Various - I'm Your Fan - The Songs of Leonard Cohen (1991)

So, if Django Django's first album (the subject of the previous post) is the best album of the first six months of 2012 among the fresh groups and artists, it was Leonard Cohen, with his album "Old Ideas", that released the best one among the artists of the old generation. It wasn't an easy competition; the Boss and Dr. John also released brilliant albums during the same period. Cohen's album though was something else. Playing with the upload's title, it's for sure that with such albums I'll always be his fan.

Tracklisting:
01-The House Of Love - Who By Fire
02-Ian McCulloch - Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
03-Pixies - I Can't Forget
04-That Petrol Emotion - Stories Of The Street
05-The Lilac Time - Bird On The Wire
06-Geoffrey Oryema - Suzanne
07-James - So Long Marianne
08-Jean-Louis Murat - Avalance IV
09-David McComb & Adam Peters - Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On
10-R.E.M. - First We Take Manhattan
11-Lloyd Cole - Chelsea Hotel
12-Robert Forster - Tower Of Song
13-Peter Astor - Take This Longing
14-Dead Famous People - True Love Leaves No Traces
15-Bill Pritchard - I'm Your Man
16-Fatima Mansions - A Singer Must Die
17-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tower Of Song
18-John Cale - Hallelujah

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Beta Band - The Three E.P.'s

I'll have two consecutive posts about two great albums of the first half of 2012. The first one is the s/t album of Django Django. "It’s a dream of the psychedelic tropics, a heady explosion of colours, an album that takes what it means to be ‘in an indie band’ and gives it a good shake. Time to pay a visit" as Jamie Fullerton writes on the review for NME.
Now, the obvious link with the Beta Band is, apart from the similarities in the sound of the two groups, that John Maclean, the DJ/sampler/keyboardist of Beta Band is the brother of David Maclean, the drummer/producer of Django Django.
        
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Domna Samiou - Eche Gia Panagia (Farewell Virgin Mary) (@320)

Yesterday, the greek audience paid homage to Domna Samiou, the great researcher and performer of greek folk who passed away recently, through a big concert given to her memory. To make you understand, Samiou is for greek folk what Alan Lomax and Harry Smith are for the american folk or A. L. Lloyd is for the english folk. Hence, this latest upload is dedicated to her. Only greek folk in its most exceptional form should be expected to anyone who gives it a try.

Further reading:
Domna Samiou interview by Maria Paravantes from 2002
A very good text for Samiou by the blogger georgios1978

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Tiny Tim - Live! At The Royal Albert Hall (@320)

Let's start a tribute to Charles Dickens, who was born 200 years ago. Unfortunately his images of extreme poverty and human exploitation are part of our daily lives now; our society has become very Dickensian lately.

The tribute to Dickens will consist of groups and artists that took their names from characters of his books and novels. Tiny Tim was the famous character from the Christmas Carol from which the same named novelty singer and musical archivist took his name. His excellent Live At The Royal Albert Hall offered here is the first time he would perform backed by a 44-piece orchestra and the only time it would be recorded. Musically, this is a history lesson about the brilliance of well-written pop songs as Lindsay Planer writes in allmusic.

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