No Time To Cry - Songs 1994

More music from albums in my collection released in 1994. This set is a little quieter. Somewhat.

1. Iris Dement - No Time To Cry (My Life)
2. Richard Thompson - Beeswing (Mirror Blue)
3. Joni Mitchell - Turbulent Indigo (Turbulent Indigo)
4. Richard Buckner - Blue And Wonder (Bloomed)
5. Edie Brickell - Stay Awhile (Picture Perfect Morning)
6. Todd Snider - You Think You Know Somebody (Songs For The Daily Planet)
7. Luna - Tiger Lily (Bewitched)
8. Blur - End Of A Century (Parklife)
9. R.E.M. - I Don't Sleep, I Dream (Monster)
10. Suede - Still Life (Dog Man Star)
11. Cranes - Beautiful Friend (Loved)
12. Cardinal - Dream Figure (Cardinal)
13. Built To Spill - Car (There's Nothing Wrong With Love)
14. Grant Lee Buffalo - Let Go Of My Hand (Mighty Joe Moon)
15. Everything But The Girl - I Don't Understand Anything (Amplified Heart)
16. Versus - River (The Stars Are Insane)
17. Frank Black - Sir Rockaby (Teenager Of The Year)
18. Elliott Smith - Last Call (Roman Candle)

Readings - Snow Crash

Revisited the first novel by Neil Stephenson that I read back in the early 90's. He has become one of my favorite authors and I never miss his novels.

Nobody's Baby Now - Songs 1994

The music from 1994 keeps coming. This set of songs from albums in my collection released that year is filled with quirky love songs.

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Nobody's Baby Now (Let Love In)
2. Tom Petty - Only A Broken Heart (Wildflowers)
3. The Mavericks - What A Crying Shame (What A Crying Shame)
4. Nanci Griffith - Going Back To Georgia (Flyer)
5. Sam Phillips - Baby I Can't Please You (Martinis and Bikinis)
6. The Magnetic Fields - The Flowers She Sent And The Flowers She Said She Sent (Holiday)
7. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye (Grace)
8. Lisa Germano - Trouble (Geek The Girl)
9. Beck - Nitemare Hippy Girl (Mellow Gold)
10. Alejandro Escovedo - Baby's Got New Plans (Thirteen Years)
11. Iris Dement - Calling For You (My Life)
12. Primal Scream - (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind (Give Out But Don't Give Up)
13. G. Love & Special Sauce - Baby's Got Sauce (G. Love & Special Sauce)
14. Shawn Colvin - Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic (Cover Girl)
15. Elvis Costello - Kinder Murder (Brutal Youth)
16. House Of Freaks - Treat You Right Someday (Invisible Jewel)
17. Bill Lloyd - Forget About Us (Set To Pop)
18. Love Spit Love - Am I Wrong (Love Spit Love)
19. Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time? (His 'N' Hers)
20. Velvet Crush - Why Not Your Baby (Teenage Symphonies To God)

Vinyl Spins - Roches

Went upstairs to listen to the first Roches album from 1979 and mourn Maggie Roche who passed away earlier this year at age 65.  I loved the sweet and unusual harmonies of the three Roche sisters. We saw them perform at the old UB Norton Hall in 1980 or 81. I have most of their group albums and many of their various solo and pair albums too. They were fun and the singing sounds so warm on vinyl. Their last album was the wonderful Moonswept released in 2007.



Here is a taste of their quirky harmonies.    

Tomorrow Comes - Songs 1994

Another mix of songs from albums released in 1994. Mostly alternative rock, post-punk and Americana. This set is also part of the Ladies Night series.

1. Edie Brickell - Tomorrow Comes (Picture Perfect Morning)
2. Sam Phillips - I Need Love (Martinis and Bikinis)
3. Veruca Salt - Forsythia (American Thighs)
4. Liz Phair - Whip Smart (Whip-Smart)
5. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl (Under The Pink)
6. Velocity Girl - Drug Girls (Simpatico)
7. The Golden Palominos - Little Suicides (Pure)
8. Cranes - Reverie (Loved)
9. Portishead - It's A Fire (Dummy)
10. Lush - Lovelife (Split)
11. Pretenders - I'll Stand By You (Last Of The Independents)
12. The Cranberries - Ode To My Family (No Need To Argue)
13. Lisa Germano - Sexy Little Girl Princess (Geek The Girl)
14. Joni Mitchell - The Magdealne Laundries (Tubulent Indigo)
15. Nanci Griffith - Nobody's Angel (Flyer)
16. Sinead O'Connor - John I Love You (Universal Mother)
17. Eddi Reader - Dear John (Eddi Reader)
18. Lucy Kaplansky - When I Get To The Border (The Tide)

Make Me Feel Again - Songs 1994

Another set of music from albums in my collection released in 1994. Alternative rock and post-punk.

1. Edwyn Collins - Make Me Feel Again (Gorgeous George)
2. Bill Lloyd - I Went Electric (Set To Pop)
3. Elvis Costello - 13 Steps Lead Down (Brutal Youth)
4. Radiohead - Permanent Daylight (My Iron Lung)
5. Matthew Sweet - Ultrasuede (Son Of Altered Beast)
6. Luna - Friendly Advice (Bewitched)
7. Bryan Ferry - Don't Want To Know (Mamouna)
8. The Magnetic Fields - Born On A Train (The Charm Of The Highway Strip)
9. The Lightning Seeds - Perfect (Jollication)
10. Low - Words (I Could Live In Hope)
11. The Cranberries - Daffodil Lament (No Need To Argue)
12. Massive Attack - Sly (Protection)
13. The Charlatans U.K. - Another Rider Up In Flames (Up To Our Hips)
14. American Music Club - Can You Help Me? (San Francisco)
15. Ride - I Don't Know Where It Comes From (Carnival Of Light)
16. Giant Sand - Wonder (Ramp)

Vinyl Spins - Sandinista!

I bought this album at Play It Again Sam on Elmwood when it was released in December 1980. It was Xmas present for myself. This 3 LP set quickly became one of my all time favorite albums. Still is and it still sounds great. Getting up and flipping it over, dropping the needle five more times makes it an especially well rewarded effort.

Over the years some folks have argued that there is a perfect single record album buried within this sprawling epic. There are many great classic Clash songs scattered across the six sides but the overall effect is perfect in itself. It was also amazing to follow the double album classic London Calling with this triple LP masterpiece.

I also enjoyed reading the tri-fold lyric sheet interesting titled The Armagideon Times no. 3 which featured hand written but readable lyrics and cartoons about each song. Cool.

The first of six pages.

Brews - Gose

Looking forward to warm weather and more refreshing gose and sours.

I Heard There Was A Secret Chord - Songs 1994

Mostly cover versions and a few alternative versions of songs released in 1994.  A quieter set this time. Includes a  couple of different versions of songs by their songwriters.

1. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Grace)
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Pisces Iscariot)
3. Sinead O'Connor - All Apologies (Universal Mother)
4. Pretenders - Forever Young (Last Of The Independents)
5. American Music Club - California Dreamin' (San Francisco)
6. Low - Sunshine (I Could Live In Hope)
7. Cardinal - Singing To The Sunshine (Cardinal)
8. Sam Phillips - Gimme Some Truth (Martinis And Bikinis)
9. R.E.M. - Wall Of Death (Beat The Retreat: Songs By Richard Thompson)
10. Shawn Colvin - (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night (Cover Girl)
11. Nick Lowe - True Love Travels On A Gravel Road (The Impossible Bird)
12. Dan Penn - The Dark End Of The Street (Do Right Man)
13. Johnny Cash - Bird On A Wire (American Recordings)
14. Dave Alvin - Fourth Of July (King Of California)
15. Eric Clapton - Motherless Child (From The Cradle)
16. David Byrne - Just The Motion (Beat The Retreat: Songs By Richard Thompson)
17. The Ramones - Out Of Time (Acid Eaters)
18. John Mellencamp - Wild Night (Dance Naked)
19. The Mavericks - O What A Thrill (What A Crying Shame)
20. Bill Lloyd - This Is Where I Belong (Set To Pop)

Vinyl Spins - Singers and Soloist

Back on the third floor spinning vinyl and exploring my record collection. This time I was listening to the Smithsonian Recordings Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands. These vocalists and featured instrument soloist gave the big bands their excitement and made them popular with young people of that generation.

This is the time that Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young stood up on the bandstand and wowed the audience and also when Illinois Jacquet blew what would later be critically recognized as the first R&B sax solo. I'v always liked many of the singers of the era such as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald but realized I also really liked Jo Stafford.

This box set also had six records and contained a very informative book full of photos and documentation about each track.

Brews - Stout Tasting

Lots of good beers that night. Well, except I don't like coffee in my beers.

Readings - Weapons

I found this book to be a fascinatingly scary and convincing discussion on the far reaching and harmful misuse of math to create "big data" that particularly impacts poor and working class people to the benefit of the rich. A must read.

Elevate Me Later - Songs 1994

The Songs 1994 series continues with more loud guitars.

1. Pavement - Elevate Me Later (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
2. Built To Spill - Distopian Dream Girl (There's Nothing Wrong With Love)
3. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Come On (Stoned And Dethroned)
4. Sugar - Explode And Make Up (File Under Easy Listening)
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me? (Let Love In)
6. Superchunk - Like A Fool (Foolish)
7. Morrissey - Now My Heart Is Full (Vauxhall And I)
8. Pulp - Acrylic Afternoons (His 'N' Hers)
9. Frank Black - Calistan (Teenager Of The Year)
10. The Magnetic Fields - Swinging London (Holiday)
11. Blur - Parklife (Parklife)
12. Beck - Loser (Mellow Gold)
13. Guided By Voices - I Am A Scientist (Bee Thousand)
14. Vigilantes Of Love - Resume (Welcome To Struggleville)
15. Lilys - Hubble (Eccsame The Photon Band)
16. Velvet Crush - Something's Gotta Give (Teenage Symphonies To God)
17. The Loud Family - Soul Drain (The Tape Of Only Linda)
18. The Smithereens - Miles From Nowhere (A Date With The Smithereens)

Readings - White Trash

A fascinating and well researched academic history of class and bigotry in America that focuses on the white underclass from colonial times to the present and debunks the myth of the American Dream. Reading this disturbing and essential book gave me some more insights into the recent election and how the system is failing everybody through the manipulation of the poor and uneducated by the 1%. Also includes amazing notes and bibliography.

Vinyl Spins - Live

I was upstairs giving the live record a play to celebrating Bob Marley's recent birthday. Maybe my favorite live album of all time. I was fortunate to see him perform a year or so after this was released while he was on the Rastaman Vibration tour. Gave the double live album Babylon By Bus a spin too.

From Time To Time - Songs 1994

More music from my Songs 1994 series of mixes. Alternative rock, grunge, post-punk, etc. More guitars.








All albums released in 1994.

1. Ride - From Time To Time (Carnival Of Light)
2. Primal Scream - Jailbird (Give Out But Don't Give Up)
3. Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song (Purple)
4. Nine Inch Nails - Closer (The Downward Spiral)
5. The Cranberries - Zombie (No Need To Argue)
6. Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels (Sleeps With Angels)
7. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (Superunknown)
8. Lush - Lit Up (Split)
9. Velocity Girl - I Can't Stop Smiling (Simpatico)
10. Meat Puppets - Violet Eyes (Too High To Die)
11. Liz Phair - X-Ray Man (Whip-Smart)
12. Veruca Salt - Seether (American Thighs)
13. Pearl Jam - Not For You (Vitalogy)
14. Suede - New Generation (Dog Man Star)
15. Love Spit Love - Change In The Weather (Love Split Love)
16. Green Day - Basket Case (Dookie)
17. Versus - Thera (The Stars Are Insane)
18. James - Tomorrow (Wah Wah)

Vinyl Spins - Big Band Jazz

As a young man I had been listening to a lot of jazz for a while and then in my 30's I got especially interested in the swing era music of my parent's generation. During the 80's we purchased several of the Smithsonian Recordings collections of classic music including this Big Band Jazz box set. This was a massive 6 record set that provided many hours of great music from that swing era.

Readings - The Unwinding

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer.

This was an amazing book that uses journalism to brilliantly describe the sad story of the downward spiral of America and in particular the middle class through the accounts and experiences of a group of Americans experiencing the decline. The stories of these people begin about thirty years ago up and end in 2012. Reading this book in 2017 provides some perspective on the recent election especially since the struggles and frustrations expressed in the book have continued since it's publication in 2013 and have resulted in the recent election.

Sometimes Always - Songs 1994

First set of the Songs 1994 series. Lots of guitars.







Pic is The Jesus and Mary Chain with Hope Sandoval singing Sometimes Always.

All albums released in 1994.

1. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Sometimes Always (Stoned And Dethroned)
2. Luna - This Time Around (Bewitched)
3. Edwyn Collins - Bring It On Back (Gorgeous George)
4. The Lightning Seeds - Lucky You (Jollification)
5. The Stone Roses - Love Spreads (Second Coming)
6. The Charlatans U.K. - Patrol (Up To Our Hips)
7. Blur - This Is A Low (Parklife)
8. Cranes - Pale Blue Sky (Loved)
9. Bush - Little Things (Sixteen Stone)
10. R.E.M. - Crush With Eyeliner (Monster)
11. Sugar - Your Favorite Thing (File Under Easy Listening)
12. Frank Black - Speedy Marie (Teenager Of The Year)
13. Pavement - Range Life (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
14. The Magnetic Fields - Strange Powers (Holiday)
15. The Auteurs - Lenny Valentino (Now I'm A Cowboy)
16. Live - All Over You (Throwing Copper)
17. The Black Crowes - She Gave Good Sunflower (Amorica)
18. Oasis - Supersonic (Definitely Maybe)

The Voodoo Down - Jazz Time

A set of serious jazz rock fusion from the 70's.

1. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller (Mysterious Traveller, 1974)
2. Chick Corea - Return To Forever (Return To Forever, 1972)
3. John McLaughlin - Don't Let The Dragon Eat Your Mother (Devotion, 1970)
4. Stanley Clarke - Concerto For Jazz Rock Orchestra, Pt. 1-4 (Journey To Love, 1975)
5. Miles Davis - Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (Bitches Brew, 1970)
6. Santana & John McLaughlin - A Love Supreme (Love Devotion Surrender, 1973)
7. Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions (The Cosmic Echoes, 1974)
8. Herbie Hancock - Heartbeat (Man-Child, 1975)

Blue Intensity - Jazz Time

Some later straight ahead jazz, fusion and some funky soul jazz.

1. Charles Mingus - Better Git Hit In Your Soul (Three Or Four Shades Of Blue, 1977)
2. Weather Report - Night Passage (Night Passage, 1980)
3. Sun Ra - Blue Intensity (Nuclear War, 1982)
4. Miles Davis - One And One (On The Corner, 1973)
5. Ray Barretto - Acid (Acid, 1968)
6. Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, 1968)
7. Tony Williams Lifetime - Spectrum (Emergency, 1969)
8. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - I Say A Little Prayer (Volunteered Slavery, 1969)
9. Roy Ayers - Change Up The Groove (Change Up The Groove, 1974)
10. Alphonse Mouzon - Do I Have To?  (By All Means, 1980)
11. Sonny Stitt - Slick Eddie (Never Can Say Goodbye, 1975)
12. Grant Green - In The Middle (Shades Of Green, 1971)

Sweatin' - Jazz Time

Classic Jazz, Soul Jazz and Fusion.

1. Richard Groove Holmes - Sweatin' (After Hours, 1962)
2. John Coltrane & Milt Jackson - The Late Late Blues (Bags & Trane, 1961)
3. Johnny Griffin - Autumn Leaves (Return Of The Griffin, 1978)
4. Randy Weston - In Memory Of (Tanjah, 1973)
5. George Benson - So What (Beyond The Blue Horizon, 1971)
6. Grover Washington Jr. - Inner City Blues (Inner City Blues, 1972)
7. Donald Byrd - Lanasana's Priestess (Street Lady, 1973)
8. Ahmad Jamal - Boatride (Intervals, 1980)
9. King Curtis - Slow Drag (The Prance/Slow Drag, 1965)
10. Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - Use Me (The Lost Album, 2011)
11. The Lafayette Afro- Rock Band - Voodounon (Soul Makossa, 1973)
12. Eddie Harris - Sham Time (The Electrifying Eddie Harris, 1968)

Mambo Bounce - Jazz Time

Classic jazz continues...

1. Sonny Rollins - Mambo Bounce (Sonny Rollins with The Modern Jazz Quartet, 1956)
2. Mambo All-Stars - Tanga. Rumba-Afro-Cubana (Mambo Kings Soundtrack, 1992)
3. Cal Tjader - Afro-Blue (Concert By The Sea, Part 1, 1959)
4. Idris Muhammad - Wander (Black Rhythm Revolution, 1970)
5. Sonny Clark - Dial S For Sonny (Dial S For Sonny, 1957)
6. Grant Green - Hip Funk (Oleo, 1962)
7. Ornette Coleman - Round Trip (New York Is Now, 1968)
8. John Coltrane - Lazy Bird (Blue Train, 1957)
9. Miles Davis & Charlie Parker - Bongo Bop (Bongo Bop, 1947)
10. Jimmy Smith - Judo Mambo (The Incredible Jimmy Smith At The Organ, 1965)
11. Illinois Jacquet - Port Of Rico (Illinois Jacquet and The Count Basie Orchestra, 1957)
12. Stan Getz - Sambalero (Getz Plays Bossa Nova, 1957)
13. Roy Eldridge - Bossa Nova (Swingin' On The Town, 1960)
14. Brother Jack McDuff & Grant Green - The Honeydripper (The Honeydripper, 1961)

Cool Blues - Jazz Time

Another set of classic jazz.

1. Grant Green - Cool Blues (Born To Be Blue, 1962)
2. Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - Down By The Riverside (Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo, 1966)
3. Herbie Hancock - Sorcerer (Speak Like A Child, 1968)
4. Wayne Shorter - Angola (The Soothsayer, 1979)
5. Kenny Burrell & Brother Jack McDuff - Love Walked In (Crash, 1962)
6. Wes Montgomery - Bumpin' (Bumpin', 1965)
7. Thelonious Monk - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Thelonious Monk Quintets, 1954)
8. Jimmy McGriff - Sermon (I've Got A Woman, 1963)
9. King Curtis - Fever (Night Train, 1961)
10. Ella Fitzgerald - Imagine My Frustration (Ella At Duke's Place, 1966)
11. Gene Krupa - Disc Jockey Jump (Gene's Boogie, 1947)
12. Illinois Jacquet with Lionel Hampton - Flying Home (The Verve Story: 1944-1994, 1947)
13. Oscar Peterson - On The Street Where You Live (Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady, 1964)
14. George Benson - I Don't Know (The New Boss Guitar Of George Benson, 1964)

Easy As The Rain - Rainy Season

The sixth mix of the Rainy Season series. Songs about love and life, rain and storms.

1. The Little Willies - Easy As The Rain (The Little Willies, 2006)
2. Tift Merritt - Six More Days Of Rain (See You On The Moon, 2010)
3. Greg Brown - Nice When It Rains (Dream Cafe, 1992)
4. Eleni Mandell - It's Raining (Country For True Lovers, 2003)
5. Sondre Lerche - I Guess It's Gonna Rain Today (Heartbeat Radio, 2009)
6. Amos Lee - It Started To Rain (Last Days At The Lodge, 2008)
7. Millie Jackson - I Feel Like Walking In The Rain (ESP: Extra Sexual Perception, 1983)
8. Allison Moorer - Like The Rain (Crows, 2010)
9. Dar Williams - The Beauty Of The Rain (The Beauty Of The Rain, 2003)
10. Nanci Griffith - Comin' Down In The Rain (Other Voices, Other Rooms, 1993)
11. Shawn Colvin - Not A Drop Of Rain (Uncovered, 2015)
12. John Martyn - Patterns In The Rain (The Apprentice, 1990)
13. Karen Dalton - Little Bit Of Rain (It's So Hard To Tell Who's Loving You Best, 1969)
14. Delaney & Bonnie and Friends - California Rain (D&B Together, 1972)
15. The Neville Brothers - Fallin' Rain (Brother's Keepers, 1990)
16. John Prine - Great Rain (The Missing Years, 1991)
17. X - When It Rains (See How We Are, 1987)
18. The Ladybug Transitor - Here Comes The Rain (Can't Wait Another Day, 2007)
19. Willie Nile - Her Love Falls Like Rain (House Of A Thousand Guitars, 2009)
20. Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me? (The Man Who?, 1999)

My Transistor Radio

My Transistor Radio

As a teenager I took my transistor radio everywhere I went. It provided a soundtrack for my life. I had an early 60’s Sony radio with a black leather case. It looked very much like the one in this photo but AM only.

I thought it was interesting that the first transistor radios were made in Indianapolis in 1954 and sold for about $50. The manufacturers thought they would sell millions to American families for their bomb shelters. It didn’t happen and then the Japanese copied the technology, built them really cheap and marketed them to American kids. The rest is history.

After The Rain - Rainy Season

The fifth mix in the Rainy Season series. More songs using rain and storms to describe love and life.

1. Chuck Prophet - After The Rain (No Other Love, 2002)
2. Shawn Mullins - And On A Rainy Night (Soul's Core, 1998)
3. Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain (Lightfoot, 1966)
4. Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Red Headed Stranger, 1975)
5. Nanci Griffith - I Wish It Would Rain (Little Love Affairs, 1988)
6. Blue Rodeo - After The Rain (Casino, 1990)
7. Shelby Lynne - Rainy Night In Georgia (Suit Yourself, 2005)
8. The Sweet Inspirations - Crying In The Rain (Sweets For My Sweet, 1969)
9. Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me? (The Man Who, 1999)
10. Cracker - Rainy Days And Mondays (Garage D'or, 2000)
11. Smoke Fairies - After The Rain (Through Low Light And Trees, 2010)
12. Simon & Garfunkel - Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall (Parsley Sage Rosemay and Tyme, 1966)
13. The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park And Other Things (The Cowsills, 1967)
14. Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain (In Through The Out Door, 1979)
15. The Horrors - Changing The Rain (Skying, 2011)
16. Aida Victoria - Horrible Weather (Beyond The Bloodhounds, 2016)
17. Kelley Stoltz - 1000 Rainy Days (Antique Glow, 2005)
18. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - I See The Rain (Under The Covers - Vol. 1, 2006)

Stormy Weather - Rainy Season

The fourth mix of the rain series. Everywhere you go always take the weather with you.

1. The Spaniels - Stormy Weather (Stormy Weather , 1958)
2. Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Rhythm Of The Rain (Rhythm Of The Rain/Hayride, 1969)
3. Johnny Rivers - Summer Rain (Realization, 1968)
4. The Walker Brothers - Walking In The Rain (Images, 1967)
5. Crowded House - Weather With You (Woodface, 1991)
6. John Hiatt - Feels Like Rain (Slow Turning, 1988)
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore (Let Love In, 1994)
8. Ana Egge - Storm Comin' (Road To My Love, 2009)
9. Chris Isaak - Waiting For The Rain To Fall (Chris Isaak, 1987)
10. The dB's - She Won't Drive In The Rain Anymore (Falling Off The Sky, 2012)
11. Shoes - The Summer Rain (Boomerang, 1982)
12. The Cult - Rain (Love, 1985)
13. Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains (Garbage, 1995)
14. The Doors - Riders On The Storm (L.A. Woman, 1971)
15. Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain (American Beauty, 1970)
16. Nanci Griffith - Wasn't That A Mighty Storm (Other Voices Too, A Trip Back To Bountiful, 1998)

Crying In The Rain - Rainy Season

More songs about rain and weather, love and life. The third mix of the Rainy Season series.

1. Rockpile - Crying In The Rain (Seconds Of Pleasure, 1980)
2. Birdy - Fire and Rain (Birdy, 2011)
3. Joe Cocker - I Think It's Gonna Rain Today (Jamaica Say You Will, 1975)
4. Mindy Smith - Couldn't Stand The Rain (Stupid Love, 2009)
5. Counting Crows - Rain King (August and Everything, 1993)
6. Hall & Oates - Lady Rain (Abandoned Lunchenette, 1973)
7. Grace Jones - Walking In The Rain (Nightclubbing, 1981)
8. 10,000 Maniacs - Like The Weather (In My Tribe, 1987)
9. Dion - Always In The Rain (King Of The New York Streets, 2000)
10. Los Lobos - Can't Stop The Rain (Colossal Head, 1996)
11. The Beta Band - Dry The Rain (The Three E.P.'s, 1998)
12. The Primitives - Summer Rain (Pure, 1989)
13. The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho (Hell's Ditch, 1990)
14. Dwight Yoakam - Purple Rain (Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars, 2016)
15. Tom Jones - Didn't It Rain (Praise and Blame, 2010)
16. Eddie Kendricks - Date With The Rain (People... Hold On, 1972)
17. Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain (Kentucky Rain, 1970)
18. Carole King - Crying In The Rain (One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found, 2005)

Out In The Rain - Rainy Season

Returning to the theme of rain and weather used in songs about love and life. This is the second mix of the Rainy Season series.

1. Gemma Ray - Out In The Rain (Milk For Your Motors, 2014)
2. Andrew Combs - Rainy Day Song (All These Dreams, 2015)
3. The Jayhawks - Save It For A Rainy Day (Rainy Day Music, 2003)
4. The Softies - Hello Rain (It's Love, 1995)
5. Astrud Gilberto - Gentle Rain (The Shadow Of Your Smile, 1965)
6. Tom Waits - A Little Rain (Bone Machine, 1990)
7. Merle Haggard - The Day The Rains Came (Pride In What I Am, 1969)
8. Eliza Gilkyson - Calm Before The Storm (Paradise Road, 2005)
9. Lowell George - I Can't Stand The Rain (Thanks I'll Eat Here, 1979)
10. True West - And Then The Rain (Two True, 1983)
11. Dream Syndicate - Let It Rain (Out Of The Grey, 1986)
12. The Troggs - When Will The Rain Come (Cellophane, 1967)
13. The Vines - Rainfall (Winning Days, 2004)
14. The Sleepy Jackson - Rain Falls For Wind (Lovers, 2003)
15. Winterpills - January Rain (All My Lovely Goners, 2012)
16. First Aid Kit - Heavy Storm (The Big Black and The Blue, 2010)
17. The Swell Season - The Rain (Strict Joy, 2009)
18. Charlotte Gainsbourg - All The Rain (Stage Whisper, 2011)
19. Yusuf - The Rain (Roadsinger, 2009)
20. Joan Baez - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Farewell Angelina, 1965)

This Is It - First Impressions

The 8th mix of the First Impressions series. First songs from first albums.

1. The Strokes - Is This It (Is This It?, 2000)
2. The House Of Love - Shine On (The House Of Love, 1988)
3. The Undertones - Family Entertainment (The Undertones, 1979)
4. Weezer - My Name Is Jones (Weezer, 1994)
5. Pearl Jam - Once (Ten, 1991)
6. Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole (Pretty Hate Machine, 1989)
7. Pete Yorn - Life On A Chain (Music For The Morning After, 2001)
8. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (Mass Romantic, 2003)
9. The Shins - Caring Is Creepy (Oh, Inverted World, 2001)
10. Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof (Vampire Weekend, 2008)
11. Grizzly Bear - Deep Sea Diver (Horn Of Plenty, 2004)
12. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffitti - Hardcore Pops Are Fun (House Arrest, 2002)
13. The Flaming Lips - Bag Full Of Thoughts (The Flaming Lips, 1984)
14. Wire - Reuters (Pink Flag, 1977)
15. Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun (Violent Femmes, 1983)
16. Bjork - Human Behaviour (Debut, 1993)
17. DJ Shadow - Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt (Endtroducing, 1996)
18. ABC - Show Me (The Lexicon Of Love, 1983)

Make It - First Impressions

The seventh mix of the First Impressions series. First songs of first albums.

1. Aerosmith - Make It (Aerosmith, 1973)
2. Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie (Steppenwolf, 1968)
3. Mott The Hoople - You Really Got Me (Mott The Hoople, 1969)
4. Lou Reed - I Can't Stand It (Lou Reed, 1972)
5. Devo - Uncontrollable Urge (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo, 1978)
6. Buzzcocks - Fast Carls (Another Music In A Different Kitchen, 1978)
7. The Police - Next To You (Outlandos D'Amour, 1978)
8. Brian Eno - A Needles In The Camel's Eye (Here Comes The Warm Jets, 1974)
9. Roxy Music - Re-Make/Re-Model (Roxy Music, 1972)
10. Yes - Beyond and Before (Yes, 1969)
11. Big Star - Feel (#1 Record, 1972)
12. The Only Ones - The Whole Of The Law (The Only Ones, 1978)
13. The Psychedelic Furs - India (The Psychedelic Furs, 1980)
14. Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday (Sonic Flower Groove, 1987)
15. Mazzy Star - Halah (She Hangs Brightly, 1990)
16. My Bloody Valentine - Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside) (Isn't Anything, 1988)
17. Ride - Seagull (Nowhere, 1990)
18. Slowdive - Spanish Air (Just For A Day, 1991)

Two Of Us - Heartache (Versions)

Another mix of covers. Also part of the Heartache series.

1. Aimee Mann & Michael Penn - Two Of Us (I Am Sam, 2002)
2. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - You're So Vain (Under The Covers Vol. 2, 2009)
3. R.E.M. - There She Goes Again (Murmur, 1983)
4. Sarah McLachlan - Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Solace, 1991)
5. Ron Sexsmith - Reason To Believe (Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village In The 60's, 1999)
6. Lucy Kaplansky - It Ain't Me Babe (A Nod To Bob: An Artists Tribute To Bob Dylan, 2001)
7. Elvis Costello - Brilliant Disguise (Light Of Day: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen, 2003)
8. Robyn Hitchcock - More Than This (Madonna Of The Wasp, 1989)
9. Richard Thompson - Tempted (The Songs Pour Down Like Silver: Covers and Sessions, 2006)
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Pisces Iscariot, 1994)
11. Whiskeytown - Give Me Another Chance (Big Star Tribute, 2006)
12. Dean & Britta - Friday I'm In Love (Just Like Heaven: A Tribute To The Cure, 2008)
13. Heaven 17 - With Or Without You (We Will Follow: A Tribute To U2, 2006)
14. Angie Stone - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (Covered In Soul, 2016)
15. Joan Osborne - Every Breath I Take (Spirits In The Material World: A Reggae Tribute To The Police, 2008)
16. Ken Boothe - Ain't No Sunshine (Everything I Own: The Definitive Collection of Ken Boothe, 2007)
17. Bruce Springsteen - Gypsy Woman (A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield, 2005)
18. The Bird And The Bee - She's Gone  (Interpreting The Masters: A Tribute To Daryl Hall and John Oates, 2010)
19. Haim - Hold Me (Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac, 2012)
20. Duncan Shiek - What Is Love (Covers 80's, 2011)