MX-80 back in the day, featuring the Tao and the MCPL

[mike whybark]

Bob Gulcher diligently sent along this remarkable blog entry from one HT who apparently signed MX-80 to Island Records back in the day:

Asking my boss David Betteridge if he'd "uh, like to go to to Bloomington?" I was, frankly, a bit surprised when he said "yes". So we found ourselves de-planing in Indianapolis and being driven for roughly an hour to a coffee bar/health-food joint (with ashram attached) in Bloomington called Tao. There, we met up with Rich and his wife Andrea....

I should note that the trip to Bton circa nineteen-seventies-groovy took place under the auspices of a different label than Island. Read the entry to learn more!

[Bill Zink]

I never knew that "White Knight" was about Bob Knight. This is a great snapshot of MX-80 and '70's Bton.

[John Scot Sheets]

Nice! When ever I play MX80 for anyone who is unfamiliar with them, I always feel the need to say "this must of really shook folks up back in the mid seventies." Big Hits is a great record which will always hold it's own, but when you examine it in the context of the time it was made, it is almost a miracle.

[John Scot Sheets]

I also love the comments about John Waters and how the folks in Bloomington turned the Record Guy on to Female Trouble.

[mike whybark]

Someday You'll be King, boys.

[Rick Wilkerson]

This is an awesome bit of history, thanks for posting. The Mark Bingham (Screaming Gypsy Bandits, Social Climbers) piece on the same blog is also worth a read. Good inside info.

[Michael Heminger]

My prom date went on to B-town for college a year before I did and I sent her on a scavenger hunt for the "Big Hits" EP. She never found a copy. Bruce is definitely one of the greatest guitar innovators of all time.