12/30/24

John Cale- POPtical Illusion
Os Mutantes- A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado
Joao Gilberto- S/T (The White Album)
Roy Brooks- The Free Slave
More Relation- S/T
Novos Baianos- Acabou Chorare
The Pursuit Of Happiness- Love Junk
Kiss- Dynasty
v/a- "G": The Weekend Mix

12/29/24

Chris Isaak- S/T
The Beatles- Please Please Me (U.K. Stereo)

Colin Blunstone- Ennismore
("One Year" gets all the kudos for good reason. But "Ennismore" is no less stunning.)

Squeeze- Personal Playlist

The Millennium- Begin
(Masterpiece!)

John Cale- Fear
Paul McCartney- Flaming Pie (Demos & Rough Mixes)
Lenny Kravitz- Let Love Rule

Joan Jett- The Hit List
(I thought I liked this record. It's been awhile, but these covers are lifeless. I blame Joan's vocals. Sounds like she barely showed up at the session.)

Psychedelic Furs- Midnight To Midnight

12/28/24

Boris Gardiner- Every N****r Is A Star
Allen Toussaint- Life, Love And Faith (Kevin Gray Master)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- Like Someone In Love
Kate Bush- The Red Shoes

Peter Tosh- Live At The Ritz, 7/29/81
(I was at this show and it took 43 years to learn that a beautiful recording of it exists.)

Marshall Crenshaw- Field Day
The Damned- Damned Damned Damned

Badlands- S/T
(Metal, hair band, call it what you will. This record is one of the best of its kind.)

The Move- Shazam

Paul McCartney- Playlist #2
(This hit the spot...if I do say so myself.)

Here it is:
Fine Line
My Brave Face
The Other Me
Ballroom Dancing
Early Days
No Words
Little Willow (Rough Mix)
New
Get Enough
Queenie Eye
I Don't Know
A Certain Softness
I Do
What It is
However Absurd
Jenny Wren
I'm Carrying
Little Lamb Dragonfly
When Winter Comes
The End Of The End
Mull Of Kintyre

Jon Cleary- So Swell
(This record is everything I love about New Orleans in one 40 minute package.)

Paul Weller- Heavy Soul

12/27/24

Butch Cage- Raise A Ruckus Tonight
Prince Buster- Dance Cleopatra Dance (less than half)
Bad Brains- I Against I
v/a- Drink A Toast To Innocence: A Tribute To Lite Rock (Personal Edit)
Keith Richards- Talk Is Cheap
The Last Dinner Party- Prelude To Ecstasy
Stories- About Us
Rockpile- Bottom Line, 10/24/78
The Replacements- Don't Sell Or Buy, It's Crap
Psychedelic Furs- Forever Now
Los Lobos- The Ride

Butch Cage, Bad Brains and The Last Dinner Party all sounded pretty damn good yesterday.

The Prince Buster was a disappointing spin, a Dutch compilation with some later material that tried too hard. 

My Furs binge continues. Rundgren really turned them into something else. (For the better, I say.)

12/26/24

The Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong All Stars- A Gift To Pops
The Meters- S/T (Kevin Gray Master)
Butch Cage- Raise A Ruckus Tonight
Split Enz- Sympathy For Split Enz (A Butterboy Compilation)
Rush- Life After Moving Pictures (Personal Playlist)
The Rolling Stones- Out Of Our Heads (U.K. MONO)
v/a- "T": The Weekend Mix
Iggy Pop- Lust For Life (Side One)

iPod on Shuffle;
Tonight- Lene Lovich
Teenage Wildlife- David Bowie
Slow Down- Elvis Costello
Little Queenie- Chuck Berry
Three Blind Mice- Max Romeo
Let It Run- Electric Light Orchestra
Cash On The Barrelhead- The Balham Alligators
Sweet Soul Sister- The Cult
Next Time Round (Red Bus Demo)- Elvis Costello
Moving Up- Jason Falkner
Turn Me On Deadman- Robyn Hitchcock & Andy Partridge

12/25/24

v/a- The Christmas Morning Mix
The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds (Stereo)
The Ventures- In Space

12/24/24

The Agrovators Meets The Revolutioners At Channel One Studios
Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis- Green Mango
John Cale- Helen Of Troy
Paul McCartney- Personal Playlist
Sparks- Kimono My House
More Relation- S/T
v/a- The Christmas Eve Mix

12/23/24

Paul & Linda McCartney- Ram
Brian Eno- Discreet Music
Psychedelic Furs- Book Of Days
Emerson, Lake & Palmer- Brain Salad Surgery
Angel- S/T
Parliament- Chocolate City
Psychedelic Furs- Mirror Moves
Demolition 23- S/T
The Temptations- Greatest Hits
Crowded House- Burning Woodface (Personal Playlist)

12/22/24

Horace Silver- Six Pieces Of Silver
Los Hombres Calientes- Volume 2
Tom Verlaine- Flash Light
Bob Dylan- Oh Mercy
T. Rex- Electric Warrior
Soft Machine- S/T
The Rolling Stones- Between The Buttons (U.K. MONO)
Queen- I (2024 Remix)
Michael Penn- Burning Wood Six Pack
Rainbow- Straight Between The Eyes

12/21/24

Dean "Tex" Martin- Country Style (Side One)
The Andrews Sisters- In Hi-Fi
Bad Brains- Rock For Light
Iggy Pop- The Idiot
Television- Sketches (The Demos, 1974-75)
Dillard & Clark- Through the Morning, Through The Night
Johnny Osbourne- Truths And Rights
James Booker- Live At Montreux
Papa Mali- Do Your Thing
Iggy & The Stooges- Raw Power
v/a- BW's Holidaze '24, Vol. 2

12/20/24

Mance Lipscomb- Trouble In Mind
Art Neville- His Specialty Recordings
Grant Green- Feelin' The Spirit
Todd Rundgren- Live At The Roxy, 5/20/78
Sparks- Kimono My House
Sparks- The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
Paul Weller- On Sunset
The Rolling Stones- Undercover
v/a- The Two Tone Story (Personal Playlist)

12/19/24

First time since Now Playing started where I just didn't have a minute to play any music. Must make up for it this weekend.

12/18/24

Steve Howe- Beginnings
Television- S/T
The Jam- Extras
XTC- Apple Venus
Elton John- Never Too Late (Personal Playlist From Soundtrack)

12/17/24

Lou Reed- New York
Lou Reed- New Sensations
Queen- A Night At The Opera
The Aerovons- Resurrection
Cheap Trick- In Another World
The Clash- London Calling

12/16/24

Traffic- Mr. Fantasy (U.K. MONO)
Traffic- Heaven Is In Your Mind (Kevin Gray, U.S. MONO)
David Bowie- Low
Elvis Costello- King Of America & Other Realms (Disc 6)
Billy Joel- The Bottom Line, 6/10/76
The Rolling Stones- Steel Wheels Sessions
Sam Cooke- Night Beat
Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen- Live At The Maple Leaf, 12/14/24 (First Set)

12/15/24

Sade- The Best Of
Crowded House- Afterglow
Ike Quebec- Blue & Sentimental

12/14/24

Johnny Osbourne-  Truths And Rights
Billy Joel- Turnstiles
David Gilmour- Luck & Strange
Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
The Aerovons- Resurrection
Blur- Modern Life Is Rubbish
The Nice- Autumn To Spring
Motorhead- Lemmy Entertain You (Personal Playlist)
The Rolling Stones- Garden State '78
Julian Hatfield- Sings ONJ & ELO (Personal Playlist)

12/13/24

Henry Mancini- Touch Of Evil O.S.T.
Johnny Osbourne & The Sensations- Come Back Darling
Johnny "Guitar" Watson- Original Gangster Of Love
Todd Rundgren- Initiation (Speed Corrected)
Lucinda Williams- Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road
Johnny Osbourne- Truths & Rights
v/a- Trojan Beatles (Personal Edit)
The English Beat- I Just Can't Stop

12/12/24

Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre- Missionary
Brian Eno- Before & After Science
Carlton & The Shoes- Love Me Forever
Jackie Mittoo- In London
Garage A Trois- Emphasizer
Leon Russell- S/T (Kevin Gray Master)
Elton John- Tumbleweed Connection
v/a- Prince Buster's 15 Oldies But Goodies
The Dukes Of Stratosphear- Psonic Psunspot
Dion- Kickin' Child
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane- Rough Mix

12/11/24

Edi Fitzroy- Check For You Once
Compersion Quartet- S/T
v/a- Paging Young Jimmy: 10 Pre-Zeppelin Highlights Of Jimmy Page (A BW Weekend Mix)
Kacey Musgraves- Deeper Well
Tony Tuff- Presenting Mr. Tuff
Wishbone Ash- Argus
David Bowie- Rock 'N' Roll Star! (LP Edition)
The La's- S/T
The Cowsills- Global
Cheap Trick- The Latest
Black Sabbath- Vol. 4

12/10/24

Elvis Costello- King Of America & Other Realms (Disc 4)
Gal e Caetano Veloso- Domingo
Bob & Marcia- Pied Piper
Elvis Costello- King Of America & Other Realms (Disc 5)
Dr. Alimantado- Best Dressed Chicken In Town
Body Count- Merciless
Cheap Trick- S/T (1977)
The Darkness- Last Of Our Kind
Geraint Watkins- Watkins: Bold As Love
Compersion Quartet- Live At The Maple Leaf, 12/7/21

12/9/24

Elmer Bernstein- Sweet Smell Of Success (O.S.T.)

John Cale- POPtical Illusion
(Maybe I was in the mood, but this was much better than how it sounded upon its release.)

Michael McDonald- If That's What It Takes
(Watched that HBO doc "Yacht Rock." They got a whole lot wrong! But it did make me want to listen to this record, which I always liked.)

Wishbone Ash- Front Page News
Hawkwind- Hall Of The Mountain Grill
Culture- Two Sevens Clash
X- Smoke & Fiction
Jack White- No Name

12/8/24

Out Of/Into- Motion 1
(Yawn.)

The Sons Of Negus- Freedom Sounds
(This is becoming my go-to Sunday morning record.)

Alex North/Ray Heindorf- A Streetcar Named Desire (O.S.T.)
Stories- S/T
v/a- Heartbeat Reggae

Blur- 13 (about half)
(Mojo ranked this album as their best. I lost patience by track 6. It's not very musical.)

v/a- Fania Goes Psychedelic
XTC- Skylarking (Steven Wilson Remix)
Genesis- Seconds Out (Selected Songs)
Buzzcocks- Love Bites
The Rolling Stones- Love Songs (A Butterboy Comp)

12/7/24

Thin Lizzy- Nightlife
Dr. Strangely Strange- Heavy Petting
Joan Jett- 1979
Nilsson- Sings Newman
Bob Marley & The Wailers- One Love At Studio One: 1964-1966 (Record Two, Side One)

v/a- I'll Be Black (A Trojan Records Set Compiled By The Orb)
(This isn't streaming, but I highly suggest heading over HERE and grabbing it while you can. This comp is brilliant!)

Led Zeppelin- In Through The Out Door
Whitesnake- Slide It In
The Beatles- The White Album (2018 Stereo Remix)

The Pursuit Of Happiness- Love Junk
(I can never get enough of this record. It's a power pop classic and a perfect collab between Moe Berg and producer Todd Rundgren.)

The J. Geils Band- Bloodshot

12/6/24

Leith Stevens & His Orchestra- Private Hell 36 (O.S.T.)
Yma Sumac- Exotic Lure (Highlights From The Butterboy Comp)
Sugar Minott- Wicked Ago Feel It
Elmer Bernstein- The Man With The Golden Arm (O.S.T.)
The Police- Personal Playlist
Paul Weller- 66
The Rolling Stones- It's Only Rock 'N Roll
Utopia- Passaic, 10/31/80

12/5/24

Joe Higgs- Life Of Contradiction
St. Vincent- Todos Nacen Gritando
Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks- True
Caetano Veloso- S/T (1968)
Professor Longhair- New Orleans Piano
David Bowie- Diamond Dogs (Bonus Tracks)
His Lordship- S/T
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- Walkabout
Crowded House- Afterglow
The Weeklings- Raspberry Park
Abba- Cadabba (Personal Playlist)

12/4/24

Agnostic Front- Cause For Alarm
Motorhead- Bomber
The Zombies- Early Days
Fantastic Cat- Now That's What I Call Fantastic Cat!
World Party- Egyptology
10cc- The Original Soundtrack
John Cale- The Academy In Peril
McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson- Forces of Nature: Libe At Slugs'
Pete Townshend- More Demos

12/3/24

Prince Lasha Quintet feat. Sonny Simmons- The Cry!
Ornette Coleman- Something Else!!!!
Caetano Veloso- Cores, Nomes
Electric Light Orchestra- Zoom
Blue Oyster Cult- Secret Treaties
Black Sabbath- Never Say Die
New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon
Dave Edmunds- D.E. 7th
v/a- "C": The Weekend Mix

12/2/24

The Easybeats- Absolute Anthology: 1965-1969 (Sides One & Two)
Utopia- Chicago, 10/20/77
Gilbert O'Sullivan- Songbook
Can- Ege Bamyasi
David Bowie- The Next Day (Deluxe Edit)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson- Ain't That A Bitch

12/1/24

John Coltrane- Quartet Plays

Nico- The End
(None more bleak, and yet, I still play it now and then.)

v/a- The Black Ark Presents Rastafari Liveth Itinually

Bryan Ferry- Alphaville
(There was a recent Burning Wood discussion about Dave Stewart as a producer, with many, myself included, speaking unfavorably. Of course, one of his best, this record, remains unreleased.)

The Kinks- Preservation Act I
Aerosmith- Boston, 3/20/73

Prince- The Black Album
(Such a weird, nasty record. It's been awhile and it sounded great!)

The Beatles- Help! (U.K. Stereo)
Cat Stevens- Cat's Cradle
Bob Dylan- Side Tracks (Personal Edit)

11/30/24

Sons Of Negus- Freedom Sounds
Irma Thomas- Take A Look
Snooks Eaglin- The Complete Imperial Recordings
v/a- Music House Vol. 1
Todd Rundgren- The Hermit Of Mink Hollow
Paul & Linda McCartney- Ram (MONO)
Tears For Fears- The Seeds Of Love
Todd Rundgren- Live At The Sting, New Haven: 7/18/95
NRBQ- Keep This Love Goin'

iPod on Shuffle:
Time For Truth- The Jam
World of Pain- Cream
Photograph- World Party
Can't Find Time For Anything Now- John Williams
Bail You Out- Dave Edmunds
Stone Cold- Rainbow
Pigs On The Wing 2- Pink Floyd
Tombstone- Crowded House
Sailin' Shoes- Robert Palmer
In The Eyes Of The Girl- The Lemon Twigs
Funeral Tango- Scott Walker
North Country- Roy Harper
Melody- The Rolling Stones
Riff Raff- AC/DC
State Trooper- Bruce Springsteen
Sorrow About To Follow- Electric Light Orchestra
The Last Ride (Live, 10/20/77)- Utopia
Wasted Time- Eagles
Every Kinda People- Robert Palmer
Give It All Away- Patto
Surfer Girl- The Beach Boys