Top 50 Tracks -
1. Waylon Jennings & The Old 97's: The Other Shoe
2. Daisy House: Cold Ships
3. Endless Boogie: Taking Out The Trash
4. Hank Williams III: Held Up
5. Steve Nieve: La Plus Jolie Langue (ft. Robert Wyatt, Muriel Teodori)
6. Mungo's Hi Fi: Bong Bong (ft. Soom T)
7. Motörhead: End of Time
8. Serena Ryder: Stompa
9. Boz Scaggs: Gone Baby Gone
10. Robyn Hitchcock: End Of Time
11. Lydia Loveless: All I Know
12. Blackberry Smoke: Ain't Much Left Of Me (live)
13. Suede: It Starts And Ends With You
14. Big Hard Excellent Fish: And The Question Remains
15. Dean Wareham: Emancipated Hearts
16. Janelle Monáe: Dance Apocalyptic
17. Drenge: Bloodsports
18. Primal Scream: It's Alright, It's OK
19. Rob Jungklas: Automatic
20. Kraak & Smaak: Just Wanna Be Loved (ft. Joi Cardwell)
21. Willie Nile: Say Hey
22. Hookworms: Preservation
23. Dale Watson & His Lone Stars: Cowboy Boots
24. Sting: Shipyard (ft. Jimmy Nail, Brian Johnson, Jo Lawry)
25. Lola Colt: I Get High If You Get High
26. Alexandra Scott: Primrose Path (Black Mold)
27. Sara Hickman: Primitive Stuff
28. Shoko Hikage: Sakura-Zukiyo
29. Daft Punk: Get Lucky
30. Matt & Kim: Overexposed (Anamanaguchi's Turbo Remix)
31. Daughn Gibson: Kissin On The Blacktop
32. Tony Joe White: Alligator, Mississippi
33. Jamie Bergeron & The Kickin' Cajuns: Nothing Takes The Place Of You
34. The Deviants: The Fury Of The Mob
35. Andy Statman: For Barbara
36. The Indelicates: Class
37. Villagers: Memoir
38. Garland Jeffries: Collide The Generations
39. Chip Taylor: Tears From An Old Yonkers Child
40. Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band: Moonbeams
41. Johnny Marr: Say Demesne
42. Star Anna: Smoke Signals
43. Listolet: Lullaby (ft. Beata Bocek)
44. Ollie Vee: Ruby Red
45. Ashley Monroe & Blake Shelton: You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter)
46. Samsaya: Stereotype
47. Blake Mills: If I'm Unworthy
48. Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy: Since Jimmy Came
49. Parquet Courts: Stoned And Starving
50. Kenny Roby: Colorado
Top 25 Albums -
1. Melt-Banana: Fetch
2. James King: Three Chords And The Truth
3. Brinsley Forde: Urban Jungle
4. James Hunter: Minute By Minute
5. Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Untrained
6. Julia Holter: Loud City Song
7. Nurse With Wound & Graham Bowers: Parade
8. The Mavericks: In Time
9. The Strypes: Snapshot
10. Juana Molina: Wed 21
11. Geraint Watkins: Mosquito Vols 1 & 2
12. Public Service Broadcasting: Inform Educate Entertain
13. Shuggie Otis: Wings Of Love
14. Ruts DC: Rhythm Collision Volume 2
15. Buddy Guy: Rhythm & Blues
16. Delbert McClinton & Glen Clark: Blind, Crippled and Crazy
17. June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren: Quercus
18. Mark Hole: People Change
19. Joseph Bowie & Adam Rudolph: Good Medicine
20. The Band: Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
21. Yo La Tengo: Fade Out (Deluxe Edition)
22. Frank Turner: Tape Deck Heart
23. The Jim Jones Revue: The Savage Heart
24. Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)
25. Switchback: Kanoka
Top 20 Compilations/Reissues -
2. The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat (45th Anniv. edition)
3. Elvis Presley: Elvis At Stax
4. Family: Once Upon A Time
5. Del Shannon: The Complete UK Singles (and more) 1961-1966
6. Bob Dylan: Side Tracks
7. Marianne Faithfull: Broken English (Deluxe Edition)
8. Swamp Dogg: Total Destruction To Your Mind
9. MX-80 Sound: Hard Attack (Deluxe LP version)
10. Van Morrison: Moondance (Deluxe Edition)
11. George Jones: The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
12. Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Begins - The Flying Dutchman Masters
13. Marc Bolan: At The BBC - Radio Sessions, Broadcasts '67-'77
14. V/A: Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou
15. V/A: Louisiana Saturday Night Revisited
16. V/A: The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
17. V/A: Sweet Dreams: Where Country Meets Soul Vol. 2
18. V/A: Oh Yes We Can Love - A History of Glam Rock
19. V/A: The Chic Organization - Up All Night
20. V/A: CBGB - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Top 25 Remakes -
2. 1.4.5.: Rock 'n' Roll Pt. 2
3. Bruce Springsteen: Dream Baby Dream (band version)
4. Jimmy Webb: MacArthur Park (ft. Brian Wilson)
5. Bob Dylan: Thirsty Boots
6. Southern Culture On The Skids: Goo Goo Muck
7. Mandy Barnett: Sweet Dreams
8. Danny Thompson & Zoe Rahman: One Of These Things First
9. Nicholas Payton: The Pan Piper
10. Elizabeth Cook & Jason Isbell: Tecumseh Valley
11. Narcosatanicos: Ghost Rider
12. Will Lee: Get Out Of My Life Woman (ft. Billy Gibbons, Allen Toussaint)
13. Billie Joe & Norah: Long Time Gone
14. Jeremy Denk: J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations
15. David Lynch: The Ballad of Hollis Brown
16. Jerry Miller: What A Little Moonlight Can Do (ft. Eilen Jewell)
17. Ron Dziubla: Harlem Nocturne
18. The Cashbox Kings: Run Run Run
19. Dave Edmunds: Georgia On My Mind
20. Swingadelic: Up The Creek
21. King Penguin: Dear Eloise
22. Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys: Walk Of Life
23. Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun: Rockabilly Funeral
24. The Hoodoo Loungers: St. James Infirmary
25. Shannon McNally: Street People
North Fork Sound Will Never Forget -
01/10/13 Claude Nobs
01/16/13 Nic Potter
02/04/13 Donald Byrd
02/04/13 Reg Presley
02/14/13 George ‘Shadow’ Morton
02/18/13 Kevin Ayers
03/06/13 Alvin Lee
03/16/13 Bobby Smith
03/27/13 Paul Williams
04/03/13 Harry J
04/11/13 Jonathan
Winters
04/18/13 Ann Williams
04/21/13 Christine
Amphlett
04/26/13 George Jones
05/08/13 Ken Whaley
05/21/13 Trevor Bolder
05/22/13 Mick McManus
05/26/13 Otto Muehl
06/09/13 Iain Banks
06/23/13 Bobby ‘Blue’
Bland
07/17/13 T-Model Ford
07/23/13 Emile
Griffith
07/26/13 J.J. Cale
07/27/13 Mick Farren
08/08/13 Cowboy Jack Clement
08/09/13 Haji
08/14/13 Alan Lanier
08/18/13 Wes Dakus
09/11/13 Prince Jazzbo
09/17/13 Roger Pope
10/23/13 Gypie Mayo
10/27/13 Lou Reed
10/31/13 Bobby Parker
11/12/13 Sir John
Tavener
12/01/13 Martin Sharp
12/02/13 Junior Murvin
12/1913 Al Goldstein
12/21/13 Dave Higgs
12/1913 Al Goldstein
12/21/13 Dave Higgs
North Fork Sound can be found here, search: "North Fork Sound" (or click on "play" icon on this page, top right)
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