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The Friday Mixtape: 7/25/08

Friday, July 25th, 2008 by Jeff Giles

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Paddy Casey - Fear from Addicted to Company (2008)
Michael McDonald - You Show Me from Take It to Heart (1990)
Moe. - Deep This Time from Sticks and Stones (2008)
Peter Gabriel - Sky Blue from Up (2002)
Tommy Keene - Time To Say Goodbye from Drowning: A Tommy Keene Miscellany (2004)
The Neville Brothers - Voo Doo from Yellow Moon (1989)
Negativland - A Most Successful Formula from Dispepsi (1997)
Flies On Fire - C’mon from Flies On Fire (1989)
NRBQ - 12 Bar Blues from Peek-A-Boo (1990)
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Circle from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
The Clumsy Lovers - If I Should Fall From Grace With God from Under the Covers (2002)
Deacon Blue - Willin’ from 2 Meter Sessies (1990)
Paul Young - The Boys Of Summer from Rock Swings (2006)
Charlie Sexton - Bring It Home Again from Cruel and Gentle Things (2005)
Jukebox The Ghost - My Heart’s The Same from Let Live and Let Ghosts (2008)
Funky Butt - Juba’s Groove from Whoopin (2001)

The Friday Mixtape: 7/18/08

Friday, July 18th, 2008 by Jeff Giles

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Youssou N’Dour - 7 Seconds (duet with Neneh Cherry) from 7 Seconds: The Best Of (2004)
Yes - Love Shine from Open Your Eyes (1998)
Willy Porter - Infinity from Falling Forward (1999)
Eric Clapton - Sunshine of Your Love (live acoustic) from Live in New York 1992 (1992)
The Doobie Brothers - You’re Made That Way from Livin’ on the Fault Line (1977)
Wang Chung - The Flat Horizon from Mosaic (1986)
Steve Earle - You’re Still Standin’ There from I Feel Alright (1996)
The Mysteries of Life - That’s How Strong My Love Is from Come Clean (1998)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Is It for Me (live) from Live at the World Cafe (1995)
Thompson Twins - My Funky Valentine from Queer (1991)
Slick Rick - Hey Young World from The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
Spin Doctors - Tomorrow Can Pay the Rent from Here Comes the Bride (1999)
The Jenerators - Pussy Whipped from The Jenerators (1994)
The Call - In the River from Into the Woods (1987)
Brian Wilson - Love and Mercy from I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times (1995)
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Say It Isn’t So from Acoustic Power Tour (1991)
Tim Story - Lydia from The Perfect Flaw (1994)
The Memphis Horns - Wooly Bully from The Memphis Horns (1970)
Yaya Diallo - Niarra (The Walk Toward the Infinite) from Dombáa Folee: Minianka Medicine Music of Mali (1998)

The Friday Mixtape: 7/11/08

Friday, July 11th, 2008 by Jeff Giles

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The Rubinoos - Heroes and Villains from Crimes Against Music (2002)
Nine Days - 257 Weeks from The Madding Crowd (2000)
Billy Joel - All You Wanna Do Is Dance (live) from The Bottom Line: 6/10/76 (1976)
Robbie Fulks - Mad at a Girl from Couples in Trouble (2001)
Cloud Cult - Everybody Here Is a Cloud from Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) (2008)
Anna Ternheim - Little Lies from Halfway to Fivepoints (2008)
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer from His Greatest Hits (2006)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta Fuck Wit from Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
38 Special - I Fall Back from Demos (1995)
Tiny Town - I’m Sorry Baby from Tiny Town (1998)
Alexi Murdoch - Orange Sky from Time Without Consequence (2006)
Bite the Wax Godhead - Obvious Signs of Decay from Radio Stuyvesant (1994)
Barenaked Ladies - Pollywog in a Bog from Snacktime (2008)
Zapp & Roger - More Bounce to the Ounce from All the Greatest Hits (1993)
BoDeans - Good Things (live) from Joe Dirt Car (1995)
Chicago - Get on This (alternate) from Stone of Sisyphus (alternate version) (1993)
Billy Pilgrim - Tumbelane from Billy Pilgrim in the Time Machine (2001)
After 7 - Ready or Not from After 7 (1989)
Bob James - Angela (Theme From ‘Taxi’) from The Genie (1983)
Self - What a Fool Believes from Gizmodgery (1997)

The Friday Mixtape: 7/04/08

Friday, July 4th, 2008 by Jeff Giles

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Bruce Springsteen - Independence Day (live) from Live 1975-1985 (1986)
Taj Mahal - Freedom Ride from Largo (1998)
The Damnwells - God Bless America from Air Stereo (2006)
The Beach Boys - Spirit of America from Good Vibrations (1993)
James Taylor - On the 4th of July from October Road (2002)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - American Dream from American Dream (1988)
Safri Duo featuring Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom (remix) from Sweet Freedom (2002)
Chicago - Free Country from Chicago III (1971)
Kansas - Song for America from Ultimate Kansas (2002)
Matthew Ryan - American Dirt from Matthew Ryan Vs. the Silver State (2008)
American Music Club - Patriot’s Heart from Love Songs for Patriots (2004)
Bill Janovitz and Crown Victoria - Fireworks on TV from Fireworks on TV! (2004)
Randy Newman - A Few Words in Defense of Our Country from A Few Words in Defense of My Country (2007)
Richard Julian - Fourth of July from Richard Julian (1997)
Will Hoge - America from The America EP (2004)
Bob Dylan - Chimes of Freedom (live) from No Direction Home (2005)
Neil Young - Rockin’ in the Free World from Freedom (1989)
Paul Simon - American Tune from There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Ray Charles - America the Beautiful from Genius & Soul (1997)
Mark O’Connor - The Star-Spangled Banner from Midnight on the Water (1998)

The Friday Mixtape: 6/27/08

Friday, June 27th, 2008 by Jeff Giles

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Heather Nova - Walk This World from Oyster (1994)
Jungle Brothers - I’ll House You from Straight Out the Jungle (1988)
Kool Moe Dee - Let’s Go from Greatest Hits (1993)
Patty Griffin - Tracks of My Tears (live) from Love From My Lips (2004)
Danny Wilde - Time Runs Wild from Any Man’s Hunger (1988)
Jann Arden - Could I Be Your Girl from Living Under June (1994)
Roc C - Living for the City from Chrome Children Vol. 2 (2007)
Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All the Luck from Camouflage (1984)
LL Cool J - The Boomin’ System from Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
A Tribe Called Quest - Da Booty from The Love Movement (1998)
Colin Hay - Lonely Without You from Are You Lookin’ at Me? (2007)
The Doobie Brothers - Rio from Takin’ It to the Streets (1976)
ZZ Top - I Thank You from Degüello (1979)
Salt-N-Pepa - Groove Me from Very Necessary (1993)
Tony Trischka - Run Mountain from Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular (2007)
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach - In the Darkest Place from Painted From Memory (1998)

The Friday Mixtape: 6/20/08

Friday, June 20th, 2008 by Jeff Giles

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Peter Case - Wilderness from Torn Again (1995)
Wilco - War on War from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Neil Finn - Sinner (live) from KBCO Studio C: Volume 10 (2000)
Timbuk 3 - Wheel of Fortune from Edge of Allegiance (1989)
Yes - State of Play from Talk (1994)
Buddy Rich - Big Mac from The Roar of ‘74 (1973)
Howard Jones - What Is Love? from Human’s Lib (1984)
Otis Redding - Hey Hey Baby from Otis! (1993)
Bruce Hornsby - Hooray for Tom from Halcyon Days (2004)
Stevie Wonder - Have a Talk With God from Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Richard Marx and Matt Scannell - Give You Back from Duo (2008)
Jonathan Coulton - I Will from Thing a Week II (2006)
Frank Sinatra - September Song from A Voice in Time (2007)
Squeeze - There Is a Voice from Play (1991)
David Byrne - The Other Side of This Life from Grown Backwards (2004)
Sound Providers - For Old Time’s Sake from An Evening With the Sound Providers (2004)

The Friday Mixtape: 6/13/08

Friday, June 13th, 2008 by Jeff Giles

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Dr. John - Why Come from Anutha Zone (1998)
Robbie Robertson - Shake This Town from Storyville (1991)
Was (Not Was) - Dressed to Be Killed from Are You Okay? (1990)
The Stovall Sisters - Hang On in There from What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977) (2006)
Call and Response - Eclipse from Winds Take No Shape (2004)
Freddie Stevenson - Alibi Song from All My Strange Companions (2008)
Del Amitri - Opposite View from Waking Hours (1989)
Pearl Jam - Get Right from Riot Act (2002)
Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues from The Complete Recordings (1990)
The Lilac Time - Back in the Car Park from Looking for a Day in the Night (1999)
Livingston Taylor - Thank You Song from Livingston Taylor (1970)
Sinéad O’Connor - This Is to Mother You from Gospel Oak (1997)
Toots Thielemans - Giant Steps from Airegin (1996)
Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind from Labour of Lust (1979)
Donny Hathaway - What a Woman Really Means from Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Brothers (2006)
The Smiths - Sweet and Tender Hooligan from Louder Than Bombs (1987)

The Friday Mixtape: 6/6/08

Friday, June 6th, 2008 by Jeff Giles

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Billy Preston - The Octopus from The Most Exciting Organ Ever (1965)
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - What a Friend We Have in Jesus from Funeral for a Friend (2004)
Peter Himmelman - Flown This Acid World (live) from Stage Diving (1996)
Orba Squara - All Around the World from Sunshyness (2008)
Jungle Brothers - Moving Along from Raw Deluxe (1997)
Jason Spooner - The Flame You Follow from The Flame You Follow (2007)
We Are Scientists - Chick Lit from Brain Thrust Mastery (2008)
ABC - Bite the Hand from Beauty Stab (1983)
Rogue Wave - Missed from Asleep at Heaven’s Gate (2007)
Erich Von Kneip - Elegant and Graceful from A Collection of Abject Musings (2007)
Chris Trapper - A Day Without You from Songs From the Middle of the World (2008)
Silver Sun - Facts of Life from Dad’s Weird Dream (2007)
Beckley-Lamm-Wilson - Life in Motion from Like a Brother (2000)
Richard Shindell - Waiting for the Storm from Somewhere Near Paterson (2000)
Starclock - Glasses from Starclock (2002)
A Tribe Called Quest - Give Me from The Love Movement (1998)

The Friday Mixtape: 5/30/08

Friday, May 30th, 2008 by Jeff Giles

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Marshall Crenshaw - Wild Abandon from Mary Jean and 9 Others (1987)
Mike & the Mechanics - Someone Always Hates Someone from Beggar on a Beach of Gold (1995)
Nas - Made You Look from God’s Son (2002)
XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead from Nonsuch (1992)
Suzanne Vega - Bound from Beauty & Crime (2007)
Paddy Milner - Beware of the Groove from Walking on Eggshells (2005)
Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam from Blow by Blow (1975)
The Cat Empire - Voodoo Cowboy from So Many Nights (2008)
Cutting Crew - I’ve Been in Love Before from The Best Of (1993)
Janis Joplin - Half Moon from Janis (1993)
The Long Winters - Ultimatum from Putting the Days to Bed (2006)
Grand Archives - Swan Matches from Grand Archives (2008)
Stanley Jordan - Song for My Father from State of Nature (2008)
The Call - You Run from Let the Day Begin (1989)
Michael McDonald - Minute by Minute (live) from Live at Retro Rewind (1999)
Danny Elfman - Finale from Big Fish (2003)

The Friday Mixtape: Memorial Mix, 5/23/08

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 by Scott Malchus

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Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On from What’s Going On (1971)
Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - 1917 from Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (1999)
Bob Dylan - Two Soldiers from World Gone Wrong (1993)
Bruce Springsteen - Gypsy Rider from Magic (2007)
Tom Waits - Soldier’s Things from Swordfishtrombones (1983)
Patty Griffin - Chief from 1000 Kisses (2002)
Steve Earle - Ben McCulloch from Train a Comin’ (1995)
Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper - No More (live) from Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran (2008)
Cowboy Junkies - You’re Missing from Early 21st Century Blues (2005)
Jackson Browne - I Am a Patriot from World in Motion (1989)
Wilco with Billy Bragg - When the Roses Bloom Again from The Oxford American Southern Sampler 2000 (2000)
Dixie Chicks - Travelin’ Soldier from Home (2002)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son from Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
Johnny Cash - Drive On from American Recordings (1994)
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (alternate) from A Musical History (2005)
Eva Cassidy- Imagine from Imagine (2002)
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