This series of CD compilations started with an encounter with the Los Angeles Junior League and has since Frankensteined its way into an independent being from another planet. The first and the second CDs consisted entirely (I think) of music acquired through the good offices of the Santa Monica Library and its music buyer, about whom I could speculate but won’t other than to say the musical group with the most titles (six) in the Rock collection is the Indigo Girls. I have groused about this elsewhen, but really: six Indigo Girls and no Velvet Undergound?
Not to get sidetracked … the third CD was mostly my own music, which I visited over the weekend and about half of which I was able to transfer to the computer hosting the SML collection. The fourth one is all my stuff. I can’t tell you what a relief it was to hear music that I deliberately sought out and purchased (mostly) rather than settled for at the library. So I added about 150 CDs to the mix, which affords me considerably more freedom since I don’t like to duplicate artists on or tunes across compilations.
Having access to my own stuff also broadens my musical horizons considerably although it’s still mostly rock and roll. I’m pretty fond of this one, possibly because it’s the last I plan to do for a while, but also because it’s a nice, creative mix of styles and tunes. Without further ado …
01. We’re Going To Be Friends ………. White Stripes
02. Death or Glory ………. The Clash
03. Down to the River to Pray ………. Alison Krauss
04. Jealous Words ………. Richard Thompson
05. Blue in Green ………. Miles Davis
06. Care of Cell 44 ………. The Zombies
07. Unsatisfied ………. The Replacements
08. Can’t Find My Way Home ………. Blind Faith
09. Ready or Not ………. The Fugees
10. Surf the Wild Gowanus ………. Simon Chardiet
11. 6 Underground ………. Sneaker Pimps
12. Onda Callejera ………. Ry Cooder
13. One Hundred Days ………. Mark Lanegan
14. Amazing Glow ………. The Pernice Brothers
15. Tonight ………. Iggy Pop
16. Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock ‘n’ Roll You ………. Ten Years After
17. Take Me to the River ………. Talking Heads
18. A Legal Matter ………. The Who
19. Vaseline Machine Gun ………. Leo Kottke
20. Pump It Up ………. Elvis Costello
