August '22 - N&G VINYL SPINS CHALLENGE - Don’t tell @MikeH

[Smartiepants]

11. Oye Como Va

I have used this before however this is the only record I have that even credits Santana so its all I have and its getting too hot to think!!

 

[gafacaode]

5. Friday I'm In Love

You're all I've got tonight
You're all I've got tonight
You're all I've got tonight
I need you tonight
Said I need you tonight

The Cars - S/T

 

[CrazyDiamond84]

This will always be one of my favorite live performances

 

[Hemotep]

10. Dancing Days

Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (Super Deluxe)
STP does a great cover of Dancing Days that is included on the bonus rarities CD in the Super Deluxe set of Purple. So I played the album on wax and am listening to the bonus disc now.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

11. Oye Como Va

I guess this little baby will pop me up to 2/247th of a bonus brownie...

Santana - Abraxas

 

[Nee Lewman]

Day 11
Oye Como Va

“Listen to how my rhythm goes….”

“Son, she said, have I got a little story for you”
“Whispering hands gently lead him away”
“Call my name”
“Just like the day I heard”
“Jeremy spoke in class today.”

Listening is definitely a running theme through this album. Heck this version even comes with Redux which is an entire album remix.


Pearl Jam - Ten

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Day 11 - Oyo Como Va



Santana - Supernatural

 

[avecigrec]

9. Born Under a Bad Sign
Conway Twitty – You've Never Been This Far Before / Baby's Gone


Another opportunity to spin something from the couple batches of free records I've acquired this month. Conway Twitty is "Born to Lose" on this one, which feels like it could be on par with, or a result of, being born under a bad sign.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 11: “Oye Como Va”

Orquesta Akokán - 16 Rayos



One of the few Spanish-language albums in my collection and the only one entirely in that language afaik. At least I think it’s entirely in Spanish, idk…

 

[avecigrec]

10. Dancing Days
The Burning Hell – Baby


I've always enjoyed Mathias Kom's outlook on dancing, from the song "Everybody Needs A Body (To Be Somebody)"

And I thought about how when I dance people often think I have some kind of rare syndrome or disease
So I don't dance too often but I'd like to dance as often as I pleased

 

[avecigrec]

11. Oye Como Va
Willie Colon – Cosa Nuestra


Happy to have a good reason to give this a spin today. One of my favourite RSD impulse buys of the past couple of years.

 

[gafacaode]

6. Gotta Get Up

Luna covered Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's talkin", a Dean is currently based in Los Angeles like HN was so....

Dean Wareham - I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L.A.

 

[Hemotep]

11. Oye Como Va

I'm switching things up with the medium again and popping in the DVD that came with this set, which I haven't watched yet. I think I have about 40 Santana albums and I love the boots I've been grabbing from his jazz phase. But this one is more of the typical Santana sound.

Santana - IV, Live at the House of Blues, Las Vegas

 

[avecigrec]

12. Misunderstood
Meshell Ndegeocello – Pour Une Âme Souveraine A Dedication To Nina Simone


My favourite deep dig score from my local back when I worked across the street and was in multiple times a week. This was buried away in an "old stock" box stashed beneath the CD bins next to the jazz section. Despite being a big fan of both Ndegeocello and Simone I was actually unaware of its existence, which made finding it feel extra special. I love this front to back and it opens with the finest non-Nina version of "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" I've yet heard.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

12. Misunderstood

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

It’s easy to be misunderstood when you Stop Making Sense! Maybe greatest concert film ever made?

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 12: “Misunderstood”

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III



The closing track “DontGetIt” samples Nina Simone’s “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”.

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Day 12 - Misunderstood



Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

The album ends with a pretty solid cover of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”

 

[gafacaode]

7. Kind of Blue

Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye

 

[gafacaode]

8. La Primavera

I'm not a fan of pasta primavera, I'd rather have some fettuccine:

Freddie Gibbs - Alfredo

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

12. Misunderstood

Ooh that for end
To yeah you soul every man
Now that for new
For you you say it sail

Chorus

Liz Fraser has one of the most beautiful voices on the planet but I can't understand a damn thing she sings...



Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas