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"Big Carnivorous Feast" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Espers Carolina Espers III Drag City New from Philly folk-psych group. Sounding good. One member of the group is Helena Espvall (see next item).
* Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh Over The Luminous Land Overloaded Ark Drag City New. Another fine collaboration 'tween these two. Helena on cello here, Masaki on bag-pipe-sounding organ or other electronic something... Cool.
Pipe Sergeant Gordon J. Walker Gaelic Air & Hornpipes (My Love, My Joy/Duncan Johnstone/Doctor MacInnes' Fancy) (VA) The Rough Guide to Scottish Music, 2nd edition World Music Network
AC/DC It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock & Roll) High Voltage Atlantic 1976. Featuring bagpipes nicely, of course... :)
Hidden Cameras In The NA Origin: Orphan Arts & Crafts new
* Roman Candle Why Modern Radio is A-Ok Oh Tall Tree In The Ear Carnival Recordings ex-Chapel Hillians; pop goodness as good as you'll find this year
* MV & EE Trapperhead Barn Nova Ecstatic Peace a.k.a. Matt Valentine & Erika Elders
Blitzen Trapper Going Down Black River Killer Sub Pop another nice poppy folky '09 release
* Slavic Soul Party! Taketron Taketron Barbes new. Their 4th album. lovin' this...
Lou Chiha "Frisco" Buzzin' The Bee Edison Blue Amberol 3292 (wax cylinder) Edison Records 1917. Xylophone with orchestra! Check out this song and more at the UCSB Cylinder Preservation & Digitization Project! (http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.php)
She Rockers Give It A Rest (VA) Fly Girls! B-Boys Beware: Revenge of the Super Female Rappers Soul Jazz a favorite comp from 2009. 1988 on this one; they're from London.
Connie Smith In My Baby's Arms Again Miss Smith Goes to Nashville RCA Victor 1966
Andre Williams & 2 Star Tabernacle Jet Black Daddy Lilly White Mama (VA) Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country Trikont
Tompall Glaser & His Outlaw Band Sweethearts Or Strangers Tompall Glaser & His Outlaw Band ABC 1977
Robbie Fulks I Push Right Over South Mouth Bloodshot by request... thx for the call!!!
* On Fillmore Clearing Out Extended Vacation Dead Oceans
* Jookabox You Cried Me Dead Zone Boys Asthmatic Kitty
* CFCF Half Dreaming Continent Paper Bag from Montreal
* Little Girl Thrills Concepts Paper Bag from Toronto
* Lee Fields Stand Up (VA) Daptone Gold Daptone
James Carr The Dark End Of The Street You Got My Mind Messed Up Goldwax Great request for Barry White came in but can't find any here. James Carr instead???
It's Kind Of Like Spitting Sin City - -
* Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard Good Old Pig, Gone To Avalon 'Em Are I Rough Trade
Blops PirĂ³mano (VA) Love, Peace & Poetry: Chilean Psychedelic Music Normal 1974. There's a whole series of these L, P & P discs that are all worth checking out
Lee Hazlewood Home (I'm Home) These Boots Are Made For Walking: The Complete MGM Recordings Ace 1967
* Johnny Paycheck Wherever You Are Nowhere to Run: The Little Darlin' Years 1966-1970 Omni
Neko Case If I'm Gonna Sink (I Might As Well Go To The Bottom) (VA) Touch My Heart: A Tribute To Johnny Paycheck Sugar Hill comp from 2004
Loretta Lynn Secret Love Singin' With Feelin' Decca