DJTEES PLAYLIST

Albums

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Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
It’s sonic, big and rough and sounds great loud.

Tangerine Dream – Encore
Live and hypnotic ambience back in 1977 with analogue sequencers to the fore

Brand X – Livestock
Jazz fusion with a splash of funk and some speed guitar

The Allman Brothers – Idlewild South
Gritty soulful early 70s rock from one of the best bands in history.

ELO – Greatest Hits Vol 1
Masterpieces of melody and production. From genius Jeff Lynne.
 
Steely Dan – Kay Lied
The forgotten Dan album. Achingly cool. Features the brilliant Doctor Wu.

Michael Buble – It’s Time
Rich, velvety swing from the modern master

B.B. King – Live From Cook County Jail
Classic blues, sweet and soulful from the King.

Mahavishnu Orchestra – Between Nothingness And Eternity
A golden blizzard of high, high jazz rock from John McLaughlin’s uber muso collection.

Santana – Abraxas
Danceable and rocking and wailing guitar. What’s not to like?

UFO – Phenomenon 
Magnificent rock from a band reaching their first peak. Features epic riff ‘Rock Bottom’ but also some sinfully good ballads.

Winger – In The Heart Of The Young
Big hair, big guitars, big melodies. Shred metal that you can play to girls from Kip Winger and shredder Reb Beach.

Rory Gallagher – Blueprint
Rory Gallagher – Tattoo

Mid 70s finest blues rock from the never-made-a-bad-album Irish Strat man.

Wishbone Ash – Argus
Ringing twin guitars all mixed up with folk melodies made The Ash one of the early 70s finest bands. Their classic.

Pat Travers – Pat Travers
The Canadian’s debut waxing. Makes No Difference still rocks as hard as in ’76.

Jethro Tull – Living In The Past
Useful compilation of early Tull with an excellent live version of Dharma For One thrown in.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Live At the Fillmore 1970
New release of old gig. They’re tight, full of electric energy. Cowgirl in the Sand and Down By The River are as epic as they should be.

Jean Luc Ponty – Point Of No Return
With Allan Holdsworth on guitar, newer JLP album which echoes his finest 70s work. Uber Jazz rock with extra crunchy bits.

Paul Gilbert – Spaceship One
Shred pop metal that just sounds amazing. Sharp enough to shave with. He bought our Spinal Tap shirt you know.

Blind Faith –Blind Faith
Under-rated supergroup album with dodgy naked kiddie cover. Worth it for Presence Of The Lord and Can’t Find My Way Home.

The Pretty Things – Parachute
Rolling Stone called it the best album of 1970. Stunning and inventive rock that matches the Beatles best; yes, really. It's a lost classic.

Todd Rundgren – Back To The Bars
Greatest hits live it is then. The full mutli-coloured Todd palette on show here. He’s a genius. It’s fantastic

Rainbow – The Best Of…
Does what it says. Riffs, double bass drums and songs about wizards, whips and chains.

Eric Johnson – Ah Via Musicom
Distinctive Texas guitarist does fantastic solo album. Has his own unique tone that always pleases.

The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
Triple (!) album of quirky, funny and deceptively affecting little tunes from prodigiously talented New Yorker Stephin Merritt.

Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
A sublime and endlessly rewarding work of enduring genius.

My Prom – Ladyfingers
Strange, saucy rockabilly debut from New Jersey native Adam Weiner.

The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths
Sweeping, playful and desperate all at the same time.

Music From Big Pink – The Band
Heart, soul, balls.

Roxy Music – Roxy Music
Smart, electrifying, at times very dark but always cool. The original didn’t have the throbbing love that is Virginia Plain on, the CD does.

By The Way – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Their best record

Dubnobasswithmyheadman – Underworld
Sexy and mysterious, one of the greatest electronic records ever made

Shawn Colvin – A Few Small Repairs
Intelligent songs full of great melodies and folk sensibilities. Class.

7” & CD Singles 

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Blues Project – I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes/ The Way My Baby Walks Verve Folkways  1967 Sounds like it comes from another universe. Interstallar blues from Koops late 60s band.

Electric Flag - Sunny/Soul Searchin. UK 7” CBS 1969 
They should have been massive. They weren’t.

Bob Dylan – Positively 4th Street / From A Buick 6. UK 7” CBS 1965
Best heard on the old vinyl for that organic spine-tingle.

Laura Nyro – Wedding Bell Blues/ Stoney End.  USA 7” Verve Folkways.
Hugely influential but largely ignored folk singer. Big yet fragile voice.

The Beatles – Paperback Writer/Rain 7” Parlophone 1966
Their best single. Two of the 60s best riffs.

Black Crowes – Live At Ronnie Scott’s: CD Single Volume 2 Sting Me/She Talks To Angels/Thorn In My Pride /Darling Of the Underground Press.
Raw acoustic rock n roll with swagger to burn.A rare live double CD single worth hunting out.

Lita Ford – Kiss Me Deadly/Broken Dreams  7” Picture disc  Dreamland 1988
Big hair, big production, joyous fist pumping late 80s pop rock.C'mon pretty baby, kiss me deadly.

Are Friends Electric – Gary Numan
Never gets any less peculiar or enjoyable. Oddly, now sounds more radical than we thought at the time  Do you think he likes Bowie much?

Badfinger – Baby Blue/ Flying Apple USA only Release 1972
Badfinger had it all. Great songs, harmonies and Apple as their label. But they just never took off properly. Songs this good shouldn’t be forgotten.

Robert Plant – Calling To You CD Single Promo 1993.
Epic eastern tinged rock with a superb twisting fiddle solo.

Downloads

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Wondering what to download this month? We recommend these great tracks.

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Give My Compliments To The Chef (live)

Soft Machine – Out-Blooody-Rageous

The Guess Who – Pain Train

Steve Vai – Erotic Nightmares

Jeff Healey – Confidence Man

Cate Brothers – In One Eye And Out The Other

The Who – The Seeker

Kraan – Andy Nogger

Genesis – The Firth Of Frith

Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Jimi Hendrix – Drivin’ South

Steve Nicks & Tom Petty – Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around

Gov’t Mule – Thorazine Shuffle

Gov’t Mule – John The Revelator

It Bites – Sister Sarah

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesday’s Gone

Blue Murder – Valley Of The Kings

The Doors – When The Music’s Over (live)

The Band – King Harvest Has Surely Come

Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant