Category Archives: rock ‘n’ roll

luv395

luv395 No Town Exit

No Town Exit

it’s a driftyshoegazinfuturekrautrockishpsychedelectronicsoundcollage type thing.
if you ain’t from Exit Zero maybe you won’t understand.
photo : view from Marsonic Studios
Tracklist:
  1. This Is Nowhere – The Oscillation – DC Recordings (2007) > buy link
  2. 405 Lines / Loko Motive – Blackhill Transmitter – fsoldigital.com (2016) > buy link
  3. You Must Wake / One Million Years Ago – Broadcast and The Focus Group – Warp (2009) > buy link
  4. Jacknuggeted – Manitoba – Leaf (2003) > buy link
  5. Wheels Rolling / Young Man / Feed’em Up – Orange Can – Regal (2000)
  6. New Toytown Walk – The Focus Groop – Ghost Box (2017) > buy link
  7. Crazy For You – Ulrich Schnauss – Morr Music (2002) > buy link
  8. Platonic Rate – Parsley Sound – Mo Wax (2003) > buy link
  9. Listening To The Frogs With Demon Eyes – The Flaming Lips – Warner Bros. (2016) > buy link
  10. Black Forest Gateaux – Higamos Hogamos – DC Recordings (2009) > buy link
  11. Black Glass Actions – Cavern Of Anti-Matter – Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks (2016) > buy link
  12. Stay With Me – Spiritualized – Dedicated / Arista / Plain Recordings (1997/2010) > buy link

luv392

luv392 Upholstery Farm

Upholstery Farm

back in the day Davey, Mickey, John and i would head downtown to this boss club called the Upholstery Farm. it was an amazing space, lots of levels, hideaway nooks and a big dancefloor. the place was totally psychedelicized. it use to be a fabric warehouse back in the 1940s but for a few years in the sixties it was the best place to hang out, pick up chicks and dance our cares away. it closed at the end of 1968 due to shady dealings but i will never forget the groovy tunes we would shake and shimmy to every night at the Upholstery Farm.
image : Jack Jodie
Tracklist:
  1. Come On In – The Association – Warner Bros. (1968) > buy link
  2. Here Comes My Baby – The Tremeloes – Epic (1967) > buy link
  3. All Strung Out Over You – The Chambers Brothers – Columbia (1966/1971) > buy link
  4. Just The Way You Are – The Strangeloves – Bang Records / Real Gone Music (1965/2019) > buy link
  5. Breathe In My Ear – The Shags – Kayden Records / Particles (1967/2019) > buy link
  6. Stone Free – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Polydor / Experience Hendrix / Legacy (1966/2016) > buy link
  7. Shape Of Things To Come – Davie Allan and The Arrows – Tower / Sundazed (1969/2004) > buy link
  8. Incense And Peppermints – The Strawberry Alarm Clock – UNI Records (1967) > buy link
  9. The Eagle Never Hunts The Fly – The Bonniwell Music Machine – Warner Bros. / Real Gone Music (1968/2020) > buy link
  10. Sock It To Me, Baby – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – Bell Records / Quality Records (1967/1981) > buy link
  11. Drunken Maria – The Monks – International Polydor Production / Universal Music Special Markets (1966/2011) > buy link
  12. Gingerbread Man – Tommy James and The Shondells – Roulette (1968) > buy link
  13. I Can Dig It – Booker T. & The MG’s – Stax (1968) > buy link
  14. Gonna Hang Around – The Golliwogs – Fantasy / Craft Recordings / Scorpio (1965/2017) > buy link
  15. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds – Jefferson Airplane – RCA Victor / Sundazed (1967/2002) > buy link
  16. Throw My Love Away – The Honeybus – Deram / Hanky Panky Records / Mapache Records (1967/2019) > buy link
  17. Color Me True – Sly & The Family Stone – Epic (1968) > buy link

luv387

luv387 Take That Long Walk With Me

Take That Long Walk With Me

guitar wielding troubadours strumming their way to salvation, singing their truth to the horizon for all to hear. music for all the mornings still to live.
image : Mike Toppe remixed with luv
Tracklist:
  1. Morning Morgantown – Joni Mitchell – Reprise (1970) > buy link
  2. She Came And She Touched Me – Townes Van Zandt – Poppy / Fat Possum Records (1969/2007) > buy link
  3. Cross Country Bus – Lee Hazlewood – Light In The Attic (1955/2019) > buy link
  4. Owls – Leo Kottke – Capitol (1972) > buy link
  5. Election Day – Blaze Foley – Fat Possum Records (1976/2010/2016) > buy link
  6. Down From Dover – Dolly Parton – RCA Victor / The Omni Recording Corporation / The Iron Mountain Analogue Research Facility (1970/2019) > buy link
  7. Sin City – The Flying Burrito Bros – A&M / Intervention Records (1969/2017) > buy link
  8. Billy Austin – Steve Earle – Geffen (1990/2016) > buy link
  9. Diagonal – Richard Crandell – Cutthroat Records / Numero Group (1980/2008) > buy link
  10. Star Of Bethlehem – Neil Young – Reprise (1975/2020) > buy link
  11. You’re Dead – Norma Tanega – New Voice Records / Real Gone Music (1966/2019) > buy link
  12. The Animal Of Man – Roger Miller – Columbia / The Omni Recording Corporation / The Iron Mountain Analogue Research Facility (1973/2020) > buy link
  13. Funeral Song For Mississippi John Hurt – John Fahey and His Orchestra – Reprise (1972) > buy link
  14. Your Memory Has A Mind Of It’s Own – Willie Nelson – Legacy / Sony Music (2017) > buy link
  15. I Shall Be Released – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1971) > buy link

luv377

luv377 The Cold War

The Cold War

as a kid in the early eighties new wave pop music of was a fitting soundtrack to the frozen landscapes of a Canadian winter. the blend of new technologies with a post-punk attitude intensified by a reawakening of Cold War tensions altered the narrative of pop music. icy synths, effected guitars and stark drum machines reflected the societal anxiety of hurtling toward an unknown future. as a younger version of myself looked over the ice and snow, unsure of my own place in the world, this sound made sense. still does.
photo : Rozanne Giraf
Tracklist:
  1. Your Silent Face – New Order – Factory (1983) > buy link
  2. A Forest – The Cure – Fiction Records / Polydor (1980) > buy link
  3. Love Song – Polyrock – RCA Victor (1981) > buy link
  4. Utter Space – Men Without Hats – H.A.T.S. Inc / Statik Records / Sire (1980/1985) > buy link
  5. A + B = C – Mathematiques Moderne – Dorian / Vogue / Medical Records LLC (1981/2013) > buy link
  6. Sleeper In Metropolis – Anne Clark with David Harrow – Ink Records (1985) > buy link
  7. In Your Memory (Slik Mix) – Depeche Mode – Mute (1984) > buy link
  8. Plenty – Kevin Hewick And The Sound – Cherry Red (1983) > buy link
  9. Weather Radio – Pylon – Armageddon Records / Vertigo (1980)
  10. Capital (It Fails Us Now) – Gang Of Four – Warner Bros. (1982) > buy link
  11. We Are Broken – Tears For Fears – Mercury / Vertigo (1982/1983) > buy link
  12. Seconds – The Human League – Virgin (1981) > buy link
  13. Vienna – Ultravox – Chrysalis (1980) > buy link
  14. The Aircrash Bureau – Gary Numan – Beggars Banquet (1980) > buy link
  15. Tattoo – Siouxsie And The Banshees – Wonderland / Polydor (1983) > buy link
  16. Beneath The Blade – Section 25 – Factory (1984) > buy link
  17. Eve Ryonne – Band Apart – Crammed Discs (1983) > buy link
  18. Glupi Numer – Madame – Tonpress (1985)
  19. Khanada – Duran Duran – EMI (1981) > buy link
  20. Forever Now – The Psychedelic Furs – Columbia (1982) > buy link
  21. Machines – Modern English – 4AD / Vertigo (1984) > buy link
  22. Porcupine – Echo & The Bunnymen – Korova (1983) > buy link
  23. The Unforgettable Fire – U2 – Island (1984) > buy link

luv372

luv372 Reigning The Swamp

Reigning The Swamp

deep grooves scraped from the bottom of the melting pot and mixed together to create a gumbo that’s full of country heat and down home funky soul.
image : Enola Gray
Tracklist:
  1. Occapella – Lee Dorsey – Polydor (1970) > buy link
  2. Cabbage Alley – The Meters – Reprise (1972) > buy link
  3. I Walk On Guilded Splinters – Cher – ATCO / Soul Jazz (1969/2011) > buy link
  4. Who Is He (And What Is He To You)? – Bill Withers – Sussex (1972) > buy link
  5. Cajun Moon – J.J. Cale – Shelter Records / Mercury (1974/1984) > buy link
  6. I’m Glad You’re Mine – Al Green – Hi Records (1972) > buy link
  7. Papa, Woncha Let Me Go To Town With You – Bobbie Gentry – Capitol (1967) > buy link
  8. Light Blue – Bob Darin – Direction / Light In The Attic (1969/2012) > buy link
  9. El Diablo – ZZ Top – London Records / Warner Bros. (1976) > buy link
  10. Marposa / Butterfly – Benitez And Nebula – Vaya Records / Soul Jazz (1976/1998) > buy link
  11. The Ballad Of Hollis Brown – Leon Russell – Shelter Records / Philips (1974) > buy link
  12. On The Road Again – Canned Heat / Blind Owl Wilson – Liberty / Sutro Park / Mississippi Records (1968/2016) > buy link
  13. Spaced Cowboy – Sly & The Family Stone – Epic (1971) > buy link
  14. What Do You See In Her – Inell Young – Libra Records / Soul Jazz (1972/2008) > buy link
  15. A Joyful Process – Funkadelic – Westbound Records (1972) > buy link
  16. Peace Frog – The Doors – Elektra (1970) > buy link
  17. Who’s Making Love – Tony Joe White – Monument / Soul Jazz (1969/2012) > buy link
  18. How Long (Betcha’ Got A Chick On The Side) – The Pointer Sisters – Blue Thumb Records (1975) > buy link
  19. Hey Pocky A-Way – The Wild Tchoupitoulas – Island (1976) > buy link
  20. Life – Dr. John – ATCO (1973) > buy link

luv366

luv366 Almost Beastly

Almost Beastly

21st Century rock’n’roll from the deviants and descendants of the Freak Scene.
image : a Hugo Rodas & sweet daddy luv collaboration
Tracklist
  1. Tall Man Skinny Lady – Ty Segall – Drag City (2014) > buy link
  2. Panda – Dungen – Subliminal Sounds (2004) > buy link
  3. The Gravy – Japanther – Tapes Records / Wäntage USA (2006) > buy link
  4. Gamma Ray – Beck – DGC (2008) > buy link
  5. Megumi The Milkyway Above – Connan Mockasin – Mexican Summer (2010/2014) > buy link
  6. Cannibal Planet – OCS – Castle Face (2017) > buy link
  7. Pink Steam – Sonic Youth – Goofin’ Records (2006) > buy link
  8. Glass Tassle – Absolutely Free – One Big Silence (2012) > buy link
  9. In Another Way – My Bloody Valentine – MBV Records (2013)
  10. After Class – Atlas Sound – Kranky (2008/2016) > buy link
  11. Time To Live – Ariel Pink – Mexican Summer (2017) > buy link
  12. Headin’ For The Top Now – Spiritualized – Double Six / Fat Possum Records (2012) > buy link
  13. Same Side – The Casket Girls – Graveface Records (2014) > buy link
  14. My Intention – Ape School – Counter Records (2009) > buy link
  15. My British Tour Diary – Of Montreal – Polyvinyl Record Company (2004) > buy link
  16. Tricky – Born Ruffians – Paper Bag Records / Yep Roc Records (2018) > buy link
  17. Those Days Is Comin’ Soon – The Lemon Twigs – 4AD (2016) > buy link

luv363

luv363 I Am Trumpeter Landfrey

I Am Trumpeter Landfrey

Trumpeter Landfrey’s story is a complicated one as it starts at the end and ends at the beginning. through this collection of late sixties odd pop psyche rock we experience Landfrey’s final days; his memories, regrets, acceptance and death. after which we witness him reborn into a world of new beginnings full of love, loss, darkness, lightness, satisfaction and finally, recognition. all to end up right where we started with Trumpeter Landfrey’s introduction.
image : Peter “Lefty” Murrand
Tracklist
  1. Trumpeter Landfrey…. – Pearls Before Swine – ESP Disk / Drag City (1968/2018) > buy link
  2. A Beginning – The Beatles / George Martin – Apple Records (1968/1996) > buy link
  3. Le Vent – The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band featuring Steve Hoffman – GNP Crescendo / Get Back (1967/1998)
  4. Transparent Day – The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Reprise Records (1967) > buy link
  5. Lady Of The Lake – Strawberry Alarm Clock – UNI Records (1968) > buy link
  6. Have You Seen Your Brother Lately – Tages – Parlophone / Bear Family Records (1967/2017) > buy link
  7. Hunters Of Heaven – Harumi – Verve Forecast / Klimt Records (1968/2011) > buy link
  8. Free Form Freak-Out #5 – The Red Crayola with The Familiar Ugly – International Artists / Charly Records (1967/2014) > buy link
  9. Death – The Pretty Things – Columbia / Madfish (1968/2013) > buy link
  10. Rest In Peace – Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde – Columbia (1967) > buy link
  11. On With The Show – The Idle Race – Liberty / Music On Vinyl (1968/2018) > buy link
  12. How Nice? – The Tokens – Warner Bros. (1967) > buy link
  13. Emily Small (The Huge World Thereof) – Picadilly Line – CBS / Radiation Reissues (1967/2016) > buy link
  14. See Emily Play – Pink Floyd – Columbia / Starline (1967/1971) > buy link
  15. A Small Package Of Value Will Come To You Shortly / Young Girl Sunday Blues – Jefferson Airplane – RCA Victor (1967) > buy link
  16. Nightmares – The Creation – Hit-Ton Schallplatten / Numero Group (1967/2018) > buy link
  17. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand – The Who – Track Record / Polydor (1967/1983) > buy link
  18. Supplicio – The Monkees – Colgems / Friday Music (1968/2017) > buy link
  19. Baby Please Don’t Go – The Ballroom – Warner Bros. / Rhino (1967/2017) > buy link
  20. Why Don’t You Just Drop In – Giles, Giles & Fripp – Tiger Bay (1968/2018)
  21. The Wedding Of Ramona Blair – The Mirage – Philips / Pilot Records (1967/2012) > buy link
  22. Lady’s Man – Paper Garden – Musicor Records / Sundazed Music (1969/2014) > buy link
  23. All Of My Friends Were There – The Kinks – Pye Records (1968) > buy link
  24. Sun And Sand – Rainbow Ffolly – Parlophone / Guerssen (1968/2011) > buy link
  25. The Equestrian Statue – Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Liberty / Parlophone (1967/2017) > buy link
  26. Ring Thing (outro) – Pearls Before Swine – ESP Disk / Drag City (1968/2018) > buy link

luv352

luv352 Stephen Lebovits

i don’t give a damn

340 mixtapes in and 8 years on. still surfin’ the Record Canyon. still making regular mixes of irregular music. still blastin’ out the yard. here’s a cautionary tale of rebellious rock’n’roll for anyone out there listening in. i’m doin’ it for luv. i don’t give a damn about my bad reputation.
Tracklist
  1. Spirit Of The Radio – Rush – Anthem Records (1980) > buy link
  2. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love – Van Halen – Warner Bros. (1978) > buy link
  3. Bad Fun – The Cult – Beggar’s Banquet / Vertigo (1987) > buy link
  4. Set Me Free – Sweet – RCA Victor / Capitol (1974/1975) > buy link
  5. Jailbreak – AC/DC – Atlantic (1976/1984) > buy link
  6. No More Mr. Nice Guy – Alice Cooper – Warner Bros. (1973) > buy link
  7. Bad Reputation – Joan Jett – Blackheart Records / The Boardwalk Entertainment Co. (1980) > buy link
  8. Toys In The Attic – Aerosmith – Columbia (1975) > buy link
  9. The Hammer – Motörhead – Bronze / Mercury (1980) > buy link
  10. Mr. Brownstone – Guns N’ Roses – Geffen (1987) > buy link
  11. Space Truckin’ – Deep Purple – Purple Records / Warner Bros. (1972) > buy link
  12. The Wait – Pretenders – Sire (1979) > buy link
  13. The Hard Way – The Kinks – RCA Victor (1980) > buy link
  14. Am I Going Insane (Radio) – Black Sabbath – NEMS / Warner Bros. (1975) > buy link
  15. Too Much Carousing – Goddo – Fatcat Records / Polydor (1978)
  16. Don’t Lie To Me – Big Star – Ardent Records (1972) > buy link
  17. The Death Of Rock And Roll – Todd Rundgren – Bearsville (1975) > buy link
  18. Wind Up Workin’ In A Gas Station – Frank Zappa – Warner Bros. (1976) > buy link
  19. Out Of Work Musician – The Monks – Harvest / EMI (1979)
  20. Starry Eyes – The Records – Virgin (1979) > buy link

luv348

luv348 Point Of No Return

Point Of No Return

your boyfriend’s back and you’re shakin’ all over. this year your summer crush stirs a heatwave that lasts all summer long, maybe even longer. your relationship is stronger and your love deeper than ever before. maybe you will break each other’s hearts, or maybe you’ll be true. no matter what the future brings, you have to see it through.
photo : Bob + Susan deep in love
Tracklist
  1. My Boyfriend’s Back – The Angels – Smash Records (1963) > buy link
  2. Give Him A Great Big Kiss – The Shangri-Las – Red Bird / Charly Records (1964/1980) > buy link
  3. Baby I Love You – The Ronettes – Philles Records / Sundazed Music (1964/2012) > buy link
  4. Hello There Angel – Marvin Gaye – Tamla / Rumble Records (1963/2014) > buy link
  5. The Way You Do The Things You Do – The Temptations – Gordy / Motown (1964/1973) > buy link
  6. Baby Workout – Jackie Wilson – Brunswick / Epic (1963/1983) > buy link
  7. Heatwave – Martha Reeves and The Vandellas – Gordy / Rumble Records (1963/2014) > buy link
  8. Shakin’ All Over – The Swinging Blue Jeans – Imperial (1964) > buy link
  9. Something About You – The Four Tops – Motown (1965/1974) > buy link
  10. Point Of No Return – Gene McDaniels – Liberty Records / United Artists (1962/1975) > buy link
  11. I Took My Baby Home – Kinks – Pye Records /Earmark (1964/2003) > buy link
  12. One Room Paradise – Aretha Franklin – Columbia (1964) > buy link
  13. Signed, Sealed, And Delivered – James Brown – King Records / Polydor (1963) > buy link
  14. Stand By Me – Little Eva – Amy / Real Gone Music (1965/2017) > buy link
  15. Till There Was You – The Beatles – Parlophone (1963) > buy link
  16. A Summer Song – Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde – World Artists Records (1964) > buy link

luv341

luv341 Rock Stars Say The Darndest Things

Rock Stars Say The Darndest Things

part of the magic of rock’n’roll is absurdity. i mean it wasn’t just the pounding drums and squealing guitars that terrified the squares. it was the loud music combined with the lunatic ravings of a madman that pushed them over the edge. in that spirit here is just over 90 minutes of crazy foolishness, preposterous nonsense and stupid silly lyrical absurdities from some bona fide rock stars. a-wop-bomp-a-loo-wop-a-lomp-bam-boom!
photo : from the infamous Art Linkletter – Bob Dylan interview, September 9, 1965. taken by Jim J. Crowdlee
Tracklist
  1. My Friend – Jimi Hendrix – Reprise / Legacy Records (1971/2014) > buy link
  2. Plateau – Meat Puppets – SST / Ryko Analogue (1984/2010) > buy link
  3. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed – David Bowie – Philips / RCA (1969/1972) > buy link
  4. Tombstone Blues – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1965) > buy link
  5. Blinded By The Light – Bruce Springsteen – Columbia (1973) > buy link
  6. Erroneous Escape Into Erik Eckles – Of Montreal – Polyvinyl Record Company (2004) > buy link
  7. Pineapple – Sparks – Island (1975) > buy link
  8. The Intro And The Outro – Bonzo Dog Doo/Dah Band – Liberty / Sunset Records (1967/1970) > buy link
  9. Radio Gnome Invisible – Gong – Virgin (1973) > buy link
  10. The Soft Parade – The Doors – Elektra (1969) > buy link
  11. No Good Trying – Syd Barrett – Harvest / Vinilisssimo (1970/2011) > buy link
  12. Ashtray Heart – Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band – Virgin (1980) > buy link
  13. Monkberry Moon Delight – Paul and Linda McCartney – Apple Records / MPL / Hear Music (1971/2012) > buy link
  14. She Don’t Use Jelly – The Flaming Lips – Warner Bros. (1993) > buy link
  15. Swordfishtrombone – Tom Waits – Island (1983) > buy link
  16. Andy’s Chest – Lou Reed – RCA (1972) > buy link
  17. Ride A White Swan – T. Rex – Parlophone / Cube Records (1970/1971) > buy link
  18. The Stallion Pt. 3 – Ween – Elektra / Schnitzel Records (1992/2015) > buy link
  19. Back In Judy’s Jungle – Eno – Island (1974) > buy link
  20. Sitting In My Tree – The Idle Race – Liberty / Music On Vinyl (1968/2018) > buy link
  21. Elephants – They Might Be Giants ft. Danny Weinkauf – Idlewild Recordings / Megaforce Records (2015) > buy link
  22. Muffin Man – Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers – Discreet (1975) > buy link
  23. Satan Gave Me A Taco – Beck – Flipside Records (1994)