Sunday, February 26, 2012

Guest Post @ L'Annee Du Dragon



Hi.
Just hurry over to Mr.Moods' place
and enjoy the MUSIC [:-)

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

385: 100 covers, volume 3


Hi.
Today the third volume of the giant cover coup!
Hope you discover some utter madness along this
7 hour and 36 minute trip.
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1. Andy Bull - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (2:51)
2. Bad Liver & Hans Brustna Hjartan - Svardfisktrombon (3:32)
3. Bim Skala Bim - For The Turnstiles (4:13)
4. Blaudzun - Shout (3:02)
5. Blind Boys Of Alabama - Down In The Hole (4:24)
6. Bobby Vee & The Shadows - Susie Q (2:40)
7. Bonerama - Cabbage Alley (6:40)
8. Booker T. Jones - Everything Is Everything (4:35)
9. Carla Cook - Heart of Gold (5:34)
10. Ceux Qui Marchent Debout - Water No Get Enemy (5:03)
11. Chron Gen - Living Next Door To Alice (3:49)
12. Courtial with Errol Knowles - Losing You (3:19)
13. D'Angelo - Superman Lover (5:25)
14. David Qualey - Me And Bobby McGhee (5:21)
15. Dee Dee McNeil - Barry & The Movements - Midnight Hour (4:32)
16. Deep Purple - River Deep, Mountain High (10:12)
17. Deep Schrott - Oh Well (2:46)
18. Dennis Coffey - I Bet You ft. Mick Collins and Rachel Nagy (5:28)
19. Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Africa (7:11)
20. Eddie Jefferson - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (3:01)
21. Eileen - Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher (2:32)
22. Elvis Schoenberg's Orchestre Surreal - Evil Ways (5:43)
23. Erika Stucky - Bad (3:20)
24. Frank De Jo Jo - Turn Off The Lights (7:27)
25. Fu Manchu - D.O.A. (3:50)
26. Funky Butt Brass Band - Stayin' Alive (3:46)
27. Gino Dentie - Movin (3:43)
28. Gregory Porter - Work Song (6:34)
29. Greyboy ft. Bart Davenport - Geneive (4:03)
30. Happy Day Youth Choir - Words (2:54)
31. Hayseed Dixie - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (4:11)
32. Idris Muhammad - Express Yourself (5:28)
33. J-Funk Express - Unhooked Generation (6:18)
34. Jack Walrath - Heartbreak Hotel (6:21)
35. Jackson 5 - Hum Along And Dance (8:38)
36. Jake Shimabukuro - Bohemian Rhapsody (5:54)
37. Jamaica Boys - People Make The World Go Round (5:42)
38. Jazz On The Road - Cisco Kid (2:30)
39. Joseph Malik - Take It All in and Check It All Out (5:22)
40. Judith Owen - Smoke On The Water (3:37)
41. Karrin Allyson - Wild World (5:11)
42. Kinny - The Love Cats (3:48)
43. Kova And Miles - Clap Clap (Hand Clappin' Song) (3:06)
44. Larry Schneider - Tom's Dinner (4:09)
45. Lee Moses - Reach Out, I'll Be There (2:48)
46. Leon Spencer Jr. - Message From The Meters (6:33)
47. Lisa Addeo - Hotel California (4:11)
48. Lucky Peterson - Rehab (5:25)
49. Malcolm Braff - Sexy M.F. (5:07)
50. Marcia Hines - Everybody Hurts (5:17)
51. Mayer Hawthorne - Work To Do (3:54)
52. Melvin Sparks - Love The Life You Live (5:32)
53. MG - Funky Stuff (4:47)
54. Mighty Tom Cats - Soul Makossa (4:27)
55. Missy Andersen - Ace Of Spades (3:13)
56. The Moog Cookbook - Are You Gonna Go My Way? (3:35)
57. Nazz - Loosen Up (1:29)
58. Norma Jean & Ray J - Right Time Wrong Place (3:06)
59. Norman Bates Trio - Clap Hands (3:44)
60. Oh Mercy - Evil Woman (4:25)
61. Osaka Monaurail - Tighten Up (3:15)
62. Oscar Marchioni - The Beat Goes On (4:13)
63. Papa Mali & The Instigators - I Walk On Guilded Splinters (9:50)
64. The Persuasions - Gypsy Woman (3:44)
65. Politicians ft. Mckinley Jackson - Free Your Mind (2:50)
66. Puttin' On The Ritz - Sister Ray (17:15)
67. Pyeng Threadgill - Close To Me (4:24)
68. Quantic Soul Orchestra - Get A Move On (3:35)
69. Ray Anderson - La Vie En Rose (4:20)
70. Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Low Rider (2:50)
71. Rene Marie - Motherless Child (1:27)
72. Reuben Wilson - I'll Take You There (6:25)
73. Richard Cheese - Killing In The Name (2:07)
74. Robert Walter's 20th Congress - Rite Away,
(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) (5:31)
75. Robin McKelle - To Love Somebody (4:06)
76. Silver Hearts - Tango Till They're Sore (2:59)
77. Skunks - YMCA (3:08)
78. Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays - Is It Because I'm Black (5:21)
79. Solomon Burke - Proud Mary (3:24)
80. Sons Of Slum - Right On (3:27)
81. Soul Snatchers - Get Yourself Together (3:17)
82. Soul Unlimited - That Lady (3:14)
83. Steve Gadd & Friends - Them Changes (11:53)
84. Steve Tibbetts - Black Mountain Side (2:57)
85. Stonefield - Magic Carpet Ride (2:57)
86. Stoneground - Total Destruction to Your Mind (7:46)
87. Straight No Chaser - Tainted Love (2:56)
88. Susana Baca - Hey Pocky Way (4:25)
89. Sven Hammond Soul - Smack My Bitch Up (5:50)
90. Syl Johnson - Take Me To The River (3:08)
91. The Generation - I'm A Good Woman (4:24)
92. The Royal Dan - Bodhisattva (4:31)
93. The Shiver - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (4:45)
94. The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Get Ready (4:12)
95. Theo Bleckmann - Army Dreamers (2:30)
96. Three Fall - By The Way (3:24)
97. Thumper - Sweet Dreams (4:06)
98. The Undisputed Truth - Walk On By (3:49)
99. United Family - Mama Feekgood (3:21)
100. Yvonne Fair - Funky Music Sho Nuff Turn Me On (3:04)
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100 covers, vol.2 HERE
100 covers, vol.1 HERE

Sunday, February 12, 2012

384: It's A Thing, volume 2


Hi.
Today's THING got it all: flirtin' flutes, wahmazing wahwah,
heavenly Hammonds, vibrating vocals, coincidental covers
and what not...even an elevator muzak track with a twist
(nr.30) and the title track to some HBO serie (nr27).

Above all this new post has got a thing going on, you know?
I did my very best to bring you this 5 hour & 40 minutes thing
in a meaningful, entertaining and swinging way, I personally
handpicked the tunes one by one, trying to keep the alphabetical
order in tune with the thing that I had in mind.

I must admit, it is a truly decent follow-up on post 300!

Enjoy.
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1. 29th Street Saxophone Quartet - It's Your Thing - Jackson's Thing (5:31)
2. 6Ix Toys - Do Your Thing (3:59)
3. Afrique - Let Me Do My Thing (4:54)
4. Allen Toussaint - My Baby Is The Real Thing (3:05)
5. Aloe Blacc - Good Things (4:02)
6. Andre Williams - Sling That Thing (4:19)
7. Bill Coday - I Got A Thing (2:20)
8. Bobby Eaton - We Gonna Do Our Thing (2:44)
9. Bobby Womack - There's One Thing That Beats Failing (2:42)
10. Brother Jack McDuff - The Natural Thing (6:15)
11. Chamber Of Commerce - The Commerce Thang (2:23)
12. Conspiracy - The Real Thing (3:16)
13. Dick Heckstall-Smith - Same Old Thing (6:41)
14. Don Cherry - The Thing (5:50)
15. Don Ellis Orchestra - It's Your Thing (2:54)
16. Dream - Green Thing (From Outer Space) (3:17)
17. Eddie Fisher - Beautiful Things (11:45)
18. Eivind Aarset's Électronique Noire - The String Thing (7:40)
19. Electric Express - It's The Real Thing, Pt 1+2 (7:22)
20. Elliott Sharp's Terraplane - Stop That Thing (5:45)
21. Ethan Winogrand - Pepper And Things (4:47)
22. Grodeck Whipperjenny - Put Your Thing On Me (4:36)
23. Hank Johnson - You Lost Your Thing (2:09)
24. Huey Smith & His Clowns - If It Ain't One Thing It's Another (2:34)
25. Hugh Masekela - A Person Is A Sometime Thing (6:39)
26. Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (2:49)
27. Jace Everett - Bad Things (2:44)
28. Jeff Coffin Mu'tet - Better Do Your Thing (6:15)
29. Jeremy Steig - Up Tempo Thing (5:23)
30. Jessica Lurie Ensemble - The Usual Things (8:56)
31. Joe Krown Organ Combo - Do That Thing (4:08)
32. John Craig - Doing My Own Thing (3:50)
33. Karl Denson Trio - That Other Thing (5:38)
34. Katzuma - Getting Thru Your Own Thing (5:03)
35. Ken Vandermark's Sound In Action Trio - The Thing (5:25)
36. Killer Meters - Same Old Thing (4:27)
37. King Django - Too Many Things (3:21)
38. Lee Harris - I´m Gonna Get Your Thing (2:46)
39. Lefties Soul Connection - Doin' The Thing (2:23)
40. Lefties Soul Connection - It's Your Thing/Hey Pocky A-Way (5:02)
41. Les McCann - Doin' That Thing (8:55)
42. Little Sonny - You Got A Good Thing (3:13)
43. Lounge Lizards - Do The Wrong Thing (2:42)
44. Magnus Broo - Thoughts Are Things (5:53)
45. Marie Queenie Lyons - Your Thing Ain't No Good Without My Thing (2:25)
46. Material - Dark Things (6:25)
47. Mighty Sam McClain - Real Thing (3:08)
48. Neil Rees - Female Intuition Thing (4:29)
49. New Process - More Mess On My Thing, Pt. 2 (3:58)
50. New Winds - Beauty Is A Rare Thing (4:32)
51. Noah Preminger - Until The Real Thing Comes Along (6:06)
52. Paolo "Apollo" Negri - The Great Anything (6:06)
53. Papa John Defrancesco - It's Your Thing (6:42)
54. Rabbits & Carrots - Working On A Groovy Thing (4:25)
55. Ralfi Pagan - Ain't No Big Thing (2:09)
56. Randa & The Soul Kingdom - The Things (4:52)
57. Rikki Ililonga & Musi-O-Tunya - Working On The Wrong Thing (3:44)
58. Segun Bucknor - Baby Get Your Thing (3:24)
59. Seven Letters - Throw Me Things (2:40)
60. Shaolin Temple Defenders - The Real Thing (4:19)
61. Sinto - Things I See (3:29)
62. Staff Carpenborg & The Electric Corona - Let The Thing Comin' Up (3:47)
63. Talking Heads - Good Thing (3:03)
64. The Omer Avital Marlon Browden Project - Browden's Thing (12:22)
65. Thomas Savy - Some Of The Things We Are (5:08)
66. Tijuana Cartel - Dumb Things (3:19)
67. Tommy Bass - (I Can't Help It, Baby) This Is My Thing (2:59)
68. Toni Stricker - Don't Mean A Thing (2:19)
69. Tony Joe White - Elements And Things (5:11)
70. Trombone Shorty - The Craziest Thing (3:19)
71. Unifics - Funky Thing (3:38)
72. Universal Jones - We All Know A Lot Of Things But It Don't Never Show (3:10)
73. Weeland & The Urban Soul Collective - Lil Sumthin’ (3:36)
74. Young-Holt Unlimited - Doing The Thing (2:40)
75. Zane Massey - Things Have Got To Change (5:47)
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(and oh yes, I plugged that great Dutch band
Lefties Soul Connection twice today - on purpose!)

Saturday, February 4, 2012

383: Loud & 'eavy, vol.1


Hi.
Today's post is a bit about me, hitting puberty & discovering
music back in the days...a mere 30 years ago already [:-)
Age 15 I listened to stuff like Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Bad Co,
Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Santana, AC/DC, Ten Years After, Doors,
Rush, Jimi Hendrix, Free, Ted Nugent, Rainbow, Jethro Tull, Supertramp,
Specials, Stray Cats etc. and, well, age 16 I taped my uncle's
record collection to cassettes in one sleepless holiday and added
Rolling Stones, Van Morrisson, Frank Zappa, Roxy Music
and many, many more albums to my daily digest.
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A few years later I discovered Miles, Trane and the Blue Note
catalogue, from there on there was no holding me back.
I embraced the music of Sly & Family Stone, Aretha, JB, Curtis etc.
Meanwhile I managed to develop a crush to the music of Bob Marley,
Lee Perry, King Tubby, Dub Syndicate and other affiliated, heavy
smoke orientated laid back music. And a habit, I admit.
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Soon after the grunge craze with Screaming Trees, Nirvana a.o.
new kinda retro-bands came to rise, like Fu Manchu, Kyuss, QOTSA
and the whole of the Man's Ruin catalogue. I kept a close ear!
Hence my youthful days, good stoner-doom-metal-kinda heavy
bands have ever since had a soft spot in my overall aural spectrum,
something I just can't seem to shake loose,
yes, I admit,
I need a good bangin' so every now & then!
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So here it is, a tribute to good & loud music,
put on your blackest & most torn Melvins T-shirt,
your worst skinny light-blue jeans and don't forget
to strap on your spiked belt...
order a lot of beers by your favourite blonde barlady
and smoke of bit of weed backstage between sets...
You'll get there, hope you play the motherf*ckin house
DOWN with this 2 hour 45 minutes homage to my early
influences kinda tribute post kinda thing!
I once had the pleasure of seeing Masters Of Reality live,
the sheer happiness I experienced that evening, I tried to
capture in today's mix and yeah...

I'm glad to announce: it damn well roxxx...
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1. Black Mountain - Stormy High (4:33)
2. Black Rainbows - Burn Your Nation (4:07)
3. Blood Of The Sun - Road King (8:01)
4. Brutus - Swamp City Blues (7:30)
5. Clutch - Day Of The Jackalope (3:34)
6. Demonic Death Judge - Kneel (7:27)
7. DeWolff - The Pistol (9:45)
8. Earthless - Godspeed (20:55)
9. Freedom Hawk - Bad Man (6:06)
10. Fu Manchu - Hell On Wheels (4:31)
11. Ice Dragon - The Watcher (6:26)
12. Karma To Burn - Forty-Four (5:11)
13. Kyuss - Fatso Forgetso pt.1&2 (10:43)
14. Lord 13 - Get You High (3:37)
15. Micah - Look Around You (3:41)
16. Radio Moscow - Little Eyes (4:45)
17. Rival Sons - Pressure And Time (3:19)
18. Siena Root - Reverberations (16:40)
19. Slo Burn - Pilot The Dune (3:28)
20. Sungrazer - If (7:44)
21. The Heavy Eyes - Pinwheels (3:11)
22. Them Crooked Vultures - Elephants (6:51)
23. Wo Fat - Descent Into The Maelstrom (8:25)
24. Yawning Man - Samba de Primavera (5:03)
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