Notes for the 10-4-04 Harmony in My Head Show.

Hello dear listeners and fellow music lovers. I am writing this from Washington DC on a night off between shows. As I told you in last weeks letter, I pre-taped tonights show rather than have Engineer X broadcast re-runs. The internet connection here is a slow dial up so I won't be able to access sites and get to all the information I would like so tonights notes will be somewhat less informative than I would like but here goes. 

Harmony in My Head for 10-04-04

Dr. Mix and the Remix  Cant Control Myself: Recently re-released with extra tracks. Weve played these guys before, remember their version of No Fun? The very cool Acute Label has released this collection recently and its got a few extra tracks than the one I bought in France many years ago. If you like songs like Sister Ray with a hard, electronic edge, this is a great band. I have been playing this band for over twenty years now. 

Jimi Hendrix - Johnny B Good: This is Hendrix?ive version of the classic Chuck Berry song. I first heard it on a Hendrix soundtrack a long time ago and used to play it all the time in my mother?basement not a few blocks from where I?writing this. It?on the long deleted In the West album which is the version that I used tonight. There?another version of this song on another Hendrix CD, same version but with an edit at the top. 10-06-04 update: One of our mighty listeners just wrote in to remind me that this track is on that big Hendrix box that came out a couple of years ago. It's been awhile since I played that. Well, now you know where to go for this track and it's probably mastered way better on that box anyway. Thanks! 

Generation X  Shakin' All Over: The B Side of the Valley of the Dolls single. I always thought this was a great cover version of this song. I still listen to Generation X, as you have heard a lot of their songs on this show. As you can tell by now, were listening to bands covering songs. One more to go. 

Tom Waits  Sea of Love: This is off the Sea of Love movie soundtrack. I bought this CD just to get this track. Waits really does a great job on this one. You dont hear this one all that often and I dont know if he put it on any of his records. 

Del Swade - Lonely Man: I dont know anything about Del Swade. This cut was taken off the Compated Cats CD comp. I saw this CD in the Tower Records at Piccadilly Circle in London. Sounds pretty cool. Sometimes I buy comp. CDs when I dont know anything about the bands of genre of music. I have a handful of old rock CDs like this and theres always something good on them. 

Rowland S. Howard  Breakdown: Good ol Rowland. You know this guy, he was the guitar player in the Birthday Party and Crime and the City Solution. This song is from his Teenage Snuff Film Soundtrack album. He does a great version of Billy Idols White Wedding on here but my favorite track is this one here. What a great tone on that guitar. 

Henry Thomas  Fishin Blues: We listened to Henry Thomas before when we played Bulldoze Blues. This is just another track from his very cool complete recordings CD. My other favorite song on this record is called Railroadin Some. Well get to that one for sure. 

Laurie Anderson  Sharkeys Night: From Lauries Mr. Heartbreak album. This track features a great vocal from William S. Burroughs. I like all of her albums but this one, Red, the Ugly Girl with the Jewells are my favorites. Live, its even more amazing. If she ever comes to your town, thats a great night out. 
The Very Things  Mummy Youre a Wreck: Another Very Things track! I was conversing with vocalist The Shend via e-mail last night and offered to help with his Cravats CD project. The Cravats was his previous band and almost all of their catalog is out of print. I hope we can change that. 

Eddie Hazel  California Dreamin: Finally this has come out on CD. A long out of print LP on Warner Bros. Dames Games and Guitar Things is a P-Funk must have. Its guitar god of Funkadelic out front with a strong showing of P Allstars on all the other instruments. Rhino did a limited edition release of this. I dont know if it will hit retail. I got the info off the Rhino site and got the CD off Amazon. Mastered perfectly. Really great stuff. 

Cornell Campbell  Mash You Down: I turned Steve Jones onto Cornell and now hes playing that song I Shall Not Remove. I reckoned its time to kick it up a notch so Im playing this one tonight. Another great CC track. 

Amen  Room of Ruin: If I was ever in a band, I would want to be in Amen. This album, We Have Come for Your Parents will rip your head off. Casey Chaos, the bands singer is amazing. He sang on our Rise Above album. He killed the track Depression. What a man, what a band. 

Wayne Shorter  Footprints: From the Adams Rib album. Wayne did this tune again with Miles Davis on the Miles album Seven Steps to Heaven. I have spent a lot of time checking Wayne Shorters Blue Note label releases. Ju Ju, Speak No Evil, really great stuff. Hes all over the Miles Davis catalog and shows up on many Bluenote label releases. Hes strong. 

Devo  Bamboo Bimbo: From one of the Hardcore Devo CDs. I think its on Vol. 2. I dont have it with me but I think Im right. I think the Hardcore series are out of print but if you get the chance, check these out as they are insane. 

Jesse Belvin  Ill Mess You Up: Wonderful track, right? I have wanted to play this track for a long time, its so messed up. This CD was given to me a long time ago and this song stuck out. Most of the other tracks on the record are more ballads than up tempo but this one sticks out. Thought you might trip on this one. 

Mick Harvey  Intoxicated Man: The great Mick Harvey of Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds fame. He did a couple of CD of Serge Gainsbourgs material. Theres The Intoxicated Man CD and one called Pink Elephants. I dont know much about Serge and my excuse is for that is lame. I have read interviews of hipster bands who are really boring who worship him and it was an indicator to stay away. I should check him out sometime. 

PJ Harvey  Working for the Man: From her album To Bring You My Love. Shes amazing and I have most of her records but this is my favorite one. Very interesting production work on this one that makes a lot of her other records seem almost normal. Shes really something. 

Sleep  Dragonaut: From Sleeps Holy Mountain album Great stoner rock from Northern California. Great stuff. Also, check Al from Sleeps next project High on Fire CDs, really strong.

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Thanks for listening. 