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GUILTY PLEASURES VOLUME 2: THEN & NOW
For Volume 2 of our Guilty Pleasures series, we revel in the freedom to create an eclectic flow—during these days of algorithmic radio—from Lotte Lenya singing “Mack the Knife” to a Japanese take on Archie Bell and the Drells’ “Tighten Up.” We look back on the summer season with music from the Kinks and John Prine, and cool down with tunes by Ramsey Lewis and Oscar Brown, Jr. Plus some listener-requested guilty pleasures from Bob Marley to Bonnie Raitt. Sit back, tune in, and indulge guilt-free!
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: On the Sunny Side of the Street Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder - Sunny Afternoon The Kinks
The Complete Collection, Castle Communications - Sunny Bobby Hebb
Night Train To Nashville: Music CIty Rhtyhm & Blues 1945-1970, Lost Highway - My Girl The Temptations
Anthology, Motown - Ode to Billie Joe Tammy Wynette
Take Me to Your World- I Don’t Want to Play House, Koch - You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol. 2, ABC-Paramount - Instrumental: Sunshine Twist Big Jack Johnson and the Jelly Roll Kings
Rockin' The Juke Joint Down, Earwig Music - Guilty Bonnie Raitt
Takin' My Time, Warner Brothers - Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) The Doors
The Doors, Elektra - Mack the Knife Lotte Lenya and Louis Armstrong
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill, Sony Classical - Instrumental: Darktown Strutters Ball #1 The Might Four
Dancing at the Melody Inn, American Music - What's the Use of Getting Sober Louis Jordan
Jazzin' the Blues, Forlane - Let Me Go Home Whiskey Amos Milburn
Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie 1946-1955, Capitol - Stay All Night Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
For the Last Time, Liberty - Third Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendez-Vous Amazing Rhythm Aces
Stacked Deck, ABC - Hanky Panky Tommy James & the Shondells
Hanky Panky, Roulette - Honey Don't The Beatles
Beatles for Sale, EMI - Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley
The King Of Rock 'N' Roll - The Complete 50's Masters, RCA - Gotta Travel On Bill Monroe
The Collection 1936-1959, Ideal Music - Summer's End John Prine
Tree of Forgiveness, Boy - Closing Bed: Summertime Dr Michael White
Jazz from New Orleans, Basin Street
HOUR two
- Open Bed: The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio
In Person 1960-1967, MCA - Be Cool AKA Keep Cool Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
The Very Best of, Master Classics - But I Was Cool Oscar Brown Jr.
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Tighten Up Yellow Magic Orchestra
Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!), Sony Music Direct - Ya-Ya Lee Dorsey
Golden Classics, Collectables - Look-Ka Py Py The Meters
Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology, Rhino - Instrumental: Rebel Rouser Bill Frisell
Guitar in the Space Age!, Okeh - Dead Flowers New Riders of the Purple Sage
Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage, Sony - Parchman Farm John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, Decca - Gregorio Cortez Jesus Maya y Timoteo Cantu
Tejano Roots, Arhoolie - Pancho and Lefty Townes Van Zandt (feat.Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & the Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyers)
Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings, Fat Possum Records - Me and My Uncle Grateful Dead
Veneta, OR 8/27/72 (The Complete Sunshine Daydream Concert), Grateful Dead Productions - I Shot the Sheriff Bob Marley & the Wailers
Burnin', Island - Yes We Can Can Allen Toussaint
Our New Orleans, Nonesuch - Instrumental: St James Infirmary Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch - Banks of the Ohio Joan Baez
Joan Baez, Vol. 2, Vanguard - Banks of the Pontchartrain Brownie Ford
Stories from Mountains, Swamps and Honky Tonks, New Rounder - Travailler Ç’est Trop Dur Caesar Vincent
Travailler Ç’est Trop Dur: The Lyrical Legacy of Caesar Vincent, Swallow - Travailler Ç’est Trop Dur Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder - Closing Bed: Jambalaya Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
