Linda Laine & The Sinners, "Low Grades & A High Fever".

....64?

....England?

....Who knows?

The Blue Orchids, "Ooh Chang-A-Lang"/"Love Hit Me".

A trio of 14-15 year old girls from England.

'Round.. 63? 64?

I love anything Phil Spector. Or in this case.. Phil Spector-y.

Great songs, totally drum driven.

"Ooh Chang-A-Lang"

"Love Hit Me":

Sugar Simone & John E. Paul, "I Wanna Know".

I couldn't decide which version I liked better.

Just some Northern Soul for a holiday Monday.

So uh.. here:

Sugar Simone - "I Want To Know":

John E. Paul - "I Wanna Know":

Bascom Lamar Lunsford, "Swannanoa Tunnel"

Bascom Lamar Lunsford: Banjo enthusiast, God-fearin' Appalachian, Democrat.

There's something sad about ye olde American music. Maybe I'm a sucker for heartbroken white dudes. Maybe it's a loneliness I identify with. Even the celebratory sing-alongs always seemed like sort of a bummer to me. I'm in the middle of my own '30s Great Depression here maybe.

(I uploaded this "vid" myself, because i couldn't find a decent version anywhere else online).

Lighthouse, "One Fine Morning".

Nothing heals this ol' garbage life like a little Can-con radio staple action.

Temptations, "Papa Was A Rolling Stone".

I think this might well be the best video on the internet.

Blind Willie McTell, "Dying Crapshooter's Blues"/"Little Delia".

Two tracks from 'Atlanta Twelve String'.

Pretty late sessions, from the mid-late 40s.

Released in Italy in the early 70s.

McTell died in '59. Diabetes and alcohol.

"Dying Crapshooter's Blues":

"Little Delia":

The Radiants, "Hold On"

Recorded & released in '68, this was The Radiants' last single to reach the charts (#68 in America). Maybe their last single, ever.

They were from Chicago. They recorded for Chess. This is one of my favourite songs ever.

Nina Simone, "Feeling Good".

Because Monday February 8, 2010 can suck it, as far as I'm concerned.

Strange Boys, "Be Brave".

This is a great record. One of my faves so far this year. "Be Brave" is the title track. Features someone-or-other from Mika Miko (another great band) and some other people.

It's a great slice o' garage-velvets-singalong-kinda-thing. Y'know?

Shirley Ann Lee, "There's A Light"/"I Shall Not Be Moved"

More gospel-y Numero Group stuff ('Downriver Revival') - from Toledo, Ohio. What an amazing voice. I'm going to see if I can track down a copy of the DVD today. I have nothing else to do.

I think "I Shall Not Be Moved" is the slowest, laziest, best end-of-the-night "I'm really drunk but I'm totally not going to bed unhappy" song ever.

"There's A Light":

"I Shall Not Be Moved":

The guys from NG tracked her down 40 year after she recorded these songs (she didn't have a cd player in her house, so they played 'em for her in the car).

Little Eva, "Let's Turkey Trot"

Little Eva is pretty classic. Everyone knows "Locomotion". Seriously.

I heard this on the CBC this afternoon, and I thought I'd just drop it here. It's a ridiculous track, I know.

(Note that I just learned how to embed a crappy flash mp3 player. Whatever.)

The Conet Project

this is (from wiki):

"recordings of numbers stations, mysterious shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin believed to be operated by government agencies to communicate with spies "in the field"."

I can listen to this all day. I have no idea why. I also like the mystery behind it.

DISC 1

DISC 2

DISC 3

DISC 4

(all mediafire links).

Reverend Lofton & His Holy Travellers, "Look To Jesus".

More gospel from 'Talkin' Trash! Lookey Dookey!'

Another song from someone I know next-to-nothing about.

Great track though, so suck it.

Wilbert Harrison, "Stagger Lee".

Frig - this is so good. Great player & singer. I like the sly looks he keeps giving the camera, too.

Evelyn Freeman, "Didn't It Rain?"

Gospel from.. '64?

Freeman comes from a family of musicians (her brother Ernie played with The Platters, I think..).

I heard it on some old Crypt Records compilation. Probably 'Talkin' Trash Lookey Dookey'.

I kind of want to start a new DJ night just so I can play this track over and over.

PS 'Didn't It Rain' is also a pretty decent Songs: Ohia record.

Jimmie Rodgers, "Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)"

Jimmie Rodgers, "Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)".

On some ol' tv program.

I feel like such a honky right now.

The Moovers, "Darling I'll Go"

The Moovers, from Miami. Once again, I don't know anything about these guys.

Still.. "Darling I'll Go" is a great tune, found on the Numero Group Comp 'The Deep City'.

Leo Graham, 'Black Candle'/'Black Lamp'

I don't know very much about Leo Graham - except that he recorded a handfull of 45s in the early-to-mid 70s, and did a lot of vocal session stuff for Lee Perry.

This is my fave - both sides of the 'Black Candle'/'Bad Lamp' single.

I've also seen it referred to as 'Black Bat', on a couple different comps.. though - that might be a totally different version.

I pulled the audio from one of upsetter.net's podcasts (on Graham). Thanks.