For instance, many people are familiar with David Bowie’s ‘Starman’, an artist and a song which I presume’d fit very easily under your present terms of reference, (whereas his ‘Space Oddity’ and ‘Life On Mars’, which initially sound as if they would, on closer inspection probably wouldn’t, or so I suspect).

I was thinking though of a less obvious example of his material which most people’d assume had nothing to do with your banner ‘Flying Saucer Music’ but which very definitely has.

Namely, ‘Drive In Saturday’ which, even though it doesn’t sound like it, was apparently inspired by David’s observation of a silvery dome shaped UFO whilst being driven through the Californian desert, hence the line:

“Perhaps the strange ones in the dome/can lend us a book we can read up alone”

No, but I’d like to. Do you have a download site?

I probably won’t post some music, as there are copyright problems or I don’t think that they’re unusual enough. My personal taste enters into this!

Have you heard “Semjase” by Big Dipper? It’s on their 1988 album “Craps.”

Thanks a lot! I knew my people would rise to the challenge. See the update above for more news on Robinson/ Jesse Lee “Space Girl” Turner.

Some more Floyd Robinson info:

Born in Nashville in 1932 he began his career as a singer-guitarist and performed lead guitar and harmony vocals in the backing bands of various country and rockabilly artists. Accordingly he has credits on their albums for rhythm guitar, 12 string guitar and harmony vocals. In addition he performed/recorded duets in the early ’50s with Autry Inman as Jack and Daniel and later recorded at least one single with Don Winters (The Yodeling King) as The Winters Brothers - Don and Floyd. In January 1959 Chet Atkins signed him to the RCA Victor label and his single Makin’ Love reached #20 in the US charts and #9 in the UK charts later that year. In the early ’60s he returned to his roots becoming lead guitarist for a band called The Homesteaders. They recorded an album in 1962 but mainly hit the tour circuit, later also as backing on Jeannie C Riley tours. He left the band in the late ’60s and I lost track of him after that until the Charlie the Hamster era.
Click on his name in this link (item 1.11) for the close-up profile which adorns the reverse of the cover above http://www.chronoglide.com/WWWS_Show/.htm
This link gives info re Chipmunk sound-alike recordings, including Charlie the Hamster and towards the end a number of space aliens http://www.roctober.com/roctober/chipmunks.html

Well, in this case, I’m glad he brainwashed me, because now I can go where he refused to go due to the FCC and his own warped sense of what was “real” music! This also worked on the 365 Days Project people and other outsider music luminaries like Irwin Chusid. Praise be to Frank Wisner, et al!

You da man. I guess I wasn’t dogged enough in my search, even though I do actually have some Charlie The Hamster recordings. Excruciating stuff, although I do enjoy the “Sabbath Day” track more than I should.

http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/09-2.html

hey can we skype about MM very soon - my handle is elminko. we’re trying to fix our schedule for coming to the USA at the end of *this* month!

cheers
Mark