Soul 15 Vol. 3

Arthur Alexander

Roddie Joy

Aaron Neville

1.  Please- Please- Please - James Brown With The Famous Flames

2.  One Step Ahead (Remastered) - Aretha Franklin

3.  Sharing The Night Together - Arthur Alexander

4.  Strange Feeling - Billy Stewart

5.  Come Back Baby - Roddie Joy

6.  Storm Warning - The Volcanos

7.  I Found Me a Lover (Bonus Track) - The Lovelites

8.  Every Day - Aaron Neville

9.  Stuck On You - Yvonne Carroll and The Roulettes

10. Hey Love - Stevie Wonder

11. Confessin A Feeling - Sly, Slick & Wicked

12. I'll Let The Boys Know - Anita Humes & The Essex

13. Hey! Pretty Girl - Arthur Lee Maye & the Crowns

14. Take It Easy - Archie James Cavanaugh

15. Private Number - Judy Clay / William Bell

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Mix Tape 075

The Satelliters

Jerry Lee Lewis

1.  Always Complaining - Skybombers

2.  Let Go of You Girl - Left Banke

3.  South of the Border - The Beat Taboo

4. Find Your Sister (A Brand New Boyfriend) - The Hi-Risers

5. The Only Time - The Wanderers

6.  Honey (Touch Me With My Clothes On) - Gilda Radner

7. What’s Wrong With Mr. Shale - The Satelliters

8.  Behind the Times - Bill Hjerpe

9.  That Boy of Mine - Breakaways

10. Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis

11. Cobra’s Blood - Kit Convict & Thee Terrible Two

12. What It’s Like To Be In Love - Ones

13. Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens

14. Better - The Blind Owls

15. Remember a Day - Pink Floyd

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Soul 15 Vol. 2

Donald Woods & the Vel-Aires

Tell Her - Paradise         
Every beat of my heart - The Pips

Clinton park - Masterplan  

Sitting in the park - Billy Stewart

Can’t live without her - Billy Butler & The Chanters

(Mama), He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown

Does your mama know about me - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers

Now he’s gone (aka now you’re gone) - Bobbie Smith

My very own - Donald Woods & the Vel-Aires

She’s gone - Step by Step   

I need a guy   - The Lovettes

I see your face - Joe Simon

Fireman - Vala Reegan & the Valarons

(I love her so much) It hurts me - The Majestics

Stuck on you  - Yvonne Carroll & the Roulettes

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Soul 15 Vol. 1

Ruth Brown

Nolan Strong & the Diablos

Roddie Joy

   


1.  Since You're Gone - Nolan Strong & the Diablos
2.  My Sweet Baby - Sir Guy
3.  Just a Bad Thing - Janice Christian with Johnny & the Charmers
4.  When Something is Wrong With My Baby - Sam & Dave
5.  Crazy Eyes for You - Bobby Hamilton
6.  One Little Dance - The Moovers
7.  My Heart - Carolyn Crawford
8.  Come Back Baby - Roddie Joy
9.  I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd
10. Who Wouldn't Love a Man Like That - Mable John
11. Oh My Angel - Bertha Tillman
12. When I Had Your Love - Marvin Gaye
13. Lost - The Darlettes
14. Ain't No Big Thing - The Radiants
15. This Love That I'm Giving You - The Joytones

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Mix Tape 074

Jimmy & the Entertainers

I don't know about you, but I'm Santa'd out. I honest to God hope to never hear another Christmas song again. Bah humbug! My inspiration for 074. 

Hopefully, this mix will ease the pain.

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1.  Full Blown Love Attack - The Condors

2.  Vampire Girls - Jesus H Christ & the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse

3.  A New Girl - Debbie Dean

4.  The New Girl in School - Alex Chilton

5.  New Girl - Jimmie and the Entertainers

6.  The Little Girl I Once Knew (Alternate Version) - Beach Boys

7. Prevailing Darkness - The Endless

8. It Hurts To Be Alone - Bob Marley & the Wailers

9.  So Much - Little Phil & the Night Shadows

10. Lollipop - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

11. I’m gonna Get You - The L.A. Teens

12. Back It Up - Nils Lofgren

13. Jump - Van Halen

14. La-Do-Da-Da - Ronnie rice & the Gants

15. Ya Ha Be Be - Bel-Aires

16. Lovin’ Machine - Wynonie Harris

17. Stockholm Syndrome - Yo La Tengo

18. Dapper Dan - Vyt and the World

19. Its You - Jonathan Richman

20. Alison Gross - Steeleye Span

21. I’ll Sell My Soul - The Allies

22. Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman) - The Cellos

23. Blind Date in Chinatown - Sugar Twins

24. Dining In Chinatown - Jennifer Wells

25. China Sea - John Cale
26. China Cat Sunflower - The Grateful Dead

Mix Tape 073

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1. Sermon Against Rock & Roll - Jimmy Snow

2. Mona - Bo Diddley

3. If I Didn’t Love You Girl - Travis Pike’s Tea Party

4. Can’t Live Without Her - Billy Butler & the Chanters

5. Never Take the Place of You - Los Lobos

6. What I Dig - The Sneakers

7. Nostalgia - Ronnie Kae & the Drum City Band

8. I’m Enchanted - The Frowning Clouds

9. Music is the Magic - Kim Fowley

10. She May Call You Up Tonight (Live from Maxwell’s Hannukah 2008) - Yo La Tengo

11. Maybe After He’s Gone - The Zombies

12. Wait Till My Bobby Gets Home - Martha & the Vandellas

13. Draft Dodger Blues - Don Wright & the Headset

14. Napalm On the Street - Kit Convict & Thee Terrible Two

15. Only in America - The Drifters

16. Seems Like Years - The Stepford Husbands

17. Ooh La - The Kooks

18. Joanie - The Bay Bops

19. Prove Your Love - Fleetwood Mac

20. It’s Going to Happen - The Undertones

21. Pamela - Ultimate Spinach

22. And More - Love

23. The Warmth of the Sun - Matthew Sweet

Songs We Taught Yo La Tengo

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I guess I can't keep away.

This compilation was somewhat inspired by "Songs We Taught the Detroit Cobras." YLT is one of the few bands that can pull off doing incredible covers as well as awesome original music. Another band/artist that comes to mind is Big Star/Alex Chilton. YLT has done an incredible number of covers over the years and it would be almost an impossibility to come close to including a fraction of those songs. This is but a small sample. Two songs that I really would have liked to include but ran out of room are "Nuclear War" by Sun Ra and "Raw Power" by Iggy and the Stooges. If you have suggestions for a Volume 2, I'd love to hear them.

1.  Somebody’s in Love - The Cosmic Rays
2.  A House is Not a Motel - Love [from the Forever Changes Concert 1-15-03]
3.  Tighten Up - Archie Bell & the Drells
4.  My Heart’s Not in It - The Cookies
5.  Out of Control - Channel 3
6.  Somebody’s Baby - Jackson Browne
7.  Needle of Death - Bert Jansch
8.  Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens
9.  Fourth Time Around - Bob Dylan
10. Bad Politics - The Dead C
11. Cast a Shadow - Beat Happening
12. Heart Full of Soul - Yardbirds
13. Prisoners of Rock ’N Roll - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
14. I Can Hear Music - The Ronettes
15. Too Late - Wire
16. I’m Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify
17. Downtown - Petula Clark
18. Big Sky (mono) - The Kinks
19. Let’s Get Rid of New York - The Randoms
20. Hanky Panky Nohow - John Cale
21. Friday I’m in Love - The Cure
22. Whole of the Law - The Only Ones
23. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
24. Come See About Me - The Supremes
25. You Baby - The Turtles
26. Take Care - Big Star

Mix Tape 072

The Feelies 

The Cookies 

Jackie Wilson

This will be the last mix, at least for a while. It's been a blast. Thanks to all those who were kind enough to contribute with songs and/or comments, particularly to Shawn, Boss Logan and Tom. 

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1. “I Got Rhythm” - Brian Wilson - from “Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin”

2. “Dancing in the Street” - David Bowie and Mick Jagger - from a 1985 EP by the duet

3. “Rhythm” - Major Lance - Okeh, 1964

4. “Crazy Rhythms” - The Feelies - from their debut album of the same name, 1980

5. “Keep on Dancing” - The Box Tops - from “Tear Off” 1998

6. “Since I Met You” - The Basements - from the recent “Lost” album from Greece

7. “My Heart’s Not In It” - Darlene McCrea (Cookies) - Tower, 1964

8. “You Baby” - Yo La Tengo - live from Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ) Hannukah show 12/11/07 with Howard Kaylan (Turtles) on vocals [!!]

9. “Jackie wilson Said” - Dexys Midnight Runners and Kevin Rowland - Mercury, 1982

10. “Lonely Teardrops” - Jackie Wilson - Chess, 1958

11. “Baby’s Gone” - Toto Y Los Ritardos Psychodelic - from “Death & Destruction,” 2016 - pure, primitive punk

12. “Charlie Pistole” - Paul Orwell — from the just released “Paul Orwell Presents Organized Blues” - contributed by Shawn

13. “Danny Says” - Ramones - from “End of the Century,” 1980 and, of course the movie about Danny Fields

14. “What’cha Gonna Do” - The Drifters - Atlantic, 1955

15. “Summer’s Gone” - Cynics - Get Hip, 1990

16. “Diana in the Autumn Wind” - National Gallery - weird but beautiful - from “Fading Yellow, Timeless Pop-Sike & Other Delights 1965-69 Vol. 7” 1969 

17. “Until the Day”  - The Kumari - from the recent single, “Until the Day” - contributed by Shawn

18. “I Don’t Deserve A Boy Like You” - Chiffons - from the 1970 album “My Secret Love”

19. “Don’t You Care” - Buckinghams - from “Time and Charges,” 1967

20. “My Other Face” - The Maharajas - from “A Third Opinion,” 2005

21. “I’m in Love” - Wilson Pickett - from the album of the same name, 1968

22. “Hey Bo Diddley” - Les Fossoyeurs - from “Ça craint chez les hippies,” 2016 - aka It sucks among hippies

23. “I’m a Believer” - Robert Wyatt - 1974 featuring Fred Frith, Andy Summers (Police) and Nick Mason (Pink Floyd)

24. “Girl in the Mini Skirt” - Era of Sound - Delta, 1967

25. “Strange Feeling” - Dearly Beloved - from “Let's Talk About Girls: Music From Tucson 1964-1968”

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Feelies image from I forgot ;)

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Mix Tape 071

A bittersweet time of year. Goodbye summer, hello teachers and books. 

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1. “Summer Girls” - The Whigs - Contributed by Boss Logan.

2. “Hey Little Schoolgirl” - Famous Last Words - from “Now Hear This! Garage & Beat From The Norman Petty Vaults”

3. “California Summertime” - Lance Romance - Now Record, 1974 - written/produced/vocals by Kim Fowley

4. “I’ve Got a Crush on Teacher” - Fawns - from “Where the Girls Are V2”

5. “Do the Swim” - Richard Marsh (Sky Saxon)- from “Sky Saxon Presents a Starlight Date with Richard Marsh”

6. “Be True To Your School” - The Cynics - from “Smiles, Vibes & Harmony: A Tribute To Brian Wilson”

7. “Summer Days, Summer Nights” - The Street Corner Society - Jubilee, 1967, Arranged by Bryan Hyland

8. “Back To School Again” - Morocco Muzik Makers - Motown, 1963mor

9. “Summer Means Fun” - Chesterfield Kings - from their 1997 album “Surfing’ Rampage”

10. “School Day ((ring ring goes the bell)” - Chuck Berry - Chess, 1957

11. “We’re Gonna Save the Summer” - The Pearlfishers - from “The Young Picnickers” 1999, contributed by Boss Logan

12. “The New Girl in School” - Alex Chilton - from “A Man Called Destruction” 1995

13. “School is Out” - Gary U.S. Bonds - Legrand, 1960

14. “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” - Don & Bob - Argo, 1961

15. “The Summer” - Yo La Tengo - from “Facebook” 1990

16. “School Girl” - The Standells - from “The Hot Ones” 1967, Mindbenders cover

17. “Little Honda (Alternate Take)” - Beach Boys - from the 2’fer “Little Deuce Coupe and All Summer Long”

18. “Rock N Roll High School” - Shonen Knife - from “ Osaka Ramones - Tribute To The Ramones” 2011

19. “Swimming Ground”  - Meat Puppets - from “Up On the Sun” 1985

20. “High School Confidential” - Jerry Lee Lewis & His Pumping Piano - Sun, 1958

21. “Starlit Summer Sky (Demo)” - Marshall Crenshaw - from “Marshall Crenshaw” 2000

22. “School is a Gas” - The Revels - from “The Go Sound of the Slots!” 1965

23. “Summertime” - Charles Douglas - from “The Lives of Charles Douglas” 1999

24. “Save Your Heart for Me” - Gary Lewis & The Playboys - from “A Session with Gary Lewis && the Playboys” 1965. Originally recorded by Bryan Highland in 1963. Lewis was 19 when he recorded the song.

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“Summer Days, Summer Nights” scan from discogs.comm

“Back to School Again” scan from https://motownjunkies.co.uk

“Surfin’ Rampage” scan from discos.com

“High School Confidential” scan from discogs.com

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Mix Tape 070

Fenwyck

The Capris

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1. “Summer Evening” - The Pyramid - From the compilation “Deram Dayze,” and one and only single put out by Pyramid in 1967. I gotta say, this tune knocked my socks off, but then again, California sounds do that to me. Think the Beach Boys “Surfer Girl” + “Pet Sounds” + “Smile”  Contributed by Boss Logan.

2. “Quicksand (1st Pressing” - Martha & the Vandellas - Motown, 1963

3. “I Miss My Surfer Boy Too” - The Westwoods - A&M, 1965. The Westwoods were the Honeys. Produced by Brian Wilson.

4. “I Wanna Die” - Fenwyck - Progressive Sounds of America, 1966

5. “Am-A-Do” - Bob Marley & the Wailers - from the remastered edition of “Natty Dread” (originally recorded 1974. Previously unreleased.

6. “Summer’s Comin’” - Kirby St. Romain - Inette, 1963 - produced by Kim Fowley (?)

7. “Don’t Call My Name” - Brood - Estrus, 1991 from the album “Vendetta!”

8. “Island of Love” - The Sheppards - Apex, 1959

9. “Summer’s Here” - The School - Minty Fresh, 2010. Contributed by Boss Logan

10. “The Surfer Moon” - The Beach Boys - from “Surfer Girl” 19633

11. “Jug Band Music” - Jim Kweskin - Vanguard, 1965

12. “Bye Bye Love” - The Cars - from their 1978 debut album though the song dates back a bit further

13. “Almost Summer” - Kim Fowley - from the Brian Wilson tribute, “Caroline Now!”

14. “You’re on Top Girl” - The Empires - Candi, 1965 [swoon, swoon]

15. “Chinese Girl” - Billy J. Kramer - Polydor, 1967 - his second solo single after leaving the Dakotas

16. “Mr. Summer” - The McCoys - from “Hang on Sloopy: The Best of the McCoys”

17. “Cheree” - Suicide - 1978 single on Bronze

18. “How Can I Prove” - John Fred & His Playboy Band - Jewel, 1965

19. “Going’ To Malibu”  - Malilbooz - from “Malibooz Rule!” 1981

20. “Cry” - The Malibus - Planet, 1966

21. “Strong Love” - The Malibus - Sure-Shot, 1965

22. “Down at Malibu Beach” - Jan & Dean - from “Ride the Wild Surf” 1964

23. “Boy You Better Watch it Girl” - Beatrice Kay - she was 14 when she was signed to Kent Records. This was recorded in 1962-63 and went unreleased until 2013 with the release of the comp “Boy Trouble: Garpax Girls”

24. “Indian Girl” - The Capris - Planet, 1959

25. “We’re Gonna Save the Summer” - The Pearlfishers - from the album “The Young Picnickers” 1999 - contributed by Boss Logan

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Fenwyck scan from discogs.com
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Mix Tape 069

Three Beat Slide

Penthouse 5

The Only Ones

The king of summer is back, Boss Logan. Thanks for the contributions. And of course, to a big thanks to Shawn. Happy Summer!

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1. “There’s Always Summer School” - Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello - From Beach Party - You know, the only thing I've studied this semester is you. –Well, I hope you don't flunk. –Well, there's always summer school, you know. - contributed by Boss Logan

2. Summer (The Best Time of the Year) - The Impacts - Anderson, 1965 - contributed by Boss Logan

3. “Martha” - Jefferson Airplane - from “After Bathing at Baxter’s” 1967

4. “She’s Mine” - The Frowning Clouds - from “Listen Closelier” 2010

 

5. “My Brother, My Brother” - Aaron Neville - from “The Grand Tour,” 1993

6. “All Summer Long (vocals)” - The Beach Boys - from the box “Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of Beach Boys”

7. “You’re Driving Me Insane” - The Roughnecks - one of several studio-only groups that released tracks to which Lou Reed contributed in the mid-'60s, when he was a staff songwriter and session musician at the budget/exploitation label Pickwick. Of the four Pickwick-era Reed-associated cuts that surfaced on the Velvet Underground rarities bootleg The Velvet Underground Etc., the sole inclusion by the Roughnecks, "You're Drivin' Me Insane," might be the best.

8. “My Generation (live)” - Patti Smith - from “Horses” 1975

9. “Land of 1000 Dances” - Chris Kenner - first written and recorded by Kenner in 1963

10. “Rock On” - The Doughboys - just released as an MP3 download only I think

11. “Pictures on My Shelf” - Lee Vi’s - Radio, 1966

12. “Summertime is Great” - Three Beat Slide - from 2014, quite the geeky looking band with a geeky summer song to match… we love it - contributed by Boss Logan

13. “It’s My Life” - The Penetrators - from “Kings of Basement Rock” 2000 - contributed by Shawn

14. “She Cracked” - Young Adults - from the tribute, “If I Were a Richman” 2001

15. “Our Secret” - Beat Happening - from their debut album, “Beat Happening” 1985

16. “Hot Days” - The Troggs - the best I can tell this was only released on the compilation “Hot Days: A Decade in the Sun” 2001

17. “Another Girl Another Planet” - Only Ones - from their debut 1978 album

18. “Time Marches On” - Lainie Hill - New Voice Records, 1966

19. “All I Wanna Do”  - Casey Jones and the Governors - from “ Blow Your Bubblegum - 25 Brit Beat Grooves (Remastered)”

20. “Please Tell Me” - Thee Attacks - from recently released “Thee Attacks Strikes Back” - contributed by Shawn

21. “Summer Starts Here” - The Surfin Lungs - from “Hang Loose With the Surfing’ Lungs” 1996

22. “Hallelujah I Love Him So” - Brenda Lee - a Ray Charles cover from 1960 from “For My Sake, 18 Teen Girls Songs”

23. “Someone Loves You Honey” - J.C. Lodge - Ariola/BMG, 1982

24. “Don’t Mess Around With My Dream” - The Penthouse Five - Hawk, 1967

25. “Summer Flower” - West - Epic, 1968 - contributed by Boss Logan

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