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Best in CD Reissues
Archival Unearthings of 1999
Air-- Premiers Symptomes (Mute)
The Association -- Original Soundtrack: Waiting For Columbus (WB Import)
Anima Sound -- Musik für Alle (Alga)
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band -- Grow Fins 65-82 (Revenant)
Sandy Bull -- Re-Inventions: Best of Vanguard (Vanguard)
The Buckinghams -- ‘Time & Charges’/’Portraits’ (Sundazed)
Belle & Sebastian -- Tigermilk (Matador)
Johnny Cash -- At Folsom Prison (Columbia/Legacy)
Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent -- The Town Hall Party Shows (Rockstar)
Nat "King" Cole -- The Christmas Song (Capitol)
Spade Cooley and the Western Swing Dance Gang -- Shame On You (Soundies / Bloodshot)
Stan Freberg -- Tip of the Freberg (Rhino)
Marvin Gaye -- Love Starved Heart: Marvin in the ‘60’s (Motown expanded)
Lee Hazlewood -- Trouble is a Lonesome Town (Smells Like)
Lee Hazlewood --Cowboy In Sweden (Smells Like)
Lee Hazelwood -- Requiem for an Almost Lady (Smells Like)
The Hollies -- Evolution (Sundazed)
His Name is Alive- Always Stay Sweet (4AD)
Isley Brothers -- It’s Your Thing: The Story of the Isley Brothers (T-Neck/Epic/Legacy)
Etta James -- Heart of a Woman (MCA/Chess)
Etta James -- At Last! (MCA / Chess)
Jack Kerouac -- Reads ‘On the Road’ (Ryko)
Carole King- Really Rosie (Ode/Sony)
Los Zafiros -- Bossa Cubana (World Circuit)
Make Up- I Want Some (K)
Bob Marley & the Wailers -- Destiny (Heartbeat)
Meat Puppets -- Meat Puppets II (Ryko)
Meat Puppets -- Up On The Sun (Ryko)
Attilo Mineo-- Man In Space With Sounds (Repertoire)
The Monks -- 5 Upstart Americans (Omplatten)
Michael Nesmith -- Loose Salute / Magnetic South (Camden Deluxe)
Os Mutantes -- World Psychedelic Classics 1: Brazil: The Best Of Os Mutantes / Everything Is Possible! (Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.)
Harry Partsch -- Delusion of the Fury (Innova)
The Ramones -- Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! (Warner Archive/Rhino)
Souled American- Fe / Flubber & Around the Horn / Sonny (Tumult)
Dusty Springfield -- Dusty in Memphis (Rhino expanded)
Dusty Springfield -- Dusty in London (Rhino)
Skip Spence -- Oar (Sundazed)
Television -- The Blow Up (Roir) {live}
Tomorrow -- Tomorrow (EMI)
Unrest -- Malcolm X park (Teenbeat/No. 6)
Unrest -- Kustom Karnal Blaxploitation (Teenbeat/No. 6)
Unrest -- Imperial ffrr (Teenbeat/No. 6)
Various Artists -- Chicano Power! Latin Rock In the U.S.A. 1968-1976 (Soul Jazz)
Various Artists -- Malaco: The Last Soul Company (Malaco)
Soundtrack -- Rushmore (London)
---Editors picks / listgivers
Isn’t it all about songs:
(hits, shoulda-been-hits, essential album tracks and obscure gems from 1999):
"Blaze" -- The Arsonists (from As the World Burns, Matador) / "Inner Meet Me" -- The Beta Band (from The Three EPs, Astralwerks) / "The Hard One" -- The Beta Band (from The Beta Band, Astralwerks) "The Idiot’s Genius"-- Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire (from Oh! The Grandeur, Rykodisc) / "Tender" -- Blur (from 13, Virgin) / "I See A Darkness" -- Bonnie Prince Billy (from I See A Darkness, Palace) / "On the Painted Desert" -- Boom-Boom Satellites (from Out Loud, Epic) / "The Pretty Things are Going to Hell" -- David Bowie (from ..hours, Virgin) / "Sport Utility Vehicle" -- The Coney Islanders (from Where Has the Music Gone, Mental Giant) / "My Name Is" -- Eminem (from The Slim Shady LP, Interscope) / "Rollerskate" -- The Evil Tambourines (from Library Nation, SubPop) / "The Spiderbite Song"-- Flaming Lips (from Soft Bulletin, WB) / "A Hat and Feet" -- Fountains of Wayne (from Utopia Parkway, Atlantic) / "Lee Remick" -- The Go-Betweens (from The Lost Album, Jetset) / "Teenage FBI"-- Guided By Voices (from Do the Collapse, TVT) / "Cookie’s Bay"-- High Llamas (from Snowbug, V2) / "Viva! Sea-Tac"-- Robyn Hitchcock (from Jewels For Sophia, WB) / "Number One" -- Hot Pursuit (from 1999 Sampler, Teenbeat) / "Yoo-Hoo"-- Imperial Teen (from What is Not to Love, Slash) / "She’s My Lover"-- Kid Loco (from A Prelude..., Atlantic) / "Tell Me It’s Real" -- Ki-Ci & Jo-Jo (from It’s Real, MCA) / "You Live at Home With Your Mom" -- Kool Keith (from First Come, First Served, Nu-Gruv) / "Why We Wish" -- Los Lobos (from This Time, Hollywood) / "Dear Diary" -- Luna (from The Days of Our Nights, Jericho/WB) / "Christine"-- Luscious Jackson (from Electric Honey, Grand Royal/Capitol) / "Yeah Oh Yeah" -- Magnetic Fields (from 69 Love Songs, Merge/Touch & Go) / "Lonesome Cowboy Dave Thomas" -- Manishevitz (from Grammar Bell & the All Fall Down, Jagjaguwar) / "Secret Squirrel""-- Marcy Playground (from Shapeshifter, Capitol) / "Run On"-- Moby (from Play, V2) / "The World Isn’t Fair" -- Randy Newman (from Bad Love, Dreamworks) / "Togetherness" -- Outrageous Cherry (from Out There in the Dark, Del-Fi) / "Folk Jam" -- Pavement (from Terror Twilight, Matador) / "Last Kiss" -- Pearl Jam (single, Epic) / "Corruption"-- Iggy Pop (from Avenue B, Virgin); "My Little Pill"-- Prince (from The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, WB) / "Pretty Man"-- Prince (from Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, Arista) / "In Spite of Ourselves"-- John Prine (from In Spite..., Oh Boy) / "Guerrilla Radio" -- Rage Against the Machine (from Death of Los Angeles, Epic) / "Black Metal Stars" -- Rock * A * Teens (from Golden Time, Merge) / "You Got Me" -- The Roots w/ Erikah Badu (from Things Fall Apart, DGC) / "Waterpark" -- Royal Trux (from Veterans of Disorder, Drag City) / "The End of You"-- Sleater-Kinney (from The Hot Rock, Kill Rock Stars) / "Oh Blimey"-- Solex (from Pick Up, Matador) / "See All Her Faces" -- Dusty Springfield (from Dusty in London, Rhino) "Escape Pod" -- Stereolab (b-side, Elektra) / "No Scrubs" -- TLC (from Fan Mail, LaFace/Arista) / "Get Up"-- Barry White (from Staying Power, Private Music) / "Candy Floss" -- Wilco (from Summer Teeth, Reprise) / "Full Moon (Tropical Blend)" -- The Wondermints (from Delphonic Sounds Today, Del-Fi) "River of Orchids"-- XTC (from Apple Venus Vol. 1, TVT)
--- Don Harrison
Best in World Music 1999
Afro Celt Sound System -- Volume 2: Release (Real World)
Ali Farka Toure -- Radio Mali (Nonesuch)
Alpha Ya Ya Diallo -- The Message (Wicklow)
Bamboleo -- Ya No Hace Falta (Ahi Name)
Richard Bona -- Scenes From my Life (Columbia)
Kaoulding Cissoko -- Kora Revolution (Palm Music)
Company Segundo -- Calle Salud (Nonesuch)
Matt Darriau Paradox Trio -- Source (Knitting Factory)
Cesaria Evora -- Cafe Atlantico (Editions Lusafrica)
Ibrahim Ferrer -- Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer (World Circuit)
Kaila Flexer -- Next Village (Compass)
Guaco -- Como Era Y Como Es (Latin World)
Habib Koite & Bamada -- Maya (Putamayo)
Kepa Junkera -- Bilbao (Alula)
Salif Keita -- Papa (Metro Blue)
John McLaughlin -- Remember Shakti (Polygram)
Charlie Musslewhite -- Continental Drifter (Pointblank)
Los Zafiros -- Bossa Cubana (World Circuit)
Tony Martinez & the Cuban Power -- Maferefun (Blue Jackel)
Misia -- Paixoes Diagnosis (Detour)
Monica Salamoso -- Trampolim (Blue Jackel)
P-18 -- Urban Cuban (Higher Octave)
Tarika -- D (Xenophile)
Various Artists -- Traveler ‘99: A Planeful of Grooves (Six Degrees)
Various -- Cape Verde (Putumayo)
Various -- New World Party (Putumayo)
Various -- Onda Sonora: Red Hot & Lisbon (Bar None)
Various -- ReRooted: Beatz From the Ground Up (City of Tribes)
Various -- Basil, 2 mil: The Soul of Bass-O-Nova (6 Degrees)
Various -- Balkans Without Borders (Omnimum)
Various -- Best of (Mano Negra)
Various -- Bossa Cuca Nova (6 Degrees)
Various Artists & DJ Cheb I Sabbah -- Shri Durga (6 Degrees)
Zap Mama -- A Ma Zone (Luaka Bop)
Zohar -- Keter (Knitting Factory)
--- Chuck Taylor
Best in Jazz 1999
Brad Mehldau -- Elegaic Cycle (Warner Brothers)
Brad Mehidau -- Art of the Trio (Warner Brothers)
Horace Silver -- Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (GRP)
Deep Rhumba -- The Night Becomes a Rumba (American Clave)
Etta Jones -- All the Way (High Note)
Jacky Terrason -- What it Is (Blue Note)
Mose Allison -- The Sage of Tippo (32 Jazz)
Patricia Barber -- Companion (Blue Note)
Paul Motian & Electric Bopland -- Flight of the Bluejay (Winter & Winter)
Rhumba Club -- Espiritista (Palmetto)
Teri Thornton -- I’’ll Be Easy to Find (Verve)
The Free Bridge Quintet -- Spanning Time (Rotunda)
-- Chuck Taylor
Chuck Taylor is the programming director for WTJU 91.1 FM Charlottesville.
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