Joe Boyd's A-Z
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Joe Boyd's A-Z
Producer/Writer Joe Boyd takes a trip through his vast record collection using song titles in alphabetical order as doorways to history, memorable recording sessions, rarely heard discs and unforgettable personalities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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"the things you hear are too much for your mind..." The Move: Zing Went The Strings of My Heart / The Move: Flowers In The Rain / The Move: I Can Hear...
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"And I could not slow down...." Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Martha Wainwright): Year of the Dragon / Martha Wainwright: When The Days Are Short / Martha W...
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"mais je connais Toumani..." Kurt Engles Orch: Xylophonismus / Taj Mahal: Fanta / Trio Da Kali: Godmothers / Afro Mexico: Chivofono / Balafon Marimba...
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"you made your own amusements then..."Incredible String Band: Way Back In The 1960s / Incredible String Band: Chinese White / Incredible String Band:...
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"Life is a dream and everything goes away...." Arsenio Rodriguez: La Vida Es Un Sueno / Arsenio Rodriguez: Juventud de Colon / Orquesta Casino de la P...
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"I had a dream last night that worried me..." Staple Singers: Uncloudy Day /Staple Singers: God's Wonderful Love / Staple Singers: Respect Yourself /...
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"I don't get it...." Idjah Hadidjah: Tonggeret / Idjah Hadidjah: Mahoni / Detty Kurnia: Sorban Palid / Detty Kurnia: Dar Der Dor / Sunda Wayang Kulit:...
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"and we who are free swing like the rope on that tree.." / Teddy Thompson: Saratoga Summer Song / Kate McGarrigle: Saratoga Summer Song / Kate McGarri...
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"Macho Queens selling war-makers toys..."John Trudell: Rockin' the Rez / John Trudell: Graffiti Man / John Trudell: Bombs Over Baghdad / John Trudell:...
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"..he said he didn't want no shortening in his bread ..."Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Queen Bee / Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Tunkaranke / Taj Mahal...
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"money's getting scarce...." Pete Seeger: Russian Folk Song (Petrushka) / Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka / Dinu Lipati: Chorale Jesu bleibet meine Freude...
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"and I bought a cigar, too"Blind Lemon Jefferson: One Dime Blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson: Rabbit's Foot Blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson: Matchbox Blues...
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"whom do you talk to?..." Mary Margaret O'Hara: Not Be Alright (demo) / Mary Margaret O'Hara: Not Be Alright / Mary Margaret O'Hara: To Cry About / Ma...
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"the clock struck three, I said Daddy, you're killin' me"Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon: My Daddy Rocks Me With One Steady Roll / Trixie Smith: My Man Rock...
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"I found you were all swallow's milk...." Lela Family: Leskoviqare / Laver Bariu: Gajde Permetare / Laver Bariu: Valle Plakava Medley / Lela Family: N...
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"Freedom calls and Pippi runs..." Jan Johansson: Klara Stjärnor / Jan Johansson: Visa Fran Utanmyra / Jan Johansson: Emigrantvisa / Danny Thompson: S...
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"There's a place they find romance where they do the cajun dance..."Eddie Lejeune: J'ai Eté Au Bal / Eddie Lejeune: Diggy Diggy Lo / Iry Lejeune: Love...
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"All its wonder to know....." Kate & Anna McGarrigle: I Don't Know / Krystle Warren: I Don't Know / Krystle Warren: Time Has Told Me / Krystle Warren:...
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".... Bless that happy day that Nellie lost her way..." Bill Keith: Hornswoggled / Muleskinner: Opus 57 in G Minor / Muleskinner: Footprints In The Sn...
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"..as it soars and plunges above the crashing waves" / Damia: Les Goelands / Damia: La Châine / Damia: La Guingette a Fermé Ses Volets / Damia: Depui...
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"...Doch an mein Pianola, da laß ich keinen ran"Marlene Dietrich: Falling in Love Again / Marlene Dietrich: Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Einges...
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"Look in my eyes, and tell me you love me...." The Chantels: Every Night / The Chantels: He's Gone / The Chantels: Maybe / The Chantels: Look In My Ey...
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"in case my dynamite change her mind about me...." "Nya me ho renge kyo..."Ethel Waters: DinahDjango Reinhardt: DinahFats Waller & His Rhythm: DinahKi...
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"that puppy you left behind...." Carlos Gardel: La Cumparsita / Roberto Firpo: La Cumparsita / Julio de Caro: La Cumparsita / Felix Perez Cardozo: La...
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"Just like way back in the days of old...."Van Morrison: Big Time Operator / Isley Brothers: Twist and Shout / Them: Gloria / Them: Here Comes The Nig...
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"Oh the sound it rang so clear through the cold"Fairport Convention: Autopsy / Fairport Convention: Tam Lin / Fotheringay: The Banks of the Nile / Fot...
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"there is delight in doing things right....." McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Zonky / McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Stop Kidding / Don Redman Orch: Rocky Road...
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"she can do no wrong..." Yanka Rupkina: Yankina Mama Dumashe / Balkana: Mari Stanko / Mystere de Voix Bulgare: Kalimenko Denko / Trio Bulgarka (Balkan...
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"When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low..."Dörvön Berkh: Xöömij Magtaal / Dörvön Berkh: Xöömij Uria Duudlaga / Kangar-Ol Ondar: Alash Kem /Huu...
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"Bend your branches down and cover me...." David 'Fathead' Newman: Willow Weep For Me / David 'Fathead' Newman: Hard Times / Ray Charles: Blues Waltz...
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"One by one I let things go, my cats my house my car my clothes..."Blackgirls: A Visit to the Behaviorist / Blackgirls: Happy / Blackgirls: Cathedral...
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"I picked up his voice right up into my neck, right into my shoulders..." Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Umama Ithembalami / Mahlathini & The Maho...
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"No more barrellhouse women drinkin' no beer..." Frank Stokes: 'Tain't Nobody's Business / Ike & Tina Turner: Ain't Nobody's Business / James Booker:...
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"If you forget your mother, you've lost your life..." Prince Nico Mbarga: Sweet Mother / City Boys Band: Nye Asem Hwe / Fela Kuti: This Is Sad / Hen...
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"I gave up a lot, but I won't give in..." Defunkt: The Razor's Edge / Defunkt: Make Them Dance / Defunkt: Strangling Me With Your Love / Defunkt: In...
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"Three Little Pigs, Snoopy, Sinbad, Gulliver, King Kong, Dracula, Tarzan..." Sisa: Qualsevol Nit Pot Sortir El Sol /Sisa: El Fill del Mestre /Sisa: Ca...
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"Only as rich as the poorest of the poor..."Phil Ochs: The Power and the Glory / Woody Guthrie: Pastures of Plenty / Phil Ochs: Bound For Glory / Faro...
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"With our one motor gone, we can still carry on."John Roberts: Out On The Rolling Sea /Frederick McQueen: Jesus Will Be Your Friend /Chaim Tannenbaum:...
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Aramire: N'tunuccio /Aramire: Sta Strata /Aramire: Aremu /Aramire: Pizzica con Violino /Nidi D'arac: Cerchio Si Apre Cerchio Si Stringe /Aramire: Sant...
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"You'd better get used to it..." Bob Dylan: Maggie's Farm (Live at Newport) / Paul Butterfield Band: Born In Chicago / The Byrds: Mr Tambourine Man /...