Steve Pick brings you Sound Salvation. It's three hours of the best new music liberally mixed with all the classics of the last century's worth of pop music, rock and roll, jazz, blues, country, soul, and more. If it's worth hearing, you'll find it on Sound Salvation.
| Well Alright |
Blind Faith |
Blind Faith |
Polydor |
| A slightly different take on the Buddy Holly classic - lots of fun, I think. |
| This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us |
Sparks |
Kimono My House |
Island |
| There ain't nothing else out there that sounds like this one. |
| Stairway to Gilligan's Island |
Little Roger and the Goosebumps |
The Krusty 70s's Vol 41 |
self |
| I've heard about this song for 30 years, but only know, thanks to trusty Ken from Cockeysville and his astounding series of 70s mix CDs, have I finally been able to hear it. |
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| Treason |
Teardrop Explodes |
Kilimanjaro |
Fontana |
| My goodness, that first album is chock full of catchy tunes - this one's like psychedelic ska. |
| Friction |
Television |
Marquee Moon |
Elektra |
| I wrote about this album a couple weeks back in my ongoing series, "Albums of My Life" at the Euclid Records blog: http://euclidrecords.blogspot.com/2009/06/albums-of-my-life-1977-television.html |
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| Young Girl Down the Street |
Otis Taylor |
Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs |
Telarc * |
| The most wide-ranging hard-to-classify and get a handle on blues artist of our time. Hypnotic, entrancing, and explosive. |
| Richland Women Blues |
Ramblin' Jack Elliott |
A Stranger Here |
Anti- * |
| Just a sweet version of an old Mississippi John Hurt song. |
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| I Want to Take You Higher |
Sly & the Family Stone |
The Woodstock Experience |
Sony Legacy * |
| You know, most of the performers at Woodstock didn't give one of their best shows. Sly and company, however, were on fire. |
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| Feel It (Don't Fight It) |
Sam Cooke |
Live In Harlem Square |
RCA |
| Holy cow - if you've never heard this particular live album, you've only got the barest hint of how great Sam Cooke could be. |
| Conquer the World Together |
Bunny Sigler & Dee Dee Sharp |
Conquer the World |
Philadelphia International Legacy |
| It's still hard to believe a record this perfect, as transcendent as any Marvin & Tammi duet, couldn't chart back in the day, but there were just so many great soul records being made at the same time. They couldn't all be hits. |
| Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do to Me) |
Mary Wells |
Definitive Collection |
Motown |
| I never heard this cut until the other day, and now it's in my top three or four Mary Wells songs of all time. |
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| Don't Touch Me (I'm Gonna Hit the Highway) |
Johnny Guitar Watson |
Hot Just Like That |
Ace |
| Oh, I could listen to Johnny Guitar Watson all day long - he's a brash vocalist, and one heck of a dynamic guitarist. And, of course, that 50s r'n'b sound is one of my faves. (Not that I don't also love his 70s stuff, which put him in a different but equally great context.) |
| Boogie Woogie Country Girl |
Big Joe Turner |
Blues Masters Vol. 14: More Jump Blues |
Rhino |
| As driving a beat as you can find - and I dig that wild piano. Oh, yeah, and the vocals kick butt. |
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| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) |
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington |
Live at Cote d'Azur |
Verve |
| Swing this hard means even more. You have been warned: if you wear a pacemaker, be extra careful. |
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| My Sweet Love |
John Mellencamp |
Life Death Love and Freedom |
Concord |
| I didn't make it out to the ballpark in Sauget last night, but I'm fairly sure those who did saw a pretty good show. Here, in order, we'll hear the participants. |
| Blue Skies |
Willie Nelson |
Stardust |
Columbia Legacy |
| One of America's greatest vocalists, and the caretaker of its rich legacy of songs in a wide variety of styles. |
| Life Is Hard |
Bob Dylan |
Together Through Life |
Columbia * |
| A song that sounds as though Irving Berlin might have written it (or more likely Hoagy Carmichael, but I had to compare it to the author of "Blue Skies," didn't I?) |
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| Rock Lobster |
The B-52's |
The B-52's |
Warner Brothers |
| This week's "More Cowbell" segment starts off with a dance classic which featured some highly distinctive cowbell playing. |
| Hazy Shade of Winter |
The Bangles |
Essential Bangles |
Sony |
| They're gonna be playing at the Springfield IL State Fair next month, along with Heart. You bet I'm gonna be there. |
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| The Horse In Motion |
Ha Ha Tonka |
Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South |
Bloodshot * |
| So, yesterday I saw a guy wearing a Ha Ha Tonka State Park t-shirt; how is it I never heard of this place until I discovered the band, and now I hear of it all the time? |
| Cannibal Resource |
The Dirty Projectors |
Bitte Orca |
Domino * |
| These guys may drive me crazy in a few weeks, but so far, I'm hearing interesting things on this record. |
| Two Weeks |
Grizzly Bear |
Veckatimest |
Warp * |
| My fave song on the record that is still working its way slowly into my consciousness. |
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| Wilco (the song) |
Wilco |
Wilco (the album) |
Nonesuch * |
| It may be a goofy thing to write a song with your band name as the hook, but you gotta admit, it's the biggest hook on the album. I read some short review somewhere which referred to the llama pictured on the cover - somebody needs to be told llamas don't have humps - that's a camel. |
| Dust of Daylight |
Son Volt |
American Central Dust |
Rounder * |
| So Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, who used to be together in Uncle Tupelo, have new albums out with their respective bands at almost the same time. Can you blame us unimaginative dj's for playing them next to each other? |
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| Candy's Room |
Bruce Springsteen |
Darkness On the Edge of Town |
Columbia |
| My thoughts on this record are here: http://euclidrecords.blogspot.com/2009/06/albums-of-my-life-1978-bruce.html |
| My Friend the Sun |
Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey |
Here and Now |
Bar None * |
| A cover of a song by 70s band Family. Note to self: Gotta listen to some Family. This is a great song. |
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| Not Another Song About California |
Grant Langston |
Stand Up Man |
MSG * |
| I don't know anything about him, but this album is chock full of clever and catchy country songs. And guitar! |
| Tennessee Jed |
Levon Helm |
Electric Dirt |
Vanguard * |
| I love that Levon Helm is making music capable of standing next to the best stuff he ever did when he was younger. |
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| Wine Me Up |
Tanya Tucker |
My Turn |
Saguaro Road * |
| Tanya's new album is full of classic country covers - this is a Faron Young hit made new. |
| The Crooked Line |
Elvis Costello |
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane |
Hear Music * |
| Elvis sings this one with Emmylou Harris. Next Saturday night, July 11, Costello will join Sheryl Crow for some songs during her show down on the riverfront for Live on the Levee. |
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| The Coo Coo Bird |
Steve Forbert |
The Place and the Time |
429 |
| In one more day, that pretty bird will holler coo-coo. |
| Messin' With the Kid |
Junior Wells |
Blues Masters Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics |
Rhino |
| One of those masterpieces that never gets old. |
| Mellow Mama Blues |
Dinah Washington |
Mellow Mama |
Delmark |
| A young Ms. Dinah with some spectacular blues in her throat. |
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| Hey Ya |
Booker T. |
Potato Hole |
Anti- * |
| This instrumental cover of the Outkast hit just plain kicks butt. |
| River Is Waiting |
Irma Thomas |
Simply Grand |
Rounder * |
| One of our greatest singers takes on one of our greatest songwriters (John Fogerty, for those of you not paying attention to his excellent recent solo records). |
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| Gasoline & Matches |
Buddy & Julie Miller |
Written In Chalk |
New West * |
| Knock me out, rock me off my axis / You and me are gasoline and matches. Now that's some rhymin'. |
| Julie |
Bobby Fuller Four |
I Fought the Law |
Rhino |
| A very Buddy Holly-ish little number. |
| The Groove |
Ike Turner |
Ike's Instrumentals |
Ace |
| Oh, how I love the distinctive guitar stylings of Ike Turner. |
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| Super Bad (Pts. 1 & 2) |
James Brown |
The Singles Vol 7 (1970-1972) |
Hip-O Select * |
| One of a seemingly endless supply of astoundingly funky grooves Mr. Brown cranked out back in the day. |
| Shake Baby Shake |
Champion Jack Dupree |
Blues Essentials |
Charly |
| A different kind of boogie to end the show. Happy fourth of July tomorrow, and if you're of a mind, come out and say hello as Cat and I spin music at the Royale from 6 to 10 pm tonight. We'll be on the patio on a gorgeous night. |
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