A Postcard from the Day

Infobox Album
Name = A Postcard from the Day
Type = live
Artist = The Slickee Boys


Released = 2006
Recorded = 1980–1982
Genre = Rock
Length = 70:59
Label = Dacoit
Producer =
Reviews = "Black to Comm" (favorable) [http://black2com.blogspot.com/2007/02/cee-dee-reviews-waitin-on-train-in-path.html link]

"A Postcard from the Day" is the second live album from Washington, D.C.'s Slickee Boys, and their most recent release (Dacoit Records, catalog #2006-1). The album, compiled by guitarist Marshall Keith, collects recordings from 1980–1982, taken from shows in Maryland, Virginia, D.C., and New York City.

Track listing

#"Life of the Party" – 3:48 (Mark Noone)
#"Cinderella" – 2:23 (Gerry Roslie)
#*Originally recorded by The Sonics,
#"Porcelain Butter Kitten" – 2:41 (Kim Kane)
#"Can't Believe" – 3:46 (Marshall Keith, Noone)
#"Disconnected" – 2:45 (Noone, J. Charney)
#"Goin' All the Way/Glendora" – 4:09 (Mike Bouyea/Ray Stanley)
#*"Goin' All the Way" originally recorded by The Squires, 1966
#*"Glendora" originally recorded by Perry Como, 1956; also recorded by the Downliners Sect, 1966
#"Jailbait Janet" – 2:15 (Kenne Highland)
#*Originally recorded by The Afrika Korps, 1977
#"Henry VIII" – 1:52 (Fred Murray, Robert Weston)
#*Popular recording by Herman's Hermits, 1965
#"Hiccupped to Hell" – 2:13 (Ersel Wank)
#*Originally by the Wanktones
#"Ain't Gettin' Any" – 3:27 (Robert Hudson, John Ford)
#*Originally recorded by The Monks
#"Louise/Control" – 4:27 (Jesse Lee Kincaid/Howard Weulfing)
#*"Louise" originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966
#"Stepping Stone" – 3:39 (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart)
#*Originally recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders, 1966; also recorded by The Monkees, 1966
#"Mean Screen" – 2:16 (Scott Duhamel, Eddie Flowers, Highland)
#*Originally recorded by The Gizmos, 1976
#"Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite" – 1:40 (Jeremy Spencer)
#*Originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac (as Earl Vince and The Valiants), 1969; also recorded by The Rezillos, 1978
#"Pictures of Matchstick Men" – 2:38 (Francis Rossi)
#*Originally recorded by the Status Quo, 1968
#"A Question of Temperature" – 3:29 (Mike Appel, Ed Schnug, Don Henny)
#*Originally recorded by The Balloon Farm, 1967
#"Riddles and Fairytales" – 2:17 (Tony Camp, Brian Cooke)
#*Originally recorded by Bohemian Vendetta, 1968
#"Reverse Psychiatry" – 3:34 (Keith, Noone, Emery Olexa)
#"The Crawling Hand" – 2:45 (Keith)
#"Nagasaki Neuter" – 3:11 (Kane, Keith)
#"Weasel" (WHFS commercial) – :26
#"When We Were Kids" – 2:54 (Noone)
#"Gotta Tell Me Why" – 4:35 (Noone)
#"Here to Stay" – 3:49 (Noone)

Personnel

The band

*Kim Kane — Rhythm guitar
*Marshall Keith — Lead guitar
*Mark Noone — Lead vocals
*Emery Olexa — Bass guitar
*Dan Palenski — Drums

Additional musicians

*John Hansen — Lead vocals ("Stepping Stone")

Production

*Seth Martin — Soundman
*John Chumbris — Soundman

Additional credits

*John Hansen — Stage dude
*Tom Shea — Stage dude, cover photo, collage of photos
*Marshall Keith — CD design
*Cathy Gatlin — Collage of photos
*Carol Albert — Slickette
*Kathleen Sheedy — Slickette
*"Thanks for setting the spark on this project: Jim Moon; for cassettes: Robbie White, Tom Shea, Kay Pauley; for carting us all over the East Coast: Tom Shea, Allen Atkinson; for paving the way: Razz; for keeping us going all those years: our great fans"
*Recorded at:
**The Psychedelly, Bethesda, Maryland ("Goin' All the Way/Glendora", "Stepping Stone", "Mean Screen", "Reverse Psychiatry", "When We Were Kids")
**The Elbow Room, Harrisonburg, Virginia ("Disconnected", "Riddles and Fairytales", "Gotta Tell Me Why", "Here to Stay")
**Desperados, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ("Life of the Party", "The Crawling Hand")
**The Cellar Door, Georgetown ("Cinderella", "Porcelain Butter Kitten", "Can't Believe", "Hiccupped to Hell", "Ain't Gettin' Any", "Louise/Control")
**The Bayou, Georgetown ("Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite", "Pictures of Matchstick Men", "A Question of Temperature")
**Columbia Station, Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C. ("Nagasaki Neuter")
**CBGB, New York City ("Jailbait Janet", "Henry VIII")