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Sleeve design for John Fahey’s 1959 self-released debut. Fewer than one hundred copies were pressed.
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Richard & Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
from I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
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Slowdive – Alison
from Souvlaki
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The Animals – Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
from The Animals
“For me it was The Animals. For some, they were just another one of the really good Beat groups that came out of the Sixties, but to me the Animals were a revelation. The first records with full-blown class consciousness that I’d ever heard.”
Bruce Springsteen during his keynote speech at South by Southwest.
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Randy Newman – Last Night I Had a Dream
from Sail Away
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Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
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The Soft Boys – I Wanna Destroy You
from Underwater Moonlight
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Syl Johnson – I’m Talkin’ Bout Freedom
from Is It Because I’m Black
“I made my opportunities, but I never got the breaks I should have gotten. I was a jack-of-all-trades. More soul than Marvin, more funk than James. If I’d gone pop, you’d be talkin’ about me, not them. I rate right at the top, though I’ve been underrated all my life.”
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Sebadoh – License to Confuse
from Bakesale
“I used to not really think up lyrics. I would make nonsense things and nonsense songs. I had abstract words and would just chant them.”
Lou Barlow on the origin of the name Sebadoh, from a 1997 interview with Perfect Sound Forever
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Panic – It’s My Pain
from 13
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Gang of Four – Damaged Goods
from Entertainment!
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The Replacements – I Will Dare
from Let It Be
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Barstool Blues
from Zuma
He trusted in a woman
And on her he made his bets
Once there was a friend of mine
Who died a thousand deaths
