The American Dream
Back and burnin' this week - a short but strong tribute to the late great Wilson Pickett, some swirling psychedlia, fiddles for a snowy day, and soul of all stripes and styles. Keep your senses alive, or you might just miss something.
Clicking on the Top of the Heap 45 below will open your ears to this experience - and the playlist below can help you obtain that optical sound.
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Playlist for Lost & Found, 01/23/06
title/artist/format/label/year
Set One: i can let go
Intro: Lovin' Horns/Panic Buttons/45/Gamble/1969
1. Fire & Water/Wilson Pickett/LP/Atlantic/1971
2. L.C. Funk/Lee Williams & the Cymbals/45/Rapda/1970(?)
3. (Theme from) Top of the Heap/J.J. Johnson/45/CBS/1972
4. Life is Free/Donald Height/45/Hurdy Gurdy/1969
5. You're Shakin' Me Up/Van Dykes/45/Mala/1966
6. Baby Baby/Smokey Robinson & the Miracles/LP/Tamla/1966
7. Shadows Breaking Over My Head/Left Banke/LP/Smash/1967
8. Smokey Day/Colin Blunstone/LP/Epic/1970
9. Wear Your Love Like Heaven/Donovan/LP/Epic/1967
10.Husbands & Wives/Five Americans/LP/Abnak/1967
11.Once Before/Remains/LP/Epic/1966
12.99&1/2 /Pacific Ocean/LP/VMC/1968
13.Don't Fight It/Sweet Inspirations/LP/Atlantic/1968
14.For Better Or Worse/Wilson Pickett/LP/Atlantic/1966
15.Up Tight Good Woman/Wilson Pickett/LP/Atlantic/1966
BED: My Latin Brother/George Benson/LP/CTI/1974
Set Two: fever dreams
1. Optical Sound/Human Expression/CD/Accent/1967
2. My Friend/Steve Miller Band/LP/Capitol/1968
3. I Wonder Who/Aguaturbia/CD/Hi Note/1970
4. I Am An Angel But I Can't Fly/Amen Corner/LP/Deram/1968
5. The Viper/Whistler, Chaucer, Detroit & Greenhill/LP/Uni/1967
6. I Watch the Moon/Gandalf/CD/Capitol/1969
7. The Moon Is Rising/Pretty Things/LP/Fontana/1965
BED: The Drifter/Dave Pike/LP/Vortex/1970
Set Three: some roads unpassable
1. Lonely Me/Delaney Bramlett/LP/Gnp Crescendo/1965-1971
2. Nobody But You/Bacon Fat/LP/Blue Horizon/1969
3. Ain't No Sunshine/Freddie King/LP/Shelter/1972
4. Man With Money/Everly Brothers/LP/Warner Bros/1964
5. Rain & Snow/Len Novy/LP/Atco/1969
BED: Country Scuffle-Gasoline Alley/Howard Roberts/LP/Capitol/1970
Set Four: cat on a fence
1. I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down/Ann Peebles/LP/Hi/1972
2. Stepping On Up/Natural Four/LP/ABC/1970
3. A Quiet Place/Garnett Mimms/LP/UA/1964
4. Sufferin' City/Barbara Lynn/LP/Atlantic/1967
BED: Strawberry Fields Forver/David McCallum/LP/Capitol/1968
Tha Send Off: I've Got Love for My Baby/Young Hearts/LP/Minit/1967
Guest Stars: Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Linda Darnell, Robert Simon, Richard Widmark, Peggy O'Connell, Jose Ferrer