Vince Guaraldi :: A Charlie Brown Christmas

It's (somehow) December again...a quick year indeed. For the first Holiday post of many, let's begin with Vince Guaraldi's classic score for the 1965 Peanuts TV special "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Nostalgia inducing holiday instrumental jazz at it's best, this CBS soundtrack is as familiar as the cartoon itself . . .

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The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions :: 1970

Although suffering from poor health in the spring of 1970, Howlin' Wolf agreed to travel to Europe to record with the who's who if British rock royalty; namely the Stones rhythm section (Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman), Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood. Produced by Norman Dayronthe, the sessions capture an interesting snapshot of a blues legend passing on some of his secrets . . .

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Lucinda Williams :: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (Reissue)

1998's Grammy award winning genre classic, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, is Lucinda Williams opus -- it's her absolute masterpiece. These meticulously crafted sad, southern stories and instrumentation ultimately took three different cities, and three different producers, to get right. Beginning in Austin, then moving the recordings to Nashville with Steve Earle helming the controls, and finally setting up shop in Los Angeles with producer Roy Bittan. It's the L.A. sessions that became the final album we know today. This two disc reissue, some eight . . .

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Revisiting :: Zabriskie Point Sessions Pt II

A number of readers have requested additional tracks off The Zabriskie Point Sessions, so here is another excerpt from the cream of the crop. Per the comments in the original post, yes, the sparse piano track later became "Us And Them" found on 1973s Dark Side of The Moon. **Part one . . .

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Neil Young Archives :: Live – Fillmore East

After years of speculation and anticipation, Neil Young has finally released the first artifact from his legendary archives. The six track album is culled from the March 6th & 7th, 1970 performances at Bill Graham's famed Fillmore East. While the material itself is fantastic it does beg the question of . . .

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Now Podcasting :: Episode 19

Welcome to Episode 19 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is the tracklisting order for this week's podcast.-------Scotty - Draw Your brakes ++ The Clash — Mustapha Dance ++ The Meters - Keep on Marching (Funky Soldier) ++ Carleen & The Groovers - The Thing ++

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Chavez :: Better Days Will Haunt You

Last month Matador Records released the three disc Better Days Will Haunt You, a clearing house for all things Chavez related. Bless you, Matador. Chavez, along with Guided By Voices, Pavement, and a whole slew of others too countless to name . . .

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One By One I’ll Knock Ya Out…

You may recall that a couple of months ago I derided Beck's output post Sea Change; you can read that here if you like. The gist was that the last two commercial releases seemed like tired re-treads of his older material. Now press . . .

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Paleo :: is david andrew strackany…

THE SONG DIARY - Long Story Short: 365 songs in 365 daysMorgan at Yer Bird introduced me to the sounds of Paleo last April, but I had almost entirely forgotten about the artist until last week when I received a sampler from Paleo's ongoing song diary project. In a world of post-Sufjan's 50 states project, I'll admit the undertaking sounded . . .

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Southtown Girls Won’t Blow You Away…

The Hold Steady's "Southtown Girls" may well be the most listened to single song in my collection since the release of their latest album, Boys and Girls in America, in October. It's damn catchy in that 'return-to-the-rock' kind of way that . . .

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Songs: Ohia :: The North Star Blues Session

First off, a big thank you to the friend who sent me this session earlier in the week -- it's been a fine listen indeed.Secondly, if you are a Molina, Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co. fan you will relish this Live session from the "Duyster" radio show on Studio Brussel, FM 94.5 Belgium. Molina is in fine form, playing tunes that would soon find their way onto albums and become Live staples. Enjoy.DOWNLOAD:MP3:

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Johnny Cash :: At San Quentin (2006)

If it seems like this 1969 recording, Johnny Cashs second Live stint in a prison, was just reissued not too long ago it's because, well, it was. In 2000 audiences were graced with the At San Quentin (The Complete 1969 Concert) two disc reissue featuring:

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Catching Up (With Catbird Records)

A copy of Magnus Larsson's (aka Pet Politics) latest EP arrived in the mail the other day via Catbird Records, which reminded me I had yet to mention another of the labels releases I purchased this year: Tap Tap.Frequent readers of A.D. should recognize . . .

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