Musicologist Mix Volume 1

 

Several years ago a music site I am a member of asked me to be a "musicologist", which required me to recommend/upload 1 album every 4 or 5 weeks to share with other members. My criteria for this would be: albums by artists who never got the recognition they deserved; albums which were unlike anything an artist/band ever recorded before or after (hello The Four Seasons!); albums that sparked my interest in genres of music I'd never really explored before; and finally, albums that just happen to be amongst my all time favourites!

The tracks on these mixes are in the order of the albums I picked. I decided to end my time as a musicologist after my 50th pick. The full list can be seen here. Volumes 2 and 3 will appear in the next couple of days.

On a personal note, in these perilous times, I hope all of you out there are keeping safe and well. It all seems rather surreal, we can only hope things get back to as near as normal as soon as possible. Take care everyone.

  1. The Dream Syndicate - Definitely Clean (3:30)

  2. This Heat - Independence (3:39)
  3. Shack - Time Machine (4:49)
  4. Euphoria - Docker's Son (2:48)
  5. Leila - Don't Fall Asleep (3:25)
  6. The Moles - Tendrils and Paracetamol (6:40)
  7. Mary Lorson & Saint Low - Anything Can Happen (5:08)
  8. Jimmy Campbell - Closing Down the Shop (2:39)
  9. Bongwater - Obscene & Pornographic Art (3:19)
10. King Creosote - Home in a Sentence (2:58)
11. Nick Nicely - Hilly Fields (1892) (3:30)
12. Billy Nicholls - Girl From New York (3:18)
13. Cymande - Getting It Back (4:16)
14. The Chills - Doledrums (3:08)
15. The Four Seasons - Genuine Imitation Life (6:16)
16. Rufus Harley - Gods and Goddesses (5:44)
17. Josef K - Heart of Song (2:53)

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