04-09-15: So Walk Tall, Or Baby Don't Walk At All

"Getting Nowhere Fast" is the April 1980 debut single by British punk band Girls At Our Best! This mix features that single with covers by The Fireworks and The Wedding Present.

"Things Have Changed" is a Bob Dylan song recorded by him in 1999 and released the following year on a movie soundtrack. This mix features covers by Bettye Lavette and The Persuasuasions to accompany the original.

One other Dylan song repeats on this mix: two covers of "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" from his 1969 album Nashville Skyline. Previous mixes have included covers by Linda Ronstadt and Norah Jones. This mix adds covers by Brothers & Sisters and Burl Ives.

"Gz Up, Hoes Down" is a song briefly on the original pressing of Snoop Dogg's 1993 debut album Doggystyle. It was removed from the record for not clearing its sample of Isaac Hayes' live 1973 version of the standard "The Look Of Love". Both of those tracks are featured here.

The rest: Stephanie Mills' sunny 1980 hit "Never Knew Love Like This Before", Don Blackman's funky "Yabba Dabba Do", the heavy "Magic Potion" by The Open Mind,  Busta Rhymes' apocalyptic "When Disaster Strikes", Wilson Pickett's cover of The Rascals' pop standard "Groovin'", the educational "Biology 101" by Dr. Octagon with Sir Melenik, the mellow "Caught Up In The Rapture Of Love" by Anita Baker, the contemplative"Who By Fire" by Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springtseen's epic "New York City Serenade".

Never Knew Love Like This Before                      Stephanie Mills
Getting Nowhere Fast                                            Girls At Our Best!
The Look Of Love (live at The Sahara Tahoe)      Isaac Hayes
Gz Up, Hoes Down                                                Snoop Dogg
Yabba Dabba Do                                                    Don Blackman
Magic Potion                                                          The Open Mind
Getting Nowhere Fast                                            The Fireworks
Things Have Changed                                            Bettye Lavette
When Disaster Strikes                                            Busta Rhymes
Groovin'                                                                  Wilson Pickett
Biology 101                                            Dr. Octagon ft. Sir Melenik
Things Have Changed                                             The Persuasions
Caught Up In The Rapture Of Love                       Anita Baker
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight                                      Brothers & Sisters
Getting Nowhere Fast                                            The Wedding Presents
Who By Fire                                                           Leonard Cohen
Things Have Changed                                            Bob Dylan
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight                                       Burl Ives
New York City Serenade                                        Bruce Springsteen

04-02-15: And Liberty Is Just A Lie

"Sometimes I'm Happy" is a standard written by Irving Caesar in 1927. This mix features versions by Anita O'Day in 1947, Sarah Vaughan in 1955, Dinah Washington in 1956, Billie Holiday in one of her last recordings in 1959 and Carmen McRae's live version in 1965 at the Village Gate.

"I Can't Be Satisfied" is a Muddy Waters hit from 1948. A previous mix included this version and an early cover by The Rolling Stones. This week features Waters' early original version from 1941 when he recorded under his birth name McKinley Morganfield, a 1968 cover by Backwards Sam Firk and a 2011 cover by Gregg Allman.

One other song repeats this week: The Clash's "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" from their 1981 triple album Sandinista! with a recent countrified cover by Jason Ringenberg and Kristi Rose.

The rest: the blissful "Kiss Kiss Kiss" by Martina Topley-Bird, the dreamy "O Heaven" by Blu & Exile, the humble "I'm Just An Average Guy" by The Masqueraders, the vain "Took His Time" by Lil Wayne, Tommie Bradley's version of the defiant standard "Nobody's Business If I Do", Coleman Hawkins' lush version of the standard "Have You Met Miss Jones?", Prince's original version of the hit he wrote for Sheila E called "The Glamorous Life", Caribou's percussive "Odessa", Roy Hargove's  jazzy collaboration with Q-Tip and Erykah Badu called "Poetry", the spooky "Hawk" by Bill Haley & The Comets, Jose Feliciano's cover of The Mamas & The Papas "California Dreamin'", an early live version of Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and a live version of "Unsatisfied" by The Replacements with slightly different lyrics.

Sometimes I'm Happy (live)                            Carmen McRae
Kiss Kiss Kiss                                                  Martina Topley-Bird
O Heaven                                                         Blu & Exile
Sometimes I'm Happy           Anita O'Day w/ Alvy and His Little Band
I'm Just An Average Guy                              The Masqueraders
Took His Time                                                 Lil Wayne
Nobody's Business If I Do                               Tommie Bradley
I Be's Troubled                                                Backwards Sam Firk
Have You Met Miss Jones?                              Coleman Hawkins
Sometimes I'm Happy                                      Dinah Washington
Ivan Meets G.I. Joe                                          The Clash
The Glamorous Life                                         Prince
Odessa                                                              Caribou
Sometimes I'm Happy                                      Sarah Vaughan
Poetry                                Roy Hargrove w/ Q-Tip & Erykah Badu
Ivan Meets G.I. Joe           Jason Ringenberg and Kristi Rose
I Can't Be Satisfied                                           Gregg Allman
Hawk                                                                Bill Haley & The Comets
California Dreamin'                                         Jose Feliciano
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (live)     Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
I Be's Troubled                          McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)
Sometimes I'm Happy                                     Billie Holiday
Unsatisfied (live at Maxwell's 02/02/86)          The Replacements