EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY MEGAPOST!

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious
(recorded "live" in Paris, December 1969)

Ye Olde Blog turns 8 today, and sort of like Thelonious in '69 (if so flattering a comparison be permitted), it's a little bit older and a little bit slower, and yet we still manage to amuse ourselves now and again, as Thelonious does with his mysterious outro at the 3:48 mark. See how he allows himself the briefest of smiles at 13:32 in this video:



Nota Bene: We're officially entering our "late period" now, so don't be surprised if things get weird. To wit: it looks like tickets are still available for this Thursday at Lincoln Center!

Inner Space - I'm Hiding My Nightingale 

Quicksilver Messenger Service: Who Do You Love [suite]

Apropos of St Valentine's Day, herewith side one of 1969's Happy Trails.  The best way to listen to this is to call in sick to work on a cold day, really crank it up, and pretend you are playing cowboys and indians with Bob Weir somewhere in the hills of Novato.

Unless you're Bob Weir, of course. Actually, especially if you're Bob Weir.

Roberta Flack - Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

This is a Sheridan Dupre jammer, but he's lost in the stacks of the Brooklyn public library, so it falls to me to post it. Words & music by Leonard Cohen, piano & vocals by Roberta Flack.

Note to American Idol afficionados, et al.: this is what it sounds like when someone has a good singing voice.

Alex Harvey - Midnight Moses

One of the great party records... a truly debauched production. Does a stereo mix even exist?

If anyone wants a copy of this on vinyl, talk to Oscar; he probably has several lying around.

Walter Carlos - Sonata in E Major (D. Scarlatti)

Tommy Roe - Dizzy

This must be the Guinness world record holder for most key changes in a #1 hit. Strum along with the chord progression here.

Brute Force - King of Fuh

And you wonder why people don't worship butane...

Pintura Fresca - Tiritando

Nora Dean - Angie La La

2+ weeks since my last post? Ouch. I'm afraid it's the usual story of the day job chewing away at any time I might have to frolic atop Mount Parnassus, as it were. But I will be back... and in greater number.

Anyroad, here's a little number that's apparently been a rare-groove underground classic of sorts since at least 1997. I like that Nora sings in major while the band plays in minor. Oh, and is that Lynn Taitt on guitar?

Bettye Swann - Don't Touch Me

A moving variation on a theme, said the critic. Very moving indeed.

Le Orme - Ad Gloriam

Ennio Morricone: Una Spiaggia a Mezzogiorno

From the soundtrack to Vergogna Schifosi

Pink Floyd: Grantchester Meadows

Basking in the sunshine
Of a bygone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday
Into my city room

Emmett Presents: The End Is Not In Sight



Side A
Modern Folk Quartet - This Could Be The Night
Twin Engine - Mistress Of The Morning
Nancy Sinatra - Sugar Me
Lio - You Go To My Head
Step Lang - Airborn
George Martin & His Orchestra - Theme One

Side B
Bachdenkel - Long Time Living
Caramba - Fedora (I'll Be Your Dawg)
Split Enz - Six Months In A Leaky Boat
Tomita - Clair de Lune
Tuesday - Sewing Machine
Helen Banks - Do You Know

Side C
Up 'N Adam - Rainmaker
El Tigre - Figure
Hybrid Kids - D'Ya Think I'm Sexy?
William Onyeabor - Good Name
John Keating - Rocket Man

Side D
Violeta Parra - Arauco Tiene Una Pena
The Carpenters - Superstar (Rapson re-edit)
Simon & Garfunkel - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
Jerry Garcia - Eep Hour
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Spaceship Orion

all-in-one zip file

Featuring music from six continents, and dedicated to the people of Japan. I'm going to Ireland for two weeks, but when I get back... IT'S ON.

FROM THE ARK HIVES

Legend - Heather On The Hill

original air date: 3/10/09

This is a by-request archival repost, going out to Robert in Lawrence, Kansas. Is it me or does the tape warble a little at the beginning of this?

Gimmicks - Bermuda Inn

They don't make 'em like this anymore; in fact, they never made them like this. Recorded in Stockholm and produced by Leif Carlqvist.

David Allan Coe: Funeral Parlor Blues

Ennio Morricone: Farewell To Cheyenne

The Reverend Gary Davis: Death Don't Have No Mercy
The Grateful Dead: Death Don't Have No Mercy

Gary Davis was recorded on August 24th, 1960.

The Grateful Dead were recorded on March 2nd, 1969.