Monday, June 22, 2009

The Covers Project Vol. I

Pretty self-explanatory. Great versions of (mostly) great songs. This is an older mix that I recently re-listened to on a long car drive - totally hit the spot. Volume II wasn't quite so much a bullseye.

 Covers I  

1. Frank Black & the Stax Pistols Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis) 
2. Joan Jett ACDC (The Sweet) 
3. The Sights Stay With Me (The Faces) 
4. The Smithereens The Slider (T.Rex) 
5. DMZ Cinderella (The Sonics) 
6. The Dirtbombs Ode to a Black Man (Phil Lynott)
7. Jason & the Scorchers Country Roads (John Denver) 
8. The Jam In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Picket) 
9. Phantom Helmsmen Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves (Cher) 
10. Bram Tchaikovsky I'm A Believer (The Monkees) 
11. Generation X Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon) 
12. The Pogues Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones) 
13. Jon Spencer All Shook Up (Elvis Presley) 
14. The Inmates Some Kind of Wonderful (Soul Brothers Six) 
15. Waco Brothers The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff) 
16. Supersuckers Eastbound & Down (Jerry Reed) 
17. Georgia Satellites Games People Play (Joe South) 
18. The Yayhoos Love Train (The O'Jays) 
19, J. Geils Band Where Did Our Love Go (The Supremes) 
20. Webb Wilder Slow Death (Flamin' Groovies) 
21. Mojo Nixon Girlfriend in a Coma (The Smiths) 
22. The Coolies Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)

1 comment:

People Are Leaving said...

Thanks Roy - will DL this evening. I've never heard The Smithereens version of The Slider.