1845 - RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Out Of The Game (2012)

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
''OUT OF THE GAME''
MAY 2012
50:20

1 - Out Of The Game/4:03
2 - Jericho/3:40
3 - Rashida/2:57
4 - Barbara/3:52
5 - Welcome To The Ball/3:26
6 - Montauk/3:53
7 - Bitter Tears/3:29
8 - Respectable Dive/4:50
9 - Perfect Man/3:55
10 - Sometimes You Need/3:18
11 - Song Of You/4:47
12 - Candles/7:36

Victor Axelrod /Organ, Piano, Synthesizer
Thomas Bartlett /Fender Rhodes, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer
Charysse Blackman /Vocals (Background)
Angee Blake /Vocals (Background)
Stuart Bogie /Sax (Tenor)
Thomas Brenneck /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Ukulele
David Budge /Drums
Nels Cline /Guitar (Electric)
Rose Elinor Dougall /Vocals (Background)
Ian Hendrickson-Smith /Sax (Baritone)
Cheri Keating /Groomer
Kevin Keys /Vocals (Background)
Sean Lennon /Guitar (Acoustic)
Michael Leonhart /Cornet, Flugelhorn, Mellophone, Trumpet
Anna McGarrigle /Accordion
Nick Movshon /Bass, Drums, Percussion
Jenni Muldaur /Vocals (Background)
Lucy Roche /Vocals (Background)
Mark Ronson /Bass, Drum Programming, Producer
Anthony Rossomando /Guitar
Rutger /Groomer
John-Angus Smith /Pipes
Homer Steinweiss /Drums
Chaim Tannenbaum /Vocals (Background)
Loudon Wainwright III /Vocals (Background)
Martha Wainwright /Vocals (Background)
Rufus Wainwright /Guitar (Acoustic), Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals
Sloan Wainwright /Vocals (Background)
Andrew Wyatt /Vocals (Background)
Nick Zinner /Guitar (Electric)

REVIEW
by James Christopher Monger
After delivering the powerful, yet stripped down and subdued All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu in 2010, Wainwright returned to the studio with the intention of returning to the ornate pop of his early days. The resulting Out of the Game, which was produced by Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Duran Duran), arrives on May 8, 2012 and will feature 12 new songs that the artist describes as the most "danceable" material in his repertoire to date.

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1844 - DWEEZIL ZAPPA - Return Of The Son Of..., Disc Two (2011)

DWEEZIL ZAPPA
''RETURN OF THE SON OF..., DISC TWO''
JUN 2010
133:44

DISC ONE
1 - The Deathless Horsie/6:16
2 - Andy/6:48
3 - Magic Fingers/3:29
4 - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes/3:36
5 - Bamboozled By Love/6:44
6 - King Kong/20:54
7 - Montana/6:46
8 - Inca Roads/12:04

DISC TWO
1 - The Torture Never Stops/13:11
2 - Dirty Love/2:59
3 - Zomby Woof/8:26
4 - Billy the Mountain/27:33
5 - Camarillo Brillo/3:52
6 - Pygmy Twylyte/11:06

Aaron Arntz /Keyboards, Vocals
Scheila Gonzales /Flute, Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals
Pete Griffin /Bass, Vocals
Billy Hulting /Marimba, Percussion, Vocals
Jamie Kime /Guitar, Vocals
Ben Thomas /Vocals
Joe Travers /Drums, Vocals
Ray White /Guest Artist, Vocals
Dweezil Zappa /Guitar, Producer, Vocals

REVIEW
by Phil Freeman
Having apparently given up on the idea of having a solo career outside his father's shadow, Dweezil Zappa has taken to touring with a project he calls Zappa Plays Zappa, which is exactly what it sounds like: an evening of Frank Zappa music, played by his son and a band of talented if relatively faceless pros. From a purely musical standpoint, this stuff is excellent; Zappa junior is a ferocious guitarist, and he and the band know the material inside and out. There's also another tie to the prior generation, given that vocalist Ray White (who worked with Frank for years) sings on most tracks here. The songs mostly span the '70s and '80s, including "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes," "King Kong," "The Torture Never Stops," and "Montana," among others. When the band is doing instrumental material, Return of the Son Of… is excellent, because the music is complex and fascinating, and they play it very, very well, Dweezil Zappa in particular. It's the vocal numbers that drag the disc down, because Zappa senior, as a lyricist, was far too willing to wallow in juvenile scatology and/or sociopolitical ramblings that weren't nearly as interesting or iconoclastic as he thought. But that stuff is a relatively small segment of what's here, so even non-Zappa cultists can find plenty to enjoy on this double disc.

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1843 - DWEEZIL ZAPPA - Return Of The Son Of..., Disc One (2011)

DWEEZIL ZAPPA
''RETURN OF THE SON OF..., DISC ONE''
JUN 2010
133:44

DISC ONE
1 - The Deathless Horsie/6:16
2 - Andy/6:48
3 - Magic Fingers/3:29
4 - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes/3:36
5 - Bamboozled By Love/6:44
6 - King Kong/20:54
7 - Montana/6:46
8 - Inca Roads/12:04

DISC TWO
1 - The Torture Never Stops/13:11
2 - Dirty Love/2:59
3 - Zomby Woof/8:26
4 - Billy the Mountain/27:33
5 - Camarillo Brillo/3:52
6 - Pygmy Twylyte/11:06

Aaron Arntz /Keyboards, Vocals
Scheila Gonzales /Flute, Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals
Pete Griffin /Bass, Vocals
Billy Hulting /Marimba, Percussion, Vocals
Jamie Kime /Guitar, Vocals
Ben Thomas /Vocals
Joe Travers /Drums, Vocals
Ray White /Guest Artist, Vocals
Dweezil Zappa /Guitar, Producer, Vocals

REVIEW
by Phil Freeman
Having apparently given up on the idea of having a solo career outside his father's shadow, Dweezil Zappa has taken to touring with a project he calls Zappa Plays Zappa, which is exactly what it sounds like: an evening of Frank Zappa music, played by his son and a band of talented if relatively faceless pros. From a purely musical standpoint, this stuff is excellent; Zappa junior is a ferocious guitarist, and he and the band know the material inside and out. There's also another tie to the prior generation, given that vocalist Ray White (who worked with Frank for years) sings on most tracks here. The songs mostly span the '70s and '80s, including "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes," "King Kong," "The Torture Never Stops," and "Montana," among others. When the band is doing instrumental material, Return of the Son Of… is excellent, because the music is complex and fascinating, and they play it very, very well, Dweezil Zappa in particular. It's the vocal numbers that drag the disc down, because Zappa senior, as a lyricist, was far too willing to wallow in juvenile scatology and/or sociopolitical ramblings that weren't nearly as interesting or iconoclastic as he thought. But that stuff is a relatively small segment of what's here, so even non-Zappa cultists can find plenty to enjoy on this double disc.

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1842 - SCOTT FINCH - Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (2011)

SCOTT FINCH
''TRIBUTE TO JIMI HENDRIX''
NOV 3, 2010
HORIZONS

1 - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 6:41
2 - Foxy Lady 4:52
3 - Fire 4:56
4 - Red House 6:03
5 - Hey Joe 4:54
6 - The Wind Cries Mary 3:22
7 - Smashing Ambs 0:35
8 - All Along the Watchtower 5:01
9 - Third Stone from the Sun 4:33
10 - Night Bird Flying 4:30
11 - Spanish Castlemagic 3:24
12 - I Don't Live Today 3:54
13 - Love or Confusion 3:25
14 - If 6 Was 9 4:32
15 - Little Wing 3:24
16 - Castle Made of Sand (Studio) 3:15
17 - All Along the Watchtower (Version 2) 5:15

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1841 - SCOTT FINCH - Bluehand, Disc Two (2005)

SCOTT FINCH
''BLUEHAND, DISC TWO''
AUG 23, 2005
COMET RECORDS

1 - Eraser Head 3:08
2 - Ouch 2:46
3 - Part Time Lover 4:03
4 - Strain Relating 4:32
5 - Just Another Night 2:41
6 - Slippin Out 5:06
7 - Let Me Down 4:59
8 - Wah! 4:03
9 - Slice-O-Pie 3:04
10 - Carry Me Away 4:21
11 - She Wants Love 3:30
12 - Gophers On Maneuvers 2:54

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1840 - SCOTT FINCH - Bluehand, Disc One (2005)

SCOTT FINCH
''BLUEHAND, DISC ONE''
AUG 23, 2005
HORIZONS

1 - Slice-O-Pie/3:11
2 - Lake Five/5:10
3 - Wah!/4:47
4 - Bad Dog Day/4:19
5 - Age of Unreason/6:04
6 - Heart of Stone/5:03
7 - Oh Caroline/2:29
8 - Surprise/4:54
9 - Tuna Stomp/3:35
10 - In Your Arms/4:09
11 - Cry a Bloody River/4:23
12 - Lick and Promise/3:58
13 - Since You Came Along/4:07
14 - Lo La Lady/3:34
15 - Little More Wine/4:00
16 - Don't Turn Around/3:16
17 - The Bottle's Been My Baby/3:30
18 - Pretty As Pretty/2:10
19 - Sweet Little Angel/2:22

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1839 - SCOTT FINCH - Gods and Freaks, Disc Two (2004)

SCOTT FINCH
''GODS AND FREAKS, DISC TWO''
FEB 9, 2004
HORIZONS

1 - Smackdaddy/4:29
2 - I Want You/6:36
3 - Night Bird Flying/4:19
4 - Open Jam No. 7/3:39
5 - Iggy/4:09
6 - Almost Cut My Hair/5:21
7 - Alabama Getaway/6:46

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1838 - SCOTT FINCH - Gods and Freaks, Disc One (2004)

SCOTT FINCH
''GODS AND FREAKS, DISC ONE''
FEB 9, 2004
HORIZONS

1 - Changer/5:06
2 - Gods and Freaks/4:01
3 - Ain't Goin' Down/6:14
4 - Waiting for You/3:06
5 - Cheap Detective/3:41
6 - Gypsy Woman/4:05
7 - Creeps in the Alley/4:46
8 - I Am Still/4:48
9 - Looking for Freedom/6:32
10 - Over the Edge/4:26
11 - All Blues/9:13
12 - Close to You/4:10
13 - Matilda/2:02
14 - Pie in the Sky/5:29
15 - Groove King/5:50

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1837 - ROCKIN' SIDNEY - King Zydeco (2003)

ROCKIN SIDNEY
''KING ZYDECO''
FEB 2003
44:00

1/Don't Mess With My Tush
Sidney Semien/3:19
2/Squeeze That Thang!
Sidney Semien/3:04
3/Harlem Shuffle
Earl Nelson / Bob Relf/3:48
4/Rock-A-Body
Sidney Semien/2:51
5/Cajun Cowboy Two Step
Sidney Semien/2:53
6/Bounce
Sidney Semien/3:03
7/Every Dog Has His Day
Sidney Semien/3:05
8/Bayou Cruise
Sidney Semien/3:17
9/Sunny Side Up
David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Sidney Semien / Roger Waters / Richard Wright/3:59
10/When a Man and a Woman's in Love
Sidney Semien/3:23
11/Kicking, Asking and Taking Names
Sidney Semien/3:57
12/King Zydeco
Sidney Semien/3:33
13/Zydeco Shuffle
Earl Nelson / Bob Relf/3:48

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1836 - JO-EL SONNIER - Cajun Pride (1997)

JO-EL SONNIER
''CAJUN PRIDE''
APR 1997
39:37

1/Lake Arthur Special
Traditional/3:36
2/Juste une Affaire
Jo-El Sonnier/4:42
3/Pine Grove Blues
Nathan Abshire/4:11
4/Lawtell Two Step
Traditional/2:26
5/La Valse de Grand Mamou
Traditional/3:33
6/French Blues
Nathan Abshire/2:01
7/Mamou Two-Step
Lawrence Walker/3:02
8/Midnight Waltz
Lawrence Walker/3:48
9/Step It Fast
Aldus Roger/2:29
10/Jolie Fille
Jo-El Sonnier/3:16
11/Amédé Ardoin
Randy Handley / Pete Wasner/3:37
12/Johnnie Fais Bien
Chuck Berry/2:56

David Doucet /Guest Artist, Guitar
Michael Doucet /Fiddle, Guest Artist
David Egan /Guest Artist, Piano
Junior Martin /Guitar (Steel)
Peter Schwarz /Bass
Jo-El Sonnier /Arranger, French Accordian, Guitar, Producer, Vocals
Tony Thibodeaux /Fiddle
Danny Zeringue /Drums

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1835 - CLIFTON CHENIER - Live Volume 2 (2011)

CLIFTON CHENIER
''LIVE VOLUME 2''
JUN 2011
DEMON S&C
45:55

1 - Hey, Hey, Hey/3:26
2 - You're My Mule And You Never Pull No More/4:12
3 - That's Allright/4:43
4 - I'm A Hog For You Baby/5:02
5 - Trouble In Mind/4:01
6 - Instrumental 2/3:36
7 - Cajun Shuffle/2:43
8 - Instrumental 3/6:01
9 - Kansas City/4:45
10 - Messin' Around/4:32
11 - Instrumental 4 & Goodnight/2:51

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1834 - CLIFTON CHENIER - Live Volume 1 (2011)

CLIFTON CHENIER
''LIVE VOLUME 1''
JUN 2011
DEMON S&C
45:19

1 - Let The Good Times Roll/4:50
2 - Waltz/2:34
3 - Shake, Rattle, And Roll/3:01
4 - Good Hearted Man/4:26
5 - Zydeco Cha Cha/4:00
6 - Walkin' Thru Louisiana/3:51
7 - You Don't Love Me No More/4:19
8 - Blue Monday/1:32
9 - Tuttie Fruttie/2:50
10 - People Keep On Running/3:04
11 - Intstrumental 1/6:00
12 - I'm Not Gonna Worry/4:52

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1833 - BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO - Download Live! The El Sid O's Thanksgiving Session (2001)

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO
''DOWNLOAD LIVE! THE EL SID O'S THANKSGIVING SESSION''
2001
58:44

1 - What You Gonna Do/10:57
2 - Hard To Stop/7:33
3 - Trouble/6:59
4 - Make A Change/5:45
5 - Put It In The Pocket/5:29
6 - Out On The Town/8:12
7 - Hey Joe/13:33

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1832 - BOOZOO CHAVIS - Hey Do Right (1997)

BOOZOO CHAVIS
''HEY DO RIGHT''
JAN 1997
43:15

1 - Zydeco Cha Cha/0:3:02
2 - Bosco Stomp/0:2:30
3 - You're Gonna Look Like A Monkey/0:3:13
4 - What You Gonna Do/0:3:13
5 - I Got A Camel/0:3:08
6 - Mother's Blues/0:2:23
7 - Jump The Boogie/0:0:59
8 - Goin' To The Zydeco/0:2:44
9 - Pass Me A Dozen Eggs/0:3:07
10 - Hey Do Right/0:3:51
11 - Crying Waltz/0:6:32
12 - The Spotted Cow Died/0:2:35
13 - Message From The Master/0:1:50
14 - Zydeco Lady/0:3:28
All Tracks By Chavis

Terry Adams /Guest Artist, Piano (Electric), Producer
Boozoo Chavis /Accordion, French Harp
Charles Chavis /Rubboard, Vocals
Guitar Thomas /Guitar

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1831 - BEAUSOLEIL - Bayou Boogie (1987)

BEAUSOLEIL
''BAYOU BOOGIE''
1987
38:20

1/Zydeco Gris-Gris
Michael Doucet /3:37
2/Fais Pa Ça /2:55
3/It's You I Love
Dave Bartholomew /3:33
4/Dimanche Apres-Midi
Michael Doucet /3:16
5/Madame Bozo
Michael Doucet /3:32
6/Kolinda
Traditional /3:36
7/Maman Rosin Boudreaux
Traditional /4:18
8/Chez Seychelles
Michael Doucet / Traditional /3:16
9/Jongle A Moi
Traditional /2:52
10/The Flame Will Never Die
Sonny Landreth /3:21
11/La Valse de Malchanceux /3:44
12/Beausoleil Boogie
Michael Doucet /3:12

Tommy Alesi /Drums
Tommy Comeaux /Guitar (Rhythm), Mandolin
Steve Conn /Piano, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals
David Doucet /Guitar
Michael Doucet /Arranger, Fiddle, Mandolin, Producer, Vocals
Russell Keyes /Bass
Sonny Landreth /Dobro, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Producer, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Dave Ransom /Bass
Errol Verret /Accordion
Billy Ware /Percussion

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1830 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - Rock_ The Train Kept A Rollin', Disc Two (1999)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
''ROCK: TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN', DISC TWO'''
OCT 1999
157:49
SONY MUSIC DISTRIBUTION

DISC ONE
1/Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan /Bob Dylan /2:20
2/Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan /The Byrds /2:22
3/Why Do I Cry
Barry Tashian /The Remains /2:50
4/Over, Under, Sideways, Down
Jeff Beck / Chris Dreja / Jim McCarty / Keith Relf / Paul Samwell-Smith /The Yardbirds /2:23
5/Omaha
Skip Spence /Moby Grape /2:24
6/Down on Me
Janis Joplin /Big Brother & the Holding Company /2:07
7/Time Has Come Today
Joseph Chambers / Willie Chambers /The Chambers Brothers /3:33
8/I Ain't Superstitious
Willie Dixon /Jeff Beck /4:55
9/Albatross
Peter Green /Fleetwood Mac /3:11
10/I Got a Line on You
Randy California /Spirit /2:40
11/I Want to Take You Higher
Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart /Sly & the Family Stone /3:04
12/Black Magic Woman
Peter Green /Santana /3:18
13/All the Young Dudes
David Bowie /Mott the Hoople /3:33
14/Raw Power
Iggy Pop / James Williamson /The Stooges /4:17
15/Frankenstein
Edgar Winter /Edgar Winter /3:27
16/Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen /Bruce Springsteen /4:31
17/Carry on Wayward Son
Kerry Livgren /Kansas /3:38
18/More Than a Feeling
Tom Scholz /Boston /3:29
19/(Don't Fear) The Reaper
Donald Roeser /Blue Öyster Cult /3:51
20/Walk This Way
Joe Perry / Steven Tyler /Aerosmith /3:31
21/Cat Scratch Fever
Ted Nugent /Ted Nugent /3:07
22/Barracuda
Michael DeRosier / Sue Ennis / Roger Fisher / Ann Wilson / Nancy Wilson /Heart /3:30
23/Surrender
Rick Nielsen /Cheap Trick /4:14

DISC TWO
1/Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Jim Steinman /Meat Loaf /5:57
2/Pump It Up
Elvis Costello /Elvis Costello /3:15
3/London Calling
Mick Jones / Joe Strummer /The Clash /3:20
4/Breaking the Law
K.K. Downing / Rob Halford / Glenn Tipton /Judas Priest /2:34
5/Pretty in Pink
The Psychedelic Furs /The Psychedelic Furs /3:59
6/Don't Stop Believin'
Jonathan Cain / Steve Perry / Neal Schon /Journey /4:10
7/Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil /Midnight Oil /4:16
8/Learning to Fly
Jon Carin / Bob Ezrin / David Gilmour / Anthony Moore /Pink Floyd /4:53
9/Cult of Personality
Will Calhoun / Corey Glover / Vernon Reid / Muzz Skillings /Living Colour /4:55
10/No More Tears
Randy Castillo / Mike Inez / Ozzy Osbourne / John Purdell / Zakk Wylde /Ozzy Osbourne /5:56
11/Runaway Train
Dave Pirner /Soul Asylum /4:26
12/Black
Stone Gossard / Eddie Vedder /Pearl Jam /5:45
13/Would?
Jerry Cantrell /Alice in Chains /3:28
14/Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine /Rage Against the Machine /5:15
15/Wonderwall
Noel Gallagher /Oasis /4:20
16/Got the Life
Korn /Korn /3:47
17/Love Sick
Bob Dylan /Bob Dylan /5:21

CREDITS

REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, Columbia Records, was founded early in the 20th century. Sony realized that most consumers wouldn't invest in a 26-disc box, no matter how impressive it was, so they simultaneously released a series of 12 genre-specific double-disc sets that culled highlights from the box. As it turns out, the double-disc sets are every bit as impressive as the big box, perhaps more so, because they're easily digestible. Even so, the scope of the 40-track Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' is impressive. Columbia didn't really have a lot of rock & roll acts in the late '50s and early '60s -- the record industry was different then, and the label was a little too established to endorse something that was still seen as a fad (not to mention that most rock & rollers were on independent upstarts). Appropriately, Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' begins in 1964 with Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" -- not only the moment Dylan went rock on record, but one of the first true rock records on the label. From that point on, things were different for Columbia and its subsidiaries, and they eventually amassed a catalog filled with commercial and artistic heavy-hitters, such as the Byrds, the Yardbirds, Moby Grape, Jeff Beck, Sly & the Family Stone, Santana, Mott the Hoople, the Stooges, Bruce Springsteen, Boston, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Meat Loaf, Elvis Costello, the Clash, Journey, Midnight Oil, Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne, Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Rage Against the Machine and Oasis. Those bands, along with a handful of others, make Train Kept a Rollin' an eclectic listen, to say the least, but the remarkable thing is, not only is it really entertaining, but it winds up being pretty representative of nearly four decades of rock history. True, it's not definitive, but it does something better -- it captures the feel and the evolution of rock over the years, and it does so by drawing from a handful of related labels.

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1829 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - Rock: The Train Kept A Rollin', Disc One (1999)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
''ROCK: TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN', DISC ONE'''
OCT 1999
157:49
SONY MUSIC DISTRIBUTION

DISC ONE
1/Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan /Bob Dylan /2:20
2/Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan /The Byrds /2:22
3/Why Do I Cry
Barry Tashian /The Remains /2:50
4/Over, Under, Sideways, Down
Jeff Beck / Chris Dreja / Jim McCarty / Keith Relf / Paul Samwell-Smith /The Yardbirds /2:23
5/Omaha
Skip Spence /Moby Grape /2:24
6/Down on Me
Janis Joplin /Big Brother & the Holding Company /2:07
7/Time Has Come Today
Joseph Chambers / Willie Chambers /The Chambers Brothers /3:33
8/I Ain't Superstitious
Willie Dixon /Jeff Beck /4:55
9/Albatross
Peter Green /Fleetwood Mac /3:11
10/I Got a Line on You
Randy California /Spirit /2:40
11/I Want to Take You Higher
Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart /Sly & the Family Stone /3:04
12/Black Magic Woman
Peter Green /Santana /3:18
13/All the Young Dudes
David Bowie /Mott the Hoople /3:33
14/Raw Power
Iggy Pop / James Williamson /The Stooges /4:17
15/Frankenstein
Edgar Winter /Edgar Winter /3:27
16/Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen /Bruce Springsteen /4:31
17/Carry on Wayward Son
Kerry Livgren /Kansas /3:38
18/More Than a Feeling
Tom Scholz /Boston /3:29
19/(Don't Fear) The Reaper
Donald Roeser /Blue Öyster Cult /3:51
20/Walk This Way
Joe Perry / Steven Tyler /Aerosmith /3:31
21/Cat Scratch Fever
Ted Nugent /Ted Nugent /3:07
22/Barracuda
Michael DeRosier / Sue Ennis / Roger Fisher / Ann Wilson / Nancy Wilson /Heart /3:30
23/Surrender
Rick Nielsen /Cheap Trick /4:14

DISC TWO
1/Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Jim Steinman /Meat Loaf /5:57
2/Pump It Up
Elvis Costello /Elvis Costello /3:15
3/London Calling
Mick Jones / Joe Strummer /The Clash /3:20
4/Breaking the Law
K.K. Downing / Rob Halford / Glenn Tipton /Judas Priest /2:34
5/Pretty in Pink
The Psychedelic Furs /The Psychedelic Furs /3:59
6/Don't Stop Believin'
Jonathan Cain / Steve Perry / Neal Schon /Journey /4:10
7/Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil /Midnight Oil /4:16
8/Learning to Fly
Jon Carin / Bob Ezrin / David Gilmour / Anthony Moore /Pink Floyd /4:53
9/Cult of Personality
Will Calhoun / Corey Glover / Vernon Reid / Muzz Skillings /Living Colour /4:55
10/No More Tears
Randy Castillo / Mike Inez / Ozzy Osbourne / John Purdell / Zakk Wylde /Ozzy Osbourne /5:56
11/Runaway Train
Dave Pirner /Soul Asylum /4:26
12/Black
Stone Gossard / Eddie Vedder /Pearl Jam /5:45
13/Would?
Jerry Cantrell /Alice in Chains /3:28
14/Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine /Rage Against the Machine /5:15
15/Wonderwall
Noel Gallagher /Oasis /4:20
16/Got the Life
Korn /Korn /3:47
17/Love Sick
Bob Dylan /Bob Dylan /5:21

CREDITS

REVIEW
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, Columbia Records, was founded early in the 20th century. Sony realized that most consumers wouldn't invest in a 26-disc box, no matter how impressive it was, so they simultaneously released a series of 12 genre-specific double-disc sets that culled highlights from the box. As it turns out, the double-disc sets are every bit as impressive as the big box, perhaps more so, because they're easily digestible. Even so, the scope of the 40-track Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' is impressive. Columbia didn't really have a lot of rock & roll acts in the late '50s and early '60s -- the record industry was different then, and the label was a little too established to endorse something that was still seen as a fad (not to mention that most rock & rollers were on independent upstarts). Appropriately, Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' begins in 1964 with Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" -- not only the moment Dylan went rock on record, but one of the first true rock records on the label. From that point on, things were different for Columbia and its subsidiaries, and they eventually amassed a catalog filled with commercial and artistic heavy-hitters, such as the Byrds, the Yardbirds, Moby Grape, Jeff Beck, Sly & the Family Stone, Santana, Mott the Hoople, the Stooges, Bruce Springsteen, Boston, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Meat Loaf, Elvis Costello, the Clash, Journey, Midnight Oil, Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne, Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Rage Against the Machine and Oasis. Those bands, along with a handful of others, make Train Kept a Rollin' an eclectic listen, to say the least, but the remarkable thing is, not only is it really entertaining, but it winds up being pretty representative of nearly four decades of rock history. True, it's not definitive, but it does something better -- it captures the feel and the evolution of rock over the years, and it does so by drawing from a handful of related labels.

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1828 - JOHNNY NEEL - Every Kinda' Blues (2012)

JOHNNY NEEL
''EVERY KINDA' BLUES''
MAY 01 2012
BREAKIN' RECORDS

01 - Every Kinda' Blues/0:3:59
02 - Right Out the Window/0:4:11
03 - Won't Lay Me Down/0:7:19
04 - I'm Gonna Love You/0:4:11
05 - Sunday Morning Rain/0:4:31
06 - Johnny Needs a Shot/0:3:40
07 - How to Play the Blues/0:5:20
08 - Murdered By Love/0:10:53
09 - Mighty Mississippi/0:4:00
10 - I Wanna Know the Way/0:5:35
11 - My Kinda' People/0:5:06

Johnny Neel/Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica, Keytar Slide
Dennis Gulley/Bass, Backing Vocals
Fabio Drusin/Bass
Daryl Burgess/Drums
Silver Bassi/Drums
Keio Stroud/Drums
Curt Redding/Drums
Jack Pearson/Guitar
Anthony Basso/Guitar
Danny Hamlin/Guitar
Eldon Huff/Guitar, Backing Vocals
Luke Davis/Guitar
Kenny Meeks/Guitar
Doug Jones/Guitar
Keio Stroud/Percussion
Kim Morrison/Backing Vocals
Christine Thompson/Backing Vocals
Shawn Murphy/Backing Vocals
Randy Russell/Backing Vocals

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1827 - RICK ESTRIN AND THE NIGHTCATS - One Wrong Turn (2012)

RICK ESTRIN AND THE NIGHTCATS
''ONE WRONG TURN''
JUL 3 2012
ALLIGATOR RECORDS
49:55

1/D.O.G. /4:14
2/Lucky You/3:36
3/Callin' All Fools /5:13
4/(I Met Her On The) Blues Cruise/4:32
5/Movin' Slow/4:03
6/One Wrong Turn/4:52
7/Desperation Perspiration/3:33
8/Zonin'/3:31
9/Broke and Lonesome/4:04
10/You Ain't the Boss of Me/2:53
11/Old News /2:40
12/The Legend of Taco Cobbler/6:43

Chris "Kid" Andersen /Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Kid Andersen /Producer
Lisa Leu Andersen /Vocals (Background)
Chris Barnes /Trumpet
Rick Estrin /Harmonica, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
Lorenzo Farrell /Bass (Acoustic), Organ, Piano
Terry Hanck /Saxophone
Tim-Bob Harris /Trumpet
Doug James /Saxophone
Jack Sanford /Saxophone

REVIEW
by Hal Horowitz
The second Rick Estrin solo album to replace the Nightcats' longtime guitarist Little Charlie Baty with Kid Andersen (who again co-produces, records, and mixes, almost making him Estrin's equal for support responsibilities) shows a bit of a progression. It's still rooted in the good-time approach Estrin and Little Charlie adhered to for nine Alligator releases, but pushes more at the edges, toughening up the attack to include hints of surf, rock, jump blues, reggae, Booker T. & the MG's soul, and a terrific '50s-styled slow dance ballad in "Movin' Slow." As frontman, the sartorially sharp Estrin is difficult to beat. His sly fox-guarding-the-hen house vocals and dynamic harp work are flashy in all the right ways, and these songs are some of the best he has recorded which, with his extensive catalog, is quite a compliment. The title track is a typically swinging blues pushed by an Estrin harp solo even the great Little Walter would have been proud of. It's complemented by Andersen's tough rhythmic guitar fills and organ from Lorenzo Farrell, the band's somewhat hidden MVP who also handles bass duties. Estrin's humorous, show-stopping story songs are his calling card with this album's clever "(I Met Her on The) Blues Cruise" filling that slot and simultaneously letting him namecheck some of his fellow blues cruise musicians. But it's when he displays serious chops playing it straight on "Broke and Lonesome," a cutting Chicago blues with Andersen's biting guitar shifting tempos for the bridge, proving Estrin and his band aren't just about double entendres and flamboyant frontmen. He even hands vocals over to bandmate J. Hanson for the drummer's rocking and slightly mean-spirited "You Ain't the Boss of Me," but Estrin seems M.I.A. on the album's two instrumentals. That's odd, because the second of those, Andersen's closing "The Legend of Taco Cobbler," is, at nearly seven minutes, the disc's longest and arguably most ambitious track, shifting from surf to Tex-Mex, spaghetti Western, Memphis soul, and about three other genres (including a brief classical riff) throughout its many changes. As a producer, Andersen's intricate and detailed touch brings additional sounds, occasional overdubbing, and unexpected effects to bolster the mix (the album sounds particularly good with head phones). When an unaccompanied Estrin goes completely solo (harp, vocal, and foot stomps) on "Old News," you understand that in a pinch, he could carry a set without a band. But for this release he has one, and a pretty great one at that, making One Wrong Turn the right move at this stage of Rick Estrin's lengthy and productive career.

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1826 - JIMMIE VAN ZANT - Feels Like Freedom (2012)

JIMMIE VAN ZANT
''FEELS LIKE FREEDOM''
JUL 3 2012
MRI
41:05

1/Chasing Shadows/3:42
2/Ain't Quite Mary Jane/3:23
3/Wildest Branch/3:25
4/When You Gonna Learn/3:39
5/ Feels Like Freedom/4:22
6/ That'll Take You Back/3:49
7/ Southern Rock/3:10
8/ Unfinished Life/3:41
9/ Runaway Train/3:32
10/ Come On Man/4:27
11/ Stronger Stuff/3:55

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