Lonesome Road - a mix of rock and blues-rock music

Today's 12-song mix weaves together a selection of mostly rock and blues-rock tracks.  The compilation includes a few well known artists but in some cases with songs that maybe lessor known.  

Tracklist:

01 - Roll On - Mike Zito

02 - Fault Line - The Mighty Bosscats

03 - Criminal World - David Bowie

04 - I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar

05 - Lonesome Road - Rick Parfitt

06 - Not Today - Preacher Stone

07 - Ghosts Of Days Gone By - Alter Bridge

08 - Your Move - Shaw-Blades

09 - On My Way - INXS

10 - Every Day Should Be A Holiday - The Dandy Warhols

11 - Still A Freak - The Waterboys

12 - So Tied Up - Cold War Kids with Bishop Briggs

Lonesome Road

Dark Secrets - an Alt Rock mix to blow out the cobwebs

I've been doing a bit of well overdue painting inside my house before I return to work next week. Now it's done - I needed some music with a bit of noise to help me wash down the dust with some well earned beers, hence this mix.  This compilation is a mix of  mostly Alt Rock music that rocks it up and works well with a bit of volume....(sorry neighbors).

Tracklist:

01 - Blind - Andi Deris & The Bad Bankers

02 - Phoenix - Scandroid

03 - King Of Misery - Saul

04 - Down Here - Brave Future

05 - Break The Silence - Blue Lakes

06 - Dark Secrets - No Name Faces

07 - After Dark - Essenger

08 - Stars - Farmer Boys

09 - A Slave To Gravity - The Alchemy

10 - Fortunes Of War - Negative Gravity

11 - Alone - Sevendust

12 - Paperthin Hymn - Anberlin

Dark Secrets

Brilliant Mistake - an interesting mix of songs spanning 35 years

This 12-song compilation was one of the more difficult ones that I've put together.  I'd been listening to Elvis Costello's album King Of America and was quite impressed with his vocals on "Brilliant Mistake", so I set myself the challenge of blending together some tunes from the 80's with those from more recent decades. 

So, using 'Brilliant Mistake' as the anchor tune - I selected music from the 80's through to current to see what I could come up with.  I quite liked Fever Ray's rendition of Peter Gabriel's 'Mercy Street' and chose that as the opening track followed closely by Robbie Robertson's 'Unbound' and then the remaining arrangement of tracks through to the final song 'Your Own Sweet Way' by the The Notting Hillbillies (Mark Knopfler).  It's a pretty laid back mix that introduces a layer of complexity that makes for an interesting listen - probably best after at least 1-2 drinks :-)

Tracklist:

01 - Mercy Street - Fever Ray

02 - Unbound - Robbie Robertson

03 - Is It Like Today - Eliza Gilkyson

04 - Don't Forget Me - Red Hot Chili Peppers

05 - Dear Life - Beck

06 - Last Train Out - Gooding

07 - Brilliant Mistake - Elvis Costello

08 - Vide Noir - Lord Huron

09 - Twist In My Sobriety - Tanita Tikaram

10 - December - Collective Soul

11 - Heartbeat - Zola Blood

12 - Your Own Sweet Way - Notting Hillbillies

Brilliant Mistake

The Simple Image - Spinning, Spinning, Spinning (1968) - New Zealand pop/rock & psychedelic rock band from the 60's

Here's another album from my New Zealand music collection.  The Simple Image was a New Zealand band that was popular here in the 1960's.  In their short career they achieved 4 top ten chart hits including the extremely popular Spinning, Spinning Spinning. This album was released in July 1968.

Tracklist:

01 - Spinning, Spinning, Spinning

02 - Love Of The Common People

03 - Hold Me Tight

04 - I Don't Want To Love You

05 - Walk On

06 - The Little Bell That Cried

07 - Bring It On Home

08 - Something Happened To Me

09 - Take Me To Tomorrow

10 - Treat Her Like A Lady

11 - Brand New Woman

12 - Tomorrow Is Another Day

13 - Hawaii

The Simple Image - Spinning, Spinning, Spinning

Phantasmic - my final mix post for 2020

I was playing this mix last night while sitting around a fire pit with friends.  I had the volume cranked up fairly loud and so it was sounding rather good on a warm summers night (I live in New Zealand) amidst the glow from the flames, the clear skies, the native bush backdrop and the steady flow of alcohol.  A friend remarked that he wished he could buy cd's like this, which I took as quite the compliment. This mix brings together quite a diverse selection of rock & pop music that I've tried to sequence in a way that makes it flow nicely through the 12-songs.  I love the song that I've opened the mix with by Still Corners and particularly like the reggae/pop feel of 'Stay Alive' by Hollie Cook, the cruisy "An Ocean Between The Waves' by the fantastic War On Drugs (and yes it does finish rather abruptly) as well as the semi-cluby sound of "No Reason' by Bonobo.

Wherever you are - I wish you all the very best for 2021.  I do hope it's better than 2020 but regardless of what happens - music is the tonic that gets us through.  Take care and stay safe and if you like what I've posted so far - stop by again in the new year.....

All the best,
Skylord99

Tracklist:

01 - The Trip - Still Corners

02 - Stay Alive - Hollie Cook

03 - Bottle Rockets - Lowest Of The Low

04 - The Funeral - Band Of  Horses

05 - Shine - Younger Brother

06 - To Lose My Life - White Lies

07 - Cath - Death Cab For Cutie

08 - Islands - Zola Blood

09 - An Ocean Between The Waves - The War On Drugs

10 - Goddess On A Cadillac - Just Like Honey

11 - No Reason - Bonobo (feat. Nick Murphy)

12 - Don't You Evah - Spoon

Phantasmic

Hang On - a pop music mix

This mix is a blend of pop songs that provides a lighter and easy listening experience.  I included the cheeky Toploader version of  King Harvest's 'Dancing In The Moonlight' for a bit of fun but it I feel it works works well in the mix by following after 'Desire' by Champ and into the next few songs.  I've closed the mix out with some great vocals from Danish band Go Go Berlin and ended with a rather haunting song from Soleil Fisher, which is sung in French.

Tracklist:

01 - Keep It Healthy - Warpaint

02 - Brace The Storm - Grendel

03 - Desire - Champs

04 - Dancin' In The Moonlight - Toploader

05 - Secret Of Life - Lord Huron

06 - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart - Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus

07 - Hang On - Plumb

08 - Stockholm - The New Division

09 - Holding On For Life (Solomun Radio Remix) - Broken Bells

10 - Last Goodbye - The Birthday Massacre

11 - Here Comes The Darkness - Go Go Berlin

12 - Au Clair De La Lune (Vocal Mix) - Soleil Fisher

Hang On

Come Set Me Free - rock mix

A mix of songs from some well known and perhaps lessor known artists.  Merry Xmas

Tracklist:

01 - Winds Of Change - Jefferson Starship

02 - Better - The Screaming Jets

03 - Swamp Thing - The Chameleons

04 - Mr. Time - Alan Parsons Project

05 - For The Glory - Ian Brown

06 - No Light, No Light - Florence + The Machine

07 - Seven - Ed Kowalczyk

08 - My Obsession - Icehouse

09 - House Of Valparaiso - Calexico

10 - Bad Ideas - Left Is West

11 - If You Go - Sticky Fingers

12 - Mama (Genesis) - Magellan

Come Set Me Free

Headin' Down South - music from the southern states

I used to work on an offshore oil rig in the 70's with guys from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.  It was during this time that I got to hear different types of music from the southern US states that I normally would not have heard in my native New Zealand.  Southern Rock is the most common subgenre of rock that is associated with the south, which tends to cross the rock n' roll, blues and country genres and is often linked to popular bands like The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd or The Marshall Tucker Band.  However, in this compilation, I've deliberately stayed away from those bands and instead selected a snapshot of tracks that expresses the experience I had following my introduction to music from the south lands.

Tracklist:

01 - I Don't Want This Worry - Ledfoot

02 - Rebel Soldier - Jamey Johnson

03 - Jesus & Johnny Walker - Neal Black & The Healers

04 - Whitehouse Road - Tyler Childers

05 - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Brad Paisley

06 - Hurry Sundown - The Outlaws

07 - Ballad Of A Southern Man - Whiskey Myers

08 - Po-Dunk - Kid Rock

09 - Gumbo John - Tony Joe White

10 - In Time - Mark Collie

11 - Soundtrack To A Six Pack - The Cadillac Three

12 - Soul Of A Man - David Lindley

Headin' Down South

Absolutely Kiwi

This is a compilation of  New Zealand (Kiwi) artists and bands - mostly from the 80's.  Some like Tim Finn and Shona Laing have had international success but most are better known in NZ and Australia.  Tim of course a member of Split Enz and Shona Laing did a stint with Manfred Mann Earth Band.  Also, Charlie Tumahai from Herbs was the bass player in the UK band Be-Bop Deluxe.

Tracklist:

01 - Why Does Love Do This To Me - The Exponents

02 - Isabelle - Greg Johnson

03 - Sweet Lovers - Holidaymakers

04 - Youthful - Anika Moa

05 - (Glad I'm) Not A Kennedy - Shona Laing

06 - Break In The Weather - Jenny Morris

07 - Persuasion - Tim Finn

08 - Language - Dave Dobbyn

09 - For Today - Netherworld Dancing Toys

10 - Magic What She Do - DD Smash

11 - What's The Time Mr Wolf? - Southside Of Bombay

12 - Sensitive To A Smile - Herbs

Absolutely Kiwi

Satellite Spies

Today's compilation leaves behind the Prog Rock theme from the previous posts and brings together a few well known artists with some lessor known ones.  I've assembled tracks from rock, indie rock, electronic and pop genres for this 12-song mix of cool music.

Tracklist:

01 - Soon - Yes

02 - Pleasure & Pain - Divinyls

03 - Satellite - Guster

04 - Hypnotized - Fleetwood Mac

05 - Hold My End Up - Delta Spirit

06 - The High Road - Broken Bells

07 - Daniel - Bat For Lashes

08 - I'll Figure It Out - Lisa Marie Presley (Elvis' daughter)

09 - House Of Cards - Scorpions

10 - Coming Home - Mike Tramp

11 - Energy - Schiller

12 - High Hopes - Pink Floyd

Satellite Spies

Ragnarok - Ragnarok

As promised, here is the first Ragnarok self-titled album that was released in New Zealand in 1975.  Lea Maalfrid appears on this album as part of the original Ragnarok lineup but left the band shortly after its release to pursue a solo career.

Tracklist:

01 - Fenris

02 - Butterfly Sky

03 - Fire In The Sky

04 - Rainbow Bridge

05 - Raga

06 - Caviar Queen

07 - Dream

08 - Dawning Horn

Ragnarok - Ragnarok

Below is the original Ragnarok lineup with Lea Maalfrid, Ramon York, Mark Jayet, Ross Muir & Andre Jayet