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"Rat Salad" with mark (archive)

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | 07:00 to 09:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
James Brown Time Is Running Out Fast The Payback Polydor 1 9 7 4
Dele Ojo & His Star Brothers Band Oja Omoba (VA) Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-76 Soundway
* Kiki Gyan Disco Dancer 24 Hours In A Disco: 1978-1982 Soundway from Ghana
* Grape Soda Not Mine Form A Sign Kindercore new. no clues on pkging where they're from tho.
Mates of State Separate The People Team Boo Polyvinyl 2003
Tiny Topsy Just A Little Bit (VA) R&B Hipshakers Vol. 3: Just a Little Bit of the Jumpin' Bean Vampisoul 1959
* Cassis Orange Some Guys Have All The Luck 2 Covers self-released Dag. Haven't heard this since Rod Stewart did it in the 80s.
The Maybellines The Only One A La Carte Best Friends Denver. 2005.
* Dale Watson & His Lonestars I Drink To Forget El Rancho Azul Red House New one from Dale, one of the best pure honky tonk players around any more. First time he's recorded a record w/ his excellent road band.
* JP Harris and the Tough Choices I'm Stayin' Here I'll Keep Calling Cow Island New from a Alabama dude who lives in Vermont. Also nice purebred country stuff.
The Backsliders Cowboy Boots Throwin' Rocks At The Moon Mammoth 1997. Raleigh. Rare semi-"reunion" show at Cat's Cradle in a couple weeks.
Charley Pride (There's Still) Someone I Can't Forget From Me To You RCA 1971. Charley Pride is BOSS.
* Larry Jon Wilson Ohoopee River Bottomland (VA) Country Funk 1969-1975 Light In The Attic 1975. Excellent new comp!!!
Roscoe Shelton There's A Heartbreak Somewhere (VA) Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country Trikont same era, don't know the year. Another awesome comp that has a fine sequel too.
James Carr I'm A Fool For You A Man Needs A Woman Kent w/Betty Harris. 1967.
Neutral Milk Hotel The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Merge 1997
Future Kings of Nowhere Like A Staring Contest Future Kings of Nowhere 307 Knox 2007
* Mountains Circular C Centralia Thrill Jockey new
* Lost Animal Cold Cut Nature Ex Tropical Hardly Art new from Jarrod Quarrel of Melbourne
* Airstrip So-So Willing Holidays for Quince new, local
* Jenn Grant Gone Baby Gone The Beautiful Wild Six Shooter new from Nova Scotia
* North Carolina Hawaiians Soldier's Joy (VA) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923-1936 Tompkins Square 1928. New(ish) comp of old music from a collection of 78s. Many never released since the orig. 78.
Red Fox Chasers Making Likker in North Carolina, pt. 4 I'm Going Down To North Carolina: The Complete Recordings of The Red Fox Chasers, 1928-31 Tompkins Square lovely little skit, kinda corny but amusing
* The Black Twig Pickers Roll On John Rough Carpenters Thrill Jockey new from SW Virginia. Modern old-time, really well done.
The Black Twig Pickers Sift The Meal and Save The Bran Rough Carpenters Thrill Jockey
* The Balfa Family French Blues A Retrospective - Festivals Acadiens et Créoles 1977-2010 Valcour 1982 recording, new disc. Song by the late great Nathan Abshire. Check him out.
Balfa Toujours Le Two-Step de Bon Café Live at the Whiskey River Landing Rounder Christine Balfa leads this band, here recorded 2000. She is the daughter of Dewey Balfa, a pillar in Cajun music.
* Dawnbringer Quiet As A Grave Into The Lair of the Sun God Profound Lore new
Motörhead Mean Machine Orgasmatron GWR 1986