Day 266: In olden days, a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. But now, God knows, anything goes!

Album 936/1031

Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Make Me Feel So Young"	Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon	2:57
2.	"It Happened in Monterey"	Mabel Wayne, Billy Rose	2:36
3.	"You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me"	Harry Warren, Al Dubin	2:19
4.	"You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me"	Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman	2:48
5.	"Too Marvelous for Words"	Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer	2:29
6.	"Old Devil Moon"	Burton Lane, E.Y. Harburg	3:56
7.	"Pennies from Heaven"	Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke	2:44
8.	"Love Is Here to Stay"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	2:42
9.	"I've Got You Under My Skin"	Cole Porter	3:43
10.	"I Thought About You"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Mercer	2:30
11.	"We'll Be Together Again"	Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine	4:26
12.	"Makin' Whoopee"	Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn	3:06
13.	"Swingin' Down the Lane"	Isham Jones, Kahn	2:54
14.	"Anything Goes"	Porter	2:43
15.	"How About You?"	Lane, Ralph Freed	2:45

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_for_Swingin'_Lovers!

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Old Blue Eyes sings the Great American Songbook. You'd be correct to assume he won't mess this one up.

Máire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Made me smile the whole way through.


Album 937/1031

Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms (1997)

All tracks written by Roni Size, except where noted.

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Railing" (Size, Dominic Smith)	2:05
2.	"Brown Paper Bag"	9:03
3.	"New Forms" (Size, Bahamadia, Suv)	7:45
4.	"Let's Get It On"	6:57
5.	"Digital" (Size, Onallee)	9:05
6.	"Matter of Fact"	4:05
7.	"Mad Cat"	4:56
8.	"Heroes" (Size, Onallee)	6:35
9.	"Share the Fall (full vocal mix)" (Size, Onallee, Die, Krust)	6:13
10.	"Watching Windows" (Size, Onallee)	5:33
11.	"Beatbox" (Size, Suv)	1:09
12.	"Morse Code"	6:58
13.	"Destination" (Size, Onallee, Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn)	8:12

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:54
2.	"Hi-Potent"	6:53
3.	"Trust Me"	6:26
4.	"Change My Life"	8:27
5.	"Share the Fall" (Size, Onallee, Die, Krust)	6:26
6.	"Down" (Size, Die)	6:51
7.	"Jazz" (Size, Suv)	6:04
8.	"Hot Stuff" (Size, Krust)	6:32
9.	"Ballet Dance" (Size, Die)	6:41
10.	"Electricks" (US bonus track; appears on Japanese pressings as "Treatment")	6:17

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forms

Golf's verdict: Extraordinarily long. Not bad. Just extraordinarily, mind-numbingly long.

Máire's verdict: I’m sure it’s great in a club after a few drinks but it felt very long when I was sitting at my work desk.

Album 938/1031

Nitin Sawhney - Beyond Skin (1999)

1. "Broken Skin" (Sanchita Farruque, Nitin Sawhney) – 4:05
2. "Letting Go" (C. S. Gray, Sawhney) – 4:49
3. "Homelands" (Nina Miranda, Sawhney) – 6:00
4. "The Pilgrim" (Sawhney, Spek) – 4:29
5. "Tides" (Sawhney) – 5:06
6. "Nadia" (Sawhney) – 5:05
7. "Immigrant" (Sawhney) – 6:21
8. "Serpents" (Sawhney) – 6:17
9. "Anthem Without Nation" (Sawhney) – 5:48
10. "Nostalgia" (Sawhney) – 3:41
11. "The Conference" (Sawhney) – 2:53
12. "Beyond Skin" (Sawhney) – 3:48

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Skin

Golf's verdict: Had no idea what to expect but largely enjoyed this slice of dance crossed with some Indian music styles.

Máire's verdict: I really enjoyed this album although last song wasn’t a good one to end on IMO.

Album 939/1031

TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (1994)

1. "The Wrong Way" – 4:38
2. "Staring at the Sun" – 3:27
3. "Dreams" – 5:09
4. "King Eternal" – 4:28
5. "Ambulance" – 4:55
6. "Poppy" – 6:07
7. "Don't Love You" – 5:31
8. "Bomb Yourself" – 5:32
9. "Wear You Out" – 7:22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_Youth,_Blood_Thirsty_Babes

Golf's verdict: There are much better, later, records by this band that would have been better included on the list. Their debut is diverting enough though.

Máire's verdict: Never heard this before. Rather enjoyed it to start off with but then started to really annoy me, particularly ‘Poppy’ and ‘Ambulance’.


Album 940/1031


The Small Faces - Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (1968)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdens%27_Nut_Gone_Flake

Golf's verdict: A bit of a template for Blur's 'Parklife', as even the most casual listener would no doubt spot. The B Side substitutes Phil Daniels for a lot of nonsense from Stanley Unwin, who was a sort of Jabberwockian mangler of the English language for comic effect.

Máire's verdict: There’s a reason ‘Lazy Sunday’ is the only hit......


Album 941/1031

Rocket from the Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream! (1995)

1. "Middle" - 1:00
2. "Born in '69" - 2:16
3. "On a Rope" - 2:53
4. "Young Livers" - 2:54
5. "Drop Out" - 3:00
6. "Used" - 2:39
7. "Ball Lightning" - 3:50
8. "Fat Lip" 2:42
9. "Suit City" - 2:34
10. "Heater Hands" - 3:36
11. "Misbeaten" - 4:02
12. "Come See, Come Saw" - 3:39
13. "Salt Future" - 3:51
14. "Burnt Alive" - 4:37

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream,_Dracula,_Scream!

Golf's verdict: Really rather good garage rock.

Máire's verdict: Rather enjoyable.


Album 942/1031

Moby Grape - Moby Grape (1967)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer	Length
1.	"Hey Grandma"	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	2:43
2.	"Mr. Blues"	Bob Mosley	1:58
3.	"Fall on You"	Peter Lewis	1:53
4.	"8:05"	Miller, Stevenson	2:17
5.	"Come in the Morning"	Mosley	2:20
6.	"Omaha"	Skip Spence	2:19
7.	"Naked, If I Want To"	Miller	0:55

Side two
No.	Title	Writer	Length
1.	"Someday"	Miller, Stevenson, Spence	2:41
2.	"Ain't No Use"	Miller, Stevenson	1:37
3.	"Sitting by the Window"	Lewis	2:44
4.	"Changes"	Miller, Stevenson	3:21
5.	"Lazy Me"	Mosley	1:45
6.	"Indifference"	Spence	4:14

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Grape_(album)

Golf's verdict: They were part of the San-Fran scene that included Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead, but from the evidence presented here, it was more a case of 'right place, right time'. 

Máire's verdict: Something and nothing.


Album 943/1031

Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)

All tracks written by Curtis Mayfield.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Billy Jack"	6:10
2.	"When Seasons Change"	5:28
3.	"So in Love"	5:15
4.	"Jesus"	6:13
5.	"Blue Monday People"	4:50
6.	"Hard Times"	3:45
7.	"Love to the People"	4:07

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_No_Place_Like_America_Today

Golf's verdict: One of the sweetest voices ever to be put on tape, this is a lovely record, but not one with any of his major work appearing on it.

Máire's verdict: Gorgeous voice.