VA - While No One Was Looking, Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records [2014] (2 x CD's)

 

BLOODSHOT RECORDS

VA - While No One Was Looking, Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records [2014] (2 x CD's)

2014 marked the 20th Anniversary of Bloodshot Records, a Chicago based label known for releasing indie rock and alt country, who released a compilation album to celebrate the occasion.

Bloodshot knows how to throw a party, and this album proves it. Usually compilations are hit or miss, but this album is a hit. Bloodshot decided to celebrate 20 years by releasing a compilation, but not just a boring best of Bloodshot. Instead they invited artists that are not on the label to cover Bloodshot Records artists. This is a long album, at 38 songs over 2 discs, but there is 20 years of material to cover. All the Bloodshot regulars are represented, The Waco Brothers, Alejandro Escovedo, Ha Ha Tonka, and Ryan Adams to name a few. Some of the artists stick close to the original, and some turn the songs on their heads. My favorite tracks are, "Look The Other Way"- Chris Schiflet (Justin Townes Earle), "The Corner"- Frank Turner (Cory Brannan), "I Came Around"- Possessed By Paul James (Murder By Death), and "Survivor Blues"- Chuck Regan (Cory Brannan). Anyone who is a fan of Bloodshot Records, or any of the artists on the album go out and buy this album. Here is to 20 more years of Bloodshot Records! Cheers boys and thanks for the tunes. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Blitzen Trapper To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is To Be High) 2:49

02 Chris Shiflett Look the Other Way 2:11

03 Samantha Crain Cold Forgiver 3:13

04 Chuck Prophet Dirt 2:32

05 Hiss Golden Messenger Where I Fell 3:27

06 Dave Davidson (of Maps Things I Didn't Say 2:10

07 Ted Leo Dragging My Own Tombstone 4:42

08 Into It. Over It. Deep Red Bells 3:23

09 Split Single My Backyard 2:30

10 Limbeck Sound of Running 3:01

11 Tim Kasher Aspidistra 2:02

12 Shakey Graves Happy Birthday Julie 3:40

13 Ivan & Alyosha My Winding Wheel 3:10

14 Chuck Ragan Survivor Blues 3:46

15 Minus 5 Cherokee Grove 2:50

16 Carolyn Mark Last to Know 3:34

17 Daniel Romano Strange Birds 2:46

18 Charlie Parr Manifold 2:34

19 Reverend Peyton's Big Damn St Nick on the Fourth in a Fervor 3:24

20 Possessed by Paul James I Came Around 5:36

CD2

01 Andrew Bird and Nora O'Connor I'll Trade You Money for Wine 3:53

02 Ben Kweller 2.00am 2:48

03 Frank Turner The Corner 4:58

04 Superchunk Come Pick Me Up 4:00

05 Koji East Jefferson 3:10

06 Great Crusades Fake Out Jesus (Live) 3:12

07 Mike Watt Up to My Neck in This 2:42

08 Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers Oh My Sweet Carolina 4:04

09 Jerry David DeCicca Broken Bottle 3:41

10 Handsome Family 1000 Dollar Car 4:20

11 Warm Soda All Grown Up 2:27

12 James Leg Is That You in the Blue_ 3:14

13 Two Gallants Truck Driver 3:12

14 Diarrhea Planet Dry Land 3:05

15 Kevin Russell All the Time 3:40

16 North Carolina Music Love Stick to the Plan 5:25

17 William Elliott Whitmore I Wish I Was the Moon 2:41

18 Samuel Fogarino (of Interpol) Liked It a Lot 3:50

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