03-26-19: The Future Won't Last, It Will Soon Be Over Tomorrow

"Take It Easy" is a song co-written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey. The latter recorded the first version as the debut single for his band The Eagles, who had a #12 hit with in in 1972. Browne recorded his own version for an album the following year but that single did not chart. This mix includes both versions as well as a cover by Buck Owens from 1978.

"It Don't Come Easy" was co-written by former Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison, but credited to Starr only. It was a non-album single from 1971, Starr's first since the breakup of the Beatles. Harrison plays guitar on the track. A previous mix featured the original single. This mix features a liver version by Starr with Harrison from the 1971 Concert For Bangladesh, a recent cover by Bettye Lavette and a rare studio version by Harrison with the same basic backing as the single except with some "hare krishna" chorus.

One other song repeats this week: the album and 45 versions of "Try Me" by the enigmatic former street hustler Wee, from his only album You Can Fly My Aeroplane released in 1977.

The rest: the suggestive "Tony's Got Hot Nuts" by Faye Richmond, the soulful "It'll All Be Over" by The Supreme Jubilees, the Ennio Morricone-sampling "Chill Bill" by Rob $tone ft. J. Davi$ & Spooks, Walter Rhodes' rustic "The Crowing Rooster", the bouncy "New Sensation" by INXS, the psychedelic "Bad Trip" by The Relatives, Fela Kuti's rhythmic "Monkey Banana", the David Bowie-sampling "Been Around The World" by Puff Daddy & The Family with Mase and The Notorious B.I.G., Donny Hathaway's tender duet with Roberta Black called "Be Real Black For Me", Tim Mai's bittersweet "New Love", P.M. Dawn's blissful "The Beautiful" and an a cappella version of Andrea True's disco hit "More, More, More".

Tony's Got Hot Nuts                                     Faye Richmonde
Try Me                                                          Wee
It Don't Come Easy                                       Bettye Lavette
Take It Easy                                                  The Eagles
It'll All Be Over                                            Supreme Jubilees
Chill Bill                                    Rob $tone ft. J. Davi$ & Spooks
The Crowing Rooster                                   Walter Rhodes
Take It Easy                                                  Buck Owens
It Don't Come Easy (live)          Ringo Starr w/ George Harrison & Friends
New Sensation                                              INXS
Bad Trip                                                        The Relatives
Monkey Banana                                            Fela Kuti
Try Me (45 ver)                                            Wee
Been Around The World          Puff Daddy & The Family ft. Mase & The Notorious B.I.G.
Be Real Black For Me              Donny Hathway & Roberta Flack
Take It Easy                                                 Jackson Browne
New Love                                                    Tim Maia
It Don't Come Easy                                      George Harrison
The Beautiful                                                P.M. Dawn
More, More, More (a cappella ver)              Andrea True

03-19-15: Wishing I Had A Warmer Jacket And Something More To Say

"Street Fighting Man" was a single released by The Rolling Stones in August 1968, within a week of the riots during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The song was banned by radio stations in Chicago for fear of inciting more violence. A previous mix featured the original. This mix, number 605 in the series, leads with Rod Stewart's cover from the following year as well as the Stones' live recording from late 1969 from their album Get Yer Ya Ya's Out and a pair of punk covers: a 1978 cover by Rikki & The Last Days Of Earth and Walter Lure leading the Ramones on a 1984 version. Also here is the rarely heard and unreleased original version by the Stones with entirely different lyrics called "Did Everybody Pay Their Dues?"

"Smoke Rings" is a standard first recorded by The Mills Brothers in 1933. In addition to that here are versions by Les Paul & Mary Ford from 1952, Sam Cooke in 1963 and k.d. lang in 1997.

The rest: the sinister "Murder" by UGK, Kenneth Patchen's beat poem ""The Murder Of Two Men By A Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves" with The Chamber Jazz Quartet, Freddie Gibbs with Madlib on the atmospheric "Palmolive" with Pusha T & Killa Mike, the anguished "Retarded" by The Afghan Whigs, the spacey "Umi Says" by Mos Def, the ethereal "Born Free" by Black Uhuru & Michael Rose, the funky "New York Electric Street Music" by Larry Young's Fuel, the full album version of  the mellow "Quiet Storm" by Smokey Robinson. a live cover of Robinson's "The Tracks Of My Tears" by Bob Dylan, the moody "Chains" by Torres and the forlorn "Empty Hearted Town" by Warren Zevon.

Street Fighting Man                                          Rod Stewart
Did Everybody Pay Their Dues?                      The Rolling Stones
Murder                                                              UGK
The Murder Of Two Men By A Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves           Kenneth Patchen with The Chamber Jazz Sextet
Street Fighting Man                        Rikki & The Last Days Of Earth
Smoke Rings                                                     Les Paul & Mary Ford
Palmolive (my edit)      Freddie Gibbs & Madlib ft. Pusha T & Killa Mike
Retarded                                                            The Afghan Whigs
Street Fighting Man                               Walter Lure & The Ramones
Smoke Rings                                                     The Mills Brothers
Umi Says                                                           Mos Def
Born Free                                               Black Uhuru & Michael Rose
New York Electric Street Music                       Larry Young's Fuel
Quiet Storm                                                      Smokey Robinson
The Tracks Of My Tears (live 11-03-75)         Bob Dylan
Street Fighting Man (live 11-28-69)                The Rolling Stones
Smoke Rings                                                     k.d. lang
Chains                                                               Torres
Empty Hearted Town                                        Warren Zevon
Smoke Rings                                                     Sam Cooke