North Fork Sound 2012 Wrap-up

2012 - Top 50 Tracks:

Jon DeRosa

1. Jon DeRosa: True Men  
2. Little Freddie King: Great Balls Of Butter
3. Plan B: Ill Manors
4. The Mavericks: Born To Be Blue
5. Billy Bragg: Never Buy The Sun
6. Lena Swanberg: Dream On
7. The Rolling Stones: Doom And Gloom
8. Dub Pistols: Rock Steady (w/Rodney P & Lindy Layton)
9. Bob Dylan: Duquesne Whistle
10. Emeli Sandé: Next to Me
11. Prince Fatty: Ba Ba Ri Ba Skank (feat. Winston Francis  & Alcapone)
12. Dexys: Nowhere Is Home
13. Graham Parker & The Rumour: Coathangers
14. Shooter Jennings: Southern Family Anthem
15. My Darling Clementine: 100,000 Words
16. Chris Knight: Jack Loved Jesse
17. Brik & Shenale: Je Suis Mal À Propos
18. Rodney Crowell: Anything But Tame
19. Psy: Gangnam Style
20. Dwight Yoakam: Long Way To Go
21. Lyle Brewer: Chitlins Con Carne (w/Duke Levine)
22. Melody Gardot: Lisboa
23. Liz Frame & the Kickers: Sooner
24. Hans Theessink & Terry Evans: Shelter from the Storm (feat. Ry Cooder)
25. Dorothy Moore: Institutionalize
26. Patti Smith: Constantine's Dream
27. Certain General: Anew Everyday
28. Willie Nelson: Home In San Antone (w/Lukas Nelson)
29. Bob Andrews & RKR-CB: Third Line My Heart
30. Wanda Jackson: The Wrong Kind Of Girl
31. Buster Shuffle: Elvis Vs Wag
32. Mungo's Hi Fi ft. Afrikan Simba & Dixie Peach: Leave The Oil Alone
33. Nona Hendryx: Temple Of Heaven
34. Drivin' n' Cryin': Johnny Rides Shotgun
35. John Hiatt: Wood Chipper
36. The Tom Tom Club: Kissin' Antonio
37. King Mob: Lover Of High Renown
38. OLO Worms: Strays
39. Scott Walker: The Day The "Conducator" Died (An Xmas Song)
40. Marco Benevento: Basilicata
41. Etana: Reggae
42. Mark Knopfler: I Used To Could
43. Public Image Ltd: Lollipop Opera
44. Niki & the Dove: DJ Ease My Mind
45. Pokey LaFarge & The South City 3: Fan It
46. Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby: Genovese Bag
47. Thinking Plague: Sleeper Cell Anthem
48. Tara Fuki/Dorota Barová: Čekání
49. The dB's: That Time Is Gone
50. Spielgusher: Seven Seas Of Love

  Top 25 Albums

 Waylon Jennings

1. Waylon Jennings: Goin' Down Rockin - The Last Recordings

2. Ian Hunter & The Rant Band: When I'm President
3. The Time Jumpers: The Time Jumpers  
4. Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Untrained
5. Urna Chahar-Tugchi: Portrait - The Magical Voice From Mongolia
6. Joe Brown: The Ukulele Album
7. Hollie Cook: Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub
8. Alex McMurray: I Will Never Be Alone In This Land
9. Jon Cleary: Occapella
10. Nurse With Wound/Graham Bowers: Rupture
11. Captain Beefheart: Bat Chain Puller
12. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Ashes And Roses
13. Paul Thorn: What The Hell Is Goin On?
14. Mike Badger & The Shady Trio: Lucky 13
15. Die Antwoord: Ten$ion
16. Jeff Lynne: Long Wave
17. Imperial State Electric: Pop War
18. V/A: Treme, Season 2 - Music From The HBO Series
19. JD McPherson: Signs & Signifiers
20. Spiritualized: Sweet Heart Sweet Light
21. Van Morrison: Born To Sing: No Plan B
22. Sophie Madeleine: The Rhythm You Started
23. Mikel Rouse: Boost/False Doors
24. Alabama Shakes: Boys & Girls
25. Can: The Lost Tapes

Top 20 Compilations/Reissues:

1. V/A: Sound System - The Story Of Jamaican Music 
2. Jimmy Donley: In The Key Of Heartbreak
3. V/A: Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music
4. Joe Barry: A Fool To Care: The Classic Recordings 1960-1977
5. Lee 'Scratch' Perry: Disco Devil - The Jamaican Discomixes
6. Small Faces: Small Faces (Immediate version, Deluxe Edition)
7. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Mothermania
8. V/A: Boppin' By The Bayou
9. V/A: The London American Label Year By Year * 1956
10. Johnny Otis: The Johnny Otis Story Volume 2
11. Woody Guthrie: Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
12. Sandy Denny: Rendezvous (Deluxe Edition)
13. V/A: Treasure Isle Presents: Rock Steady
14. Jovanotti: Italia 1988-2012
15. Dr. Feelgood: All Through The City (w/Wilko 1974-1977)
16. V/A: Fender - The Golden Age 1950-1970
17. Danny Thompson: Connected
18. Sly & Robbie: Hot You Hot: The Best Of Sly & Robbie
19. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico (Deluxe Edition)
20. Arizona Dranes: He Is My Story - The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes

Top 25 Remakes:

1. The Flashcubes: Hello Susie
2. Lou Pallo: It's Been A Long, Long Time (feat. Keith Richards)
3. Icecream Skyscraper: 19th Nervous Breakdown
4. Larry Graham & Graham Central Station: Higher Ground 
5. Camille: Que Je T'aime
6. Sarah McQuaid: S'Anc Fuy Belha Ni Prezada 
7. Bettye LaVette: Crazy 
8. Ralph Stanley: White Light/White Heat
9. King Penguin: Old Man Going
10. Neneh Cherry: Dream Baby Dream
11. Genya Ravan: I Will Follow
12. The New Piccadillys: Judy Is A Punk
13. Donald Fagen: Out Of The Ghetto
14. Tom Jones: Charlie Darwin
15. Macy Gray: Your Mouth
16. Jerry Douglas: High Blood Pressure (feat. Keb' Mo')
17. Wendy James: It's All Right Ma, I'm Only Bleeding (feat. James Williamson)
18. Angel Corpus Christi: Happy Americans
19. Jack White: I'm Shakin'
20. Anna Calvi: Jezebel (Version Française)
21. Hiss Golden Messenger: Fennario
22. Tracie Hunter w/Joe Elliott, Phil Cullen & Ian Hunter: Junkman
23. The Radiators From Space: 6.10 Special
24. Marianne Faithfull: Baby Let Me Follow You Down (live)  
25. Bill Callahan: Heaven Help The Child
  

North Fork Sound will never forget:

01/17/12 Johnny Otis

01/19/12 Winston Riley

01/20/12 Etta James

01/31/12 King Stitt

02/01/12 Angelo Dundee

02/03/12 Ben Gazzara

02/09/12 Joe Moretti

03/25/12 Bert Sugar

03/28/12 Jerry McCain

03/28/12 Earl Scruggs

04/10/12 Alan Short

04/19/12 Levon Helm

04/20/12 Bert Weedon

05/04/12 Adam Yauch

05/13/12 Donald Dunn

05/16/12 Chuck Brown

05/16/12 Doug Dillard

05/17/12 Donna Summer

05/27/12 Johnny Tapia

06/02/12 Frazier Mohawk

07/04/12 Eric Sykes

07/10/12 Lol Coxhill

08/07/12 Ranking Trevor

08/25/12 Neil Armstrong

09/05/12 Joe South

10/02/12 Big Jim Sullivan

10/06/12 Nick Curran

11/24/12 Hector Camacho

11/24/12 Chris Stamp

11/27/12 Mickey Baker

12/06/12 Huw Lloyd-Langton

12/11/12 Ravi Shankar

12/20/12 Jimmy McCracklin
12/22/12 Marva Whitney

12/24/12 Jack Klugman 
 12/24/12 Ray Collins
12/26/12 Fontella Bass

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Andre Williams & 2 Star Tabernacle: Jet Black Daddy, Lilly White Mama
The Beatles: Any Time At All 

 Billy Vaughn

Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra: Theme From The Threepenny Opera
Brik & Shenale: This Is My Gift 
Buddy Guy: Coming For You
David Knopfler: Domino
Donald Harrison: Hu Ta Ney 

 The Flirtations

The Flirtations: Nothing But A Heartache
Happy Mondays: Step On
Ian Hunter: Wash Us Away
Jackie Edwards: Stagger Lee
Lee Perry & The Full Experience: Disco Devil

 Lew Lewis & His Band

Lew Lewis & His Band: Boogie in The Street
Lyle Brewer: Mary Elizabeth
Martin Rev: Black
Mickey Murray: Shout Bamalama
The Mighty Diamonds: Pass The Kouchie
Nektar: Out Of The Blue (feat. Simon House)
New York Dolls: Looking For A Kiss
OLO Worms: Strays
Porcupine Tree: Time Flies (live) 

The Psychedelic Furs

photo: Tom Sheehan 

The Psychedelic Furs: Imitation Of Christ
The Soft Machine: We Did It Again
Terry Reid: Gime Some Lovin'
Them: I'm Gonna Dress In Black

 Tracey Curtis

Tracey Curtis: All The Girls Love A Soldier
Tom Lecky: Her Unmediated Eyes
Warren Zevon: A Certain Girl

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