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

**jack020** · 04-19-2024, 08:38 AM

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

**daviddesper** · 04-19-2024, 12:13 PM

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

**Motown Eddie** · 04-19-2024, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by daviddesper

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

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

**jack020** · 04-20-2024, 05:04 AM

Thats what you get when you are in a hurry

**mysterysinger** · 04-22-2024, 06:12 AM

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.

**daviddesper** · 04-22-2024, 12:05 PM

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.

**kenneth** · 04-23-2024, 08:41 PM

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?

**Boogiedown** · 04-24-2024, 02:07 AM

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

**psychedelic jacques** · 04-24-2024, 05:07 AM

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?

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.