Bobby Womack and Sam Cooke

   I've been enjoying Bobby Womack's new album "The Bravest Man in the Universe" for several weeks now (and was planning to go see him perform in Brooklyn, but the show was cancelled), so I thought it was high time to put together a Bobby Womack - Sam Cooke compilation.  I'm not going to get into their personal relationship (you can check wikipedia for all the details), as I paired them together because they're two of my very favorite soul men - in particular, both have an amazing talent to take pop dross (well, maybe not dross, but maybe pop fluff) and turn it into a soul-pop delight.  I tried to stay away from their most popular stuff, but there were a few cuts I just couldn't resist.  Disc two is next week.

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The Bravest Man In The Universe	Bobby Womack
The Last Mile Of The Way	Sam Cooke
Somewhere There's A Girl	Sam Cooke
Arkansas State Prison	Bobby Womack
You Gotta Move	Sam Cooke
I Wish It Would Rain	Bobby Womack
Baby I Can't Stand It	Bobby Womack
Somebody's Gonna Miss Me	Sam Cooke
Somewhere There's A God	The Womack Brothers
Lonely Island	Sam Cooke
Little Girl	Sam Cooke
Take Me	Bobby Womack
I Got A Right To Sing The Blues	Sam Cooke
(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It	Bobby Womack
Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out	Bobby Womack
Little Red Rooster	Sam Cooke

M. Ward and Upward: Disc Two

     As promised, here's another disc of the great M. Ward.  I got back from England a few days ago and I'm still a little out of it so I'm not sure how well the songs are sequenced....but it ends with To Go Home, so how bad can it be? ;)

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Howlin' For My Baby

Bean Vine Blues, No. 2

Helicopter

Let My Love Open The Door

Blue Bayou

Were You There?

Story of an Artist

Fearless

Goodway

Headed For A Fall

Roll Over Beethoven

To Go Home

M. Ward and Upward

      First off, I apologize for the title of this compilation - it did seem fairly clever for about 23 minutes.  At any rate, I'm excited to go see M. Ward in August so I thought I'd put together a nice mixtape which ultimately ended up being a 2 disc compilation (the guy has a lot of b-sides, appearances on soundtracks, compilations, other people's albums, his side projects, etc.)   For the M. Wardniks, hopefully there's a few cuts you haven't heard before.  And for the newbies to M. Ward who want more, I'd start with Post-War, and then go on to Transfiguration of Vincent, End of Amnesia, Hold Time, and his more recent one, Wasteland Companion.

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For Beginners

The Twist

Green River

Way It Goes

John King's Watercolor Bicycle

Ridin' In My Car

I Get Ideas

Cosmopolitan Pap

Crooked Lines

Color Of Water

One More Goodbye

Sweethearts On Parade

Let's Take the Day Off: The New Girl Group Sounds

      Since I tend to feature a lot of "older" music (i.e. Gen Xer nostalgia stuff) on the show, I thought I'd put on my hipster fedora and put together a compilation of new girl groups - ya know, a variety of lo-fi, garage rock, indie pop, etc. The perfect soundtrack for driving to the beach or sitting in a kiddie pool drinking a Corona. :)  (And btw, I'm aware that some of these bands have boys in them.)

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Let's Take the Day Off	Denise James
The Box	Veronica Falls
Girlfriend Island	Frankie Rose and The Outs
Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday	The Girls At Dawn
Yours Alone	Dum Dum Girls
I'm Not Asleep	Vivian Girls
This Is Real	Best Coast
Each And Every Day	Best Coast
Where Evil Grows	Gore Gore Girls
Hip Check!	The Come Ons
Vanishing of Time	Vivian Girls
Break My Heart	La Sera
Love Has Got Me Crying Again	Denise James
Know Me	Frankie Rose
Hang Around	Grass Widow
Wild Eyes	Vivian Girls
In My Head	Dum Dum Girls
Let's Go Home	Best Coast