SAGITTARIUS - HOTEL INDISCREET / VIRGO, AUGUST 1967

I picked this one up mainly for the Gary Usher instrumental flip 'Virgo', but the single version of 'Hotel Indiscreet' is a creature all of it's own.  This was the follow up single to the masterful all time fave 'My World Fell Down', and in similar fashion the 45 single version contains a bizarre midway passage of spoken word and noise rendering it useless in the commercial world.  The album version of 'Hotel Indiscreet' would omit this segment (performed in part with then recent Columbia signees The Firesign Theater) which leaves you with a perfect pop nugget featuring the glimmering voice of Curt Boettcher.  I prefer the album version, but the single is entertaining nonetheless.  You can hear both sides of this 45 in their original mono glory on my OPTICAL SOUND podcast.

THE OPTICAL SOUND: EPISODE 1

 

TRACKLIST:
01 THE CRYAN' SHAMES  "SUGAR AND SPICE" (JUN '66 A-SIDE SINGLE)
02 THE CRYAN' SHAMES  "BEN FRANKLIN'S ALMANAC" (JUN '66 B-SIDE SINGLE)
03 SAGITTARIUS "VIRGO" (AUG '67 B-SIDE SINGLE)
04 SAGITTARIUS "HOTEL INDISCREET" (AUG '67 A-SIDE SINGLE)
05 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE "RUNNIN' ROUND THIS WORLD" (FEB '66 B-SIDE SINGLE)
06 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE "IT'S NO SECRET" (FEB '66 A-SIDE SINGLE)
07 SAN FRANSISCO EARTHQUAKE "SOPHIA" (JAN '69 A-SIDE SINGLE)
08 SAN FRANSISCO EARTHQUAKE "HOLD THE NIGHT" (JAN '69 B-SIDE SINGLE)
09 NEIGHB'RHOOD CHILDR'N "I WANT ACTION" (JUL '68 B-SIDE SINGLE)
10 NEIGHB'RHOOD CHILDR'N "BEHOLD THE LILIES" (JUL '68 A-SIDE SINGLE)
11 GENE CLARK "I THINK I'M GONNA FEEL BETTER" (JAN '67 MONO LP) 
12 THE APPLETREE THEATRE "HIGHTOWER SQUARE" (NOV '67 A-SIDE SINGLE)
13 THE APPLETREE THEATRE "WHO DO I THINK I AM" (NOV '67 B-SIDE SINGLE)

SAGITTARIUS - MY WORLD FELL DOWN, MAY 1967

'WISH I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WINTER'