Mugglestone Hi-Fi INDEPENDENCE DAY

It's Summer, keep your eyes open for pick-pockets and confidence men!

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01. Curtis Mayfield- Underground
02. Sweetwater- Crystal Spider
03. Randy Carlos- Monkey Guapacha
04. Blind Blake- Run Joe
05. Don Drummond- Chinatown
06. Sam Cooke- Little Red Rooster
07. Bill Doggett- Slow Walk
08. Donna Summer- Love to Love You Baby
09. The Nite-Liters- Afro Strut
10. Art Tatum- Get Happy
11. The Ugly Ducklings- Just in Case You Wonder
12. Monchito- Invitation to Merengue
13. The Coconuts- If I Only Had a Brain
14. Bill Wemberley- Missouri Drag
15. The Jordanaires- Roll on Jordan
16. The South Side Coalition- Get Off Your Seats and Jam (Disco Version)
17. Jose Curbelo- The Hissing Cha Cha
18. Hank Williams- Angel of Death
19. Kingsley- Hambro
20. K.C. & The Sunshine Band- Get Down Tonight

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Mugglestone Hi-Fi COO DE GRAS

I don't wanna talk about it.  It was gonna be a "swimmin hole" type of mix, but all these characters kept showin up.

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01. Canned Heat- On the Road Again
02. The Animals- It's My Life
03. The Kinks- Sunny Afternoon
04. The Spinners- Message from a Black Man
05. The Shangri-las- Sophisticated Boom Boom
06. Hermanas Navarro- Ron y Coca Cola
07. The Noblemen- Dragon Walk
08. Le Roy Broussard- B. O. Sparkle Blues
09. Solex- Solex All Licketysplit
10. The First Edition- Just Dropped In
11. The Moonrakers- Baby Please Don't Go
12. A Sunshine Fix- Beaconary Word
13. Bob Dylan- Baby Please Don't Go
14. Roy Acuff- Freight Train Blues
15. The Last Poets- Black Thighs
16. The Ikettes- Peaches and Cream
17. Reno and Smiley- Dill Pickles
18. Irma Serrano- El Riky Riky
19. Clarence Fountain- Peace in the Valley Pt. 2
20. Free- All Right Now

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Mugglestone Hi-Fi COMFORT FOOD...FAST

Here is a little sumthin' to smooth the soul after the barrage of family fodder (friendly fire).  Or, if you prefer: a pre-party prep mix.  But remember no heels on ladders, and tables are made for dancin- 1 at a time, y'all.  This mix was getting a bit too cute and clean around the edges so thank god for Norton Records, who are still suffering from the torments of Hurricane Sandy.  Go to their site and see what you can do to help...

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01. Jesse Hill- Ooh Poo Pah Doo Pt. 1
02. Jimmy Soul- If You Wanna Be Happy
03. Buddy Holly- Rave On
04. Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters- Money Honey
05. Otis and Carla- Tramp
06. Les Cooper and His Soul Rockers- Wiggle Wobble
07. Lavern Baker- Bumble Bee
08. Sandy Nelson- Quite a Beat
09. Jon Thomas- Buffalo Blues
10. Junior Parker- Next Time You See Me
11. Roy Milton- Succotash
12. Little Willie John- Spasms
13. Jay McNeely and Little Sonny Walker- Psycho Serenade
14. The Vibrations- The Junkernoo
15. Dr. Ross- Juke Box Boogie
16. Esquerita- Rockin' The Joint
17. T. Valentine- Little Lu Lu Frog
18. Ike and Tina Turner- It's Gonna Work Out Fine
19. The Rhythm Tones- Wobble Wickie
20. Jimmy Reed- Hush Hush

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mugglestone hi-fi 2 KOOL 4 SKOOL

The sad thing here is that this is what I thought was 2 kool when I was a lost (read left alone watching Wings reruns) puppy with long hair scraggling out of a dirty quilted African skull cap extolling the virtues of Ween Zappa and Free Jazz while weeping over the death of Jerry Garcia.  Needless to say, these were desperate and confusing times.  Luckily, I had a couple hip friends and cousin to hold my hand through this petulant time lapsed reason.

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01. Jon Spenser Blues Explosion- Bellbottoms
02. Otis Redding- Hard to Handle
03. Serge Gainsbourg & Jean-Claude Vannier- La Horse (Bande Originale)
04. Suicide- Cheree
05. Gloria Jones- Tainted Love
06. The Pixies- Monkey Gone to Heaven
07. Bob McFadden and Dor- The Beat Generation
08. The Continental Co-ets- Let's Live for the Present
09. Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers- Abdul & Cleopatra
10. Bo Diddley- You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
11. Get Hustle- Who Do You Love
12. The J.B.'s- This is The J.B.'s Part 2
13. The Stooges- 1969
14. The Beatles- Don't Let Me Down
15. Marc Bolan- Teenage Dream
16. Modest Mouse- Medication
17. The Starlite Desperation- Our Product
18. T. Texas Tyler- He Done Her Wrong
19. Sonic Youth- Silver Rocket (Take 6)
20. Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians- Heaven

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Mugglestone Hi-Fi HELP WANTED

Last night I watched a man die on the u-bahn. We all sat there waiting, and then stood there watching. It was -9 degrees on the platform and they wouldn't let us leave at first. People half-hiddenly smoked cigarettes, planning their personal retreat. I was hungry and didn't want a drink. No one was there. Something about a man carrying the jaw bone of his father wrapped in a blanket tied across his back.


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01. Marvin Gaye- Distant Lover (Live)
02. Al Petty- Steel Guitar Twist
03. Pete Drake- Rick-A-Shay
04. The Animals- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
05. Hank Williams- Alone and Forsaken
06. Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant- Rolling Sky
07. Lonnie Donnegan- Dead or Alive
08. Neil Young- Time Fades Away
09. Joe Maize and his Cordsmen- El Rancho Grande
10. Bud Isaacs- Steel Guitar Breakdown
11. Suni McGrath- Fantasia
12. Leadbelly and The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet- Take this Hammer
13. Spade Cooley- Y' ready
14. Willie Nelson- Blackjack County Chain
15. Jerry Byrd- Adventures in Paradise
16. Charles Mingus- Meditations for Moses
17. Frank Hunter- A Song About A Lonely Man
18. Herb Remington- Java
19. The Viscounts- Summertime
20. The Browns- Big Daddy

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MUGGLESTONE HI-FI Sum of 11 vol. 3

This last mix is probably my fav of the bunch because it played itself. I picked up a few Sega records from Mauritus (islands of Madagascar where the rich French come to sun) that blew my mind and sowed them with some dust that I found at Backtrack Records in Lincoln when I was there to see my cousin wed in the local Masonic Temple. This is the mid-summer mid-afternoon cool drink to begin the day (whether its a can o beer, a vodka tonic, or a caipirinha). Please enjoy!

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01. Franki Valli- I Can't Take My Eyes Off You
02. Sanford Clark- The Fool
03. Booker T & the MGs- Aw, Mercy
04. Etta James- Something's Got a Hold on Me
05. Lonnie Donnegan- Lost John
06. Dave York- Beach Party
07. Roger Clency and Marie Josee- Famille Coutou
08. Bobby Gregg and Friends- The Jam Pt. 2
09. Mable John- Able Mable
10. Lee Hazlewood- Don't Cry
11. Jack McDuff- The Vibrator
12. Unknown Japanese Singer- Inochi Blues
13. The Muppets- Ma-Na-Ma-Na
14. Gerard Cimiotti e Son Ensemble- 40 Mozart
15. Lord Buckingham's XI- Fried Onions
16. Dossie "Thunderbird" Terry- Skinny Ginny
17. Naughty Abbie- Ala Moana Annie
18. Gerard Cimiotti- Sega Dans Camp Creole
19. Paul Evans- Happy Go Lucky Me
20. Marlene Dietrich- Lili Marlene

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MUGGLESTONE HI-FI Sum of 11 vol. 1

When in doubt (and I mean self-doubt), overcompensate. That's what the country preacher has to say about it. So here you get not 1, not 2, but rather 3 new mixes to mow the lawn to. For this first volume I didn't really want to break any rules of the game for the summer of 2011, just showcase some of the finest southern funk and proto-rock classics. Doesn't that sound nice? There are plenty of classix as well as the elusive rare groove or two to keep the pop police at bay, and of course some nice whitey go black blues rock that we've grown to love.

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01. The Meters- Hand Clapping Song
02. Sandy Nelson- Drum Stomp
03. Jo Ann & Troy- Who Do You Love?
04. The Animals- Boom Boom
05. The Twistin' Kings- Congo Pt. 1
06. Chuck Berry- Hey Pedro
07. Eddie Bo- Hook n Sling Pt. 2
08. The Novas- The Crusher
09. The Who- Dogs Pt. 2
10. The Fantastic Epics- Fun and Funk Pt. 3
11. Caetano Veloso- Não Identificado
12. The Shadows- Apache
13. Hugh Masekela- Riot
14. Mickey and the Soul Generation- Iron Leg
15. The Blackbyrds- Do it, Fluid
16. The Byrds- Leavin' Here
17. Them- Mystic Eyes
18. The Rolling Stones- Not Fade Away
19. Benny Spellman- Fortune Teller
20. Bert Weedon- Bert's Boogie

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Mugglestone Hi-Fi MONKEY MIX

I was drinkin beer mid-afternoon with my man Alan and watching old Butthole Surfers videos when we got to talkin about famous rock n roll bass players that did weirdo electro dub side projects in the late 70's. When back at my favorite watering hole (WAX TRAX Records in Denver) I was able to pick up a few that show up on this mix. As for the rest of it, needless to say I was feeling a bit manic.

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01. Dion- Runaround Sue
02. The Yardbirds- The Shapes of Things
03. Bill Wyman- Si Si, Je Suis Un Rock Star
04. Paul McCartney- Check My Machine
05. Grace Jones- Warm Leatherette
06. Five Du Tones- Divorce Court
07. Johnny Dee- Sittin' in The Balcony
08. Preston Epps- Bongola
09. Adam Ant- Ant's Rap
10. Raymilland- Side Talk
11. America- A Horse with No Name
12. Love- No. Fourteen
13. Jimmy Castor- Ham Hocks Español
14. Shirley and Company- Shame, Shame, Shame
15. Kraftwerk- The Robots
16. John Cale- Rosegarden Funeral of Sores
17. The Viscounts- Chug-a-lug
18. Donald Byrd- Black Byrd
19. Hal Pearl's Singing Canaries- La Paloma
20- Wally Fowler and His Oak Ridge Quartet- Church in the Valley

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Mugglestone Hi-Fi NEW AGE MIX

Something for the New Zodiac, this one goes out to all you Ophiochus mofos out there. This picture came from a web article entitled "How Will Climate Change Impact World Food Supplies?" Need I say more? Lots of gold and moldies here, hard-hitting sentimentalitease and saxy sweet sextrumentals to ease the burden of the everyman inside us all.

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01. Conway Twitty- Long Black Train
02. Jimmy McCracklin- The Drag
03. Gloria De Haven- Red Hot Pepper Pot
04. Dee Jay and the Runaways- Peter Rabbit
05. John Lee Hooker- Dazie Mae
06. George Jones String Band- Opry Rag
07. The Chantays- Move It
08. Ketty Lester- Love Letters
09. Big Jay McNeeley- Deacon's Hop
10. Red Foley- Hoot Owl Boogie
11. Floyd Jones- Any Old Lonesome Day
12. Roy Orbison- Running Scared
13. The Ideals- Knee Socks
14. O.V. Wright- Monkey Dog
15. Betty Mclaurin- Autumn Leaves
16. Jim Ed Brown- The Enemy
17. Ray Charles- Busted
18. Irma Thomas- It's Raining
19. The Jaguars- Where Lovers Go
20. Jack Scott- Goodbye Baby

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Mugglestone Hi-Fi MAKKI LA LA MIX

Who said mama's little baby likes shortnin' bread?
My little monkey loves watermelon
My little monkey loves teen wolf
My little monkey likes all the finer things
My little monkey could teach you one times two
If she can make to teach on me
She can sure reach down to you
My little monkey is a vu vu vu
vu vu vu vu la la vu vu vu

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01. The Dixie Cups- Iko Iko
02. Wanda Jackson- Let's Have a Party
03. The J.B.'s- Hot Pants Road
04. Sam Taylor- Let's Go Dancin'
05. The Sheik's Men- The Belly Dancer
06. Lil Green- Romance in the Dark
07. Lee Hazlewood- Greyhound Bus Depot
08. Ines Barroso- Villa Legos
09. Alice Coltrane- Journey to Satchidananda Pt. 1
10. Spiritualized- Good Times
11. Carla Bley- Little Pony Soldier
12. Mick Jagger- Memo From Turner
13. Otis Redding- I've Been Loving You Too Long
14. Big Maceo- Worried Life Blues
15. Dave "Baby" Cortez- Organ Shout
16. Muddy Waters- Mean Mistreater
17. Brian Wilson- Caroline, No
18. The Roberta Martin Singers- Teach Me Lord
19. Norman Granz Supervising Charlie Parker etc.- Lady Be Good Pt. 1
20. Paul Craft- It's Me Again, Margaret

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MUGGLESTONE HI-FI "IT WILL NEVER WORK OUT" MIXX

I just came back from Istanbul with a slew of amazing Turkish prog/psych records to find a small package of amazing skweee records from dødpop in Norway. I knew it would be dicey and a bit presumptuous to make a mix using only those, so I added a few other classics to help pave the way for this mixx. Perhaps not as easy listening as some other mixes up on hear, but a lot of goodies and some raritease to while the sun machine to sleep.

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01. Erkin Koray- Krallar
02. Melkeveien vs Nino- Mandag
03. Selda- Rabbim
04. Shannon- Let the Music Play (dub)
05. Fantastic Johnny C- Boogaloo Down Broadway
06. Baris Manco- Olum Allahin Emri
07. Sprutbass- Ulykke
08. Beat Happening- Red Head Walking
09. Righeira- Vamos a la Playa
10. Unknown Coxsone Record- Little Girl?
11. Black Sabbath- Iron Man
12. Selcuk Alagoz-Malabadi Koprusu
13. Charles Mingus- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
14. Eric B. & Rakim- Paid in Full
15. Nikki Sudden- Channel Steamer
16. Beatbully- Jobbe Pa Fabrikk
17. Minnie Riperton- Lovin' You
18. Serap Aksoy- Bendeki Sabir Daglari Deler
19. Swell Maps- Loin of the Surf
20. 3 Hur El- Sevenler Aglarmis

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MUGGLESTONE HI-FI HAPPY GEBURTSDAY MIX

"Fuck it, I deserve it," I said as I realized I had spent some 130 Euro on records over the last week (but even those weren't enough for a B-day mix so I added both some dance with yrself classix and some tracks I have been meaning to post for a while). Sorry for the lengthy gap between posts, the I-man has been overdoing it a bit for the last lasts. Enjoy!

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01. The Temptations- Papa was a Rolling Stone
02. The Cramps- Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?
03. Red Crayola- We are Born in Flames
04. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg- La Dècadanse
05. Washboard Sam- Don't You Leave Me Here
06. Sonic Youth- Death Valley 69
07. Fadhili William and the Black Shadows- Hakuna Mwingine
08. The Flying Lizards- Tube
09. Lou Reed/ John Cale- Nobody but You
10. Bix Beiderbecke- Riverboat Shuffle
11. Nancy Sinatra- Lightning's Girl
12. Betty Davis- He was a Big Freak (Record Plant Rough Mix)
13. Little Richard/ Jimi Hendrix- Money Honey
14. Hamilton Bohannon- South African Man
15. Yoko Ono- Kiss Kiss Kiss
16. Annette- Lonely Guitar
17. Pixies- Dig for Fire
18. Dee-Lite- Groove is in the Heart (Peanutbutter Mix)
19. Wreckx N Effect- Rumpshaker
20. Harold Betters- Do What you Wanna Pt. 1

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Mugglestone Hi-Fi SOMMERMIX 2010

This one just writes itself::> a lot of ethnic goodies here, including some cumbia records that my friends brought me back from recent S.A. travels and a killer Congolese record courtesy of Brian at Awesome Tapes from Africa. Round it off with some good feelin soul and twang-strumentals and we gots something, it ain't profound but it moves.

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01. Pigmeat Markham- Here Comes the Judge
02. Johnny Colon- Mombo Suzie
03. Tommy James and the Shondells- Thunderbolt
04. The Mighty Imperials- Thunder Chicken
05. Mickey Baker- Baia
06. Link Davis- Allons a Lafayette
07. The Beach Boys- Girl Don't Tell Me
08. Gary U.S. Bonds- New Orleans
09. Paul Humphreys and his Cool Aid Chemists- Cool Aid
10. Warren Covington- El Watusi
11. Ronny Kae- Drums Fell Off a Cliff
12. Screamin Jay Hawkins- Little Demon
13. Chuck Carbo- Can I Be Your Squeeze
14. Osibisa- Music for Gong Gong
15. Orch. Stukas- Wangata pt 1
16. Ines Barroso- Capueira
17. Scandinavian Letkis Dance Band- Jumpin Jenka
18. Cecilio Ruiz y su Sonor Colombiano- La Banda Borrachada
19. El Chicano- Viva Tirado pt 1
20. Jerry Byrd- Hawaiian Sunset

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Mugglestone Hi-Fi ALL PURPOSE FILLER

You guessed it! Filler songs are generally my favorite because they are dependable, make everyone happy, and take the pressure off. Too much killer can kill. Cuz as we all know, there is such a too much of a good thing. And yes, often hits make perfect filler.

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01. Al Green- Tired of Bering Alone
02. Art & Dotty Todd- Chanson D'Amour
03. Dusty Springfield- Son of a Preacher Man
04. Charles Brown- Butterfly
05. Paul Anka- Crazy Love
06. John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band- Woman is the Nigger of the World
07. Clarence Henry- Ain't Got No Home
08. Larry Williams- Short Fat Fanny
09. Memphis Slim- Hey Lonely Girl
10. El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico- Mundy Baja
11. Johnny Cash & June Carter- Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man
12. Al Jolson- Carolina in the Morning
13. Dinosaur- Kiss Me Again
14. Flor Silvestre- Una Limosina
15. Billy Paul- Me & Mrs. Jones
16. Lyn Collins- Mr. Big Stuff
17. The Ink Spots- We Three
18. Perry Como- Keep It Gay
19. Etta James- All I Could Do Was Cry
20. The Flamingos- I Only Have Eyes for You

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MUGGLESTONE HI-FI KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY MIX

This mix came about as a desire to hear a few songs that didn't make it on the Family Vacation Mix and then needing to fill them in with other pieces of gold both that I listen to all the time and/or things I just bought into. Wheel let you decide which is which. After looking at the track listing I can honestly say there is something incestuous about this mix, it keeps harkening back to the bad old isolated teenage days mixed with some syrupy nostalgia and then just plain creepiness. But it plays nicely on a rainy it would be a picnic but instead its mid-afternoon brunch.

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01. Ronnie Hawkins- Mary Lou
02. The Bell Jubillee Singers- Shadrach Meshach & Abednego
03. The Moonrakers- Love Train
04. Bob Dylan- Subterranean Home Sick Blues
05. James Brown- Every Piece of My Heart
06. The League of Gentlemen- Dislocated
07. Dick Hyman- Topless Dancers of Corfu
08. Lee Dorsey- Mexico
09. The Hombres- Let it Out
10. Caterina Caselli- Nessuno Mi Puo Giudicare
11. Siouxie and the Banshees- Supernatural Thing
12. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee- Walk On
13. Eugene Chadbourne- Jesus Protects Mexico
14. The Murmaids- Popsicles Icicles
15. The Birthday Party- Mr. Clarinet
16. Otis Redding- Fat Gal
17. The Coasters- Charlie Brown
18. Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant- West of Samoa
19. Josh White- Careless Love
20. Syd Barrett- Terrapin

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MUGGLESTONE HI-FI Mx17

Are you ever on the road with yr band and things are getting a little bitchy and you need some good tunes that will make the miles go by, not anything to heavy or too sing-songy or taste-specific? Well let's hope this does the trick. A non-Cormac McCarthy road trip mix.

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01. Tex Ritter- High Noon
02. Tom and Jerry's Rockets- On the Road Again
03. The Kinks- Lola
04. Tony Joe White- Polk Salad Annie
05. The Banjo Maniacs- Pick It You Peasant
06. Slim Willet and the Brush Cutters- Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
07. The Cure- Close to Me
08. The Church Street 5- A Night with Daddy G Part 1
09. Sidney Bechet- St. Louis Blues
10. Augustus Pablo- Edi Amin
11. Bull and the Matadors- Funky Judge (Instrumental)
12. Tom Waits- Frank's Wild Years
13. Clyde McCoy- Sugar Blues
14. Kenny Everett/Mike Vickers- Captain Kremmen
15. The Traveling Wilburys- Margarita
16. Caetano Veloso- Alegria Alegria
17. Bessie Smith- Black Mountain Blues
18. Perez Prado- My Roberta
19. Porter Wagoner- Heartbreak Affair
20. Pete Moesser's Music- Hawaiian Affair

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Mugglestone Hi-Fi Fuck It Mix

I think this mix is pretty self-explanatory. A lot of oldies but goodies: you got country, instrumentals, "ethnic" classix, soulful ballads, etc. Let's call it a "late-afternoon" mix.

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01. Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant- Sandy Canyon Swing
02. Roger Miller- Chug A-Lug
03. Rockin' Sydney- My Toot Toot
04. John Prine- There She Goes
05. Aaron Neville- Tell it Like it Is
06. Unknown- 60's Japanese Pop Duet
07. Caterina Valente- Precipite Volissime Volmente
08. Calypso Carnival- Zombie Jamboree
09. Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band- Skokiaan
10. Dick Cureless- Snap Your Fingers
11. King Oliver- St. James Infirmary
12. Elmore James- It Hurts Me Too
13. Vicente Fernàndez- Volver Volver
14. Jennell Hawkins- Moments
15. Kenny Ball- Midnight in Moscow
16. Ernest Tubb- Saturday Satan Sunday Saint
17. Fats Domino- Walkin' to New Orleans
18. Clifton Chenier- Frog Legs
19. Jorgen Ingman- Milord
20. Willie Nelson- She's Still Gone

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Betty Harris- CRY TO ME

Lets just say that the mood of this picture is the exact opposite of that in the song, but Betty looks good, so I figured it would add a little spice to the page. "Cry To Me" from 1962, on Jubilee Records, to me is one of those at home with the bottle type of songs. I don't get to DJ this one too much cause its just too painful, but if its just right (say Valentine's Day at 3 AM, when there is just the heavy drinkers left at the bar and the lonely women sitting in the corner with the glow of their cigarette the only evidence of their existence) then I will let it loose. Woman's got soul, there is no doubt. And while she is more know for her catchy Toussaint productions on Sansu records, this one always hits the spot for me. She builds into it the right way, its like Charlie Parker said about soloing (and I paraphrase): you don't just go into a room and start shouting, you smile and shake hands first. You can check out the B-side "I'll Be A Liar" on So Many Records So Little Time as well, to get an idea of just what kinda voice we are dealin with here.

Betty Harris with "Cry To Me"

Jennell Hawkins- MOMENTS

When I first put this song on here I couldn't find any info on the lady herself outside that she recorded with Richard Berry (yes, the "louie louie" guy) but now there is a whole bio page and even some mp3 links. This Titanic label photo is courtesy of Brian's Music Musings a great resource for oldies but goodies like this one. I got this as a Collectables reissue B-side to Ike and Tina's "Poor Fool", but this song immediately captivated me. Her sweet vocal line is longing and slightly shattered, but never wavering in devotion or bitter. The track has a great sax intro and solo and such a smooth feel that it almost breezes past you. Most people who know me know that I only play this song when I am either really happy or really sad.

Jennell Hawkins- "Moments"

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels- SOCK IT TO ME BABY

The picture sleeve here really is not overselling the hype that this song whizzes together. Pretty much from the shout/slap intro of the song, this song is a whirlwind of party screams, searing guitar breaks, momentous builds, grunting and punchy sax lines. Mitch Ryder, a Bob Crewe protegè had a few other bigger hits: "Little Latin Lupe Lu", "Devil With a Blue Dress On", etc. But this one, from 1967, takes his sound a step further and really feeds into the hysteria of the time. It's really hard to say what market he was trying to fit into, as this song is freak-out enough to be psychedelic garage, mob shouting and stir crazy enough to be protest, sexy enough to be black, but somehow with this overdriven mod british beat and guitar line. And Mitch is still kickin, goddamnit! Here is a link to his home page where you can find out what casino to catch him crooning Prince and Springsteen covers in. Ever-enlightening wiki also wrote that Winona took her surname from Mitch after seeing his record in her dad's collection. Thanks wiki!

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels- "Sock It to Me Baby!"