Albums and All That, Starting with the letter S as in Sierra, Part 12

John Williams, London Symphony Orchstra [00:23]
"The Desert and The Robot Auction"
Star Wars
20th Century Records 2T-541 1977
Pretty much every aspect of this soundtrack is seared into my Gen X nerd mind.

Silver Jews [03:15]
"Advice to the Graduate"
Starlite Walker
Drag City DC55 1994
The debut outing from David Berman and friends, here including partners in crime Steve Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, and even Steve West. There is also a lovely cover of this song by The Pastels (recorded for a Peel session).

Lena Lovich [06:30]
"I Think We're Alone Now"
Stateless
Stiff Records SEEZ 7 1978 (1979 reissue)
From the original UK Stiff Records release of Stateless, a very first-wave New Wave version of "I Think We're Alone Now", originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells. Also available in Japanese!

Lena Lovich [09:18]
"Lucky Number"
Stateless
Stiff-Epic JE 36102 1979
The US version changes up the track order, and has a number of songs remixed by Roger Bichirian.

David Bowie [13:47]
"Golden Years"
Station to Station
RCA Victor AQL1-1327 1976 (1986 reissue)
Carlos Alomar and Earl Slick laying down the funky guitars. The cover features a photograph of Bowie by Steve Shapiro from Nicholas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976).

Sinéad O'Connor [17:46]
"Some Day My Prince Will Come"
Stay Awake (Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films)
A&M Records B0029005-01 1988 (2018 reissue)
The late great Sinéad O'Connor interpreting Snow White's ballad accompanied by the late great Andy Rourke from the late great Hal Willner. Willner was one of the most imaginative music producers, responsible for so many excellent tribute albums, and one of the most innovative music shows on network television: Night Music.

Graham Parker and the Shot [18:55]
"Wake Up (Next to You)"
Steady Nerves
Elektra 9 60388-1 1985
Graham gets all romantic in a Motown sorta way. This single made it as high as 39 on the Hot 100.

Graham Parker and the Rumour [24:00]
"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down"
Stick to Me
Mercury SRM-1-3706 1977
Graham and company do a fine rendition of this song that was initally a hit for Ann Peebles.

The Rolling Stones [29:35]
"Dead Flowers"
Sticky Fingers
Rolling Stones Records COC 59100 1972
The first album the Stones recorded after being freed from their Decca Records obligation. This copy has one of the actual working zippers, as designed by Andy Warhol. Many listeners will also be familiar with Townes van Zandt's acoustic version that appears on his live album Roadsongs, and was subsequently used in The Big Lebowski (Coen, 1998).

The Aquadolls [33:40]
"Tweaker Kidz"
Stoked on You
Burger Records BRGR390 2014
Fun track from the debut Aquadolls album.

Talking Heads [36:06]
"Once in a Lifetime"
Stop Making Sense
Sire 1-25186 1984
There was a very cute promo for the A24 re-release of the film recently.

Nadja [42:03]
"The Stone"
The Stone Is Not Hit by the Sun, Nor Carved with a Knife
Gizeh Records GZH70 2016
As usual, more heavy dreamy goodness from one of my favorite duos.

Music behind the DJ: "Gomez" by Vic Mizzy