Welcome to the first of my music mixes, based on the Fruit Tree Records collecting and listening project. I will be regularly posting mixes to Mixcloud in hour long episodes and with either specific themes or as this, the Golden Apples thread, which will be a broad overview of killer tracks encompassing all the various eras, styles, genres and moods at the heart of this website. I should therefore, call it an eclectic mix, but that is a rather over used term in music collecting and DJing so I shall simply say, I shall include whatever I feel in these set lists. In addition to that, I shall endeavour to write here on the website a little information about the original source of each tune to help with all your vinyl hunting desires. However, I would suggest listening to the playlist first; I always prefer the surprise of the next track rather than knowing what is about to come. But maybe that’s just me…
Tall Cool One – The Wailers (1959 London Records UK 45)
The Collectors – Destiny’s Children (1966 Pyro Records US 45)
Finer Feelings – Spoon (2007 Merge Records from LP ‘Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga’)
The Magic Number – De La Soul (1989 Big Life from LP ‘3 Feet High And Rising’)
You Are What You Love – Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins (2006 Rough Trade from LP ‘Rabbit Fur Coat’)
The Ghost Of You Walks – Richard Thompson (1996 Capitol Records from LP ‘You? Me? Us?’)
Unconsciously Screamin – The Flaming Lips (1990 Altavistic Records from EP ‘Unconsciously Screamin’)
LSD – Wendell Austin & The Country Swings (1968 Wreck Records US 45)
My Queen Is Harriet Tubman – Sons Of Kemet (2018 Impulse! from LP ‘Your Queen Is A Reptile’)
No Self Control – Peter Gabriel (1980 Charisma Records from LP ‘Peter Gabriel 3’)
I Feel Much Better – The Small Faces (1967 Immediate Records from LP ‘There Are But Four Small Faces’)
Let Me Know – Smoke Fairies (2012 V2 Records from LP ‘Blood Speaks’)
California Soul – Marlena Shaw (1969 Cadet Records from US LP ‘Spice Of Life’)
Long Haired Lady – Paul & Linda McCartney (1971 Apple Records from LP ‘Ram’)
Generique – Miles Davis (1958 Fontana from LP ‘Ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud’)
Fruit Tree – Nick Drake (1969 Island Records from LP ‘Five Leaves Left’)
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