VA ~ Nashville Sputnik: The Deep South Outer Space Productions of Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan 1956-2004 [Omni Recording Corporation, 2008]

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01. Strange New World - Jacqueline Hyde and the Moonfolk (1965)
02. The Lonely Sentry - Rusty Diamond, with guest star Maryanne Mail (1965)
03. We Walked This Road Before - Brad Wolfe (1971)
04. Time Machine - Joel Mathis (1971)
05. Skellykins - Rusty Diamond (1966)
06. Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker - Hank Malcolm (1964)
07. Gemini - The Jack Blanchard Group (1964)
08. Lonely Bell - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (1967)
09. Mary Turn Around - Hank Malcolm (1964)
10. Changin' Times - Brad Wolfe (1967)
11. I'm Hung Up On You - Rusty Diamond, the Country Nut (1965)
12. Boy With The Be-Bop Glasses - The Dawn Breakers (1956)
13. Hit Me One More Time - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (1967)
14. Let's Have A Hayride - Maryanne Mail (1965)
15. Cadillac - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (1968)
16. Little Orphan Annie - Joel Mathis (1971)
17. Midnight Greyhound - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (1967)
18. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Donel Austin (1973)
19. New World - The Jack Blanchard Group (1964)
20. Runaway - Jacqueline Hyde and the Moonfolk (1965)
21. The King Of Hearts - Jackie Blanchard and The Rockin' Impallas (1960)
22. Journey's End - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (1967)
23. Monkey See Monkey Do - Hank Malcolm (1964)
24. The Love Habit - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (1973)
25. I'm Feelin' A Change in My Life - Donel Austin (1973)
26. The Look Of Nothing - Tom Carlile (1974)
27. Somewhere In Virginia In The Rain (Disco) - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (1974)
28. Don't It Look Like Georgia - Tom Carlile (1974)
29. Dance of the Living Dead Chickens - Jack Blanchard (1993)
30. A Weird Little Christmas - Jack Blanchard (2004)



'Imagine if the flying-saucer that dropped legendary producer Joe Meek in London had instead taken a left turn and landed in Nashville U.S.A. The result might have sounded something like this. Almost... Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan will forever be remembered for the novel pathos of hits like Tennessee Bird Walk and Somewhere In Virginia In The Rain. But before the bright lights of stardom found them Jack and Misty were busy working underground, writing and producing superb cuts for a fascinating cast of characters and talents who are today, unjustly, largely forgotten

Hear Jacqueline Hyde And The Moonfolk take a rocket-ship into outer [& inner] space, Rusty Diamond have an existential moment on the battle-front, Brad Wolfe investigate reincarnation and Joel Mathis evaporate into the past on his Time Machine amidst a carnival of other sonic wonders. Once heard this disc will inspire sounds you've never heard before and thoughts you've never thought before. It's kind-a-country, kind-a-pop, kind-a-weird – so strap in…another world awaits!' press

how nice to see our friend spooky's triumphant return to contributing here at der warbler. keep it up hombre. recently had a request fer this quixotic collection of leftfield country jams penned by the twisted songwriting partnership of jack blanchard & misty morgan [responsible fer such disorienting & timeless classics as the tennessee birdwalk], so now everyone may benefit(?) from some anonymous weird beard's questionable taste in the bizarre. too many jams, some as strangely compelling & catchy as they are tripped out, revelated by the same folks who brought us the superlative plantation gold