10-25-12: At Least I Author My Own Disaster

"(Love Is Like A) Heatwave" is a 1963 hit Motown single by Martha & The Vandellas. This week's mix features covers by The Who and Beatles contemporary and fellow Liverpudlian Cilla Black as well as the original.

"Fade Away And Radiate" is from the 1978 Blondie album Parallel Lines. This week features covers by Jhenne d'Arcflower and Milky Globe &Isan as well as the original.

"Comes A Time" was also released in 1978, as the title track to Neil Young's album. This week features a cover by Kate York as well as the original.

"Cars" by Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo samples the 1979 hit of the same name by Gary Numan.

The rest: the rockabilly-tinged "Who's Been Here" by Ronnie Dawson alias Commonwealth Jones, the Northern soul obscurity "Happy" by Velvet Hammer, the soulful "Alone Too LOng" by Hall & Oates, Willie Hutch's melodic soundtrack piece "I Choose You", the dramatic "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal" by Of Montreal, the 1993 non-album single "Pink Cashmere" by Prince, Big Boi's suggestive "Raspberries" with Mouch and Scar, an alternate mix of Sly & The Family Stone's funky "Frisky", Jaylib's Madlib-produced "React" featuring his alter ego Quasimoto, a cover of Bob Dylan's "Girl From The North Country" by Sting and the graceful ballad "The River Hymn" by The Band.

Fade Away And Radiate                     Blondie
Cars                                                     Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo
Comes A Time                                    Neil Young
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave              The Who
Who's Been Here                                Commonwealth Jones
Happy                                                 Velvet Hammer
Alone Too Long                                 Hall & Oates
I Choose You                                     Willie Hutch
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave              Martha & The Vandellas
Fade Away And Radiate                    Jhenne d'Arcflower
The Past Is A Grotesque Animal        Of Montreal
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave              Cilla Black
Pink Cashmere                                    Prince
Raspberries                                         Big Boi ft. Mouche & Scar
Frisky (alt mix)                                   Sly & The Family Stone           
React                                                  Jaylib ft. Quasimoto
Fade Away And Radiate                   Milky Globe & Isan
Comes A Time                                   Kate York
Girl From The North Country            Sting
The River Hymn                                The Band