28 February 2013 (Day 59) – The Shuffle Sessions # 2

As I pondered what I was going to play today, I noticed my desk calendar.  The last day of the month and no shuffle session!  Disgusted I knew what I had to do, but as fate would have it I wasn’t really prepared. 

My day commenced with an absolute classic, the iPod selecting:

1.       Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely (from The Essential Roy Orbison)
2.       Luna – 23 Days In Brussels (from Penthouse)
3.       Bill Evans – Tenderly (from Everybody Digs Bill Evans)
4.       Robert Johnson – Come On In My Kitchen [vers 1] (from The Complete Recordings)
5.       Tool – Intension (from 10,000 Days)
6.       Bo Diddley 0 The Clock Strikes Twelve (from The Chess Box)

It was here that my lack of preparation caught up and I ran out of battery power.  It was such a pity because, after the opener, the session had developed into a nice morning groove with the Tool track in particular fitting in well.  After the recharge, a new shuffle produced another classic to open proceedings:

1.       Dusty Springfield – Wishin’ And Hopin’ (from Dusty. The Original Pop Diva)
2.       Major Harris – Love Won’t Let Me Wait (from Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947 – 1974. Vol. 8 (1970 – 1974)  My goodness, the squeals of female pleasure sound authentic – thank heavens I have the headphones on!)
3.       Rammstein – Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen? (from Live Aus Berlin)
4.       The Untouchables – Nic Fit (from American Hardcore. The History Of American Punk Rock 1980–1986: the 59 second original of a track subsequently covered by Sonic Youth)
5.       Gossip – Men In Love (from Music For Men: this should have followed the Major Harris track!)
6.       John Cooper Clarke – The It Man (from The Very Best Of John Cooper Clarke)
7.       Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Texas Flood [live] (from Cold Shot. Vol.2 Live In The USA 1987; the album is a bootleg released in Australia by a label called Apple House which exploited a hole in the country’s copyright laws.  Refer to Clinton Heylin’s book on bootlegs for more information.)
8.       Los Lobos – The Giving Tree (from The Neighbourhood)
9.       U2 – In A Little While (from All That You Can’t Leave Behind)
10.   Mastodon – Hand Of Stone (from Blood Mountain)
11.   James Chance And The Contortions – Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough [live] (from Live Aux Bains Douches 1980; yes, a cover of the Michael Jackson tune)
12.   Ramones – Animal Boy (from Ramones Mania)
13.   The Bats – Trouble In This Town (from Compiletely Bats)
14.   Simple Minds – The Kick Inside Of Me (from Sparkle In The Rain)
15.   Roy Buchanan – C.C. Ryder [live] (from Sweet Dreams. The Anthology)
16.   Elastica – See That Animal (from Elastica)
17.   M.I.A. - $20 (from Kala)
18.   American Music Club – I’ve Been A Mess (from Mercury)
19.   Luna – Pup Tent (from Pup Tent)
20.   Violent Femmes – Good Feeling [live] (from Viva Wisconsin)
21.   Bruce Springsteen – None But The Brave (from The Essential Bruce Springsteen – bonus disc)
22.   Lo Borges – Equatorial (from Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical)
23.   The Kinks – This Strange Effect (from Picture Book)
24.   Wanda Jackson – Honey Don’t (from The Ultimate Collection)
25.   Dire Straits – Solid Rock (from Making Movies)
26.   Cream – I’m So Glad (from Gold)
27.   Monster Magnet – Theme From “Afterburner” (from Dopes To Infinity)
28.   Paul Kelly – Happy Slave (from Under The Sun)
29.   Daft Punk – One More Time (from Discovery)
30.   Ripe – Love Your Guts (from The Plastic Hassle)
31.   Prince – NPG Operator [2] (from the Gold Experience: one of a number of linking concept pieces between tracks on this incredibly underrated album)
32.   Tommy McCook – Revenge (from Yabby You – Jesus Dread 1972 – 1977)
33.   Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band – Pay Me My Money Down (from Live In Dublin)
34.   Big Bill Broonzy – South Bound Train (from Let Me Tell You About The Blues – Chicago)
35.   John Lee Hooker – Some People (from Alone)
36.   The Mess Hall – Keep Walking (from Devil’s Elbow)
37.   Jello Biafra With D.O.A. – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (from Last Scream Of The Missing Neighbours)
38.   Morphine – Sheila (from Cure For Pain)
39.   The Small Faces – Rollin’ Over (from The Definitive Collection)
40.   Horace Andy – Kunta Kinte (from Mad Professor – Method To The Madness)
41.   Primal Scream & MC5 – Skull X [live] (from “Black To Comm”)
42.   Bob Dylan – The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest (from John Wesley Harding)
43.   The Soft Machine – Chloe And The Pirates (from Out-Bloody-Rageous)
44.   The Polyphonic Spree – Bizarre Prayer (from Live From Austin Tx.)
45.   Squeeze – Mumbo Jumbo (from East Side Story)
46.   Bobby Marchan – Funny Style (from The Fame Studios Story)
47.   The Butthole Surfers – Lonesome Bulldog (from Piouhgd)

At this point it was time to go home. Probably the most interesting thin g about this session was the number of tracks that came of single artist compilations.  Other than that, it was a nicely diverse selection of numbers, most of which would not have been selected in one by myself.