Apollo Smile
Dune Buggy (Remix/Edit)
Dune Buggy (Remix/Edit Without Vocal Breakdown)
Dune Buggy (Full Drivin’ Mix)
The latest in my continuing series of “dubious Discogs purchases bought drunk and depressed during the lockdown.”
When I placed the order for this, the seller reached out to me just to double-check that I actually wanted to buy it. The single only cost about two bucks, but, since I live in Japan, shipping would run me closer to $10. The seller wanted to make sure that I was okay with such a premium, and was very willing to cancel the order. In fact, I bet they thought I would. “What kind of idiot would pay $10 in shipping for a fucking Apollo Smile single?”, they probably said to themselves.
THIS KIND OF IDIOT.
I don’t even like Apollo Smile all that much. Her self-titled album is actually pretty bad. She’s good on it. She has personality galore. But the songs are bland and forgettable. “Dune Buggy,” with its bright-but-chill party vibe is an album highlight though, so I was happy to score this single.
I’m sure I’ve told this story before, but I actually tried to interview Apollo Smile at one point. So many anime nerds of the mid-90s saw her on Sci-Fi Channel, and many (myself included) wondered what happened to her. She still has her fans, and I though that she would want to know that, and that she might want to let her fans know how she was doing.
It wasn’t that hard to track her down. At the time, her employer was even named on her Wikipedia page. I emailed said employer, identified myself as a freelance journalist, and inquired about and possibly interview opportunity with Apollo.
Crickets.
About a year later, I thought I’d give it another go, so I sent a second email to her employer. This time, I did get a response. It was the most polite “leave us the fuck alone” reply I ever got. And that was that for that.
Oh well. Apollo if you’re out there, know that people want to hear your story. And if you’re not interested in sharing it, know that people still like you, and have fond memories of the goofy fun you gave them.
Madonna
Everybody (Extended Version)
Everybody (Dub Version)
Hate to sound like a broken record (ha it’s funny because the blog is called Lost Turntable) but these are new CD rips of mixes that I previously only had as vinyl rips. So, if you did download these when I first featured them, you’re going to want to go grab these because they sound much better. Another one of my drunken Discogs purchases.
Between Discogs and Recofan closing (sobs forever), I bought a lot of Madonna these past few months. Seriously. Like, even more than the usual amount of too much Madonna that I typically buy. I’m going to have to start sharing these piecemeal like this or I’ll never get them out of my backlog.
Both of these tracks are from the Japanese True Blue: Super Club Mix single. That five track CD has some other good remixes on it, but all of them are either commercially available for purchase or streaming, or I already recently featured them here. The True Blue: Super Club Mix single was actually re-issued in the states not all that long ago, but only on LP, with no CD or digital option available. Which is stupid.
lol, great Apollo Smile story.
You are unfortunately correct regarding poor Apollo Smile. “Let’s Rock” is simple but awesome. The album is disappointing and boring.
You should just send a letter to the Ballet company addressed to her attention. If the concern is that the messages were not getting passed on to her and getting blocked by the front office, a letter is a better way to get it in her hands.
That’s exactly what I did.