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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* 39 Clocks Shake The Hippie Zoned... Recordings 1987-1980...Rewind De Stijl
Charlie Pickett Slow Death Bar Band Americanus: The Best of Charlie Pickett Bloodshot
* New Town Drunks Sometimes Mariana The Ballad Of Stayed and Gone self-released nice new local disc
Flaco Jiminez y su Conjunto De Rodillas Quisiera Mirarte Flaco Jiminez y su Conjunto Arhoolie A little ranchera from 1967. Translation: "I'd Like To See You On Your Knees"
The Baseball Project Satchel Paige Said The Baseball Project vol. 1: Frozen Ropes & Dying Quails Yep Roc Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Minus 5-ers in general. Terrific collection of baseball tunes. Anyone hear the great show on NPR about Satchel Paige a week or two ago?
Rev. Horton Heat Callin' In Twisted Revival Yep Roc 2004 barnburner of a song
* Mice Parade Open Air Dance, Part 2 (VA) The Present: Soundtrack from the Surf Movie Brushfire
* Nickodemus 2 Sips & Magic (feat. The New York Gypsy Allstars) Sun People ESL nice new one from NYC DJ and producer
Dorothy Ashby Come Live With Me Afro-Harping Cadet/Verve We've just acquired this at XDU. I'm really glad. 1968 funky laid-back harp jazz...
* Mos Def Auditorium The Ecstatic Downtown New
Masta Killa Old Man No Said Date Nature Sounds MK is from Wu-Tang Clan
Rufus Thomas The Dog Do The Funky Somethin': The Best of Rufus Thomas Rhino a 1963 hit for the Memphis MAN. Google some photos of him to brighten your day...
* J.D. Allen Trio Esre! Shine Sunnyside Striking jazz release that's really captured my attention. Killer bass lines and Mr. Allen's tenor sax....
* Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings What If Renegades Delmark Another stunning jazz release. Flutist Mitchell and a crack ensemble from Chicago.
* Hermas Zopoula Courons Courez Espoir Asthmatic Kitty New music from Burkina Faso (nee "Upper Volta"). Heavily influenced by soukous & other central African pop forms
* Law Of The Least Effort Lobby Call Library Catalog Music Series Vol. 2: Music for Measurements Asthmatic Kitty seemingly random collection of fun instrumental stuff
The Cliffters Django (VA) An Outbreak of Twangin': Phantom Guitars Vol. Two - 26 Cool Early 60s Guitar Instrumentals Psychic Circle
James Cotton Feelin' Good Feelin' Good Acrobat 1963 and 1967 sessions on this record
Lowell Fulson When Things Go Wrong Lovemaker Big Town Killer 1978 blues record. Sometimes LF recorded as Lowell Fulsom for bizness reasons.... in case you were confused like me...
Roscoe Robinson Leave You In The Arms (Of Your Other Man) (VA) Sanctified Soul Kent 1969 single on Atlantic
* Peter Case Six Nights A Week (VA) Man Of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney Yep Roc
* The Woodlands King And Queen The Woodlands self-released New from a Portland OR husband-wife duo. Really pretty.
* I.U.D. Glo Balls The Proper Sex Social Registry "I.U.D. is Mr. Egglesby and Lil' Pickle," it says on the back of the record. It's Sadie Laska & Gang Gang Dance's Lizzi Bougatsos.
* The Inner Space Kamerasong Agilok & Blubbo Wah Wah Movie soundtrack from the band that became Can. 1968.
Can Sing Swan Song Ege Bamyasi Mute 1972. Recorded at The Inner Space Studio (original band's namesake place)
David Axelrod The Mental Traveler Song Of Innocence Capitol 1968 acid funk rock orchestral tribute to the English poet William Blake.
* Floating Action Edge Of The World Floating Action self-released Great new NC project (Seth Kaufmann et al)
Cheap Time Glitter And Gold Cheap Time In The Red 2007
The Future Kind The Devil Is Gonna Get You (VA) Dave Hamilton's Detroit Funk: Rare and Unreleased Twisted Funk 1967-1975 Beat Goes Public
Sam & Dave Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody (VA) The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, vol. 6 Atlantic
Floyd Newman Frog Stomp (VA) The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968, vol. 3 Atlantic
The Van-Dells The Honey Dripper (VA) The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968, vol. 3 Atlantic