Jon Savage’s The Secret Public - How The LGBTQ+ Aesthetic Shaped Pop Culture 1955-197

https://www.acerecords.co.uk/-107
Releasedate may, 31,25
Side 1

• 01 Preview I Hear A New World - Joe Meek & The Blue Men
• 02 Preview Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard & His Band
• 03 Preview Esquerita And The Voola - Esquerita
• 04 Preview Wondrous Place - Billy Fury
• 05 Preview Strawberry Blonde [[The Band Rocked On) - Frank D'Rone
• 06 Preview Foot Stompin' - The Dovells
• 07 Preview Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton
• 08 Preview Peppermint Twist [[Part 1) - Joey Dee & The Starliters
• 09 Preview Sally, Go ‘Round The Roses - The Jaynetts
• 10 Preview You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
• 11 Preview Needle In A Haystack - The Velvelettes
• 12 Preview Get Down With It - Bobby Marchan
• 13 Preview I'll Be Your Mirror - The Velvet Underground & Nico
• 14 Preview Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins
• 15 Preview Stand Up Straight And Tall - Jackie Shane
• 16 Preview Women Is Losers - Big Brother & The Holding Company
• 17 Preview No Stranger Am I - Norma Tanega
• 18 Preview Pretty Golden Hair - Al Stewart
• 19 Preview David Watts - The Kinks
• 20 Preview Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations
• 21 Preview Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone
• 22 Preview Life & Death In G & A - Abaco Dream
• 23 Preview Nathan Jones - The Supremes
• 24 Preview Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
• 25 Preview Coochi-Coo - Polly Perkins
• 26 Preview I'maman - Jobriath
• 27 Preview Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango
• 28 Preview Law Of The Land - The Temptations

• 01 Preview Get Dancin' Part 1 - Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes featuring Sir Monti Rock III
• 02 Preview Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
• 03 Preview Nobody's Gonna Change Me - The Dynamic Superiors
• 04 Preview Ain't Nobody Straight In L.A. - The Miracles
• 05 Preview I Need A Man - Grace Jones
• 06 Preview I Feel Love - Patrick Cowley
• 07 Preview Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks
• 08 Preview Fuck Off - Jayne County & The Electric Chairs
• 09 Preview Glad To Be Gay - Tom Robinson Band
• 10 Preview I Was Born This Way - Carl Bean
• 11 Preview Prison - Space
• 12 Preview Disco Dance [[Mega Mix) - Michele
• 13 Preview I Need Somebody To Love Tonight - Sylvester

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Is the release date really May of 2025 as opposed to this May?

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Originally Posted by daviddesper

Is the release date really May of 2025 as opposed to this May?

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No; I checked Ace's website and the release date for this collection is this May, 5/31/2024.

Thats what you get when you are in a hurry;)

Seems pretty pointless from a Motown perspective though I suppose side 2 may be slightly more interesting than side 1. One to avoid for me.

If this collection felt the need to include some Motown songs, at least they chose two of the most under-appreciated, yet fantastic songs of all time by our beloved Velvelettes and Elgins. We might all have 15 copies of each song already, but I am all in favor of anything that gets those two awesome songs any further exposure.

Disc 1 makes no sense to me. "Sally Go 'Round the Roses?" "Nothing But a Heartache?" What is it that makes these LGBTQ anthems? Were they popular in the gay clubs at the time?

Disc 2 seems more evocative of the theme.

Anyone else have any thoughts on the chosen tracks?

NATHAN JONES ran off with Lola!! L-O-L-A, Lola !! ~ who knew???

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Originally Posted by kenneth

Disc 1 makes no sense to me. "Sally Go 'Round the Roses?" "Nothing But a Heartache?" What is it that makes these LGBTQ anthems? Were they popular in the gay clubs at the time?

Disc 2 seems more evocative of the theme.

Anyone else have any thoughts on the chosen tracks?

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I've read assertions before that 'sally' has a lesbian subtext [...saddest thing in the whole wide world - is to see your {girlfriend} with another girl], and also that 'david watts' is about the singer having a homoerotic crush on a school friend.

Side 1 Tracks 1 & 7 were produced by UK gay producer Joe Meek, and similarly Billy Fury was managed by gay svengali Larry Parnes. Gore, Tanega and Jobriath were all lesbian/gay.

What I have to say I don't get are the motown tracks on disc 1. OK, 'haystack' is pretty camp, but 'nathan jones' 'heaven must have sent you' and 'law of the land' seem to have no lgbt theme lyrically or artistically. Maybe it's just based on the old adage that 60s & 70s motown had a large gay fanbase. It may be interesting to read the accompanying booklet when released.

Larry Parnes was known as Mr Parnes, Shillings and Pence.