Monday, May 4, 2026

REUPLOADS # 137

REUPLOADS # 137

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VA - Space Daze, The History & Mystery of Electronic Ambient Space [1994] + VA - Space Daze 2000, A Mind Journey of Electronic Ambient Space Rock [1996]

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2023/08/va-space-daze-history-mystery-of.html


VA - A Journey Into Stereo Sound [1958]

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2022/11/va-journey-into-stereo-sound-1958.html


VA - Time Life 60's Music Revolution [2012] (9 x CDs)

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2022/11/va-time-life-60s-music-revolution-2012.html


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BB LUCKY DIP #521

BB LUCKY DIP #521

Lucky Dip's will be a mystery gift to those who choose to pick them up. 

Be quick. No re-uploads.


Today's topic: MIXED BAG


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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Henry Threadgill - The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air [2010] (8 x CDs)

SUNDAY JAZZ

HENRY TREADGILL

Henry Threadgill - The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of... [2010] (8 x CDs)

You can come at The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air from almost anywhere and it still makes sense. That’s part of what makes this set easy to live with over time. Issued by Mosaic Records in 2010, it gathers the work of Henry Threadgill and Air across eight discs, moving between trio recordings and larger ensemble pieces without drawing hard lines between them.

If you let a few discs play, the thread starts to show. The core trio sound, saxophone, bass, drums, keeps returning, even when the groups expand. Themes appear, drift, and come back in slightly altered shapes. Nothing feels fixed, but nothing feels random either. There’s a quiet logic holding it together.

What makes it open up is time. A first pass might feel a little elusive, but stay with it and the patterns become easier to recognise. The interplay between the players, the way lines overlap or pull against each other, starts to feel natural rather than abstract. Even when the arrangements grow more complex, that sense of conversation remains.

The sequencing helps. It doesn’t force a direction, it just lets the music move between different settings, showing how the same ideas shift depending on who’s playing and how they’re framed.

By the end, it feels less like a box set to work through and more like something you can return to in pieces. Different discs, different moods, same underlying voice, waiting for whenever you feel like stepping back into it. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Air - Card Two: The Jick Or Mandrill's Cosmic Ass 7:29

02 Air - Card Five: Open Air Suit 10:19

03 Air - Card Four: Straight White Royal Flush...78 6:14

04 Air - Card One: Cutten (2 Knuckles, 2 Widows, 2 Tricks)/3 X 1 15:31

05 Air - Let's All Go Down to The Footwash 11:27

06 Air - Abra 13:00


CD2

01 Air - Suisse Air 15:23

02 Air - The Ragtime Dance 9:18

03 Air - Buddy Bolden's Blues 9:28

04 Air - King Porter Stomp 3:48

05 Air - Paille Street 2:19

06 Air - Weeping Willow Rag 11:34


CD3

01 Henry Threadgill - Sir Simpleton 6:31

02 Henry Threadgill - Celebration 13:33

03 Henry Threadgill - Air Song 10:23

04 Henry Threadgill - Fe Fi Fo Fum 13:05

05 Henry Threadgill - Luap Nosebor 11:36

06 Henry Threadgill - Salut to The Enema Bandit 10:23

07 Henry Threadgill - Melin 6:28


CD4

01 Henry Threadgill - Bermuda Blues 9:28

02 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Silver and Gold Baby, Silver and Gold 5:45

03 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Theme From Thomas Cole 6:41

04 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Good Times 6:34

05 Henry Threadgill Sextett - To Be Announced 6:29

06 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Paille Street 4:27

07 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Those Who Eat Cookies 6:20

08 Henry Threadgill Sextett - I Can't Wait 'Till I Get Home 4:08

09 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Black Hands Bejewelled 7:05

10 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Spotted Dick is Pudding 8:53


CD5

01 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Let Me Look Down Your Throat Or Say Ah 7:15

02 Henry Threadgill Sextett - My Rock 8:12

03 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Hall (Dedicated to Muhal Richard Abrams) 4:15

04 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Award The Squadtett 7:02

05 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Off The Rag 12:44

06 Henry Threadgill Sextett - The Devil is on The Loose and Dancin' With A Monkey 6:44

07 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Gift 5:48

08 Henry Threadgill Sextett - Sweet Holy Rag 13:22


CD6

01 Henry Threadgill - Come Carry The Day 6:17

02 Henry Threadgill - Growing A Big Banana 3:29

03 Henry Threadgill - Vivjanrondirski 5:57

04 Henry Threadgill - Between Orchids Lillies Blind Eyes and Cricket 7:48

05 Henry Threadgill - Hyla Crucifer...Silence Of 6:12

06 Henry Threadgill - Jenkins Boys Again, Wish Somebody Die, It's Hot 7:39


CD7

01 Henry Threadgill - Noisy Flowers 6:42

02 Henry Threadgill - Like it Feels 11:18

03 Henry Threadgill - Official Silence 8:56

04 Henry Threadgill - Refined Poverty 9:07

05 Henry Threadgill - Make Hot and Give 7:56

06 Henry Threadgill - The Mockingbird Sin 12:12

07 Henry Threadgill - Dirty in The Right Places 8:10


CD8

01 Henry Threadgill & Make A Move - 100 Year Old Game 10:55

02 Henry Threadgill & Make A Move - Laughing Club 5:01

03 Henry Threadgill & Make A Move - Where's Your Cup? 11:14

04 Henry Threadgill & Make A Move - And This 13:41

05 Henry Threadgill & Make A Move - Feels Like It 6:40

06 Henry Threadgill & Make A Move - The Flew 9:51

07 Henry Threadgill & Make A Move - Go to Far 8:55

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MY COMPILATION SERIES VOL. 237

MY COMPILATION SERIES

Where visitors provide their self-made compilation.


(Please note, I will not be re-uploading any of the "My Compilations" created. So, visitors need pick up what you want ASAP.)

I want to thank all for sending in your submissions and following the Guidelines and new format. 

If you have a query on any compilation, leave a comment or contact the owner using the email link where provided.

I am pleased to be able to post the next MY COMPILATION series of submissions.  

Here are NEW compilations to choose from or simply take them all...These compilations below, are all great listens and I encourage all to pick up these as you won't be disappointed. 

Please thank the compilation owner if you like their work.

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#01

Title: VA - Classifieds (320 Kbps)

Created By: Pol Inate

Contact: https://polinatewtc.blogspot.com/

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#02

Title: VA - Get A Little Vol. 180 – Birthdays (320 Kbps)

Created By: John Angelatos

Contact: johnangelatos@gmail.com

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#03

Title: VA - Berni's A-Z Vol. 205 K (320 Kbps)

Created By: Berni

Contact:         Not provided

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#04

Title: VA - British Biscuits #25 Y&Z (18 @ 320 Kbps)

Created By: lemonflag

Contact:         Not provided

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#05

Title: VA - 2015 (Var)

Created By: Shankly

Contact:         shankly1956@outlook.com

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#06

Title: VA - School Daze (1990-91) (320 Kbps)

Created By: DJ Mello Ell

Contact:         djmelloell@gmail.com

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#07

Title: VA - Caveman (23 @ 320 kbps, 2 @192)

Created By: Oniswa

Contact:         Oniswa@proton.me

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#08

Title: VA - Tracks From Soundtracks Vol.31: Sounds Alternative #3 (320 Kbps)

Created By: MM

Contact:         https://soundtrackheaven.blogspot.com/

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Title: VA - I.O.U. (International Office of the Underground) (1/2) (320 Kbps)

Created By: Hervé Guilleminot

Contact:         herve.guilleminot@gmail.com

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TRACK LISTS Vol. 237

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#01

VA - Classifieds (320 Kbps)

01 Red Zone - News From The Red Zone

02 Negativland - Time Zones

03 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Time Zones

04 Hage Van Dijk - Sorry, But I'm Building A Flying Saucer

05 Jane Bond & the Undercover Men - Stuff We're Not Supposed To Know

06 Beatles - Revolution 9

07 Copernicus - They Own Everything

08 Étant Donnés - Le Coeur Sert Le Corps

09 Blah Blah Blah - Central Park

10 Front 242 - Funkahdafi

11 Brian Eno & David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit

12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Southern

13 Voice Farm - Reconstruction

14 Frank Zappa - Porn Wars

15 Bill Nelson - Hard Facts From The Fiction Department

16 Cabaret Voltaire - Gut Level

17 Touch Ritual - Departing Platform 5

18 Bill Nelson - Exactly The Way You Want It

19 Bill Nelson's Orchestra Arcana - Why Be Lonely

There are two kinds of people. Those that love and those that hate Revolution 9. If you are in the latter, you will hate this pick.

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VA - VA - Get A Little Vol. 180 – Birthdays (320 Kbps)                                                                                 

01 The Three Stooges - Birthday Song                                                                                 

02 Beatles – Birthday                                                                                                           

03 Blues Pills – Birthday                                                                                                    

04 Louis Jordan - Happy Birthday Boogie                                                                                

05 George Griffin - Happy Birthday Blues                                                                              

06 Dana Gillespie - Happy Birthday Blues                                                                                    

07 Fruteland Jackson - Happy Birthday Blues                                                                       

08 Carole King - Birthday Song                                                                                             

09 Steppenwolf - Happy Birthday                                                                                           

10 Tune Weavers - Happy Happy Birthday Baby                                                                   

11 Hank Locklin - Happy Birthday To Me                                                                               

12 Louis Armstrong - Happy Birthday                                                                                 

13 Jimi Hendrix - Happy Birthday                                                                                        

14 Bobby McLaughlin - Funky Birthday                                                                             

15 Linval Cooper - Happy Birthday                                                                                     

16 Lenny Kravitz - Happy Birthday                                                                                     

17 Click Five - Happy Birthday                                                                                             

18 Solomon Burke - Today Is Your Birthday                                                                       

19 Sammy Mayfield - Happy Birthday Song                                                                         

20 Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday                                                                                     

21 Chris Kramer & Beatbox `n` Blues - Happy Birthday                                                        

22 B.B. King - Happy Birthday Blues                                                                                  

23 Smiley Monroe - Happy Happy Birthday                                                                       

24 Albie Donnelly's Supercharge - Happy Birthday Blues                                                                         

25 Kermit Ruffins & Rebirth Brass Band - Happy Birthday

Grabbing the opportunity of entering another year in my life today, here is a compilation for those that like to celebrate birthdays.

Enjoy life... it's moving fast!

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#03

VA - Berni's A-Z Vol. 205 K (320 Kbps)

01 - Kameron Marlowe - Lock Me Up

02 - Kasey Chambers - Take Me Down The Mountain

03 - Karl Blau - Let The World Go By

04 - Karling & The Kadavers - Black Bang Bettie

05 - Kaitlin Butts - Roadrunner

06 - The Kentucky Headhunters - Oh, Lonesome Me

07 - Kendell Marvel - Lowdown And Lonesome

08 - Kevin Deal - A Reckoning

09 - Kevin Gordon - Destiny

10 - Kelsey Waldon - Uncle Pen (feat. Amanda Shires)

11 - Kevin Welch - I Feel Fine

12 - Kim Richey - I Know

13 - King Pelican - The Rider

14 - Kingswood - How Many Times

15 - The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

16 - The Knitters - Poor Old Heartsick Me

17 - The Kody Norris Show - Brand New Hit In Nashville

18 - Kristian Montgomery And The Winterkill Band - Working Hands

19 - Kyle Culkin - My Baby's Gone

20 - Kyle LaLone - Honky Tonk Stage

21 - Kristyn Harris - Thank Heavens For Dale Evans

22 - Kyle Ledson - Road Signs

23 - Kyle McKearney - Somethin' Ain't Right

24 - Kyle Nix - Graves

25 - King Of The Hill - Ending Credits Theme (feat. Billy Strings)

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VA - British Biscuits #25 Y&Z (320 Kbps)

1 Evil Hearted You BBC   Yardbirds 

2 Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself   Zombies

3 I O U  In The Oddments Drawer   Yachts

4 She's Lost You   Zephyrs

5 Baby What's Wrong   Yardbirds 

6 Sham Rocker   Zen Tracey

7 Every Little Thing   Yes

8 Tell Her No   Zombies

9 I Wish You Would BBC   Yardbirds 

10 Sweet Little Baby   Zephyrs

11 Shapes Of Things BBC   Yardbirds 

12 This Old Heart Of Mine BBC   Zombies

13 Looking Around BBC   Yes

14 Get On The Right Track Baby   Zoot Money's Big Roll Band

15 Over Under Sideways Down   Yardbirds 

16 Sitting In The Park 1966 0108 BBC   Zombies

17 Your Move single   Yes

18  Let The Good Times Roll BBC   Zoot Money's Big Roll Band

19 On The King's Road   Young Idea

20 Time Of The Season   Zombies

We have come to the end of the Biscuits!

The BBC tracks are all live in the studio.

Yardbirds and Zombies dominate this collection, but I feel it still works. 7) It is the Beatles tune, with a 2 minute intro! 16) Zombies cover a fav of mine. 20) We end with a classic.

https://www.imagenetz.de/J26xj

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VA - 2015 (Var)

01. Shudder Before the Beautiful - Nightwish (from the album 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful')

02. If Eternity Should fail - Iron Maiden (from the album 'The Book of Souls')

03. The Singer Addresses His Audience - The Decemberists (from the album 'What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World')

04. Autonomous Zone - Killing joke (from the album 'Pylon')

05. In the Shadows - Beyond the Black (from the album 'Songs of Love and Death')

06. Thrill - Band-Maid (from the album 'New Beginning')

07. 3 Years Older - Steven Wilson (from the album 'Hand. Cannot. Erase.')

08. Beatnik Walking - Richard Thompson (from the album 'Still')

09. Tell 'Em To Hold On - Beth Hart (from the album 'Better than Home')

10. The Four Wise Ones - Amorphis (from the album 'Under the Red Cloud')

11. Halvdan the Black - Leaves' Eyes (from the album 'King of Kings')

12. Reapers - Muse (from the album 'Drones')

13. Southern Belle - Chantel McGregor (from the album 'Lose Control')

14. The Daughter of the Water - The Tirith (from the album 'Tales from the Tower')

15. John Condon - Fairport Convention (from the album 'Myths and Heroes')

16. Foundling - The Unthanks (from the album 'Mount the Air')

17. Enemy - Thundermother (from the album 'Road Fever')

18. Silhouette - Federal Charm (from the album 'Across the Divide')

19. Black Thunder - Steve Hackett (from the album 'Wolflight')

20. Me'n'Becky - Stick in the Wheel (from the album 'From Here')

21. High Tide - Emily Portman (from the album 'Coracle')

22. Devil out of Time - The Dead Daisies (from the album 'Revolucion')

23. I Like It Heavy - Halestorm (from the album 'Into the Wild Life')

24. School's out/ Another Brick in the Wall - Hollywood Vampires (from the album 'Hollywood Vampires')

25. American Flags in Black and White - John Moreland (from the album 'High on Tulsa Heat')

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VA - School Daze (1990-91) (320 Kbps)

R&B

1 Keith Sweat - Make You Sweat (Norman Cook 12" Mix)

2 Guy - Do Me Right (Extended Club Version)

3 Anita Baker - Fairy Tales

4 Jeffrey Osborne - If My Brother's in Trouble (Extended Hip Hop Mix)

5 Bell Biv DeVoe - When Will I See You Smile Again? (Video Version)

6 Freddie Jackson - Love Me Down

7 Hi-Five - I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) (Beat A Pella)

8 Jodeci - Xs We Share

Rap

9 Father M.C. - Treat Them Like They Want to Be Treated (Short Version)

10 X-Clan - Grand Verbalizer, What Time is It

11 Ice Cube - Jackin' for Beats 

12 N.W.A - Alwayz Into Somethin'

13 L.L. Cool J - Around the Way Girl (Crypt 12" Remix)

14 Ice-T - New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)

15 A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?

16 Leaders of the New School - Case of the P.T.A.

"School Daze" represents each semester that DJ Mello Ell was in school. This is middle-school era.

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VA - Caveman (23 @ 320 kbps, 2 @192)

01    Mark Knopfler & Evelyn Glennie - Glory Of The Cave (2:07)

02    Lightning Dust - Castles and Caves (5:23)

03    All Them Witches - Instrumental 2 (Welcome to the Caveman Future) (2:32)

04    Sidney Bechet et l'orchestre de Claude Luter - Blues in the Cave (2:48)

05    Pink Floyd - Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (4:58)

06    Mumford and Sons - The Cave (3:35)

07    Pictish Trail - Crystal Cave (2:58)

08    Foo Fighters - Amen, Caveman (3:16)

09    The Warlocks - Caveman Rock (3:39)

10    The Savage Resurrection - Remlaps Cave Part II (2:56)

11    Cut Worms - Cave of Phantoms (4:33)

12    Chris Smither - Cave Man (4:39)

13    Danny & The Juniors - Crazy Cave (2:27)

14    Dopapod - Bats in the Cave (8:15)

15    The Hot Club Of Cowtown - Caveman (3:29)

16    The Lumineers - Caves (2:59)

17    One Rusty Band - Devil Cave (4:48)

18    The Orb - Lunar Caves (9:16)

19    Ozric Tentacles - The Cave Of Aeolas (5:52)

20    Sigur Rós - The Silence of Animals, The Truth Is It Wanted To Cave In (22:59)

21    Skuli Sverrisson & Bill Frisell - Cave of Swimmers (2:59)

22    Tommy Steele - Rock With The Caveman (1:53)

23    The Waterboys - Bo Diddley Was a Caveman (1:39)

24    Lloyd Cole - Perfect Skin (3:11)

25    Grateful Dead - Hey Jude > Dear Mr Fantasy > Hey Jude 22nd March 1990 (12:59)

RIP and Thank You Plöp. IYKYK

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VA - Tracks From Soundtracks Vol.31: Sounds Alternative #3 (320 Kbps)

1 Chocolate - Snow Patrol - (The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2 Deadweight - Beck - (A Life Less Ordinary)

3 Man Of The Hour - Pearl Jam - (Big Fish - Music from the Motion Picture)

4 Blue - Angie Hart - (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Radio Sunnydale)

5 Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols - (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Radio Sunnydale)

6 Love Is Here - Luscious Jackson - (A Life Less Ordinary)

7 Star Mile - Joshua Radin - (The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

8 Pain Killer - Turin Brakes - (The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

9 Velvet Divorce - Sneaker Pimps - (A Life Less Ordinary)

10 Warning Sign - Coldplay - (The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

11 Hide And Seek - Imogen Heap - (The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

12 Key - Devics - (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Radio Sunnydale)

13 Kingdom of Lies - Folk Implosion - (A Life Less Ordinary)

14 Ride - Cary Brothers - (The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

15 El Salvador - Athlete - (The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

16 Leave [New Version] - R.E.M. - (A Life Less Ordinary)

17 Paper Bag - Fiona Apple - (The Last Kiss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

18 Sound of the Revolution - Lunatic Calm - (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Radio Sunnydale)

19 Don't Leave - Faithless - (A Life Less Ordinary)

20 Liquid Bridge - Brett Hunt - (Liquid Bridge: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)

21 It's War - The Cardigans - (A Life Less Ordinary)

22 As One - Joe Creighton - (Liquid Bridge: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)

23 Black Cat Bone - Laika - (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Radio Sunnydale)

24 Minstral Boy [Film Version] - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - (Black Hawk Down: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

25 The Sun Keeps Shining on Me - Fonda - (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Radio Sunnydale)

This is my third volume of Alternative/Indie artists from various soundtracks. Some familiar names here and maybe a few lesser known as well. An interesting and varied collection of music.

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VA - I.O.U. (International Office of the Underground) (1/2) (320 Kbps)

1 - Can - Mushroom - 1971

2 - Hawkwind - Silver Machine - 1972

3 - Magma - Ïma Süri Dondaï + Kobaïa Is de Hündïn - 1973

4 - Faust - Jennifer - 1973

5 - Univers Zéro - Carabosse - 1977

6 - Agitation Free - You Play For Us Today - 1972

7 - Eberhard Schoener ft. Sting - Why Don't You Answer ? - 1978

8 - Le Orme - Gioco di bimba - 1972

9 - Ash Ra Tempel ft. Rosi - Interplay Of Forces - 1973

10 - Gentle Giant - Proclamation - 1974

11 - Conrad Schnitzler - Zug - 1978

12 - Wapassou - Châtiment - 1973

13 - Holger Czukay - Cool In The Pool - 1979

14 - Phantom Band - No Question - 1981

15 - Tangerine Dream - Movements Of A Visionary - 1974

16 - Henry Cow - Nirvana For Mice - 1973

17 - Embryo - People From Out The Space - 1970

18 - Harmonia - Watussi - 1974

19 - Potemkine - Ballade - 1976

20 - Cluster - Es war Einmal - 1976

21 - Far East Family Band - Kokoro 心 - 1976

22 - Thinking Plague - How To Clean Squid - 1984

23 - Edgar Froese - Nights Of Automatic Women - 1978

24 - Peter Baumann - Chasing the Dream - 1979

25 - Urban Sax - Part 3 - 1985

Bonus - The Electric Flag - Flash, Bam, Pow - 1967

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The Topic is your choice, Genre is your choice and any music is acceptable. (If readers don't like the topic or choices then they don't have to pick them up)

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Saturday, May 2, 2026

VA - Black Top Blues-A-Rama Volume 1-7 [1988-1993] (7 x CDs)

BLUES

VA - Black Top Blues-A-Rama Volume 1-7 [1988-1993] (7 x CDs)

Black Top Blues-A-Rama Vol. 1–7 sits firmly within the world of Black Top Records, a New Orleans-based independent founded in 1981 by brothers Nauman and Hammond Scott. The label ran through to 1999, building a catalogue that stayed close to working blues rather than heritage presentation. That context matters here. These volumes, issued between 1988 and 1993, feel less like a loose compilation series and more like a direct extension of the label’s outlook at the time.

Across the seven volumes, the material leans heavily toward live recordings, and that’s really the core of the series. Most of it comes from club and festival settings, with that room sound and sense of stretch intact. Studio recordings do appear, but more sparingly, and they’re handled in a way that keeps them close in feel to the live material. What carries across is consistency. Whether recorded on stage or in the studio, the performances stay direct, unpolished, and rooted in the same working atmosphere.

Sequencing favors continuity over spotlighting. Artists move in and out, but the tone stays grounded in electric blues, with enough variation in tempo and phrasing to keep things shifting without losing focus. Over time, repetition becomes part of the appeal. Familiar structures return, small differences start to register, and the listening settles into a rhythm of its own.

This series shows how Black Top positioned its artists, close to performance, rooted in feel, and unconcerned with separating live from studio as long as the playing holds. That through-line is what giving the set its durability. (B)

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Track lists

Vol. 1

01 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - Pawnbroker 3:46

02 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - That's Alright 4:21

03 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - Suggestion Blues 4:57

04 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - Changin' Neighborhoods 6:56

05 Ron Levy - I'm Your Professor 3:11

06 Ron Levy - It's Hot in Here 3:44

07 Ron Levy - Big Mamou 3:23

08 Grady Gaines - Hard Time Blues 4:36

09 Grady Gaines - Something on Your Mind 5:40


Vol. 2

01 Nappy Brown - Lemon Squeezin' Daddy 6:46

02 Nappy Brown - Bye Bye Baby 3:49

03 Nappy Brown - Get to Gettin' 3:01

04 Earl King - Things I Used to Do 4:15

05 Ronnie Earl - West Side Soul 3:13

06 Ronnie Earl - Night Flight 3:50

07 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - Blue Monday Blues 4:39

08 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - Further on Up The Road 3:12

09 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - If I Had My Life to Live Over 2:06

10 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - Hello Sundown 3:48


Vol. 3

01 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - Theme Song and Introduction 1:41

02 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - Next Time You See Me 2:51

03 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - Your Turn to Cry 6:14

04 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - Don't Want No Woman 3:11

05 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - When There's No Way Out 2:43

06 James 'Thunderbird' Davis - You Did Me Wrong 2:36

07 Ron Levy - Introduction 0:23

08 Ron Levy - Organ-ism 4:05

09 Ron Levy - Tee-Na-Nee-Na-Nu 6:05

10 Bobby Radcliff - Introduction 0:15

11 Bobby Radcliff - Bonehead 3:19

12 Bobby Radcliff - Sex Machine 4:55

13 Bobby Radcliff - Bad Luck 2:50

14 Bobby Radcliff - Night Train 4:55


Vol. 4

01 Grady Gaines & The Texas Upsetters - Grady's Slow Theme and Introduction 1:15

02 Grady Gaines & The Texas Upsetters - Let Your Thing Hang Down 4:46

03 Grady Gaines & The Texas Upsetters - Lonesome Saxophone 3:03

04 Paul David Roberts - Miracle 4:29

05 Paul David Roberts - I Found A Sure Enough Good Love 3:52

06 Upsetters - Grady's Fast Chaser Theme 0:13

07 Joe Medwick - Introduction 0:34

08 Joe Medwick - Don't Cry No More 2:20

09 Joe Medwick - C.C. Rider 2:01

10 Joe Medwick - If I Don't Get Involved 4:13

11 Joe Medwick - I Pity The Fool 3:55

12 Big Robert Smith - Introduction 0:17

13 Big Robert Smith - Can't Turn You Loose 2:51

14 Big Robert Smith - 24 Hours of The Day 3:59

15 Big Robert Smith - Driving Wheel 4:08

16 Big Robert Smith - Big Robert's Strokin' Too 5:30

17 Upsetters - Grady's Slow Theme 0:30

18 Upsetters - Midnight Shuffle 3:53


Vol. 5

01 Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Love at First Sight 4:33

02 Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Keep Holding on Baby 3:47

03 Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Can't Keep From Crying 4:05

04 Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - I Found A New Love 9:09

05 Earl King - Love Rent 8:01

06 Earl King - A Weary Silent Night 2:42

07 Earl King - Night Time is The Right Time 6:44

08 Joe 'Guitar' Hughes - Mother-In-Law Blues 4:22

09 Joe 'Guitar' Hughes - Don't Run From Your Own Shadow 3:11

10 Joe 'Guitar' Hughes - You Know You Didn't Want Me 4:03


Vol. 6

01 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - 20 Miles 3:32

02 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - Hold That Train Conductor 4:18

03 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - Look on Yonder's Wall 3:57

04 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - One Room Country Shack 6:19

05 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - Feel So Bad 4:39

06 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby 2:50

07 Snooks Eaglin - I Cry, Oh! 3:47

08 Snooks Eaglin - Irene 3:21

09 Snooks Eaglin - Apache 3:13

10 Snooks Eaglin - Certainly Ya'll 2:43

11 Snooks Eaglin - Dizzy Miss Lizzy 3:10

12 Hubert Sumlin - Howlin' for My Darlin' 3:42

13 Hubert Sumlin - Your Clock is Running Out 8:12

14 Hubert Sumlin - Come Home Little Girl 4:38

15 Hubert Sumlin - Honey Dumplins 5:47


Vol. 7

01 Crawl - I Don't Want You Hangin' Around 5:18

02 Crawl - You Ain't Like You Used to Be 4:27

03 Crawl - Should've Done Better 4:30

04 Big Robert Smith - 24 Hours of The Day 5:02

05 Lynn August & The Hot August Knights - Blind Man 6:06

06 Lynn August & The Hot August Knights - Tous Les Temps En Temps 3:14

07 Lynn August & The Hot August Knights - Tous Les Jours Ce N'est Pas La Meme Chose 5:30

08 Lynn August & The Hot August Knights - Railroad Blues 4:55

09 Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon - Golden Girl 3:27

10 Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon - I Needs to Be Be'd With 4:35

11 Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere 4:33

12 Robert Ward - Your Love is Real 4:05

13 Robert Ward - Your Love is Amazing 4:11

14 Robert Ward - Forgive Me Darling 3:13

15 Robert Ward - Something for Nothing 3:50

16 Robert Ward - Potato Soup 4:11

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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Friday, May 1, 2026

VA - Hidden Sunbeams (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

SUNSHINE POP

VA - Hidden Sunbeams (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

Hidden Sunbeams gathers together a very particular kind of light, the soft, harmony‑rich glow of Sunshine Pop in its purest form. Between 1966 and 1969, a small circle of writers, arrangers, and studio groups shaped a genre defined not by chart positions, but by tone, bright melodies, soft‑psych shimmer, baroque touches, and a sense of optimism that seemed to float above the era around it. This collection follows that definition strictly. No beat or mod detours, no garage grit, no bubblegum, no MOR or AM‑pop drift. Just the unmistakable architecture of true Sunshine Pop, built on stacked vocals, pastel arrangements, and a melodic lift that feels weightless.

The strictness matters. Sunshine Pop was never a broad category, it was a narrow, carefully‑drawn studio sound, often created by musicians who moved between projects under different names, leaving behind 45s and album tracks that slipped into obscurity almost as soon as they appeared. Many of the recordings here were pressed in small quantities, distributed regionally, or buried on albums that never reached the audience they deserved. Their rarity isn’t a marketing angle, it’s the natural result of a genre that thrived in the margins, where ambition outpaced commercial reach.

Across four discs, Hidden Sunbeams traces the full spectrum of that sound, the bright, iconic signatures of The Association and The 5th Dimension; the soft‑psych sophistication of Sagittarius, The Millennium, and Free Design; the UK pastel‑baroque of Honeybus, Orange Bicycle, and West Coast Consortium, and the deep‑cut rarities that collectors have chased for decades, Colors of Love, Ellie Janov, Jango’s Carrousel, Fat Man’s Music Festival, and Collage at their most luminous.

These songs were built for clarity, colour, and craft, and for a moment, they made the world feel lighter. Hidden Sunbeams brings that moment back into view. Don't we just need it. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Spiral Staircase - More Today Than Yesterday 2:49 1969

02 Association - Windy 2:55 1967

03 5th Dimension - Up - Up and Away 2:39 1967

04 Harpers Bizarre - Chattanooga Choo Choo 2:35 1967

05 Parade - Sunshine Girl 2:46 1967

06 Free Design - Bubbles 2:17 1968

07 Love Generation - Johnny & Louise (She Didn't Forget Her Shoes) 2:58 1967

08 Coronados - Hey Love 2:29 1967

09 Sandpipers - Glass 3:12 1967

10 Friend & Lover - Reach Out of The Darkness 3:08 1968

11 Sagittarius - Would You Like to Go 2:36 1968

12 Millennium - It's You (Mono) 3:11 1968

13 Roger Nichols - Don't Take Your Time 2:29 1968

14 Ballroom - Magic Time 2:49 1968

15 Turtles - You Know What I Mean 2:03 1967

16 Going Thing - Butterflies Are Free 2:22 1968

17 Neon Philharmonic - Morning Girl 2:11 1969

18 Holy Mackerel - Bitter Honey 2:16 1968

19 Critters - Because You Came to See Me Today 2:14 1967

20 Gordian Knot - We Must Be Doing Somethin' Right 2:49 1968


CD2

01 Cyrkle - Turn-Down Day 2:34 1966

02 Monkees - Sometime in The Morning 2:30 1967

03 Friends - Piccolo Man 2:13 1968

04 Flowerpot Men - Let's Go to San Francisco 3:38 1967

05 Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go 2:56 1968

06 Sunshine Company - Happy 1:58 1967

07 The Montanas - Roundabout 2:46 1968

08 Smoke - We Can Take It 2:47 1967

09 Eternity's Children - Sunshine Among Us 2:45 1968

10 Pleasure Fair - Morning Glory Days 2:35 1967

11 The Young Idea - Colours of Darkness 2:44 1968

12 Orange Bicycle - Hyacinth Threads 2:54 1967

13 West Coast Consortium - Some Other Someday 2:56 1968

14 Tokens - Animal 3:16 1968

15 Episode Six - Sunshine Girl 2:49 1968

16 Morning Sun - Someday 2:06 1968

17 Arbors - A Symphony for Susan 2:37 1969

18 Carnival - Hope 2:56 1969

19 Twilights - Comin' on Down 2:12 1968

20 Peppermint Trolley Company - Trust 2:39 1968


CD3

01 Fun & Games - The Grooviest Girl in the World 2:54 1968

02 Merry-Go-Round - You're A Very Lovely Woman 2:54 1967

03 Montanas - You've Got to Be Loved 2:53 1967

04 Collage - Virginia Days Ragtime Memories 3:22 1969

05 Zombies - Friends of Mine 2:16 1968

06 Parade - She Sleeps Alone 2:06 1967

07 Roger Nichols - Can I Go 2:10 1968

08 Yellow Balloon - Stained Glass Window 2:07 1967

09 Peppermint Rainbow - Pink Lemonade 2:06 1969

10 Tuneful Trolley - Hello Love 2:47 1968

11 Eternity's Children - Again Again 3:05 1968

12 Free Design - My Brother Woody 2:34 1967

13 Millennium - Blight 2:52 1968

14 Rainbow People - The Walk Will Do You Good 2:16 1967

15 Collage - Rainy Blue Memory 2:15 1969

16 Twilights - What's Wrong With the Way I Live 1:58 1967

17 Morning Reign - Wait Til You See 2:15 1968

18 Bystanders - Royal Blue Summer Sunshine Day 3:12 1968

19 Sunshine Company - Back on the Street Again 2:30 1967

20 Neon Philharmonic - No One is Going to Hurt You 3:58 1969


CD4

01 Fun and Games - Close to Carmel 2:37 1968

02 Colors of Love - Up on A Cotton Cloud 2:47 1968

03 Forte Four - Don't Let The Sun Shine on Me 1:58 1968

04 Thomas Group - Autumn 2:32 1968

05 Dusk - If We Just Leave Today 2:10 1968

06 Ellie Janov - Portobello Road 2:47 1968

07 Jango's Carrousel - You Never Got to Know Me 2:06 1968

08 Fat Man's Music Festival - Boats of Angel Bay 3:13 1969

09 Peppermint Trolley Company - Spinnin' Whirlin' 'Round 3:04 1968

10 Pete Samson - Symphonies 2:47 1968

11 Twinn Connexion - Oh What A Lovely Day 2:45 1969

12 Art Nouveaux - Way to Play 2:24 1968

13 Thomas Group - Ordinary Girl (I've Got A Special Kind of Love for You) 2:19 1968

14 Cowsills - We Can Fly 2:15 1968

15 Honeybus - (Do I Figure) in Your Life 2:34 1968

16 Tokens - Portrait of My Love 2:21 1967

17 Peppermint Rainbow - Will You Be Staying After Sunday 2:31 1969

18 Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon 2:19 1967

19 Zombies - This Will Be Our Year 2:03 1968

20 Collage - My Mind's at Ease 2:15 1969

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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