Art Decade

podcast #4, recorded July 19th, 2013: download here (192 mb) More Beatlecentric musings, white-knuckle mixing, and exploding plosives t...

                    John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Angela This is the first in a series of some 400+ posts in which I pair ol...

  Darrow Fletcher -  The Pain Gets A Little Deeper   The Hollies -  Wings Caetano Veloso -  Maria Bethania   Don Cherry -  Terry's T...

Podcast #3, recorded 6/27/13: Part 1 Part 2   Send an email with "tracklist" in the subject field to artdecade1977 at gmail d...

Podcast no. 2, recorded in the wee hours of Sunday, June 16th, 2013 - stream and download here. This one gets a little spacey in the seco...

EMMETT PRESENTS... WEEKLY* PODCASTS! Hey folks, I recorded a two-hour podcast. There's some talking in the beginning, middle, and en...

Jackson 5 - Forever Came Today I'm loving Michael's vocal on this. And to see some ridiculously good footwork/showmanship, go her...

Mungo Jerry - Memoirs of a Stockbroker Hearing this ditty penned by a then twenty-five-year-old Ray Dorset, I was reminded of these thoug...

new Viva show ( #145 ) in the archive This 1993 mix is done, such as it is. Many thanks to all who offered suggestions. And if anyone wan...

Vanishing Winter by Dear Eloise

John Cage - Music For Marcel Duchamp Performed by the great Stephen Drury, another gem from this must-own CD. Nice to hear the riff fro...

Reload -  Le Soleil et la Mer

Subnation -  Golden Hen

New Radiant Storm King -  Phonecall If you attended college in the northeast U.S. in the early-to-mid '90s, you either A) were in a ...

Clydie King - The Thrill Is Gone There's a certain moment in a certain Rolling Stones song where I've always thought the backgro...

Up Above The World - Trying To Reach You Many thanks to  Plague for recommending a David Holmes mix in which this appears. I believe the...

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Les Chakachas - Turtle Soup I wonder how they got that cool distant-becoming-near effect on the horns.  I'm hoping it's that they...

John Cage - In A Landscape Performed by Stephen Drury and  available on mp3 and compact disc.   I am at peace with the fact that the ...

Fats Waller - Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be? Dedicated to my daughter Maisy, born April 4th, 2013.

Julie London - Something Cool Let's all - everybody - keep it cool this weekend. "I can't think of your ...

 Emmett presents... Paternity Leave!   Marquez - Color De Caramelo I will be laying low for a few weeks, due to the exciting and impend...

The Other Two - Selfish I'm working on an all-1993 mix and this is the flagship jam so far. Anyone got any ideas? All genres are fair...

Chamber of Kommerce - The Monocle

Burano And His Gypsy Caravan - Good Time Girl I might not be posting this if not for the note that the lead Moog player ends his phrase w...

new Viva show ( #143 ) in the archive

Junior English -  You Are So Good To Me Many, many thanks to Wiggsy for the peel-off.  More flexatone , anyone? 

Alex Harvey - Midnight Moses One of the great party records... a truly debauched production. Does a stereo mix even exist? If anyone wa...

Cannonball Adderley - Pisces: Allison's Trip Emmett, curious about how your sign is depicted on Love, Sex, and the Zo...

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.

Alexander - Working My Way   Warning: French vocalist singing in English.

Polly Brown - Up In A Puff Of Smoke A pop song should be like a roller coaster you want to ride again and again.

new Viva show ( #142 ) in the archive

Don Covay - It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) Saturday Night Special

Honk - Hesitation Featuring a horn riff worthy of Steely Dan and a très chic chord change at 0:32 (and 0:50 and 1:39, etc.)

 Graeme Edge Band - The Tunnel

The Shocking Blue - Beggin' Featuring the invigorating and erratic Cornelis van der Beek on drums.

The Politicians - Free Your Mind     a stagecoach production  

L'infonie - Mantra (excerpt) full version available on compact disc

 Hartley C. White - Everybody Loves A Winner Thanks  Zach Phillips for the peel-off on this one, a jam that is truly and utterly out to ...

ST-4 - Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys

Hey friends, did you know that Zach Phillips of Blanche Blanche Blanche did a guest mix for us? Well, he did, and you can listen to it her...

Sunny Adé & His African Beats: Ja Fun Mi (instrumental) Still fresh after 30 years. Let's get this weekend started! [History b...

The Monotones - What Would I Do For a brief window of time and space -- say 1963-1964 in Britain -- this was the sound .  The children in...

Greg Condon Terry Reid - Fooling You

Greg Condon Joe Cuba Sextet - Gimme Some Love (Dame un Poquito de Cariño)

Greg Condon Janet Greene - Poor Left Winger

Greg Condon Roger Waters - The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)