This is the tedious, yet popular, item for listing what music you are listening to as you cruise through this conference. No cheating, now! To keep things interesting, try to write a line or two about the album or song you are naming, especially if it's at all obscure.369 responses total.
Tri Yann, "Dix Ans Dix Filles." Sort of a Breton version of the Kingston Trio, though at some point they turned into a folk-rock band. This is their second album, from a boxed set I got recently of their first three releases, from 1972-1974.
Well, Duncan Millar, "Good to Go" CD is queued up in the player, ready to be listened to for the first time. Looks like it might be piano Jazz of some sort. Since it's Sunday morning, I'm listening to the "Over Easy" show on WCSX.
Spinal Tap, "Break Like the Wind".
Niss Kirsten, TRAD. Unfortunately there's not much too traditional about it. Swedish singer performs very contemporary settings of poems by Harry Martinson; some of the settings use folk instrumentation and one or two are reminiscent of Hedningarna, but many more draw on jazz forms which are far too modern for my tastes. Maybe it'll grow on me.
(Turns out Leslie really liked the Niss Kirsten album described above.)
the new Alison Krauss and Union Station album 'new Favorite' hmm.. somewhere around track 5... Umm... pretty much standard AK & US stuff.. can't be bad.. can't be bad..
Xeque Mate, "Pasarruas de Pontevedra" -- A famous Galician combo, mixing *gaitas* (Spanish bagpipes), whistles & flutes with other acoustic instruments.
Sister Soleil, Soularium. I picked this album up from the $1 section of Record Exchange. I had been wanting to listen to an album of this group since I heard some tracks played on WDET. I'm not sure what to say yet.I like some of the songs, but others just don't grab me.
A Disney "introduction to music" thing on the Disney channel, of course.
I *adore* Soularium. :) Especially "Liar" :)
Lucinda Williams' "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road", checked out from the King County Library.. I'd been meaning to give this one a serious listen since shortly after its release and subsequent critical acclaim a couple of years ago. However, I'd tried liking Lucinda Williams ten years ago and never really managed -- I think I wound up selling her original album (or was it an EP?) to KRJ long ago so he could pass it along to a friend after it went out of print. So for several years since its release, the album's been languishing in my "gee I'm kind of curious how that sounds but Not Curious Enough to Pay Twenty Dollars to Find Out" category, which is a shame, as it's growing on me rapidly. It really makes me wonder how many other albums I've passed up because records today are too expensive for me to want to experiment as much as I used to..
k.d. lang - live by request. CD came out Aug 14th. Some is Country, others are bluesy torch songs.
Holly Cole - Dark Dear Heart. This is another one of those $1 CDs that I've really enjoyed. I was introduced to her years ago from her cover album of Tom Waits songs. Although it wasn't enough to make me rush out and buy her other albums, it was enough for me to grab it for a buck.
I have been meaning to pick that album up again after my tape of it died, thanks to a soda spill. I kinda liked it.
I listened to the entire album (Re #13) last night. It was really good. I'm glad I picked it up. Right now, I'm listening to a Neon Genesis Evangelion soundtrack.
"You are my Starship" by the dazz band 'take me up and don't be late'. from their Time Traveler CD, a 2001 release.
something from local band 3 Speed
oh, now it's the red elvises.
Neil Finn : One Nil. This came out in Australia in March, and I picked it up from Best Buy this evening, as in import. I like the first solo album better, but I'm willing to listen some more.
Some sort of reggae tribute CD to The Police.
Philip Glass & Allen Ginsberg - Hydrogen Jukebox
Brighn's got the Amazing Grace/Gilligan's Island hideous mutant crossbreed stuck in my head.
You do know that "Rainbow Connection" fits into either?
I'm listening to a mildly appalling Travis cover of "Baby, hit me One More Time" that my roomate put in :( Oh well... we can't all have good taste all the time!
The "Rainbow Connection" that Kermit sings? I can't get it to scan right with any of those melodies.
Nighthawks at the Diner: waits
The Mammals, "Born Live." Self-released debut from a very nice folk/old-time band including Pete Seeger's grandson. I picked this up at the Philadelphia festival even though I did not hear them live, just after hearing some other musicians talk about them.
Musczikas "Bartok Album," a nice mix of Bartok performing a few of Bartok's lighter dance pieces, some the music that inspired those dance pices and some of Bart0k's original recordings of folk music, a treat for the ears.
Pancho Alvarez, "Vai de Amores" -- A founding member of the groups MATTO CONGRIO and NA LUA, this gem of a song is on the second NACIONES CELTAS compilation I received from Spain.
Various - Global Underground Passport: Although I frown on stores selling exclusive CDs, this sampler from Borders os a very decent electronica CD. I might try some of the other CDs from Global Underground. Plus, it's only $4.
Mike Toomey as Elvis in "Baby, I'd Dead". A Dr. Demento track from his basement tapes.
Jablkon, BABA AGA. Quirky acoustic-guitar based band, not really folk, from the Czech Republic. Still working through the box I got from Czech-land.
Spacemen 3 - "Translucent Flashbacks"
Al, Twine Ball.
Tuesday -- listening to Dolly Parton, "Shine", from her album "Little Sparrow". Feels very odd to be listening to Dolly, given that she epitomizes everything I dislike about country music, although this album is more "old-timey" than the stuff I recall her singing in the 60s and 70s. Or else I *am* turning into my mother. EEEEEEEEEEEK! I should say that Mickey sent me the album for my birthday and it's been interesting to listen to it -- some of it still makes me shudder at the sheer "country" aspect of it and some of it I really like a lot.
she prefers doing oldtimey/bluegrass stuff from what i hear, but there's just no money in it.
Anne Sophie Mutter - Romance
Well, I don't know what exactly is playing, but I'm listening to andante.com's streaming classical radio. If you like classical music and you haven't yet, you should really check out andante.com.
Joy Williams' debut album. Young Christian vocalist, a bit of pop, a bit of contemporary, real nice voice.
Willie Nelson and Johnnie Gimble, singing & fiddling on a Prairie Home Companion repeat from 1985.
Phi Life Cypher, "Clint Eastwood Remix." It's one of those days for me.
Fela Kuti, "He Miss Road". Early Afrobeat/jazz.
good, really good stuff!
Swan Arcade, FULL CIRCLE. The last Swan Arcade album, and prior to this month the only one ever issued on CD. Jim Boyes continues on in Coope Boyes & Simpson, and I don't know what Dave & Heather Brady are doing.
Peter Bellamy, the generously-packed new Fellside collection. Review to follow in a while, most likely.
Patty Loveless, Classics.
The sweet, sweet sound of a functional printer.
Al Stewart, Last Days of the Century.
RIchard Shindell - Somewhere Near Patterson
Apoptygma Berserk. It's a collection of mp3's I downloaded in a hurry one day just to check them out, then burned onto a CD so's I could listen at work. Now I'm trying to decide which CD(s) to buy...
Laika and the Cosmonauts, "Instruments of Terror." This had a price
sticker on it from House of Musical Traditions, which means it's been
sitting around unopened for at least three years and probably longer.
:( The surf rendition of a big Varttina hit ("Oi Dai") was cute.
Dikanda, "Music from Four Corners of the East." Finally, the whole CD from Poland, instead of just the 3 mp3 files I downloaded from their web site. This is going to be one of my favorites of the year, review to follow later this week I hope.
Kate Bush, "The Kick Inside" I still enjoy listening to KAte's first album.
Teagrass, "Moravian Love Songs." Performed with American-style accompaniment. :)
Weird Al Yankovic, "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi"
Boomtown Rats greatest hits.
Ride -- "Carnival of Light"
"Hungry Dog" a Plains Indian chant from a CD called NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS. This CD has been a good soundtrack for working, today, although I feel the music is a bit too heavy on the synth.
The muppet Radio station, WITHOUT HEADPHONES! I really like it when my roomate goes home for the weekend! I like her a lot, but I Need My Personal Space! That and the right to listen to stupid songs like "the Person in my neighborhood." :)
The Best of Pete Townshend. Leslie's pick.
Steve Earle, "Transcendental Blues"
(Ken, which "Best of Pete Townshend"?)
Cake, COMFORT EAGLE
Maite Dono, "Os Reis do Caurel" ... yet another Galician vocalist, singing in front of traditional CeltIberian instrumentation. Her style is very lyrical, and I enjoy hearing a range of emotion in her voice.
resp:62 :: I didn't know there were multiple Bests of Pete Townshend. This one is a 1996 compilation which is subtitled "Cool Walking...etc"
Gypsy Passion: New Flamenco
REM, "Fables of the Reconstruction." Eeek, I feel old.
Bill Jones, "Tam Lin" - from a performance recorded live off BBC Radio 3. Piano and flugelhorn make an interesting mix for this song.
Oooh. Beatles, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR. I feel very old.
Steely Dan, "Aja". An old vinyl copy; I really should buy the CD. Fantastic album.
It's definitely an amazing piece of work. I think there are several other Steely Dan albums I prefer, but "Aja" is perhaps the "Steely Dan-iest" they ever got -- their obsessive studio perfectionism reaches a sort of climax on that album..
Piano and flugelhorn does sound interesting, and "Tam Lin" is one of my favorite tunes. Do you know if that version of the tune's been released publicly, or should I beg for a copy of your copy?
I do know that "Tam Lin" appears on Bill Jones' newest CD, PANCHPURAN, but I don't own it, yet, and can't say if the recorded arrangement is the same piano and flugelhorn that she uses on the live performance. Several reviewers have spoken about her version of the song, and I've read that the arrangement on the CD is for string quartet and "sparse piano." It's worth mentioning that she's written an entirely new tune for the words, as well. I certainly don't mind sharing, and won't make you beg. In fact, I've already made a copy for krj; another copy won't be a problem.
I could tell you about the studio performance if the living room hadn't eaten the bleeping CD. Bill's PANCHPURAN has been picked up for US domestic release -- on Compass Records, I think -- so there should be some used promo copies around.
Al Stewart CD - Down in the Cellar.
"a new tune for the words" -- Ah, so this is the ballad called 'Tam Lin,' not the fiddle tune. Ah well. Still interested, though.
What fiddle tune is known as "Tam Lin?"
My Halloween music, listed in item 46.
resp:77 :: boy, do I feel dumb. I was looking at Steeleye Span's album TIME tonight, and the ending part of "The Old Maid in the Garrett" is an instrumental tune named "Tam Lin."
Yep. That's the one. It's getting pretty common as a contra dance tune.
Adrian Belew, "Young Lions".
The Monkees, "Greatest Hits," the 1995 package from Rhino. I'd wanted copies of the songs "Last Train to Clarksville" and "Stepping Stone" for years, and then yesterday at dinner the muzak was playing "I'm A Believer," so we decided that it was time to get a good Monkees anthology.
The Markets 'Outer Limits' (theme) from my "Oldies but Ghoulies from the Crypt" collection out of the list in item 46. The collection has 31 tunes from the 50's and 60's.
Incubus, "Morning View." There's a conference item in here, I imagine.
re #83: I'd never thought of the Marketts' (two 't's) "Out of Limits" as a Hallowe'en song, but I suppose one could stretch, given its obvious Twilight Zone inspiration..
It came on a Halloween compilation I got. Yes, loose association. Kay Starr's version of "Headless Horseman" is playing now. I think it is the same tune Bing Crosby sang in Disney's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
Various artists, "Accordeons Diatoniques en Bretagne." Or, "Diatonic Accordions in Brittany." Seven Breton accordion players, mostly performing solo, on traditional tunes.
Poe - Haunted. Okay, so I've been listening to this cd almost non-stop for the past couple of weeks...I *REALLY* like it. :)
Duanne Elm's "Dawson's Christian" by Vic Tyler on my Acoustica Creepatcia collection. The next track, now playing is Michael Longcor's "Monster in my Head[ge]".
Early 20th century recordings by soprano Emmy Destinn. Curiously, this is the second Czech CD in three months which is warped and won't play in the "vertical" CD player in the bedroom stereo, but it plays fine in the "horizontal" player in the main stereo.
In preparation to putting "Escape from Mundania" cassette tape onto a CD, 'Going Down the Cosmic Drain".
Camper Van Beethoven, "Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart." They just don't make rock albums like this any more, *sniff*.
I'm not sure they ever did, at least not as a general rule..
Lately I've been listening to a lot of Emmylou Harris, particularly
several more recent albums ("Wrecking Ball", "Spyboy", and "Red Dirt Girl",
all courtesy of the King County Library..) Although it's probably the
weakest of those three albums, I've been listening to two tracks from
"Spyboy" over and over: "Tulsa Queen" and "My Songbird"..
I was interested enough in "My Songbird" to use the All Music Guide
(always deserving of a plug: http://www.allmusic.com ) to track down
its origins. It's apparently the work of a guy named Jesse Winchester,
who was apparently an up-and-coming folkie in the 60s until he fled to
Canada to avoid being sent to Vietnam. For several reasons this seems
to have dealt a death-blow to his career -- at any rate he was forgotten
enough that I'd never heard of him. Does anyone more familiar with the
music of that era remember anything about him or have any opinions about
his music? "My Songbird" is a heartbreaking song, at least as Emmylou
performs it..
new orleans klezmer all stars.
Mike in resp:94 :: unfortunately it's questionable whether I can find my copy of SPYBOY in finite time. I have a vague memory of having seen Jesse Winchester live at MSU around the early 1980s -- maybe he was opening for the Roches -- but I really don't have much to offer about him. Glad you're enjoying the three most recent Emmylou albums, though. WRECKING BALL was on my favorites-of-the-last-decade list.
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"Wrecking Ball" is a wonderful album. I'd say it's the best album discovery I've made in the last year.
a mess of 45 second MP3 song samples downloaded from http://www.cdroots.com, a CD shop designed to vacuum out my wallet with maximum efficiency. Sigh. The samples from the new Gabriel Yacoub album (ex-Malicorne) are uniformly excellent, and the samples from the new Tellu Virkkala album (ex-Hedningarna) are almost as good, and then there is Oskorri and Na Lua, and mumble whine whimper budget *sniff*.
New Yacoub? New Tellu? Agggghk! Tell me more. (Twila thinks that maybe she should put those on her Xmas list!)
Public Enemy, "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back". I'd recently started wondering if "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" would work as a Western tune, and realized I hadn't listened to it in quite some time. It's actually not that far-fetched an idea, being a song about a prison riot.
Da Yoopers - Smelting USA!
Lucky & the Zionites - Living (check mp3.com) Kind of a mix between Steely Dan and Bob Marley.
Steeleye Span, TIME. The 1990s album with both Maddy Prior and Gay Woods singing, which I was playing in the preview setup at Barnes & Noble not too long ago. This was a fun sound, but in personal terms in was unstable, and Maddy quit the band a few weeks after this lineup performed in Ann Arbor. One of my pending projects is to gather up a compilation of the best tracks from Steeleye's reunion albums, and maybe some of Maddy's solo work since 1988. "The Old Maid In The Garrett" is up with some of the best work the band ever did.
"Gravity Exiles" from "Escape from Mundania" by
Barry & Sally Childs-Helton, a filk tape I transferred to CD.
Yesterday, I listened to a few Celtic Christmas CDs.
Joel Mabus Christmas CD is queed in the player.
"Good Morning Miss Brown," Taj Mahal. From the newest KGSR Broadcasts CD.
Oyster Band, "Step Outside." Eeek, 15 years old. Where's my cane? I've taken advantage of Leslie's afternoon rehearsal to shake the house a little by playing it extra loud.
Listening to an old CD sampler from Charly Records, long ago acquired at Schoolkids' (who had stacks and stacks of them for some reason and sold them for five or six bucks for ages..) Now playing: the Yardbirds with "Still I'm Sad". The previous track, Townes van Zandt's "Kathleen" has reminded me that I've been meaning to pick up a Townes van Zandt album. Anyone have any recommendations where to start?
Cher Catin by Clifton Chenier etc. from "Music from the Zydeco Kingdom". Another great Encore find. Great collection from ~1929 to the present.
Tool - Undertow
Joe Picapo as Sinatra..his Rock & Roll medley.
Genesis, "Cinema Show" from the live album Seconds Out. It's been a long time since I've listened to my Genesis albums. I still enjoy them as much as I did 15-20 years ago.
Rag Foundation, "Bonny Bunch of Roses"
(Is that ragtime?)
George Harrison..best of with "Got my Mind Set on You" on now.
re: #114 - No, Rag Foundation is a Welsh combo with roots in traditional Welsh folk music. To quote from their website, "No rags, but many musical riches and a very solid foundation of the centuries old, yet neglected, anglophone traditions of the South Gower." http://www.ragfoundation.co.uk/ N.P: "Madeleine" GWAZIGAN (A very fun traditional Cajun song, arranged by this group with members from Quebec, Ireland and Brittany.)
Dang, I passed their album up at the Tower in Chicago last week.
"Johnny Got Suspended (for wearing an Islanders suck t-shirt)" by a group called The Zambonis. I like this group. I am going to order their CD tomorrow. (download one song on Morpheus then buy the CD ... not 100% legal, but at least I'm trying)
Jean Ritchie, "The Pig Went Out to Dig" (looks like my holiday music addiction is re-asserting itself)
I am presently listening to Definitely Not The Opera on CBC Radio, which is featuring performances from the Winnepeg Folk Festival by Sue Foley and Kris Demeanor, both of whom have been fascinating so far.
Leon Russel: Slipping into Christmas and Christmas in Chicago on CD.
Julie Miller, "Manger Throne" from 1991's He Walks Through Walls
A Spike Jones Christmas.
(( Hmm, in your Mickey's Random Item maybe you could write a little about Julie Miller's stay in the Christian Music industry.))
Hey, you got a Julie Miller Christian album? Ooooo.
One of the Very Special Christmas CDs. Wide music variety collections.
"Prairie Home Companion," the broadcast originating in Hill Auditorium a couple of miles from here. Guests are Robin and Linda Williams, and Jo Serrapere. WUOM-FM (91.7) will repeat this broadcast Sunday at 1 pm.
Same thing.
I understand the open mic from the Ark also was broadcast live, although our local Public Radio International affiliate did not carry it, due to the late hour of beginning.
I wonder how many stations beyond WUOM carried it? I heard some of it; I'm not much into poetry so most of it just washed over me, though it was nice to hear Keillor talking with the participants.
Monsoon, the CD reissue of "Third Eye" plus all(?) of the singles. This was the start of Sheila Chandra's career, and it's her poppiest album, and one of my favorites. Eeek, another favorite album which turns 20 years old in a few weeks!
Yes, that's a long and scary list.. I'm disturbed by the thought that "London Calling" and "Remain in Light" are more than twenty years old. Where did the time go?
Hell, I'm disturbed by the fact that Remain in Light is that old, and I wasn't even born yet.
Dr. Elmo's Christmas CD.
Rag Foundation, MINKA. Interesting, loose take on trad folk from Wales, with simple guitar and fiddle accompaniment.
Radiohead, Amnesiac.
R.L. Burnside, "Burnside on Burnside." Live electric blues album I picked up last fall when it was being played in store at Elderly Instruments; I thought of it again when it landed on a year's-best list by one of the Washington Post critics. I should listen to more electric blues.
Gene Clark -- "Roadmaster", a post-Byrds solo album I bought years ago from an Art Fair cutout bin and never listened to. Several references to it in the All Music Guide entries for other albums I've been listening to lately moved me to go looking for my copy, which I found unopened.. I begin to understand how krj can wind up with piles of unlistened-to albums.. I should've listened to this one earlier -- it's pretty good if you like the Byrds (and I *love* the Byrds..)
Anubia, "Cantarea" from last year's release SEGREDO A VOCES. This is a Galician group composed of no less than 6 women, who sing in incredible harmony over modern arrangements. This might be interesting to those who enjoy groups like Varttina or Lais.
The Concert for New York City. One of the Billy Joel tracks is on now.
Brenga Astur, "Cancios de Gochu Xabaz." From Spain. The instrumental tune sets are pretty nice, not sure how much I like the slower vocal tracks yet.
Gillian Welch -- "Time: the Revelator"
I think I'll move back down to Memphis
And thank the hatchet man who forked my tongue.
(from the absolutely dreamy reference-heavy 14-minute
album-closing track "I Dream a Highway"..)
Sunrise - Ted Nuggent (instrumental from "Hunt Music")
Tony Perez, FULL FORCE JAZZ. Cuban pianist alternating between small group tracks and big band tracks. I bought this out of the player at Schoolkids-in-the-Basement last weekend.
Malicorne, CATHEDRALS OF INDUSTRY. After the Yacoub concert this week there is some interest in seeing how many of the Yacoub or Malicorne CDs we can dig out. CATHEDRALS OF INDUSTRY was the final Malicorne album, after a six-year layoff; Yacoub once told us that he had planned that to be a solo album, but the record label (Celluloid) wanted a Malicorne album so they could better sell the band name. It's also one of the glories of mid-1980s electric folk, a number of which were current and popular when Leslie & I started dating, so they are personally very romantically nostalgic for us. I was surprised to hear Leslie singing along with it, even though she hasn't heard the CD in years, so I guess she's got it memorized.
Crossroads, "De Partir, C'est Mon Plaisir". Just arrived in a box from France today. Mara and Llew Kiek, of the Australian/East European band Mara, pair up with some Breton musicians and Scottish bagpipes. It's been a while since a new album has lived up to high expectations, but this album has just about everything I ever loved about Mara. More details later.
Joe Henry, "Scar". A CD a friend gave me recently, came out in 2001. An interesting mix of jazz, pop, and funk with sort of a Tom Waits delivery. Pretty good on first listening; the chord changes are pretty cool (especially since my guitar playing is getting me interested in figuring out how these sorts of chords fit togther). Closest comparison would be that Cassandra Wilson "New Moon Daughter" CD, in that it has a rather quiet-sounding production with a lot of acoustic instruments but definitely not a folk sound.
Pat Benatar, "Hell is for Children", from a "Summer Vacation" concert now showing on WE.
me trying to learn "Sugar Baby" by dock boggs on my banjer
Terem Quartet, CLASSICAL. Various classical pieces (Schubert's "Ave Maria" at the moment) arranged for a balalaika quartet.
Cristina "Crisis" Pato, TOLEMIA ... at first I thought she sounded like she might be another Susana Seivane: another young Galician piper. That was before I played the music, thought. This is fresh, while still based in tradition. A web search informed me that Cristina was the first female *gaitera* to release a CD, late in 1997 when she was 18 years old. She is accompanied by a group of 28 (!) musicians, from other bands like Mutenrohi, Fia na Roca and Berroguetto, to name a few. "Tolemia" translates as "madness" and her newer release, XILENTO, means "hungry" or "ambitious." I definitely love it, but I'm odd when it comes to Spanish stuff. :\
"Kilkelly" Mick Moloney, Jimmy Keane, from Vol. I of BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME compilation. A truly heart-wrenching song of Irish immigration, being played on KOOP's "Celtic Storm" Valentine's special.
"Loch Lomond" Steve McDonald, from Sons of Somerled album.
"Norman and Saxton" CD by Michael Longcor. 'Dane Geld' is the kurrent Kipple.
One Endless Night: Jimmy Dale Gilmore
The newest Bad Religion. Quite good :)
John Hartford - Boogie.
which one? the acapella the remake with fiddle or Up on the Hill Where They Do The Boogie ?
Mara, "Kopanitsa" from DON'T EVEN THINK
Berroguetto, HEPTA ... The song is called "Baixando de ti" (Ken: you heard correctly --- this CD refuses to work on my computer. Sigh)
The Oyster Ceilidh Band, "The Lakes of Cool Flynn"
Dr. Demento, the 10/04/1987 show, Shirley Temple, "Animal Crackers" is on right now.
Danny Barnes and Thee Old Codgers: Things I Done Wrong (they played a real nice show at the ARK last thu.)
Runrig, IN SEARCH OF ANGELS. Scottish retro folk-rock.
BBC Radio 3, the "Morning On 3" show. Some nice Bach harpsichord pieces played by Hogwood, some songs from Portugal c. 1500, Beethoven piano sonatas. I need to check back at the web site when they get the playlist from this morning posted, but just sniffing around on the web it looks like the Bach recording is out of print.
Soul Coughing, EL OSO. I'm convinced my younger brother would love these guys, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to introduce someone to them. A drum machine, a few stoned musicians, and an out-of-tune singer, but...no, realy, they're _good_.... I think you may just have to take it as an article of faith that they're pretty cool and go from there.
Well, if he listens to much music your brother has probably at least heard "Circles", which got a lot of single play, and possibly "Casiotone Nation" from an earlier release..
Happy Rhodes, "Oh the Drears" from RHODES I. Perfect song for today.
Harry Nillson's Greatest Hits.
I've been listening to quite a bit of my collection recently.
BBC Radio Scotland, the "Celtic Connections" show. Unfortunately I blew my plans to record it. Big feature on the new Martyn Bennett album right now.
Joni Mitchell, "Michael From the Mountains"
Regis Gisavo, "Samy Olombelo." Madagascar folk-pop accordion fantasias.
Solas, THE SONGS THAT REMAIN. Irish stuff today in honor of St. Patrick's Day. I seem to be liking Solas better in the last few months; for a while I wasn't particularly interested in them.
Erase Errata, "The Shade".
Dulce Pontes, "Estranha forma de vida" from LAGRIMAS --- This is a loaner from one of my co-workers, and even though the arrangements are really too synthesized for my tastes, I'm loving her voice.
Jimmy Buffett, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays live CD.
Kylie Minogue, "Just Can't You Out of My Head." Not sure what the accompanying CD is. It's a very disco sounding tune, and a friend of mine thinks it might even be a cover. Anyone?
I believe it might be categorized in "trance," but I'm not sure.
She's got a song that I don't know the name of hthat is just beautiful, but I've nver been able to look at a cd of hers and place it by a title there. *grump*
captain beefheart & his magic band: lick my decALS off baby
Talking Heads -- "Remain in Light" I've been ripping CDs pretty much non-stop the past several days in preparation for the arrival of my new iPod.. Should be fun..
Heather Alexander - March of Cambreath.
Jamao, "Noah's Boat." French/North African folk/pop fusion thingy which might vaguely be compared to an earthier, less elaborate version of Lo'Jo (a comparison which will only mean something to Twila and Mickey, I expect...)
American Song cast album. A play that uses the music of Woodie Guthrie to sell it's story.
THAT sounds interesting, thanks for mentioning it. :)
I imagine you could probably put together a very interesting musical by selecting the right Woody Guthrie songs. I'm imagining a play where villainous pro-fascist Charles Lindbergh is defeated by hobos in a climactic battle scene atop the Grand Coulee Dam, after which the entire cast finishes with a chorus of "This Land is Your Land." Somehow I doubt that's anything like the musical mentioned, but I think it'd make a swell production..
Mirror Man Sessions: Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band
Just finished JCS and Joseph. Stan Rodgers in on now, a good springtime song: "Feild behind the plow".
"Listen, Listen," by the Continental Drifters. Review to follow, I hope. Even the cover is a Fairport pastiche.
It's not a cover cover?
Chicago Transit Authority is on now. Questions....
"Alfred", an English Patriotic Opera, circa 1740, by Thomas Arne. Ends with a rousing ode titled "Rule, Britannia," which is the only part that anybody remembers any more, though, listening to the original version, it turns out they usually don't remember the tune quite right ...
Weill/Brecht: Die Dreigroschenoper 1930's Recording
Na Lua, "Ronda Das Mafarricas" from FEITIZO ... several great songs on this disc --- if you get into Celtiberian folk, I suppose.
Emmylou Harris -- "Red Dirt Girl" I still don't think it's quite as strong an album as "Wrecking Ball" but it has really grown on me. My opinion doesn't seem to be universally shared -- folks who like mainstream (Nashville) country often seem to be disappointed by her recent work -- but I'm convinced that the late-90s collaboration between Emmylou and Daniel Lanois has resulted in the strongest work either of them has produced in years. I really hope Emmylou continues to work with Lanois as a producer..
Bob Blackman's Sunday night folk show on WKAR-FM. Since they're pledging, it's some sort of listener's-favorites show and is thus very old fashioned. Right now it's a set of Bob Dylan covers.
Mollie O'Brien, TELL IT TRUE. I dug this out of a box today after hearing BBC's "Late Junction" show play two tracks from it recently. Sigh: relying on the BBC to wake me up to stuff I already own...
Level 42, "Something About You"
Thea Gilmore, "Fever Beats." Jeez, I haven't bought a single in maybe a decade? But it's the only way this track was available. Something BBC's "Celtic Connections" show played a couple weeks ago. The second track is all acoustic strummy stuff I'm not crazy about, and that seems to be more typical of her style than the electric guitars of the A-side.
Mary Mary, "Shackles (Praise You)"
Talking Heads -- "More Songs About Buildings and Food" Rediscovering this album is yet another happy bonus of my great iPod-inspired MP3-ripping project. Have I mentioned repeatedly how much I really, really, really like the iPod? I just wish I'd known they were releasing a 10G version the week after I bought mine..
lester bowie's brass fantasy: i only have eyes for you
The Clash- "Rock The Casbah" (Hot Tracks Remix)
Led Zepplin's Rock and Roll. I feel like buying a Cadilac.
Balls to you, big daddy.. She ain't never comin' back.. (whoops.. wrong band..)
The Klezmatics: Jews With Horns
Delerium - Karma
Craig David, "Walking Away." Pop song, yes, but it can apply to so many things. I cried hard the first few times I heard it ..and I've been numb to tears for quite a while.
Dee-Lite, "What Is Love?"
Elvis Costello -- "Armed Forces" Despite starting the album with "Oh, I just don't know where to begin.." there's no evidence whatsoever that at this point in his career he was having any difficulty speaking up about what was on his mind.. I miss his bitterness and cynicism as much as I miss Richard Thompson's.. Neither was ever the same after they started to mellow..
Claudio Villa buncha stuff from a movie soundtrack.
Warren G (with Snoop Dogg), "G Funk Is Here To Stay"
Jazzie Redd, "I Am A Dope Fiend," from _The Colors of Jazz_, 1991.
Tony Levin's Pieces of the Sun. #8 called Ooze. Man, does it ever!
Japanese koto music
Another long-neglected album dusted off as part of my great
rip-to-MP3 project:
Led Zeppelin -- Physical Graffiti
It's somewhat surprising to me that I can still enjoy this
album (particularly the second disc) nearly as much as I did
fifteen years ago when I first heard it.. My tastes have,
I'm sure, gotten a lot snootier since those days in my late
teen years but I'm pleased to say I haven't lost the ability
to appreciate an enthusiastic album of solid rock standards.
zoogz rift: island of living puke i like to listen to this LOUD while driving thru nice neighborhoods.
JAMS, "Bastard." 1990-era German instrumental folk band whose CDs I recently dug out of a box in the basement.
A five CD shuffle of various oldie CDs. Fifth set of CDs in as many days. Just about every song a bast from the past!
Jesus Christ Superstar
Counting Crows, "This Desert Life."
zoogz rift: looser than clams
Na Lua, "As Meigas Chegan" from this wonderful little GALICIA EN MUSICA compilation.
My favorite Na Lua song! Well, it might be the only Na Lua song I know. Is the rest of the album (not the compilation, but the original album that song is drawn from) anything like that?
aspen "music from passing cars" Real spacy stuff from a New Zelander. If I was sleepy, it would prob put me under, but I'm not, and it's keeping me alert, yet relaxed.
P.O.D. (Payable On Death), "Youth of The Nation"
Oh, that's what P.O.D. stands for. Makes sense.
Celtic Connections radio show on BBC Radio Scotland; a big show from the Shetland Folk Festival. Unfortunately the channel balance is STILL out of whack.
Now playing:
Moodswings -- "Horizontal"
Another album from the act that bills itself as "aural medication for
tired minds", and a continuation of their progress towards a more ambient
sound. Apparently Showbiz has left and the Moodswings are now a Hood
solo project. Makes good background music while I'm reading but I haven't
formed much of an opinion on it otherwise..
Tom Waits, "Hold On". Tune I need to learn for the acoustic duo shows.
Sugarhill Gang, "Rapper's Delight" (Old School Mix)
Planet Soup. This is a cool CD of different styles of world music fused with outhers. IT's an aural equivalent of fusion cuisine.
Tartan Amoebas, "Imaginary Tartan Menagerie." Scottish folk fusion-y band who are taking a stab at reggae on the first track...
Wise Guys, "Start The Commotion (Put The Body In Motion)"
Eliza Gilkyson, "Welcome Back" ... from her newest CD "Lost & Found" which is much happier than her last. Nice folky pop song, IMO.
Digital Underground, "The Humpty Dance," from _Sex Packets_
The New Lost City Ramblers: Early Years
Doc Watson, "Matty Groves" ... I picked up SONGCATCHER II yesterday afternoon. Billed as "Tradition that inspired the movie," I'm really liking this one better than the soundtrack.
((Hadn't heard about a second SONGCATCHER cd; I avoided the first one because it contained little music actually from the movie.)) Runrig, THE STAMPING GROUND, recently back from a visit to Twila's house.
I *have* to get a copy of that.
"Heart And Soul," Huey Lewis and the News, from _Sports_
Peatbog Faeries, "Faerie Stories." Scottish folk-techno. I'm not sure how crazy I am about it but Steve Andre was very enthusiastic about it; he listens to a lot more electronic music than I do.
"Razhel vs. DJ Scribbles" More on Razhel "The Godfather of Noise," Bobby McFerrin, and other artists who imitate the instrumental in another item, later.
Barra MacNeils, RACKET IN THE ATTIC. Nice mix of Cape Breton Scottish- style folk with some originals and a few pop covers. Probably aimed more at my demographic than at Ashley MacIsaac's audience.
i share some ancestry with them.
An Amboy Dukes CD, the one with "Why Is a Carrot More Orange Than An Organge".
BBC Radio Scotland's "Travelling Folk" show, at this very moment playing "Matty Groves" from the new CD remastering of Fairport's LIEGE AND LIEF. Hard to judge if there's much improvement in the sound quality on a 44K Real Audio stream.
Heatwave, "Boogie Nights"
DrDemento from February of 1988. It's getting digitized.
A copy of Orson Welles' "war of the worlds" radio broadcast.
Classic.
Matt Wattroba's "Folks Like Us" Dave Van Ronck, John Hartford, and new material by The Juggernaught Jug Band have been played.
Hedningarna, "Bulldog" from the Nordic Roots 3 CD. If you like Scandinavian music (especially cccheap [$4] music), this is well worth the price.
(I picked up a Hedningarna album during a giveaway at the radio station last summer. Ihaven't really listened to it yet, though.) (LeAnn Rimes, "I Need You," as featured on the fifth Women & Songs collection.)
Fernhill, listening AND watching live as they play in London's Hyde Park for the Music Live BBC special. They're playing some new songs, too.
Kila, "Tog e Go Bog e" from the Gailic Voices CD. It's a very good sampler CD from Green Linnet records.
jones and leva: vertie's dream
The Polyphonic Spree, "Soldier Girl" (I really need to finish what I've started writing about this amazing choral pop band from Dallas)
Happy: never heard of Jones and Leva. Can you tell a little about them?
Liona Boyd, "Gymnopedie #1," _Passport to Serenity_ (Liona Boyd is a prominent classical guitarist and made the particular arrangement)
nick drake: cello song ken...james leva is an oldtime fiddler who branches out into some pretty non trad directions, cathy jones is his wife and is a fine trad singer-songwriter as well. she has a cut on the O-Sister disc i believe. james i saw up at hiawatha with a band called The Hellbenders (not the punker outfit) back in 93 with dave winston on banjo, dave grant on bass and dave's wife mary winston on guitar. they were powerful, both live, and on cassette. leva also played with The Freewill Savages and The Renegades with Ritchie Stearns (Horseflies, Improbabillies) & June Drucker (Improbabillies). the jones & leva song "vertie's dream" is the title cut off their latest album and brings me close to tears most every time.
Thanks happyboy, I will file them away and maybe get to hear them sometime. Andy Kershaw's show on BBC Radio 3, with Charlie Gillett filling in for an ailing Andy. Lots of African music; oops, now it's the Be Good Tanyas again.
Beatle Brunch on WOMC, Sunday mornings at 104.3fm, 9am.
Peatbog Faeries, "Faerie Stories" Another BBC-inspiried purchase
Re 263: woo nick drake! yeah!
yeah...the drake stuff can be a real jawdropper, eh?
Runrig: The Stamping Ground.
Tarika, Son Egal. Madagascar band with some rock influence.
Robyn Hitchcock, "egyptian cream" from 1985's FEGMANIA (just me digging through the cassette library and dubbing a minidisc mix)
For sopme reason I've been stuck on 1480 am for the last few days. Classic country. They just played the Gatlin Brothers, I don't know what's being played now.
I'm listening to KOZT-FM, Fort Bragg, California, waiting for Dr. Demento to come on. Internet radio by tape & mail delay.
Chumbawamba, "After Shelley" from the new release READYMADES. This is the best new release I've bought in a long long time. Of course, there are samples from many different British/Scottish folkies on practically every song. This particular one features Kate Rusby. Also Coope, Boyes & Simpson, Lal Waterson & Olly Knight, Harry Cox, Belle Stewart, Joe Heany, and Dick Gaughan, are sampled on other tracks.
Uh oh. Sounds like a new album in Twila's future. Is it available in the States?
Yes. Curiously, the US got the Chumbawamba CD first this time; the BBC says the British release is in August.
Time warp to Dr. Demento from March 27, 1988. Dr. Demento will be interviewing Alan Sherman on this show.
1988? Allan Sherman was already dead by then. Or is this somebody else?
If you're talking about Allan Sherman, the 1960's comedian famous for song parodies, he died in 1973.
Roy Harper, "Tom Tiddler's Ground" from 1970's FLAT BAROQUE AND BERSERK.
Double time warp. In 1988 Dr. Demento used an 'Open Ended Interview' where he could ask the questions and Allan Sherman answers thanks to the magic of a vinyl pressing. The interview was from 1964.
My dad playing his new electronic organ; he's just picked it up recently.
currently playing: Sigur Ros' "Agaetis Byrjun" (sprinkle with Icelandic vowel accents for a more accurate spelling of both band name and album title..) very good atmospheric shoe-gazey stuff from an Icelandic band that's met with surprising levels of success in the U.S. and Britain (although "Icelandic band meets surprising success in U.S. and Britain" seems destined to become a music-industry cliche, if it hasn't already..)
Did you happen to make it to hear the Kronos Quartet on Saturday? For their encore they played a quartet version of a Sigur Ros tune. Apparently they're working on some sort of collaborative project with Sigur Ros now.
Haven't heard anything about that. (BTW, I live near Seattle these days, not sure where you were when attending the concert Saturday.)
ohhh... well it was in Ann Arbor, so probably not :)
This is just another reason to wish I liked Sigur Ros, I guess.
Well, I've been really enjoying their album but it took me a while to warm to it.
Mony, Mony by Billy Idol preceded by Zoot Suit Riot by Cherry Poppin' Daddies preceded by I love Rock & Roll by Joan Jett.
"Hella Good," No Doubt, from _Rocksteady_
Dolly Parton, on the Letterman show.
La Bergere, "Ouvarosa." A project with singer Sylvie Berger, who works with Evelyne Girardon; accordion player Emmanuel Pariselle, who had a great LP almost 20 years ago and who I have been looking for more stuff from ever since; with the great Gabriel Yacoub in the background. Yacoub wrote some songs, sings some background, plays some stuff, produced, and released it on his own label. I had to send off an international money order for this one, it just came in today's mail. As I'd hoped, it's fairly reminiscent of Malicorne -- more so than Yacoub's recent solo work. But it's also more chanson-style where Malicorne went more towards early music. Only four tracks in so far, of course.
Coope Boyes & Simpson, "Twenty-Four Seven." Jawdroppingly good album from English acapella communists. :) I'm going to have to go back and pick up some of their albums which I skipped.
(John Reuben, "Pataskala," _Hindsight_.)
Sandy Denny, "Full Moon" (in honour of the full moon tonight)
Gentle music, rock away the sadnesses in me.
Rock away my lonely yesterdays
Like pennies on the ocean
'Til no trace of them I see,
'Til moonlight shows no ripples on the waves.
And then the clear reflection will remain,
Perhaps the same reflection of that same full moon.
"Camelot Motel" by Mary Gauthier (Say "go-SHAY," y'all) off her new CD, FILTH & FIRE. This disc is every bit as good as what I'd been hearing for the past couple of months via BBC Radio. Definitely my favourite disc of the Summer so far.
Billy Joel, Millenium Concert.
La Vole'e de Castors, "VDC." The band name translates as "A Flock of Beavers" and they are from Quebec; similar in basic sound to La Bottine Souriante but they play some interesting tricks with the rhythm and toss a sitar into one track. Another BBC-inspired purchase which arrived in the mail while I was in Colorado.
Tito Puente, "Dance Party". Time for me to get heavily involved in Latin music.
Nerve Radio via Windows Media Player. It's the student station at the University of Bournemouth, UK
Ashley Hutchings and pals, "Morris On." Rocked up English folk dance music, one of the classics of the genre. I'm horrified to have just calculated that it's 30 years old.
Beck, songs from his new CD, as I recorded them this afternoon. (sorry, I had to brag a bit)
La Volee d'Castors, again, same as resp:298. This is growing on me rapidly. Wow. Just spectacular interplay between the instrumental lines , and with the choral-style Quebecois vocals and dancing feet percussion.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Bands greatest hits. Bob Seger's 'Against The Wind' just finished up in the CD changer.
Oysterband, the "Granite Years" anthology, which I should play more often.
Gas Station Washroom by The Frantics, on a 1986 Dr. Demento show. Very creepy. This one is sung, while most Frantics bits are usually narratives.
Fishin Wit Fred by Da Yoopers =^o.o^=
Here's a blast from the past: Marian Bradfield, "Tonight is Just for Us"
Some Oldies But Goodies, in the fever of the Woodward (ave) Dream Cruise this week. Up now, Sheep and the Limelighters, "Daddy's Home".
Just ending ... Blue Murder, "The Banks of Primroses"
I just found this new one at Waterloo Records! I'd say more about it, but
since it's just more British Folk.... I would like to say:
Support Independent Music Retailers!
Frank Zappa, "Apostrophe". I'd put a quote from this into an Agora item, then I had to actually put the vinyl on and listen to the sucker again. What a great album!
"now is that a real poncho.. or a Sears poncho?" heh.
A nice revision of the FULL HOUSE album by Fairport Convention which I just cooked up: dropped one of the new reissue bonus tracks which was ten minutes long and too slow for driving music, and spliced in four tracks from the HOUSE FULL live album from that same era. It plays nicely. One change I'd probably make would be to unearth the version of "Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman" for which Linda Thompson re-recorded the vocal. (FULL HOUSE was the last Fairport album to feature Richard Thompson as a full-time member of the band, though of course he would continue to come back as a guest for, well, forever.)
(Insane Clown Posse, "Assassins." I got into an ICP mood over the weekend, ripped all the CDs to MP3, and now I'm working out a playlist for a "Greatest Hits" set for my stereo.)
Assorted songs as heard on Dr. Demento.
Sasha Lazard, "The Myth of Red". I picked this up because she sang the Princess Mononoke theme on track 11. The CD is a great mix of classical music, Russian folk, arias and tribal beats. Neat stuff.
Paul Estin's Eclectia series, 13,14,15,18,19 shuffled.
Alan Stivell, "Back to Breizh." I've decided I need to fill in the gaps in my collection of Stivell's 1990s albums.
"Cleopatra" soundtrack. I'm beginning to like Alex Noth orchestral scores.
Entering Marion - John Forester. A delightfull word-play on the cities one can travel through.
John Zorn - "The Big Gundown" I really enjoy Zorn's interpretation of Ennio Morricone's music.
Fred anderson - The Missing link....great 'free' jazz.
(LA Symphony, "Maintain", from the Baloney EP. my faith is restored in hip-hop.)
The original Planet of the Apes soundtrack. As much as I enjoy Danny Elfman music, Jerry Goldsmith's original score is more memorable.
Dr. Demento 9/17/1978. Not yet known to the national group of collectors, as it's my tape. And now my digits.
Llangres, STURA ... the recent release by these young Asturian folkies. There are some wonderful instrumentals here (harp, bagpipes, flute, guitar, bodhran) and at least one song with female vocals.
Rats, I meant to mention the URL in the remote chance someone might want to hear some mp3s. http://www.terra.es/personal5/xuanprau/
The Omen: The Essential Jerry Goldsmith Collection, conducted by Nic Raine. I like Jerry Goldsmith scores. Since I haven't heard the original soundtracks for most of these, I can't really give you a comparison to the composer's actual music.
Found in a bin at the ReUse Center: Lenny Dee, "Mr. Dee Goes to Town". Popular tunes of the day (mid 50s?) played on a highly customized Hammond organ with a small band behind it. Slightly more funky than the "Lawrence Welk Show", but quite listenable.
Anubia, SEGREDO A VOCES. Spanish women's choir with folk-contemporary instrumentation.
DJ Rap- Learning Curve
The Bollywood Brass Band, RAHMINIA. I think Leslie just described this album as "insanely good." I haven't heard a brass band in a pop music context in far too many years.
Takako Minekawa, CLOUDY CLOUD CALCULATOR. If you like synthesized J-Pop, this would be a good one for you. Some of it sounds like Kraftwerk with a theremin.
Hm. Most J-pop makes me feel like removing my eyeballs with an ice pick, but "Kraftwerk with a theremin" sounds intriguing. I wonder whether the risk of impaired vision would be worth it.
John Barry, RAISE THE TITANIC film score (conducted by Nic Raine). Overall, this is a pretty good instrumental soundtrack.
Peter Gabriel, _Shaking The Tree_
The Clash, "Combat Rock"
"This is a Public Service Announcement... ..with GUITAR!"
Myshkin's Ruby Warblers, live on BBC Radio Scotland's "Celtic Connections."
Dr. Dre, _The Chronic_
Dr. Demento from nearly 11 years ago, the 10/27/1991 show. "With her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" by Rudy Vallee & Cyrill Smith is playing right now. The tale of Ann Bolyne.
Dmitri Tiomkin's original score for "It's a Wonderful Life", conducted by David Newman.
Everbody wants my Fanny, Benny Bell, on Dr. Demento, 9/15/1991. Doc is about to play my request for Porupine Pie.
Kapela Ze Wsi Warsaza ("Band from the Village of Warsaw"), WIOSNA LUDU.
Rather excellent, percussion driven, Polish folk band on mostly
traditional material.
Philip Glass's Symphony No. 5, a vocal/choral setting of sacred texts from various cultures. The opening of Genesis at the start of the second movement is the best part.
Johnny Cash, _Live at Folsom Prison_
Delerium - Semantic Spaces. This is a very soothing CD. Nice ambient electronica with some world rhythyms and vocals from Kristy Thirsk of the Rose Chronicles.
Shakira, "Underneath Your Clothes" also Neil Sedaka, "Laughter In The Rain" Last Tuesday's Biography on A&E was on Neil Sedaka, and was quite charming. I was familiar somewhat with "Calendar Girl" and "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," but I wasn't aware that he composed the music for this bright and charming little AM radio tune of the 1970s. Even this song is almost too old for me, except that my mother used radio often as a babysitter, including AM radio, and so it rang familiar for me. It's very tempting to go out and get Time-Life's AM Gold series collection so I can relive that period of my childhood when music was a bit more gentle.
What, both at once? That could be painful.
Toure-Toure, "Ladde" Very nice album from a group in Senegal.
Leslie's singing practice.
The fan on my computer. :-)
Lou Reed, _Transformer._
WCSX A to Z, to see if my request for "Bears" by Quicksilver Messenger Service will be played. They are up to Bad Company now.
It's Tuesday, so it must be Mary Ann Kennedy's "Celtic Connections" show on BBC Radio Scotland. In the usual low-quality mid-afternoon stream.
The Galician band Na Lua, "As Meigas Chegan"
1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Richard Thompson (Rumour and Sigh)
"The Blue Max" score by Jerry Goldsmith.
The Asylum Street Spankers, live on KGSR, Radio Austin.
Love - "Forever Changes" I'd read about, but never before listened to this lost classic of the 60s L.A. music scene, and it sounds nothing like I was expecting. It's much more mellow and acoustic than I had been expecting (my expectations were mostly based on the few other Love singles I'd heard, particularly "7 and 7 Is") While parts haven't aged particularly well there's a surprising amount of material on "Forever Changes" that still sounds really good..
"Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai" soundtrack.
Shania Twain "Up"
The Four Tops, "Greatest Hits". Yup, that "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" movie got me obsessed with some of the more interesting Motown productions, and the Tops certainly count as interesting. "Bernadette", "Reach Out (I'll be There)" and others have some pretty exotic chord progressions.
resp:348 No, song changed while I was typing. Actually, I just wanted to get the second song mentioned. resp:351 Isn't there another item for mentioning that-- something like background noises or something like that?
Rahzel vs. DJ Skribbles, "The Four Elements"
Lakeside, "It's All The Way Live." This is one of two songs rapper Coolio remade in 1995 with the group (original choruses with new rap lyrics), the other one being "Fantastic Voyage." "It's All The Way Live" was the group's first smash hit in 1979 (on the Top 5 R&B charts), cut from their debut LP, _Shot of Love_. "Fantastic Voyage" came from their third album of the same name in 1980, and was their biggest pop hit. The album went gold, and I can see why: I purchased The Right Stuff's reissue of this Solar Records LP on CD.
Yet another Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack. This time it's a rerecord of Patton he conducted with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 1997.
Coolio's remake of Lakeside's "Fantastic Voyage"
The Red Elvises, "Grooving to the Moscow Beat".
I'm going to roll over this item: a new edition for a new year. The listing continues in item 135 (item:music3,135)
You have several choices: