The Phantom Band - Rolling

The triumphant return of Jaki Liebezeit (="Love Time"?), that supernaturally good drummer, to these pages. He's made recent appearances here and here.

The 39 Clocks - DNS

Thanks ever so much to the redoubtable Anonymous 2 for hipping me to this one in this classic thread. It took just 27 months for me to realize I had to post it. As with this one (recommended in the same thread), the band re-recorded this song for the subsequent LP, but I like the original better, in part for the frighteningly blasé vocal delivery.

One wonders if any band member had a clear plan for the bit at 2:22 and ff.  Or maybe the plan was no plan.

And by the way I'll be DJing at this on Thursday November 6th and quite probably playing this jammer!

Brigitte Fontaine - Areski Belkacem - Baby Boum-Boum

Peter Gabriel - Jetzt Kommt Die Flut

Dies ist meine Marmelade.

Girls At Our Best - Getting Nowhere Fast

Something in the melody here has caused this to become lodged in my brain. Thought you might like to know.

Killing Joke: Change

Warren Zevon - Bill Lee

It's back to baseball and another week of Greg Condon here in AD land.

Rosa Yemen - Larousse Baron Bic

File alongside other semipermeable major/minor jammers such as this and this.

Need some music for your time traveling? If so, contact JD.

JD Emmanuel: Arabian Fantasy

Grateful Dead: Comes a Time

At this point it was probably three years ago or more when Emmett challenged me to post my favorite Comes a Time.  Well, here it is.  And I know it's not perfect.  I mean, I rarely venture beyond '74 myself, there's no real bottom to the sound, but good lord, Garcia.  He's the only guitarist whose solos I'm apt to describe as compassionate.

And 10 points to whoever guesses what they go into after this selection on this evening in August at the Cap so many years ago.

Junior English - You Are So Good To Me

Many, many thanks to Wiggsy for the peel-off.  More flexatone, anyone? 

Billy Joel - Say Goodbye To Hollywood (live)

Solaris - You And Me

Great message, great groove. And yeah, there's a little flange (or chorus?) on the hi-hat.

The Oceans - Super Snooper

In 2013, always remember: you are a super snooper.

Les Garçons - Dans Quelques Minutes

This would make for some mighty hip hold music. 

Lori and the Chameleons - The Lonely Spy

One of the fruits of the ongoing 1980 project. The surprising brevity of the intro is a nice touch. Thanks, Chameleons.

The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream*

Folks, I need some recommendations on obscure tracks released in 1980. This is for the next Viva playlist. I'm not looking for "That Was The Year That Was"-type stuff, just good, somewhat obscure songs or pieces of music released in the year 1980. The deadline is this Thursday at midnight. Please send your recommendations early and often!

Your friend,
Emmett

*produced by Mike "Fingers" Howlett

Paul McCartney - Coming Up

And now it is the weekend...

A bit of goth for the Yuletide.

Bauhaus: Dark Entries

5th Anniversary Spectacular!

Moons - Standard Planet

So we've been trawling through the audio archives of this standard planet for five years now. Halfway through the decade. What surprises will the next five years hold? Will I ever find another song as good as this?

Time will tell, rastas. Time will tell.