MOST COOLEST EVER...!
…A list of stuff I’ve been into over the years…no particular order…simply the way things came to my mind. Some will say, ’well, why is this or that album / song missing’…or ‘why didn’t he mention…?’ Well, like I said before, only an incomplete list of some personal faves you might want to check out (there’s just one entry per artist, otherwise this baby would have grown too big…) …away you go and have fun!….
JUST A FEW….ALBUMS…
Sam Cooke – “THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC”
The Dickies – “INCREDIBLE SHRINKING DICKIES”
Wilson Pickett – “MR. DYNAMITE”
Randy Newman – “SAIL AWAY”
Willie Alexander And The Boom Boom Band – “BOOM BOOM”
Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys – “40 GREATEST HITS”
The Sons Of The Pioneers – “COWBOY CLASSICS”
Jim Dickinson – “DIXIE FRIED”
The Dictators – “GO GIRL CRAZY”
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band – “TROUT MASK REPLICA”
Gustav Mahler – “SYMPHONY No. 8”
Velvet Underground – “WHITE LIGHT / WHITE HEAT”
The Sonics – “HERE ARE THE SONIC”
John Cale – “MUSIC FOR A NEW SOCIETY”
The Beau Brummels – “TRIANGLE”
The Undertones – “HYPNOTIZED”
The Modern Lovers – “THE MODERN LOVERS”
Henryk Gorecki – “SYMPHONY No. 3”
Dr. John – “GRIS-GRIS”
The Doors – “L.A.WOMAN”
The Seeds – “THE SEEDS”
Wayne County And The Electric Chairs – “STORM THE GATES OF HEAVEN”
The Stooges – “RAW POWER”
The Kinks – “FACE TO FACE”
Lou Reed – “THE BLUE MASK”
Iggy Pop – “NEW VALUES”
The Ramones – “IT’S ALIVE”
The Wailers – “OUT OF OUR TREE”
Merle Haggard – “SAME TRAIN, A DIFFERENT TIME”
Gram Parsons – “GRIEVOUS ANGEL”
Frank Sinatra – “ONLY THE LONELY”
Yma Sumac –“THE VOICE OF XTABAY”
David Bowie – “ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS”
Ry Cooder – “CHICKEN SKIN MUSIC”
Suicide – “SUICIDE”
Van Dyke Parks – “SONG CYCLE”
Brian Eno – “TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN BY STRATEGY”
T.Rex – “THE SLIDER”
Howlin’ Wolf – “MOANIN’ IN THE MOONLIGHT”
Creedence Clearwater Revival – “COSMO’S FACTORY”
Hoyt Axton – “EXPLODES”
Elvis Presley – “THE SUN SESSIONS”
Marty Robbins – “GUNFIGHTER BALLADS AND TRAIL SONGS”
George Jones – “HEARTACHES AND HANGOVERS”
Fever Tree – “FEVER TREE”
Pere Ubu – “NEW PICNIC TIME”
Johnny Burnette Trio – “JOHNNY BURNETTE AND THE ROCK’N’ROLL TRIO”
Nico – “THE MARBLE INDEX”
Jefferson Airplane – “SURREALISTIC PILLOW”
Talking Heads – “FEAR OF MUSIC”
Big Star – “RADIO CITY”
James Brown – “LIVE AND LOWDOWN AT THE APOLLO”
Alex Chilton – “LIKE FLIES ON SHERBET”
Pink Floyd – “THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN”
Soft Machine – “SOFT MACHINE ONE”
Tonio K. – “LIFE IN THE FOODCHAIN”
Nick Drake – “BRYTER LAYTER”
The Flaming Groovies – “TEENAGE HEAD”
Townes Van Zandt –“THE LATE GREAT TOWNES VAN ZANDT”
Alan Vega –“COLLISION DRIVE”
The Flesh Eaters – “A MINUTE TO PRAY, A SECOND TO DIE”
The Wipers – “IS THIS REAL”
The Angry Samoans – “BACK FROM SAMOA”
Hüsker Dü – “NEW DAY RISING”
Gil Evans – “OUT OF THE COOL”
The Music Machine – “TURN ON…THE MUSIC MACHINE”
The Slickee Boys – “HERE TO STAY”
Wire – “CHAIRS MISSING”
Magazine – “REAL LIFE”
M.C. 5 – “KICK OUT THE JAMS”
Gang Of Four – “ENTERTAINMENT”
Radio Birdman – “RADIOS APPEAR”
The Damned – “MACHINE GUN ETIQUETTE”
The Barracudas – “DROP OUT”
The Dead Kennedys – “FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTEN VEGETABLE”
The Adolescents – “BALBOA FUN ZONE”
Vanilla Fudge – “VANILLA FUDGE”
Bob Dylan And The Band – “THE BASEMENT TAPES”
The Cramps – “SONGS THE LORD TAUGHT US”
The Gun Club – “MIAMI”
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – “BEHIND THE MAGNOLIA CURTAIN”
Link Wray – “THERE’S A GOOD ROCKIN’ TONITE”
Love – “FOREVER CHANGES”
The Monks – “BLACK MONK TIME”
The Moving Sidewalks – “FLASH”
The Litter – “DISTORTIONS”
Television – “MARQUEE MOON”
Richard Hell And The Voidoids – “BLANK GENERATION”
The Byrds – “SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO”
The Circle Jerks – “GROUP SEX”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – “ARE YOU EXPERIENCED”
The Germs – “G.I.”
Lydia Lunch – “QUEEN OF SIAM”
Judy Nylon – “PAL JUDY”
The Vibrators – “V 2”
The Clash – “GIVE ‘EM ENOUGH ROPE”
The Flying Burrito Brothers – “THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN”
The Pretty Things – “EMOTIONS”
The Motors – “THE MOTORS”
Tom Waits – “CLOSING TIME”
Kevin Ayers – “JOY OF A TOY”
Motor Boys Motor – “MOTOR BOYS MOTOR”
The Beasts Of Bourbon – “BLACK MILK”
Johnny Cash – “BITTER TEARS”
Jimmie Rodgers – “FIRST SESSIONS”
Bob Nolan – “THE SOUND OF A PIONEER”
Lefty Frizzell – “LEFTY GOES TO NASHVILLE”
Foy Willing And The Riders Of The Purple Sage – “FOY WILLING…”
Johnny Western – “THE GUNFIGHTER”
Tex Ritter – “STREETS OF LAREDO”
Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys – “THE TIFFANY TRANSCRIPTIONS”
John Coltrane – “AFRICA/BRASS”
Billie Holiday – “LADY SINGS THE BLUES”
Charlie Parker – “THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK”
Porter Wagoner – “A SATISFIED MIND”
Bing Crosby – “UNDER WESTERN SKIES”
Dusty Springfield – “DUSTY IN MEMPHIS”
Jimmy Wakely – “ALONG THE SANTA FE TRAIL”
The Jam – “SETTING SONS”
Devo – “ARE WE NOT MEN? WE ARE DEVO”
Ultravox – “SYSTEMS OF ROMANCE”
Charlie Mingus – “THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY”
SOME….SONGS…
Blind Lemon Jefferson – “ See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”
Tommy Johnson – “Cool Drink Of Water”
Hank Snow – “Ghost Trains”
Dusty Springfield – “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me”
The Righteous Brothers – “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”
Sam Cooke – “Cupid”
Marty Robbins – “Man Walks A mong Us”
Benny Joy – “Dark Angel”
Hank Williams a.k.a. Luke The Drifter – “Beyond The Sunset”
Sons Of The Pioneers – “Let’s Pretend”
Roy Orbison – “The Crowd”
The Kinks – “Some Mother’s Son”
Buddy Holly – “True Love Ways”
Judy Garland – “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
John Cale – “Taking Your Life in Your Hands”
The Stooges – “Gimme Danger”
Eddie Cochran – “Something Else”
Gene Vincent – “I’m Goin’ Home”
The Other Half – “Flight Of The Dragon Lady”
Marylin Monroe – “River Of No Return”
Louis Armstrong – “That Lucky Old Sun”
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band – “Dachau Blues”
The Elecric Prunes – “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night”
Charlie Parker – “Night In Tunesia”
The Trashmen – “Surfin’ Bird”
The Sonics – “He’s Waiting”
The Rivingtons – “Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow”
The Litter – “I’m A Man”
Tex Ritter – “High Noon”
Ernest Gold – “Exodus”
Lonnie Johnson – “Tomorrow Night”
Blondie – “I’m Always Touched By Your Presence, Dear”
T.Rex – “Celebrate Summer”
Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel – “Make Me Smile”
Roxy Music – “Virginia Plain”
Richard Hell And The Voidoids – “Going, Going, Gone”
The Doors – “Strange Days”
Townes Van Zandt – “Pancho & Lefty”
Henry Mancini Orchestra – “Peter Gun”
Jimmie Rodgers – “Miss The Mississippi And You”
Mahalia Jackson – “I Asked The Lord”
Bing Crosby – “Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day”
Patti Page – “Mister And Mississippi”
Mamie Van Doren – “Nobody But You”
The Count Five – “Psychotic Reaction”
The Music Machine – “Talk Talk”
Bernhard Herrmann Orchestra – “Psycho”
The Phantom – “Love Me”
Lou Rawls – “Walkin’ For Miles”
Johnny Cash – “God Has My Fortune Laid Away”
Suicide – “Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne”
Kevin Ayers – “May I?”
Ultravox – “The Frozen Ones”
Eric Morris – “Solomon Gundie”
The Skatellites – “Guns Of Navarone”
Jerry Lee Lewis – “Just Dropped In”
Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
The Talking Heads – “Heaven”
Roky Erickson – “The Creature With The Atom Brain”
The Gun Club – “Mother Of Earth”
Richard Thompson – “Waltzing’s For Dreamers”
The Beau Brummels – “The Lonely Side”
The Thirteenth Floor Elevators – “You’re Gonna Miss Me”
Paul Revere And The Raiders – “Kicks”
Bobby Fuller Four – “I Fought The Law”
The Slickee Boys – “The Brain That Refused To Die”
The Angry Samoans – “They Saved Hitler’s Cock”
The Adolescents – “It’s Tattoo Time”
Helen Keller – “Surfin’ With Steve And Idi Amin”
Wayne County And The Electric Chairs – “Tomorrow Is Another Day”
The Small Faces – “Afterglow”
The Jam – “That’s Entertainment”
The Patti Smith Group – “Rock’n’Roll Nigger”
Motor Boys Motor – “Little Boy And Fat Man”
Violent Femmes – “County Death Song”
The Fall – “Container Drivers”
Tom Waits – “Hang Down Your Head”
The Undertones – “My Perfect Cousin”
The Weirdos – “Life Of Crime”
Tonio K. – “H.a.t.r.e.d.”
The Unnatural Axe – “They Saved Hitler’s Brain”
The Lewd – “American Wino”
The Downliner Sect – “Glendora”
The Cramps – “Human Fly”
Willie Alexander – “Dirty Eddie”
The Sex Pistols – “Holidays In The Sun”
Chuck Berry – “Downbound Train”
Billy Lee Riley And The Little Green Men – “Flying Saucer Rock’n’Roll”
Billy Strange – “Hell Train”
Elvis Presley – “Flaming Star”
Bo Diddley – “Bo Diddley”
Bad Brains – “Sailin’ On”
Motorhead – “Overkill”
Eddie Dean – “Tears On my Guitar”
Roy Rogers – “Saddle Serenade”
Bob Nolan – “He Walks With The Wild And The Lonely”
Velvet Underground – “I Heard Her Call My Name”
Patsy Cline – “Sweet Dreams”
Willie Dixon – “Weak Brain, Narrow Mind”
Slim Harpo – “I’m A King Bee”
Sanford Clark – “Love Charms”
Jimmy Piper – “Bonfire”
Dale Hawkins – “Everglades”
The Misunderstood – “Children Of The Sun”
The Moving Sidewalks – “99th Floor”
Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Who’ll Stop The Rain”
The Ramones – “Blitzkrieg Bop”
The Dead Kennedys – “Police Truck”
Pere Ubu – “Final Solution”
Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers – “Rockin’ Rockin’ Leprechauns”
Television – “The Fire”
Ry Cooder – “Yellow Roses”
Throbbing Gristle – “Zyklon B. Zombie”
Pop Group – “She’s Beyond Good And Evil”
Minuteman – “Voodoo Slaves”
Alan Vega – “Ghost Rider”
The Lipstick Killers – “Hindu Gods Of Love”
The Germs – “Manimal”
The Flesh Eaters – “Cyrano De Berger’s Back”
Foy Willing And The Riders Of The Purple Sage – “When The White Roses Bloom…”
Magazine – “Shot By Both Sides”
The Damned – “Love Song”
The Buzzcocks – “Nostalgia”
The Adverts – “Gary Gilmore’s Eyes”
The Wipers – “Messenger”
Chrome – “March Of The Chrome Police”
The Clash – “Janie Jones”
The Vibrators – “London Girls (Live Version)”
John Coltrane – “Dakar”
The Folk Devils – “Hank Turns Blue”
The Screamin’ Blue Messiahs – “Jesus Chrysler Drives A Dodge”
Iggy Pop – “I’m Bored”
The Barracudas – “ I Saw My Death In A Dream Last Night”
Chris Spedding – “Silver Bullet”
Link Wray And The Wraymen – “Ace Of Spades”
Sonny Burgess And The Pacers – “We Wanna Boogie”
Ray Harris – “Lonely Wolf”
Jimmy Ruffin – “What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted”
The Temptations – “My Girl”
Jimmy Wakely – “Dust”
Howlin’ Wolf – “Moanin’ At Midnight”
Enrico Caruso – “La Mia Canzone”
Lydia Mendoza – “Pero Hay Que Triste”
Lou Reed – “Perfect Day”
Big Mama Thornton – “I Smell A Rat”
Them – “How Long Baby”
Jody Reynolds – “The Fire Of Love”
Devo – “Mongoloid”
The Doors – “Strange Days”
Pink Floyd – “See Emily Play”
Screaming Jay Hawkins – “I Hear Voices”
Jack Kittel – “Psycho”
Duane Eddy – “The Girl On Deathrow”
Blind Willie Johnson – “Dark Was The Night – Cold Was The Ground”
Lee Hazlewood – “Just For One Moment”
Little Feat – “Truck Stop Girl”
Dr. John – “Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya”
The Cadets – “Stranded In the Jungle”
The New York Dolls – “Trash”
The Coasters – “Down In Mexico”
The Paramounts – “Bad Blood”
The Sorrows – “Take A Heart”
Johnny Thunders – “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory”
Lefty Frizzell – “The Long Black Veil”
David Johansen – “Lonely Tenement”
Evans Johns And The H-Bombs – “Moonlight Crying”
Big Star – “September Girls”
Social Distortion – “Cold Feelings”
The Beasts Of Bourbon – “The Day Marty Robbins Died”
The Sweet – “Ballroom Blitz”
Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
The Orson Family – “Noone Waits Forever”
Robert Johnson – “If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day”
Leadbelly – “John Hardy”
Porter Wagoner – “Rubber Room”
The Creation – “Painter Man”
Bob Dylan – “Ballad Of A Thin Man”
Neil Young – “Powderfinger”
Mink De Ville – “I Broke That Promise”
The Dictators – “I Live For Cars And Girls”
Jimmie Work – “Making Believe”
Merle Kilgore – “Nevada Smith”
The Seeds – “Try To Understand”
Alex Chilton – “Can’t Seem To Make You Mine”
Chris Stamey – “Summer Sun”
The Rolling Stones – “Play with Fire”
Little Willie John – “I’m Shakin’”
Gil Evans Orchestra – “La Nevada”
Genesis – “Carpet Crawlers”