Music For Listeners 2007/01/13

1) The Beastie Boys-"Country Mike's Theme" From the CD 'Anthology'.
2) Dave Dudley-"Six Days On the Road" From the CD 'Classic Country 1950-1964'.
3) Idlewild-"If It Takes You Home" From the brand new UK vinyl 7" single for "If It Takes You Home".
4) These New Puritans-"Chamber" From the brand new CD compilation 'Digital Penetration'.
5) Fields-"If You Fail We All Fail" From the brand new UK CD single for "If You Fail We All Fail".
6) Young Knives-"Kids In America" From the brand new CD compilation 'NME Presents Independent Thinking: Transgressive Records'.
7) Babyshambles-"The Blinding" From the brand new UK CD 'The Blinding E.P.'.
8) New Young Pony Club-"Get Lucky (Dancey Edit)" From the brand new CD compilation 'Digital Penetration'.
9) Peel-'Oxford' From the demo 'Peel E.P.'.
10) Primal Scream-"Sometimes I Feel So Lonely (Single Version)" From the brand new UK vinyl 7" single for "Sometimes I Feel So Lonely".
11) Beirut-"Postcards from Italy" From the CD 'Gulag Orkestar'.
12) The Earlies-"Breaking Point" From the brand new limited UK vinyl 10" single for "There's No Love In Your Heart".
13) Dragon City-"Shut Or Open Up" From the brand new CD 'Dragon City'.
14) Snowbyrd-"St Mary's Nights" From the CD 'Snowbyrd'.
15) The Boo Radleys-"Lazarus" From the CD compilation 'Find the Way Out'.
16) Letters and Colours-"Alpha (Demo)" From the brand new CD compilation 'Digital Penetration'.
17) Findlay Brown-"Down Among the Dead Men" From the CD 'Separated by the Sea'.
18) Cold War Kids-"Hospital Beds" From the CD 'Robbers and Cowards'.
19) Klaxons-"Gravity's Rainbow" From the U.S. CD E.P. 'Xan Valleys'.
20) Klaxons-"4 Horsemen of 2012 (Demo)" From the brand new CD compilation 'Digital Penetration'.
21) You Say Party! We Say Die!-"Stockholm Syndrome Part Two" From the CD 'Hit the Floor'.
22) Poster Children-"Blatant Dis" From the CD 'Tool of the Man'.
23) Goose-"British Mode" From the UK CD single for "British Mode".
24) Big Soy-"Where the Problem Is" Unreleased track from the band.
25) Polytechnic-"Pep" From the brand new CD compilation 'NME Presents Independent Thinking: Transgressive Records'.
26) The Good, The Bad, The Queen-"Mr Whippy (Ft Eslan Jawaad)" From the UK CD single for "Herculean".
27) Semifinalists-"I Saw You In the Hall" From the CD 'Semifinalists'.
28) Architecture In Helsinki-"Do The Whirlwind (Hot Chip Remix)" From the CD 'We Died, They Remixed'.
29) Mechanical Bride-"Poor Boy" From the brand new CD compilation 'NME Presents Independent Thinking: Transgressive Records'.
30) Radiohead-"2 + 2 =5" From the CD 'Hail to the Thief'.
31) "The Mid-Morning Recording" James Brown-'Live at the Apollo (1963)'
I was shocked when I heard the news James Brown had passed away on Christmas morning. MFL had just played "Let's Make This Christmas Mean Something" on the Christmas show just two mornings before, and I said on the air during that program, "Life is good knowing that the Godfather of Soul is out there still kicking it somewhere". Again, it was strange for me to have said that on the radio and then have him pass away suddenly, and on Christmas day no less. He was certainly one of the greatest artists of our time, and I sadly will never see him perform live. In honor of his great impact on the music of the 20th century, I decided to go back in his catalog and find his best live recording. After some research it was discovered that his best live album was his first album recorded at the famed Apollo Theater in late October 1962. Not only is this considered one of his best and most successful albums, it is also considered one of the greatest live recordings ever made by anyone. I would have to agree, and I would have to say that it would only be better if you could see him dance. This is a great album and should we be surprised at how good it really is. Not really, he was the hardest working man in show business. "Are you ready for STAR TIME ladies and gentlemen?" Recorded in '62, but released in early 1963.
Michael - MFL
32) James-"Sayonara" From the CD 'Wah-Wah'.
BONUS TRACKS
33) Voxtrot-"Fast Asleep" From the CD E.P. 'Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, and Wives'.
34) The White Stripes-"My Doorbell" From the CD 'Get Behind Me Satan'.
35) The Magnetic Fields-"Meaningless" From the CD '69 Love Songs'.
36) Muse-"Exo-Politics" From the CD 'Black Holes and Revelations'.