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Commander Cody

  Everybody's Doin' It

Although credited to every member of the Lost Planet Airmen, this was in fact a direct lift from the Modern Mountaineers' 1937 blue Bluebird recording of Everybody's Truckin'. The original 78 said "Not Licensed for Radio Broadcast," but of course "Totally Unsuitable for Radio Broadcast" would have been nearer the mark. Apocryphally, Paramount Records placed a sticker on Cody's 'Country Casanova' LP saying "Side 1, Track 2 not suitable for airplay," but Side 1, Track 2 was actually a gospel song, Shall We Meet. Again, apocryphally, some stations played Everybody's Doin' It, leading to a hue and cry and the end of Commander Cody on country radio. It's hard to say how much traction the Commander ever had on country radio, but the answer is probably not much. That being the case, they probably got more mileage out of telling how they were outlawed by country radio. The more interesting question is how, in the pre-internet and reissue era, did the Airmen hear this incredibly obscure track, and the answer appears to be that Dr. Demento aka Barrett Hansen played it for them. They liked it, Hansen ran a copy, and they learned it.

 

Various Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels - The Blissed-Out Birth Of Country Rock, Vol. 6: 1973 (2-CD)
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Live At Rockpalast 1980 (CD & DVD)
Commander Cody: Live At Rockpalast 1980 (CD & DVD) Art-Nr.: CDMIG90882

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(MIG-Made In Germany) 17 Tracks - Deluxe Digipack - DVD: Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0; Picture: 4:3/NTSC; Country code: 0; Runtime: 71 min. Commander Cody had already achieved cult status with his band "Lost Planet Airmen" when he was...
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Claiming New Teritories - Live At The Aladin 1980 (LP, Ltd.)
Commander Cody: Claiming New Teritories - Live At The Aladin... Art-Nr.: LPMIG01871

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(2017/MIG) 10 tracks Recorded live in Bremen at the 'Aladin' in 1980. Limited to 1000 copies.
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Cody Returns From Outer Space (LP)
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen: Cody Returns From Outer Space (LP) Art-Nr.: LPED202

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(1987/Edsel) 15 Tracks - Original A&M recordings 1974-1975! Includes original inlay!
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Hot Rod Lincoln - Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar (7inch, 45rpm)
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen: Hot Rod Lincoln - Beat Me Daddy Eight To The... Art-Nr.: 45MCA2741

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(MCA Records) 2 tracks - original 1980s pressing
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Truck Drivin' Man - Live In Texas
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen: Truck Drivin' Man - Live In Texas Art-Nr.: CDFLOAT6030

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(2009/FLOATING WORLD) 16 tracks (54:23) Relix material no data, but great rockin'& swingin'stuff in superb sound quality.
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Live In San Francsisco 1971
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen: Live In San Francsisco 1971 Art-Nr.: CDSC6337

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(2015/Sundazed) 14 tracks. Located 40–odd miles west of Detroit, Ann Arbor was a cauldron of social change in the ’60s. Radical politics, courtesy of Students for a Democratic Society and John Sinclair’s White Panther Party, mixed with a...
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Dopers, Drunks And Everyday Losers
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen: Dopers, Drunks And Everyday Losers Art-Nr.: CDBP5128

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(2009/BLIND PIG) 14 tracks
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Flying Dreams
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen: Flying Dreams Art-Nr.: CDWOU4183

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(2008/WOUNDED BIRD) 11 tracks 1978
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Live From Ebbetts Field (CD)
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen: Live From Ebbetts Field (CD) Art-Nr.: CDRB337742

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(2017/RockBeat) 20 tracks (67:43) - digisleeve. Live from Ebbetts Field, Denver, Colorado, August 11. 1973. - Commander Cody - Live At Ebbet's Field (CD) George Frayne, known to the music world as Commander Cody, is a world-famous rock...
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