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Wednesday, December 20, 2006 | 10:30 to 12:00 | Playlist
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Califone A Chinese Actor Roots & Crowns Thrill Jockey in my year-end top 10 list fo sho
* Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation League Uh Wuh Oh The Longest Meow Bloodshot
* Karen Dalton Something On Your Mind In My Own Time Light In The Attic 1971
* Black Happy Day In The Garden Of Ghostflowers (VA) Silber Records Sampler: drones, loves, honesties, sounds Silber Raleigh label
unidentified prisoners at either the Mississippi or Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1930s Black Woman (VA) Prison Blues of the South Laserlight Recorded by Alan Lomax
Othar Turner Black Woman Black Woman b/w Bumble Bee 7-inch: The George Mitchell Series, vol. 7 Fat Possum rec. 1967 in Mississippi
Rev. J.M. Gates Did You Spend Christmas Day In Jail? (VA) Blues, Blues Christmas Document excellent 2-CD comp
The Cats & The Fiddle Hep Cat's Holiday (VA) Blues, Blues Christmas Document
Avett Brothers Talk On Indolence Four Thieves Gone (The Robbinsville Sessions) Ramseur another top 10 list disc for me this year. BY REQUEST
* Nickodemus Funky In The Middle (feat. Jay Rodriguez & Ticklah) Endangered Species ESL
The Electric Jungle Funky Funky Christmas (VA) Funky Funky Chicago Funky Delicacies
* The Cartridge Family Sad On Christmas Day (VA) Have A Holly Raleigh Christmas Sir Walter Records new comp; proceeds from sales benefit high school music programs in the area
Sloppy Seconds Hooray For Santa Claus (Theme from "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians") Lonely Christmas Taang!
Fitz Of Depression Silent Night (VA) Hardcore Holiday Essential Noise
* Sarah White & The Pearls California White Light Antenna Farm nice
Magnetic Fields Grand Canyon 69 Love Songs Merge
* Mostar Sevdah Reunion and Ljiljana Buttler Ovaj Mirisni Cvetak (This Little Scented Flower) The Legends Of Life Snail Records one of the most famous Balkan voices
* Eilen Jewell Till You Lay Down Your Heavy Load Boundary County self-released sweeet
Dolorean My Grey Life (Second Chances) Violence In The Snowy Fields Yep Roc New Dolorean album coming in '07...
* Destroyer Breakin' The Law Well Build Them A Golden Bridge Scratch Records 1995 debut, released 1996
* Hazel Dickens Coal Tattoo (VA) Harlan County USA: Songs of the Miner's Struggle Rounder
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band Texas Eagle The Mountain Artemis/E2
* Blaze Foley & Beaver Valley Boys Cold, Cold World Cold, Cold World Lost Art
Loretta Lynn Silver Bells Country Christmas MCA 1966
Loretta Lynn To Heck With Ole Santa Claus Country Christmas MCA