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Christmas Medley :: December 2006

As far as we're concerned, blog-wise, Big Rock Candy Mountain is the place to be during the month of December. For three years now, every December, the site steadily offers up obscure quality Christmas nuggets you won't hear at the mall or Starbucks. What's more impressive is the fact none of the tunes have been repeated since they began their holiday tunes tradition.The following is a medley of tracks I gathered . . .

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2006 Year In Review, Pt 2 :: The 12 Albums

Part Two of our Year In Review...Part One can be found HERE.The following list is comprised of my favorite 12 albums released in 2006. Take note that this list is in flux, and could be very different a month from now. For example, last year I declared Sufjan Steven . . .

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Live Upload Series :: A Perfect Echo Vol 1.5

Veteran readers will note this one is a long time coming. Last February I posted the first half (1967 - 1971) of the Neil Young soundboard derived live collection, A Perfect Echo Volume 1, and recently a kind soul, and A.D. reader, sent me the second half (1974 - 1976) to complete the set. As promised I now share it here with you.

For those interested in the . . .

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Wagner & Rouse :: The Chester EP

Until this week I hadn't listened to Kurt Wagner's collaborative EP with Josh Rouse, Chester, all the way through in a couple of years. I'm happy to report it holds up extremely well seven years after it . . .

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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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