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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Elias Litos and Lazaros Rouvas Skaros (VA) Five Days Married & Other Laments Angry Mom 1928. "Shepherd's Song", a ubiquitous tune of the region.
Halkias Brothers Folk Orchestra Pentes Meres Pantremeni (VA) Five Days Married & Other Laments Angry Mom 1950. The wonderfully drony title track.
Kitsos Harisiadis Stroto Pogonisio (VA) Five Days Married & Other Laments Angry Mom 1930. Famed clarinet master.
* The South Carolina Broadcasters Little Birdie Short Time to Stay Here Flaming Heart orig. from Charleston, now from Mt. Airy NC. Trad. tune containing the album title/lyrics
The South Carolina Broadcasters Let Me Fall Short Time to Stay Here Flaming Heart
* Ernest Rogers Mythological Blues (VA) Turn Me Loose: Outsiders of "Old Time" Music Tompkins Square Another fine set curated by Frank Fairfield. This witty 1928 tune was recorded by an Atlanta newspaper editor.
* Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers Some Happy Day Jack Rose & the Black Twig Pickers VHF orig. released in 2009
* JP Dunn Kentucky Fandango (VA) Six Feet Under Mississippi grab bag comp of '58-'64 rockabilly, surfy, country rock sorta stuff.
Red Clay Ramblers Rockingham Cindy Twisted Laurel Flying Fish 1976
* Johnny Alright Cat Eyes Sings and Plays His Songs self-released new from Greenboro
Black Tusk The Takeoff Taste The Sin Relapse 2010
* Whatever Brains Elephant Gun Whatever Brains (LP3) Sorry State brand spankin' new.
Mission of Burma Execution Signals, Calls and Marches Matador 1980
Ella Fitzgerald Smooth Sailing The Legendary Decca Recordings GRP 1951
* Mavis Staples Every Step One True Vine Anti- new one from Mavis. She turns 74 today. Happy Birthday!
The Horace Silver Quintet Yeah! Horace-Scope Blue Note recorded this week in 1960
Agitation Free You Play For Us Today Malesch Revisited Berlin, 1972. Das liiiieebe ich.
* Muslimgauze Ayatollah Dollar Al Jar Zia Audio Staalplaat aka Bryn Jones
Richard Buckner Lost Willow b/w Lost 7" Merge from the 2011 sessions for "Our Blood"
* Mike Pride/From Bacteria To Boys Pass The Zone Birthing Days AUM Fidelity Brooklyn drummer & mod jazz group. New.
* Craig Taborn Trio Hot Blood Chants ECM New.
* The Mad Doctors Scorpion Queen Fuzz Tonic!! Doctor Gone Brooklyn band. Label from Carolina Beach, NC! Like a madman/badguy Saturday morning cartoons soundtrack.
Appalachian Death Ride Firefly (VA) Sound of Poverty: The Anyway Singles '92-'93 Get Hip Comp of material from Anyway Records, Columbus, Ohio. Nice n greasy.
Gaunt Spine (VA) Sound of Poverty: The Anyway Singles '92-'93 Get Hip ditto
The Beguiled The Nightrider's Theme Blue Dirge Crypt So. Cal., 1994
The Bats Free All The Monsters Free All The Monsters Flying Nun New Zealand, 2011
The Beets Without You Let The Poison Out Hardly Art NY, 2011
The Fresh & Onlys I Saw You Seeing Me I'll Tell You Everything & I Saw You Seeing Me 7" Dirty Knobby SF, 2008
Witchy Poo Start It On Pitching Woo Vermiform "Olympia's indie rock version of The Mothers of Invention." 1999.
* Burnt Books Dig A Little Deeper Burnt Books At A Loss Recordings new Columbia SC hardcore
* Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas Highlander's Farewell To Ireland / Farewell To Ireland / O'er The Water To Charlie / Highlander's Farewell Highlander's Farewell Culburnie "One tune taken on an epic journey--originating in Scotland as a strathspey, making its way to Ireland as a reel, then lingering slightly with a popular jig from the Gaeltachd, and finally crossing over to Appalachia as a breakdown." Superb new release.
* Michael Hurley Eyes Eyes Hi-Fi Snock Uptown Light in the Attic 1972. Thanks to LITA for another great reissue. We gots another old Michael Hurley on deck for later in the summer.
Michael Hurley Uncle Bob's Corner Hi-Fi Snock Uptown Light in the Attic