Day 238: Well it's one for the money, two for the show...

Album 822/1031

Ravi Shankar - Sounds of India (1968)

1. "An Introduction to Indian Music" – 4:13
2. "Dádrá" – 10:30
3. "Máru-Bihág" – 11:44
4. "Bhimpalási" – 12:13
5. "Sindhi-Bhairavi" – 15:00

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


Golf's verdict: George Harrison's sitar teacher tells us how it's done and then wigs out to show his chops.

Máire's verdict: A lesson in Indian music theory. I found it rather interesting, to my surprise. It won’t be a regular listen but certainly glad I’ve heard it.

Album 823/1031

Sebadoh - Bubble & Scrape (1993)

1. "Soul and Fire" (Barlow) - 3:46
2. "Two Years Two Days" (Barlow) - 3:07
3. "Telecosmic Alchemy" (Gaffney) - 2:15
4. "Fantastic Disaster" (Gaffney) - 3:33
5. "Happily Divided" (Loewenstein) - 2:20
6. "Sister" (Loewenstein) - 2:43
7. "Cliche" (Barlow) - 2:27
8. "Sacred Attention" (Barlow) - 2:47
9. "Elixir Is Zog" (Gaffney) - 2:06
10. "Emma Get Wild" (Gaffney) - 1:21
11. "Sixteen" (Loewenstein) - 1:29
12. "Homemade" (Barlow) - 5:02
13. "Forced Love" (Barlow) - 3:19
14. "No Way Out" (Gaffney) - 2:15
15. "Bouquet for a Siren" (Gaffney) - 2:56
16. "Think (Let Tomorrow Bee)" (Barlow) - 3:12
17. "Flood" (Loewenstein) - 1:34

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

Golf's verdict: Although a fan of Dinosaur Jr., from which Lou Barlow hails, I did not really warm to this. I think their best album is The Sebadoh from '99, although when I went to see them in Auckland a couple of years back they failed to play anything from that! Must just be me.

Máire's verdict: I thought Sebadoh were a metal band so this album came as a bit of a surprise. Okay but nothing more than that.


Album 824/1031

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

• All tracks produced by RZA.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Striving for Perfection"	1:43
2.	"Knuckleheadz" (featuring Ghostface Killah & U-God)	4:03
3.	"Knowledge God"	4:24
4.	"Criminology" (featuring Ghostface Killah)	3:47
5.	"Incarcerated Scarfaces"	4:42
6.	"Rainy Dayz" (featuring Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry)	6:02
7.	"Guillotine (Swordz)" (featuring Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & GZA)	4:22
8.	"Can It Be All So Simple (Remix)" (featuring Ghostface Killah)	5:38
9.	"Shark Niggas (Biters)"	1:38
10.	"Ice Water" (featuring Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna)	3:38
11.	"Glaciers of Ice" (featuring Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah)	5:20
12.	"Verbal Intercourse" (featuring Nas & Ghostface Killah)	3:31
13.	"Wisdom Body" (featuring Ghostface Killah)	2:38
14.	"Spot Rusherz"	3:13
15.	"Ice Cream" (featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna)	4:13
16.	"Wu-Gambinos" (featuring Method Man, RZA, Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah)	5:39
17.	"Heaven & Hell" (featuring Ghostface Killah)	4:56
Total length:		69:30

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Built_4_Cuban_Linx...


Golf's verdict: Perhaps it is fear that they will never be given another opportunity, or maybe they were just raised by parents who taught them to avoid waste, but why does every rap album recorded in the last 20 years insist in having to fill 95-100% of a CD's capacity? This one drags on a bit as usual, although that's not to say it does not have its moments.

Máire's verdict: Just not that bothered, to be honest, and too bloody long.

Album 825/1031

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (1956)

Original release

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins	January 30, 1956	2:00
2.	"I'm Counting on You"	Don Robertson	January 11, 1956	2:25
3.	"I Got a Woman"	Ray Charles, Renald Richard	January 10, 1956	2:25
4.	"One Sided Love Affair"	Bill Campbell	January 30, 1956	2:11
5.	"I Love You Because"	Leon Payne	July 5, 1954	2:43
6.	"Just Because"	Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin	September 10, 1954	2:34

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Tutti Frutti"	Dorothy LaBostrie, Richard Wayne Penniman	January 31, 1956	1:59
2.	"Tryin' to Get to You"	Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton	July 11, 1955	2:31
3.	"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"	Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas	January 31, 1956	2:01
4.	"I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')"	Jimmy Wakely	September 10, 1954	2:24
5.	"Blue Moon"	Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart	August 19, 1954	2:40
6.	"Money Honey"	Jesse Stone	January 10, 1956	2:36

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

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Arguably the most influential album in the history of rock music. It is not necessarily all killer, no filler (there are quite a few relatively limp standards on here), but given it has Blue Suede Shoes and Tutti Frutti on it and its cover probably inspired more teenage boys to pick up a guitar that any record before or since makes this one a total gem. Memorably copied by The Clash for London Calling, of course,

Máire's verdict: Made me smile. ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ is a genuine classic.