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Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
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Joe Tex |
Trying To Win Your Love |
(VA) More Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country |
Trikont |
smashing compilation with an even better companion |
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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. |
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Bob Greene |
Mr. Jelly Lord |
St. Peter Street Stuffers |
Delmark |
1965, New Orleans |
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Chicago Underground Duo |
Confliction |
Boca Negra |
Thrill Jockey |
10th release from these Chicago improvisors..... |
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Bo Dollis and Monk Boudreaux w/ ReBirth Brass Band |
Shoo Fly |
(VA) Mardi Gras In New Orleans |
Rounder |
2001 comp |
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Mandy More |
If Not By Fire |
But That Is Me |
Sunbeam |
1972. Now re-released on CD. |
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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.... |
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Fugazi |
Margin Walker |
13 Songs |
Dischord |
late 80s |
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Link Wray |
Rumble |
Rumble! The Best of Link Wray |
Rhino |
but of course. |
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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! |
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Fin Fang Foom |
Lonely Waves |
Monomyth |
Lovitt |
new! All local in this set 'cept Spoon... but they're on a local label. |
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The Rural Alberta Advantage |
The Deadroads |
Hometowns |
Saddle Creek |
um, OK, local up til NOW. |
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Polysics |
Fire Bison |
Absolute |
Ki-oon |
not even close to local. Japan. |
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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. :( |
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The Knack |
Heartbeat |
Get The Knack |
Capitol |
great cover of Buddy Holly |
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The Buzzcocks |
Autonomy |
Singles Going Steady |
I.R.S. |
1978 |
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The Lime Spiders |
25th Hour |
(VA) Do The Pop! The Australian Garage-Rock Sound 1976-1987 |
Shock |
1982 |
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band |
Hair Pie: Bake 2 |
Trout Mask Replica |
Reprise |
1970. Produced by Frank Zappa. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Fear Itself |
Crawlin' Kingsnake |
Fear Itself |
Dot |
1969. |
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Big Brother & The Holding Company |
All Is Loneliness |
Big Brother & The Holding Company |
Columbia |
1967 |
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Dirty Little Heaters |
Railroaded |
Champions Of Imperfection |
Churchkey |
new! CD release party at Local 506 this Sat. night!!!! |
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The Gossip |
Jealous Control Girls |
Standing In The Way Of Control |
Kill Rock Stars |
2006 |
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Band Of Skulls |
Bomb |
Baby Darling Doll Face Honey |
You Are Here |
A fave from last year. BoS is from Southampton, UK. |
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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. |
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Veronica Fischer & Band |
Kirschblüte |
(VA) D-Funk: Funk, Disco & Boogie Grooves from Germany, 1972-2002 |
Marina |
a gem from 1975 |
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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. |
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Gong |
Rational Anthem |
(VA) The BYG Deal |
B-Music/Finders Keepers |
comp spanning 1968-74 from the pioneering French label BYG |
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Flat Duo Jets |
Wild Trip |
Go Go Harlem Baby |
Sky |
1991. Dex Romweber & pals. |
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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! |
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The Abstract Truth |
Scarborough Fair |
Totum |
Shadoks |
South Africa, 1970. Nice. |
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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! |
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Thelonious Monk |
(I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance With You |
Thelonious Himself |
Riverside |
Recorded in New York, April 1957 |
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Janiva Magness |
One Heartache Too Late |
What Love Will Do |
Alligator |
2008 |
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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! |
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Chatham County Line |
Louisiana Freight Train |
Route 23 |
Yep Roc |
2005. Beautiful song. |
| * |
Dave Rawlings Machine |
Ruby |
A Friend Of A Friend |
Acony |
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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) |
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Moon Martin |
Hot Night In Dallas |
Shots From A Cold Nightmare |
EMI |
1978 LP |
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Moon Martin |
Victim Of Romance |
Shots From A Cold Nightmare |
EMI |
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Moon Martin |
Night Thoughts |
Shots From A Cold Nightmare |
EMI |
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Moon Martin |
Paid Killer |
Shots From A Cold Nightmare |
EMI |
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Moon Martin |
Cadillac Walk |
Shots From A Cold Nightmare |
EMI |
end of side 1 |
