Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Playlist for 7-1-09: The Big Cover Up



Went the all-covers route this week. I started with covers of performers playing at Summerfest and just kept going - and going. I realized I have an obscene amount of cover songs. Yes, I will be doing this again.


Archives are here.

Livin' for the City - The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black (In the Red) Stevie Wonder
Living After Midnight - The Donnas - Turn 21 (Lookout) Judas Priest
Pump it Up - Mudhoney - March to Fuzz (Sub Pop) Elvis Costello
I Gotta Get Drunk - Gas Huffer - Twisted Willie (Justice) Willie Nelson
Black Diamond – Replacements - Let it Be (Twin/Tone) Kiss

Down to the Wire - The Grip Weeds - The Sound is in You (Rainbow Quartz) Buffalo Springfield
Hold Tight - The Liquor Giants - S/T (Matador) Dave Dee Dozy Bicky Mick & Tich
Brand New Love - Superchunk - Tossing Seeds: Singles 89-91 (Merge)
Sebadoh
She Cracked - Velvet Crush - A Singles Odyssey (Action Musik) Modern Lovers
Whenever Your Ready - Young Fresh Fellows - The World of the Zombies (PopLlama) Zombies

True Love Travels on a Gravel Path - Afghan Whigs - Uptown Avondale EP (Sub Pop) Percy Sledge
Who's Lovin You - The Jackson 5 - Beg, Scream and Shout (Rhino) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
King of the Road - Joe Tex - More Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country (Trikont) Roger Miller
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul Men OST (Concord/Stax) Kenny Rogers and The First Edition

Hard To Handle - Toots Hibbert- Toots in Memphis (Mango) Otis Redding
One Night - Jackie Brown - All Shook Up: A Reggae Tribute to the King (Trojan) Elvis
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Sizzla - Is It Rolling Bob? Dub Versions of Jamaica (Sanctuary/RAS) Bob Dylan

7-inch Six-Pack
E too D- The 27 Various - 7" (Susstone) Small Faces
Girl Don't Tell Me - Gumball - 7" (Get Hip) Beach Boys
Hotel Loneliness - Huevos Rancheros - 7" (Get Hip) Link Wray
Flip, Flop & Fly - '68 Comeback - 7" (Get Hip) Big Joe Turner
White Elephant - Arcwelder - 7" (Touch & Go) Volcano Suns
Bad Karma - The Spinnanes - 7" (Sub Pop) Crackerbash

Show Me the Way - Dinosaur Jr. - 12" (SST) Peter Frampton
Sun Arise - The Godfathers - Hit by Hit - Deluxe Edition (Link) Rolf Harris
Biff Bang Pow - Southern Culture on the Skids - Mojo Box (Yep Roc) The Creation
You Can't Get Him Frankenstein - Fleshtones - Flaming Burnout (Man's Ruin) Castle Kings
Crosstie Walker - Peter Zaremba & Paul Johnson - John Fogerty Wrote a Song for Everybody (Pravda) John Fogerty

Forever Came Today - The Backsliders - Southern Lines (Mammoth) Eric Ambel
Roam - The Yayhoos - Put the Hammer Down (Lakeside) B-52's
Crazy Like a Fox - Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass Kickin' Team - You Can't Bite Me With a Monkey in Your Mouth (Doublenaught) NRBQ
Total Destruction to Your Mind - Eric Ambel - Roscoe's Gang (Enigma) Swamp Dogg

Sam Stone - Swamp Dogg - The Exellent Sides of Swamp Dogg, Vol. 2 (S.D.E.G.) John Prine
OD'd in Denver - Go to Blazes - And Other Crimes (Self-released) Hank Williams Jr.
Silver Wings - Marshall Crenshaw - Tulare Dust: A Songwriter's Tribute to Merle Haggard (Hightone) Merle Haggard
Mama Tried - Old 97's - Hitchhike to Rhome (Big Iron) Merle Haggard

Cinnamon Girl - That Petrol Emotion - Live (Mansfield) Neil Young
Down the Road Apiece - Roy Loney & the Phantom Movers - Phantom Tracks (Solid Smoke) Chuck Berry
Can't Seem to Make You Mine - Alex Chilton - Stuff (New Rose) Seeds
Have Love Will Travel - Sky Saxon - The King Of Garage Rock (Cleopatra) Richard Berry
Louie, Louie - Black Flag - Wasted Again (SST) The Kingsmen
High School Confidential - Hasil Adkins - Out to Hunch (Norton) Jerry Lee Lewis
Betty & Dupree - Billy Lee Riley - Red Hot Riley (Sun Charley) Chuck Willis
Wild Wild Lover - Flat Duo Jets - S/T (Dog Gone) Benny Joy
Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Alternative Tentacle) Elvis

Sneetches with Shoes - I Wanna Be With You - Super Fantastic Mega Smash Hits! (Pravda) The Raspberries
Hey Deanie - The Nicoteens - Raspberries Preserved (Ginger) The Raspberries
Questiongly - The Vidallias -Stayin' in the Doghouse (Upstart) The Ramones
Truckstop Girl - Kelly Willis – Rig Rock Deluxe (Diesel Only) Little Feat
Lookin' For A Love - Jack. O And The Tear Jerkers - Don't Throw Your Love Away (SFTRI) Bobby Womack
Games People Play - The Pleasure Barons - Live in Las Vegas (Hightone) Joe South

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