{"id":2650,"date":"2010-03-29T17:49:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T21:49:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-18T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T20:35:49","slug":"thrifty-music-vol-20-1-the-phaetons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/thrifty-music-vol-20-1-the-phaetons\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrifty Music, Vol. 20.1: The Phaetons!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Greetings, seekers of the rare, the weird and the unbelievably cheap! I come to you in cheerful mood, realizing that this is the twentieth<\/em> episode of RTH’s popular Thrifty Music<\/em> series, in which I share scratched-up slabs of vinyl I find in thrift stores, flea markets, and garbage cans around our nation’s fine capitol.<\/p>\n

To mark this auspicious occasion, I’ve decided to post one new track every other day, until we arrive at the commemorative number of 20 — count ’em, TWENTY — new and wonderful songs I’ve rescued from perdition. Today’s track is one of many I found while combing through (no fooling) about 3000 singles I purchased from a little old lady in rural Maryland. It’s a real head-scratcher to me, because — well, why on Earth wasn’t this song a hit? And why on Earth does nobody know who The Phaetons<\/strong> are any more? And why can I not find a single record geek trying to sell this ultra-rarity for an absurd amount of money? It’s totally worth it, as you’ll hear. A true lost gem, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

The only image I could find of The Phaetons is shown above. I grabbed it from this page<\/a>, at which you’ll learn all there is to know — and I man that literally — about this band. But shit! Singles on Warner Brothers! Produced by Jerry Ragavoy<\/strong>, and co-written by “Doc” Pomus<\/strong>! *Great* singles, great songs, great arrangements, and… nothing. Weird.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, enjoy the first of two Phaetons numbers I’ll be sharing as the month unfolds: “Three Weeks, Four Days and 15 Hours,”<\/a> by Long Island’s own… The Phaetons!<\/p>\n

I look forward to your comments, and I thank you for your patronage over the years.<\/p>\n

HVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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