June 6, 2014 Playlist

Pledge Drive!
 
"Squawk" by Budgie (1972)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Budgie  "Squawk"  1972 (UK-Wales)
It's pledge drive! Budgie was one of the great unsung heavy bands of the seventies. Indeed the band is highly notable for having their first two albums produced by the mysterious Rodger Bain, the inventor of the heavy metal sound who also produced the first three Black Sabbath LPs and the debut by Judas Priest! Though Budgie may be best remembered today for a pair of their songs that were covered by Metallica, they were an innovative group that combined an inverted power trio shtick (the bass providing more lead lines than the fuzzed out wall of guitar) with punny song titles ("Hot As A Docker's Armpit" is a standout track from this record) and a tremendous sense of dynamics (from two-minute folk ballads to ten-minute metal riff-o-ramas). Squawk was the group's second release, and is somewhat of an overlooked classic in their discography (really, their first four albums 1971-1974 are all classics).
(N) = New Release
(R) = Listener Request
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
Ouba
Premiere PartieOuba (Freak Out Total) 1968
Canada (Quebec)
Dr. John
You LieLocked Down 2012
USA
Dr. John Loop GarooRemedies 1970
USA
 
 
Budgie (R)
Hot As A Docker's ArmpitSquawk
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1972
UK (Wales)
Budgie (R)
Young Is A WorldSquawk
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1972
UK (Wales)
Budgie (R)
StrandedSquawk
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1972
UK (Wales)
Metallica
Crash Course In Brain Surgery (Budgie)Garage Days Re-Revisited EP 1987
USA
   
 
Guided By Voices Cool PlanetCool Planet (N)2014 (GBV)USA
The Black Keys In Our PrimeTurn Blue (N)2014 (Nonesuch)USA
Stephen Malkmus & The JicksCinnamon & Lesbians
Wig Out At Jagbags (N)2014 (Matador)USA
Pavement
No Life Singed HerSlanted & Enchanted 1992
USA
Chrome
AnimalRed Exposure 1980
USA
Chrome SunsetHalf Machine From The Sun: The Lost Tapes 1979-80 (N)2013 (King Of Spades)USA
   
 
Blue Öyster CultCareer Of Evil
   / Subhuman
Secret Treaties1974
USA
Amon Düül IILudwig / The King's Chocolate Waltz / Blue Grotto
Made In Germany1975
Germany
Aphrodite's ChildThe Battle Of The Locust / Do It / Tribulation / The Beast
6661971
Greece
   
 
The Mothers Of Invention Brown Shoes Don't Make It
Absolutely Free1967
USA
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Abba Zaba
Safe As Milk1967
USA
Faust seven minute excerpt
The Faust Tapes1973
Germany
 
  
Brian Eno & Karl Hyde WitnessSomeday World (N)2014 (Warp)UK
Moebius-Plank-Neumeier Speed Display
Zero Set1983
Germany
Brian Eno No One Receiving
Before And After Science1977
UK
Jean-Jacques Perrey E.V.A. Moog Indigo1970
France
The Moog Cookbook Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
The Moog Cookbook1996
USA
 
  
Kraftwerk Ananas Symphonie
Rolf Und Florian1973
Germany
      
   
   
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