Saturday, October 29, 2005

Weekly Playlist, 10/30/05

This week, we’re starting to include Amazon links for everything on our playlists—everything that Amazon carries, that is. As the weeks go on, we’ll add links for alternative outlets to get stuff that Amazon doesn’t have.

John Floyd
The Legendary Roy Orbison (Legacy)
Peter Wolf, Fool's Parade (Polygram)
Peter Wolf, Lights Out (EMI)
Candi Staton, Candi Staton (Astralwerks)
Richard Thompson, Grizzly Man soundtrack (Cooking Vinyl)
A-Frames, Black Forest (Sub Pop)
Mary Wells, Looking Back 1961-1964 (Motown)
Garland Jeffreys, Escape Artist (Portrait)
Clinic, Internal Wrangler (Domino)
A History of Garage & Frat Bands in Memphis 1960-1975 Vols. 1 & 2 (Shangri-La Projects)
Detroit Cobras, Life, Love and Leaving (Sympathy)
Reigning Sound, Home for Orphans (Sympathy)
William Bell, a homemade comp of his Stax singles

Stewart Francke
Donny Hathaway, Everything is Everything (Atco)
Stevie Wonder, A Time to Love (Motown)
Adrian Belew & The Bears, Kalamazoo MI--Club Soda—1987 (soundboard tape)
Jackson Browne, Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 (Inside)
Me & the Funk Brothers, "A Hymn In Hope Of Darkness Passing,” (found this week)
Bob Dylan, Street Legal (Columbia)
Bob Dylan, Live at Budokan (Columbia)
BB King, 80 Songs (iTunes exclusive)
Various artists, A Tribute To Sam Cooke: Originals & Covers (iTunes exclusive mix)
Merle Haggard, Chicago Wind (Capitol Nashville)
Angie Stone, Stone Hits (J Records)

Bill Glahn
Slick Ballinger, Mississippi Soul (Oh Boy, EP)
Dan Bern Bush Must Be Defeated (bootleg)
John Cipollina Raven (Line, German import)
Free, Fire and Water (Island)
Free, Highway (Island)
Jimmie Rodgers, The Essential JImmie Rodgers (RCA)
Pete Townshend an Ronnie Lane, Rough Mix Atco)

Dave Marsh
Homer Quincy Smith, “I Want Jesus to Talk to Me,” American Primitive, Vol II (Revenant) [All great but I'm obsessed with this one]
Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run (remastered) (Columbia--advance)
The Bells of Joy, The Collection 1951-1954 (Acrobat)
Joy Lynn White, One More Time (Thortch--advance)
Various artists, Sound of the World, compiled by Charlie Gillett (Wrasse Records)

Susan Martinez
Various artists, WDIA: The History, The Music, The Legend (WDIA Records)
Swan Silvertone Singers, At Their Best (King)
Lalo Guerrero, Recuerdos (family-issued CD)
Gene Vincent, "Be-Bop-A-Lula: Boppin' With Gene Vincent (Golden Stars)
Los Cenzontles with Julian Gonzales, Pasajero: A Journey of Time and
Memory/Un Viaje de Tiempo y Memoria (Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center)
Mariachi los Gavilanes de Oakland, El Corrido del Mono (Arhoolie)
Los Super 7, Heard it on the XTelarc)
BoDeans, Homebrewed (BackPorch)
Jimmy LaFave, Blue Nightfall (Red House)
Percy Sledge, Shining Through the Rain (Varese)
Bert Jansch, Live at the 12 Bar Club (Jansch Records)
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)

Lauren Onkey
The Neville Brothers, "Sister Rosa" from Yellow Moon (A&M)
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Jelly (Columbia)
Louisiana Spice: 25 Years of Louisiana Music on Rounder Records (Rounder)
Various artists, Assalam Aleikoum Africa Volume 1: Progressive and Popular Music of West Africa (Antilles)
Mahalia Jackson, The Forgotten Recordings (Acrobat)
Various artists, Goodbye, Goodbye, Babylon Disc 6: Sermons (Dust to Digital)

Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen
Marty Stuart, “Broken Promise Land” from Badlands (Universal South)
The Ramones, homemade mix
The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday (French Kiss)
The Hold Steady, Almost Killed Me (French Kiss)
My Morning Jacket, Z (Ato)
Bruce Springsteen, Milwaukee, 8/7/05 (bootleg)
J. Geils Band, Blow Your Face Out (Live) (Rhino)

APS
Slum Village, Slum Village (Barak Records)
Pharrel Williams, "Angel" (advance single)
Redman, "Rush the Security!" (advance single)
Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine (Epic)
"Fountains of Wayne Hotline" - Robbie Fulks (iTunes download)
Joe Nichols, "My Old Friend The Blues" from III (Universal South)
Patty Loveless, "My Old Friend The Blues" from Dreamin' My Dreams (Epic)

Craig Werner
Kirk Franklin, Hero (Zomba Gospel)
Willie Colon and Ruben Blades, Siembra (Fania)
George Clinton and the P Funk All Stars, How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? (The C Kunspyrunhzy)
The Kinks, Muswell Hillbillies (Rhino)
Little Feat, Sailin' Shoes (Reprise)

Fred Wilhelms
Waylon Jennings, Never Say Die (Columbia) [On 10/28, the band played for a American Diabetes Association fundraiser, the first time together since the Jennings memorial concert in 2002. I caught the rehearsal and it blew me away.]
Various Artists, The Birth of R&B three-disc set (Time Music
International; bargain-bin special).
Bettye LaVette, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise (Anti-)
Thelonious Monk, Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
Gene Vincent, Roots of Rock 'N' Roll Music (Direct Source Special
Products; another bargain bin special)