Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 104

 

  1. Goon - Begin Here (3:05)
  2. Sugar Candy Mountain - This Time Around (4:16)
  3. Hailu Mergia - Gum Gum (6:38)
  4. Wool - If They Left Us Alone Now (3:32)
  5. Area Code 615 - Stone Fox Chase (3:24)
  6. Linda Perhacs - Immunity (3:09)
  7. Plantoid - Dog's Life (3:55)
  8. Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra - As I Walk (3:24)
  9. Rusalnaia - Cast a Spell (4:43)
10. Levitation Room - Strange Weather (2:24)
11. Paul Vickers and The Leg - Slow Runs the Fox (4:19)
12. Monomono - Ema Kowa Lasa Ile Wa (6:42)
13. Paul Giovanni and Magnet - Willow's Song (4:41)
14. Melys - Diwifr (2:55)
15. XTC - Didn't Hurt a Bit (3:24)
16. Rubba - Carousel in the Milky Way (6:18)
17. The Miracle Seeds - What You Know (3:56)
18. Lost Crowns - Et Tu Brute (4:14)
19. Witch - Kamusale (3:49)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 98

 

  1. CV Vision - Over Yonder (Camp Fire Desire) (3:39)
  2. L'Épée - Une Lune Étrange (4:52)
  3. The John Schroeder Orchestra - Explosive Corrosive Joseph (2:28)
  4. Rufus Harley - Etymology (6:13)
  5. The Citradels - Parturiunt Montes (2:59)
  6. The Soundcarriers - Already Over (2:43)
  7. Oedipussy - Lady Purple (3:46)
  8. Dummy - Unshaped Road (2:18)
  9. Neptuna - Perdidas en el Tiempo (4:00)
10. Moon Duo - Flying (4:34)
11. Tony Allen - Secret Agent (5:17)
12. EMZYG - Hollowed Eyes (4:32)
13. Traum - Tuesday's Lover (3:18)
14. Dogfeet - Evil Woman (5:00)
15. Joy Unlimited - Breeding Ground (2:36)
16. Simon Fisher Turner - Toast (3:40)
17. King of Woolworths - Nuada (4:20)
18. Spiny Normen - Arrowhead (3:10)
19. Ahmed Malek - La La La (4:02)
20. Chet Sounds - Cut and Thrust (2:10)
21. Kit Sebastian - Bul Bul Bul (3:25)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 92

 

  1. Metin Alatli - Mevlana Boyle Dedi (3:25)

  2. The Garment District - The Starfish Song (6:30)

  3. Momus - The Beast (4:07)

  4. Maurizio Fabrizio - Angela D. (5:40)

  5. Ernest Honny - Kofi Psych (4:28)

  6. MEMORIALS - Peacemaker (5:25)

  7. Wet Fruit - St. Charles (4:35)

  8. The Budos Band - Curled Steel (2:28)

  9. Jacco Gardner - Hypnophobia (5:26)

10. Wreckless Eric - Standing Sunday Morning (3:39)

11. Broadway Project - Beauty (3:30)

12. The Silhouettes - Lunar Invasion (5:30)

13. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Political Cannibalism (4:22)

14. Sons of Mu - Small World (5:00)

15. Vert:x - Machine / Oblique (4:27)

16. Frankie Teardrop Dead - What It's All About (2:50)

17. Françoise Hardy - À Sa Merci (3:45)

18. Mordant Music - Fallen Faces (3:38)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 82

 

  1. Ghost Woman - Behind Your Eyes (3:05)
  2. Richard Denton and Martin Cook - Quiller (2:52)
  3. Alexia Avina - Night Sky (3:38)
  4. Ayshea - Mister White's White Flying Machine (5:09)
  5. Steven Jesse Bernstein - No No Man (Part One) (4:19)
  6. Bosques - Cambia (5:20)
  7. Louis Philippe - Anna's Garden (3:46)
  8. Monk & Canatella - I Can Water My Plants (5:30)
  9. Choo Choo Train - This Perfect Day (3:47)
10. Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Mare Nostrum (3:57)
11. Stackridge - The Indifferent Hedgehog (3:11)
12. Alison Cotton - 17th November 1962 (5:27)
13. Naujawanan Baidar - Koh Har Qadar Boland Bashad Baaz Ham Sar-e Khod Rah Darad (8:57)
14. El Opio - Kashanga (3:23)
15. Marsha Hunt's 22 - (Oh, No! Not!) The Beast Day (3:14)
16. The Joe Tatton Trio - Bang Bang Boogaloo (3:40)
17. Dust Mountain - Harvest Maiden (5:38)
18. EXEK - ID'ed (4:55)

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Manerg's Beş of 2021 - Volume One

 

For my final post of the year, as promised here is a selection of Manerg's favourite releases of 2021. We're both agreed it's been a very good year for new music, and he will follow this up with a second volume in the new year. Again he's picked some excellent tunes, and again a few artists I'm unfamiliar with but will be seeking out more of. I hope you all enjoy this excellent collection, and happy new year to you all!


  1. Satellites - Seni Sen Olduğun İçin Sevdim (4:06)
  2. Mt. Mountain - Aplomb (4:38)
  3. Goat Girl - Where Do We Go From Here? (4:14)
  4. Cloud of I - The Cloud of I (5:26)
  5. Weeed - Sun Song (3:17)
  6. Endless Boogie - Disposable Thumbs (5:42)
  7. Ouzo Bazooka & Yurika Hanashima - I Dream of Naomi (3:12)
  8. Beautify Junkyards - A Garden by the Sea (4:35)
  9. Regal Worm - Pollinators (9:17)
10. Vanishing Twin - Wider Than Itself (5:07)
11. Farmer Dave & the Wizards of the West - Mutant Pill (3:52)
12. Ill Considered - Light Trailed (6:09)
13. Sister Wives - Crags (6:16)
14. Clinic - Fantasy Island (3:24)
15. Sababa 5 - Pur (3:47)
16. Arthur Satàn - Boredom Is Quiet (5:14)
17. 10 000 Russos - Saw the Damp (7:22)
18. Goat - Fill My Mouth (2:59)
19. Ouzo Bazooka - Nine (5:52)
20. Jelly Cleaver - Black Line (5:23)
21. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Tracksuit (5:41)
22. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - The Trip (4:18)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 67

 

  1. Rogér Fakhr - Everything You Want (2:24)
  2. Les Conches Velasques - Las Manos (3:39)
  3. Maston - Storm (2:16)
  4. The John Perfect Jazz Group - Hold Me in Your Arms (3:38)
  5. Group Modular - Chatterbird (2:31)
  6. Bernard Ntone - Mussoloki (4:17)
  7. The Young Gods - Speak Low (4:57)
  8. Ananda Shankar - Raghupati (3:26)
  9. Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit - Twilight World (4:22)
10. Fontanelle - Traumaturge (4:32)
11. шум. волн - ibm post spiritual (4:48)
12. The Lava Children - Cave (2:36)
13. Paul Vickers and The Leg - Help This Animal (2:49)
14. Moondog - Imagine (2:18)
15. Mandy More - If Not By Fire (4:15)
16. Tosca - Mango Di Bango (6:16)
17. Spencer Cullum - Imminent Shadow (3:58)
18. Crumb - Fall Down (2:52)
19. Big Joanie - It's You (2:21)
20. Del Jones' Positive Vibes - Cold Turkey (9:45)
21. Misha Panfilov Sound Combo - Space Jogging (2:30)
22. The Adverts - I Will Walk You Home (3:56)
23. C Cat Trance - Dreams of Leaving (5:06)
24. Lumerians - Corkscrew Trepanation (7:08)
25. Kevin Ayers - Strange Song (2:39)
26. Jin Jim - House of the King (4:28)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 62

 

 

 

 

  1. The Noveltones - Left Bank 2 (2:26)
  2. P.E. Hewitt Jazz Ensemble - Bada Que Bash (4:08)
  3. Osees - Gong of Catastrophe (4:40)
  4. Mild Orange - Share This Dance (5:49)
  5. Todd Parker and The Witches - Slipping Into the Mirror (4:46)
  6. The Merry-Go-Round - You're a Very Lovely Woman (2:52)
  7. The Earlies - Morning Wonder (5:31)
  8. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - In the Image (4:17)
  9. The Voices - Savant (4:53)
10. Brigitte Fontaine - Dommage Que Tu Sois Mort (2:22)
11. The Left Outsides - Down to the Waterside (3:40)
12. Focus - Sugar Island (3:02)
13. Dr. Pete Larson and his Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band - Koblo (5:37)
14. Magik Markers - Hymn for 2020 (4:11)
15. Dead Meadow - One More Toll Taker (2:51)
16. Ellis/Munk Ensemble - Electric Saloon (8:52)
17. Laurie Johnson - The Professionals (1:52)
18. Stark Reality - Junkman's Song (7:34)

 

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 60

  1. Sospetto - Il Sonno Leggero (2:59)
  2. Big Dwarf - Bobby (The Boy With the Reversible Head) (2:07)
  3. Nathan Hall and the Sinister Locals - Tarantula! (2:51)
  4. Bendith - Mis Mehefin (3:39)
  5. Homunculus Res - Supermercato (6:17)
  6. Viv Stanshall - Terry Keeps His Clips On (3:38)
  7. Os Tropies - Lua Escura (4:48)
  8. Colorama - Crosville (3:35)
  9. Ray Torske - 666 (3:06)
10. The Amazing New Chico Hamilton Quintet - Lonesome Child (5:52)
11. The Young Sinclairs - Same Old Now (3:51)
12. Moebius & Beerbohm - Clarks Shiraz (4:29)
13. Still Corners - Eyes (2:36)
14. Nikki Sudden - Chelsea Embankment (2:21)
15. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue (4:07)
16. Halasan Bazar - Lucky You (4:51)
17. Even As We Speak - Leaves (2:53)
18. Roberto Cacciapaglia - Find Your Way (3:58)
19. La Logia Sarabanda - Cajon de Castanas (3:09)
20. Stereolab - Fried Monkey Eggs (1:59)
21. Sky Picnic - Half the Queen's Face (3:08)
22. Alan Jenkins and The Thurston Lava Tube - The Slow Fat Pudding Explodes Naked (2:51)

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Musicologist Mix Volume 2

 

 Continuing on from the previous volume, here's picks 18-34. Complete list is here.

  1. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:22)

  2. Rita Lee - De Novo Aqui Meu Bom José (3:10)
  3. Matt Elliott - Whats Wrong (4:07)
  4. Minutemen - Storm in My House (1:58)
  5. Pussy Galore - (Do) The Snake (3:02)
  6. Plasticland - Transparencies, Friends (3:27)
  7. Charles Earland - Warp Factor 8 (6:17)
  8. Faust - J'ai Mal aux Dents (7:15)
  9. Martin Newell - A Street Called Prospect (3:30)
10. Thomas Leer & Robert Rental - Day Breaks, Night Heals (3:59)
11. Pepe Deluxé - Black Cadillac (3:42)
12. Jean-Claude Vannier - Danse des Mouches Noires Gardes du Roi (3:05)
13. Modular - Festín Surreal  (3:11)
14. Black Cab - Angels Arrive (3:46)
15. Blo - Time to Face the Sun (4:03)
16. Kevin Coyne - Lunatic (4:51)
17. New Kingdom - Unicorns Were Horses (3:43) 

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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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Songs from Beneath the Sultana Tree, Volume 1 (revised version)

The second variation on the Spaghetti Tree mixes, this mix has one common theme which shouldn't be too hard to decipher... First posted on mixcloud 3+ years ago, when collecting all the tracks in FLAC to recreate for this blog, I wasn't completely satisfied with the finished result, so I've made a few changes. Below is the original mix as it appeared on mixcloud, it would be interesting to know which one you prefer! The revised version will appear on mixcloud soon. 
Edit: Revised version now on mixcloud

  1. Turid - Song (4:28)
  2. Magik Markers - American Sphinx Face (6:45)
  3. Project Pollen - Scum (4:11)
  4. Melt-Banana - Spider Snipe (2:12)
  5. Lhasa - Anywhere on This Road (4:35)
  6. Throwing Muses - Snakeface (3:28)
  7. Jane Weaver - Oh You Lucky Ones (3:58)
  8. Even as We Speak - Spirit of Progress (3:43)
  9. Viv Albertine - Confessions of a MILF (5:30)
10. Team Dresch - #1 Chance Pirate TV (3:04)
11. Sonic Youth - Flower (3:32)
12. Beverly Copeland - Nothing Beautiful (5:27)
13. Faye Wong - Duòluò (3:39)
14. Nancy Priddy - Mystic Lady (6:30)
15. Jan & Lorraine - Bird of Passage (3:53)
16. Bongwater - Obscene & Pornographic Art (3:19)
17. ESG - Moody (Spaced Out) (4:15)
18. Elizabeth Anka Vajagic - Where You Wonder (6:50)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 51

 

After the avalanche of the first 50 volumes in this series, further volumes will appear more sporadically, maybe one a month. To kick off this next batch, I will now be using for cover art photos taken by my lovely friend Sarah.  Again the same theme, many styles of music, mostly obscure artists with the odd well known thrown in. Enjoy!

  1. Churn Milk Joan - Just Bloody Lovely (3:57)

  2. Yellow Sunshine Explosion - Kaleidoscope (3:05)
  3. Fairfield Parlour - Free (4:16)
  4. Radio Birdman - Man with Golden Helmet (5:36)
  5. Bobby Hutcherson - Hello to the Wind (5:56)
  6. Toby Jug & Washboard Band - Wringing That Thing (2:49)
  7. Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes - The Rain Fell Down (3:31)
  8. Zolar X - Timeless (1:58)
  9. Claude Engel - West Coast Memories (2:20)
10. Pipi Caca - Mise en Abîme (3:00)
11. Automatic - Signal (3:03)
12. Ben Jagga - Hold on Pretty Woman (3:58)
13. Bongwater - What If? (1:47)
14. Denny King - Lucille (3:07)
15. Moondog - Dog Trot (2:22)
16. fIREHOSE - The Candle and the Flame (3:12)
17. Alex Chilton - Every Time I Close My Eyes (alt version) (1:45)
18. Dave Richmond - Confunktion (4:35)
19. PicaPica - Village Kids (3:05)
20. Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou - Ko Guere (3:50)
21. Saccharine Trust - Longing for Ether (4:34)
22. Love - I'm With You (2:40)
23. Rose City Band - Wide Roll (4:23)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 43

 

  1. Constantine - Forest Path (4:37)

  2. Instant Music - My Boy (3:55)
  3. Undone - Too True (5:56)
  4. Gboyega Adelaja - Ere Aladun (3:04)
  5. Tom Newman - Alison Says (2:35)
  6. Gloria - Hey Gyp (3:57)
  7. Cave - San' Yago (5:54)
  8. Hollins and Starr - Lovable (3:52)
  9. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - 4&4 Still Makes 8 (4:09)
10. Habibi - Khodaya (1:43)
11. Lorelle Meets the Obsolete - Lux, Lumina (3:17)
12. O.W.L. - Renaissance and Rococo (4:21)
13. Alice Coltrane With Strings - Galaxy Around Olodumare (4:15)
14. Haley Heynderickx - Worth It (7:49)
15. Stella - Pauvre Cloche (2:14)
16. Holly Golightly - I'm Your Loss (4:07)
17. The Pharaohs - Ibo (3:48)
18. Stereolab - Jaunty Monty and the Bubbles of Silence (4:10)
19. Violeta de Outono - Ilhas (3:08)
20. Chris Hodge - We're on Our Way (2:57)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 39

  1. The Temptations - Ungena Za Ulimengu (Unite the World) (4:27)
  2. Daniela Casa - Grosse Cilindrate (2:00)
  3. Oh Sees - Nail House Needle Boys (4:37)
  4. John Wonderling - Man of Straw (2:43)
  5. Solo Hit - Ododo (4:31)
  6. Minami Deutsch - Bitter Moon (4:57)
  7. Ronnie Lane - The Poacher (3:41)
  8. Gökçen Kaynatan - Evren (3:19)
  9. Penya - Tribes (4:13)
10. Silver Apples - Susie (3:57)
11. Tunng - Like Water (4:31)
12. Terry - Bureau (3:15)
13. Cuasares - Amalgama (2:59)
14. The Last Poets - This Is Madness (4:50)
15. Shawn Phillips - Motes of Dust (5:06)
16. Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan (alternative version) (3:11)
17. Odessey & Oracle - Epiphanie (4:39)
18. The Higher Primates - Taking in the Summer (3:21)
19. Holger Czukay & U-She - La Premiere (4:23)
20. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - Akoko Ba (5:09)

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Songs from Beneath the Spaghetti Tree Vol. 38

 

  1. The Sun Blindness - It's Only 3am (3:21)

  2. Linda Guilala - Mucho Mejor (4:00)
  3. Bobby Vee - Fly Away (2:54)
  4. Kwaing Creasite - The Soak (3:41)
  5. Lambert & Nuttycombe - Heaven Knows (Where I've Been) (1:53)
  6. Pierrot Lunaire - Raipure (4:36)
  7. Ty Segall & White Fence - Do Your Hair (1:35)
  8. Gulp - Morning Velvet Sky (4:35)
  9. Dusko Goykovich - Macedonian Fertility Dance (2:11)
10. Luiz Eça y la Sagrada Familia - Atrás das Portas da Tarde (4:21)
11. Michael Nesmith - Two Different Roads (2:40)
12. Bill Nelson - The Girl Who Was Electrically Carried Away (3:04)
13. Alan Hawkshaw - High Diver (3:41)
14. Boudewijn de Groot - Babylon (2:51)
15. Mike Nyoni - It's Only a Dream (3:55)
16. Spaceways - Crimes (4:37)
17. Anne Garner - Not Home (5:03)
18. John Cale - Sylvia Said (remix) (4:06)
19. Hearts of Soul & Shampoo - We Love the Policeman (4:50)
20. Lumerians - Masters Call (4:48)
21. Metá Metá - Imagem do Amor (5:56)

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