Feel My Pulse- Electrafixion
Walk Away- Donna Summer
Love Is All I Had- Phyllis Dillon
Back In N.Y.C.- Peter Gabriel
Driving Wheel- Al Green
Love & Harmony- Jennifer Lara
You Don't Love Me- Sonny & Cher
Feel My Pulse- Electrafixion
(This Echo & The Bunnymen side project got a Record Store Day vinyl release last month and it was the first time I heard it since its initial release. I really enjoyed it, like Echo with balls.)
Walk Away- Donna Summer
(The "Bad Girls" album was a big summer hit in Sheepshead Bay in 1979. Even the hard rock loving disco haters loved this record. I still do. Moroder is a genius.)
Love Is All I Had- Phyllis Dillon
(The first of two...yes TWO reggae cuts this week. I picked up some great records at Roots Tonic in Oakland and they are all making me very happy. I couldn't help but share.)
Back In N.Y.C.- Genesis
(I know "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" is considered a prog classic, but if you boil it down to a
single LP, trim that proggy fat, and use the most accessible songs, it might as well be a psych
pop album.)
Driving Wheel- Al Green
(I used to cover this one with The Cool Jerks. The band was pretty damn good on it, too. But we'll keep it with the Rev for this mix.)
Love & Harmony- Jennifer Lara
(Here's the other reggae track. "Studio One Presents Jennifer Lara" was always a very expensive record, but Roots Tonic, who I mentioned above, got a few limited represses in at an affordable price. Love the album and love this track. Maybe you will, too. Don't skip over it.)
You Don't Love Me- Sonny & Cher
(Buried deep on Side Two of Sonny & Cher's debut is this cover of the Willie Cobbs classic that you probably know best from the ABB "Live At The Fillmore East" record. Whose idea was this? Not bad, actually.)
5 comments:
Tasty eclectic mix. The guitar fills on Love & Harmony give a good balance to the spacey ice rink keyboards. And one of my favorite Genesis tunes who rarely did angry songs.
Today’s cover is new to me and is a killer version. I love the Staples, but this one has a wilder tone.
- Paul in DK
Back In NYC is underrated
Proggy Fat would be a good band name
TWO reggae songs! Geez, Sal, you're killing us!! :)
Love the mix... though the Donna Summer song is a bit of a stretch for me.
Randy
Phyllis Dillon tune made my day. Rock solid rhythm section burbles away in the background with tasty horn accents added occasionally and is that a flute solo i hear? vocals sublime. perfect for me.
rs
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