Some sixties in there so not all early rockin' rollers. The Treniers' "Everything's Wild in Wildwood," The Deep River Boys' "Rock Around the Clock," Tiny Bradshaw's "Built Like a Railroad Track," Little Richard's rehearsal take on "Hound Dog," Big Joe Turner's "Midnight Cannonball," Willie Egan's "I Can't Understand It," etc. All good to great. Enjoy!
16 deep cuts by The Pretenders, Cliff Richard, Men at Work, Cutting Crew, Survivor, etc. Enjoy!
20 tracks of rockin' and some groovin' library/lounge tracks, all 70s sans 69's "Relax in Blues" by Giuliano Sorgini, and 1980's "Place Here #3" by Neil Amsterdam. Big favs in Klaus Weiss' "Morning 2," Gert Wilden & Orchestra's "Dirty Boy" and Tony Tape's "Open Road." All good tracks by Franco Micalizzi, Alberto Baldan Bembo, Alan Moorhouse, José Roberto Bertrami, Remigio Ducros, and many others. Enjoy!
I must be desperate with the horny subtitles, lol. 18 smooth and sexy lounge tracks, from '66 to '80. Arawak's "Accadde a tutti noi," The Mystic Moods Orchestra's "Down Easy" and Alessandro Alessandroni's "Vele al vento" are big favs, especially the latter. Luciano Simoncini, Piero Piccioni, Alan Parker, Remigio Ducros, Ennio Morricone, Syd Dale, and others. Enjoy!
Last year we had A Modern Motorik Kinda Day (and A Modern Motorik Kinda Night), and this time, more the same. Again, all dozen tracks are fairly rare. They're all good to great including The Shadow Sea's "The Remnant (Extended Electronic mix)," Sappy's "You Can Turn a Phrase," Mayor Dadi's "In Laos" and Vert-X's "Clus." Speaking of Vert-X, they along with a few other bands, piqued my interest to explore the recherché side of modern motorik, albeit by happenstance. A bit of a long story I'll save for perhaps another time. Anyway, enjoy!
The original plan was to do another desert rock mix, but noticed Ape Machine's "Ape'n'Stein." Ha, so clever! It's Edgar Winter's Frankenstein, and so off with yet again another covers mix, and a good one at that. How good I say? Well, one track in particular and hands down, the best version (so far) of a Pink Floyd track - Syrek's "Have a Cigar." Terry (Syrek) is a massive shredder. And good vocals to boot. Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders' "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" is, you guessed it, hands down the best version (so far) of Dylan's poignant ballad. But, I wouldn't say their version isn't as poignant... need to be heard!
Of all the tracks, I'd say a dozen are quite rare. The exceptions, and I'm guessing here, are Earthless' take on Hendrix's "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)," Juliana Hatfield's not-as-subtle version of Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You," and pianist David Sides run-through of Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends." On the rarer side of note - TheClavhens' take on The Beatles but aptly titled, "Why Don't We Do It in the Snow?," Solace's covering Pink Floyd's "In the Flesh" (the second version), and Brian Bromberg's double-bassing Kansas' "Carry on Wayward Son."
16 tracks, a variety of genres, and they're all good, and some more than good. Enjoy!
Volume 16, back at the first of the year, was going to be the last in the series. After listening to Chuck Willis' "Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You" and Peggy King's "Up, Up, Up (Flying High)" (both on this mix), I changed my mind. Once again, all good to great tracks, with a few deep album cuts as well. With the two aforementioned big fav tracks, there's also Bill Haley & His Comets' "Hawk," Roy Gaines' "Black Gal," Frances Faye's "Frenesí" and Eddie Cooley & The Dimples' "Driftwood" as well. They're all good. Of the 17 volumes so far, I'd say it's in the top 5. Enjoy!
And whoppers they are. Big, BIG fav in The Versatiles' "Passing By." 18 tracks including The Tremaines, The Premiers, Jay Jay & The Selectones, The 5 Embers, The Comic Books, and many more. Enjoy!
Note: I normally borrow part of a song title (or two) from the mix to make part of the complete title. I select words for either phonetic reasons, or definition/relative, etc, etc, and in this case, I thought "Kickapoo" (from the track "Kickapoo Joy Juice" by The Rivingtons) was either colloquial or gobbledygook (remember, and in my defense, The Rivingtons also released Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow, The Bird's the Word, etc) and it simply rolled off the tongue. It didn't dawn on me until this morning that maybe there's a meaning behind the word, and sure enough, Kickapoo are North American people formerly living in Wisconsin, and now in Kansas, Oklahoma, and north central Mexico. Therefore, the subtitle has nothing to do with the actual Kickapoo, nor any of the tracks are centered on the areas aforementioned. With that out of the way...
20 smokin' oldies for the jukebox, all from '60 to '63. Several unsung gems including Wynonie Harris' "Sweet Lucy Brown," Little Jerry Williams' "You Call It Love," Little Richard's "I'm in Love Again" and Eddie Bo's "Baby I'm Wise." Also some doo-wop including The Flamingos' "Mio Amore" (sounds a bit similar to their awesome "I Only Have Eyes for You") and Shep & The Limelites' "Who Told the Sandman." And a popcorn track or two. They're all good. Enjoy!
aka Cosmic Music aka Krautrock. A dozen tracks - all modern and as the norm, it grooves! Big fav would be Casi todos los males' "Ser lúdico no es ser ridículo." Zacht Automaat's "Upstairs Downstairs" and Daniel Vincent's "Winter Fades" are a couple of more favs. They're all good. Enjoy!
As usual, only the good stuff. 16 tracks, from '51 to '61 including big fav "Rockin' in the Rocket Room" by The Larks. Also, The Moonlighters' "Going Out," The Lyrics' "Come on Home," The Five Keys' "Hucklebuck with Jimmy," The Lamplighters' "Goody Good Things" and The Four Buddies' "Ooh-Ow" to name a few. Enjoy!
Oh yeah, more goodies, 20 of 'em. Lots of rare tracks for the casual listener. The Sonics' "This Broken Heart" is my big fav here. It's a goodie for sure. Many other goodies including The Four Fellows' "You Don't Know Me," The Edsels' "Count the Tears," The Romeos' "Love Me," The Casanovas' "Please Be Mine," Ace Kennedy & The Candies' "Arms Around You," etc. They're all good. Enjoy!
Now something for all you lovers of the oldies, 20 several somewhat rare (aka rarely heard) tracks, and all so good. Big favs in Rochell & The Candles' "Hey, Pretty Baby," The Nite Riders' "Women and Cadillacs," The Vocaltones' "I'm Gonna Get That Girl," The Gentlemen's "Something to Remember You By" and The Coronets' "I'm All Alone." Most are rockin' good fun. Enjoy!
Music that makes you horny? If that's the case, then you'll need to see a psychiatrist, lol. 20 tracks, all library/lounge grooves sans, Georgia Gibbs' 1952's "Kiss of Fire" (pop & tango), and Curt Boettcher's late 60s sunshine-y "Christina, In My Dreams."
My favorite (a big favorite) is Armando Trovaioli's "Angola adeus." Also a few covers including The 18th Century Corporation's "This Guy's in Love with You" and Baker Street Philharmonic's great (yes, I love it) take on "Here, There and Everywhere." Syd Dale, Luciano Simoncini, Franco Micalizzi, Helmuth Brandenburg, etc. Lots of good stuff. Enjoy!
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18 tracks, mostly 60s & 70s with a couple of 50s (Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers' "Hot Banana (instrumental)" and Bill Haley & His Comets' "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy"), three 80s (Robbie Dupree's "Hot Rod Hearts," Triumph's "Hot Time (In This City Tonight)" and Loverboy's "Hot Girls in Love"), and one 00s (Glam Sam and His Combo's "Hot!"). Nothing cold here, all hot including The Rimshots' "A Hot Day in Harlem," Little Richard's "Hot Nuts," etc. Enjoy!
A new year, and new popcorn. Little Hank's "Mister Bang Bang Man" would be my top fav. Andrea Carroll's "It Hurts to Be Sixteen," Jimmy Breedlove's "You're Following Me" and Nick Charles' "The Right Girl" my other top favs. 20 tracks in all, from 1960 to 66. Enjoy, and have a glorious new year and a prosperous 2025 and beyond!
