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Monday, June 22, 2026

VA – Songs of the Earth, Astonishing and Rare Voices [1998]

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VA – Songs of the Earth, Astonishing and Rare Voices [1998]

This collection feels like opening a window onto the world and letting the voices of entire cultures drift into the room. Songs of the Earth was released in 1998 by Auvidis in partnership with UNESCO, and the set carries that unmistakable UNESCO spirit, respect for tradition, careful documentation, and a belief that human expression is worth preserving in its rawest form. Every track comes from a different corner of the globe, yet the album plays with a quiet unity, as if all these voices are answering one another across distance and time.

What strikes me first is the intimacy. These are not studio‑shaped performances. They are field recordings, ritual fragments, work songs, chants, and melodies that have lived far longer than any commercial genre. The Khyal excerpt opens the disc with a sense of weight and lineage, a reminder that some musical forms carry centuries inside a single breath. From there the album moves through Balinese Tjak, Ainu upopo, Inuit throat games, Islamic zikr, and Siberian laments. Each piece feels like a glimpse into a living tradition rather than a curated showcase.

The sequencing is gentle and deliberate. A children’s horse song sits beside a ritual chant. A round dance follows a mountain ballad. A grinding‑millet song closes the disc with a rhythm shaped by daily life rather than performance. The effect is grounding. You begin to hear the shared human impulse behind all of it: to mark time, to honour ancestors, to celebrate, to mourn, to teach, to remember.

What makes the set so powerful is the way it refuses to smooth anything out. The textures remain untouched. You hear breath, room tone, wind, the shuffle of bodies. These details give the recordings their life. They remind you that music is not always crafted for an audience. Sometimes it is simply part of the world, as natural as weather.

Songs of the Earth becomes a quiet, astonishing journey. It invites the listener to slow down, to hear voices that rarely travel beyond their own communities, and to recognise the beauty in forms that exist far outside the commercial frame. It is a rare document, and a deeply human one. (B)

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Track list

01 INDIA: Mohin ud din Dagar & Amin ud din Dagar - Khyal [extract] 5:10

02 BALI: singers of Peliatan - Tjak [extract] 2:06

03 JAPAN: unidentified artists - Upopo 2:10

04 MONGOLIA: Sundui - The 4-Year-Old Light Tan Horse 1:50

05 UZBEKISTAN: Nazira Bāïjanova - Yār-Yār [extract] 2:20

06 SYRIA: Rifa'iyya Brotherhood of Aleppo - Islamic Ritual Zikr [extract] 3:28

07 SYRIA: Evelyne Daoud - Takhshefto (Like the Merchants) 4:50

08 UKRAINE: Rosa Jouk, Lioudmilla Tchijouk & Maria Dorodko - The Red Mountain Ash 2:13

09 BYELORUSSIA: Tatiana Orlenin & Nadeshda Shogol - Round (spring dance) 2:08

10 BULGARIA: Ianka Rupkina & Stoian Vielichkov - Slow Melody 3:57

11 SWITZERLAND: Ernst Pfändler - Zäuerli (Sung in the Inn) 2:20

12 CANADA: Elijah Pudloo Mageeta, Qaunak Martha Meekeega, Napache Samaejuk Pootoogook & Napache Etidloie Toonoo - Three Katajjait From Baffin Land 2:04

13 SOLOMON ISLANDS: choir of eight Baegu women - Roiroa (women's song) 2:37

14 MALAWI: girls from the Ntcheu district & Ngoni singer - Byeni: Kamwana kamwini (Somebody's Little Child) / Kaya wiyo (Who Cares) 4:13

15 SUDAN: Gumuz musicians - Nagara (Music of the Blue Nile Province) 2:33

16 Central African Republic: Aka pygmy singers - Dikoboda sombe (hut song) 3:56

17 Central African Republic: Mvrele ensemble - Ulepa 4:24

18 Central African Republic: five Banda-Linda elders - Ye zame andero (war chant) 2:51

19 BENIN: two young Somba girls - Song for Grinding Millet [extract] 2:59

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Sunday, June 21, 2026

John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings [1997] (4 x CDs)

SUNDAY JAZZ

JOGN COLTRANE

John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings [1997] (4 x CDs)

There are live jazz recordings that document a moment, and then there are recordings that change the way you hear the music altogether. Coltrane’s 1961 Village Vanguard tapes belong to the second group. When I sit with this set, I feel as if I’m stepping into a room where the air itself is charged, where every musician is listening harder than usual, and where Coltrane is pushing past the edges of what his quartet had already mastered. These performances were recorded over four nights in November 1961, and the box set gathers them with the kind of care that lets the listener feel the shape of the week as it unfolded.

What strikes me first is the sense of exploration. Coltrane was moving into new territory, working with Eric Dolphy, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, McCoy Tyner, and Elvin Jones in shifting combinations. The music stretches, contracts, and opens again. Pieces like India, Spiritual, and Chasin’ the Trane feel less like tunes and more like living structures, built in real time. You hear Coltrane searching for new colours, Dolphy answering with lines that seem to bend the room, and Jones driving everything forward with a pulse that never settles.

The set also reveals the quieter moments. Naima and Greensleeves appear not as breaks from intensity but as reminders of Coltrane’s melodic grounding. Even in the most exploratory passages, there is a deep sense of purpose, a clarity that holds the music together.

Listening through the complete recordings, you begin to understand why these nights became legendary. They capture a band in transition, a leader reaching for a new language, and a club that allowed the music to unfold without limits. What you hear is not a polished statement but a process, a search, a series of doors opening one after another. It remains one of the most revealing and transformative listening experiences in jazz. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 John Coltane - India 10:33

02 John Coltane - Chasin' the Trane 9:52

03 John Coltane - Impressions 8:52

04 John Coltane - Spiritual 12:49

05 John Coltane - Miles' Mode 10:22

06 John Coltane - Naima 7:40

CD2

01 John Coltane - Brazilia 18:45

02 John Coltane - Chasin' Another Trane 15:35

03 John Coltane - India 13:14

04 John Coltane - Spiritual 15:13

05 John Coltane - Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise 6:38

CD3

01 John Coltane - Chasin' the Trane 16:08

02 John Coltane - Greensleeves 6:26

03 John Coltane - Impressions I 10:59

04 John Coltane - Spiritual 13:48

05 John Coltane - Naima 7:08

06 John Coltane - Impressions II 14:52

CD4

01 John Coltane - India I 14:03

02 John Coltane - Greensleeves 5:02

03 John Coltane - Miles' Mode 15:25

04 John Coltane - India II 15:14

05 John Coltane - Spiritual 20:40

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MY COMPILATION SERIES VOL. 244

MY COMPILATION SERIES

Where visitors provide their self-made compilation.

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MY COMPILATION SERIES VOL. 244

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#01

Title: VA - Classic Jack (320 Kbps)

Created By: Pol Inate

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

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#02

Title: VA - Get A Little Vol.187 - East Meets West (320 Kbps)

Created By: John Angelatos

Contact: johnangelatos@gmail.com

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#03

Title: VA - Berni's A-Z Vol. 212 G Part 1 (320 Kbps except tracks 1 and 24)

Created By: Berni

Contact: Not provided

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#04

Title: VA – All Time Brazilian Hits – Volume 2 (320 Kbps)

Created By: Beto Pacheco & José Faria

Contact: betopacheco914@gmail.com or jfgomes@gmail.com

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#05

Title: VA - Celluloid Heroes (Part 3)(320 Kbps)

Created By: Trevor Lear

Contact: trevorlear@zohomail.eu

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#06

Title: VA - Fight (Var)

Created By: Shankly

Contact: shankly1956@outlook.com

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#07

Title: VA - Don't (320 Kbps)

Created By: Oniswa

Contact: Oniswa@proton.me

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#08

Title: VA - Popmusic 2025 (320 Kbps)

Created By: Monoc

Contact: Monoc@mail.de

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#09

Title: VA - Superappin' '88 (160 Kbps)

Created By: DJ Mello Ell (p/k/a E.J.R.)

Contact: djmelloell@gmail.com

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#10

Title: VA - Stream of Consciousness [Dark Seid] (320 Kbps)

Created By: Obey Gravity

Contact: obey_gravity@usa.com

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#11

Title: VA - Circa musicam sectae ostrea caerulea (1/2) (320 Kbps)

Created By: Hervé Guilleminot

Contact: herve.guilleminot@gmail.com

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#12

Title: VA - Playing For Change (320 Kbps)

Created By: lemonflag

Contact: Not provided

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TRACK LISTS Vol. 244

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#01

VA - Classic Jack (320 Kbps)

01 DJ Pierre - Box Energy (Original 12' Club Mix)

02 Phuture - Acid Trax

03 Mr Fingers - Washing Machine

04 Farley Jackmaster Funk - Love Can't Turn Around

05 Cajmere - Percolator

06 The Todd Terry Project - Bango (To The Batmobile)

07 LNR - Work It To The Bone

08 Jaxine - Jack Me Free

09 Fingers Inc. - Can You Feel It

10 KC Flightt - Voices (Out Of Reach Wonka Remix)

11 Frankie Knuckles - Your Love

12 Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)

13 Royal House - Can You Party

14 Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Your Body

15 Chip E - Time To Jack (Original 12' House Mix)

16 Adonis - No Way Back (Vocal)

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#02

VA - Get A Little Vol.187 - East Meets West (320 Kbps)

01 John McLaughlin, Jean-Luc Ponty, Zakir Hussain - Lotus Feet

02 Sachal Jazz & Wynton Marsalis Quintet - My Favourite Things (Comp. John Coltrane)

03 Takis Barberis Group with Debashish & Subhashish Bhattacharya – Tilang

04 Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (Comp. Nick Gravenites)

05 Safron Overdose (Persian Jazz Journey) - Artificial Intelligence Product

06 Mahavishnu Orchestra - Meeting Of The Spirits - You Know You Know

(John McLaughlin - Guitar, Jan Hammer - Keyboards, Jerry Goodman - Violin, Rick Laird - Bass, Billy Cobham – Drums)

07 Greeks & Indians - Zaiko (Dance Of Thrace, Macedonia)

(Giorgos Makris - Bagpipes [Gaida], Rakesh Chaurasia – Bansuri, Petroloukas Chalkias – Clarinet, Socratis Sinopoulos - Constantinople Lyre, Nikos Saragoudas – Oud, Rabindra Goswami – Sitar, Shubhankar Banerjee – Tabla, Devashish Dey & Chronis Aidonidis – Vocals)

08 Yehudi Menuhin & Ravi Shankar - Raga Piloo

(Alla Rakha - Tabla, Kamala Chakravarti - Tambura)

09 Herbie Mann - The Oud and the Pussycat

10 Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band - Egypt Strut

11 Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim - Kalahari Suite

12 Michel Bismut – Ajorpa

(Jorge Pardo - Saxophone soprano, Flute, Nabil Khalidi - Ud, Michel Bismut - Acoustic bass, Keyvan Chemirani - Zarb, Daf, Gatam)

13 Natacha Atlas – Oasis

14 Charlie Mariano & Chaouki Smahi - So Wonderful

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VA - Berni's A-Z Vol. 212 G Part 1 (320 Kbps except tracks 1 and 24)

1-01 - Goodnight, Texas - The Money Or The Time

1-02 - Gasoline Lollipops - Working For The Devil

1-03 - Garth Brooks, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time - Against The Grain

1-04 - George Dearborne - Muddy Water

1-05 - George Strait - Murder On Music Row (feat. Alan Jackson)

1-06 - Ghost Hounds - Past The Point Of Rescue

1-07 - The Gibson Brothers - Iron And Diamonds

1-08 - Girls, Guns And Glory - Wine Went Bad (But I'm Still Drinkin')

1-09 - The Goddamsels - Better Than

1-10 - Goldpine - Confessions

1-11 - Gordon Lightfoot - Alberta Bound

1-12 - Grace Adele - Never Lost (feat. Ketch Secor)

1-13 - The Grahams - Griggstown

1-14 - Grandpa's Cough Medicine - A Boy And His Dog

1-15 - Gravel Saints - The Devil Kept Quiet

1-16 - Great Lake Swimmers - One More Dance Around The Sun

1-17 - Gov't Mule - Ballerina

1-18 - Greensky Bluegrass - Reverend (feat. Billy Strings)

1-19 - Greg Wickham - I Will Comfort You

1-20 - Greg Klyma - Jane

1-21 - Greg Martin With Arlen Roth - Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia

1-22 - Greyhounds & T-Bird And The Breaks - 5 In The Morning

1-23 - Greg Owens And The Whiskey Weather - The Mine

1-24 - The Grip Weeds - Give Me Some Of Your Ways

1-25 - Grit, Guts & Glory - Working Weekend

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VA – All Time Brazilian Hits – Volume 2 (320 Kbps)

1. Chove Chuva — Jorge Ben Jor

2. Noites Com Sol — Flavio Venturini

3. O Trenzinho Do Caipira — Ney Matogrosso

4. Folha De Papel — Sérgio Ricardo

5. Céu E Mar — Johnny Alf

6. Paisagem Da Janela — Lô Borges

7. Tempo Perdido — Leila Pinheiro

8. Lembra De Mim — Ivan Lins

9. A Felicidade — Agostinho dos Santos

10. Por Causa de Você — Dolores Duran

11. Dona — Sá & Guarabyra

12. Teletema — Evinha

13. Sá Marina — Wilson Simonal

14. Menina Da Ladeira — João Só

15. Você Abusou — Antonio Carlos & Jocafi

16. Do Lado Direito da Rua Direita — Os Originais do Samba

17. O Mundo É Um Moinho — Cartola

18. Porto — Dori Caymmi

19. Desenredo — Edu Lobo

20. Juliana — Antonio Adolfo e a Brazuca

21. Mas Que Nada — Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

22. Você É Linda — Caetano Veloso

23. Sol De Primavera — Beto Guedes

24. Feira Moderna — Som Imaginário

25. Criaturas Da Noite — O Terço

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VA - Celluloid Heroes (Part 3)(320 Kbps)

43. Julian Cope - Robert Mitchum

44. Robyn Hitchcock - Gene Hackman

45. Loudon Wainwright III - Just Like Buster Keaton

46. Billy Bragg And Wilco - Ingrid Bergman

47. Joe Henry - Orson Welles

48. Cigarettes After Sex - John Wayne

49. Lambchop - Steve McQueen

50. Phoebe Bridgers - Demi Moore

51. John Grant - Sigourney Weaver

52. Jane Birkin - Norma Jean Baker

53. Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp - This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr

54. Giustino Di Gregorio - Minuetto Per Isabella Rossellini

55. alt-J - The Gospel of John Hurt

56. The Handsome Family - Natalie Wood

57. Mickey Finn - Marcello Mastroianni

58. Jim O'Rourke - Milena Dravic

59. Pizzicato Five - Holiday For Audrey H.

60. Marcus Miller - Bruce Lee

61. Primus - Lee Van Cleef

62. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

Musicians most often use actors' names as metaphors for a certain lifestyle, physical appearance, character traits, or as part of pop-culture references,... This is the third, final part of the compilation of songs inspired by movie actors.

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VA - Fight (Var)

01. Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones

02. Get Up and Fight - Muse

03. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John

04. Fight - WarKings

05. Street Fighting Years - Simple Minds

06. We Fight For Rock'N'Roll - Thundermother

07. Fight On - The Lathums

08. Fight It Back - Accept

09. Fighter Command - Big Big Train

10. The Reason we Fight - Galneryus

11. Fight - The Cure

12. We Fight We Fall - Liliac

13. Old Clash Fan Fight Song - Billy Bragg

14. Fight To Be Free - Dragonforce

15. Fight - Joanna Connor

16. Stand Up and Fight - Saxon

17. Fight For Us - Red Sand

18. We Will Fight - Battle Beast

19. This Is Why We Fight - The Decemberists

20. Fight It Down - Bridear

21. The Fighting 69th - The Wolfetones

22. Fight Until We Die - Manowar

23. Without a Fight - The Alarm

24. Go Down Fighting - Nazareth

25. Can't Fight This Feeling - The Dead Daisies

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VA - Don't (320 Kbps)

1. Allison Moorer - Don't Cry No Tears (2:32)

2. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (3:49)

3. Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (2:36)

4. Duke Robillard - Don't You Want To Roll With Me (4:11)

5. The Ed Palermo Big Band - Don't Bother Me (The Beatles) / Nardis (Miles Davis) / Don't Bother Me (reprise) (7:11)

6. Father John Misty - Don't Be Cruel (5:31)

7. Gary Clark Jr. - Don't Owe You A Thang (3:32)

8. Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go (3:49)

9. Ian McNabb - Don't Patronize Me (4:00)

10. Jerry Jeff Walker - Don't It Make You Wanna Dance (4:17)

11. Kris Kristofferson - Don't Let The Bastards (Get You Down) (2:49)

12. Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - Don't Get Around Much Anymore (3:35)

13. Maria Muldaur - Don't You Feel My Leg (3:59)

14. Norah Jones - Don't Know Why (Live In NYC) (3:53)

15. Oysterband - Don't Slit Your Wrists For Me (3:48)

16. Pat Dinizio - Don't Look Now (3:00)

17. Queen - Don't Try Suicide - Remastered 2011 (3:52)

18. Roky Erickson - Don't Slander Me (3:27)

19. Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talkin' (2:35)

20. Talking Heads - Don't Worry About The Government (3:02)

21. Ursula Mauder - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (3:35)

22. Van Morrison - Don't Look Back (with John Lee Hooker) (6:44)

23. Warren Zevon - Don't Let Us Get Sick (Solo Acoustic) (Recorded Live 1231999 At Austin City Limits Studios) (3:10)

24. The Young And Moody Band - Don't Do That (3:16)

25. The Zeros - Don't Push Me Around (2:27)

26. The Who - Don't Let Go The Coat (3:43)

Sectae Ostrea Caerulea pour Hervé ;)

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#08

VA - Popmusic 2025 (320 Kbps)

01. Didn't I - Liam Kazar

02. Switch Over - Horsegirl

03. The Other Side Of Life - The Eades

04. Check (Please) - The Macks

05. Without You - Miles Kane

06. Barroom Wonder - Lawn

07. Magic Wand - The Wesleys

08. Sunshine2 - Whitney K

09. Best Behavior - Dallas Ugly

10. Living Lo-Fi - Cheekface

11. Psychic - Massage

12. 100% - The Memories

13. Arms Forever - Worn Through

14. Dying in Eight Verses - Casper Skulls

15. Skin of Our Teeth - Tristen

16. If You Give A Poet A Beer - Buddy Wynkoop

17. Andy (A Guy Like You) - The Waterboys

18. Inside the Lines - Chaparelle

19. Slut For Excel - Charlie Houston

20. Inland Ocean - Matt Berninger

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VA - Superappin' '88 (160 Kbps)

1 Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

2 MC Lyte - Paper Thin

3 N.W.A. - Gangsta Gangsta

4 Slick Rick - The Ruler's Back

5 Big Daddy Kane - Just Rhymin' With Biz

6 Boogie Down Productions - I'm Still No. 1

7 Eric B. and Rakim - Follow the Leader

8 Stetsasonic - Talkin' All That Jazz

9 Jungle Brothers - Black is Black

10 J.J. Fad - Supersonic

11 Run-D.M.C. - Run's House

12 Ultramagnetic MC's - Ego Trippin'

13 Ice-T - High Rollers

14 Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock - Joy and Pain (remix)

15 Cash Money and Marvelous - Find an Ugly Woman

16 EPMD - You Gots to Chill

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VA - Stream of Consciousness [Dark Seid] (320 Kbps)

Arlin Ober - One Lonely Sax

Peter Sellers - A Hard Days Night

JC - A Number Nine In The LIfe

Tribe After Tribe - White Boys In The Jungle

Eddyhez - Planet Claire

Tom Petty - Make It Better

The Morells - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

Brix & The Extricated - Moonrise Kingdom

The Hosts - Moon Over Montana

Club des Belugas - The Beat is Rhythm

Simon & Garfunkel - A Simple Desultory Phillipic

Beatles - With a Little Help (Sean Lennon)

Beatles - The Word

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Broadway Boogie Woogie

Larry & The Handjive - Shakin' All Over

Neil Sedaka - One Way Ticket to the Blues

Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock-n-Roll

Supertramp - Crazy

Bob Seger - Shame on the Moon

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VA - Circa musicam sectae ostrea caerulea (1/2) (320 Kbps)

1 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - 1968

2 - Styx - Castle Walls - 1977

3 - Attila ft. Billy Joel - Tear This Castle Down - 1970

4 - Wishbone Ash - The King Will Come - 1972

5 - Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery - 1975

6 - Van Der Graaf Generator - Killer - 1970

7 - Kansas - Closet Chronicles - 1977

8 - Kraftwerk - The Hall OF Mirrors - 1977

9 - Thee Oh Sees - Sticky Hulks - 2015

10 - Budgie - Parents - 1973

11 - Deep Purple - Demon's Eye - 1971

12 - Genesis - Squonk - 1976

13 - Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You - 1970

14 - Kiss - God Of Thunder - 1976

15 - Asia - Without You - 1982

16 - Judas Priest - The Ripper - 1976

17 - Monster Magnet - Queen Of You - 2000

18 - King Crimson - Epitaph - 1969

19 - Coven - Black Sabbath - 1969

20 - UFO - Love To Love - 1977

21 - David Bowie - The Bewlay Brothers - 1971

22 - Donovan - Season Of The Witch - 1966

23 - Alice Cooper - Black Juju - 1971

24 - Thin Lizzy - Emerald - 1976

25 - Hawkwind - The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) - 1974

Bonus - Blue Öyster Cult - Nosferatu - 1977

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VA - Playing For Change (320 Kbps)

1 Biko

2 Dock Of The Bay

3 Doctor My Eyes

4 Dreams

5 Higher Ground

6 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

7 I'll Take You There

8 Imagine

9 Listen To The Music

10 Minuit

11 Natural Mystic-Just A Little Bit

12 No Woman No Cry

13 One Love

14 Oye Como Va

15 Peace Train

16 Rasta Children

17 Redemption Song

18 Riders On The Storm

19 Stand By Me

20 Strong Enough

21 The Weight

22 Three Little Birds

23 Waiting On The World To Change

24 War-No More Trouble

25 What's Going On

Playing For Change videos are all over Ytube. Artists from around the world contribute snatches which are built into a complete song. This is a sampler I put together. Some start quietly but all are listenable IMHO. They are in alphabetical order, I could noy decide on a sequence.

19) I think maybe the first they did. Some of the writers/artists join in. My fav is 15) Yusuf/Cat joins in. (They seem to love Bob Marley, but so go I!). Enjoy.

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Saturday, June 20, 2026

VA - Terry Farley Presents Acid Rain' [2013] (5 x CDs)

ACID HOUSE

VA - Terry Farley Presents Acid Rain' [2013] (5 x CDs)

Acid Rain, released in 2013 by Harmless Records, is one of those rare archival projects that feels both exhaustive and alive. Terry Farley approaches the history of UK acid house not as a museum display but as a living ecosystem, built from twelve‑inch singles, white labels, club‑only mixes, and the kind of records that travelled through hands rather than charts. The set gathers tracks from the late eighties and early nineties, a period when the sound was still forming its identity, shaped by small studios, cheap drum machines, and the energy of nights that stretched into morning.

Farley’s curation gives the box its shape. Instead of leaning on the obvious anthems, he digs into the deeper shelves, pulling together cuts that show how acid house grew from Chicago imports into a distinctly British movement. You hear the shift from raw, looping grooves to more atmospheric pieces, the way producers began stretching the 303 into new shapes, and how the scene absorbed influences from hip‑house, techno, and early rave. The sequencing across the discs lets these changes unfold naturally, as if you are listening to a long night in a club where the mood keeps turning but the pulse never breaks.

Harmless Records supports the project with detailed notes, label credits, and clean transfers that respect the original pressings. The archival care matters, because these tracks were built for dancefloors, not preservation, and hearing them restored without losing their grit gives the set its weight. Acid Rain becomes a portrait of a culture in motion. It captures the moment when acid house stopped being an import and became a language of its own, carried by DJs, dancers, and producers who found freedom in repetition, tension, and the glow of a single synth line cutting through the dark. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Jungle Wonz - Bird in a Gilded Cage [Original 12'' Club Mix] 6:38

02 Frankie Knuckles - Bad Boy [Unreleased 12'' Mix feat. Jamie Principle] 5:40

03 Virgo Four - Take Me Higher [Original 12'' Club Mix] 4:48

04 William S - I'll Never Let You Go [Original Instrumental 12'' Club Mix] 6:15

05 M.E. - School Hall [Original 12'' Club Mix] 4:24

06 Libra Libra - I Like it [Original 12'' Dub Mix] 9:50

07 Pleasure Zone - Fantasy [Original 12'' Club Mix] 4:27

08 Charles B - Lack of Love [Original 12'' Club Mix] 6:19

09 DJ Pierre - Box Energy [Original 12'' Club Mix] 5:09

10 Candy J - Desirable Revenge [Original Jack 'Em Off Club Mix] 8:59

11 Pierre's Pfantasy Club - Dream Girl [Original Ralphi Rosario Club Mix] 8:49

12 Ace & The Sandman - Let Your Body Talk [Original 12'' Club Mix] 7:10

CD2

01 Virgo - R U Hot Enough? [Original 12'' Club Mix] 7:40

02 Mr. & Mrs. Dale - It's You [Original 12'' Free Club Mix] 5:21

03 Jungle Wonz - The Jungle (Edit) [Original 12'' Club Mix] 5:07

04 Frankie Knuckles - Baby Wants to Ride [Original 12'' Club Mix] 8:38

05 Mario Diaz - Can You Feel It? (feat. Mr. Lee) [Original "Jackin Up the Dub" 12'' Mix] 4:15

06 Mickey Oliver - In-Ten-Si-T [Acca-Bass-Si-T 12'' Remix] 5:12

07 Lidell Townsell - As Acid Turns [Original 12'' Club Mix] 5:11

08 Dr Derelict - That Shit's Wild [Original Album Version] 4:22

09 Cool McCool - World Turns Round [Original Album Version] 6:25

10 Gene Hunt - Living in a Land [Original 12'' Club Mix] 5:22

11 Phuture - Your Only Friend (Cocaine) [Original 12'' Club Mix] 4:55

12 Master C & J - Face it [Original 12'' Dub Mix] 7:03

13 Pierre's Pfantasy Club - Got the Bug [Original 12'' Club Mix] 4:56

14 Mr. Fingers - Washing Machine [Original 12'' Club Mix] 4:19

CD3

01 Mike Dunn - Magic Feet [Original 12'' Club Mix] 6:05

02 Bam Bam - Another World [Original Album Version] 4:35

03 Fingers - Ecstasy [Original Album Version] 5:39

04 Farley ''jackmaster'' Funk - I Need a Friend [Original Album Version] 5:38

05 Ralphi Rosario - In the Night [Original Kenny's Night Club Mix] 5:32

06 Jack Frost & The Circle Jerks - Shout [Original Album Version] 2:54

07 Sleezy D - I've Lost Control [Original 12'' Club Mix] 9:43

08 Lidell Townsell - I'll Make You Dance [Original Album Version] 5:00

09 Mr. Lee - I Cant Forget [Original 12'' Club Mix] 4:41

10 Phortune - String Free [Original 12'' Club Leray Mix] 8:39

11 Bam Bam - Where's Your Child? [Original 12'' Club Mix] 5:37

12 Phuture - Slam [Original 12'' Club Mix] 5:41

13 Victor Romeo - Acid Rain [Original 12'' Rain Dance UK Club Mix] 5:40

CD4

01 Armando - Don't Take it [Thomo's 2007 12'' Re-Edit] 8:31

02 Bam Bam - Make U Scream [Original 12'' Deep House Club Mix] 8:09

03 Neal Howard - To Be or Not to Be [Original 12'' Club Mix] 6:20

04 Marcus Mixx - Without Make Up [Original Ron Hardy 12'' Club Mix] 11:04

05 Model 500 - The Chase [Original Mayday 12'' Club Mix] 6:24

06 Jack Frost & The Circle Jerks - Cool & Dry [Original Album Version] 5:15

07 Lidell Townsell - Get the Hole [Original Album Version] 5:57

08 K. Alexi Shelby - K's Vertigo [Original 12'' Club K Re-Edit] 6:44

09 Neal Howard - The Gathering [Original 12'' Club Mix] 6:38

10 Marcus Mixx - Psychousic [Original 12'' Club Mix] 7:07

11 Fade II Black - The Calling [Original 12'' Reprise Mix] 3:46

CD5

01 Mr. Fingers - Distant Planet [Original 12'' Club Mix] 5:14

02 Marcus Mixx - The Spell [Original Ron Hardy 12'' Club Mix] 9:27

03 Ron Hardy - Sensation [Original 12'' Club Mix] 7:25

04 Jack Frost - Clap Me [Original 12'' Club Mix] 6:47

05 Santos - Work the Box [Original 12'' Club Mix] 4:31

06 Laurent X - Machines [Original 12'' Club Mix] 6:47

07 Phuture - We Are Phuture [Original 12'' Club Mix] 8:33

08 Laurent X - Drowning in a Sea of House [Original 12'' Club Mix] 4:20

09 Phuture - Acid Trax [Original 12'' Club Mix] 12:26

10 Jungle Wonz - Time Marches on [Original 12'' Club Mix] 6:56

11 Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It? [Original 12'' Club Mix] 5:45

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Friday, June 19, 2026

VA - Hollow Rooms, A Lo-Fi Sequence (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

LO-FI

VA - Hollow Rooms, A Lo-Fi Sequence (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

"Lo-fi" is often described in technical terms, tape hiss, overloaded microphones, uneven levels, the sound of limitations made audible. Yet the recordings gathered here suggest something more enduring. Across four discs, lo-fi emerges not simply as a production style but as a way of preserving intimacy. These are songs that draw strength from proximity. Voices sit close. Instruments feel within reach. The listener is invited into the room rather than presented with a finished spectacle.

The collection follows a deliberate path through the development of lo-fi music from the late 1980s into the late 1990s. Rather than functioning as a genre survey, it traces a gradual shift in how artists used imperfection, first as necessity, then as choice, and eventually as a means of creating entirely new emotional spaces.

CD1 Origins: Cassette / Outsider Core, captures the music in its rawest state. Daniel Johnston, Jandek, and Chris Knox sound less concerned with performance than communication. Guitars drift in and out of tune, recordings wobble, and room noise becomes part of the composition. Yet these apparent flaws bring a startling immediacy. The songs feel lived rather than produced, carrying the texture of ordinary rooms and private moments.

CD2 On Formation: Lo-Fi, Becomes Indie Language, the music gains shape without losing intimacy. Sebadoh, Smog, and their contemporaries retain the closeness of home recording while introducing stronger melodic structures and arrangements. The sound is still modest, but the songs begin to reach outward. What once felt solitary becomes communal, creating a shared vocabulary that would define much of independent music during the decade.

CD3 Peak: Emotional Acoustic Resolution, places songwriting at the centre. Elliott Smith, Songs: Ohia, and Bonnie Prince Billy use restraint with remarkable effect. Acoustic guitars ring softly, voices remain understated, and small details carry enormous emotional weight. Nothing is overstated. The recordings trust silence, allowing feeling to emerge through phrasing, melody, and careful observation. Here, lo-fi becomes almost transparent, serving the song rather than announcing itself.

CD4 Dissolution: Afterimage and Atmosphere, gradually loosens the connection between song and structure. Low, Bark Psychosis, and Movietone stretch the music into wider spaces where mood and texture become increasingly important. Notes linger. Rhythms slow. Arrangements open outward. The intimacy remains, but it is transformed into something more spacious and reflective, music that seems to hover at the edge of memory.

Hollow Rooms tells a story that extends beyond recording methods. It documents artists finding beauty in limitation, discovering emotional depth in simplicity, and creating music whose power comes from honesty rather than perfection. The hiss, the room sound, the rough edges, all remain part of the experience, but they are never the destination. What endures are the songs themselves, vulnerable, resilient, and deeply human. The closer you listen, the clearer the point becomes: lo-fi is not about what is missing. It is about what remains. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 R. Stevie Moore - Back in Time 4:05 1987

02 Dan Johnston - The Story of an Artist 5:07 1982

03 Daniel Johnston - Walking the Cow 3:34 1983

04 Jandek - Naked in The Afternoon 4:53 1981

05 Chris Knox - Not Given Lightly 5:07 1989

06 Chris Knox - Lapse 2:32 1989

07 Tall Dwarfs - Like Someone Else 3:30 1996

08 Clean - Tally Ho! 2:46 1981

09 Peter Jefferies - On an Unknown Beach 4:38 1990

10 Peter Jefferies - The Fate of The Human Carbine 3:28 1990

11 Alastair Galbraith - In the Taieri 1:24 1995

12 Alastair Galbraith - Lull and Make it Snow 1:07 1995

13 Barbara Manning - Someone Wants You Dead 4:12 1992

14 Lois - Strumpet 2:53 1993

15 Beat Happening - Indian Summer 3:02 1988

16 Cat’s Miaow - Not Like I Was Doing Anything 1:45 1993

17 Dead C - Sky 3:48 1987

18 Bruces - One for The Catholic Girls 5:34 1991

19 Linda Smith - I So Liked Spring 4:25 1996

20 Michael Hurley & Pals - Sweedeedee 5:23 1971

CD2

01 Sebadoh - Soul and Fire (Acoustic Demo) 2:12 1993

02 Pavement - Here 3:58 1992

03 Beck - Asshole 2:32 1994

04 Smog - Bathysphere 4:50 1995

05 East River Pipe - Hell is an Open Door 2:39 1999

06 American Music Club - Why Won't You Stay 2:59 1991

07 Red House Painters - Katy Song (1993) 8:25 1993

08 Codeine - Pea (Acoustic) 3:34 1991

09 Bedhead - More Than Ever 4:18 1998

10 Acetone - All You Know 5:37 1997

11 Sparklehorse - Painbirds 3:50 1995

12 Palace Music - Ohio River Boat Song 4:26 1995

13 Will Oldham - I Am A Cinematographer 2:36 1993

14 Songs: Ohia - Just Be Simple 4:21 1997

15 Ida - Maybelle 6:45 1996

16 Julie Doiron - Dance Me 2:51 1996

17 Vic Chesnutt - West of Rome 5:01 1992

18 Damien Jurado - Ohio 3:41 1999

19 Lisa Germano - ... A Psychopath 3:57 1994

20 Cannanes - Simple Question 2:51 1993

CD3

01 Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay (25th Anniversary Remaster) 4:16 1995

02 Elliott Smith - Between The Bars 2:22 1997

03 Smog - I Break Horses 4:44 1994

04 Bill Callahan - A Hit 3:07 1994

05 Songs: Ohia - Blue Factory Flame 8:30 1997

06 Palace Music - New Partner 3:54 1995

07 Bonnie Prince Billy - I See A Darkness 4:49 1999

08 Vic Chesnutt - Flirted With You All My Life 4:41 1996

09 Simon Joyner - The Lousy Dance 4:17 1999

10 Chris Knox - Half-Man / Half-Mole 2:35 1992

11 Peter Jefferies - The Last Great Challenge in A Dull World 3:11 1990

12 Julie Doiron - The Life of Dreams 1:36 1997

13 Ida - Shrug 4:57 1996

14 Rebecca Gates and The Consortium - Four Sticks 3:27 1994

15 Kath Bloom & Loren Mazzacane Connors - Come Here 2:51 1995

16 Mark Eitzel - Take Courage 3:55 1994

17 Duster - Earth Moon Transit 4:23 1998

18 Mark Fosson - The Creeper 4:15 1978

19 Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run The Game 3:35 1965

20 Nick Drake - Pink Moon 2:04 1972

CD4

01 Low - Lazy 5:40 1995

02 Low - Words 5:50 1994

03 Movietone - Sun Drawing 3:56 1997

04 Movietone - Orange Zero (Single) 4:53 1995

05 Mojave 3 - Love Songs on The Radio 5:48 1995

06 Bark Psychosis - I Know 4:11 1994

07 Codeine - Loss Leader 4:18 1994

08 Bedhead - The Rest of the Day [7" Version] 5:13 1996

09 Acetone - Chew 6:07 1997

10 Microphones - The Moon 5:17 2000

11 Red House Painters - Grace Cathedral Park 3:53 1993

12 American Music Club - Western Sky 3:29 1988

13 Shadow Ring - City Lights 3:36 1993

14 Mountain Goats - Going to Georgia 2:15 1996

15 Cindy Lee Berryhill - Looking Through Portholes 3:17 1994

16 Galaxie 500 - Tugboat 3:55 1988

17 Willard Grant Conspiracy - Soft Hand 5:43 1998

18 Sneaky Feelings - Major Barbara 2:13 1985

19 John Fahey - Sunflower River Blues 3:22 1967

20 R. Stevie Moore - Hobbies Galore 4:13 1986

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