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February 13th, 2011 > ambient revolution, electronic listening music, funk 'n' soul, jazz, rock 'n' roll, 

luv083

Can’t Nothing Be Love But Love

at least 50% of all recorded music is about “love”, so when asked to make a mix on this theme i was truly daunted. here’s my attempt to tell a story about “love” with words and music. I hope you love it.

image : photo by Stephen Lebovits, manipulated by luv

* originally commissioned by Oliver Blank for his Kiosk show on Bassoradio in Helsinki, Finland.

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    Tracklist:
  1. excerpt from Walt Disney’s Story of Bambi – Disneyland Records (1969) > (searching for buy link)
  2. The Love Bug – The Little Rascals – Mark 56 Records (1974) > (searching for buy link)
  3. The Color Of The Fire – Boards of Canada – Warp/Skam (1998) > buy link
  4. Moments In Love (beaten) – The Art of Noise – ZZT Records (1985) > buy link
  5. A Love Supreme Part I – Acknowledgement – John Coltrane – Impulse!(1964) > buy link
  6. excerpt from Love – Maharishi Maheshi Yogi – World Pacific Records (1967)
  7. Love Is Love – Alemayno Eshintay – Mississippi Records (2006) > (searching for buy link)
  8. excerpts from “As the twig is bent…” – Fr. Gene Jakubek, S.J. – Jesuit Seminary Guild (????)
  9. Happier Than The Morning Sun – Stevie Wonder – Tamla (1972) > buy link
  10. I Love You – Peter E. Tevis & Kelly Jean Peters – PET Records (1984)
  11. excerpts from Do You Love Me? – Archie & Edith Bunker – Atlantic (1971) > (searching for buy link)
  12. I Love You – Dennis Wilson – Caribou / Sundazed (1978/2008) > buy link
  13. excerpt from Airplane! – Ted Striker & Elaine Dickinson – Regency Records (1980) > (searching for buy link)
  14. Lovesick Blues – Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys – MGM / Polygram (1948/1985) > buy link
  15. Lonesome Tears – Beck – Geffen (2002) > buy link
  16. Theme Amour Universal – Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Pathe Marconi / Universal Sound (1970/2000) > (searching for buy link)
  17. excerpt from Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Tom Clay – Tamla Motown (1971) > (searching for buy link)
  18. Love – John Lennon – Apple / Capitol (1970) > buy link
  19. Martha – Tom Waits – Asylum Records (1973) > buy link
  20. Let’s Do It Again – The Staple Singers & Curtis Mayfield – Curtom Records (1975) > buy link
  21. Love and Affection – The Wailing Wailers – Studio One (1965) > buy link
  22. Love Can Be Anything (Can’t Nothing Be Love But Love) – The Temptations – Tamla Motown (1971) > buy link

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January 23rd, 2011 > beats 'n' pieces, funk 'n' soul, jazz, reggae, rock 'n' roll, 

luv073

What I Was Born Into

a small collection of sounds that were floating around our world when I came along in 1973.

image : The Longines Symphonette Society

Podcast: Download

    Tracklist:
  1. Keep Yourself Alive – Queen – Elektra (1973) > buy link
  2. intro from 1973 in Review – General Air Features – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  3. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  4. Over the Hills and Far Away – Led Zeppelin – Atlantic (1973) > buy link
  5. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  6. I’m So Green – Can – United Artists Records (1973) > buy link
  7. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  8. Dueling Banjos – Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel – Warner Bros. (1973) > buy link
  9. excerpt from Pagan Ritual – Mandingo – E.M.I. / Columbia (1973) > (searching for buy link)
  10. excerpt from 1973 in Review - General Air Features – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  11. Apache – Incredible Bongo Band – Pride (1973) > buy link
  12. Don’t Bug Me – Cheech & Chong – Ode Records (1973) > buy link
  13. Parade Strut – J.J. Johnson – MCA (1973) > (searching for buy link)
  14. excerpt from Hamhock’s Hall Was Big – Lightnin’ Rod – Celluloid (1973) > buy link
  15. 125th Street Congress – Weather Report – Columbia (1973) > buy link
  16. excerpt from The Shit Hits The Fan Again – Lightnin’ Rod – Celluloid (1973) > buy link
  17. radio promo ad for Coffy – XXX Black Label (1973) > (searching for buy link)
  18. Coffy Is The Color – Roy Ayers – Polydor (1973) > buy link
  19. U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  20. We Need Order – The Chi-Lites – Brunswick Records (1973) > buy link
  21. Richard Nixon soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  22. Commercialization – Jimmy Cliff – Reprise (1973) > buy link
  23. And Then There’s Maude – theme from tv show Maude – TVT (1972/1987) > (searching for buy link)
  24. U.S. Senators Sam Ervin & Howard Baker soundbite from 1973 in Review - The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  25. My Hero, Zero – Scholastic Rock, Inc. – Capitol (1973) > (searching for buy link)
  26. Paris 1919 – John Cale – Reprise (1973) > buy link
  27. Harmonika – Kraftwerk – Vertigo (1972/1973) > (searching for buy link)
  28. excerpt from Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield – Virgin (1973) > buy link
  29. I Am The Sea – The Who – MCA (1973) > buy link
  30. Lost In The Flood – Bruce Springsteen – Columbia (1973) > buy link
  31. Money – Pink Floyd – Harvest (1973) > buy link
  32. U.S. Senators Ted Stevens & Mike Gravel soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  33. excerpt from What Is Money, Anyway? – The Standard Life Assurance Company (1973) > (searching for buy link)
  34. He’s Misstra Know-It-All – Stevie Wonder – Tamla/Motown (1973) > buy link
  35. Henry Kissinger soundbite from 1973 in Review – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  36. Mamunia – Paul McCartney & Wings – Apple Records(1973) > buy link
  37. excerpt from the story of Robin Hood – Disneyland Records (1973) > (searching for buy link)
  38. Out The Blue – John Lennon – Apple Records (1973) > buy link
  39. outro from 1973 in Review – General Air Features – The Longines Symphonette Society (1973)
  40. Stir It Up – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Island (1973) > buy link

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December 5th, 2010 > jazz, rock 'n' roll, 

luv035

The Dance of Blind Willy Vortex and The Evil Guitar Strangler

when Blind Willy finally met The Evil Guitar Strangler he knew he was in the presence of a worthy opponent. the jams that ensued were epic.

photo : William Vortex Jr.

Podcast: Download

    Tracklist:
  1. Evil – Howlin’ Wolf – Chess / Soul Jazz (1968/2004) > buy link
  2. The Lonesome Guitar Strangler – Dr. John – Atco (1968) > buy link
  3. Gemini / Double Image (Medley) – Miles Davis – Columbia (1972) > (searching for buy link)
  4. Backspace Altercation – Tom Tyler – DC Recordings (2005) > buy link
  5. Dance of the Cosmo-Aliens – Sun Ra – El Saturn / Art Yard (1978/2005) > buy link
  6. Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow – Funkadelic – Westbound Records (1970) > buy link
  7. The Chart – Super Numeri – Ninja Tune (2005) > buy link
  8. Xenogenisis – Gil Melle – Kapp Records (1971) > (searching for buy link)
  9. Peon – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Warner Bros. (1970) > (searching for buy link)
  10. Mind Gardens – The Byrds – Columbia (1967) > buy link
  11. Hiding Your Present From You – Arthur Russell – Audika Records (1986/2005) > buy link
  12. Blind Willy – Sonny Sharrock – Vortex / 4 Men With Beards (1969/2001) > buy link

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October 24th, 2010 > no wave, post-punk, rock 'n' roll, 

luv078

White Savages

by the end of the seventies the white savages were pushing and pulling the meaning of rock and roll, using it in unheard of ways for their own twisted ends. primal angst rumbles up from underneath the rhythm.

photo : Pennie Smith from the album cover for The Slits - Cut. R.I.P. Ari Up

Podcast: Download

    Tracklist:
  1. Romantic Me – Polyrock – RCA (1980) > (searching for buy link)
  2. Caveman Head – Eurythmics – RCA (1981) > buy link
  3. White Savages – James White and The Blacks – ZE Records (1979) > buy link
  4. A Spit In The Ocean – Fred Frith – Ralph Records (1981) > buy link
  5. Friends – Tubeway Army – Beggars Banquet (1979) > buy link
  6. Discourse – Material – Celluloid (1980) > buy link
  7. Flextone – Liquid Liquid – 99 Records (1984) > buy link
  8. Mind Your Own Business – Sandy Steele – Uniwave (1981) > (searching for buy link)
  9. In The Beginning There Was Rhythm – The Slits – Human Records (1980) > buy link
  10. Kundalini – 23 Skidoo – Fetish Records (1982) > buy link
  11. Cacophony – Simple Minds – Virgin (1979) > buy link
  12. Man In The Dark Sedan – Snakefinger – Ralph Records (1980) > (searching for buy link)
  13. What Am I Gonna Do For Fun? – Pitch – ON/OFF Records (1982) > (searching for buy link)
  14. Blow Daddy-o – Pere Ubu – Chrysalis (1978) > buy link
  15. Under The House – Public Image Ltd. – Warner Bros. (1981) > buy link
  16. Looking From The Cooking Pot – Russ McDonald – Relentless/Soul Jazz (1981/2007) > buy link
  17. Transmission – Joy Division – Factory Records (1979) > buy link

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May 1st, 2010 > odd pop, rock 'n' roll, 

luv067

Up In Clouds Forever

an hour and a half of mid-to-late sixties memorabilia that was found at the crossroads where psyche pop, bubblegum music and acid rock meet.
image : Peter Michaelson

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    Tracklist:
  1. Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon – Paul Revere & The Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay – Columbia (1969) > buy link
  2. Hear In Here – The Association – Warner Brothers (1968)> (searching for buy link)
  3. Picture Book – The Kinks – Pye Records (1968) > (searching for buy link)
  4. Turn Around Take A Look – The Lemon Pipers – Buddah Records (1968) > (searching for buy link)
  5. Liar, Liar – The Castaways – Soma Records / Elektra / Rhino (1965/1972/2006) > buy link
  6. (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet – Blues Magoos – Mercury (1966) > buy link
  7. My World Fell Down – Sagittarius – Columbia (1967) > buy link
  8. Stranded In Time – The United States Of America – Columbia (1968) > buy link
  9. I Love All Of The Girls – The Buckinghams – Columbia (1967) > buy link
  10. Buddah – The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Reprise (1967) > buy link
  11. Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow – The Strawberry Alarm Clock – Uni / Sundazed (1967/2009) > buy link
  12. Can You Travel In The Dark Alone – Gandalf – Capitol (1969) > (searching for buy link)
  13. Stoned Is – Listening – Vanguard / Stoned Records (1968/1997) > buy link
  14. Reverberation (Doubt) – The 13th Floor Elevators – International Artists / Get Back (1966/2001) > buy link
  15. Dropout Boogie – Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band – Buddah Records (1967) > buy link
  16. Two Fingers Pointing On You – The Seeds – GNP Crescendo / Simply Vinyl (1968/2001)> (searching for buy link)
  17. You Showed Me – The Turtles – White Whale (1968) > buy link
  18. Dark Side of the Mushroom – The Chocolate Watch Band – Tower / Sundazed (1967/2009) > (searching for buy link)
  19. Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) – The First Edition – Reprise (1967) > buy link
  20. Dandelion Seeds – July – Major Minor / Knight Records (1968/1990) > buy link
  21. Strychnine – The Sonics – Etiquette Records / Norton Records (1965/1998) > (searching for buy link)
  22. Everything’s Changing – KAK – Epic (1968) > (searching for buy link)
  23. The Head Shop – the Head Shop – Epic (1969)> (searching for buy link)
  24. I Am A Tangerine – Tommy James & The Shondells – Roulette (1968) > buy link
  25. Seeing Mr. Spouth – The Heads – Liberty Records (1968)> (searching for buy link)
  26. Plus Belle Qu’une Poubelle / Why Are We Sleeping? – The Soft Machine – Probe (1968) > (searching for buy link)
  27. P.O. Box 9847 – The Monkees – Colgems / RCA Victor (1968) > buy link
  28. Early Dawn – The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band featuring Steve Hoffman – GNP Crescendo / Get Back (1967/1998)> (searching for buy link)
  29. With A Girl Like You – The Troggs – Fontana (1966) > buy link
  30. Alone Again Or – Love – Elektra / Sundazed (1967/2001) > buy link

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February 1st, 2010 > ambient revolution, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, 

luv061

Fade Away Never

this chill out mix is made by hand with only rock and pop records from the early seventies as my guide.
image : Daphne Gaye

Podcast: Download

    Tracklist:
  1. Mount Vernon and Fairway Theme – The Beach Boys – Brother Records / Reprise (1973) > buy link
  2. I’m The Pied Piper : Instrumental – The Beach Boys – Brother Records / Reprise (1973) > buy link
  3. Golden Hours – Brian Eno – Editions E.G. (1975) > buy link
  4. Hurry Tomorrow – The Temptations – Gordy / Motown (1973) > (searching for buy link)
  5. Jetsex – Robert Margouleff & Malcolm Cecil – Atlantic (1975) > (searching for buy link)
  6. Maggot Brain – Funkadelic – Westbound (1971) > buy link
  7. Planet Caravan – Black Sabbath – Warner Bros. (1970) > (searching for buy link)
  8. Biology 2 – Sparks – Bearsville (1974) > buy link
  9. Pling! – Shuggie Otis – Epic (1974) > buy link
  10. Berlin – Lou Reed – RCA (1973) > buy link
  11. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Timmy Thomas – Glades (1972) > buy link
  12. The Piedmont Elegy – Gil Melle – Kapp (1971) > (searching for buy link)
  13. Jennifer – Faust – Virgin (1973) > buy link
  14. Atom Heart Mother d) Funky Dung – Pink Floyd – Harvest / Capitol (1970) > buy link
  15. The Pointed Man – Nilsson – RCA (1970) > buy link
  16. Underground – Herbie Hancock – United Artists (1973) > (searching for buy link)
  17. A Different Drummer – Les Crane – Warner Bros. (1971) > buy link
  18. No Birds – Fred Frith – Caroline / Virgin (1974) > buy link
  19. The Needle And The Damage Done – Neil Young – Reprise (1972) > buy link
  20. Life Is A Gamble – Marvin Gaye – Tamla / Motown (1972) > buy link
  21. L’Hotel Particulier – Serge Gainsbourg – Mercury France / Philips (1971) > buy link
  22. Future Legend – David Bowie – RCA (1974) > buy link
  23. 2 H.B. – Roxy Music – Atco (1972) > buy link

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