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"Big Carnivorous Feast" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 | 09:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Joe Tex Trying To Win Your Love (VA) More Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country Trikont smashing compilation with an even better companion
Jim Ford Chain Gang The Sounds of Our Time: The Harlan County album, rare singles and previously unreleased masters Bear Family killer version of Sam Cooke's song. Wanna read about an interesting & mysterious character? Google Jim Ford.
* Bob Greene Mr. Jelly Lord St. Peter Street Stuffers Delmark 1965, New Orleans
* Chicago Underground Duo Confliction Boca Negra Thrill Jockey 10th release from these Chicago improvisors.....
Bo Dollis and Monk Boudreaux w/ ReBirth Brass Band Shoo Fly (VA) Mardi Gras In New Orleans Rounder 2001 comp
* Mandy More If Not By Fire But That Is Me Sunbeam 1972. Now re-released on CD.
Leonard Bernstein & Orchestra The Rumble West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Columbia 1957. Saw a ballet performance of Romeo & Juliet last weekend, inspiring me to share this with you....
Fugazi Margin Walker 13 Songs Dischord late 80s
Link Wray Rumble Rumble! The Best of Link Wray Rhino but of course.
* Schooner Feel Better Duck Kee Sessions Cytunes.org new!
* Spoon Got Nuffin Transference Merge new!
* Ben Davis & The Jetts I Want U To Want 2 Charge It Up! Lovitt new!
* Fin Fang Foom Lonely Waves Monomyth Lovitt new! All local in this set 'cept Spoon... but they're on a local label.
* The Rural Alberta Advantage The Deadroads Hometowns Saddle Creek um, OK, local up til NOW.
* Polysics Fire Bison Absolute Ki-oon not even close to local. Japan.
The Knack My Sharona Get The Knack Capitol 1979. I listened to this about 2,000,000 times when it came out. Doug Fieger, lead singer for The Knack, passed away a couple days ago from cancer. :(
The Knack Heartbeat Get The Knack Capitol great cover of Buddy Holly
The Buzzcocks Autonomy Singles Going Steady I.R.S. 1978
The Lime Spiders 25th Hour (VA) Do The Pop! The Australian Garage-Rock Sound 1976-1987 Shock 1982
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Hair Pie: Bake 2 Trout Mask Replica Reprise 1970. Produced by Frank Zappa.
* Asobi Seksu Gliss Rewolf Polyvinyl One of the last records recorded at Olympic Studios in London before it closed its doors in Feb 2009. Recorded during an off-day from their tour. Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, & The Who all recorded there.
* Alex Cuba Penita En La Cara Agua del Pozo Caracol Afro-Cuban indie-folk-pop
Cesaria Evora Bondade e Maldade (Yoruba Soul mix by Osulade) Club Sodade Bluebird amazing album remixing the Cape Verdian legend... 2003.
Fear Itself Crawlin' Kingsnake Fear Itself Dot 1969.
Big Brother & The Holding Company All Is Loneliness Big Brother & The Holding Company Columbia 1967
* Dirty Little Heaters Railroaded Champions Of Imperfection Churchkey new! CD release party at Local 506 this Sat. night!!!!
The Gossip Jealous Control Girls Standing In The Way Of Control Kill Rock Stars 2006
Band Of Skulls Bomb Baby Darling Doll Face Honey You Are Here A fave from last year. BoS is from Southampton, UK.
? Numbers Game Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk and Agit Pop from the Hermit Kingdom Sublime Frequencies television & radio excerpts from N. Korea, recorded 'tween 1995 and 2005. Wow.
Veronica Fischer & Band Kirschblüte (VA) D-Funk: Funk, Disco & Boogie Grooves from Germany, 1972-2002 Marina a gem from 1975
* Su Kramer Die Grüne Witwe (VA) Funky Fräuleins: Female Beat, Groove, Disco & Funk in Germany 1968-1978 Bureau B 1978. Very funk cover of the song Barbara Streisand did.
* Gong Rational Anthem (VA) The BYG Deal B-Music/Finders Keepers comp spanning 1968-74 from the pioneering French label BYG
Flat Duo Jets Wild Trip Go Go Harlem Baby Sky 1991. Dex Romweber & pals.
Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra The World Is Gone The In-Kraut vol. 3: Hip-Shaking Grooves Made In Germany 1967-74 Marina can't resist the verruckte Deutsch Pop!
* The Abstract Truth Scarborough Fair Totum Shadoks South Africa, 1970. Nice.
Real Estate Beach Comber Real Estate Woodsist 2009
* Vetiver Another Reason To Go Tight Knit Sub Pop their newest. my God, their are HORNS in it!
Thelonious Monk (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance With You Thelonious Himself Riverside Recorded in New York, April 1957
Janiva Magness One Heartache Too Late What Love Will Do Alligator 2008
Emmylou Harris The Boxer Roses In The Snow Warner Bros. 1980.
* Manassas My Love Is A Gentle Thing Pieces Rhino Outtakes from the band's 1972 and 1973 sessions. Stephen Stills at the center of it...
* Willie Nelson Happiness Lives Next Door Naked Willie RCA Nashville Album of classic Willie songs from 1966-70, stripped of all the Nashville production. Go Willie!
Chatham County Line Louisiana Freight Train Route 23 Yep Roc 2005. Beautiful song.
* Dave Rawlings Machine Ruby A Friend Of A Friend Acony
The Band Lonesome Suzie Music From Big Pink Capitol 1968
* Eric Bibb With My Maker I Am One Booker's Guitar Telarc EB performing on the National guitar once owned by Bukka White (Booker T. Washington White)
Moon Martin Hot Night In Dallas Shots From A Cold Nightmare EMI 1978 LP
Moon Martin Victim Of Romance Shots From A Cold Nightmare EMI
Moon Martin Night Thoughts Shots From A Cold Nightmare EMI
Moon Martin Paid Killer Shots From A Cold Nightmare EMI
Moon Martin Cadillac Walk Shots From A Cold Nightmare EMI end of side 1