Today's selection therefore rescues songs from the dim and distant past of 2012 (!) and brings them into the light again. A mix of original songs and cover versions, it's hard to believe that these songs are a decade old. The Jazz Butcher provide today's post title; sadly Pat Fish departed this life in October 2021. Another loss - Mark Hollis in 2019 - is celebrated with an affecting Talk Talk cover version by Duncan Sheik & Rachael Yamagata.
I knew the closing song would be A Case For Vinyl by Tim Burgess before I'd had a proper sense of the selection's running order. A co-write with Lambchop's Kurt Wagner, I think it's one of Tim's finest songs, both solo and with The Charlatans.
No spoilers, but tomorrow's selection will be a little more uptempo.
1) Freedom At 21: Jack White (single / Blunderbuss LP)
2) Goodbye Kiss (Cover of Kasabian): Lana Del Rey (God Bless America mixtape)
3) Grasshopper Clock: The Corner Laughers (Poppy Seeds LP)
4) Do I Wait (Cover of Ryan Adams): Juliana Hatfield (Juliana Hatfield LP)
5) On Borrowed Time (Take 5) (Remix By BRM & Waterson): Billie Ray Martin (Five Takes (A Song About Andy) EP)
6) Last Of The Gentleman Adventurers: The Jazz Butcher (Last Of The Gentleman Adventurers LP)
7) Life's What You Make It (Cover of Talk Talk): Duncan Sheik ft. Rachael Yamagata (Spirit Of Talk Talk compilation)
8) Half Gate: Grizzly Bear (Shields LP)
9) Save Me A Place (Cover of Fleetwood Mac): Marissa Nadler (July / Demos & Covers limited edition LP)
10) A Case For Vinyl: Tim Burgess (single / Oh No I Love You LP)
