Speaking of the Morells (only one r-I have trouble with that too) I'm 
playing the new/old live cd by the Skeletons "Live at the Amador 1979" this 
very minute. Excellent set and it's just arrived-only 1000 were made.  Those 
of you who know the Morells would probably know the Skeletons are an 
offshoot band.

Search eBay and you'll find it. Or you can email the guy at 
tomtaber_14411@yahoo.com.

He's also selling a Morrells 4-cd set from four concerts and the track 
listing looks great. Only 500 were made of that one. I ordered it after 
hearing the Skeletons cd.  I think this is also on eBay. He gave me a 
discount from the eBay price since I had bought the other one.


I remember when the Morells cd arrived at my college paper in Southern 
Illinois. The editor didn't know what it was but we knew it looked cool in 
some strange way. The cardboard sleeve was about five times thicker than 
normal. I still have that thing and also bought the cd reissue when it came 
out.

"Ugly and Slouchy", "Growin' A Beard" and "Bumble Boogie" are a great 
threesome. And when the album kicks off with "Reds" I ready for a 
"hamburger, cheeseburger, lettuce and tomatuh, ground beef, root beer, 
french fried potatuh".


Scott S






> Michael Bennett writes:
>> Speaking of The Morrells, I finally scored a copy of
>> their album Shake and Push on CD.  It goes for a
>> pretty penny on EBay and other online places.  Imagine
>> my delight when I found it in the new arrivals section
>> at Reckless Records for $5.
>
> Gotta add that S&P is a longtime fave. I remember buying the vinyl edition 
> in San Francisco and being befuddled at its inscrutable and seemingly 
> ageless graphics. Was it new? 10 years old? 20?? Whatever, I had to have 
> it. "Gettin' in Shape" is a classic, as well as "Growin' a Beard." 
> Auditeers may (or may not) know that Ben Vaughn contributes some songs to 
> the album -- I'm not sure how that came about. The ESD CD version is worth 
> having in any event.
>