Howdy there fellow music lovers, it's time again for another Roddus sampler, and after C. hinted to me the other day about posting one I was thinking of the two or three I have already compiled and have been saving for a rainy day, or when I could find some time to finish preparing them. This sampler is NOT one of those, they will come later. This sampler came about the other night as I was sitting in my favorite spot, doing my favorite thing and counting up how many albums I have on my Hard Drive. With all My CDs ripped to my drive as well as all the Music I bought off E.Music a few years ago, and any other stuff I have collected since then, especially including the many rare and obscure albums C. has found, I have approximately 5117 albums, and quite a few stray tracks floating around as well. This all adds up to 82,357 songs loaded into Itunes on my laptop, which is plugged into my stereo, and soon to be connected by a digital analogue converter. So as I was doing my counting, as I said, and was doing my favorite thing, listening to My Itunes Library on random play, a very cool track came on and captured my attention, that I hadn't heard before (there are many of those) and I thought "that would be a good track for a sampler" and so I just started randomly bringing up songs from across the entire 82,357 and after skipping quite a few that, although ok, were not up to being on a Roddus Sampler. Here is the result of that evenings compiling, another eclectic mix from the Roddus hard drive.
I thought I might take a bit more time here to give you all a bit if info about each track. The Alpaca Bros were an NZ band from the late 80s I think, didn't release a hell of a lot of music, but their song "Hey Man", which is on the same EP as "The Lie", is a classic, sort of Lo-fi NZ indie. "Nefesh" is from the first Masda song book, John Zorn's Masterwork, Kletzma Jazz. Mi-Sex were a very sucessful NZ band from the very early 80s and also did well in Australia, their "Space Race" album was the first LP I ever owned. "But You Don't Care" is one of their slower songs, a sort of rock ballad. "Let Her Dance" is a brilliant pop track from the late 60, unmissable. "I'm A lover" was the song that triggered this Sampler, good 70s rock, and one of Chuntao's posts I forgot I had. The next Track is some very good contempory blues from johnny Copeland. The Expendables were another NZ indie band who, I believe, from my home town of Christchurch. Jay Clarkson(the singer) was also originally in the Playthings, who's totally brilliant "Birds Eye View" single I use to own and I would love to get my hand on a version again. "The Man With No Desire" is excellent late night coming down music and totally awesome. "Cotton Eyed Joe" is a bit of hillbilly music for ya. Next up is some very cool Metal from Mastadon, one of the 2000s best metal acts. Bob Marley's "Redemption song is given excellent treatment by Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer, from the Johnny Cash "Unearthed" box set. "The Raft" is off one of my favorite contempoary NZ bands latest albums, NZ reggae/dub/dance music. System of a Down are totally one of the best hard rock/metal bands on the planet bar none. "Carolines Dream" is another dark NZ indie song and another of my early favorite local songs. Murder By Death, mellow alt country, Don't know much about them, but highly recommended. Another top 60s band, Spirit rank up there with Buffalo Springfield and the West Coast POP Art Experimental Band as my favorite bands from this period. "Mr. Skin" is off their "Twelve dreams Of DR. Sardonicus" from 1970. Blind Willie, I think, is the seminal bottle neck blues player of the 1920s/30s. So much emotion in his playing and singing. Ruth Brown was a young pop shouter from the 50s I think. A cool track from Louis, no more need be said. "Bloodlust" is some more metal from a band I know nothing about, a very good track though. "One Over Eight" is some very good Prog Jazz from late period Softs. And finally, "White person" is a humorous live Improvisation from Zappa and Band. I'm running out of time here and need to get this out, so I'll only make mention of a couple of the rest of this sampler in that The Drive By Truckers Track is their best i have heard and Link Wray is just brilliant, the rest are pretty good too. Enjoy. Roddus
01. The Lie - Alpaca Brothers (3:31)
02. Nefesh - Bar Kokhba (3:34)
03. But You Don't Care - Mi-Sex (4:06)
04. Let Her Dance - Bobby Fuller Four (2:31)
05. I'm A Lover - Blac Dog (3:28)
06. Hold on to What You've Got - Johnny Copeland (5:41)
07. The Man With No Desire - The Expendables (5:02)
08. Cotton Eyed Joe - Adolph Hofner (2:31)
09. Hand Of Stone - Mastodon (3:31)
10. Redemption Song - Joe Strummer/Johnny Cash (3:28)
11. The Raft - Fat Freddy's Drop (7:13)
12. Chop Suey - Systen Of A Down (3:31)
13. Caroline's Dream - Childrens Hour (3:15)
14. Dynamite Mine - Murder By Death (3:19)
15. Mr. Skin - Spirit (4:01)
16. Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson (3:26)
17. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter - Ruth Brown (2:59)
18. St. James Infirmary - Louis Armstrong (1:46)
19. Bloodlust - Chimaira (7:19)
20. One Over the Eight - Soft Machine (5:27)
21. White Person - Frank Zappa (2:07)
22. Millions - XTC (5:39)
23. Fat Back - Link Wray & The Wraymen (2:52)
24. Bald Headed Blues - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson(2:34)
25. This Sporting Life - The Mekons (6:28)
26. Ginza Strip - The Executives (3:09)
27. Danko/Manuel - Drive-By Truckers (5:43)
28. Cruisin' for Burgers - Mothers Of Invention (2:18)
29. Speed Of Life - Sugarland (4:07)
30. Come To The River - The Jayhawks (4:29)
31. Getting It On - Dead Or Alive (5:49)
32. Love At Psychedelic Velocity - Human Expression (2:34)
33. Double Time Woman (Bonus) - Fuzzy Duck (3:01)
34. Einstein a Go-Go - Landscape (3:27)
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