Art Decade

Ettore Stratta and His Orchestra: Theme from "Stavisky" Theme from "Amarcord" [1975] from the album Themes '75 Theme...

Hurricane Smith: Don't Let It Die [1971] "What we see is what we choose..." Hmm. What's up with the horses? Former enginee...

Merry Clayton: Gimme Shelter and Tell All The People [1971] from the album Merry Clayton Gimme Shelter written by Jagger/Richards Tell All T...

Ed Bogas (Arr.): Michael's Scarborough Fair [1973] This is Ed Bogas' library music-esque arrangement of Simon & Garfunkel's ...

Ed Bogas and Merl Saunders: The Riot [1972] Guitar - Cornell Dupree Bass - Chuck Rainey Drums - Bernard Purdie Percussion - Bobby Porter Ke...

Neil Young: Mr. Soul (dance remix) [1982] Sample And Hold (dance remix) [1982] As so often happens, the moment we brought up Neil Young on T...

Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better [1977] written by Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch string & horns arranged & conducted by ...

The Flaming Groovies: Please Please Girl [1976] Some 1960s-retro sound from the 1970s for this frosty Sunday morning in 2007. Buy the album ...

Isaac Hayes: Something [1970] from The Isaac Hayes Movement I'm going to see Isaac at B.B. King's tonight, so that seems a reasonabl...

Love: Gather Round [1969] The Kinks: Apeman [1970] Two from the years '69-'70 which I like because they serve as good if odd transit...

Eddie Harris: Live Right Now and Why Don't You Quit [1970] from the album Come On Down! RECORDED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA The personnel is: Edd...

Carole King: Where You Lead [1971] Off Tapestry . One side of a one-time song-writing duo with the co-writer of yesterday's track , Caro...

Neil Young: On The Beach [1974] Not very obscure, but I was feeling this on the subway yesterday so here 'tis. Each verse is over one mi...

Marianne Faithfull: Something Better [1968] This performance was part of the Rolling Stones' December 11th, 1968 " Rock & Roll ...

Bettye LaVette: Doin' The Best That I Can (Walter Gibbons Remix) [1978] This is apparently a seminal moment in the history of remixing. ...

Elton John: Amoreena [1970] “The most touching element in Dog Day Afternoon is Sonny’s inability to handle all of the responsibilities he h...

Jeff Beck: Cause We've Ended As Lovers [1975] written by Stevie Wonder from Blow By Blow This is for anyone working the night shift.

The Zombies: Friends of Mine - BBC Session [1967] "But now, those friends of mine..." A song for many occasions. This one goes out...

Michael Henderson: Solid [1976] Michael Henderson : The young man who became a legend in his own time, providing the heroic basslines on su...

Public Image Ltd.: Solitaire [1983] Public Image Ltd.: (This Is Not A) Love Song [1983] Taken from Live In Tokyo . This from Fodderstompf.co...

Gyorgy Ligeti: Requiem For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra [1963-65] Lux Aeterna, for 16 solo voices [1966] Atmosph...

Barclay James Harvest: Pools Of Blue [1968] Recorded for the BBC during the making of their first album, this song remained inexplicably unr...

The Art Of Noise: Moments In Love (12" beaten version) [1985] Moments In Love (original version) [1983] This is fantastic. As the bio o...

Little Beaver: I Can Dig It Baby [1975] Vox and guitar: Willie "Little Beaver" Hale Keys: Benny Latimore and Timmy Thomas Bass: Ja...

Rod Stewart: Handbags and Gladrags [1969] written by one-time Manfred Mann lead singer Mike d'Abo , who also plays piano on the track fr...

Guy Pedersen: Kermesse Non Heroique [1972] taken from the CD accompanying the book The Music Library , compiled by Jonny Trunk (highly recom...

Holger Czukay: Persian Love [1979] Brian Eno & David Byrne: A Secret Life [1981] Persian Love is off Can founding-member Holger Czukay...

Al Stewart: Year Of The Cat [1976] I was intrigued to see this song on a record I found in Argentina called "Special Discoteque Sound...

David Bowie: Real Cool World (Cool Dub Thing #1) [1992]

David Bowie: Real Cool World [1992] Two more in honor of David's 60th birthday. David was 45 when he got back with Nile Rodgers for the...

Nancy Sinatra: Sugar Town [1966] This song is like a bag of jelly beans. Only to lead one to a stupefying sugar crash. This pop morsel reach...

John Coltrane Quartet: Afro-Blue [1963] written by Mongo Santamaria recorded live at Birdland (52nd & Broadway), October 8, 1963 availab...

Little Sister: You're The One [1970] This is a rare Sly Stone-produced single (for another one, see here ). Little Sister was a trio con...

13th Floor Elevators: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [1967] from Easter Everywhere This is what the dudes at Academy LPs were listening t...

The Jerry Garcia Band: The Harder They Come [1978] written by Jimmy Cliff recorded live at the Warner Theatre, Washington D.C., March 18th, ...

Fantastic Four: If I Lose My Job [1976] from the album Night People The Fantastic Four are: James Epps (Sweet James) [lead singer]; Joseph P...

Bob Marley: Jah Live [1975] written and recorded after the death of Emperor Haile Selassie I on 8/27/75 available on Songs Of Freedom

Brian Wilson: Let's Go Away For Awhile [2006] Brian Wilson: Sloop John B [2006] Brian Wilson: God Only Knows [2006] Brian Wilson: I Know...

Bruce Springsteen: Wild Billy's Circus Story [1973] In 1989, the American novelist Walker Percy wrote a letter to Bruce Springsteen, exp...

Black on White Affair: Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother [1970] 'Talkin' bout nobody but my girl...' This track comes courtesy...

The Doors: Hyacinth House [1971] The Doors: Maggie M'Gill [1970] from L.A. Woman and Morrison Hotel , respectively The time to hesitate...

Meireles e Sua Orquestra: Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 - Uma Odisséia no Espaço) [1974] from the album Brasilian Explosion I just got back ...

Fashiøn: White Stuff (Short Cut) [1982] I love these guys Fashiøn. Apparently their one goal in life was to create music that makes you fee...

David Bowie: China Girl [1983] 4.27.1983 - Los Colinas, TX

David Bowie: Station To Station [1983] 4.27.1983 - Los Colinas, Texas (Tour rehearsals) With Stevie Ray Vaughn on guitar. The band was wil...

David Bowie: TVC15 [1983] 4.27.1983 - Los Colinas, TX

Hall & Oates: You Make My Dreams [1980] from the album Voices Notable for the almost total lack of cymbals. Also, there's a chiming,...

The Magic Disco Machine: Scratchin' [1975] available on Super Disco Brake's Volume One "Super Disco Brake's" (sic), re...

Herbie Hancock: Chameleon [1977] Recorded at the Ivanhoe Theater, Chicago, IL February 16, 1977 Keyboard: Herbie Hancock Bass: Jaco Pastoriu...

The Doors: Five To One - From In Concert [1970] Jay-Zed: Takeover - From Unplugged [2001] Kanye West produced Jay-Zed's Takeover. Is ...