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Dreidelicious!

Here's a repost of last year's Chanukah podcast...

Dreidelicious! (35mb)

1. Matzoh Balls - Stanley Adams and Sid Wayne
2. Spin Dreydl Spin (Hanukkah) - The Klezmatics
3. (I'm Spending) Chanukah In Santa Monica - Tom Lehrer
4. The 8 Days of Hannukah - Silly Music
5. Channukah, Oy Chanukkah - Ot Azoj Klezmerband
6. 8 Days of Hannukah - Ann Ruckert
7. Drey Dreydll - Ot Azoj Klezmerband
8. Dreydll - The Alexandria Kleztet
9. Ha-Ha Hannukah - The Goblins
10. Shalom Alenu - Mark Rubin
11. Hanukah Tree - The Klezmatics
12. Chanukah - Ray Middleton
13. Channukah Song - The Vulgar Bulgars
14. Get Your Dreidel On - Pudie Tadow

Why Fidelity #94 - WhyFi on Broadway

Why Fidelity #94 - WhyFi on Broadway

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1. If I Were a Rich Man - Cab Calloway and Scatman Crothers
2. Seventy Six Trombones - Dom Dominic
3. On A Clear Day - Tony Hatch
4. Forty-Second Street - Dave Pell Octet
5. Hello Dolly! - Mantovani & His Orchestra
6. Mame - True Blues Traveling Dance Band
7. Somewhere - The Buffoons
8. Matchmaker, Matchmaker - Chris Waxman
9. Don\'t Rain On My Parade - Arthur Lyman
10. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Henri Rene
11. America - James Last
12. Don\'t Cry For Me Argentina - Festival

Why Fidelity 93 - Hey, Eleanor Rigby!

Why Fidelity 93 - Hey, Eleanor Rigby!

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1. The Boy With the Beatle Hair - The Swans
2. I Saw Her Standing There - George Martin
3. I Am The Walrus - Lord Sitar
4. Doubleback Alley - The Rutles
5. She's Leaving Home - David & Jonathan
6. Eleanor Rigby - Cassia Eller
7. Hey Jude - Carlos Bastos
8. Here, There and Everywhere - Mustang
9. Get Back - Little Big Horns
10. Ringo Ringo - Darlene Terri
11. We Can Work It Out - Caterina Valente
12. Tomorrow Never Knows - The Mirage
13. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-D - Jack Wild

Why Fidelity 92 - NowTones Are Go!

This time out WhyFi takes a slight detour from our usual musical course to present this eclectic group of more recent tunes - some of them less than 20 years old! These selections may rock a bit more than our usual offerings but there's great fun to be had for the open minded musical connoisseur.

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Playlist

1. (We Are) The Nowtones - Blotto
2. I Just Can't Stand Cars -The Screen Gemz
3. Stayin' Alive - Arthur Fiedler
4. Sjooh Sjooh Sugar - Champagne
5. Something On Your Mind - Hilly Michaels
6. Oh! Mr Hairdresser - Oh! Mr Hairdresser
7. Teddy Boy - Dalek Beach Party
8. Attack Of The ZMonster Radio Spot
9. Memorize Your Number - Leif Garrett
10. Bouzouki Player - Babe
11. Woodpeckers From Space - The Video Kids
12. Discomania - Lovers

Why Fidelity #91 - Hello Streakers!

Why Fidelity #91 - Hello Streakers!

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1. Java - Jim Collier
2. Young Beat - Jack Trombey
3. I Never Said She Was - Click
4. Hello Streakers! - Jean-Claude Pelletie
5. Fairground Waltz - Armando Trovaioli
6. An Old Fashioned Love Song - The Hillside Singers
7. Trolley Song - Donald Lambert
8. Rondo A La Turk - Atlantics
9. Music to Watch Girls By - Caterina Valente
10. Brannigan - Dominic Frontiere
11. Calypso Number 10 - Hector Rivera
12. Mac-Duffin' - Jack McDuff
13. Babsy - Teddy Palmer & Werner Hass
14. Flapperette - Harry Reser

Why Fidelity #90

Why Fidelity #90

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1. Ain't She Sweet - Don Swan
2. Drug Store - Guy Christian et son orchestre
3. Che m'importa del mondo - Rita Pavone
4. Tarde Quente - Mario Albanese
5. Mas Que Nada - Alan Lorber
6. Sidewalks of Cuba - Henry Mancini
7. Ananas - Manolita
8. Small Town Pleasures - Stelvio Cipriani
9. Iron Maiden - John Berberian & Rock East Ensemble
10. Pacific Express
11. Fruscio De Foglie Verdi - Trio Junior
12. Lullaby Of Birdland - Enoch Light
13. Paris in the Spring - Jona And Darlenes

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Why Fidelity # 89 - Another Country

Welcome to Why Fidelity 89, Another Country, 13 prime examples of international cowboy envy...

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1. Rawhide - The Chaps
2. Ja, ja, wenn Mutter lacht - Heino
3. Wer Kennt den Weg - Johnny Cash
4. San Antonio Rose - Terry Mark
5. La Bague au Doigt - Marie LaForet
6. Colorado - Xandra
7. Denk An Uns Zwei Cowboy - Alice & Ellen Kessler
8. Den Gyllene Fregatt - Hootynanny Singers
9. Viulu-Ukko - Pihasoittajat
10. Sentimental Cowboy - Anita Kerr Singers
11. John Brown's Tochter - Oklahoma Boys
12. Sorairo no Crayon - Happy End
13. 100 bunte Bänder (Tie a Yellow Ribbon [Round the Ole Oak Tree] - Ralf Bendix

Why Fidelity 88 - summersend

Summer may be ending but with a simple download of today's show you can recapture the sun's magic any time at all...

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1. Sunshine and Seashore - Paul Mauriat
2. Where Do the Girls of the Summer Go - Mark Eric
3. Lazy Sunny Day - Annemarie
4. Let the Sun Shine Down - Hardy Boys
5. Wave - Liz Damon's Orient Express
6. Old Beach Road - Martha's Vineyard
7. Sunny Weather - Marc Brierley
8. Double Take - Mike Sammes
9. Surfer Boy - Noeleen Batley
10. Some Kind Of Summer - David Cassidy
11. Sunny Honey Girl - Fluff
12. Theme From A Summer Place - Omar Izar
13. Fun in the Sun - Walter Scott
14. Unknown / Chinese Surf

Why Fidelity 87 - Moogle

Swell Synth Sounds Abound in Why Fidelity 87 - Moogle!

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1. The Percolator - Jean Jacques Perrey
2. Topless Dancers Of Corfu - Dick Hyman
3. Quel Synthe - Karate K
4. Rockin' Computer - Peter Thomas
5. Come Together - Oriental Funk
6. Dancing Dwarves - Ensemble Mescherina
7. Lady Jane - The Plastic Cow
8. Trauriger Timmy - Christian Bruhn
9. Waltz in D-Flat, Op. 64 No. 1 ("Minute") - Hans Wurman
10. Drunken Sailor - Mike Batt
11. Taka Takata
12. Yakety Moog - Gil Trythall
13. Moogiesbloogies - Delia Derbyshire

Why Fidelity 86 - Globetrotting

A special thanks to Why Fidelity supporter RobertO!  Thanks to Robert's generous donation Why Fidelity sails on though August!

Why Fidelity 86 - Globetrotting

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1. I Love Paris - Alvino Rey
2. Hot Scotch - Jimmy Mitchell and Tommy Mottola
3. Around the world - Ray Conniff
4. Lonely In Paris - Gloss
5. Jamaica - Bohanna
6. Cometogether (Arrival In Rome) - Stelvio Cipriani
7. Song of the Jet (Samba Do Aviao) - Walter Wanderley
8. San Francisco - Bobby Solo
9. Choo Choo Cha Boogie - Chilli Willi & the Red Hot Peppers
10. Mr. Train - Phil Bo
11. Nashville Tennessee - Gitte
12. Airplane - Peter's Pipers
13. Miami Junction - Easy Strings

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Why Fidelity #85 - That Summer Feeling

Why Fidelity #85 - That Summer Feeling

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Playlist:

1. 68 Days Til September - Teddy & The Pandas
2. Let's Go Swimming - The Buttercups
3. Waiting for Summer - Jack Wild
4. On a Summer Night - The Sugar Canyon
5. Haerliga Sommardag - Family Four
6. That Summer Feeling - The Cherry Orchard
7. Just Another Morning - liz damon's orient express
8. Down On The Beach - Ernie Maresca
9. Summertime - Yuya Uchida & The Flowers
10. Sand in My Shoes - Kokee Band
11. What A Lovely Way To Start the Summer - The Bittersweets

Why Fidelity 84: Kookie Little Paradise

Why Fidelity 84: Kookie Little Paradise

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Playlist:

1. A Kookie Little Paradise - Jo Ann Campbell
2. Waikiki Welcome - Die Waikikis
3. Jungle Concerto - Xavier Cugat
4. Que Mango! - Les Baxter and 101 Strings
5. Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Sergio Murilo
6. Hukilau - Chick Floyd
7. Maui Chimes - Jules Ah See
8. Love Letters In the Sand - Kalua Dandies
9. Jungle Rhumba - Ferrante And Teicher
10. Nu Moku Eha - Alfred Aholo Apaka
11. Mwanza Market Place - Tak Shindo
12. One Paddle, Two Paddle - Jack de Mello

Why Fidelity 83 - The WhyFi Bestiary

Why Fidelity 83 - The WhyFi Bestiary

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Playlist:

1. Poodle Mambo - George Shearing
2. Stop Lion Stop - Armando Sciascia
3. Le Lion - Patricia Carli
4. Monkey Si - The Deuece Coups
5. Pony with the Golden Mane - Every Mother's Son
6. Bye Bye Blackbird - Art Van Damme
7. Ain't Nobody Here but us Chickens - Jordan's Drive
8. Let Me Play with Your Poodle - Tampa Red
9. Aba Daba Honeymoon - Debbie Reynolds
10. Puppy Love is Here to Stay - Billy Storm
11. J'Ai Mis Un Tigre Dans Ma Guitare - Jacques Dutronc
12. Mewsette - Robert Goulet
13. Pepino - Fredy Brock
14. Oh Susanna - Barking Dogs

Why Fidelity Show #82

Why Fidelity #82

I couldn't think of any, less than unforgivably rude, way to integrate Yodelin' Organ into a show title so this episode of Why Fidelity is 100% theme and clever title free. However our 110% commitment to bringing you nothing but the best in under-listened-to music remains in full effect!

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Playlist:

1. Sandpaper Ballet - Leroy Anderson
2. Flower Girl From Bordeaux - Esquivel
3. Mike's Peak - Dave Pell Octet
4. Spiaggia Libera - Paulo Ormi
5. Baubles, Bangles, and Beads - Heri Rene
6. Java Jones - Donna Lynn
7. Damals beim Bossa Nova  - Britta Martell
8. Yodelin' Organ - Lenny Dee
9. Wild Root - Woody Herman
10. Sunshine Day - Don
11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Firehouse 5
12. This Guy's in Love with You - Midnight Voices
13. Man of Mine - The Forentines
14. The World is a Circle - 101 Strings
15. Citron Girls - Ogawa

New album from M.Ace - Frowning in Happyland

New (free) album out now from ookworld's M.Ace...

"...Frowning In Happyland is a new album under my credit, three seemingly endless years in the making — though most of that was in a dormant state. Acoustic guitar-based, it is a dozen dark songs — it seems I had a few (many) anxieties to vent. It features sterling support from some superb musicians: Dean Sabatino on drums throughout, accordion by Karen Schmidt on five songs, electric guitar by Chris Unrath on one song, and a cameo on kitchen crockery by Hugh Hamilton. I cannot thank these people enough. It’s another free album for your ears to hear. If it makes you cry, my job is done."

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Why Fidelity 81: A Summer Place

Why Fidelity 81: A Summer Place

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1. The Endless Summer - Ape
2. White Sands - Les Baxter
3. Summer Never Go Away - Saturday's Photograph
4. Like Nobody Do - Louis Phillippe
5. Camper Van - The Adventure Babies
6. Hodad Holiday - The Torquays
7. Summer Season - James Clarke
8. Theme From 'A Summer Place' - Montovani
9. Please Don't Touch My Body - Cleveland Crandall
10. Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini - Sergio Murlo
11. Sunshine, Rainbows and Lollipops - Gary Blake
12. Summertime - Montreal

Why Fidelity #80 : Swingin' Spies & Private Eyes

Why Fidelity #80 : Swingin' Spies & Private Eyes

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1. Caught At Midnight
2. Tre Gatti Gialli - Gino Marinuzzi
3. James Bond Theme - Dori Caymmi
4. Theme From Get Smart - Bob Crane
5. Private Life of a Private Eye - Enoch Light
6. Goldfinger - Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers
7. Agente 077 Dall'oriente Con Furore - Lydia MacDonald
8. Black Jack - Luciano Michelini
9. OHMSS - Secret Service Orch
10. From Russia With Love - Al Caiola
11. Secret Code - Lalo Schifrin
12. Trenchcoat Swing - About Nine Times

Why Fidelity Show # 79

Here's the latest edition of Why Fidelity!

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Playlist:

1. Cabaret dance - Kalyanji Anandji
2. Roda - Gilberto Gil
3. Decisione - Armando Trovajoli
4. I Had The Craziest Dream - Dave Pell Octet
5. I Pattinatori Di Bruegel - Alessandroni, Morricone and Dell'Orso
6. Malambo No. 1 - Yma Sumac
7. I Get a kick out of You - Gary Shearston
8. Sie Hieß - Jack Finey
9. S.A. 4 (second spring) - stelvio cipriani
10. Singin In The Rain - Gus Arnheim
11. Up, Up & Away - Rajput & The Sepoy
12. Le chat, la peur, la souris et l'amour - Francis Lai

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Temporary Anthology : Raymond Scott

Here then is Temporary Anthology : Raymond Scott - a not entirely random selection of works by, or in tribute to, Raymond Scott.

Wikipedia opines thusly on Mr. Scott:

"...an American composer, orchestra leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor. He was born in Brooklyn to a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants. His brother, Mark Warnow, a conductor, violinist, and musical director for the radio program Your Hit Parade, encouraged his musical career. Though Scott never scored cartoon soundtracks, his music is familiar to millions because of its adaptation by Warner Brothers in over 120 classic Bugs Bunny and Daffy DuckRen & Stimpy episodes (which used the original Scott recordings), while making cameos in The Simpsons, Duckman, Animaniacs, The Oblongs, and Batfink..."

 

Included in this collection...

A Little Bit Of Rigoletto
Swing, Swing Mother in law
Powerhouse [Rehearsal]

from Raymond Scott Quintette : Microphone Music

County Fair [Instrumental]
'Portofino' #1
Sprite 'Melonball Bounce'

from Raymond Scott : Manhattan Research, Inc.

Sleepy Time

from Raymond Scott : Soothing Sounds For Baby: Electronic Music By Raymond Scott, Vol. 1, 1 To 6 Months

Little Miss Echo

from Raymond Scott : Soothing Sounds For Baby: Electronic Music By Raymond Scott, Vol. 3, 12 To 18 Months

Tobacco Auctioneer
War Dance For Wooden Indians

from Raymond Scott : Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights

Snake Woman
The Girl at the Typewriter
The Toy Trumpet

from  The Beau Hunks Sextette : Celebration on the Planet Mars: A Tribute to Raymond Scott

If you dig it, and I know you will, please support the artists and labels by picking up a few  at Amazon or your favorite source of quality audio delights.

...and from YouTube some Scott to watch while you download...

The Raymond Scott Quintette - War Dance For Wooden Indians
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Raymond Scott Twilight in Turkey 1937

Link: GISELE MacKENZIE: Heartbreak Hotel - Adams Family style (Scott Conducts)

Why Fidelity 78 - Surf Bunny Beach

Why Fidelity 78 - Surf Bunny Beach

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Body Surfing With The Jet Set - The San Sebastian Strings
It's a Lovely Day Today - Walter Wanderly
Children Dreamin' - Douglas Good & Ginny Plenty
Summertime - Sil Austin
Summer Nights - Marianne
Sunset Cruise - The Torquays
Beachcomber - Jo Ann Campbell
Surf Bunny Beach - The Surf Bunnies
Surf City - Annette
Summer '81 Medley - Cantina Band
Summertime Girl - Tommy Dae & the High Tensions
Beach Music The Wabe - John Simon & Peter Yarrow

Sunday Sharity: Groovy Soundtracks - it's a Hip Thang

Up for a very limited time here's a comp I picked up a few years ago featuring some sweet soundtrack/library goodness. Thanks to the original ripper/compiler...

Groovy Soundtracks - it's a Hip Thang (128kbps - 31mb)

• Artie Butler - A Bird in the hand
• Bruce Smeaton - Bad Lunch
• Dave Grusin - Gasoline Alley
• Emil Stern - Doin' the Jerk
• Franco Micalizzi - Vodka Per Due
• Galapagos Duck - The Removalists Theme
• Gianni Machetti - Un' Ultra Donna
• House of Representatives - Caged
• Jack Elliot - McGuire's Reck
• Kenyon Hopkins - Westside Radio
• Michel Legrand - Un Homme de Mort
• Tedd Smith - Time to Run

and some tangentially related videos...

Dave Grusin - An Actor's Life (Tootsie)

plus check out Dave Grusin, w/ Michael Brecker, Something's Coming

Michel Legrand - Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

Legrand - Windmills of Your Mind

My Name is Trinity - Italian Intro (Franco Micalizzi)

Endless Mike's Farewell Present to You: Rare Esquivel!

Juan García Esquivel : Cabaret Trágico OST

says EM...

"Holy Mary, mudderagawd; never woulda thought I'd've seen (let alone heard) this 'un. The soundtrack from a Mexican crime drama—his second to last release before heading north to the States. Vocals on five of the tracks by Columba Domínguez, Elsa Cárdenas, Carmen di Lirio, and Kitty de Hoyos.

I am a little conflicted about sharing this; not because I'm greedy but because I originally promised not to spread this around when I got it. I'm going ahead and doing it anyway..."

and here's a couple of vids masterminded by Ernie Kovacs featuring classic Esquivel tunage...

* Musical Office *

* Kitchen Symphony *

Listening : Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior

There are few artists recording today who are able to maintain such a distinctive, consistent and instantly recognizable sound while remaining fresh and relevant . Richard Thompson is at the top of that very short list.

New release Sweet Warrior is more of the same and in Thompson's case that's a very good thing indeed. Long time fans will slip this right into thier heaviest rotation while newcomers will be hooked into the Thompson cult by the fourth track.

Go buy Sweet Warrior now and if you're a Thompson rookie save yourself the time and anticipation and grab Action Packed, a pretty good best-of collection, 'cause you're gonna need it too.

and some videos...

Beeswing


1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Waltzing's for Dreamers

Cooksferry Queen

Shoot Out the Lights

Why Fidelity 77 - Green Eggs and Haggis

Here's the latest edition of Why Fidelity!

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Why Fidelity 77 - Green Eggs and Haggis

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Recipe For My Love - Danny Janssen
Cornflakes- The Boston
Aunt Matilda's Double Yummy Blow Your Mind Out Brownies - The Two Dollar Question
A La Carte - James Holloway
It's A Gas - Alfred E Neuman
Azucar, Azucar - Lorraine
English Muffins and Irish Stew - Sylvia Syms
Cooking School - Severin Browne
Green Eggs And Ham - Dylan Hears a Who
Cool Whip - Benny Golson
Snap Crackle Pop
Peanut Vendor - Billy Mure
The Haggis Song - Krankies

and now for some tangentially related videos...

Green Eggs and Ham

The Krankies do Doctor Who

Haggis (Bizarre Food)



Cool Whip (Family Guy)


CornFlakes Ad(1960)

Benny Golsen (Live Japan)

Night Music at PCL LinkDump

Mr. Dante Fontana has compiled a veritable cornucopia of rare musi-visual happiness from the past. Tons of youtube clips from the rather over ambitious and occasionally too cool for the room "Night Music" (aka Sunday Night).  Go Here for the goodness

Instead of stealing DF's thunder by including a couple of the clips he found I'll rather go with a throuple of clips of the show's hosts in other action. First Jools Holland...

Jools (and his Big Band) and Jamiroquai

Jools with his old band Squeeze

and David Sanborn with Chicago Song

Double dose of sharity magic

Jonna Gault at The Record Robot
"...So anyway, and then there was the dawn of Symphonopop, a phrase so
catchy the music it represented couldn't help becoming the next big
thing. Or at least that's what the over the top liner notes from this
album would have you believe. So sure was RCA of Jonna Gault's
impending success, they spared no adjectives in a futile attempt to
sell America on this talented young lady. But alas, it was not meant
to be..."

The Shelly Taylor Touch at Pastor McPurvis
"Our latest offering brings us the musical stylings of Cordovoxist/Singer Shelly Taylor. Although somewhat of a mystery, Mr. Taylor seems to have been active in the nightclubs of Florida sometime during the last century..."

Sounds for the Space Set

The RIAA (Robotic Intergalactic Astro-Artists) has released a collection of mash-ups blendifying classic electronic  music with all sorts of other audio diversionality. While I've pretty much had it with the whole mash up genre you can't deny  the source material is sweet. Here's a sample of what's sampled...

" 1. Sun Ra "Outerspaceways, Inc," Four Tops "I Can't Help Myself," David Bowie "Space Oddity," Sun Ra Moog solo
2.  Mort Garson "Walking In Space," Eric B & Rakim "Follow The Leader," "Planet Man" (old-time radio)
3. Moog Machine "Jumpin' Jack Flash,"  Tom Glazer "Why Does The Sun Shine?," Earth Wind & Fire "Shining Star"
4. Joe Meek & The Tornadoes "Telsar," Celine Dion "The Heart Will Go On," Devo "Whip It," Dazz Band "Let It Whip"
5. Kraftwerk "Antenna," Queen "We Will Rock You," Dick Hyman "Strobo...'

...and so on. Go HERE to download...

Anarchy in a Typical Dream Kitchen

Today's tunes of limited availability come from the sadly under-rated Frazier Chorus. In my ever changing list of all time favorite albums there are a couple of never changing constants - The Ian Broudie produced Frazier Chorus album Ray in always in my top ten and it's always the one nobody else has ever heard of. Damn shame that because this is the stuff - dark humor, crafty arrangements, brilliant songs, it's all there.

Frazier Chorus -  Typical | Prefer You Dead | Anarchy in the UK 

(all three in one handy .rar)
 

and here's a treat that should please the retro-modern crowd as well.. a nifty look at the promised Dream Kitchens of the past using the Frazier Chorus's wonderful Dream Kitchen for a soundtrack (whatever happened to my jet propelled omelette pan anyway?)

2songs42day

Kasey Chambers
Americana-tinged singer songwriter goodness.

Here's more Kasey starting with a homemade Sims video for The Captain, then another homebrew effort for Not Pretty Enough ...

and a clip for Surrender...

Adrianne
Folky fresh songstress

Videos and more tunes on Adrianne's Myspace

Here she is live with Shout it Out..

and the wonderful New Kind of Cool...

Why Fidelity 76 - Twisted

Why Fidelity 76 - Twisted

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Twist around the World with this groovy collection of dance floor gems...

1. Peter Gunn Twist - The Jesters
2. Twist à St. Tropez - Les Chats Sauvage
3. Go-Kart Twist - Gianni Morandi
4. Ya Ya Twist - Grant Tracy
5. The Twisters - Mel Henke
6. Oliver Twist - Cinque Di Roma
7. Twisted - Mumins
8. Twistin' Matilda - Jimmy Soul
9. Twist In - Manfred Krug
10. Ski Twist - Vico Torriani
11. Le Twist - Les Chaussettes Noires
12. Twist'n'Swing - Kajiki Sô
13. Kissin' Twist
14. Dear Lady twist - Gary U.S. Bonds
15. Mr. Twist - Fabulous Four
16. Der Twist Beginnt - Chubby Checker

Why Fidelity 75 : International Pop Overthrow

Why Fidelity 75 : International Pop Overthrow

This episode of Why Fidelity brought to you by the generosity of listener JeffP who did WhyFi a solid and helped to bring you another month of Podcasts.Thanks Jeff!

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Today on our 75th official edition of WhyFi we take a magical musical mystery tour across the globe.... pop goes the world!

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1. Simon Says - Roberto Jordan
2. Je l'aime - Johnny Hallyday
3. Boom Bang-A-Bang - Les Parisiennes
4. Kommst du zu mir - France Gall
5. Mimosaneito - Pekka Streng
6. La gadoue - Petula Clark
7. Lua Chan See - Supaphorn
8. Lippenstift am Jacket - Conny Froboess
9. Eu sei - Night Stars
10. Se você pensa - Gal Costa
11. Tanzen macht den Sonntag erst schön - Janosch Rosenberg
12. So bist du -  Claudia Schwarz
13. Quando tu vorrai - Rita Monico
14. Komm mit auf den Hinterhof - Buck & Sylvie

Still Listening

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky : Never a huge Wilco fan. Always known they're a terrific outfit, quality goods all round, but I've never caught myself thinking "gosh, I could really go for a dose of Wilco right about now". Sky Blue Sky just might be the album that wins me over. Lovely craftsmanship, a gem. Recommended.

Elliot Smith - New Moon : Fine posthumous collection of Smith rarities. I usually suggest newcomers give rarity comps a wide berth - better to start off on the tried and true - but even a Smith neophyte will come away a true believer after a few spins. Recommended.

Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars : Wonderful stuff. Highly recommended.

Keren Ann - Keren Ann:   Lovely as ever. Recommended.

Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures : T'riffic '80's informed Britpop. Recommended.

Hats Off to the Buskers -The View: Shambolic but worthwhile debut from rockypunkers The View. Worth a spin.

Feist - The Reminder: Familiar in a good way. Not much new ground broken but who needs a broken garden. Recommended.

Warren Zevon  - Prelude : Remember what I said about newcomers steering clear of completist comps - here's a perfect example. Zevon fans need to hear these previously undiscovered rough gems but the uninitiated should look elsewhere .

Rush - Snakes and Arrows: Better than we could have possibly expected after all these years. Fans should love it.

schole compilation - Odd and beautiful Japanese import featuring  Akira Kosemura, Dom Mino', haruka nakamura, Lullatone and others. Highly recommended.

Rebecca Martin - Middlehope : Sultry, sweet, smart, quirky femmejazz. Lovely. Recommended.

Why Fidelity 74 - Tastes Funny

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Why Fidelity 74 - Tastes Funny

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1. Smile You're On Candid Camera - Bob Crane
2. Goodness Gracious Me - Sellers & Loren
3. Milk Shake - Richard Cheese
4. Uncle Joe's Mint Balls - Paddington
5. Two Bananas In Love - Marty & The Mellow Yellow Bunch
6. Yes, We Have No Bananas - The Mulberry Fruit Band
7. Plastic - The Serendipity Singers
8. Feed The Ghost Some Garlic - The Groovy Ghoulies
9. Sheesh Whatta Grouch - Art Carney
10. Daffy Ditties - Cliff Friend

Why Fidelity 73 - Cars and Girls

Greetings WhyFi Fans!

Welcome to the 73rd edition of Why Fidelity. Over the last couple of years I've posted (way) more than a hundred podcasts between Why Fidelity and various seasonal specials (Prof Ravensdeath and so on - check out the SensesWorkingOvertime archives for more info on my Halloween and Christmas shows) and it's been a real labor of love. Unfortunately love alone isn't enough anymore and I can no longer afford to run Why Fidelity as a loss leader. From now on it's going to have to grow up, move out of the house and start paying it's own way. That's where you come in...

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Why Fidelity 73 - Cars and Girls

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1. The Lively Ones - Mel Henke
2. GoGoMobile - Carlo Montez
3. Why Did God Make Girls? - J.D. Rogues
4. Chevrolet, Building a Better Way - Richard Behrk
5. Chevelle, El Camino -Richard Behrk
6. Music to Watch Girls By - Benny Golsen
7. Look at the Girls - The Giant Jellybean Copout
8. Road Rattler - The Deuce Coupes
9. Barefoot Girl - Ron Goodwin
10. Black Cadillac - Joyce Green
11. Road to Love - Chris Knight & Maureen McCormick
12. Rocking on the Dragstrip - Johnny Lane
13. I Lose More Girls That Way - Quantrell Radar
14. Hot Rod Poppa - Marsha Hunt

Why Fidelity 72 - Baby's Gone Bad

Why Fidelity 72 - Baby's Gone Bad

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1. Miss Otis Regrets - Jimmie Lunceford
2. Girl on Death Row - Duane Eddy
3. Beat Me 'til I'm Blue - The Mohawks
4. Warpaint - The Brook Brothers
5. I Want Your Love - The Pussycats
6. "O" She's a Lady - Pierre Bachelet
7. Evil Angel - Ray Vernon
8. Baby You Know What You're Doing - Bourtayre & Bouchéty
9. Watch Out Sally - Diane Renay
10. Mini Shimmy - Gregory & the Velvet Illusions
11. Rub My Tummy - Zenda Jacks
12. Rhythm & Sex - Gianni Ferrio
13. Hanky Panky - The Raindrops
14. Baba Yaga - The Pagans

Listen Up

Patti Smith - Twelve : Critical darling (over rated hack) Smith delivers a long awaited (entirely unnecessary) covers album. Her take on Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants To Rule the World" sounds like a Patty Smythe b-side,  and bloodless re-workings of classic rock gems like "Are You Experienced?", "Gimmie Shelter" and"Smells Like Teen Spirit" may sound okay  piped through coffee shop or Gap but I can't imagine really sitting down and listening to them for pleasure.

If you are a Smith fan you'll be pleased to hear she sounds much the same as she ever has, and while the concept is hack the production is solid.

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare:  This is not your father's Sigue Sigue Sputnik! Last year's fave flave UK chartbusters are back with a solid follow-up disc of 21st century brit-pop. Not as good as the hype but still pretty damn good. Recommended.

A Tribute to Joni Mitchell - Now here's a covers album worth your headphone time. Lots of talented folk (Surjan Stevens, Prince, Caetano Veloso, Bjork, James Taylor, Annie Lenox) performing selections from the Joni Mitchell songbook.

Pjotr Leschenko -  1935   - Tangos, Foxtrots & Romances - Stirring compilation of tracks from "the King of Russian Tango" Highly Recommended.

Pjotr Leschenko 1935 @ Amazon

Nick Marsh - A Universe Between Us: Well crafted cinematic singer/songwriter fare from Flesh For Lulu frontman . Mature and atmospheric, a perfect soundtrack for your next Lost weekend. Cover of Some Velvet Morning should give some senses of the direction Marsh travels in here. Highly Recommended.

Castle Project - Diaries of a Broken Heart : Better than average alt rock offering from White Whales Castle Project. Give it a spin.

Diaries Of A Broken Hear @ Amazon

Why Fidelity 71 - Someone Else's Songs

Why Fidelity 71 - Someone Else's Songs

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1. Dominique - The Caterina Valente Singers
2. Roundabout - Don Ellis
3. Light My Fire - Sebastião Tapajós
4. Zip A Dee Doo Dah - The Hairnets
5. Ghostriders in the Sky - The Fantastic Pikes
6. Where's Captain Kirk - The London Punkharmonic Orchestra
7. I Walk the Line - Al Caiola
8. Walk Right In - Yvonne Elliman
9. Up on the Roof - The Cryan' Shames
10. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Me Goodbye - Wilson Das Nieves
11. My Cherie Amour - Soul Train Gang

Rhapsodaisical

Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing - Potty mouth mall punk done about as well as it can be. If I were ten (okay twenty) years younger I could listen to this in a fast car or a noisy bar but at my age it feels slightly creepy. I guess I'll stick with Lavigne's elders  Joan Jett, Deb Harry and the Go-Gos. My daughter, on the other hand, is probably rockin' the suburbs with Avril as we speak.  Recommended.

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero - NIN is the kind of band I admire for doing what they do as well as they do it. I'm just not angry enough to want to listen to it on anything approaching a regular basis. Year Zero is a fururistic  "concept album".  Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto. I'm sure this'll go over gangbusters in the freshman dorms.

Bebel Gilberto - Momento - Perfectly formed soft sweet gently swaying Brazil-pop. Highly Recommended.

Just Added:

Miles Davis - Return of the Cool

Dinah Washington - September Rain

Minor Threat - Out of Step

Oyster Band - Meet You There - First rate preachy crossover Celt-rock.

The Apples - Tribute to the Beatles - Just like the Beatles but with half the talent! Actually these couple of dozen Beatles coves aren't all that bad in a power-poppy way but that's no excuse.

Wonderboys - Stronger Than You - One of the great things about a subscription service like Rhapsody is the ability to hear "import" albums without having to shell out "import albumk" prices. Wonderboys are a Swedish group - an offshoot of the Trampolines (who were Big in Japan apparently) who do a nice job with their Americana influenced sound.

The Sammies - The Sammies - Promising alt-rock from N.C. combo . Worth a listen.

Blue - Sitting on the Sofa - Another Swedish import. Fine collection of mod influenced soul stompers. If you miss the Jam then this is the album for you, Highly Recommended
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Why Fidelity 70 : Around the World with WhyFi

Why Fidelity 70  : Around the World with WhyFi

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1. Multiplicação - Sonia Delfino
2. Steel Lungs - Claude Dejacques
3. Parfums d'Espagne - Simone Bultiauw
4. Zosia - The Dynatones
5. Painting for Freakout - John Simon
6. Cuban Mambo - Willie Rodriguez
7. The Sandman - Alan Moorhouse
8. Deep Down - Christy
9. Little Shakie Girl - Armando Trovajoli
10. Jenny Jo - Teddy Palmer
11. Rosy's theme - Stelvio Cipriani
12. Voor Een Pop Ben Ik Te Groot - Wilma

Why Fidelity 69 : Naughty Bits

Why Fidelity 69 : Naughty Bits

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1. Bubbles - Lion Warfield
2. You're Just The Right Size - Charo
3. A Swinging Fling - Alvino Rey
4. A Man & a Woman - James Last
5. Let's Put Out the Lights - Mel Henke
6. Topless Party - Piero Umiliani
7. Started Out Dancing Ended Up Making Love - Alan O'Day
8. Touch Me Again - Bearnard Purdie
9. Sea Sex and Sun - Serge
10. Young Stud - Klaus & Uschi
11. Erotica - Aguaturbia

More Rhapsody Reviews...

Another batch of recent releases/adds from Rhapsody. Keep in mind the Just Added stuff may not always be a new release or re-issue but simply Rhapsody adding an album (or even individual track) to thier library.

Nothing earth shattering this time out...

Alison Krauss : A Hundred Miles or More - Various odds and sods from blue grass chanteuse  Krauss includes crossover friendly duets with John Waite, Brad Paisley, Sting and James Taylor.  Recommended.

Corinne Bailey Rae: Live in New York - Polished, if not particularly necessary, live set. Good for what it is.

Martina McBride: Waking Up Laughing - Another batch of way above average country goodness. Recomended.

Kings of Leon: Because the Times - Recommended.

Guster: Satelite E.P. - Fine collection of indie pop extra bits. Nice.

Not my cup of tea but also out now...
Hilary Duff : Dignity
Chevelle : Vena Sera

From the Just Added bins...

Suphala: Blueprint - Tabla-licious set featuring guests Edie Brikell, Vernon Reid and Vickter Duplaix

Melanie Hammet: Under the Same Sky - Modest collection of contemplative girl-folk.

Rick Mester: Wallpaper Sky - Haircut 100 meets the Postal Service on this understated  collection of low-fi alt-pop. Nothing brilliant but worth a listen.

Mia Sable: Propeller - Above average collection of grrl pop (a genre where the line between super star and also ran has always been fairly thin quality-wise).

Michael Perry: I Got it From the Cows - Bovine themed monologues... sounds atrocious but it's fairly compelling stuff. Check it out (and don't worry it isn't all cow related)

Larry Gallagher: Can I Go Now? - TMBG meets Bruce Cockburn - or somthing.. worth a listen.

Laura MacLean: If the Shoe Fits Wear it Out - More above average  Lilith Fair friendly femme folk rock pop whatever.

Late Tuesday: Drowning Out Love -  See Above.

Marilyn Rucker: Everybody's Somebody Else's Weirdo - Sassy, silly folk comedy.(Grandma Tell Us About Your Tattoos, Spoiled Rotten White Girl Blues)

Leaving Rouge: Elsewhere - Decent Westerberg-ish alt-rock.

and finally a trio of albums from Love Camp 7. I remember hearing LC7 do a live set on FMU donkey's years ago and spent years trying to find their albums. Well now I've got three - my sentimental fave is Conspiracy of Flowers' Brian Wilson obsession but all three are worth tracking down. Highly Recommended!

Love Camp 7   - Conspiracy of Flowers | Where the Green Ends | Vacation Village

Why Fidelity 68: Outta Space

Why Fidelity 68: Outta Space

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1. Battlestar Galactica - Neil Norman & His Cosmic Orchestra
2. Another Girl, Another Planet - Nutley Brass
3. Mechanical Boy - Jack Wild
4. Moonflower - Peter Thomas
5. American Man On The Moon - Genevieve Waite
6. Pizzicato Pour Venus - Jean Jacques Perrey
7. Trip to Mars - Lord Christo
8. Outta Space - Toby Roan
9. Invasion of the Saucer Men (Title) - R. Stein
10. Star Trek - Noeman/Baxter
11. The Screemin' Meemies from Planet X - Merv!
12. Coming of the Saucers - P. Wilsire
13. Cruise to the Moon - The Creations

Rhapsody Just Added...

Here's another cherry picked selection of recent new releases / just added albums at Rhapsody. Nothing too deep, just a quick rundown of the most significant new albums and under hyped gems you might otherwise never hear of. Just one man's opinion.

Links take you to Rhapsody - it'll ask you if you want to launch the service (assuming you already have it installed) or want to sign up and give it a try. I get no kick backs if you do so remember if you're not into the Rhap you can probably find streams or samples of most of this music at iTunes, Yahoo, Napster or Amazon

Tim McGraw : Let It Go - Wokmanlike mainstream country. Too good to dismiss but still too pedestrian to make many converts.

Good Charlotte : Good Morning Revival - What McGraw's album is too suburban country so is Good Charlotte's fourth release to generic pop punk/punk pop.There's nothing bad here but there's nothing exceptional either.

Elliott Yamin - Being blissfully ignorant of all but the most earth shaking American Idol news this debut collection of blue eyedsoul from AI short lister Yamin came as a pleasant surprise. On the other hand I can't imagine ever wanting to voluntarily listen to it again.

Jack Ingram : This is it - A far more satisfying slice of country than McGraw's offering if only for unexpected Hinder cover.

Kaiser Chiefs : Your's Truly, Angry Mob - Now this is more like it. Tight, melodic and clever songwriting, polished production and passionate performances. The Good Charlotte's of the world could learn a lot about the craft of Rock & Roll from the Kaiser Chiefs. Highly recommended.

June Tabor : Apples - The definitive woman's voice of British Folk. Exquisite song selection and gorgeous performances. Highly recommended and be sure to delve head o into Tabor's astonishing back catalog.

Silent Sun : Dad's Weird Dream - Sweet slice of artsy brit pop. Fun and highly Recommended

Michael Cashmore : The Snow Abides - If Tiny Tim had actually been talented he might have sounded something like this. Especially if he'd hooked up with The Divine Comedy.Different but worth a listen.

Frank Vignola : Vignola Plays Gershwin - Swingin' set of Gershwin greatness from guitarist Vignola. Nice.

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - In San Fransisco - Smokin' live set augmented by a pair of alt. takes.

Warren Zevon Reissues:
The Envoy (4 bonus tracks)
Stand in the Fire (Monumental live album with 3 restored LP tracks)
Excitable Boy (Classic now served with 4 bonus tracks) -

Robert Plant Reissues - Not a patch on Zep but Plant's solo work has had it's moments.
Pictures at Eleven
Shaken 'n Stirred

Stevie Nicks : Crystal Visions The Best... - Greatest Hits package featuring a few recent live cuts that might be of interest to Stevie's more ardent admirers.

80's/90's Completists:
Information Society : Peace & Love   Hack 

Kincaid: Good Citizen of the Month

The Fall : Reclamation Post TLC - Well, it The Fall innit?

David Ball : Heartaches by the Number - Strong set of trad-country twangers.

Daphne Loves Darby : Good Night, Witness Light - Better than average Emo offering. Worth a listen..

Breathing Room : Coming Clean - Think a less cod celtic Corrs gone CCM. Not bad for what it is...

Lester Chambers - It's Time: The Blues - Pure & Simple.

Alexa Wilkinson : Lullaby Appetite - Competent girl-pop that would probably be a monster if it were s by a major.

Glowfriends : A Farewell to Fair Weather - Decent indie-pop offering

What you really should be listening to...

Maggini Quartet : Malcom Arnold - String 1 & 2, Phantasy for Quartet " Vita Abundans"

John Tomlinson: Batok's Bluebeard's Castle

Well that about does it for the moment - after sampling about a quarter of Rhapsody's new additions for the week I'm burnt out by the mediocrity. Look for an update in a day or two.

More Sharity Link Spring Cleaning

• Vinyl Rescue Mission and Orphanage - Active
• Voltage Controlled Technicolor - Dead
• Waxidermy - Active
• Way Out Junk - Active
• Wonderful Wonderblog - Active
• X-Y-Z-Cosmonaut's CosmoBlog - Active
  
• Xtabays World -Missing
• You Don't Have To Visit This Blog - Active
• blowupdoll - Active
• bongobells - Alive but hibernating until the holidays
• bongolong land - Active

New Music Review

Hundreds of albums released every week and hardly anything worth listening to. If you're not part of a peer group that endorses, usually fairly reflexively, specific  albums and songs based on marketing cues then you probably have a hard time sorting the wheat from the chaff when presented with huge assortments of unfamiliar music. Luckily I'm here to help with a quick rundown of interesting new releases each week or so available from the Rhapsody music service.

(Why Rhapsody? - well, I'm a subscriber and they offer easy to use lists of new releases and just added albums. I also subscribe to Yahoo's music service but finding new releases there is far less intuitive. iTunes has a terrific list of new releases but doesn't offer subscription streaming.)

Select New releases:

Modest Mouse: We Were dead Before the Ship Even Sank - The Mouse could be this centuries REM but thankfully they've decided not to cash on on the Kidz Bop friendly Float On and return with a typically idiosyncratic offering. New Mousekateer Johnny Marr adds yet another layer to the already inventive MM sound - his mark is instantly felt on tracks like Dashboard (which could be an Electronic cover). First rate stuff...

Panda Bear: Person Pitch - So this is what happened to that Jesus and Mary Chain Beach Boys Tribute Album. They needn't have bothered.

LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver - Dancey Punky Dancey Punky Dancey Dancey Punky Dance. Meh...

Floyd Thursby - Never heard of Thursby before but this 5 track offering of sparsely produced folky singer/songwriter styled tracks impresses from the first listen.

Kate Mann : Devil's Rope - Effective mildly countrified New Folk offering. Check out standout tracks Cowboys are my Weakness, Fall Or Fly and Polly's Song.

Darryl Read: Bleeding Paradise - Beat is Dead. Long Live Beat. Ray Manzerek joins in on this collection of post-modern Beat poetry. I'm not a huge fan of this stuff but Read and Manzerek do a good job of elevating what usually ends up as cringe worthy suburban coffee house poetry slam dreck.

Byron Nemeth: The Force Within - Capable hard rock guitar instros. The lead track name checks Joe Satriani which gives you a pretty good idea of the direction things take.

Dan Beahm and the Invisible Three: Amplifier - Well crafted acoustic set. Check out Stupid Girl and Seperate But Equal.

Goodbye Elliott: Running to California - Well crafted  album of slightly artsy modern power pop. Check out Ticket to Love, Running to California, Kamikaze Love Machine.

Jinx Jones: Rumble & Twang: Rockabilly goodness.

Buva: All That Humming - One of my favorite new releases this week - tasteful and melodic singer/songwriter fare.

Andrew Norsworthy: Horizon City - This one almost missed he cut but luckily I left it streaming while doing some other stuff and it really grew on me. Somewhat rootsy folk rock. Good stuff.

Doug Adamz: Guitar Solos: This collection of songs for solo guitar is already in Sunday morning heavy rotation around here. Gorgeous stuff.

John Legend: Once Again - You already know this really good right?

Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby - Fine Bluegrass offering from a pair of wily veterans.

Joss Stone: Introducing Joss Stone - For every killer track like Girl They Won't Believe It or Tell Me 'bout It there's a slab of generic dance pop or weak pseudo soul that totally waste Stone's obvious talents.Still a worthwhile release...

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists: Living with the Living - More PoMoPunkyFun with Ted Leo. Elvis Costello/Jam/JJackson fans should Go for it...

Chantal Kreviazuk: Ghost Stories - Hey, I liked Lilith Fare and this is a pretty good album of angsty girl pop.

Low: Drums and Guns - Low are the rare band as good as they are cool and while this may not end up being my favorite release it's definatly worth more than a casual listen.

A Toys Orchestra : Technicolor Dreams - Decent Indie reminiscent of Modest Mouse, Of Montreal and others. Worth a listen...

Just Added

Jethro Tull: Aqualung - Tull are likely the least appreciated 70's rock behemoth. Despite massive sales and a huge following of devoted fans they still seem like underdogs. This deluxed-up edition of the classic Aqualung album outshines pretty much every else released so far this year. Listen without prejudice and discover an exceptionally weel played, well written and well produced example of classic rock. The classic rock label may be cliche by now but there is a timelessness and quality to this stuff that nothing released these days can match.

Jethro Tull: The Best Acoustic - For fans of Tull's softer side this collection brings together the best of the band's folkier moments.

Graham Coxon: Love Travels at Illegal Speeds -Terrific mod influenced album from Blur guitarist Coxon.

Andre Previn/ David Fink - We Got it Good and That Ain't Bad - Sweet and tasty Elligton songbook. Niiice...

Alan Parsons Project: I Robot Eye in the Sky  Vulture Culture - Classic original LPs with bonus tracks

Mac Davis: Best of - Cheese? Perhaps but perfectly aged...

Dexter Gordon:Clubhouse - '67 vintage Dex remastered.

The Joe Meek E.P. Collection - Features crucial cuts from The Tornadoes, John Leyton and more.A New World indeed...

For 80's completists - The Danse Society: Looking Through

What you really should be listening to...

Fretwork: William Lawes Consort Music - Rockin' the six string viol old world style

Tonu Kaljuste: Arvo Part Choral Works  - So good they invented a time machine to send it back to us from the futire (Rhapsody release date 31 Aug 2029 

Tragicomedia: Biber: The Mystery Sonatas

Why Fidelity 67: TV Party Tonight!

Why Fidelity 67: TV Party Tonight!

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1. When It Hit Me - Kids From C.A.P.E.R
2. Like a Rising Star - Evigan/ Schaeffer
3. Time to Change - Bradys
4. Melanie - Kaptain Kool
5. Karen - BeachBoys
6. My Best Friend - Cruz/Dolenz
7. If You Become a Bugaloo - Bugaloos
8. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - Deadly Nightshade
9. Up Your Nose - Gabe Kaplan
10. General Hospi-tale - Afternoon Delights
11. Rock is Dead - Donny Most
12. Who Shot J.R.? - Burbank/McNally

More sharity Link cleanup

• ROCKOVERGRACELAND - Active
• RangeRavers Departure Lounge - Active
• Rato Records Blog - Active
• Scar Stuff - On hiatus, apparently, but far too good to ever take off the list!
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• Skunkape's Crap - Dead
• Splendida - Active
• TAM TAM & Mélodie - Quiet for a few weeks
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• The Groove Grotto! - Quiet
• The Mountains of Madness - Active
• The Needlebeard - Dead
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• The Reel Deal - Quiet
• These Records Are BenT! - Tragically gone!
• Time Traveller - Active

Why Fidelity 66: That Bouncy One

Why Fidelity 66: That Bouncy One

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Playlist

1. That Bouncy One - Dick Walter
2. Walking Song
3. Comin' Up - Helmuth Brandenburg
4. Machinations - Lalo Schifren
5. Bim Bom - Silvio Silvera
6. Tema De La Zorra - Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan
7. Se Voca Pensa - Varig Brazilian Airlines
8. Ode to Billy Joe - Enoch Light
9. Sirtaki Dei Colonelli - Alessandroni, Morricone and Dell'Orso
10. Tumba Rudekdek - Solu Bolon
11. Rainbow on the River - Tiny Tim
12. Saturday Off - J Pearson
13. La Yenka - Johnny and Charley
14. Kleiner Gonzales - Caterina Valente

Sharity Link Spring Cleaning continues...

• Old Time Radio at The Monster Club - It's Alive!
• Old Vinyl - Active
• Orgy in Rhythm - Active
• Penthouse Safari - Dead
• Phil Musical's Lounge Corner - Active
• Phlegm Noir - Joined the Choir Invisible
• Pinicchio´s Easy-Listening - Active
• Play It Again, Max - Active
• Podsville - Moved (need to find the updated link)
• PopCereal - Active
• Probe is Turning on the People - Active
• Psychotic Leisure Music
• Pure Mania! - Moved - New Link
• Quimsy's Mumbo Jumbo - Active

New Addition: Heavenly Grooves