Kinds of blue

Detail of Blue by Yves Klien

 

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We're down in the dumps today and so we're listening to the same old blues again. Well, we're not actually depressed, but we are listening to playlist with blue as a theme.

1. Blue Bones    John Renbourn    John Renbourn    1965    Transatlantic
2. Blues For The Muse    Incredible String Band    The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion    1967    Elektra
3. Blues Tomorrow    Abaddon    7"    1969    Golden Voice
4. Blue Wednesday Speaks    Abstract Truth    Totum    1971   
5. Blue Ridge Mountains    Townes Van Zandt    High, Low and In Between    1972    Tomato
6. Blue Jeans And Moonbreams    Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band    Blue Jeans And Moonbeams    1974    Virgin
7. Blue Rosebuds    The Residents    Duck Stab/Buster & Glen    1977    Ralph
8. Blue Thunder    Galaxie 500    On Fire    1989    Rough Trade
9. Blue Rhythm Festival    Piero Piccioni    Easy Tempo Vol. 1:  A Cinematic Easy Listening Experience    1997    Easy Tempo
10. Blue Monday    New Order    Blue Monday 12"    2001   
11. Blue Note    Alan Hawkshaw    Mo'Hawk    2003    KPM
12. Blue Honey    Pop Levi    The Return To Form Black Magick Party    2007    Counter
13. Why Are We Sleeping?    Soft Machine    The Soft Machine    1968    ABC/Probe

Kevin Ayers 1944-2013

Bye Kevin. That you are dead is really crap.

Around the World

 

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Take a trip around the world this week as we listen to songs with countries in the the title. It's not rocket science.

1. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)    The Beatles    Rubber Soul    Parlophone    1965
2. Denmark Street    The Kinks    Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround    Pye    1970
3. Dutch Courage    Rapeman    Two Nuns and a Pack Mule    Touch & Go    1989
4. French Film Blurred    Wire    Chairs Missing    Harvest    1978
5. Spanish Stroll     Mink De Ville    Cabretta    Capitol    1977
6. Twilight In Turkey    Stuff Smith    52nd Street Swing: New York In The '30s    GRP    1994
7. Armenia City in the Sky    The Who    The Who Sell Out    Track    1967
8. From Russia With Love    The John Barry Orchestra with Matt Monroe    From Russia With Love (OST)    United Artists    1963
9. Haitian Fight Song (Studio Version)    Pentangle    Sweet Child    Transatlantic    1968
10. Indian Rope Man    Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity    Streetnoise    Marmalade    1969
11. Deutsch Nepal    Amon Düül II    Wolf City    United Artists    1972
12. Red China Blues    Miles Davis    Get Up With It    CBS    1974
13. Turning Japanese    The Vapors    New Clear Days    United Artists    1980
14. Egyptian Tomb    Mighty Baby    Mighty Baby        1969
15. Colombian Necktie    Big Black    Songs About Fucking    Blast First    1987
16. Brasilliance    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra    Latin American Suite    Fantasy    1968

Rick Huxley

Reg Presley, 1941-2013

 

Reg Presley, songer of the British Beat group The Troggs, RIP.

Reg Presley

America

 

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A tribute to all things American this week after the embassy bomb in Ankara. Our thoughts go out to those killed and injured.

1. Soul City USA    Ben Atkins & The Nomads    The Goldwax Story. Vol. 03    Kent - 335   
2. Born in the USA    The Glass Family    Album    Warner   
3. Coming Down    The United States Of America    The United States Of America    CBS    1967
4. Soy Loco Por Ti, America    Caetano Veloso    Tropicália    Phillips    1968
5. America    The Nice    7"    Immediate    1968
6. American Woman    The Guess Who    American Woman    RCA    1970
7. The American Ruse    MC5    Back In The USA    Atlantic    1970
8. Three Roses    America    America    Warner    1971
9. minha voz virá do sol da américa    Marcos Valle    Garra    EMI    1971
10. Falling In Love    American Spring    It's Not That Bad    Columbia    1973
11. America Tropical    Novos Baianos    Vamos Pro Mundo    Som Livre    1974
12. American Girl    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers    Shelter    1976
13. Breakfast In America    Supertramp    Breakfast In America    A&M    1979
14. The American Scene    The High Llamas    Snowbug    V2    1999
15. Ashes of American Flags    Wilco    Yankee Hotel Foxtrot    Nonesuch    2002