Monday 7 July 2014

An A-Z of UK GARAGE:


ARTFUL DODGER – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE STRAGGLERS (2001)
BURIAL – UNTRUE (2007)
CASE, ED – ED’S GUEST LIST (2002)
DIZEE RASCAL – TONGUE N CHEEK (2009)
EDWARDS, TODD – FULL ON VOL. 2 (2003)
FALTY dl – LOVE IS A LIABILITY (2009)
GEIOM – ISLAND NOISE (2007)
HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS – IN FINE STYLE (2002)
ITAL TEK – cYCLiCAL (2008)
JOKER – THE VISION (2011)
KODE 9 AND SPACE APE – THE BLACK SUN (2011)
LISA MAFFIA – FIRST LADY (2003)
MS DYNAMITE – A LITTLE DEEPER (2002)
NEIL LANDSTRUMM – BAMBAATAA EATS HIS BREAKFAST (2009)
ONE EIGHT SEVEN LOCKDOWN – 187 LOCKDOWN (1998)
PINCH – UNDERWATER DANCEHALL (2007)
QUARTA 330 – DOT-BUBBLES (2006)
RUSKO – O.M.G. (2010)
SCREAM – SCREAM (2006)
TINIE TEMPAH – DISC–OVERY (2010)
URBAN COLLECTIVE – TEMPER EP (2002)
VARIOUS – PURE GARAGE MIXED BY EZ (2000)
WOOKIE – WOOKIE (2000)
X, AGENT – THE VINTAGE EP (2003)
YA TOSIBA – MAD BARBER EP (2012)
ZOMBY – WHERE WERE YOU IN ’92?

An A-Z of Trance:


Armin Van Buuren – 10 years (2006)
Barbarella – The Art of Dance (1992)
Cosmic Baby – Thinking about myself (1994)
DJ Tiesto – In search of Sunrise 3: Panama (2002)
Enigma – 15 Years After (2005)
Future Sound of London – Accelerator (1991)
George Acosta – Awake (2000)
Hallucinogen – twisted (1995)
Infected Mushroom – Classic Mushroom (1993)
Jam and Spoon – Tripomatic Fairytales 2001 (1993)
Klaus Schulz – Trancefer (1981)
L.S.G. – Rendezvous in Outer Space (1995)
Mauro Picotto – The Double Album (2000)
Nelson and Agnelli – Hudson St. (2000)
Orbital – Orbital 2: Brown Album (1993)
Paul Oakenfold – Tranceport (1998)
Quietman – Shhhh (1998)
Ruff Driverz – In-Fidelity (1999)
Shpongle – are you shpongled? (2000) or Sven Vath - Accident in Paradise (1992)
Three Drives on Vinyl – 2000 (1999)
Underworld – 1992-2002 (2003)
Vincent De Moor – Orion City (1998)
William Orbit – Strange Cargo III (1993)
X-Tracks – Plan ’94 E.P. (1994)
Yahel – Waves of Sound (2000)
Zyon – Zyon (1992)

An A-Z of Techno:


Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)
Beltram, Joey – Classics (1996)
Carl Cox – F.A.C.T. (1995)
Dog, Black – Bytes (1993)
Eight –O-Eight State (808 State) – Newbuild (1988)
Flashin’ Fowlkes, Eddie – Black Techno Soul 1996)
Global Communication – 76:14 (1994)
Higher Intelligence Agency – Free Floater (1995)
Irresistible Force – Flying High (1992)
Juan Atkins – 20 years of Metroplex (2005)
Ken Ishii – Jelly Tones (1995)
LFO – Frequencies (1991)
Mills, Jeff – Blue Potential (Live With Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra) (2006)
Neil Ollivierra aka Detroit Escalator Co– The Soundtrack 313 (1996)
Orbital – Green Album (1991)
Psychick Warriors ov Gaia – Ov Biospheres and Sacred Grooves (1992)
Quazar – Flight Recorder (1997)
Robert Hood – Minimal Nation (1993)
Stacey Pullen – The Theory of Silent Phase (1995)
Titonton Duvante – Voyeurism (1999)
Underground Resistance (Jeff Mills) – Revolution for Change (1992)
Vath, Sven – Accident in Paradise (1992)
Wild, Damon – Somewhere in Time (1998)
X-102 – Rediscovers the Rings of Saturn (2008)
Yokota, Susuma (Prism) – Metronome Melody (1995)
Z – Plane – Variegation (1997)
Other – Va - Arificial Intelligence I (1992) and II (1994)
Va – Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit (1988)

A-Z of Rock n Roll:



Avalon, Frankie - Venus (2010)
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
Cochran, Eddie - The Best Of Eddie Cochran (2005)
Diddly, Bo - 6 Classic Albums - Box Set (2013)
Elvis Presley - The Complete '68 Comeback Special (Limited Edition Delux) - (2008)
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (2010)
Gene Vincent - Rock and Roll and Rockabilly Hits (2013)
Holly, Buddy - The "Chirping Crickets" (1957)
Ike Turner - Rocket '88 - The Original 1951 - 1960 (2011)
Janis Martin - Rockin' Rollin' Janis (1976)
Lewis, Jerry Lee -  Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, 1964 (2010)
Kidd, Johnny & the Pirates - The Very Best (2008)
Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957)
Million Dollar Quartet - Million Dollar Quartet 50th Anniversary edition (2008)
Nelson, Ricky - Ricky Nelson (1958)
Orbison, Roy - Roy Orbison at the Rock House (1961)
Phil Spector - Back To Mono 1958 - 1969 (1991)
Quickly, Tommy - The Best of Tommy Quickly and the Remo Four (1992)
Reeder, Eskew aka Esquerita - Esquerita! (1959)
Screaming Jay Hawkins - At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1958)
The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)
Undertakers, the - Unearthed (1996)
Ventures, The - The Ventures (1961)
Wilde, Marty - Born to Rock n' Roll (1976)
XI, Lord Rockingham's - Hoot's Mon - The Collection 1958 - 1962 (2013)
Yelvington, Malcolm - It's Me, Baby - The Sun Years Plus (2012)
Z - I cannot find an artist/band beginning with this letter! (if you can, drop me a message at www.jajaonan.blogspot.com).

A-Z of R n B and Soul:


Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man the Way I Loved You (1967)
Baby Huey – The Baby Huey Story (The Living Legend) (1971)
Cody Chestnutt - The Headphone Masterpiece (2002)
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
Esther Phillips – From A Whisper To A Scream (1971)
Flack, Roberta - First Take (1969)
Gaye, Marvin - What's Going On (1971)
Hamilton, Anthony - Comin' from Where I'm From (2003)
Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
James, Etta - At Last (1961)
Kendricks, Eddie - All by Myself (1971)
Little Beaver - Black Rhapsody (1974)
Mayfield, Curtis - Superfly OST (1972)
Neville Brothers - The Neville Brothers (1978)
O.V. Wright- The Bottom Line (1978)
Peebles, Ann - I Can't Stand the Rain (1974)
Quazar - Quazar (1978)
Redding, Otis - Otis Blue (1965)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)
Undisputed Truth – Cosmic Truth (1975)
Vandross, Luther - Luther (1976)
Wilson Pickett - Right On (1970)
YahZarah - The Prelude (2008)
Zo - Sunstorm (2010)

An A-Z of Reggae:



ABYSSINIANS, THE – SATTA MASSAGANA (1993)
BIG YOUTH – SCREAMING TARGET (1972)
CONGOS, THE – HEART OF THE CONGO (1977)
DR ALIMANTADO – BEST DRESSED CHICKEN IN TOWN (1978)
EEK A MOUSE – THE VERY BEST OF EEK A MOUSE (1990)
FLIMSTONE, DREAD – THE BIONIC DREAD (1995)
GARDINER, BORIS - SLEDGEHAMMER (1973)
HUDSON, KEITH – PICK A DUB (1994)
ISAACS, GREGORY – NIGHT NURSE (1982)
JIMMY CLIFF – JIMMY CLIFF (1969)
KING TUBBY – KING TUBBY’S SPECIAL 1973-76 (1989)
LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY – BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (1989)
MARLEY, BOB - EXODUS (1981)
NOW GENERATION – FOR THE GOOD TIMES (1974)
OSBOURNE, JOHNNY – NEVER STOP FIGHTING (1982)
PABLO, AUGUSTUS – KING TUBBYS MEETS THE ROCKERS UPTOWN (1973)
QUAYE, FINLEY - MAVERICK A STRIKE (1997)
ROMEO, MAX – WAR IN A BABYLON (1976)
SUSAN CADOGAN – SUSAN C ADOGAN (1976)
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS – FUNKY KINGSTON (1973)
UPSETTERS – SUPER APE (1976)
VULCANS, THE – STAR TREK (1972)
WAILER, BUNNY – BLACKHEART MAN (1976)
X– NO KNOWN REGGAE ETC BAND BEGINNING WITH X.
YABBY YOU – KING TUBBY’S PROPHECY OF DUB (1976)
ZION TRAIN – NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD (1993)
VA – THE HARDER THEY COME OST (1972)

An A-Z of Punk:

I have allowed myself one UK and one US or other album - there are some spaces, as I can’t find bands beginning with the missing letters.

Alternative TV – The image has cracked (UK - 1978)/Adolescents – Adolescents (USA - 1981)
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)/Bad Brains – Bad Brains (1982)
Crass – Feeding the 5,000 (1978)/Circle Jerks, the – Group sex (1980)
Damned, the – Damned, Damned, Damned (1977)/Dead Kennedys, the – Bedtime for Democracy (1986)
Eater, the - Complete Eater (1993)/Exploited, the – Punk’s not dead! (1981)
Flys, the – Fly’s Own (1979)/Fugazi – 13 Songs (1989)
Generation X – Valley of the Dolls (1979)/Green Day – Dookie (1994)
Holly and the Italians – Demos Federico (2003)/Heartbreakers, the – Live at Max’s Kansas City (1979)
Infa Riot - Still Out Of Order (1982)/Iggy and the Stooges – the Stooges (1969)
Jam, the – Snap! (1983)/Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers (1976)
Kronstadt Uprising - Insurrection (2000)/Killing Time - Brightside (1989)
Lurkers, the – The Punk Singles Collection (2002)/Leftover Crack – Mediocre Generica (2001)
Mekons – the Mekon Story (1982)/MC 5 – Kick out the Jams (1969)
Nips ‘n’ Nipple Erectors – Bops, Babes, Booze and Bovver (1987)/Narcoleptic Youth – Something old, something new, something borrowed (2004)
Outcasts – The Punk Singles collection (1995)/Operation Ivy – Energy (1989)
Patrik Fitzgerald – the very best of (acoustic Punk) (1994)/Patti Smith Group – Horses (1975)
Q – there are currently no Punk bands beginning with the letter Q for the UK/The Queers - Grow Up (1990)
Ruts – Crack and Grin and Bear It (1979)/Richard Hell and the Voidoids – Blank Generation (1977)
Sex Pistols – Never mind the Bollocks...here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)/Social D – Mommy’s Little Monster (1983)
The Clash – London calling (1979)/Television – Marque Moon (1977)
UK Subs – Another kind of Blues (1979)/Uncle Sam – Say Uncle (Thrashcore - 1988)
Vibrators – Pure Mania (1977)/Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat (1968)
Wreckless Eric – greatest Stiffs (2001)/ Wayne County & the Electric Chairs - Man Enough to be a Woman (1978)
X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents (1978)/X – Los Angeles (1980)
Yachts, the – Mantovani’s Hits (1979)/?
Zounds, the – Curse of the Zounds (1981)/Zero Boys – Vicious Circle (1987)

An a-z of Psychedelic Rock:


Alexander 'Skip' Spence - Oar (1969)
Beatles, The - Revolver (1966)
Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)
Doors, The - Strange Days (1967)
Electric Prunes, The - Underground (1967)
Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron (1967)
Goat - Live Ballroom Ritual (2013)
Hookworms - Pearl Mystic (2013)
Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion (1967)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (1967)
Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream (1967)
Love - Forever Changes (1967)
Magoos, Blue - Psychedelic Lollipop (1966)
Nazz - Nazz (1968)
Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby (1987)
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
Red Krayola - The Parable of Arable Land (1967)
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
Temples - Sun Structures (2014)
United States of America, The - The United States of America (1968)
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967)
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The - Part One (1967)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)
Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways (196?)
Zombies, The - Odyssey and Oracle (1968)
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of... (1966)

An A-Z of Prog Rock




I have allowed myself one choice for a UK band and one for another country.

Ayers, Kevin - Shooting the Moon (UK - 1970)/Aphrodites Child – 666 (Greece - 1972)
Babe Ruth – First base (UK - 1972)/Baltik - Baltik (Sweden - 1973)
Caravan – In the land of grey and pink (UK - 1971)/Cosmic Jokers – Galactic Supermarket (Germany - 1974)
Dark – Round the edges (UK - 1972)/Delirium – Dolce Acqua (Italy - 1971)
ELP – Tarkus (UK - 1971)/Ego Band – Trip in the light of the world (Italy - 1991)
Family – Anyway (UK - 1970)/Faust – Faust IV (Germany - 1973)/ Focus – Moving Waves (Netherlands - 1970) – I cannot make a choice between these two!
Gentle Giant – Gentle Giant (UK - 1970)/Gong – Camembert Electrique (France - 1971)
Hawkwind – Hawkwind (UK - 1970)/Hansson, Bo – Magician’s hat (Sweden - 1972)
Ithica – A game for all who know (UK - 1973)/Ishizawa, Hiroyuki – Glass Castle (Japan - 1990)
Jethro Tull – Stand up (UK - 1969)/Jane – Here we are (Germany - 1973)
King Crimson – In the court of the crimson king (UK - 1969)/Kaipa – Kaipa (Sweden - 1975)
Locomotive – We are everything you see (UK - 1970)/Los Jaivas – Todos Juntus (Chile - 1972)
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (UK - 1973)/Magma – Magma (France - 1970)
Nice – Five Bridges Suite (UK - 1970)/Nnecra Packe – Paracelese (France - 2002)
Ozric Tentacles – Pungent Effulgent (UK - 1989)/Os  Mutantes – Os Mutantes (Brazil - 1968)
Pink Floyd – Dark side of the Moon (UK - 1973)/Popol Vuh – Affenstunde (Norway - 1970)
Quintessence – Quintessence (UK - 1970)/Quarteto 1111 – Bruma azul do desejado (Portugal - 1973)
Roxy Music – For your pleasure (UK - 1973)/Rundgren, Todd – A Wizard, a true star (USA - 1973)
Soft Machine – Volume 2 (UK - 1969)/Som Imaginario – Matanca do Proco (Brazil - 1973)
Titus Groan – Titus Groan (UK - 1970)/Tako – Tako (Yugoslavia - 1978)
Uriah Heep – Demons and Wizards (UK - 1972)/United States of America – United States of America (USA - 1968)
Van Der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts (UK - 1971)/Vanilla Fudge – Rock n Roll (USA - 1969)
Wilde Flowers – Tales of Canterbury: the Wilde Flowers story (UK - 1994)/Wanka (for the name alone) – the Orange album (Canada - 1977)
Xaal – Seconde Ere (France - 1995)/X Religion – Dances on Gobelins (Uzbekistan - 2003) – No UK band beginning with X!
Yes – Fragile (UK - 1971)/You – Electric day (Germany - 1979)
Zappa, Frank – Freak Out (USA - 1966)/Zingale – Peace (Israel - 1973) – Again, no UK band beginning with Z!
in, no UK band beginning with Z!

A-Z of Modern Noise and Industrial Music:


Akufen – My Way (2002)
Boredoms – Super Ae (1998)
Cut Hands – Afro Noise I (2010)
DNA – DNA on DNA (2004)
Einstürzende Neubauten  - Halber Mensch (1985)
Front 242 – Tyranny for You (1991)
Godflesh – Songs of Love and Hate (1996) Industrial Metal
Harry Pussy (aka In an Emergency You Can Shit on a Puerto Rican Whore) (1993)
If, Bwana - Tripping India (1997)
John Cage – Fontana Mix & Solo For Voice 2 (1993)
Kiritchenko, Andrey – Kniga Skazok (2003)
Leather Nun - Slow Death (1984)
Monte Cazzazza – The Worst of Monte Cazzazza (1992)
Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine (1990)
OOIOO - OOIOO (1997)
Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher (2003)
QomolangmaTomato - Limelight Blue on the Q.T. (2008)
Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers and Queers (1990)
Sun Ra – Space is the Place (1972)
Throbbing Gristle – TGV (2007)
UnKindness of Ravens - Obsidian Smoke Rings - (2003)
Voltaire, Cabaret - Mix Up (1979)
White Zombie – Soul-Crusher (1987)
Xela - In Bocca al Lupo (2008)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodelic (1981)
Z’EV – Production and Decay of Spacial Relations (1981)