I had forgotten today is Mardis Gras until I went out to lunch and heard Professor Longhair on the restaurant sound system.
As I got dinner ready I mixed a Bulleit Rye 95 sazerac cocktail and trawled through my surround discs for some celebratory surround tracks.
Submitted for your approval:
Over to you folks, got anything?
As I got dinner ready I mixed a Bulleit Rye 95 sazerac cocktail and trawled through my surround discs for some celebratory surround tracks.
Submitted for your approval:
- Blood On The Tracks ~ Tangled Up In Blue (... I drifted on down to New Orleans...)
- Best of Aretha ~ Chain of Fools (Joe South extended electric guitar tremolo intro only on quad)
- Music From Big Pink ~ We Can Talk -> Long Distance Operator (bonus track)
- Moondance ~ Caravan
- Herbie Hancock ~ Gershwin's World
- St. Louis Blues ( Stevie Wonder harmonica & vocal)
- My Man's Gone Now
- The Man I Love ( Joni Mitchell vocal)
- Summertime (Joni l vocal, Stevie harmonica)
- Idlewild South ~ Revival -> Please Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
- Eat A Peach ~ Stand Back -> Trouble No More
- Layla (the much-maligned SACD mix) ~ Any Day (Duane Allman slide gtr)
- Medeski, Martin & Wood ~ Your Name Is Snake Anthony (Col. Bruce Hampton, ret., spoken word)
- Doors ~ Soul Kitchen -> People Are Strange
- Laura Nyro ~ Sweet Blindness -> Stoned Soul Picnic
- Sly & The Family Stone ~ Everyday People -> Hot Fun in the Summertime
- The Audio Fidelity Collection (much-maligned, under-rated in the poll)
- Earth, Wind & Fire ~ Shining Star
- The O'Jays ~ For The Love Of Money
- Isley Brothers ~ Who's That Lady Pts. 1 & 2
- 1971 Fillmore East Recordings Blu Ray ~ 3-13-71 2nd Show
- Statesboro Blues (unreleased) -> Drunken Hearted Boy (Elvin Bishop vocal)
- Love and Theft ~ High Water (For Charley Patton)
- Blonde On Blonde ~ Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [E-e-e EV-ery body MUST git stoned...]
Over to you folks, got anything?