Guilty Pleasures Volume 2: Then and Now
For Volume 2 of our Guilty Pleasures series, we revel in the freedom to create an eclectic flow— during these days of algorithmic radio—from Lotte Lenya singing “Mack the Knife” to a Japanese take on Archie Bell and the Drells’ “Tighten Up.” We look back on the summer season with music from the Kinks and John Prine, and cool down with tunes by Ramsey Lewis and Oscar Brown, Jr. Plus some listener-requested guilty pleasures from Bob Marley to Bonnie Raitt. Sit back, tune in, and indulge guilt-free!
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: On the Sunny Side of the Street Tuts Washington New Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder
Sunny Afternoon The Kinks The Complete Collection, Castle Communications
Sunny Bobby Hebb Night Train To Nashville: Music CIty Rhtyhm & Blues 1945-1970, Lost Highway
My Girl The Temptations Anthology, Motown
Ode to Billie Joe Tammy Wynette Take Me to Your World- I Don’t Want to Play House, Koch
You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol. 2, ABC-Paramount
Instrumental: Sunshine Twist Big Jack Johnson and the Jelly Roll Kings Rockin' The Juke Joint Down, Earwig Music
Guilty Bonnie Raitt Takin' My Time, Warner Brothers
Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) The Door The Doors, Elektra
Mack the Knife Lotte Lenya and Louis Armstrong Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill, Sony Classical
Instrumental: Darktown Strutters Ball #1 The Mighty Four Dancing at the Melody Inn, American Music
What's the Use of Getting Sober Louis Jordan Jazzin' the Blues, Forlane
Let Me Go Home Whiskey Amos Milburn Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie 1946-1955, Capitol
Stay All Night Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys For the Last Time, Liberty
Third Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendez-Vous Amazing Rhythm Aces Stacked Deck, ABC
Hanky Panky Tommy James & the Shondells Hanky Panky, Roulette
Honey Don't The Beatles Beatles for Sale, EMI
Blue Moon of Kentucky Elvis Presley The King Of Rock 'N' Roll - The Complete 50's Masters, RCA
Gotta Travel On Bill Monroe The Collection 1936-1959, Ideal Music
Summer's End John Prine Tree of Forgiveness, Boy
Closing Bed: Summertime Dr Michael White Jazz from New Orleans, Basin Street
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: The 'In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio In Person 1960-1967, MCA
Be Cool AKA Keep Cool Johnny Moore's Three Blazers he Very Best of, Master Classics
But I Was Cool Oscar Brown Jr. The Beat Generation, Rhino
Tighten Up Yellow Magic Orchestra Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!), Sony Music Direct
Ya-Ya Lee Dorsey Golden Classics, Collectables
Look-Ka Py Py The Meters Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology, Rhino
Instrumental: Rebel Rouser Bill Frisell Guitar in the Space Age!, Okeh
Dead Flowers New Riders of the Purple Sage Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage, Sony
Parchman Farm John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, Decca
Gregorio Cortez Jesus Maya y Timoteo Cantu Tejano Roots, Arhoolie
Pancho and Lefty Townes Van Zandt (feat.Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & the Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyers) Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings, Fat Possum Records
Me and My Uncle Grateful Dead Veneta, OR 8/27/72 (The Complete Sunshine Daydream Concert), Grateful Dead Productions
I Shot the Sheriff Bob Marley & the Wailers Burnin', Island
Yes We Can Can Allen Toussaint Our New Orleans, Nonesuch
Instrumental: St James Infirmary Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi, Nonesuch
Banks of the Ohio Joan Baez Joan Baez, Vol. 2, Vanguard
Banks of the Pontchartrain Brownie Ford Stories from Mountains, Swamps and Honky Tonks, New Rounder
Travailler Ç’est Trop Dur Caesar Vincent ravailler Ç’est Trop Dur: The Lyrical Legacy of Caesar Vincent, Swallow
Travailler Ç’est Trop Dur Coteau Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
Closing Bed: Jambalaya Tuts Washington ew Orleans Piano Professor, Rounder