This week on "C'mon Live A Little," host Derrick Bostrom salutes the fruition a dream long held by so many of us: the rerelease of "Love Got In My Way" by Joe E.
Produced in 1974 but never actually receiving a general release before Joe's record company folded and vanished without a trace, promo copies of "Love Got In My Way" have been treasured by thrift store miners and and collectors of obscure vanity music ever since. Finally, the good folks at Eabla Records are making this fabulous slab, which they call "a poor man's Elvis taking aim at a Pet Sounds for the middle-aged melancholic," available to the general public.
Complete with rare photos and extensive liner notes, '"Love Got In My Way" has been lovingly reissued for the first time on compact disc from the original master tapes, which south Florida construction worker, part-time stock car racer and aspiring crooner Joe E. Neubauer rescued from the garbage over 30 years ago. On that fateful day, Joe paid a visit to his record company, the virtually non-existent SSR International, to discover that the label had fled under cover of the night, leaving only a vacant office and a dumpster full of Joe's dreams of stardom.
For more info about Joe E and how you can purchase of copy of his album for your very own, visit the Eabla web site at
http://eabla.com/.
Join us this Saturday at 3pm, Pacific time, to hear a generous selection from this epic album, along with other greats from the world of vanity, including Joe Ferrara, Danny Darrow, Lois Costello, Frederick Michael St. Jude and many other incredible artists you've never heard of before and most likely will never hear of again. We'll also celebrate the 31st anniversary of the King Of Rock And Roll with a few unused backing tracks from some of Elvis' greatest mid-70s studio sessions. And just to sweeten the pot, we'll throw in a track by television's immortal Burt Convey. This is one show you don't want to miss.
Programming note: this episode will debut on August 16th, and be rebroadcast on August 23rd.
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