Various Artists - In God's Country, The Music That Inspired The Joshua Tree (2003) (@256)

Funfax reminded us that on March 9 was the 20th anniversary of the release of U2's Joshua Tree. Assuming that you all have this landmark album (in case you don't, go now and buy it!), I upload a premium cd given with Uncut mag (issue 10/03) containing songs which inspired U2 for the creation of this masterpiece. Be prepared to enjoy equal doses of folk, blues, country, country blues, bluegrass and rock'n'roll.
PS Pantelis, I was also serving the army back then... what a pity for both of us

Tracklisting:
01 Johnnie Allan - The Promised Land
02 Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
03 Elvis Presley - Maybellene
04 Blind Willie McTell - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave
05 Mose Allison - Parchman Farm
06 Billie Holiday - Stormy Weather
07 Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land
08 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
09 Robert Johnson - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
10 Jimmie Rodgers - In The Jailhouse Now
11 Big Bill Broonzy - How You Want It Done
12 BB King - When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer
13 Tommy McLain - Sweet Dreams
14 Big Joe Williams - Don't You Leave Me Here
15 The Staple Singers - When Will We Be Paid
16 Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Grand Coulee Dam
17 Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
18 William Bell - Born Under A Bad Sign
19 The Rythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel No2
20 Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues
21 The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
22 John Lee Hooker - Crawling King Snake
23 Bill Landford - Run For A Long Time
24 Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaben's Radio

download link: here

info link: here

Greek demonstrations

We finish (for the time being) our 'Protest Sessions' by presenting videos and images from the massive students/ teachers/ academics demonstrations taking place in Athens and in all major cities of Greece every Thursday against the education reform law who will allow private companies to run universities. Until now only public universities were allowed and the students were not paying any fees.




Key moments: 3.49-3.45





Key moments: 2.14-1.34




















Sources: Indymedia, You Tube, Epsilon mag

Deviants - Ptooff! (1967) (@256)

download link with gatefold (contains John Peel notes): here

Deviants info: allmusic, wikipedia, interview, here

album review link: here and here

Zounds - The Curse (and the singles) Of Zounds (1981) (@256)

download link: here

Zounds info: official page, allmusic, wikipedia, interview, greek article (mic)

album review link (allmusic): here

Fugs - The Fugs' Second Album (1966) (@256)

download link: here

Fugs info: official site, wikipedia, allmusic, interviews, greek article

album review link (allmusic): here

Crass - Penis Envy (1981) (@256)

Our subsequent uploads (starting today) will be from groups whose applied values, lyrics and music could offer a valuable sparkle to people who felt uncomfortably learning about the Ungdomshuset case.

download link: here (mirrorcreator) or here (rapidshare)

Crass info: here and here and here

album review link (allmusic): here

Solidarity to Ungdomshuset

They think that they have won. It is true that they won this battle. What they do not know is that they have added a very significant quantity of water to the river of rage that will overflow and flush them all. It is for sure that the pictures/videos of demonstrations and later of the demolition of Ungdomshuset made many people to start THINKING. Thinking that by sitting back for so long, by not acting to anything is forced to us, we have turned our governments/ police/ tax authorities/ corporations to become ruthless. Little by little, by any such battle lost, at various spots on the planet, the dots are gradually connected to form a dense web. But due to their complete arrogance, they are still unable to see this web. When they will realise its existence, it will be too late. The noise they will do when they collapse will be 1 million times stronger from the noise of the demolition of Ungdomshuset. ACT UP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungdomshuset
http://ungdomshuset.dk/en.php3?id_rubrique=4
http://www.emoware.org/ungdomshuset.asp
http://radio69.dk/
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=665638
http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_1_06/03/2007_218281
http://nahamesnakanamoko.blogspot.com/2007/03/ungeren-blir-o.html
http://nahamesnakanamoko.blogspot.com/2007/01/h-5-6-7.html

Various Artists - The Songs Of Bob Dylan (1989) (@256)

Bryan Ferry pays homage to the most important U.S. composer of the 2nd half of the 20th century, by releasing an album with covers on Bob Dylan's songs. It is obvious that Ferry admires Dylan since he has already covered A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall in his first solo lp 'These Foolish Things' (1973), It Ain't Me Babe in 'Another Time, Another Place' lp (1974) and Don't Think Twice It's All Right and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue in 'Frantic' lp (2002). So, our latest upload is also an album with covers on Bob Dylan's songs (one of Ferry's covers is of course here). An all-star team of artists takes part, which includes Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart, Flying Burrito Brothers, Byrds, Them, Stills - Kooper - Bloomfield, Judy Collins, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Tom Robinson Band, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Tina Turner, George Thorogood, Carl Perkins, The Band, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, Joan Baez, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers, Ron Wood, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt etc. After all, the variety of styles of the artists that approached Dylan's material is the best evidence of his vast influence on music.

download link (tracks 1-14): here (link removed)
download link (tracks 15-28): here (link removed)
download link (tracks 29-32+gatefold info): here (link removed)

Various Artists - Mob Life-16 Great Tracks From The Films Of Martin Scorsese (2004) (@256)

He finally did it. The Academy gave Scorsese what they should have given him two or three times (for Taxi-Driver, Raging Bull and Good Fellas) already. We are celebrating with him by uploading a fine compilation given as a premium cd with Uncut mag on November 2004, containing tracks from films directed by Scorsese. One should know that he is a great music fan, and the tracks in his movies are selected by himself.

Tracklisting:
01 Tony Bennett - Rags To Riches
02 Little Richard - Slippin' And Slidin'
03 Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust
04 Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High The Moon
05 Jimpson & Group - The Murderer's Home/ Otha Turner & The Rising Star Fife And Drum Band - Shimmy She Wobble
06 Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing
07 The London Symphony Orchestra - Intermezzo From 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
08 The Paragons - Florence
09 Afro Celt Sound System - Dark Moon, High Tide (including 'Farewell To Eireann')
10 Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug (live)
11 Dinah Washington - Unforgettable
12 Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon (live)
13 The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
14 Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory (live)
15 BB King - The Thrill Is Gone (live)
16 Van Morrison - TB Sheets

download link: here