Galaxy Playlist for March 5/6th, 2006

Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).

For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic , an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.

Composer	Performer	Title	Genre	Label	Notes
Soundgarden	Room A Thousand Years Wide	Rock, Metal, "Grunge"	A&M, 1991	One of the first songs ever played on the Galaxy.
Living Colour	Time's Up	Rock, Modern	CBS, 1990	Another one
Pantera	Walk	Metal	Elektra, 1990
Jimi Hendrix	Machine Gun	Rock, Classic, '60s	Experience Hendrix, 1999	First released on the Band of Gypsys live disc in April of 1970, rereleased by the Hendrix family in a repackaged set.
Led Zeppelin	Since I've Been Loving You	Rock, Classic, '70s	Atlantic, 2003	Recorded June 25th, 1972, live at the LA Forum, unreleased until 2003
Rush	2112	Rock, Classic, Progressive, '70s	Anthem/Mercury, 1976	This live version (from All The World's A Stage) is truncated, with several key parts ommitted due to the overall length of the piece. However, even when considering the full performance made available a few years ago on Different Stages, this live version has just a bit more bite in the guitar, and is a bit more demonstrative of the vigor of youth. I rarely play this version because I miss the parts of the piece that weren't played, but in reality, this performance is a significant part of the Rush Legacy.
John Coltrane, -w- Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet), McCoy Tyner (piano, Jimmy Garrison and Reggie Workman (both on bass), Elvin Jones (drums), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (oud)	India	Jazz, post-bop, avant guarde	Impulse/GRP, 1961	There is a significant amount of quality live Coltrane available for those who look (including the incredible recently discovered Voice of America recording with Monk), but this is the recording that catches him on the rise, at the crucial moment when he is developing the "sheets of sound" philosopy that so impacted the jazz world. This also catches him with Eric Dolphy, one of the other major avant guardists.
Ravi Shakar, -w- Chatar Lal, tabla, N.C. Mullick, tambura	Raga Des	Indian Classical	Columbia, 1967	Recorded in 1957, released in '67.
The Beatles	Love You Too	Rock, Classic, '60s	Capitol, 1966	George Harrison composition
The Hollies	Stop, Stop, Stop	BGO/EMI, 1966	From their first album of original compositions
The Dresden Dolls	Girl Anachronism	"Punk Cabaret"	8 Ft, 2004	"Punk Cabaret" is a best effort at describing this music that acknowledges as heavy a debt to Kurt Weill and Marlene Dietrich as it does to such modern inspirations as Tori Amos. They have a new album coming out on Roadrunner within the month, and have an extensive touring schedule (mostly in Europe for now).
Camper Van Beethoven	O Death	Indie Rock, '80s	Virgin, 1988	Camper's arrangement of a traditional tune. (btw, they are back together, full time, and may be in the midst of recording)
Ralph Stanley	O Death	Bluegrass, Traditional	Mercury, 2000	Ralph Stanley's a capella performance of the same song. This performance won Stanley his first Grammy award in 2001.
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys	Crying Holy Unto The Lord	Bluegrass, Traditional, Gospel	Copper Creek, 2001	live performance, Bean Blossom, Indiana, June 16, 1990
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver	I Am Glad	Bluegrass, Gospel	Sugar Hill, 2000	sung a capella
He Is Risen	Bluegrass, Country, Gospel	Sugar Hill, 2001	more country than bluegrass, with steel guitar flourishes
Keith Green	Trials Turned To Gold	Gospel, Contemporary, '70s	Sparrow, 1977	Keith Green was a sort of revolutionary in contemporary gospel circles, at times taking a harsh look at how Christians behave towards the poor and how that is at odds with what the Bible says. He died in a plane crash in 1983.
Andre Crouch	I'm Gonna Keep On Singing	Gospel, Contemporary, '70s	Light, 1971	This is gospel with some light soulful choral touches, great stuff from the '70s gospel revolution that really loosened up the gospel straightjacket.
Johnny Cash	Daddy Sang Bass	Country/Gospel	Columbia, 1968	With the Carter Family and the Statler Brothers on backing vocals
Hey Porter	Country/Rockabilly	Sun, 1955	Cash's first single, backed with Cry, Cry, Cry (another classic).
Ring of Fire	Country, Classic	Columbia, 1964	Written by June Carter Cash with Merle Kilgore, before June married Johnny (June had been married to another country great, Carl Smith, when she met Johnny, Carl's drinking buddy).
Charles Mingus	The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers	Jazz, Big Band, Avant Guarde	Columbia, 1972	In the liner notes to this album (Let My Children Hear Music), Mingus wrote of his desire to build "tall buildings" in music. In my book, he succeeded. The density he achieves here is almost unheard of, especially for that era, but you unfortunately don't hear a lot of aggressive big band like this in our modern era. This is one of the highpoints of the Mingus catalog.
Miles Davis	Miles Runs The Voodoo Down	Jazz-Rock Fusion	Columbia, 1969	This comes from a time when the fusion of jazz and rock had a great deal of potential. There is quite a bit of funk here, yet at the same time there is enough dissonance on this album (Bitches Brew) that some songs border on the avant guarde. It was at this time that Davis was considering working with Hendrix (it is such a tragedy that this never happened). Features John McLaughlin on guitar.
Miles Davis	Santana	In A Silent Way	Rock, Classic, '70s	Columbia, 1971	We find this on the recently released Santana III Legacy Edition, with a few bonus tracks on disc 1, and with a second disc devoted to a July 4th 1971 performance that closed the Fillmore West. This performance itself had been released previously, but most of the concert had not. We will give this disc, and this concert, a more proper listening in a few weeks, as our schedule allows.
Bo Diddley	The Who	(I'm A) Roadrunner	Rock, Classic, '70s	Columbia, 1971	Performed Live at the Young Vic Theatre, April 26, 1971, while preparing Who's Next. Roadrunner was actually used at Keith Moon's initial audition for the band (one set of drums lost), while Naked Eye was a long-time concert favorite that finally saw a release on Odds and Sods.
The Who	Naked Eye
Behind Blue Eyes
Deep Purple	Smoke On the Water	Warner Bros., 1972
Chicago	Poem For The People	Rock/Jazz Fusion	Chicago, 1971	Recently rereleased under a different label, I hear with good sound
Portishead	It Could Be Sweet	"Trip-Hop"	Go!/London, 1994	No samples here
Sour Time	Go!/London, 1998	Live at the Roseland, NYC, 1998. Them are real guitars there, mind you!
Korn	Blind	Metal, '90s	Imortal/Epic, 1994	Yes, it's true, they used to actually sing on Korn records! Even a little bit of vocal harmony there! Go figure!
Metallica	One	Metal, '80s	Elektra, 1988	Classic metal, even with the screwed up bass part. I hear they are in the process of recording. We'll see how this one turns out.
Stormtroopers of Death	Pre-Menstrual Princess Blues	Metal, Harcore, '80s	Megaforce, 1984	A jolt of tongue-in-cheek humor for folks who need it ...
Anti-Procrastination Song	8 seconds of heaven.....
Freddy Krueger
Bad Brains	Right Brigade	Punk, Hardcore, Reggae-Thrash, '80s	Caroline, 1987	recorded live in Amsterdam, 1987
House of Suffering
Day Tripper/She's A Rainbow

Composer

Performer

Title

Genre

Label

Notes

Soundgarden

Room A Thousand Years Wide

Rock, Metal, "Grunge"

A&M, 1991

One of the first songs ever played on the Galaxy.

Living Colour

Time's Up

Rock, Modern

CBS, 1990

Another one

Pantera

Walk

Metal

Elektra, 1990

Jimi Hendrix

Machine Gun

Rock, Classic, '60s

Experience Hendrix, 1999

First released on the Band of Gypsys live disc in April of 1970, rereleased by the Hendrix family in a repackaged set.

Led Zeppelin

Since I've Been Loving You

Rock, Classic, '70s

Atlantic, 2003

Recorded June 25th, 1972, live at the LA Forum, unreleased until 2003

Rush

2112

Rock, Classic, Progressive, '70s

Anthem/Mercury, 1976

This live version (from All The World's A Stage) is truncated, with several key parts ommitted due to the overall length of the piece. However, even when considering the full performance made available a few years ago on Different Stages, this live version has just a bit more bite in the guitar, and is a bit more demonstrative of the vigor of youth. I rarely play this version because I miss the parts of the piece that weren't played, but in reality, this performance is a significant part of the Rush Legacy.

John Coltrane, -w- Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet), McCoy Tyner (piano, Jimmy Garrison and Reggie Workman (both on bass), Elvin Jones (drums), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (oud)

India

Jazz, post-bop, avant guarde

Impulse/GRP, 1961

There is a significant amount of quality live Coltrane available for those who look (including the incredible recently discovered Voice of America recording with Monk), but this is the recording that catches him on the rise, at the crucial moment when he is developing the "sheets of sound" philosopy that so impacted the jazz world. This also catches him with Eric Dolphy, one of the other major avant guardists.

Ravi Shakar, -w- Chatar Lal, tabla, N.C. Mullick, tambura

Raga Des

Indian Classical

Columbia, 1967

Recorded in 1957, released in '67.

The Beatles

Love You Too

Rock, Classic, '60s

Capitol, 1966

George Harrison composition

The Hollies

Stop, Stop, Stop

BGO/EMI, 1966

From their first album of original compositions

The Dresden Dolls

Girl Anachronism

"Punk Cabaret"

8 Ft, 2004

"Punk Cabaret" is a best effort at describing this music that acknowledges as heavy a debt to Kurt Weill and Marlene Dietrich as it does to such modern inspirations as Tori Amos. They have a new album coming out on Roadrunner within the month, and have an extensive touring schedule (mostly in Europe for now).

Camper Van Beethoven

O Death

Indie Rock, '80s

Virgin, 1988

Camper's arrangement of a traditional tune. (btw, they are back together, full time, and may be in the midst of recording)

Ralph Stanley

O Death

Bluegrass, Traditional

Mercury, 2000

Ralph Stanley's a capella performance of the same song. This performance won Stanley his first Grammy award in 2001.

Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys

Crying Holy Unto The Lord

Bluegrass, Traditional, Gospel

Copper Creek, 2001

live performance, Bean Blossom, Indiana, June 16, 1990

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

I Am Glad

Bluegrass, Gospel

Sugar Hill, 2000

sung a capella

He Is Risen

Bluegrass, Country, Gospel

Sugar Hill, 2001

more country than bluegrass, with steel guitar flourishes

Keith Green

Trials Turned To Gold

Gospel, Contemporary, '70s

Sparrow, 1977

Keith Green was a sort of revolutionary in contemporary gospel circles, at times taking a harsh look at how Christians behave towards the poor and how that is at odds with what the Bible says. He died in a plane crash in 1983.

Andre Crouch

I'm Gonna Keep On Singing

Gospel, Contemporary, '70s

Light, 1971

This is gospel with some light soulful choral touches, great stuff from the '70s gospel revolution that really loosened up the gospel straightjacket.

Johnny Cash

Daddy Sang Bass

Country/Gospel

Columbia, 1968

With the Carter Family and the Statler Brothers on backing vocals

Hey Porter

Country/Rockabilly

Sun, 1955

Cash's first single, backed with Cry, Cry, Cry (another classic).

Ring of Fire

Country, Classic

Columbia, 1964

Written by June Carter Cash with Merle Kilgore, before June married Johnny (June had been married to another country great, Carl Smith, when she met Johnny, Carl's drinking buddy).

Charles Mingus

The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers

Jazz, Big Band, Avant Guarde

Columbia, 1972

In the liner notes to this album (Let My Children Hear Music), Mingus wrote of his desire to build "tall buildings" in music. In my book, he succeeded. The density he achieves here is almost unheard of, especially for that era, but you unfortunately don't hear a lot of aggressive big band like this in our modern era. This is one of the highpoints of the Mingus catalog.

Miles Davis

Miles Runs The Voodoo Down

Jazz-Rock Fusion

Columbia, 1969

This comes from a time when the fusion of jazz and rock had a great deal of potential. There is quite a bit of funk here, yet at the same time there is enough dissonance on this album (Bitches Brew) that some songs border on the avant guarde. It was at this time that Davis was considering working with Hendrix (it is such a tragedy that this never happened). Features John McLaughlin on guitar.

Miles Davis

Santana

In A Silent Way

Rock, Classic, '70s

Columbia, 1971

We find this on the recently released Santana III Legacy Edition, with a few bonus tracks on disc 1, and with a second disc devoted to a July 4th 1971 performance that closed the Fillmore West. This performance itself had been released previously, but most of the concert had not. We will give this disc, and this concert, a more proper listening in a few weeks, as our schedule allows.

Bo Diddley

The Who

(I'm A) Roadrunner

Rock, Classic, '70s

Columbia, 1971

Performed Live at the Young Vic Theatre, April 26, 1971, while preparing Who's Next. Roadrunner was actually used at Keith Moon's initial audition for the band (one set of drums lost), while Naked Eye was a long-time concert favorite that finally saw a release on Odds and Sods.

The Who

Naked Eye

Behind Blue Eyes

Deep Purple

Smoke On the Water

Warner Bros., 1972

Chicago

Poem For The People

Rock/Jazz Fusion

Chicago, 1971

Recently rereleased under a different label, I hear with good sound

Portishead

It Could Be Sweet

"Trip-Hop"

Go!/London, 1994

No samples here

Sour Time

Go!/London, 1998

Live at the Roseland, NYC, 1998. Them are real guitars there, mind you!

Korn

Blind

Metal, '90s

Imortal/Epic, 1994

Yes, it's true, they used to actually sing on Korn records! Even a little bit of vocal harmony there! Go figure!

Metallica

One

Metal, '80s

Elektra, 1988

Classic metal, even with the screwed up bass part. I hear they are in the process of recording. We'll see how this one turns out.

Stormtroopers of Death

Pre-Menstrual Princess Blues

Metal, Harcore, '80s

Megaforce, 1984

A jolt of tongue-in-cheek humor for folks who need it ...

Anti-Procrastination Song

8 seconds of heaven.....

Freddy Krueger

Bad Brains

Right Brigade

Punk, Hardcore, Reggae-Thrash, '80s

Caroline, 1987

recorded live in Amsterdam, 1987

House of Suffering

Day Tripper/She's A Rainbow

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March 5/6, 2006

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