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"Big Carnivorous Feast" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Star Room Boys Cocaine Parties This World Just Won't Leave You Alone Slewfoot great ex-band from Athens GA
Star Room Boys The Daydreamer This World Just Won't Leave You Alone Slewfoot
Robbie Fulks Parallel Bars The Very Best of Robbie Fulks Bloodshot Playing at Casbah on Friday night the 28th. Kelly Willis on duet vocal on this fine tune.
Robbie Fulks Dirty Mouthed Flo South Mouth Bloodshot
* Bardo Pond Waynes Tune Bardo Pond Fire new from Philly
Built To Spill In Your Mind Ancient Melodies of the Future Warner Bros. 2001
* Grids Friends Kansas Made In Kansas
Brimstone Howl In The Valley Guts Of Steel Alive from Nebraska, 2008
James Chance Contort Yourself Irresistable Impulse Tiger Style 2003 box set. Orig. from 1979's Buy The Contortions.
Bomba Estéreo Juana Blow Up Nacional funky 2009 disc from Colombia
* Soundcarriers Rolling On Celeste Melodic new from the UK
* Fujiya & Miyagi Taiwanese Boots Ventriloquizzing Yep Roc new from the UK
Joe Simon Theme from Cleopatra Jones (VA) Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films 1968-1975 Soul Jazz Another great Soul Jazz comp, from 2009. The song and the film were from 1973.
* Syl Johnson Please, Please, Please Complete Mythology Numero Group new 4-CD set.
* La Lupe Fiebre Puro Teatro Fania La Lupe a.k.a. Guadalupe Victoria Yoli Raymond, famed Cuban torch singer. 60s on this on I suspect.
Django Reinhardt Daphne The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order JSP feat. Stephane Grapelly, whose birthday is today (1908). Reinhardt and Grappelly led the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Killer every time. 1938 or 39 on this one.
* Hot Club of Cowtown Big Ball In Cowtown What Makes Bob Holler: A Tribute to Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Proper new
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Take Me Back To Tulsa The Tiffany Transcriptions vol. 2 Rhino 1946
* Old Time Relijun Everything Is Broken Songbook Vol. 1 Northern-Spy new disc, recordings from 1996 (CD reissue)
Tav Falco & Panther Burn interviewed on Memphis TV this is anti-music (VA) It Came From Memphis vol. 2 Birdman
James Luther Dickinson Nature Boy Killers From Space Memphis International 2007
Big Star In The Street #1 Record Ardent 1972. Happy Birthday to bass player Andy Hummel
* Royal Thunder Mouth of Fire Royal Thunder EP Relapse trio from Atlanta, 70s-heavy but brand new, see...
The Black Keys Set You Free Thickfreakness Fat Possum
* Ferocious Few Back Home Juices Birdman
* Wanda Jackson Rip It Up The Party Ain't Over Nonesuch/Third Man Wanda's new CD! Playing 506 on April 12.
Wanda Jackson Busted The Party Ain't Over Nonesuch/Third Man
The Everly Brothers Oh So Many Years Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Ace ? 1958. Either Phil or Don has a birthday next week and the other one had a birthday last. Cheers gentlemen.
Gram Parsons & friends When Will I Be Loved Live At The Avalon Ballroom Amoeba Everlys tune sung in Gram's kitchen with friends, NYC 1967. Bonus cut on the live album....
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends Bowling Green The Virginian Bloodshot One of last charting numbers the Everlys did -- late 60s.
Greg Hawks & The Tremblers Brand New Heartache Fool's Paradise Yep Roc 'nuther one Everlys did back when...
Lucinda Williams King Of Hearts Happy Woman Blues Smithsonian Folkways 1980. Happy Birthday also to Lucinda today.