Playlist February 16 2018

Mama Soul , Roxy and Roots


 Belle and Sebastian “Cornflakes”  How to Solve Our Human Problems, Pt. 2 - EP (2018)  Matador
 Felt “The Seventeenth Century” Let The Snakes Crinkle Their Heads To Death (1986)  Creation — Soon to be reissued with original Lp title

 Marlon Williams “Party Boy”  Make Way For Love (2018)Dead Oceans
 Elvis Costello & The Attractions “Party Girl”  Live At Hollywood High (2010)  Hip-O — June 4 1978
 The Big Moon “Silent Movie Susie”  Love in the 4th Dimension (2017)  Fiction
 
 Roxy Music “Re-Make / Re-Model”  Roxy Music (1972)  Warner Bros — Session takes rec 1972
 Roxy Music “Virginia Plain” Roxy Music (1972)  Warner Bros — John Peel Radio Session July 18 1972

 The Liminanas “The Gift”  Shadow People (2018)  Because Music — feat. Peter Hook
 New Order “Everything's Gone Green” Factus 8 (1982)  Factory
 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band “I Won't Hurt You”  Part One (1967) Reprise — As heard on trailer for "Isle of Dogs"

 Ty Segall “Fanny Dog” Freedom's Goblin (2018)  Drag City — Year of the Dog
 The Beatles “Hey Bulldog”  Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999)  Apple — Rec 1968
 The New Pornographers “Sky High” Single B-Side (2017)  Concord — Jigsaw cover
 Girl Ray “Anything I Do Is All Right”  Cover Versions EP (2017)  Moshi Moshi — Happyness cover

 Jeffrey Lewis “The Story Of The Fall” Perverted By Mark E (2004)  Zick Zack
 The Fat White Family “I Am Mark E Smith”  Single Without Consent
 The Fall “I Am Damo Suzuki”  This Nation's Saving Grace (1985)  Beggar's Banquet
 Chris Cacavas “Totally Wired”  Perverted By Mark E (2004)  Zick Zack

Shindig Presents the Roots of Country Rock Albums '68 
 The Byrds “Artificial Energy”  The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968) Columbia — January
 The International Submarine Band “Blue Eyes”  Safe At Home (1968)  LHI — March - Gram Parsons
 The Dillards “Nobody Knows”  Wheatstraw Suite (1968)  Elektra — March
 The Band “The Weight”  Music From Big Pink  (1968)  Capitol — July

 Hearts And Flowers “Ode To A Tin Angel” Of Horses, Kids And Forgotten Women (1968)  Capitol — July
 The Byrds “You Ain't Going Nowhere”  Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968)  Columbia — August
 Dillard and Clark “Train Leaves Here This Mornin'”  The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard And Clark (1968)  A andM — October
 The Beau Brummels “Cherokee Girl”  Bradley's Barn (1968)  Warner Bros — October

 Jerry Jeff Walker “Mr. Bojangles”  Mr. Bojangles (1968)  Atco — November - original single version
 Neil Young “I've Loved Her So Long”  Neil Young (1968)  Reprise — November
 The Everly Brothers “Ventura Boulevard”  Roots (1968)  Warner Bros.

Doris Troy Jan 6 1937 - February 16 2004 
 Doris Troy “Just One Look” Single (1963)  Atlantic
 Carly Simon “You're So Vain”  Single (1972)  Elektra — uncredited backing/harmony vocals
 The Rolling Stones “You Can't Always Get What You Want”  Single (1965)  London— Mono Single Version Backing Vocals
 Doris Troy “I'll Do Anything (He Wants Me to Do)”  Single (1967)  Calla — Big Northern Soul smash

Doris Troy “Face Up To The Truth”  Single (1967) Capitol
Kevin Ayers “Don't Let It Get You Down (For Rachel)”  Bananamour (1973)  Sire — Backing Vocals
 Dusty Springfield “In the Middle of Nowhere”  Single (1965)Phillips — Backing Vocals
 Doris Troy “He Don't Belong to Me”  Single (1967)  Capitol
 Nick Drake “Poor Boy” Bryter Layter (1970) Island — Backing Vocals

 Doris Troy “Ain't That Cute” Doris Troy (1970)  Apple
 Doris Troy “Get Back”  Single B-Side (1970)  Apple
 Pink Floyd “Brain Damage”  Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Harvest — Backing Vocals
 Pink Floyd “Eclipse”  Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)  Harvest — Backing Vocals
 Doris Troy “What Cha Gonna Do Bout It”  Single (1963) Atlantic

Playlist February 9 2018

No Big Parade



 The Lovin' Spoonful “Do You Believe In Magic?”  Do You Believe In Magic (1965)  Kama Sutra — Jens Lekman's opening song
 Jens Lekman “Maple Leaves”  Maple Leaves EP (2003)  Service — Encore number

 The Big Moon “Sucker”  Love in the 4th Dimension (2017)  Fiction
 Big Thief “Capacity”  Capacity (2017)  Saddle Creek
 The Proper Ornaments “Cremated (Blown Away)” Foxhole (2017)  Slumberland
 Cigarettes After Sex “Each Time You Fall in Love”  Cigarettes After Sex (2017)  Partisan Records
 
 Calexico “Girl In The Forest” The Thread That Keeps Us (2018)  Anti/Epitaph
 Calexico “Long Board”  The Thread That Keeps Us (2018)  Anti/Epitaph — Bonus track
The James Hunter Six “Whatever It Takes” from Whatever It Takes (2018) Daptone Records
 The Liminanas “Shadow People”  Shadow People (2018)  Because Music — Feat Emmanuelle Seigner

 The Small Faces “Green Circles” EP (1968)  Immediate — Italian Version
 Sandie Shaw “No Vendra” Single (1965)  Pye —  Girl Don't Come in Spanish
 Harry Nilsson “So No Estas Tu”  Single (1970) RCA — Without You In Italian
 The Rutles “Baby S'il Vous Plait”  Archaeology (1996) Virgin — Baby Let Me Be In French

 Ty Segall Freedom Band “Cry Cry Cry”  Freedom's Goblin (2018)  Drag City
 Ty Segall  Freedom Band “She”  Freedom's Goblin (2018)  Drag City
 
 Girl Ray “Cristina”  Cover Versions EP (2017)  Moshi Moshi — Teleman cover
 Squeeze “Argy Bargy Radio Spot”  Argybargy (2008)  Mercury
 Squeeze “Funny How It Goes”  Argybargy (2008) Mercury — Original title for LP was to be "It's A Funny Old World"
 A Giant Dog “Photograph”  Toy (2017) Merge Records
 
 Elf Power “Ten Dollars on the Ground”  Twitching in Time (2017)  Orange Twin
 Colter Wall “Thirteen Silver Dollars”  Colter Wall (2017)  Young Mary's Record 
 Delaney and Bonnie and Friends “I've Told You For The Last Time” Motel Shot (Expanded Edition) (1971) Atco — Eric Clapton song
Neutral Milk Hotel “Aeroplane Over The Sea”  Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)  Merge. — Released Feb 10 1998

 Julie Byrne “Follow My Voice”  Not Even Happiness (2017) Tugboat Records
 NE-HI “Don't Wanna Know You”  Offers (2017)  NE-HI
 Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble “Undying Love for Humanity”  Find Me Finding You (2017) Drag City — Former Stereolab member
 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith “To Follow and Lead”  The Kid (2017)  Western Vinyl
 
 Shrag “Mark E Smith”    Where It's At Is Where You Are
 The Fall “The Man Whose Head Expanded” The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004 (2005)  Sanctuary Records — Peel Session 7/10/85
 Barbara Manning “Mark E Smith and Brix”  Lately I Keep Scissors (1988)  Heyday
 The Fall “Kimble”  The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004 (2005)  Sanctuary Records — Peel Session 15/2/1992 - Lee Scratch Perry cover
 Sonic Youth “Victoria”  4 Tunna Brix (1989)  Goofin — Peel Session 1989 Fall cover of a Kinks cover
 The Fall “Fantastic Life” In a Hole (1985)  Flying Nun — Live in Aulkland August 21 1982

 Gastr Del Sol “The Seasons Reverse”  Camoufleur  Drag City
 Fonda Rae “Over Like a Fat Rat”  Bob Blank, The Blank Generation (1982) Vanguard
 Samsimar “Indang Pariaman”Sounds Of Sumatra vol 1 (2011) Sublime Frequencies
 
 Los Bravos “Bring a Little Lovin'”  Dame un Poco de Amor (1968)  RCA Records Label — Written by Easybeats
 Jane Weaver “The Architect”  Transmission For Low Four TV (2017)  Fire Records — Live 27/5/2017
 Aldous Harding “Horizon” Live at KEXP EP (2017) 4AD — Live in Seattle July 31 2017

 Sadies Expression “Yesterday Was Such A Lovely Day” Yesterday Was Such A Lovely Day
 The Incredible String Band “Nightfall”  The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968)  Elektra
 The Durutti Column “It's Wonderful”  Keep Breathing (2005)  FullFill
The Television Personalities “Goodnight Mr Spaceman”  Beautiful Despair (2017)  Fire

Playlist February 3 2018

40 Smash Hits Performed By The Original Artists
 I Like It Like That 
 The Monkees “Tema Dei Monkees”  Single B-Side (1967)  RCA Victor — Italian -Theme from The Monkees
 The Beatles “Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand”  Single (1964)  Odeon — German-I Want To Hold Your Hand

 Chubby Checker “Der Twist Beginnt”  Twistin' Round the World (1962)  Parkway —German- Let's Twist Again
 Terry Stafford “Sospetto”  Single (1964)  London —Italian- Suspicion
 Gene Pitney “24 Horas De Tulsa”  24 Horas De Tulsa (1966)  Musicor — Spanish-24 Hours From Tulsa
 The Young Rascals “Groovin'”  Groovin' EP (1968) Atlantic - French

 Petula Clark “Sign of the Times”  Sign Of The Times EP (1966)  Disques Vogue - French
 Dusty Springfield “Warten Und Hoffen”  Single (1964)  Philips —German- Wishin and Hopin
Lesley Gore “Je Sais Qu'Un Jour” Single (1964)  Mercury — French-Maybe I Know

The Everly Brothers “So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)”  Single (1960)  Warner Bros. - Italian
 Donovan “Jennifer Juniper”  Single (1968)  Epic - Italian
 The Searchers “Wenn Ich Dich Seh”  Single (1965)  Vogue — German-When You Walk in the Room
 The Sorrows “Nimm Mein Herz”  Single (1966)  Pye — German-Take a Heart

 The Four Tops “Piangono Gli Uomini”  Single (1967)  Tamla Motown — Italian-(Sugar Pie Honeybunch) I Can't help Myself
 Martha and the Vandellas “Jimmy Mack” Single (1967)  Tamla Motown - Spanish
 The Supremes “Baby Baby, Wo Ist Unsere Liebe”  Single (1965)  CBS —German- Where Did Our Love Go ?

 Roy Orbison “Mama”  San Fernando Single B-Side (1963)  London - German
 Jimmy Ruffin “Se Decidi Cosi”  Single (1966)  Tamla — Italian -What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
 Sandie Shaw “Mais Tu L'aimes”  Chante en français - Pourvu que ça dure (1965)  Pye — French- Girl Don't Come
 Manfred Mann “Sie”  Single (1965)  Electrola — German-She

 Johnny Cash “Wer Kennt Den Weg”  In Virginia Single B-Side (1965)  CBS —German- I Walk The Line
 Johnny Cash “Anillo De Fuego” EP (1963)  CBS —Spanish- Ring of Fire

 Tommy James and the Shondells “Crimson And Clover”  Single (1969)  Roulette - Italian
Neil MacArthur “Ma Non E Giusto” Single (1969)  Deram— Italian- AKA Colin Blunstone (The Zombies Solo) Rec 1967
 Les Hollies “Regardez Par Des Fenetres”  EP (1965)  Parlophone —Freanch- Look Through Any Window
 The Moody Blues “Noches De Blanco Saten”  Single (1968)  Deram —Spanish- Nights In White Satin

 Connie Francis “Atashi-No”  EP (1960) MGM —Japanese- Where The Boys Are
 Little Peggy March “Wakaitte Subarashi”  Single (1963)  Victor —Japanese- I Will Follow Him

 The Beatles “Sie Liebt Dich” Single B-Side (1964)  Odeon — German-She Loves You
 The Beach Boys “Ganz Allein”  Rarities (1983)  Capitol — German-In My Room - rec March 1964
 The Rolling Stones “Con Le Mie Lacrime”  Single (1965)  Decca —Italian- As Tears Go By
 Marianne Faithfull “Nuits D'ete”  EP (1966)  Decca —French- Summer Nights

 The Shadows Of Knight “Gloria”  EP (1966) Atco- French
 Paul Revere and The Raiders “Mo'reen”  Single (1967)  CBS - Spanish
 The Box Tops “Mi Sento Felice”  EP (1968)  Bell — Italian-Cry Like A Baby

 The Temptations “Mein Girl”  Single (1965)  CBS —German- My Girl
 Stevie Wonder “My Cherie Amor”  My Cherie Amour (1970) Tamla Motown — Spanish-My Cherie Amour

 The Ohio Express “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy” Single (1968)  Buddah - Italian
 1910 Fruitgum Company “Hip Hip Hip Hurrah!”  Single (1968)  Buddah — Italian-1,2,3 Red Light

 Lesley Gore “Goodbye, Tony”  Single (1964)  Mercury — German-You Don't Own Me
 Dusty Springfield “Reste Encore Un Instant”  Mademoiselle Dusty - EP (1965)  Philips —French- Stay Awhile

Playlist January 19 2018

    The 50 Best Songs of 2017      Harry Rag

 1      The Dream Syndicate                                      Glide                        How Did I Find Myself Here? (Anti)

 2      Eleni Mandell                                I Belong To Someone New                                         Single (Yep Roc)

 3      Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile            Over Everything                             Lotta Sea Lice (Matador)

 4      Robyn Hitchcock                            Mad Shelley’s Letterbox                      Robyn Hitchcock (Yep Roc)

 5      Juana Molina                                          Cara De Espejo                                         Halo (Crammed Discs)

 6      Marika Hackman                                         Boyfriend                                  I’m Not Your Man (Sub Pop)

 7      Miranda Lee Richards                    On The Side Of Heaven         Existential Beast (Invisible Hands)

 8      Chuck Prophet     Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins      Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins (Yep Roc)

 9      Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions    Antiquity                       Son Of A Lady (Tendril Tales)

10    Spoon                                               Whisper I’ll Listen To Hear It                    Hot Thoughts (Matador)

11    Kelley Stoltz                                          Looking For A Spark                                 Que Aura (Castle Face)

12    The Feelies                                               Gone Gone Gone                                    In Between (Bar/None)

13    Coco Hames                                                I Do Love You                                             Coco Hames (Merge)

14    Psychic Temple                                     Isabella Ocean Blue                                               IV (Joyful Noise)

15    The Sexual Objects                                      Sometimes                               Marshmallow (Triassic Tusk)

16    Kevin Morby                                                   Crybaby                                          City Music (Dead Oceans)

17    Aldous Harding                                             Horizon                                                                     Party (4AD)

18    Wire                                                         Sleep On The Wing                                     Silver/Lead (Pinkflag)

19    Ron Gallo                                       Young Lady, You’re Scaring Me                    Heavy Meta (New West)

20    Shout Out Louds                                        Ease My Mind                                        Ease My Mind (Merge)

21    Flamin’ Groovies                                   End Of The World                       Fantastic Plastic (Sonic Kicks)

22    Filthy Friends                                               Windmill                                       Invitation (Kill Rock Stars)

23    Woods                                                         Bleeding Blue                                       Love Is Love (Woodsist)

24    XX                                                                         Naïve                                               I See You (Young Turks)

25    The Chills                                                    Lost In Space                                                             Single (Fire)

26    Phoebe Bridgers                                      Smoke Signals               Stranger In The Alps (Dead Oceans)

27    Alvvays                                                         Not My Baby                                     Antisocialites (Polyvinyl)

28    The Bats                                                      Walking Man                                   The Deep Set (Flying Nun)

29    Real Numbers                                       Frank Infatuation                                     Single (Market Square)

30    Father John Misty                                   Real Love Baby                                                    Single (Sub Pop)

31    Foxygen                                                  Follow The Leader                                            Hang (Jagjaguwar)

32    Beck                                                            No Distractions                                                Colors (Fonograf)

33    The Dahlmanns                                     Forever My Baby                                      Single (Next Big Thing)

34    Girlpool                                                   It Gets More Blue                                                Powerplant (Anti)

35    Garbage                                                           No Horses                                                 Single (StunVolume)

36    Ty Segall                                                  Thank You Mr. K                                             Ty Segall (Drag City)

37    St. Vincent                                                           Pills                                          Masseduction (Loma Vista)

38    The Courtneys                                                 Frankie                                  The Courtneys II (Flying Nun)

39    Big Thief                                                       Shark Smile                                          Capacity (Saddle Creek)

40    The New Pornographers          We’ve Been Here Before    Whiteout Conditions (Collected Works)

41    Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker        I Heard Them Singing                     Spiderbeetlebee (Drag City)

42    Jens Lekman    What’s That Perfume That You Wear?  Life Will See You Now (Secretly Canadian)

43    Laura Marling                                          Don’t Pass Me By                  Semper Femina (More Alarming)

44    Dhani Harrison                                            Never Know                                 In///Parallel (Hot Records)

45    Jane Weaver                                                 Slow Motion                                     Modern Kosmology (Fire)

46    Paul Weller                                                        Nova                               A Kind Revolution (Warner Bros.)

47    L.A.Witch                                              Kill My Baby Tonight                         L.A.Witch (Suicide Squeeze)

48    Peter Perrett                                                     Troika                          How The West Was Won (Domino)

49    OCS                               Lift A Finger By The Garden Path     Memory Of A Cut Off Head (Castle Face)

50    Julie Byrne                                                 Natural Blue                        Not Even Happiness (Ba Da Bing)

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Playlist January 12 2018

Yo Mike La Ira and Tengo John
 YLT 2017 Hanukkah show mixtapes 

Mike Watt - Minutemen Bassist 

 Wire “Dot Dash”  Single (1978)  Harvest
 Blue Öyster Cult “Hot Rails to Hell”  Tyranny and Mutation (1973)  Columbia
 
 John Coltrane “Countdown”  Giant Steps (1959)Columbia
 Richard Hell and The Voidoids “Walking on the Water”  Blank Generation (1977)  Sire — CCR cover
 The Pop Group “We Are Time” Y (1979) Radar
 
 Black Flag “Clocked In”  Everything Went Black (1982) SST Records
 Meat Puppets “Buckethead” Up On the Sun (1984)  SST
 Husker Du “Sorry Somehow”  Candy Apple Grey (1986)  Warner Brothers
 Sonic Youth “Pch”  Sisters (1987) SST Records — Pacific Coast Highway

 The Wipers “What Is”  Over The Edge (1983)  Brain Eater
The Last Poets “It's a Trip”  Delights of the Garden (1977)  Douglas — feat. Bernard Purdie
 Lemon Kittens “P.V.S.”  We Buy A Hammer For Daddy (1980) United Dairies
 Roky Erickson “I Have Always Been Here Before” Two Headed Dog EP (1977)  Sponge

Ira Kaplan - Yo La Tengo Guitarist and Vocals 
 
The Afro Blues Quintet “There Is A Mountain” Next Album (1968) Mira — feat. Rene Bloch - Donovan Cover
 Benny Spellman “I Feel Good”  Single (1965)  Atlantic
 Antietam “Birdwatching”  Intimations of Immortality (2017)  Motorific Sounds
 Ray Bryant “Pata Pata”  Single (1968)  Cadet
 

Lloyd Charmers “Let's Get It On”  Single (1974)  Harry J — Marvin Gaye cover
 Floyd Brown “What I Want”  Single (1961)  Montel — Swamp Pop!
 Dee Dee Sharp “Deep Dark Secret”  Single (1963)  cameo
 Redd Kross “Choose to Play” Researching the Blues (2012) Merge Records
 The Special Pillow “The Land That Time Forgot”  At the Earth's Core (2016) Zofko
 Marianne Faithfull “Rosie Rosie”  Love in a Mist (1988) London — rec 1966 - Kinks Cover- Rosie, Won't You Please Come Home

 Tom Ardolino “"Get Smart" Theme”  Unknown Brain (2009)  Mystra — NRBQ solo effort
Cliff "King" Solomon “But, Officier”  Okeh Rhythm and Blues Story (1993) Epic — Rec 1950
 Dan Penn “Everytime”  The Fame Recordings (2013) Ace — Rec 1964-66
 Guitar Slim “Certainly All”  Single (1952)  J-B Records
 
 Mongo Santamaria “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” Hey! Let's Party (1966)  Columbia — Rolling Stones cover
 Thee Impalas “Come On Up”  Single (1967)  Whittier — Rascals cover
 Oscar Peterson Trio “Oop Bop Sh-Bam”  This Is Oscar Peterson (1952)  Bluebird
 Willie Bobo and The Bo Gents “Shut Up and Pay Attention”  Do What You Want to Do (1971)  Sussex
 Unknown “I'm In Orbit”  Boppin' By The Bayou (2013) Ace — Louisiana Rockabilly
 Third Ear Band “Druid One”  Alchemy (1969)  Harvest

John McEntire - Tortoise Percussionist 
 
Franco Battiato “Areknames”  Pollution (1972)  Artis
Basil Kirchin “Viva Tamla Motown”  Abstractions Of The Industrial North (2005)  Trunk — Stock Film music Rec 1966 with Jimmy Page
 Hal Blaine “Love-In (December)” Psychedelic Percussion (1967) Dunhill — Wrecking Crew drummer
 Keith “98.6” Single (1967)  Mercury
 Brenton Wood “Gimme Little Sign”  single (1965) Double Shot
 
 Carol Leigh and Hank Midlin “Inquire Within”  Enjoy The Experience- Homemade Records 1958-2001 (2013)  Now Again Records — From honolulu rec 1969
 The Sylvers “Only One Can Win”  The Sylvers (1972)  Pride Records
 Alan Moorhouse “That's Nice” Kpm 1000 Series: The Big Beat - Volume 2 (2007)  KPM 1000 LP Series — Stock Film music rec 1970
 Os Mutantes “Panis Et Circenses”  Os Mutantes (1968) Polydor
 Broadcast. “Microtronics 07”  Stereo recorded Music For Links and Bridges (2003)  Warp — 3" CD EP Ha Ha tour only

Cluster “Heisse Lippen”  Zuckerzeit (1974) Brain.
 Michael Rother “Karussell”  Flammende Herzen (1977)Sky
 The Space Lady “Humdinger”  Space Lady By Amazing Thingz (1990) Night School
Pere Ubu “Heaven”  Single (1977)  Hearpen
 
The Upsetters “Popcorn”  I Am The Upsetter: The Rare Sevens Box Set (2005) Trojan.
 Andrea True Connection “More! More! More!”  More More More (1976)  Buddah
The Breakaways “That's How It Goes”  Single (1964) Pye
Michel Colombier “L'Etrange Voyage de M. Brendwood” Capot Pointu (1969) La Compagnie
 
 Lifetones “Good Side” For a Reason (1983) Tone Of Life
 Moodymann “Don't You Want My Love”  Forevernevermore (2000)  Peace Frog