#797 The Story of Fortune Records, Opinions on The Hold Steady, Julien Baker & King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard
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🗓️ 5 March 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot explore the history of the independent label Fortune Records. They discuss the unpredictable music, unique cast of characters and why it had famous admirers ranging from Smokey Robinson to Lou Reed. Plus, they review some new music.
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Featured Songs:
The Premiers, "The Trap of Love," The Trap of Love (Single), Fortune, 1957
The Hold Steady, "The Feelers," Open Door Policy, Positive Jams, 2021
The Hold Steady, "Unpleasant Breakfast," Open Door Policy, Positive Jams, 2021
The Hold Steady, "Hanover Camera," Open Door Policy, Positive Jams, 2021
King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard, "O.N.E.," L.W., Flightless, 2021
King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard, "Pleura," L.W., Flightless, 2021
King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard, "K.G.L.W.," L.W., Flightless, 2021
King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard, "East West Link," L.W., Flightless, 2021
Julien Baker, "Song in E," Little Oblivions, Matador, 2021
Julien Baker, "Hardline," Little Oblivions, Matador, 2021
Julien Baker, "Faith Healer," Little Oblivions, Matador, 2021
Nolan Strong & The Diablos, "If Oh I (Could Be With You Tonight)," If Oh I (Could Be With You Tonight) (Single), Fortune, 1959
Andre Williams, "Bacon Fat," Bacon Fat (Single), Fortune, 1957
Roy Hall and the Cohutta Mountain Boys, "Dirty Boogie," Dirty Boogie (Single), Fortune, 1949
Skeets McDonald, "The Tattooed Lady (feat. Johnny White and His Rhythm Riders)," The Tattooed Lady (Single), Fortune, 1961
Rufus Shoffner & Joyce Songer, "It Always Happens to Me," It Always Happens to Me (Single), Fortune, 1961
Nolan Strong & The Diablos, "Do You Remember What You Did," Do You Remember What You Did (Single), Fortune, 1955
Nolan Strong & The Diablos, "Mind Over Matter," Mind Over Matter (Single), Fortune, 1962
Shorty Frog & The Space Cats, "Sheddin' Tears over You," Sheddin' Tears over You (Single), Fortune, 1958
John Lee Hooker, "Blues For Big Town," John Lee Hooker & Big Maceo Merriweather, Fortune, 1963
Dead Prez , "Panthers (feat. Common and the Last Poets)," Hip-Hop Docktrine: The Official Boondocks Mixtape, Self-released, 2006
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to sound opinions and later in the show we dive into the history of the independent label Fortune Records, but first some new music. but it was close enough to count. The vibrations were impatient and city sicker running out. |
| 0:15.0 | But first we set the prices. |
| 0:17.0 | And then we talk about a mouse. |
| 0:19.0 | The sweet parade the morning breaks, the drifters where an angel wins. |
| 0:28.0 | The heart distorted hymns, they sing, so sad the night it's over |
| 0:35.0 | The Shepherds started spinning out the cowboys trying to dismount |
| 0:40.0 | St Francis with the pigeons on their shoulder That is a little bit of the feelers from the new hold steady record open door policy. |
| 0:51.8 | The hold steady a band out of Brooklyn, originally out of Minneapolis, |
| 0:56.3 | from the ashes of Lifter Puller, an indie band from the late 90s, early 2000s that featured Craig Finn the vocalist and Tad Kubler the guitarist. |
| 1:07.2 | They formed the whole study soon after. |
| 1:10.5 | This band has been putting out records since 2004. |
| 1:14.0 | The debut album almost killed me. |
| 1:16.0 | The breakthrough was Boys and Girls in America in 2006, |
| 1:20.0 | their third studio album. |
| 1:22.0 | Been going strong ever since. |
| 1:24.2 | A key member of this band, off and on through the years, |
| 1:27.6 | has been keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist |
| 1:30.0 | France Nicolet. |
| 1:31.5 | He departed the band in 2010 and returned six years later. |
| 1:38.4 | So basically a reconstituted version of the Hold Steady has been working the last few years. Craig Finn had been |
| 1:45.3 | putting out some solo records in that period of time, but came back strong the |
| 1:50.1 | Hold Study did in 2019 with Thrashing Through The Passion. |
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