One of my more half-surprising favorite reissues this year was the Neil Diamond collection, The Bang Years, comprising his first two solo albums, when he was a Brill Building songwriter. It features his original version of “I’m A Believer,” among others. I’ve always abhorred most of Diamond’s later hits that I was familiar with, give or take a soft spot for “Beautiful Noise,” because it appeared in a favorite Mets highlights video when I was a kid.
In fact, there’s one specific section of “I’m A Believer” that belongs to a peculiar sub-set of my memory, a slight turn in the melody in the phrase “the more I gave the less I got” that immediately connects me, via some direct and thorough current, to a familiar emotional tinge from my childhood. As far as I can tell, the tinge is unattached to any one point in the past. More, it’s that it is precisely the same primal response–in the present tense–that I had when I was 6. There’s a particular acoustic guitar strum on “We Can Work It Out” (1:09) that does the same thing. In the case of “I’m A Believer,” it is actually a product of the songwriting–something present both in The Monkees’ hit that I first heard and Diamond version from The Bang Years–and not merely a production flourish, as it frequently turns out to be with other songs in this category. And, in a peripheral way, the whole collection carries that same personal time-track residue in its songwriting. Whatever it is, Diamond’s thumbprints in the melody and changes, it seems entirely intended. Which makes sense. He was a professional songwriter.
We have a friend’s pretty great LP collection on semi-permanent loan, since she’s moved into a smaller apartment, and I recently dug out Velvet Gloves and Spit, the first after those represented on The Bang Years, and holy sweet merciful motherfuck is it square. That’s pretty much obvious from the Bang material, too, but it’s aspirations towards teen-pop carry the day. Velvet Gloves, though, is from 1968, and it’s easy to tell which side of the castle gates Diamond is positioning himself on, musically and otherwise. The music is all dense chintziness, the aural equivalent of candelabras. No idea if Mr. D. ever used stuff like that in his stage sets, but that’s what I see. The folksinger/Elvis get-up he sports on the cover the live album Hot August Night probably informs this. Also, Velvet Gloves’ “The Pot Song,” which would be a pretty good slab of stoner folk if not for the interspersed monologues of recovering drug addicts talking about the gateway aspects of herbal jazz cigarettes.
And on top of that, an inscription in the liner notes: The American Popular goes on and on…. Just like that. In italics. In curling fancypants heavily seriffed script, centered, about two-thirds down on an ever-so-stately Dodge Dart brown sleeve. It’s an odd divide in time, historically and in popular music, and it’s a little discombobulating to actually hear the divide as clearly and cleanly as Neil lays it out. The textures aren’t even that far off from The Bang Years stuff, bouncing organs and hand-claps, but the forward motion of the Brill Building is gone. It’s powered by something else, moves off in a different direction into a sophistication without rebellion. So that’s going back on the shelf for a while, unless somebody presents some compelling evidence otherwise. There’s some typical nostalgia at play, of course, in listening to these recordings from the mid-60s. But mostly it’s just listening to transparently great songs. Um, thumbs up.
Here’s The Monkees, Neil Diamond, and (of course) Robert Wyatt’s versions of “I’m A Believer,” in which his man-child yip-croon seems to blow up each one of those memory-rubbing melodic details.
The Los Angeles Times of April 12, 1912, quoted a pitcher for the Portland Beavers as calling his special curve “the Jazz ball” because “it wobbles and you simply can’t do anything with it.” The next sighting was similarly in a baseball context, in a column about the San Francisco Seals, who returned from their Boyes Springs training camp in 1983 “full of the old ‘jazz’.” This time the reporter appended a definition: “What is the ‘jazz’? Why, it’s a little of that ‘old life,’ the ‘gin-i-ker,’ the ‘pep,’ otherwise known as the enthusiasalum. A grain of ‘jazz’ and you feel like going out and eating your way through Twin Peaks.”
1. Nu Sounds – “Black Sky and Blue Moon” – Spaceship Lullaby (Atavistic)
2. Bill Evans Trio – “Solar” – Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside) [Paul Motian, 1931-2011.]
3. Sal Valentino – “Friends and Lovers” – Arrangements, v. 1 (Bananastan)
4. Jurgen Muller – “Meeresbett Meditation (Sea Bed Meditation)” – Science of the Sea (Digitalis)
5. Jonti – “Twirligig” – Twirligig (Stones Throw)
6. Sagittarius – “My World Fell Down” – Present Tense (Sundazed)
7. The Bats – “Getting Over You” – Free All The Monsters (Flying Nun)
8. Sonny and the Sandwitches – “Cathedral in the Desert” – Sonny and the Sandwitches EP (Empty Cellar)
9. Richard and Mimi Farina – “Reflections In A Crystal Wind” – Reflections In A Crystal Wind (Vanguard)
10. Ted Hawkins – “Sorry You’re Sick” – Watch Your Step (Rounder)
11. The Styrenes – “Where The Girls Are” – It’s Artastic! (Homestead)
12. The Druids of Stonehenge – “Earthless” – Creation (Sundazed)
13. Alec Bathgate – “Faked” – The Indifferent Velvet Void (Lil’ Chief)
14. James Blackshaw – “Boo, Forever” – Holly EP (Important)
15. Danny Paul Grody – “Ohr” – In Search of Light (Students of Decay)
16. Jon Gibson – “Cycles” – Two Solo Pieces (Chatham Square)
17. Steve Hauschildt – “Music For A Moire Pattern” – Tragedy & Geometry (Kranky)
18. Debo Band – “Gedawo” – Gedawo 7-inch (Electric Cowbell)
19. Ty Segall – “Booksmarts” – Singles 2007-2010 (Goner)
20. Gregory Rogove – “Young Mountain” – Piana (Knitting Factory)
21. Illitch – “Chambre 3” – Rainy House (Sparkling Spare Wheel)
22. Nick Storring – “Artifacts 2007-9” – Rife (Entr’acte)
23. Alain Savouret – “Ballade Rustique (excerpt)” – Ballade Rustique (Le Kiosque d’Orphée)
24. Less Motion – “Fields of Bells” – Less Motion (no label) [feat. “Debriefing” by Susan Sontag (TANAM)]
25. various – “Side A” – Indian Shortwave and the Sounds of Kumbh Mela (TBTD)
26. Master Musicians of Jajouka – “Prayer” – The Primal Energy That Is the Music and Ritual of Jajouka, Morocco (Sol Re Sol)
27. Anthony Braxton – “Composition N. 228” – Two Compositions (Leo)
28. Zusaan Kali Fasteau – “Benevolence” – Prophecy (Flying Note)
29. James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg – “Believer Field” – Avos (Tompkins Square)
30. Robert Hunter – “13 Roses” – Amagamalin St. (Relix)
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1. Ursula Bogner – “Sonne = Blackbox 1972” – Sonne = Blackbox (Faitiche)
2. patrice moullet – “Alchimie Rythmique” – Chronoradial (Omni Recording Corp.)
3. Tom Waits – “Back In The Crowd” – Bad As Me (Anti)
4. Lambchop – “If Not, I’ll Just Die” – Mr. M (Merge)
5. The Tower Recordings – “Delmak-O” – Furniture Music for Evening Shuttles (Stiltbreeze)
6. Susan Pillsbury – “It’s Hard To Be Easy” – Susan Pillsbury (Sunbeam)
7. The Mandrake Memorial – “This Can’t Be Real” – The Mandrake Memorial (Collectables)
8. John Villemonte – “I Am The Moonlight” – People Like You (Sebastian Speaks)
9. These Trails – “Hello Lou” – These Trails (Drag City)
10. Peter Laughner and Lester Bangs – “Goodbye, Lou” – Creem magazine office, 1976
11. Steve Reich – “Drumming” – Drumming (Nonesuch) [feat. Seijiro Murayama, Milford Graves, Man Forever, Foot Village, Steve Reid, Bill Kreutzmann, Susie Ibarra]
12. White Out – “Möbius Strip” – Asphalt and Delay (audioMER)
13. Husere Grav – “#2” – Myths (Prison Tatt)
14. – “MIDI Dark Star seashore loop”
15. Grateful Dead – “Dark Star” – 15 November 1971 Austin Music Hall [(El Paso excised)]
16. Eve – “Most Likely You Go Your Way And I’ll Go Mine” – Take It and Smile (LHI)
17. Les Kitschenettes – “La Fermeture Eclair” – Qui C’est qu’a Di quon Peut pas imitter les Anglais? 10-inch (Pinkitsch)
18. Television Personalities – “i was a mod before you was a mod” – I Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod (Overground)
19. Radar Eyes – “Miracle” – Miracle 7-inch (HoZac)
20. Mark Sultan – “In Future Worlds” – Whatever/Whenever (In The Red)
21. J.C. Samba – “Misunderstood” – Hell Death Samba (Slovenly)
22. Nâ Hawa Doumbia – “Danaya (à Sidi Konaté Pour Toujours)” – La Grande Cantatrice Malienne (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
23. Heresy of the Free Spirit – “A Prayer For Light” – A Prayer For Light (Incuna Bulum)
24. Cian Nugent – “Sixes & Sevens” – Doubles (VHF)
25. Gene Clark – “In A Misty Morning” – Roadmaster (Sundazed)
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1. Robert Wyatt – “I’m A Believer” (Virgin)
2. Christmas – “100 Million Flowers” – Bands That Could Be God (Radiobeat)
3. Deerhoof feat. Jeff Tweedy – “Behold A Marvel In The Darkness” (Polyvinyl)
4. The Reigning Sound – “Everything I Do Is Wrong” – Abdication…For Your Love (Scion A/V)
5. The Hope – “News Report 1972” – Single-Mindedness: Tony Coulters 2011 Premium
6. Dikes of Holland – “My Baby’s Kinda Mean” – Monofonus Press One-Sider (Monofonus Press)
7. Knyfe Hyts – “I Lov U More” – Sword of the Lord (Party Store)
8. Lou Reed and Metallica – “Iced Honey” – Lulu (Warner Bros. )
9. Sam Prekop – “Practice Twice” – Sam Prekop (Thrill Jockey)
10. Jukeboxer – “Man Throughout the Ages” – Man Throughout the Ages (Memphis Industries)
11. A.M. Gately – “Battle in the City” – Soft Sounds For Gentle Peole, v. 3 (Pet)
12. Z.Z. Hill – “Chokin’ Kind” (Mankind)
13. Lawrence Hammond – “Empty Rails In Garfield County” – Coyote’s Dream (Takoma) [feat. Bob Weir’s long lost (and late) half-brother. http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-03-21/entertainment/17417640_1_bob-weir-guitar-birth-certificate]
14. Brian Wilson – “Surf’s Up (1967 piano demo)” – The Smile Sessions (Capitol)
15. Gary Wilson – “Chrome Lover” – Forgotten Lovers (Feeding Tube)
16. Atlas Sound – “Quark Part 1” – Parallax (4AD)
17. Köhn – “Transported Man” – Random Patterns (Kraak)
18. Tim Perkis, John Bischoff, Jim Horton – “Pedal with Twitter” – The League of Automatic Music Composers 1978-83 (New World)
19. Sonic Youth – “Anagrama (at 33)” – SYR1 (SYR)
20. Neptune – “Rest From Breathing” – Silent Partner (Northern-Spy)
21. Elf Power – “Owl Cut (White Flowers in the Sky)” – In A Cave (Ryko)
22. Harmonizer – “Landslide” (Mexican Summer)
23. OOIOO – “Mountain Book” – Gold & Green (Polystar / Trattoria)
24. The Conduits – “The Hinge Region of the Heavy Chain” – Repetition Is The Sincerest Form of Repetition (butte county free music society)
25. Samulnori – “Kut” – Record of Changes (CMP)
26. Jose Maceda – “Pagsamba (part II)” – Gongs and Bamboos (Tzadik)
27. Peter Cusack – “School Kids Reading In Class” – Favourite Beijing Sounds (Kwanyin)
28. Chris Watson – “El Divisadero” – El Tren Fantasma (Touch) [feat. some MIDI-recorded dolphins via Sirius Institute, “Dolphin Valentine”]
29. Thomas Lehn / Marcus Schmickler – “Os” – Bart (Erstwhile)
30. Christina Kubisch – “Ocigam Trazom” – Mono Fluido (Important)
31. Cloudland Ballroom – “Part I” – Infinite Mind (Sonic Meditations)
32. WFMU Hoof ‘n Mouth Tabernacle Choir – “Selection from “How To Write”” – New Traditions in Unhearsaed Acappella Speaking Choirs: Miniature Minotaur’s 2011 Premium
33. Brian Eno and Rick Holland – “In The Future” – Panic of Looking EP (Warp)
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1. Oneida – “Cold Rain and Snow” – Heads Ain’t Ready (These Are Not Records)
2. Spirit – “Animal Farm” (Epic)
3. Big Star – “O My Soul” (Ardent)
4. Tyrannosaurus Rex – “Ride A White Swan” (Blue Thumb)
5. The Byrds – “Captain Soul” (Columbia)
6. Chris Stamey & the dB’s – “I Thought You Wanted To Know” (Car)
7. Loneliest Christmas Tree – “The Meaning of Life” (Loud)
8. The Caroline Know – “Popsicle ‘C'” (Bus Stop)
9. Orange Juice – “Blue Boy” (Postcard)
10. Mott the Hoople – “Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Columbia)
11. Nick Lowe – “Truth Drug” (Dynamo)
12. The Troggs – “Give It To Me” (Fontana)
13. The Fuckeroos – “I Miss The Jams” (Turn Up)
14. Earth Girl Helen Brown – “I Want To Do It” (Turn Up)
15. Cabezas Cortades – “Teen Age Thugs” (Turn Up)
16. Davila 666 – “Borrando El Negro (She’s A Rainbow)” – Their Hispanic Majesties Request (Norton)
17. The Equals – “Police On My Back” (Sintonia)
18. Michael and the Messengers – “Romeo and Juliet” (U.S.A. )
19. Boyce & Hart – “P.O. Box 9847” (A&M)
20. Sir Douglas Quintet – “I Wanna Be Your Mama Again” (Smash)
21. Ronnie Self – “The Road Keeps Winding” (Amy)
22. The Flying Burrito Brothers – “Cody Cody” (A&M)
23. Jerry Garcia – “Sugaree” (Warner Bros.)
24. Bob Dylan – “Something There Is About You” (Asylum)
25. Neil Young – “For The Turnstiles” (Reprise)
26. Elephant 6 Orchestra – “Welcome To Our Story (Side A)” (Orange Twin)
27. Greg Davis – “Fennel & Tangerine” – Divorce Series, v. 5
28. – Sounds of the Sea, v. 3 (Droll Yankees Inc.)
29. Ashtray Navigations – “Monkey Music/Throw Money at the Monkeys” – Three Rockets Thicken (Trensmat)
30. Kria Brikkan – “Windering”
31. Bob Marley, The Wailers, Soul Brothers Orchestra – “I’m Still Waiting” (Studio One)
32. The Marvelettes – “The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” (Tamla)
33. The Bats – “Face Inside The Sun” – Don’t You Rise (SLR)
34. Clay Allison – “Fell From the Sun” (Serpent)
35. 15 Minutes – “That’s What You Always Say” (Down There)
36. Richard Hell & The Voidoids – “kid with the replaceable head” (Radar)
37. Chuck Jackson – “The Breaking Point” (Wand)
38. The Jet Tones – “Jet Tone Boogie” (Chess)
39. The Caps – “Daddy Dean” (White Star)
40. Lightnin’ Hopkins – “Love Me This Morning” (Jewel)
41. Albert King – “I Get Evil” (Bobbin)
42. Chuck Berry – “Let It Rock” (Chess)
43. The Easybeats – “St. Louis” (Polydor)
44. The Pacers featuring Bobby Crawford – “You’ll Never Know” (Razorback)
45. Lee Dorsey – “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley” (Polydor)
46. Groundhog – “Take It Off” (Jad)
47. Fats Domino – “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My Monkey” (Reprise)
48. Junior Parker – “Walking the Floor Over You” (Duke)
49. Mose Allison – “Your Mind Is On Vacation” (Atlantic)
50. Bessie Banks – “Go Now” (Tiger)
51. Santo and Johnny – “Sleepwalk” (Canadian American)
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1. Nelson Riddle – “Lolita Ya Ya” (Capitol)
2. Tommy Hoehn – “The Love That I Love”
3. Christmas – “(Ballad of) the Invisible Girl” (Iridescence)
4. Les Coronados – “Zig Zag Wanderer” – Voix Blanche Et Idees Noires (Celluloid)
5. The Bell Notes – “I’ve Had It” (Time)
6. Preston Epps – “Bongo Rock” (Era)
7. Robert Wyatt – “Grass” (Rough Trade)
8. P.G. Six – “Old Man on the Mountain” (Amish)
9. Shirley (and Company) – “Shame, Shame, Shame” (Vibration)
10. Endtables – “White Glove Test” (Self Destruct)
11. Boyce & Hart – “I’ll Blow You A Kiss In The Wind” (Aquarian)
12. DeFranco Family – “Heartbeat It’s A Lovebeat” (20th Century)
13. Brook Benton – “Hit Record” (Mercury)
14. The Tikis – “Surfadelic” (World Imitaiton)
15. T. Lance & the Coctails – “Aba-Daba Do Dance” (Telstar)
16. Cosmic Rays – “Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie” (Saturn)
17. Hugo Montenegro – “Good Vibrations” (RCA)
18. Ronnie Lane and the Band ‘Slim Chance’ – “Roll On Babe” (GM)
19. Courtney Love (the band) – “Motorcycle Boy” (K)
20. The Gist – “This Is Love”
21. Danny & the Doorknobs – “Melody” (Happy Squid)
22. Roky Erickson – “Click Your Fingers” (Sponge)
23. Thelma Houston – “Don’t Leave Me This Way” (Tamla)
24. Stevie Wonder – “I Don’t Know Why” (Tamla)
25. Hi Sheriffs of Blue – “Cold Chills (part I)” (Tweet)
26. William A. Morris Intermediate School 61 – “Saturday In The Park”
27. White Boy – “I Could Puke” (Doodley Squat)
28. The Royal Revue – “Is It Because I’m Black?” (Garu)
29. Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – “Lover’s Holiday” (SSS)
30. Clifford Curry – “We’re Gonna Hate Ourselves In the Morning” (Elf)
31. The Hueys – “Coo-Coo Over You” (Instant)
32. Matador – “Bongo Nyah” (Randy’s)
33. – Read-along with Sylvester & Tweety [feat. “Brokeback Returns To The Orange Grove” by Brokeback (Thrill Jockey), “Mr. Bizzaro” by the Monochrome Set, Harry Pussy, Alvarius B, Phil Lesh + Ned Lagin…]
34. Monitor – “Pet Wedding” (World Imitation)
35. Dave Berry – “This Strange Effect” (Decca)
36. Vic Godard & The Subway Sect – “Stop That Girl” (Oddball)
37. Michael Hurley – “Wildegeeses” (Singles Only Label)
38. Connie Frances – “Don’t Ever Leave Me” (MGM)
39. Them – “One More Time” (Zoomaphone)
40. The What Gives – “She Says (Adolescence Ends)” (Bus Stop)
41. Shoes – “Tomorrow Night” (Bomp)
42. The Fortunes – “Fire Brigade” (United Artists)
43. The Byrds – “She Don’t Care About Time” (Columbia)
44. Pressler-Morgan – “You’re Gonna Watch Me” (Hearthan)
45. The Pyramids – “Penetration” (Best)
46. Hal Leonard’s Music for Marching Band – “New York Groove” (Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation)
47. O’Jays – “Love Train” (Philadelphia International)
48. Tito Puente – “Hit De Bongo” (Tico)
49. The Jades – “So Blue” – All Tomorrow’s Dance Parties (Norton)
50. Lonnie V and Viki G – “Oops” (Revue)
51. Times New Viking – “No Room To Live”
52. Patrick Topaloff & Sim – “Ou est ma ch’mise grise” (Trema)
53. The Beach Boys – “Darlin'” (Capitol)
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1. Jewel Ackhah with the E.T. Express – “Oreyi Me Lele, Same Di Soir” – Haleluyah-Amen! (Pan African)
2. Hayvanlar Alemi – “Hayalgücü Spor Kulübü” – Guarana Superpower (Sublime Frequencies)
3. Sonic Youth – “Karen Revisited” – Murray Street (DGC)
4. Bob Weir – “Playing In The Band” – Ace (Warner Brothers)
5. Cleveland Golden Echoes – “Used To Live on Broadway” – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group)
6. Holidays – “All That Is Required Is You” – Doing All Kinds Of Things In The Shadows Of Motown: Mr. Fine Wine’s 2003 Marathon Premium
7. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs – “The Winds” – House of Broken Hearts, pt. 1 (MRC)
8. El Polen – “Sitting Dreaming” – Cholo (El Virrey)
9. Kris Gruda – “Domingo Dos” – The Cave and Thereabouts (Ilse) [feat. “Play on Animals” 7-inch by Matsuo Ohno (Em)]
10. Harmonizer – “Derdeba” – World Complete (NNA Tapes)
11. Hubble – “Nude Ghost” – Hubble Drums (Northern-Spy)
12. Man Forever – “Learned Helplessness in Rats – Rock Drummer (pt 2)” – Learned Helplessness In Rats (St. Ives) [feat. “The Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith (via archive.org)]
13. Anthony Braxton – “Composition No. 219 + 221 + (Lang-Music) Part II” – Composition, Improvisation, Synthesis: Selections from the Tri-Centric Foundation Archives (Tricentric Foundation)
14. Roberta Flack – “Just Like A Woman” – Chapter Two (Atlantic)
15. Brigitte Fontaine, Areski, and Art Ensemble of Chicago – “Le Noir C’est Mieux Choisi” – Comme à la Radio (Sarahvah)
16. Hex Breaker Quintet – “Darkness In The Land While Electrons Silently Collide Creating New Worlds” – Riders (NNA Tapes)
17. Phoenecia – “Hiccup” – Brownout (Schematic)
18. Irene Trudel – “Waves and Bells, Sandy Hook, NJ (summer 1988)” – You’ll See Me In Your Dreams (Irene Trudel, WFMU Marathon Premium 2011)
19. Lucas Santtana – “Ripple of the Water” – Sem Nostalgia (Mais Um Discos)
20. Side B – “Keepsake” – Clearing (No Kings)
21. Cassandra Wilson – “Harvest Moon” – New Moon Daughter (Blue Note)
22. Moy – “Yellow Brick Road” – Safe as Banana Suicide: Scott Williams 2011 Marathon Premium
23. The Men – “Shittin’ With the Shah” – Leave Home (Sacred Bones)
24. Zs – “Sky Burial (part I)” – Sky Burial (Words + Dreams)
25. Torlesse Super Group – “Erewhon Sentinel Number 3” – Torlesse Super Group (Rebis)
26. Haunted House – “Grip My Hand” – Blue Ghost Blues (Northern-Spy)
27. The Bangles – “Manic Monday” – Different Light (Columbia)
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1. Hampton Grease Band – “Halifax” – Music To Eat (Columbia)
2. Teenage Fanclub – “Ballad of John and Yoko” – Deep Fried Fanclub (Fire)
3. Robert Wyatt – “Sea Song” – Rock Bottom (Thirsty Ear)
4. Shinji Masuko – “Woven Music For Blue Steppe” – Woven Music (Brah)
5. Larsen + Z’ev – “in v.tro 2” – In V.tro (Important)
6. Newband – “Columbus” – Microtonal Works by Partch, etc. (Mode)
7. Yoshi Wada – “Lament for the Rise and Fall of the Elephantine Crocodile” – Live 1979
8. Koen Holtkamp – “Loosely Based On Bees” – Gravity / Bees (Thrill Jockey)
9. Olivia Tremor Control – “Beaker and Avalanche, parts I & II” – Black Foliage: Animation Music, v. 1 (bonus) (Chunklet)
10. Paul McCartney – “Temporary Secretary” – McCartney II (Mpl)
11. Träd Gräs och Stenar – “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – Träd Gräs och Stenar (Silence)
12. Marcus Schmickler – “Palace of Marvels” – Palace Of Marvels (Queered Pitch) (Editions Mego)
13. Mickey Hart – “The Main Ten” – Rolling Thunder (Warner Brothers)
14. Chris Watson – “River mara At Midnight; Masai, Kenya; Sept. 1994” – Stepping Into Dark (Touch) [feat. John Ashbery, “These Lacustrine Cities,” read 3 September 1965 Living Theatre]
15. Yamantaka – “Yamantaka, parts 6 & 7” – Yamantaka (Celestial Harmonies)
16. Gamelan Gong Kebjar – “Bumblebee” – Golden Rain: Music of Bali (Nonesuch Explorer)
17. Roland P. Young – “Crystal Motions” – Isophonic Boogie Woogie (EM)
18. Augustus Pablo – “Universal Love” – Dubbing In A Africa (Get On Down)
19. Sex Mob – “Ruby Tuesday” – Solid Sender (Knitting Factory Works)
20. Flaming Lips – “See The Leaves” – Embyronic (Warner Brothers)
21. Neil Young with the International Harvesters – “Flying On The Ground Is Wrong” – A Treasure (Reprise)
22. Bad Weather California – “Good Things Will Happen” – Young Punks (States Rights)
23. Sundays & Cybele – “白詰草＃１” – Sundays & Cybele (Gyuune Cassette)
24. Lee Hazlewood – “Come On Home To Me” – Movin’ On (Ace)
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1. Mountain Goats – “Wait For You” – Babylon Springs EP (4AD)
2. PG Six – “The fallen leaves that jewel the ground” – Parlor Tricks and Porch Favorites (Amish)
3. J.G. Thirwell – “Ecclesiophobia” – split 7-inch with Teho Teardo (Specula)
4. sounds of leuser – “Sound of the Siamang”
5. – “Silverball Arcade, Asbury Park, 2 October 2011”
6. Augustyn Bloch – “Brain Work” – Unusual Sounds, v. 2 (Sonoton)
7. Okkyung Lee – “Sleepy Morning” – Noisy Love Songs (Tzadik)
8. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – “No One Is (As I Are Be)” – Mirror Traffic (Matador)
9. Rolling Stones – “New Faces” – Voodoo Lounge (Virgin)
10. The Beach Boys – “Student Demonstration Time” – Surf’s Up (Brother/Reprise)
11. Van Dyke Parks – “Wall Street” (Bananastan)
12. Sig Sakowicz – “Polish Baseball Power” (Mishawaka)
13. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention – “How Could I Be Such A Fool?” – Freak Out! (MGM/Verve)
14. Caitlin Rose – “For The Rabbits” – Own Side Now (101 Distribution/ATO)
15. Shirley Collins – “The Cherry Tree Carol” – Sweet England (Topic)
16. Sun Ra – “A Teenager’s Space Probe of Promises (Frow Show remix)” – Interplanetary Remixes: WFMU Reinterprets the Music of Sun Ra
17. Mickey Hart – “Pump Song” – Rolling Thunder (Warner Brothers)
18. Oskar Sala – “Five Improvisations on Magnetic Tape” – Electronics (Westminster)
19. Le Révélateur – “Statues” – Motion Flares (Root Strata)
20. Mist – “PM” – House (Spectrum Spools/Editions Mego)
21. Ed Hermann – “Still Life In Concrete” – Still Life in Concrete (Bell Tree Lineage)
22. Megafaun – “These Words” – Megafaun (Crammed Discs)
23. Times New Viking – “Rocks In My Heart” – Stop Digging (Yourself) EP (Witchita)
24. Les Hamsters – “Flower Power” – Groove Club v. 1: La Confiserie Magique (Lion Productions)
25. Bunny Girls – “Why That Person?” – Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South 26. Korea’s Shin Joong Hyun 1958-1974 (Light In The Attic)
27. Lulu – “I’ll Come Running” – Music Is Freedom: Michael Shelley’s 2011 Marathon Premium
28. Brian Eno and the Winkies – “I’ll Come Running (Totalled)” – Peel Sessions
29. Neil Diamond – “I’ll Come Running” – The Bang Years 1966-1968 (Columbia/Legacy)
30. George-Edwards Group – “You’re Gone” – Archives (Galactic Zoo/Drag City)
31. Rene Hell – “L. Minx” – Porcelain Opera (Type)
32. Zoltan Jeney – “impho 102/6” – Zoltán Jeney
33. Organisation – “Noitasinagro” – Tone Float (RCA Victor)
34. Shayna Dulberger – “Crows & Tigers”
35. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – “Fantasy” – Ali & Toumani (Nonesuch)
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