This week's mix, like last week's, begins with The Zombies. "Can't Nobody Love You" was originally recorded by Solomon Burke, whose version is here as well at the end of the mix.
A few other songs repeat across the mix. "Ballade De Melody Nelson" was originally part of a Lolitaesque concept album by Serge Gainsbourg and written for Jane Birkin, who appears on the song. She also sings on the Portishead cover included here. "I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real)" is very early Sly & The Family Stone. I've also added an early take of this song and a jazzy piano demo by Sly Stone without The Family. "Taste Of Cindy" by The Jesus & Mary Chain is on here in all of its fuzzed-out glory and as an acoustic demo as well.
Two tracks on here are late-80s rap classics with self-referential titles: "The R" by Eric B. & Rakim and "Life Is...Too $hort" by Too $hort.
The demo version of "Me & Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson was eventually better known as a posthumous hit by Janis Joplin. In addition to another Kristofferson song, Waylon Jennings' cover of "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", I've included Joplin's cover of The Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody".
Other stuff: the upbeat "Try Me" by Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, the desperate "Hold My Life" by The Replacements, the playful "Pussy Pussy Pussy" by The Light Crust Doughboys, the cool "Stray Cat Strut" by The Stray Cats, the Madlib-produced "True Champs" by Strong Arm Steady with Montage One and Evidence as well as Oh No and Ron C, a demo version of Marvin Gaye's "If I Should Die Tonight", a cover of Gaye's "What's Going On" by the obscure Mr. Clean & The Soul Inc., Donovan's blissful "Jennifer Juniper" and a live version of Jackson Browne's "These Days" by Luz Casal accompanied by Browne and David Lindley.
