Not Fade Away - First Impressions

A mix of first songs from first albums. The first in a series.

1. The Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away (England's Newest Hit Makers, 1964)
2. Cream - I Feel Free (Fresh Cream, 1966)
3. The Doors - Break On Through (The Doors, 1967)
4. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (Are You Experienced?, 1967)
5. Patti Smith - Gloria: In Excelsis Deo (Horses, 1975)
6. The Clash - Janie Jones (The Clash, 1977)
7. The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones, 1976)
8. The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari (Surfin' Safari, 1962)
9. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There (Please Please Me, 1963)
10. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969)
11. Steely Dan - Do It Again (Can't Buy A Thrill, 1972)
12. Bruce Springsteen - Blinded By The Light (Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., 1973)
13. Elvis Costello - Welcome To The Working Week (My Aim Is True, 1977)
14. The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night (Three Imaginary Boys, 1979)
15. U2 - I Will Follow (Boy, 1980)
16. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (Murmur, 1983)
17. Pixies - Caribou (Come On Pilgrim, 1987)
18. Blur - She's So High (Leisure, 1991)
19. Pavement - Summer Babe [Winter Version] (Slanted & Enchanted, 1992)
20. Radiohead - You (Pablo Honey, 1993)

Heaven Must Be There - Songs 1984

A more new wave focused set of songs from albums released in 1984. Another subjective personal perspective.

1. Eurogliders - Heaven (Must Be There) (This Island)
2. U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) (The Unforgettable Fire)
3. Prince - When Doves Cry (Purple Rain)
4. The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) (The Icicle Works)
5. Pretenders - Middle Of The Road (Learning To Crawl)
6. Nena - 99 Luftballons (99 Luftballons)
7. The Alarm - Sixty Eight Guns (Declaration)
8. The Human League - The Lebanon (Hysteria)
9. INXS - Original Sin (The Swing)
10. Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours (Some Great Reward)
11. Simple Minds - Waterfront (Sparkle In The Rain)
12. New Order - Thieves Like Us (Single)
13. Romeo Void - A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) (Instincts)
14. The Smiths - You've Got Everything Now (The Smiths)
15. Talk Talk - It's My Life (It's My Life)
16. Alphaville - Forever Young (Forever Young)

Easy Does - Songs 1984

Another set of songs from albums in my collection released in 1984. Part of the Songs 1984 series.

1. Let's Active - Easy Does (Cypress)
2. Green Pajamas - The Way I Feel About You (Summer Of Lust)
3. The Long Ryders - Run Dusty Run (Native Sons)
4. The Ramones - Too Tough To Die (Too Tough To Die)
5. The Bangles - Hero Takes A Fall (All Over The Place)
6. Hoodoo Gurus - My Girl (Stoneage Romeos)
7. The Go-Go's - Turn To You (Talk Show)
8. The Waterboys - All The Things She Gave Me (A Pagan Place)
9. Box Of Frogs - Love Inside You (Box Of Frogs)
10. Dream Syndicate - Merrittville (Medicine Show)
11. Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground (Hallowed Ground)
12. Omar & The Howlers - Give Me A Chance (I Told You So)
13. The Rain Parade - What's She Done To Your Mind (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip)
14. This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo (It'll End In Tears)
15. Robyn Hitchcock - I Used To Say I Love (I Often Dream Of Trains)
16. John Lennon - Nobody Told Me (Milk And Honey)
17. Los Lobos - I Got Loaded (How Will The Wolf Survive?)
18. Bruce Springsteen - I'm Goin' Down (Born In The USA)

Going Through The Motions - Songs 1984

Another mix from the Songs 1984 series.

1. Nona Hendryx - I Sweat (Going Through The Motions) (The Art Of Defense)
2. Shriekback - My Careful Hands (Jam Science)
3. Ultravox - White China (Lament)
4. Public Image Ltd. - This Is Not A Love Song (This Is What You Want, This Is What You Get)
5. Bronski Beat - Why? (The Age Of Consent)
6. The Fall - C.R.E.E.P. (The Wonderful Frightening World Of The Fall)
7. Depeche Mode - People Are People (Some Great Reward)
8. Alphaville - Big In Japan (Forever Young)
9. The Cars - You Might Think (Heartbeat City)
10. Lou Reed - I Love You, Suzanne (New Sensations)
11. Dave Edmunds - Something About You (Riff Raff)
12. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark (Born In The USA)
13. Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave (Parade)
14. Elvis Costello - The Only Flame In Town (Goodbye Cruel World)
15. The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods (Cafe Bleu)
16. Los Lobos - How Will The Wolf Survive? (How Will The Wolf Survive?)
17. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand The Weather (Couldn't Stand The Weather)

Which Side? - Vinyl Spins

Vinyl Spins.  Abbey Road - The Beatles

Which Side?

Side 1 or Side 2 of an record.
Over the years there have been many discussions and list concerning which album had the best "side" and side 2 of Abbey Road always seemed to be at the top or close by.

I think my favorite album sides may be side 1 of The Clash's London Calling followed by a couple of Neil Young albums.

When I was playing this record the other day I was remembering as a teenager what a huge event it was when The Beatles released a new album. As usual I bought this in 1969 the weekend it came out.

It also reminded me of the Paul is dead rumor that was peaking around the time this album was released.  I was looking at the album and remembered there were some clues on the cover. The figues walking across the street were a funeral procession with John as the religious figure, Ringo the undertaker, Paul the barefoot and out of step corpse followed by George the denim clad gravedigger. Yep, it's all right there and everyone was going through their Beatles collections looking for more clues... "I buried Paul".

A Matter Of Time - Songs 1984

More music from my Songs 1984 series. This set focuses more on the alternative rock and country of the year.

1. Los Lobos - A Matter Of Time (How Will The Wolf Survive?)
2. Bruce Cockburn - Lovers In A Dangerous Time (Stealing Fire)
3. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin (Rattlesnakes)
4. The Smiths - This Charming Man (The Smiths)
5. General Public - Tenderness (All The Rage)
6. Beat Rodeo - Just Friends (Staying Out Late With Beat Rodeo)
7. Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire (Born In The USA)
8. Nanci Griffith - One In A Very Blue Moon (Once In A Very Blue Moon)
9. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream Of Trains (I Often Dream Of Trains)
10. Cocteau Twins - Aloysius (Treasure)
11. Wham! - Careless Whisper (Make It Big)
12. Prince - Purple Rain (Purple Rain)
13. The Rain Parade - Talking In My Sleep (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip)
14. Felt - Roman Litter (The Strange Idols Patterns and Other Short Stories)
15. Aztec Camera - All I Need Is Everything (Knife)
16. Everything But The Girl - I Must Confess (Eden)
17. David Sylvian - Red Guitar (Brilliant Trees)
18. This Mortal Coil - Dreams Made Flesh (It'll End In Tears)

Cooling The Medium - Songs 1984

Songs 1984. More new wave, soul, and classic rock from albums in my collection released in 1984.

1. Martha & The Muffins - Cooling The Medium (Mystery Walk)
2. General Public - General Public (All The Rage)
3. UB40 - Cherry Oh Baby (Labour Of Love)
4. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dear Prudence (Hyaena)
5. The Psychedelic Furs - Here Comes Cowboys (Mirror Moves)
6. The Alarm - The Stand (Declaration)
7. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Welcome To The Pleasuredome)
8. Bonzo Goes To Washington - 5 Minutes (Bonzo Goes To Washington)
9. The Cult - Resurrection Joe (Dreamtime)
10. Julian Cope - Reynard The Fox (Fried)
11. Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me (Private Dancer)
12. David Bowie & Tina Turner - Tonight (Tonight)
13. Sade - Smooth Operator (Diamond Life)
14. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (The Woman In Red Soundtrack)
15. Alison Moyet - Invisible (Alf)
16. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes (Rattlesnakes)
17. Cocteau Twins - Ivo (Treasure)
18. Marianne Faithful - It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Rich Kid Blues)

Straight No Chaser - Jazz Time

More classic jazz.

1. Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Monk's Blues, 1968)
2. Stanley Turrentine - Little Sheri (Look Out, 1970)
3. Gerry Mulligan - Big City Blues (Gerry Mulligan '63, 1963)
4. Hank Mobley - Soul Station (Soul Station, 1960)
5. John Coltrane - I Love You (Lush Life, 1958)
6. Gene Ammons - Canadian Sunset (Boss Tenor, 1960)
7. Zoot Sims - Oh, Lady, Be Good (Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers, 1975)
8. Duke Ellington - Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue (The 1956-1958 Small Group Recordings, 2009)
9. Charlie Parker - Just Friends (Charlie Parker with Strings, 1950)
10. Sonny Stitt - Lover Man (Burnin', 1958)
11. Stan Getz - Here's That Rainy Day (Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2, 1963)
12. Ben Webster - Tenderly (King of the Tenors, 1956)

James Chance - Vinyl Spins

Listening to the No New York album the other day made me yearn for a little more James Chance. He was such a crazy sax manic back in the day. This was No Wave and certainly nothing sounded like the weird hybrid of free jazz and funk on Buy from James Chance and the Contortions when it was released in 1979. A few months later Chance came out with his take on disco with Off White released under the name James White and the Blacks. They re-recorded Contort Yourself with an August Darnell remix that I regularly played during my DJ days in the early 80's. There was a strangely awesome second song Stained Sheets with Lydia Lunch and also a cover of an Irving Berlin song. The band ran out of money after completing the first side and the second side is mainly instrumentals. Buy and Off White were a couple of my favorite albums from 1979.

Out Of Sight - Jazz Time

Jazz Time

1. Roy Ayers - Out Of Sight (West Coast Vibe, 1963)
2. Sonny Rollins - Tune Up (Newk's Time, 1959)
3. Don Cherry - There Is The Bomb (Where Is Brooklyn?, 1969)
4. Miles Davis - Tempus Fugit (Miles Davis Vol. 2, 1953)
5. Ray Bryant - Blue Monk (The Ray Bryant Trio Plays the Complete "Little Susie", 1959)
6. Chet Baker - Funk In Deep Freeze (She Was Too Good To Me, 1974)
7. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Ping Pong (Pisces, 1961)
8. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (Maiden Voyage, 1966)
9. Freddie Hubbard - Sky Dive (Sky Dive, 1972)
10. Kenny Burrell - Saturday Night Blues (Midnight Blue, 1963)
11. Lester Young and Oscar Peterson Trio - Just You, Just Me (Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio, 1952)
12. Jimmy Smith - I'm Movin' On (I'm Movin' On, 1967)