June - A Spectrum of Grey

Okay, folks far and wide should have it in their listen by now. Hope you enjoyed it. I certainly enjoyed putting it together and had an opportunity to listen to it today again on a day trip with some friends.

Beyond guessing the original artist on track 11 I have another challenge for everyone. I don't actually know if it's possible by what you can actually read on the cover art, but there are words on there. It's a photo I took. You get extra credit if you can tell me whose words they are and where the rock their carved on stands. You can email me the answer at renewcomer@gmail.com and I'll post news of a winner below.

Meanwhile if you'd like to comment on any tracks here I'll review them very quickly here:

1. Legions (War) from One Cello x 16 by Zoe Keating
2. Old Man Atom by the Sons of the Pioneers... Was Roy Rogers still with them here?
3. Days of Armageddon from Haiku by Songdog.
4. The Bell by Stephan Smith with Pete Seeger, Dean Ween, and Mary
5. Blackwater Slide by Bert Jansch
6. Lady in Black by the Phudys
7. What a Piece of Work is Man by the cast of Hair
8. Helter Skelter by Siouxxsie and the Banshees
9. Camina Burana Fantasy by Sandy Bull
10. Girl by Tiny Tim with Brave Combo
11. How many had to pull out the original track to remember what it sounded like?
12. Wicked and Weird by Buck 65
13. I Hung My Head by Johnny Cash
14. Gimme Shelter by Twilight Dimentia
15. Famous Blue Raincoat by Tori Amos
16. Starman by the Culture Club
17. Red Song by Hey Rosetta
18. ... and finally, like the ending to another great album, Her Majesty by Chumbawamba

And for those who like the many covers in the set you can get an amazingly steady diet of them at coverville.com. Check it out. Become a citizen.

- Randy Newcomer

June is Late!

The last time Ward said that we got the Beaver. And if that makes any sense without the accompanying photo, you're a bit weird. If it makes sense even with the photo you're not in the clear.
But all is not lost! The discs are being burned as I type and will be in the mail on Monday, or sooner if I decide to skimp on the commentary. So with any luck at least June will still precede July... and maybe even April.
So get ready for hopefully an eclectic mix of music that I hope you'll be able to find some old favorites as well as possibly a new one as well.