PMC-7078


Jukebox picks: “Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)” (6.2) • “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (5.5) • “My Back Pages” (5.5)


The Youngbloods
RCA Victor LSP-4150


Jukebox picks: “Trillium” (6.8) • “Ride The Wind” (6.6) • “Quicksand” (6.2)


Wanda Jackson
Capitol Records ST-238


Jukebox picks: “Less Of Me” (5.6) • “This Land Is Your Land” (5.5) • “You’ll Always Have My Love” (5.1)


Alexander Spence
Columbia CS-9831


Jukebox picks: “Weighted Down (The Prison Song)” (8.2) • “Lawrence Of Euphoria” (6.7) • “Books Of Moses” (5.8)


Bee Gees
Polydor 583049/050


Jukebox picks: “Whisper Whisper” (6.5) • “Edison” (6.3) • “Marley Purt Drive” (6.0)


Quicksilver Messenger Service
Capitol Records ST-120


Jukebox picks: “Calvary [live ’68]” (6.3) • “Who Do You Love, Pt. 1 [live ’68]” (5.0) • “Mona [live ’68]” (5.0)


18th Century Corporation
United Artists Records UAS-6697


Jukebox picks: “Promises, Promises” (5.7) • “Do You Know The Way To San Jose?” (5.3) • “I Say A Little Prayer” (5.2)


Chicago Transit Authority
Columbia GP-8


Jukebox picks: “I’m A Man” (6.5) • “Free Form Guitar” (6.3) • “Listen” (5.2)


The Hollies
Parlophone PCS-7092


Jukebox picks: “Soldiers Dilemma” (6.0) • “Goodbye Tomorrow” (5.1) • “A) Marigold, B) Gloria Swansong” (4.9)


MC5
Elektra EKS-74042


Jukebox picks: “Come Together [live '69]” (4.9) • “Kick Out The Jams [live '69]” (4.8) • “Ramblin’ Rose [live '69]” (4.7)


Traffic
Island Records ILPS-9097


Jukebox picks: “Just For You” (7.2) • “Something's Got A Hold Of My Toe” (5.1) • “Shanghai Noodle Factory” (4.1)


The Band
Capitol Records STAO-132


Jukebox picks: “Up On Cripple Creek” (5.8) • “Rockin’ Chair” (5.4) • “Rag Mama Rag” (5.2)


Burt Bacharach
A&M Records SP-4227


Jukebox picks: “Not Goin’ Home Anymore” (5.0) • “South American Getaway” (4.9) • “The Sundance Kid” (4.8)


Organisation
RCA Victor SF-8111


Jukebox picks: “Tone Float” (5.7) • “Milk Rock” (5.1) • “Noitasinagro” (3.8)


Paul Revere and The Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay
Columbia CS-9753


Jukebox picks: “Without You” (5.5) • “Ride On My Shoulder” (5.2) • “Where You Goin’ Girl” (4.7)


Archie Bell and The Drells
Atlantic SD-8226


Jukebox picks: “Here I Go Again” (5.2) • “Go For What You Know” (5.0) • “Mama Don’t Teach Me That Way” (4.7)


Jerry Butler
Mercury SR-61234


Jukebox picks: “Got To See If I Can’t Get Mommy (To Come Back Home)” (5.7) • “I Forgot To Remember” (5.1) • “Close To You Love” (4.8)


Grapefruit
RCA Victor LSP-4215


Jukebox picks: “Come Down To The Station” (5.5) • “Deep Water” (5.3) • “Blues In Your Head” (4.6)


Crosby, Stills and Nash
Atlantic SD-8229


Jukebox picks: “Guinnevere” (5.6) • “You Don’t Have To Cry” (5.0) • “Marrakesh Express” (4.9)


King Crimson
Island Records ILPS-9111


Jukebox picks: “21st Century Schizoid Man” (6.2) • “The Court Of The Crimson King” (4.7) • “Epitaph” (3.4)


Arlo Guthrie
Reprise Records RS-6346


Jukebox picks: “Coming Into Los Angeles” (5.6) • “My Front Pages” (5.5) • “Running Down The Road” (4.9)


Edwards Hand
GRT GRT-10005


Jukebox picks: “Orange Peel” (4.7) • “Episodes, Being The First Part” (4.6) • “Characters Number One” (4.6)


Stevie Wonder
Tamla TS-296


Jukebox picks: “Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares” (6.2) • “Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday” (5.6) • “Light My Fire” (4.5)


Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fantasy 8393


Jukebox picks: “The Night Time Is The Right Time” (5.1) • “Lodi” (4.6) • “Bad Moon Rising” (4.3)


Paul Revere and The Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay
Columbia CS-9905


Jukebox picks: “Down In Amsterdam” (6.0) • “The Original Handy Man” (4.8) • “Let Me!” (4.4)


Grateful Dead
Warner Bros. Records WS-1830


Jukebox picks: “Feedback [live '69]” (4.7) • “And We Bid You Goodnight [live '69]” (4.5) • “Death Don’t Have No Mercy [live '69]” (4.1)


The Neon Philharmonic
Warner Bros. Records WS-1804


Jukebox picks: “The Mordor National Anthem” (4.8) • “F. Scott Fitzgerald And William Shakespeare” (4.0) • “Are You Old Enough To Remember Dresden?” (3.8)


Andy Kim
Steed Records ST-37002


Jukebox picks: “I Want You” (4.6) • “Nobody’s Ever Going Anywhere” (4.3) • “Baby While You’re Young” (4.3)


Tommy Roe
ABC Records ABCS-683


Jukebox picks: “Dizzy” (6.6) • “A Dollar’s Worth Of Pennies” (4.0) • “Look Out Girl” (3.8)


Al Kooper
Columbia CS-9855


Jukebox picks: “Mourning Glory Story” (4.7) • “Blues, Part IV” (4.2) • “Magic In My Socks” (3.9)


Conway Twitty
Decca DL-75105


Jukebox picks: “Bad Man” (3.8) • “Table In The Corner” (3.4) • “Kawliga” (3.2)


Genesis
Decca SKL-4990


Jukebox picks: “In The Wilderness” (4.2) • “In The Beginning” (3.2) • “The Serpent” (3.0)


Bobby Goldsboro
United Artists Records UAS-6704


Jukebox picks: “Hoboes And Kings” (4.6) • “Ain’t That Livin’” (3.1) • “I’m A Drifter” (2.7)


Willie Baxter and his Orange Friends
Fontana SFL-13100


Jukebox picks: “The Orange And The Green” (4.5) • “The Lily O” (1.8) • “Here! Here! The Blues Are Here” (1.2)

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