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Following the release of the second Rollins Band album, Hard Volume, bassist Andrew Weiss and vocalist Henry Rollins collaborated on a one-off side project called Wartime. A former member of Greg Ginn's Gone, Weiss also worked as a producer and bassist on several Ween albums.
It's this sensibility that Weiss brings to the proceedings, as Wartime has a heady, yet simultaneously heavy, sound. The music consists primarily of Weiss' bass guitar fed through a series of effects that include at the very least distortion and wah-wah. While Andrew Weiss wrote and performed all of the music, Henry Rollins handles the vocal duties. These "vocals" are best described as landing somewhere between rap and spoken word. These two elements combine to create an EP that's totally unique and, actually, kinda catchy. It's worth noting that the fifth and final track is a cover of the Grateful Dead classic!
Check out the music video for "The Whole Truth":
This album was reissued in 1994 by Capitol and the cover was altered to also read "Featuring Henry Rollins" underneath the name Wartime. This rip and the cover above both come from the original 1990 Chrysalis release.
Wartime - Fast Food for Thought (1990) 1. Mindfield (1:30) 2. Wartime (5:42) 3. Right to Life (7:41) 4. The Whole Truth (5:54) 5. Franklin's Tower (7:59)
In August of 1994, Virgin Records released the fourth and final volume in their definitive A Brief History of Ambient series. As things were starting to get a bit stale with the third volume, Virgin changed course, reaching beyond their own labels to widen the scope for this two-disc set. Focusing on the burgeoning Isolationism sub-genre, Virgin was able to license and compile a collection of exclusive tracks for this last blast. They also shortened the title this time around, omitting the A Brief History of part.
This compilation is the first major label release of this darker breed of ambient music. Most of the original indie electronic artists that pioneered this mid-90s musical variant are featured here. Stylistically, the ambient music that Brian Eno created in the 1970s was unique in that it was designed to work also as a passive experience; you could listen to it closely or let it play in the background as a non-distraction. Conversely, as this title's producer, musician Kevin Martin, put it when he coined the term, Isolationism is designed to "push away" the listener. This repulsive effect manifests itself in music that, surprisingly, covers a wide variety of attack approaches. Personally, the only similarity I find in these disparate pieces is the gloomy tone that sits at their core. Don't get me wrong, it's all quite enjoyable, but is maybe best enjoyed in smaller doses. Regardless, this is the perfect instrumental electronica to listen to on a dreary day. Particularly if your goal is not to cheer yourself up.
Check out the album mix of Scorn's "Silver Rain Fell" and Aphex Twin's "Aphex Airlines":
Ambient 4: Isolationism (1994) 1. KK Null / Jim Plotkin - Lost (Held Under) (7:45) 2. Jim O'Rourke - Flat Without a Back (4:47) 3. Ice - The Dredger (6:36) 4. Raoul Björkenheim - Strangers (4:42) 5. :Zoviet*France: - Daisy Gun (7:38) 6. Labradford - Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer (3:22) 7. Techno Animal - Self Strangulation (6:04) 8. Paul Schütze - Hallucinations (In Memory of Reinaldo Arenas) (8:17) 9. Scorn - Silver Rain Fell (Deep Water Mix) (5:25) 10. Disco Inferno - Lost in Fog (5:02) 11. Total - Six (5:34) 12. Nijiumu - Once Again I Cast Myself into the Flames of Atonement (9:11) 13. Aphex Twin - Aphex Airlines (6:17) 14. AMM - Vandoevre (7:28) 15. Seefeel - Lief (6:07) 16. 'O'Rang - Little Sister (6:59) 17. E.A.R. - Hydroponic (6:18) 18. Sufi - Desert Flower (6:23) 19. David Toop / Max Eastley - Burial Rites (Phosphorescent Mix) (5:59) 20. Main - Crater Scar (Adrenochrome) (6:09) 21. Final - Hide (7:27) 22. Lull - Thoughts (8:02) 23. Thomas Köner - Kanon (Part One: Brohuk) (10:36)
Fallout 3 is an addictive RPG situated in an unrelentingly bleak post-apocalyptic future. Created by the folks at Bethesda Game Studios, the gameplay mechanics are similar to their earlier hit, the fantasy-themed The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Like 2007's BioShock, the soundtrack utilizes popular music from the early to middle twentieth century that effectively evokes a nostalgic sense of loss. Bethesda also contracted Inon Zur to create a more traditional score to extend the epic experience further.
This game's only official soundtrack was a five track promo given away to those who pre-ordered the game from select retailers. This promotional CD contains two themes by Inon Zur ("Main Title" and "Megaton") as well as three popular music tracks (The Ink Spots' "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire", Roy Brown's "Butcher Pete (Part 1)" and Bob Crosby and the Bobcats' "Way Back Home"). The game itself features an additional seventeen popular music tracks. Fortunately, it's possible to actually rip these tracks directly from the PC version of the game, where they were originally encoded as 192kbps MP3 files! I've also included "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" by Bob Crosby and the Bobcats, which, although not in the game itself, was featured in the commercial for the game and fits in neatly with the other tracks. Unfortunately, the majority of Inon Zur's soundtrack music that could be ripped from the game are short cues that work better in-game as fill-in atmospheric music. I've included the only longer cues I could find, seven "Battle" themes.
I've maintained the running order of the five track promo by inserting the additional twenty-five tracks in what seems the most logical way. The songs follow the running order of the ending credits, which, aside from the first track by The Ink Spots, is strictly alphabetical by song. I slotted "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" where it would have been if it were actually listed in the end credits. I threw the seven "Battle" themes after the songs and just before the final track, "Megaton," which closes this compilation on the same note as the promo CD. Eight of the songs were licensed from music production firm APM Music, Inc. and I was unable to determine the year that these tracks were originally recorded.
Check out the teaser trailer that features The Ink Spots' "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire":
Check out the commercial that features Bob Crosby and the Bobcats' "Dear Hearts and Gentle People":
Update 03/30/2009: An anonymous poster below was kind enough to mention an additional track that I missed! "Into the Wasteland" is one of three Inon Zur tracks that you can preview on the official Fallout 3 page. For whatever reason, it's also the only track of the three that did not end up on the promo disc. I found a 320kbps encode of the track on Soulseek and placed it just before the final track on this compilation. Thanks, Anon!
Fallout 3 (2008) 1. Inon Zur - Main Title [2008] (2:06) * 2. The Ink Spots - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire [1940] (3:06) * 3. Cole Porter - Anything Goes [1934] (3:08) # 4. Tex Beneke - A Wonderful Guy [1949] (1:52) # 5. Sid Phillips - Boogie Man (2:23) # 6. Roy Brown - Butcher Pete (Part 1) [1949] (2:28) * 7. Billie Holiday - Crazy He Calls Me [1949] (3:02) # 8. Danny Kaye / The Andrews Sisters - Civilization [1947] (3:00) # 9. Bob Crosby and the Bobcats - Dear Hearts and Gentle People [1950] (2:09) + 10. Billie Holiday - Easy Living [1937] (3:02) # 11. Gerhard Trede - Fox Boogie (3:15) # 12. Bob Crosby and the Bobcats - Happy Times [1949] (2:41) # 13. Jack Shaindlin - I'm Tickled Pink (1:48) # 14. Ella Fitzgerald / The Ink Spots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall [1944] (3:06) # 15. Billy Munn - Jazzy Interlude (2:49) # 16. Gerhard Trede - Jolly Days (1:40) # 17. Jack Shaindlin - Let's Go Sunning (1:41) # 18. The Ink Spots - Maybe [1935] (2:50) # 19. Roy Brown - Mighty, Mighty Man [1949] (2:33) # 20. Eddy Christiani / Frans Poptie - Rhythm for You (2:59) # 21. Allan Gray - Swing Doors (2:58) # 22. Bob Crosby and the Bobcats - Way Back Home [1935] (2:53) * 23. Inon Zur - Battle 01 [2008] (3:37) # 24. Inon Zur - Battle 02 [2008] (3:25) # 25. Inon Zur - Battle 03 [2008] (2:02) # 26. Inon Zur - Battle 04 [2008] (3:27) # 27. Inon Zur - Battle 05 [2008] (2:41) # 28. Inon Zur - Battle 06 [2008] (2:59) # 29. Inon Zur - Battle 07 [2008] (2:57) # 30. Inon Zur - Into the Wasteland [2008] (3:28) + 31. Inon Zur - Megaton [2008] (3:26) *
* = From Featured Selections from the Fallout 3 Soundtrack Promo CD + = Bonus Track # = Game Rip Bonus Track
119.22MB RAR archive MP3: Constant and Variable bitrate (194.1kbps average)
Michael Hutchence of INXS fame stars as the lead singer of Dogs in Space, a band partying and gigging and trying to make it. Based on the story of local band The Ears, it captures the turbulent feel of what the 1979/1980 Australian Little Band Scene must have been like, just as punk was moving into new wave. A remarkable movie with an incredible soundtrack, full of alternately well-known and relatively unknown bands from that unique time and place.
Check out the first seven-and-a-half minutes of Dogs in Space, featuring Iggy Pop's "Dog Food" and Stamphyl Revega's "Frankie Teardrop." Nice widescreen source, I wonder where it comes from?:
Check out this movie clip that features The Marching Girls' "True Love":
Check out the very young Nick Cave in the music video for Boys Next Door's "Shivers":
Check out the music video for Michael Hutchence's "Rooms for the Memory":
The soundtrack for this film is a rarity. The CD version of the soundtrack was briefly issued in only two countries back in '86. The German release mixed in dialogue from the movie and the tracks segue into each other. It's this version that was also released worldwide on vinyl. This mix is much more common than the Japanese release, which I've posted here previously. I prefer the Japanese release version because it presents the songs individually without segue ways or dialogue. The downside of the Japanese CD is that two of the songs are presented in censored "Instrumental" versions, although it does feature a longer, more complete version of Michael Hutchence's "The Green Dragon" narrative.
As this is one of my favorite soundtracks, I thought it would be a cool to create a custom expanded compilation. I started with a clean 160kbps rip of the Japanese CD that I found on BitTorrent site mininova a year-and-a-half ago. While the rip is only 160kbps, it was Fraunhofer encoded, so it sounds surprisingly good, with no noticeable artifacts. It was posted along with a rip of the only DVD release this movie has seen, an awful cropped and hazy bootleg from England.
Looking at the ending credits, I found that there were five songs used in the movie, but not released on the soundtrack: Stamphyl Revega's "Frankie Teardrop," Too Fat to Fit Through the Door's "Skullbrains," Whirlywirld's "Window to the World" and The Birthday Party's "Mr. Clarinet" and "Happy Birthday." Additionally, I also recognized the original Whirlywirld version of "Win/Lose" playing over the end credits. I had The Birthday Party tracks on their Hee-Haw CD and the Wirlywirld tracks are on The Complete Studio Works CD, so they were no problem. As they were never issued, I was forced to rip the Stamphyl Revega and Too Fat to Fit Through the Door tracks direct from the movie.
While watching the film again, I also ran across two short bits of score that I thought would fit nicely in the compilation that I was building, so I ripped those as well. While not credited directly, I assume that Musical Director (and former Wirlywirld member) Ollie Olson created these short instrumental bits and, incidentally, I believe that Stamphyl Revenga is an Ollie Olson pseudonym. The movie rip is in PAL format and, because of that, runs slightly fast at 25 frames per second. This makes the sound slightly pitched. I used BeSweet to correct the speed back to the equivalent of the correct 23.976 framerate before encoding to MP3.
That left the two censored tracks. Fortunately, the uncensored version of Primitive Calculators' "Pumping Ugly Muscle" has been reissued on the 2006 compilation Tales from the Australian Underground Vol 2: 1977-1990. I was able to find this track and the uncensored version of Thrush & the Cunts' "Diseases" on Soulseek. "Diseases" was ripped from the German soundtrack CD and is mostly complete, with a fade-in that clips about the first 16s.
As the original soundtrack was roughly sequenced in the same order that the tracks appear in the film, it made sense to me to do the same with this compilation. I'm a big fan of this film and it's an absolute mystery to me why it hasn't been properly remastered and re-released on CD and DVD (or Blu-ray!). This custom expanded compilation adds ten bonus tracks to the original release. Thanks to an anonymous poster, you can read a scan of the original liner notes by clicking here.
Dogs in Space (1986) 1. Iggy Pop - Dog Food [1980] (1:42) 2. Stamphyl Revega - Frankie Teardrop [1986] (3:27) # 3. Michael Hutchence - Dogs in Space [1986] (2:58) 4. Ollie Olsen - Win/Lose [1986] (4:57) 5. Gang of Four - Anthrax [1979] (3:00) 6. The Marching Girls - True Love [1986] (3:05) 7. Brian Eno - Skysaw [1975] (3:24) 8. Too Fat to Fit Through the Door - Skullbrains [1986] (0:47) # 9. Boys Next Door - Shivers [1979] (4:25) 10. Thrush & the Cunts - Diseases [1986] (2:44) 11. Primitive Calculators - Pumping Ugly Muscle [1986] (5:07) 12. Michael Hutchence - Golf Course [1986] (2:59) 13. Marie Hoy & Friends - Shivers [1986] (4:05) 14. Michael Hutchence - The Green Dragon [1986] (2:19) 15. Whirlywirld - Window to the World [1979] (3:39) * 16. Ollie Olsen - Anna Betrayed [1986] (0:53) # 17. The Birthday Party - Mr. Clarinet [1980] (3:41) * 18. The Birthday Party - Happy Birthday [1980] (3:58) * 19. Ollie Olsen - Sam & Anna Reunited [1986] (0:51) # 20. Iggy Pop - Endless Sea [1979] (4:56) 21. Michael Hutchence - Rooms for the Memory [1986] (5:07) 22. Whirlywirld - Win/Lose [1980] (5:51) * 23. Thrush & the Cunts - Diseases (Instrumental) [1986] (2:58) * 24. Primitive Calculators - Pumping Ugly Muscle (Instrumental) [1986] (5:11) *
* = Bonus Track # = Movie Rip Bonus Track
118.7MB RAR archive MP3: Constant and Variable bitrate (201.5kbps average)
James McNew formed Dump, a one-man four-track side project, in January of 1991. After a half-dozen releases, Dump was put aside to focus on his job as bass player for Yo La Tengo. McNew resurrected Dump in 1998 when he released a seven song cassette homage to Prince entitled That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice?Prince fans will recognize the title as a self-referential line from the bizarre song "Bob George" off the infamous Black Album. That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice? was released on CD in 2001 with five bonus tracks added to the end.
The only way I could describe Dump's sound would be "low-fi indie." One thing for sure, it's definitely a strange and somewhat downbeat experience. At the same time, it's also totally entertaining. But you have to wonder, how serious is this project? Prince is an easy target and while this is never jokey, it certainly isn't totally lacking in levity. I think an important clue can be discerned if you take a look at the song selection. While the majority of the covers are singles, there are three b-sides ("Erotic City," "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" and "Another Lonely Christmas") and one unreleased track ("An Honest Man"). On song selection alone, you have to figure that James McNew must be a serious Prince fan. As odd as it may seem, I think this is a heartfelt tribute that is expressed in an unexpected way.
But be warned, if you're the kind of Prince fan that is overly touchy about the 62" wunderkind, then you may have trouble enjoying this. Which is your loss, really.
Dump - That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice? (1998) 1. 1999 (6:59) 2. Raspberry Beret (3:31) 3. Erotic City (3:20) 4. The Beautiful Ones (5:19) 5. When U Were Mine (4:02) 6. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? (3:27) 7. Pop Life (3:48) 8. A Love Bizarre (6:52) 9. Girls + Boys (4:41) 10. Dirty Mind (4:16) 11. An Honest Man (2:55) 12. Another Lonely Christmas (5:08)
Latin-Esque was Esquivel's third and final collaboration with producer Neely Plumb and engineer John Norman. This was Esquivel's first and only foray into RCA's Stereo Action series. It was through an incredibly innovative system that they achieved complete stereo separation. The original liner notes do an excellent job of explaining the methods used:
"This album represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first time in the history of stereo recording in which absolute separation of channels has been achieved. To accomplish this, the orchestra was separated into two parts - half in Studio 1 and the other half in Studio 2, almost a city block down the long corridor of the RCA building in Hollywood. Through an intricate system of inter-communication by headphones, the musicians were able to hear each other and play together just as if they were all in the same room. The effects are startling, the arrangements are daring, and when an instrument moves from side to side it can literally be said that the motion is almost a block long! Five experimental sessions were held prior to the actual recording dates. At these sessions Esquivel and his producer and engineer tried endless different approaches to various percussion instruments with electronic effects applied to them. A careful book of notes was kept with the best and most convincing effects clearly marked, later to be applied to the actual arrangements by Esquivel himself. Space does not allow the details of the effects themselves, but in LATIN-ESQUE by Esquivel you are sure to hear sounds you have never heard before - sounds your eyes can follow."
Check out this wild music video for "You Belong to My Heart (Solamente una Vez)" that uses drawings done by Sharon Rutledge:
Check out this clip that combines visuals from Animaniacs with the sounds of "Mucha Muchacha":
Esquivel signed to Reprise Records, the Warner Bros. label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, for his next album, 1962's More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds. He then took a five year break from producing studio albums to focus on his live stage show for the Las Vegas/Lake Tahoe circuit. He would eventually return to the studio for two final albums, 1967's The Genius of Esquivel and 1968 Esquivel!!
Latin-Esque was released on CD by BMG Music Spain in 2000.
Esquivel - Latin-Esque (1962) 1. La Raspa (1:50) 2. Adios, Mariquita Linda (3:14) 3. Jesusita en Chihuahua (2:20) 4. Cachito (Pedacito) (2:26) 5. Latin-Esque (3:04) 6. La Paloma (2:03) 7. Estrellita (2:30) 8. (Oyeme) Cachita (2:23) 9. Jungle Drums (Canto Karabali) (3:55) 10. Mucha Muchacha (2:17) 11. You Belong to My Heart (Solamente una Vez) (2:42) 12. Carioca (1:41)
Just a quick note to let folks out there know that an update has been released for the LAME MP3 encoder, version 3.98.2.
Any regular visitors I have know that I prefer the LAME encoder for creating MP3 files. If you're like me and you use Audiograbber (Exact Audio Copy is a good alternative, but is less intuitive), then the LAME encoder is absolutely essential if you want the highest quality. You can check out my posting Tutorial: Create MP3s Using Audiograbber with the LAME Encoder for more info on ripping CDs to MP3.
This is basically a minor bugfix update, but for those curious, here's the changelog:
o Fix for Bugtracker item [ 2031704 ] --id3v1-only didnt work in 3.98-final o Fix for Bugtracker item [ 2022035 ] encoder_padding value and resampling o Fix for Bugtracker item [ 2029282 ] Frequency filtering API broken in 3.98 o Fix for Bugtracker item [ 2039648 ] potential memory leak in parse_args() function in parse.c o Fix for some tagging issues: + Made search for ID3v1 genres more sloppy, abbrevations may match more often as some simple typos. Examples: # --tg "Alt. Rock" matches genre "Alternate Rock" # --tg "acapela" matches genre "A Cappella" + New switch --pad-id3v2-size "n": adds ID3v2 tag with n padding bytes.
As usual, the best place to grab the latest LAME compile is from RareWares. You can get the 3.98.2 build (compiled with Intel Compiler 10.1) by clicking here.
It was in 1963 that Coca-Cola started using the slogan "Things Go Better with Coke." Advertising agency McCann-Erickson worked with popular acts to create musical jingles utilizing the slogan. The jingles became so popular that Coca-Cola eventually distributed 60,000 promotional "Let's Swing the Jingle for Coca-Cola" singles through their bottlers.
In these short radio spots, the original artists would rework their own popular songs to reflect the idea that "Things Go Better with Coke." What's amazing is that these short little reworkings are actually strangely compelling to listen to. In fact, even listening to several of them in a row is enjoyable, sometimes in a head-shaking kind of way. What's bizarre to me is that something that today would seem like such a crass sell-out was deemed not only acceptable, but was actually incredibly popular. What helps, I'm sure, is the earnestness that went into the production of these tracks. Clearly less cynical times, those.
I bought my buddy Bill the Splut the Things Go Better with Coke: Sixties Coca-Cola Commercials 1965-'69 bootleg CD for his birthday years ago. He was kind enough to loan it to me to rip. In doing research for this post, I discovered that there was another bootleg collection of Coca-Cola commercials from this same time period called, appropriately, Coca-Cola Commercials. While there was some overlap, both CDs had many different artists on them. I found a nice 192kbps rip of this on Soulseek. It runs 66 tracks, with 60 on the borrowed disc. The sound quality on the Things Go Better with Coke CD was slightly better, so I used those tracks as masters and eliminated 29 duplicates from the Coca-Cola Commercials CD. I also found 11 other tracks from various sources on Soulseek. These include single tracks from Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, The Shirelles & John W. Bubbles, Otis Redding and The Four Seasons, two tracks each from Little Milton and The Who and three additional tracks from Roy Orbison.
Check out this TV commercial featuring the jingle by The Seekers:
In assembling this collection I decided to put it in alphabetical order by artist, ignoring "The." The only exception to this is the final track, a "Pepsi Generation" track that also closed out the Things Go Better with Coke CD. The Coca-Cola Commercials CD listed years, but the Things Go Better with Coke CD did not, so not all of the tracks have a year listed. For some tracks there are two versions of the same song, :60 and :90 second spots. As these variants are actually edited differently with sometimes differing voiceovers, I decided to keep both, listing them as either "Short" or "Long". Also, while I scanned the cover of Things Go Better with Coke to use here, the original cover is yellow. I wanted to mark this compilation as different so I opened it up in Photoshop and converted the yellow to Coca-Cola red! The color filling was done very sloppily on the original, so I spent some time cleaning that up as well. While I don't presume that this collection of odd pop music curios is complete, I bet it's darn close!
Things Go Better with Coke: Sixties Coca-Cola Commercials (1965-1969) 1. The American Breed - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00) 2. The American Breed - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00) 3. Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00) 4. Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:01) 5. Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (1:29) 6. B.J. Thomas - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:57) 7. B.J. Thomas - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:58) 8. The Bee Gees - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:55) 9. The Bee Gees - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59) 10. The Box Tops - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:58) 11. The Box Tops - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00) 12. The Box Tops - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (1:00) 13. Brooklyn Bridge - Things Go Better with Coke (0:59) 14. Carla Thomas - Things Go Better with Coke (0:59) 15. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Things Go Better with Coke (2:18) 16. The Drifters - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00) 17. The Easybeats - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:03) 18. The Easybeats - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:56) 19. The Easybeats - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (1:18) 20. The Everly Brothers - Things Go Better with Coke (1:25) 21. The 5th Dimension - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00) 22. The 5th Dimension - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00) 23. Fontella Bass - Things Go Better with Coke (0:58) 24. The Fortunes - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00) 25. The Four Seasons - Things Go Better with Coke (1:33) 26. Freddie and the Dreamers - Things Go Better with Coke (0:58) 27. Freddy Cannon - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59) 28. Freddy Cannon - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59) 29. Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59) 30. Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Short) (0:57) 31. Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Long) (1:30) 32. Gladys Knight and the Pips - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00) 33. Gladys Knight and the Pips - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59) 34. Golden Earring - Things Go Better with Coke (1:49) 35. Jan and Dean - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00) 36. Jay and the Americans - Things Go Better with Coke (0:58) 37. Jay and the Techniques - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59) 38. Jay and the Techniques - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00) 39. Jerry Butler - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00) 40. Jerry Butler / Carla Thomas - Things Go Better with Coke (0:59) 41. Joe Tex - Things Go Better with Coke (0:57) 42. Lee Dorsey - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00) 43. Lee Dorsey - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00) 44. The Left Banke - Things Go Better with Coke (1:02) 45. Lesley Gore - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:31) 46. Lesley Gore - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Short) (1:03) 47. Lesley Gore - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Long) (1:32) 48. Little Milton - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:02) 49. Little Milton - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:05) 50. Los Bravos - Things Go Better with Coke (1:30) 51. Lulu - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00) 52. Lulu - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:58) 53. Marvin Gaye - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00) 54. Marvin Gaye / Tammi Terrell - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00) 55. Mary Hopkin - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00) 56. The Moody Blues - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Short) (1:01) 57. The Moody Blues - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Long) (1:35) 58. The Moody Blues - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59) 59. The Moody Blues - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (0:59) 60. Nancy Sinatra - Things Go Better with Coke (Short) (1:01) 61. Nancy Sinatra - Things Go Better with Coke (Long) (1:31) 62. Neil Diamond - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:52) 63. Neil Diamond - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00) 64. New Vaudeville Band - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:34) 65. New Vaudeville Band - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:31) 66. Otis Redding - Things Go Better with Coke (1:29) 67. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Short) (0:58) 68. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Long) (1:31) 69. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:02) 70. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (Short) (1:01) 71. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (Long) (1:29) 72. Ray Charles - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:01) 73. Ray Charles - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:31) 74. Ray Charles / Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:28) 75. Ray Charles / Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:32) 76. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Short) (1:01) 77. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Long) (1:30) 78. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Short) (1:02) 79. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Long) (1:28) 80. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (Short) (0:59) 81. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (Long) (1:29) 82. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #4 (1:01) 83. Sandy Posey - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59) 84. Sandy Posey - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59) 85. Sandy Posey - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (1:00) 86. The Seekers - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59) 87. The Seekers - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00) 88. The Shirelles / John W. Bubbles - Things Go Better with Coke (1:46) 89. The Supremes - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Short) (1:00) 90. The Supremes - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Long) (1:30) 91. The Supremes - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00) 92. Tom Jones - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59) 93. Tom Jones - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:56) 94. Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00) 95. Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59) 96. The Tremeloes - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00) 97. The Tremeloes - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:58) 98. The Troggs - Things Go Better with Coke (Short) (1:00) 99. The Troggs - Things Go Better with Coke (Long) (1:31) 100. Vanilla Fudge - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:58) 101. Vanilla Fudge - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59) 102. The Vogues - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:30) 103. The Vogues - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Short) (1:00) 104. The Vogues - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Long) (1:33) 105. Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - Things Go Better with Coke (0:59) 106. The Who - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:06) 107. The Who - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:29) 108. Come Alive - The Pepsi Generation (2:01)
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In 2006, Iron Lore Entertainment developed Titan Quest, one of the best of the various "Diablo-style" action RPGs. As the player in the game, you travel through three distinct eras, fighting the mythological monsters of Greece, Egypt and China. Composers Scott B. Morton & Michael Verrette were brought in and they created a rousing score that successfully envelops you in the fantastic elements of those three time periods. The skills of jazz vocalist Taunia Soderquist are effectively used for operatic effect on three of the tracks.
In 2007, Iron Lore released a Deluxe Edition of the game that included, among other extras, a soundtrack CD. As this package was limited and Iron Lore has since closed their doors, it seems fair game to post the soundtrack here. The version that I located was ripped by "Monkichi" and includes two bonus suites ripped direct from the game.
For a nice short excerpt of Titan Quest's exciting score, check out the original game trailer:
Scott B. Morton & Michael Verrette - Titan Quest (2007) 1. Main Title (2:45) 2. Helos (1:09) 3. Scorched Earth (0:58) 4. The Prophecy (1:46) 5. Arm of the Gods (2:25) 6. Heroes of the Past (0:53) 7. Athens (1:07) 8. Knossos Labyrinth (1:01) 9. Megalesios (1:55) 10. Rhakotis Library (0:59) 11. Abedju (0:49) 12. Memphis (1:19) 13. Giza Plateau (1:13) 14. The Sphinx (1:59) 15. The Great Pyramid (1:25) 16. Aktaios (1:52) 17. Sandswept Roads (2:20) 18. Temple of Hatshepsut (1:48) 19. Hanging Gardens of Babylon (1:09) 20. Temple of Marduk (1:35) 21. The Silk Road (1:06) 22. Ice Caverns (1:18) 23. Over the Great Wall to Chang'an (3:12) 24. Zhidan (1:01) 25. Binxan (1:29) 26. Praying Warrior (4:01) 27. Terra Cotta March (1:09) 28. Jade Palace (2:06) 29. Ormenos (1:40) 30. Road to Olympus (2:27) 31. Battling the Titan (2:26) 32. Finale (1:27) 33. When Gods Fall (Credits) (4:28) 34. Into the Orient (Suite) (3:17) 35. Sands of Egypt (Suite) (4:44)
Well, as of today, it's been two years since I started Psychotic Leisure Music! It's amazing how time flies when life is good! I decided to celebrate a couple weeks early this year and gave PLM a much needed makeover.
Last year I managed to upload just over an album per week. This year has been a lot busier for me and I've been unable to repeat that lofty goal. Still, at twice per month, at least I'm not too much of a slacker...
Although my posting frequency has slowed, my visitor rate hasn't; I'm typically getting 500 to 800 hits per day, sometimes more. It still strikes me as totally incredible that there are so many folks that take the time to regularly visit a blog that I've created. Pretty cool.
Once again I want to thank those visitors that leave comments. Even if it's just to say, "Thanks," the feedback makes a big difference to me and I definitely appreciate it. Things have been going great for me and the future looks bright! I'll make a sincere effort to prevent any further slow down here.
One quick final note: The Internet is a real boon to music lovers and getting music these days really couldn't be any easier. This site specializes in making available music that is no longer commercially accessible. I believe it's wrong to profit from out of print music and that's why I make it available here for free. That being said, it's as important as ever to pay for music you enjoy that's commercially available. It helps to support the artists you appreciate and it's the honest and morally correct thing to do! Anyway, I don't mean to preach, but sometimes a gentle reminder is good. If it's in print and you like it, well, then go buy it!
Anyway, thanks again for stopping in and keep enjoying the music! Here's to another year!
In May of 1994, Virgin Records took another trip to the ambient music well, releasing the third two-disc collection in their commercially and critically successful series A Brief History of Ambient. For the final time, Virgin Records mined exclusively from their back catalog to present this collection of tracks.
This third volume is as enjoyable to listen to as the first two, but, in all honesty, things are starting to get a bit repetitive. Take a look at the track list below and you'll find a selection of the usual suspects making yet another appearance. Some of the more interesting tracks are the quiet ones from the artists whose output is mostly outside the genre. This, certainly though, is the least essential volume of the four. That being said, don't let my grousing detract overly much; if you enjoyed the first two, it's an absolute guarantee that you'll dig this as well.
Virgin Records eventually released one final volume in the series, this time dedicated to the darker Isolationism sub-genre. This last volume was also the only to feature tracks licensed from other labels. Keep your eyes peeled, as I'll be completing the collection by posting it here (fairly) soon.
A Brief History of Ambient Volume 3: The Music of Changes (1976-1994) 1. Shu-De - Sygyt, Khoomei, Kargyraa [1994] (1:07) 2. Irmin Schmidt / Bruno Spoerri - When the Waters Came to Life [1990] (4:23) 3. David Sylvian / Robert Fripp - Darshana (Reconstructed by The Future Sound of London) [1993] (9:53) 4. William Orbit - Gringatcho Demento [1993] (6:20) 5. Rain Tree Crow - Red Earth (As Summertime Ends) [1991] (3:34) 6. Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Last Emperor - Theme Variation 1 [1987] (2:19) 7. Robert Fripp - 1988 [1981] (10:27) 8. David Sylvian - Epiphany [1991] (1:28) 9. Amorphous Androgynous - A Study of Six Guitars [1994] (3:08) 10. Trisan - May Yo I [1992] (5:48) 11. Bill Laswell - Kingdom Come [1988] (7:27) 12. Seigen Ono - You Will Be All Right [1989] (2:43) 13. Laraaji - Meditation No. 2 [1980] (7:34) 14. Bark Psychosis - Pendulum Man [1994] (9:52) 15. Michael Brook - Distant Village [1985] (3:55) 16. Holger Czukay / Jah Wobble / Jaki Liebezeit - Mystery RPS (No. 8) [1992] (8:23) 17. Prince Far I - Throw Away Your Gun [1980] (4:30) 18. Harold Budd / Brian Eno - Wind in Lonely Fences [1980] (3:40) 19. King Crimson - Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds) [1984] (4:44) 20. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Remixed by Massive Attack) [1990] (5:29) 21. Stephan Micus - Concert for Gender, Shakuhachi and Zither (Edit) [1976] (1:21) 22. Robert Fripp / Brian Eno - Healthy Colours III [1994] (5:35) 23. The Future Sound of London - Cascade - Parts 2 & 3 [1993] (13:26) 24. Robert Quine / Fred Maher - Summer Storm [1984] (4:00) 25. John Hassell / Brian Eno - Rising Thermal [1980] (2:43) 26. David Sylvian / Holger Czukay - Mutability (A New Beginning Is in the Offing) (Edit) [1989] (8:43) 27. Brian Eno - 2/2 [1978] (9:25)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a unique and, quite honestly, magical movie experience. Tough to describe, though. I mean, technically, it's a musical, but maybe it's a musical for folks who don't like musicals. I know I don't. I think I like this, though, because, in a way, the "songs" aren't really songs. Sure, the basic components of song are there, but the difference is that all of the "lyrics" are actually sung dialogue. There is no spoken dialogue and the movie never breaks out into song like traditional musicals tend to. So, this soundtrack is French chanson music sung in what it turns out is called a recitative style.
Directed by Jacques Demy with music composed by Michel Legrand, this emotional tale of love lost stars Catherine Deneuve (as Geneviève, voiced by Danielle Licari) and Nino Castelnuovo (as Guy, voiced by José Bartel). Deneuve is absolutely luminous here. She's never been more beautiful. The Wikipedia page for this film provides an excellent synopsis, so I won't even try here. It's certainly not for everyone, but, needless to say, if you love catchy French music, heavy on the melodrama, you're apt to dig this.
Check out this nice short clip from early in the film, followed by the original theatrical trailer:
Easily the best soundtrack release this film has seen is the 1996 double-disc release by Sony France. It is the complete film soundtrack and includes six non-film bonus tracks. The first is Tony Bennett's popular 1964 take on "Watch What Happens." This is followed by Michel Legrand's jazz trio take on "I Will Wait for You" from 1991. Next are what appear to be three early 1962 rehearsal tracks featuring Michel Legrand on piano, performing with his sister Christiane Legrand, who went on to provide the vocals for the character Madame Emery, played by Anne Vernon in the film. The final track is Michel Legrand Big Band's take on "I Will Wait for You" from 1995. This release has since been replaced by a shortened single disc version.
Michel Legrand - Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) 1. Générique (2:12) 2. Scène du Garage (2:50) 3. Devant le Magasin (1:42) 4. Chez Tante Elise (2:32) 5. Dans la Rue (0:35) 6. Au Dancing (1:57) 7. Sur le Quai (1:54) 8. Dans le Magasin de Parapluies (5:25) 9. Chez Dubourg, le Joaillier (4:11) 10. Dans le Magasin (3:19) 11. Devant le Garage (4:53) 12. Chez Elise (1:42) 13. A l'Appartement (2:49) 14. Adieux à Elise (1:51) 15. La Gare (Guy s'en Va) (2:24) 16. Dans le Magasin (4:51) 17. Le Dîner (4:33) 18. Récit de Cassard (3:41) 19. La Lettre de Guy (1:57) 20. Le Carnaval (7:58) 21. Le Mariage (1:01) 22. Retour de Guy (0:42) 23. Chez Elise (4:18) 24. Le Garage (Dispute) (1:56) 25. Guy au Café (1:46) 26. La Boîte à Matelots (3:14) 27. Duo Guy / Madeleine (2:06) 28. La Terrasse du Café (3:07) 29. La Station-Service (2:04) 30. Final (4:59) 31. Watch What Happens (2:55) 32. I Will Wait for You (Version Trio) (7:45) 33. Chez Dubourg, le Joaillier (1:41) 34. Chez Tante Elise (3:03) 35. Récit de Cassard (3:18) 36. I Will Wait for You (Version Big-Band) (9:08)
Hey! Thanks for stopping in! This blog exists as a means to share challenging, but difficult to find, music. To my knowledge, the music presented here is out of print. My goal here is to spread music, but not to hurt anybody, especially the artists involved. So, if I've posted something that's still available commercially, just let me know and I'll take it down. Enjoy!
Following the release of the second Rollins Band album, Hard Volume, bassist Andrew Weiss and vocalist Henry Rollins collaborated on a one-off side project called Wartime. A former member of Greg Ginn's Gone, Weiss also worked as a producer and bassist on several Ween albums.
