No Matter What - Happy Hour

Happy Hour Pt. 2 - No Matter What. This is part two of a multi-part series of fun happy hour music with a garage rock feel. This second hour of the night is decidedly more power pop and not quite as raw as the first set. It just sort of flowed that way and like before the music comes from several decades. Lots of classics and lots of personal favorites because after all it's my happy hour.  The title of the mix comes from both the opening and closing songs.

Part 3 is in progress.

Part 1 of this series was posted a couple of days ago and both can be listened to from the Mixcloud link below.



1.   Badfinger - No Matter What (No Dice, 1970)
2.   Big Star - September Gurls (Radio City, 1974)
3.   The Raspberries - I Wanna Be With You (Fresh, 1972)
4.   Cheap Trick - Surrender (Heaven Tonight, 1978)
5.   The Monks - Love In Stereo (Bad Habits, 1979)
6.   The Romantics - When I Look In Your Eyes (The Romantics, 1980)
7.   The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away (Everywhere At Once, 1983)
8.   Pezband - Baby It's Cold Outside (Pezband, 1977)
9.   Electric Light Orchestra - Turn To Stone (Out Of The Blue, 1977)
10. T. Rex - Hot Love (Electric Warrior Sessions, 1971)
11. The Beatles - She Said She Said (Revolver, 1966)
12. Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You (Something/Anything?, 1972)
13. Squeeze - Goodbye Girl (Cool For Cats, 1980)
14. Marshall Crenshaw - There She Goes Again (Marshall Crenshaw, 1982)
15. Wondermints - Proto-Pretty (Wondermints, 1995)
16. Teenage Fanclub - Metal Baby (Bandwagonesque, (1991)
17. Green Pajamas - Kim The Waitress (Through Glass Colored Roses, 1997)
18. The Smithereens - Yesterday Girl (11, 1989)
19. Sloan - Keep On Thinkin' (Navy Blues, 1998)
20. The Spongetones - Have You Ever Been Torn Apart? (Beat & Torn, 1994)
21. The Turtles - You Baby (Solid Zinc: The Turtles Anthology, 2002)
22. The Beach Boys - The Little Girl I Once Knew (Summer Days And Summer Nights, 1965)
23. The Left Banke - I've Got Something On My Mind (Walk Away Renee, 1967)
24. Love - No Matter What You Do (Love, 1966)

60 Albums 1978

The 60 favorite albums from my collection from 1978. Another list of great albums from another really wonderful year in music. Fantastic albums from Elvis Costello, Talking Heads and Bruce Springsteen and one of the really all time great live albums from Little Feat.

1. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
2. Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
3. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
4. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. Big Star - 3rd
6. Magazine - Real Life
7. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya
8. Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
9. The Monks - Bad Habits
10. Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool
11. Television - Adventure
12. Buzzcocks - Love Bites
13. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
14. Van Morrison - Wavelenght
15. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
16. Dave Edmunds - Tracks On Wax 4
17. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
18. XTC - White Music
19. Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
20. Wire - Chairs Missing
21. Squeeze - Squeeze
22. Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
23. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon By Bus
24. The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope
25. Patti Smith - Easter
26. The Fabulous Poodles - Mirror Star
27. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
28. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
29. Joan Armatrading - To The Limit
30. The Jam - All Mod Cons
31. 999 - Separates
32. Third World - Journey To Addis
33. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
34. Ramones - Road To Ruin
35. Various Artists - No New York
36. Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen
37. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It
38. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
39. Townes Van Zandt - Flyin' Shoes
40. Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade
41. Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream
42. Ornette Coleman - Body Meta
43. John Prine - Bruised Orange
44. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
45. David Bowie - Stage
46. Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor
47. Lena Lovich - Stateless
48. Robert Gordon - Fresh Fish Special
49. The Cars - The Cars
50. Lou Reed - Street Hassle
51. Gerry Rafferty - City To City
52. Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
53. Poet & The Roots - Dread Beat an' Blood
54. The Police - Outlandos d'Amour
55. Blondie - Parallel Lines
56. The Saints - Eternally Yours
57. Brian Eno - Ambient 1:  Music For Airports
58. Bob Dylan - Street Legal
59. Mink Deville - Return To Magenta
60. Poco - Legend

That's What I Like - Happy Hour

Happy Hour Pt. 1 - That's What I Like. This is the first in a multi-part series of assorted hip shakin' some action sounds that makes for a fun happy hour at the bar, on the patio or in the garage. The mix title comes from the opening Hoodoo Gurus song that describes the entire series and the Flamin' Groovies set the tone followed by a few covers of some classic rockers. It's all about the guitar throughout the middle of the mix with some glam rock at the end. Wanders through a few decades too.

You can listen to this mix with the Mixcloud link below.





1.   The Hoodoo Gurus - (Let's All) Turn On (Stoneage Romeos, 1983)
2.   The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (Shake Some Action, 1976)
3.   Ramones - The Shape Of Things To Come (Acid Eaters, 1993)
4.   Lyres - Nobody But Me (Live) (Early Years  Live 1979-1983, 1997)
5.   The Plimsouls - Sorry (Live) (One Night In America in 1981, 1988)
6.   The Amboy Dukes - Baby Please Don't Go (The Amboy Dukes, 1967)
7.   The Yardbirds - Train Kept A-Rollin' (Having A Rave Up, 1965)
8.   The Troggs - I Want You (Archeology 1967-1977, 1992)
9.   The Beatles - She's A Woman (Past Masters Vol. 1, 1988)
10. The Who - I Can't Explain (My Generation, 1965)
11. The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Combat Rock, 1982)
12. The Strokes - Last Night (Is This It?, 2000)
13. Bloc Party - Banquet (Silent Alarm, 2005)
14. The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So (Veni Vidi Vicious, 2000)
15. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Get Born, 2003)
16. The Undertones - Let's Talk About Girls (The Singles Box Set, 2001)
17. ? & The Mysterians - I Need Somebody (96 Tears, 1966)
18. The Remains - You Got A Hard Time Coming (The Remains, 1966)
19. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Who? (Take It From The Man, 1996)
20. The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man (Let It Bleed, 1969)
21. T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Electric Warrior, 1971)
22. David Bowie - Watch That Man (Aladdin Sane, 1973)
23. Supergrass - Seen The Light (Life On Other Planets, 2002)

60 Albums 1975

Here are the my 60 favorite albums from my collection for 1975. At this time I was studying at Temple University, living in the Germantown section of Philly and working a lot. Buying lots of albums too.

Loved that Bob Marley live album and I did get to see him perform live in 1978. I was torn between Born to Run and Blood on the Tracks. Two of my all time favorite albums. Lots of other great albums in that top ten and throughout the list.

1. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live
2. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
3. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
4. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World
5. David Bowie - Young Americans
6. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
7. Patti Smith - Horses
8. Parliament - Mothership Connection
9. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
10. John Prine - Common Sense
11. Roxy Music - Siren
12. Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
13. The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On
14. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
15. John Cale - Helen Of Troy
16. U-Roy - Dread In A Babylon
17. Miles Davis - Pangaea
18. Brian Eno - Another Green World
19. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
20. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
21. Miles Davis - Agharta
22. Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity
23. Joan Armatrading - Back To The Night
24. Average White Band - Cut The Cake
25. Bee Gees - Main Course
26. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
27. Jimi Hendrix - Crash Landing
28. The Troggs - The Troggs
29. Parliament - Chocolate City
30. Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude
31. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
32. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
33. Hall & Oates - Daryl Hall & John Oates
34. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
35. Herbie Hancock - Man-Child
36. Little Feat - The Last Record Album
37. Richard & Linda Thompson - Hokey Pokey
38. The Meters - Fire On The Bayou
39. Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing
40. Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust
41. Lou Reed - Live
42. Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus
43. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
44. The Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis
45. Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah
46. The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy
47. Stanley Clarke - Journey To Love
48. Robert Palmer - Pressure Drop
49. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions Of The Emerald Beyound
50. The Outlaws - The Outlaws
51. The Eagles - One Of These Nights
52. Joni Mitchel - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
53. Gato Barbieri - El Gato
54. Flo & Eddie - Illegal, Immoral and Fattening
55. The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band - Trouble In Paradise
56. Ralph Towner - Solstice
57. Old and In The Way - Old and In The Way
58. Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories
59. The Who - The Who By Numbers
60. Bad Company - Straight Shooter

When The Night Has Come - Heartache

When The Night Has Come - Heartache
More songs of love and loss, more of the heartache series and more soul music. The mix title comes from the opening words of the opening track. A lot of great love songs here along with the heartache. Lots more personal favorites here and especially the doo-wop which was the first music I got into as a kid. I danced with my wife to that Flamingos tune at our wedding so long ago and we'll dance to it again at our daughter's wedding coming up this spring.

This mix is also part of my Soul Time series.

Listen below on Mixcloud.

1.   Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Ben E. King Sings For Soulful Lovers, 1962)
2.   The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (Flamingo Serenade, 1959)
3.   Sam Cooke - Nothing Can Change This Love (The Best of Sam Cooke, 1962)
4.   Etta James - Don't Cry Baby (The Second Time Around, 1961)
5.   The Spaniels - Stormy Weather (Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight, 1958)
6.   The Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady (The Isley Brothers Story Vol. 1: Rockin' Soul 1959-1968, 1991)
7.   James Brown - Out Of Sight (Out Of Sight, 1964)
8.   Otis Redding - Mr. Pitiful (The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, 1965)
9.   Wilson Pickett - I'm In Love (I'm In Love, 1968)
10.  Mary Wells - When I'm Gone (The Ultimate Collection, 1998)
11.  Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - Talking About My Baby (Keep On Pushin', 1964)
12.  The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving (The Four Tops, 1964)
13.  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Your Precious Love (Marvin Gaye and His Girls, 1969)
14.  The Chantels - Look In My Eyes (The Best of The Chantels, 1990)
15.  The Intruders - Together (The Intruders Are Together, 1967)
16.  Aretha Franklin - Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) (Young, Gifted and Black, 1971)
17.  The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do (Meet The Temptations, 1964)
18.  The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go (Where Did Our Love Go,1964)
19.  Chris Clark - Love's Gone Bad (Soul Sounds, 1967)
20.  The Platters - With This Ring (Going Back To Detroit, 1967)
21.  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage (Make It Happen, 1967)
22.  The Contours - Just A Little Misunderstanding (Do You Love Me, 1962)
23.  Joe Simon - The Chokin' Kind (The Chokin' Kind, 1969)
24.  Earth, Wind & Fire - Can't Hide Love (Gratitude, 1975)
25.  Stevie Wonder - I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer (Where I'm Coming From, 1971)
26.  Percy Sledge - I'll Be Your Everything (I'll Be Your Everything, 1974)

Walk With Me - Heartache

Walk With Me - Heartache. The fifth mix of the Heartache series. The last mix in the series ended with some Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson and this next mix in the series naturally became a soul mix of love songs. The title comes from the first lines of the Four Tops song that opens the mix. As always... there is a link to Mixcloud below to listen to this mix.

Also part of my Soul Time series of mixes.



1.   The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (Still Waters Run Deep, 1970)
2.   Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World (That's The Way Of The World, 1975)
3.   Average White Band - If I Ever Lose This Heaven (Cut The Cake, 1975)
4.   Isaac Hayes - Walk On By [single edit] (Hot Buttered Soul, 1969)
5.   The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (The Delfonics, 1970)
6.   The Temptations - You're My Everything (With A Lot Of Soul, 1967)
7.   The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl (A Lonely Man, 1970)
8.   The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again (The Three Degrees, 1973)
9.   Jackie Wilson - Whispers (Getting Louder) (Whispers, 1966)
10. James Brown - I'll Go Crazy (Think, 1960)
11. Ray Charles - Drown In My Own Tears (Ray Charles, 1957)
12. The Dells - Stay In My Corner (Stay In My Corner, 1968)
13. The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache (Sounds Like The Flirtations, 1970)
14. Solomon Burke - Got To Get You Off My Mind (The Best of Solomon Burke, 1965)
15. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Just As I Am, 1971)
16. Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (I'm Still In Love With You, 1972)
17. Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (Fresh, 1973)
18. Stevie Wonder - Tuesday Heartbreak (Talking Book, 1972)
19. Marvin Gaye - That's The Way Love Is (That's The Way Love Is, 1970)
20. Aretha Franklin - Baby I Love You (Aretha Arrives, 1967)

60 Albums 1974

Another year, another 60 favorite albums from my collection.

My first year as a civilian after four years in the Navy. Went to Mardi Gras in February during the gas crises. Remember the long lines waiting to get gas? It was a good time to take a long trip but what a time we had. I made a mix several years back that contained a lot of the music we had in the car for that trip. I should post that up here some time.

I don't think this was a particular good year for music. A lot of the money I spend on albums that year was for music I had missed over the past few years. I was also listening to a lot of jazz and blues and also discovering reggae.  Saw Tom Waits down at the Bijou Cafe and a lot of acts at the Spectrum... Clapton, Dylan, The Band, Santana, Zappa among others. That was the last time I've ever been to an arena for a concert. It's been strictly bars, clubs, parks, and theaters and to see music for me since then.

1. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
2. Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale
3. Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
4. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread
5. Brian Eno - Here Comes The Warm Jets
6. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
7. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
8. Roxy Music - Country Life
9. Big Star - Radio City
10. Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill
11. Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke
12. Average White Band - AWB
13. Santana - Borboletta
14. Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance
15. David Bromberg - Wanted Dead Or Alive
16. Jade Warrior - Floating World
17. Bob Dylan & The Band - Before The Flood
18. Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now
19. Lou Reed - Rock n Roll Animal
20. Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On
21. Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony
22. Neil Young - On The Beach
23. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
24. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Brights Light Tonight
25. David Bowie - David Live
26. John Cale - Fear
27. Gene Clark - No Other
28. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
29. Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now
30. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
31. Frank Zappa - Apostorphe
32. Santana - Lotus
33. Can - Soon Over Babaluma
34. Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
35. Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch
36. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
37. King Crimson - Red
38. Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
39. Shuggie Otis - Inspirational Information
40. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
41. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
42. Jesse Colin Young - Light Shine
43. Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
44. Mott The Hoople - The Hoople
45. Badfinger - Wish You Were Here
46. Bob Dylan - Planet Waves
47. Nico - The End
48. Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
49. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
50. The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock and Roll
51. Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess
52. Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere
53. Groundhogs - Solid
54. Jorma Kaukonen - Quah
55. Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles
56. Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes
57. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
58. The Souther-Hillman-Fury Band - The Souther-Hillman-Fury Band
59. Renaissance - Turn Of The Cards
60. Bad Company - Bad Company

Love Hurts - Heartache

Love Hurts- Heartache. This is the fourth mix in this new Heartache series. There wasn't any intent to make a mix with a dominant early 70s feel but sometimes you just go with the flow and things turn out a certain way. This one evolved into a 70s mix with a set of 80s and 90s songs in the middle before going back to the late 60s and early 70s while ending with some soul music from the late 70s and early 80s.


As always you can listen to the mix via the link to Mixcloud below.


1.   Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - Love Hurts (Grievous Angel, 1974)
2.   Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello (Blood On The Tracks, 1975)
3.   Joni Mitchell - All I Want (Blue, 1971)
4.   Jesse Colin Young - Song For Juli (Song For Juli, 1973)
5.   John Martyn - One Day Without You (Sunday's Child, 1974)
6.   Elvis Costello - Riot Act (Get Happy, 1980)
7.   Bruce Springsteen - Fade Away (The River, 1980)
8.   John Hiatt - Have A Little Faith In Me (Bring The Family, 1987)
9.   Shawn Colvin - I Don't Know Why (Fat City, 1992)
10. Elliot Smith - Everything Reminds Me Of You (Figure 8, 2000)
11. Wilco - Say You Miss Me (Being There, 1996)
12. Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace (American Beauty, 1970)
13. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (If You Could Read My Mind, 1970)
14. Bee Gees - To Love Somebody (Bee Gees' 1st, 1967)
15. The Beatles - Something (Abbey Road, 1969)
16. Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, 1970)
17. B.B. King - Hummingbird (Indianola Mississippi Seeds, 1970)
18. Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone (Gets Next To You, 1971)
19. Marvin Gaye - I Want You (I Want You, 1976)
20. Smokey Robinson - Being With You (Being With You, 1981)

Sweethearts On Parade - Heartache

Sweethearts On Parade - Heartache.
The third mix in the ongoing Heartache series. Songs of love and loss. Lots of favorites here.

As usual you can listen on Mixcloud from the link below.










1.   M. Ward - Sweethearts On Parade (Transitor Radio, 2005)
2.   The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Want To Get Over You (69 Love Songs, 1999)
3.   The Rembrandts - Don't Hide Your Love (LP, 1995)
4.   The Go-Betweens - Quiet Love (16 Lovers Lane, 1996)
5.   R.E.M. - The One I Love (Document, 1992)
6.   Billy Bragg - You Woke Up My Neighborhood (Don't Try This At Home, 1991)
7.   Paul Kelly & The Messengers - Big Heart (Under The Sun, 1988)
8.   Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin (Rattlesnakes, 1984)
9.   Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken (Let's Get Out Of This Country, 2006)
10. Eels - The Look You Gave That Guy (Hombre Lobo, 2009)
11. Chris Bell - You and Your Sister (I Am The Cosmos,1992)
12. Neil Young - I Believe In You (After The Goldrush, 1970)
13. T. Rex - Mystic Lady (The Slider, 1972)
14. The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina (Walk Away Renee, 1967)
15. The Zombies - I Want Her She Wants Me (Odessey & Oracle, 1968)
16. Todd Rundgren - I See The Light (Something/Anything?, 1972)
17. Wilco - I'm Always In Love (Summer Teeth, 1999)
18. Matthew Sweet - Thought I Knew You (Girlfriend, 1991)
19. Tom Petty - Only A Broken Heart (Wildflowers, 1994)
20. Steve Earle - Fearless Heart (Guitar Town, 1986)
21. Nanci Griffth - I Knew Love (Little Love Affairs, 1988)

Readings - In the Garden of Beasts

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin is a nonfiction book that felt like a novel. It was a very vivid portrait of Berlin in the mid 1930s during the rise of Hitler and the Nazis as described through the experiences of the American ambassador to Germany and his daughter who happened to like dating SS officers including the head of the Gestapo and a Russian spy.  It reads like a political thriller. It was very frightening to see the political transformation of the German people into Nazis through the eyes of these Americans.

I was interested in this book because over the past couple of years I've been reading the series of Philip Kerr novels about a Berlin private detective where much of the stories takes place in 1930s Berlin over the course of the seven books I've read so far. A lot of the places and incidents described in the novels are also in the Erik Larson book. This book was on a lot of best of 2011 lists and I can see why. Highly recommended.

I had also enjoyed reading Erik Larson's last book The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.

60 Albums 2000

60 favorite albums released in 2000 from my collection. It was very difficult picking out an album for the top of the list and I finally choose a perfect collection of American roots music from a very cool movie.  I was a very good year for roots music with wonderful releases from Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Johnny Cash and the North Mississippi Allstars in my top ten. There were so many good albums that once again I couldn't stop at 60 and actually doubled the list to 120. Another year of variety with Radiohead almost taking the top spot with an album that I didn't really take to at the time of it's release but has grown on me over the years. I'm looking forward to putting together some mixes from this list.

1. Various Artists - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
2. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl
4. Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
5. Doves - Lost Souls
6. North Mississippi Allstars - Shake Hands With Shorty
7. John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
8. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
9. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
10. The White Stripes - De Stijl
11. Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne
12. Beachwood Sparks - Beachwood Sparks
13. Eleni Mandell - Thrill
14. XTC - Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
15. The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
16. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
17. Chris Whitley - Perfect Day
18. 16 Horsepower - Secret South
19. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
20. Coldplay - Parachutes
21. The Kingsbury Manx - The Kingsbury Manx
22. Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy
23. Calexico - Hot Rail
24. Morphine - The Night
25. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
26. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
27. B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King
28. Primal Scream - Xtrmntr
29. Elliot Smith - Figure 8
30. Cat Power - The Covers Record
31. Six Organs of Admittance - Dust & Chimes
32. Elysian Fields - Queen of the Meadow
33. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast
34. Nina Nastasia - Dogs
35. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
36. The Jigsaw Seen - Zenith
37. The Green Pajamas - Narcotic Kisses
38. Richard Buckner - The Hill
39. Enya - A Day Without Rain
40. Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came
41. World Party - Dumbing Up
42. Dead Meadow - Dead Meadow
43. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
44. Ida - Will You Find Me
45. The Persuasions - Might As Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead
46. The Jayhawks - Smile
47. Stacy Earle - Dancin' With Them That Brung Me
48. John Wesley Harding - The Confessions of St. Ace
49. Rick Bain & The Genius Position - Crooked Autumn Sun
50. Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 (Or, the Last Remains of the Dodo)
51. The Microphones - It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water
52. Oasis - Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
53. The Be-Good Tanyas - Blue Horse
54. Lampchop - Nixon
55. Clem Snide - Your Favorite Music
56. Saint Etienne - Sound of Water
57. Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo
58. Luka Bloom - Keeper Of The Flame
59. Teenage Fanclub - Howdy
60. Black Box Recorder - The Facts of Life
61. The Handsome Family - In The Air
62. Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Furnace Room Lullaby
63. Godspeed You! Black Emperor -  Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
64. The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
65. Clinic - Internal Wrangler
66. The Bevis Frond - Valedictory Songs
67. The 6ths - Hyacinths and Thistles
68. Blue Rodeo - The Days In Between
69. Joe Ely - Live at Antones'
70. Julie Doiron - Julie Doiron and The Wooden Stars
71. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
72. The Clientele - Suburban Light
73. D'Angelo - Voodoo
74. 54-40 - Casual Viewin'
75. Dar Williams - The Green World
76. Vic Chesnutt - Merriment
77. Joseph Arthur - Come To Where I'm From
78. The Wallflowers - (Breach)
79. The The - Naked Self
80. Giant Sand - Chore of Enchantmant
81. Explosions In The Sky - How Strange, Innocence
82. Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors
83. Holly Golightly - God Don't Like It
84. Pinetop Seven - Bringing Home The Last Great Strike
85. The Guthries - Off Windmill
86. Lush - Ciao!
87. The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
88. Mirah - You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This
89. The Waxwings - Low To The Ground
90. Of Montreal - Horse and Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed)
91. Jah Wobble - 30 Hertz
92. Susana Baca - Eco de Sombres
93. Dirty Three - Whatever You Love, You Are
94. Eels - Oh What A Beautiful Morning
95. The Waifs - Sink or Swim
96. Tarbox Ramblers - Tarbox Ramblers
97. Poe - Haunted
98. Eliza Gilkyson - Hard Times In Babylon
99. Centro-matic - All The Falsests Hearts Can Try
100. Labradford - Fixed::Context
101. Cosmic Rough Riders - Panaroma
102. Rockfour - Supermarket
103. The Beautiful South - Painting It Red
104. Cinerama - This Is Cinerama
105. Richard Buckner - Richard Buckner
106. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
107. Western Electric - Western Electric
108. Little Wings - Discover Worlds of Wonder
109. The Photon Band - Oh, The Sweet, Sweet Changes
110. Lucky Bishops - Lucky Bishops
111. The Woodbox Gang - Trashcan Americana
112. Rosin Coven - Penumbra
113. Morcheeba - Fragments of Freedom
114. Songs: Ohia - Protection Spells
115. Marah - Kids In Philly
116. South San Gabriel - Songs/Music
117. Waco Brothers - Electric Waco Chair
118. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Everything's Fine
119. Man or Astro-Man? - A Spectrum of Infinite Scale
120. The Delgados - The Great Eastern

60 Albums 1973

Back again to the 60 favorite albums in my collection lists from each year. A lot of my all time favorite albums came out in 1973. It was also my last year in the Navy so it was a big life transition year of leaving the military and preparing for college.

I don't think I purchased much music in 1973 but I made up for it the following year getting what I had missed. This was a year that several of my favorite artists of the time were releasing multiple albums. Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley, David Bowie,  and Roxy Music all have two albums on this list. This was certainly a year for what would eventually be known as Classic Rock. I still listen to much of this list today.

1. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
2. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch A Fire
3. Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
4. Stevie Wonder - Innervision
5. David Bowie - Alladin Sane
6. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
7. Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
8. Santana - Welcome
9. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
10. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11. Roxy Music - Stranded
12. David Bowie - Pin Ups
13. Eric Clapton - Rainbow Concert
14. Yes - Yessongs
15. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin'
16. Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
17. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
18. Steely Dan - Countdown To Esctasy
19. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
20. Can - Future Days 
21. The Persuasions - We Still Ain't Got No Band
22. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
23. Lou Reed - Berlin
24. Traffic - Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
25. King Crimson - Lark's Tongues In Aspic
26. Jackson Browne - For Everyman
27. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
28. Gram Parsons - GP
29. The Heptones - Book Of Rules
30. Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh
31. John Martyn - Solid Air
32. Mott The Hoople - Mott
33. Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
34. John Cale - Paris 1919
35. Jesse Colin Young - Song For Juli
36. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
37. String Driven Thing - The Machine That Cried
38. The Who - Quadrophenia
39. The Beach Boys - Holland
40. John Lennon - Mind Games
41. The Stooges - Raw Power
42. John Prine - Sweet Revenge
43. Van Morrison - Hard Nose The Highway
44. The Blue Ridge Rangers - The Blue Ridge Rangers
45. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
46. Mahavisnu John McLaughlin & Carlos Santana - Love Devotion Surrender
47. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
48. Dr. John - In The Right Place
49. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
50. Hawkwind - Space Ritual
51. The Rolling Stones - Goat Head Soup
52. Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood
53. Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day
54. Judee Sill - Heartfood
55. Neu! - Neu! 2
56. Chick Corea and Gary Burton - Crystal Silence
57. Gong - Flying Teapot
58. Al Stewart - Past, Present and Future
59. Paul Simon - There's Go Rhymin' Simon
60. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Last Goodbye - Heartache

Last Goodbye - Heartache.
The second mix of the Heartache series. This mix was created this week which is almost two years after Part 1. I've made some love song mixes in between but not with the same focus. These mixes follow each other nicely on my iPod and was really assembled with the intention of a 60 song playlist as part of my 60@60 theme... 60 love songs. However, I think there will be a lot more mixes in this series.

Enjoy the mix using the Mixcloud link below.



1.   Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye (Grace, 1994)
2.   R.E.M. - She Wants To Be (Reveal, 2001)
3.   Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? (Rattlesnakes, 1984)
4.   Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You (Cease To Begin, 2007)
5.   Big Star - Give Me Another Chance (#1 Record, 1972)
6.   The Beatles - I Need You (Help, 1965)
7.   Buddy Holly - Words of Love (Buddy Holly, 1958)
8.   Roy Orbison - It's Over (Oh Pretty Woman, 1964)
9.   Chris Isaak - Don't Leave Me On My Own (Forever Blue, 1995)
10. Sam Philips - I Wanted To Be Alone (A Boot and a Shoe, 2004)
11. T-Bone Burnett - The Power of Love (Truth Decay, 1980)
12. Eleni Mandell - He Thinks He's In Love (Thrill, 2002)
13. The BoDeans - Far Far Away From My Heart (Home, 1989)
14. Bruce Springsteen - One Step Up (Tunnel of Love, 1987)
15. Coldplay - Trouble (Parachutes, 2000)
16. Damien Rice - Cannonball (O, 2003)
17. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (Once: Music From The Motion Picture, 2007)
18. Beck - Lonesome Tears (Sea Change, 2002)
19. Yusuf (Cat Stevens) - Thinking 'bout You (Roadsinger, 2009)
20. Cass McCombs - Dreams-Come-True-Girl (Catacombs, 2009)

 

How Can I Tell You - Heartache

How Can I Tell You - Heartache.
Love songs. Break-up songs. Rock 'n' roll has always been about the love songs. I made this mix about two years ago and posted in my usual places. It was also one of my short lived Mixes of the Week on Facebook. Now it's here as the first mix in the Heartache series. I wanted to be inclusive of all kinds of love songs and people can be so much in love to cause heartache and of course the lack of love or the loss of love certainly causes heartache.

Opens with one of my favorite Cat Stevens songs. Lots of favorites actually including the wonderful Colin Blunstone who had a fantastic but not very commercially successful solo career after leaving The Zombies. What a voice.

This is a mix of different songs from different periods and groupings of small sets that go together. As always you can listen to this mix using the Mixcloud link below.



1. Cat Stevens - How Can I Tell You (Teaser And The Firecat, 1970)
2. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Pet Sounds, 1966)
3. Colin Blunstone - Caroline Goodbye (One Year, 1971)
4. The Beatles - Girl (Rubber Soul, 1965)
5. Eric Clapton - Easy Now (Eric Clapton, 1970)
6. Big Star - Thirteen (#1 Record, 1972)
7. Teenage Fanclub - Mellow Doubt (Grand Prix, 1995)
8. The Go-Betweens - Love Goes On (16 Lovers Lane, 1996)
9. The Green Pajamas - She's Still Bewitching Me (Seven Fathoms Down And Falling, 1999)
10. Roy Orbison - She's A Mystery To Me (Mystery Girl, 1989)
11. Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet (Woodface, 1991)
12. Keren Ann - Lay Your Head Down (Keren Ann, 2007)
13. Winterpills - You Don't Love Me Yet (Central Chambers, 2008)
14. Explorers Club - Forever (Freedom Wind, 2008)
15. R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful (Up, 1998)
16. Jim Noir - The Only Way (Tower Of Love, 2006)
17. Bon Iver - For Emma (For Emma, Forever Ago, 2008)
18. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - When Your Mind's Made Up (Once: Soundtrack, 2007)
19. Van Morrison - Crazy Love (Moondance, 1970)
20. Paul McCartney - Every Night (McCartney, 1970)
21. Crosby, Stills & Nash - You Don't Have To Cry (Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969)
22. Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne (Songs Of Leonard Cohen, 1968)
23. Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (After The Goldrush, 1970)