Sunday 12 August 2012

The Surfaris - Wipeout
Album: Wipe Out, Surfer Joe & Other Great Hits
1973 Compilations (out of print) Reissued 2005: Magic

Tom Jones & Jools Holland - Life's too short (to be with you)

Album: Tom Jones & Jools Holland

2004: Warner Music

Macy Gray - The comeback

Album: The Sellout

2010: Concord Music

Elbow - One day like this

Album: The Seldom Seen Kid

2008: Polydor / UMC

FEATURED ARTIST

Bob Dylan

Album: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

2003: Columbia

   Blowin' in the wind

   A hard rain's a-gonna fall

   Don't think twice, it's all right

Louis Armstrong

Album: The Best of Louis Armstrong: The Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings

2002: Sony

   Willie the weeper

   Strolling with some barbecue

Artie White - The more you lie to me

Album: Mississippi Blues

2003: Putumayo

Eric Bibb, Rory Block & Maria Muldaur - Don't ever let nobody drag your spirit down

Album: Blues Around the World

2006: Putumayo

Allen Toussaint: The bright Mississippi

Album: The Bright Mississippi

2009: Nonesuch

Rockie Charles - Festis believe in justice

Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon - Door poppin'

Album: Louisiana Gumbo

2010: Putumayo

 

Quincy Jones - Soul bossa nova

Album: Big Band Bossa Nova

1998: Verve / UMG

ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Heritage Blues Orchestra

Album: And Still I Rise

2011: Raisin' Music

   C-line woman

   Big-legged woman

   Catfish blues

Staff Benda Bilili - Sala keba

Album: Tres Tres Fort

2009: Crammed Discs

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Stick with me baby

Album: Raising Sand

2007: Rounder Records

FEATURED ALBUM

Album: Songlines Music Awards 2011

2011: Songlines Publishing

   Femi Kuti - Dem bobo

   Afrocubism -0 A la luna yo me voy

   Cheikh Lo - Conia

   Bellowhead - Yarmouth Town

Jimmy Somerville - From this moment on

Album: Red Hot + Blue (A Tribute to Cole Porter)

1990: King Cole / Chrysalis

Steve Tyrell - Smile

Album: A New Standard

1999: Atlantic

REVISITED & TRULY GREAT

Ella Fitzgerald - It's only a paper moon

Album: Jazz Legends - Various Artists
2002: Union Square Music

Sunday 5 August 2012

The Surfaris - Wipeout
Album: Wipe Out, Surfer Joe & Other Great Hits
1973 Compilations (out of print) Reissued 2005: Magic

Trombone Shorty - Buckjump

Album: For True

2011: Verve / UMG

Henry Gray - How could you do it

Album: Louisiana Swamp Stomp

2010: Honeybee

ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Heritage Blues Orchestra - In the morning

Album: And Still I Rise

2011: Raisin' Music

Joe Bonamassa - Spanish boots

Album: Black Rock

2012: Provogue

Joe Cocker - Ring them bells

Album: Hymn for My Soul

2007: EMI

ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Album: Raunchy Sugar, The Pure Essence of Memphis Rock & Roll

2011: Fantastic Voyage

   Jimmy Pritchett - That's the way I feel

   Johnny Cash - Oh, lonesome me

   Tommy Tucker - Loving - Lil

Bette Midler - In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

Album: Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook

2006: Sony

Count Basie Orchestra - Corner pocket

Album: Basie is Back

2006: Village Music / Concord

Christian McBride Big Band - Brother mister

   with Melissa Walker - When I fall in love

Album: The Good Feeling

2011: Mack Avenue Records

Wynton Marsalis Hot Seven - Dippermouth blues

Album: Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert

2005: Blue Note

Levon Helm - Single girl, married girl

Album: Dirt Farmer

2007: Dirt Farmer Music / Vanguard

FEATURED ARTIST

Steve Cropper & guests

Album: Dedicated - A Salute to the 5 Royales 

2011: 429 Records

   Steve Cropper instrumental - Help me somebody

   with Brian May - I do

   with Sharon Jones - Messin' up

   with Buddy Miller - The slummer the slum

Bruce Springsteen - Radio nowhere

Album: Magic

2007: Columbia

Santana - Black magic woman

Album: Black Magic Woman, the Best of Santana

2000: Sony

Mariza - Feira de Castro

Album: Fado Curvo

2003: EMI 

ALBUM OF THE WEEK (second helping)

Album: Raunchy Sugar, The Pure Essence of Memphis Rock & Roll

2011: Fantastic Voyage 
   Billy Riley - Too much woman for me
   Conway Twitty - Rock house
   Cliff & The Sun-Rays - No treason in my heart 

Bobby Darin - Beyond the sea
Album: The Legendary Bobby Darin
2004: EMI



REVISITED & TRULY GREAT
Album: Jazz Legends - Various Artists
2002: Union Square Music
   Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie & His All-Star Quintet - Lover man
   Sidney Bechet - Maple leaf rag
   Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Caldonia










Acker Bilk - Stranger on the shore 

Album: Reflections

1993: Spectrum