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Playlist from 04/05/2009 @ 3:00am

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Arthur West

The "Red-Eye Express" Hauls Obscure Album Tracks; with an Occasional Theme De-Railed. The Snap, Crackle, Pop is Courtesy of the Boxcar's Victrola. All Aboard!!

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all tracks listed in reverse chronological order

Vasen

Grannens Favorit (The Neighbor's Favorite)
Live at the Nordic Roots Festival 2001 via Northside Records
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Elvis Presley

Such A Night
Elvis Is Back!
a note about this track

recorded 3 april 1960!

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Willie Cobbs

Reconsider Baby
Jukin' 2000 via Bullseye Blues
a note about this track

the last track on "Elvis Is Back!" was Elvis' own take on this Lowell Fulson tune.

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COMPILATIONS

Fever [Adam Freeland Remix]
Verve Remixed, Vol. 3 2005 via Verve

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Leon Redbone

Are You Lonesome Tonight
No Regrets 1988 via Blue Thumb Music
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Bill Frisell

Egg Radio
Gone, Just Like a Train 1998 via Nonesuch
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Paul McCartney

Take It Away
Tug Of War
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Jeff Beck

A Day In The Life
Performing This Week... Live At Ronnie Scott's 2008 via Eagle Records (Fontana)
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Franco

On Entre OL, On Sort KO
Francophonic 2008 via Sterns
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5:20 am

Return To Forever

No Mystery
The Anthology 2008 via Concord Records
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The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

The Moonshiner
In Person at Carnegie Hall 1963 via Sony Legacy
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Drew Nelson

Stranger
Dusty Road To Beulah Land 2009 via Waterbug

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LITTLE WILLIE JOHN

Fever
The Very Best Of Little Willie John
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Elvis Presley

Dirty, Dirty Feeling
Elvis Is Back!
a note about this track

written by Leiber & Stoller; recorded 3 april 1960.

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Jeff Daniels

Orville Wright
Grandfather's Hat 2006 via Boomadeeboom Records

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Ekova

Todosim
Heaven's dust 1998 via Six Degrees
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M. Ward

One Hundred Million Years
Hold Time 2009 via Merge Records
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Lou Rawls

Good Morning Blues
It's Supposed to Be Fun 1990 via Blue Note
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Dion

Baby, What You Want Me To Do
Bronx In Blue 2006 via Dimensional Music Recordings
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4:40 am

John McCutcheon

Oh Death
Sprout Wings And Fly 1997 via Rounder Select
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Rudder

Squarefoot
Rudder 2007 via 1918
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Joao Gilberto

You Do Something to Me
Joao (I Really Samba) 1991 via Polygram Records
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Jeff Healey

Mess O' Blues
Mess Of Blues 2008 via Ruf (Idn)
a note about this track

Elvis also covered this Doc Pomus song as a single release for "Elvis Is Back!" (20 march 1960).

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Elvis Presley

Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Live) [Laughing Version]
All Shook Up
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originally recorded 3 april 1960 as a single for the "Elvis Is Back!" release; this recording was taken live in Las Vegas, 26 august 1969.

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Joshua Redman

Uncharted
Compass 2009 via Nonesuch

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R.E.M.

Radio Free Europe
Murmur 1983 via A&M
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Josh Rose

Half a Mind
Slow Bloom 2007 via Flat River Music

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Freddie King

Going Down
The Best Of Freddie King- The Shelter Records Years 2000 via Shelter
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Enter The Haggis

Martha Stuart
Casualties Of Retail 2004 via United Opportunity
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4:00 am

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Who Do You Love Suite
Happy Trails
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Tony Williams

Wilderness Voyager
Wilderness 1996 via Ark21
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COMPILATIONS

Riots
Slumdog Millionaire 2009 via Interscope Records

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Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

A Magician
Tangled Tales 2009 via Surfdog
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Joe Bonamassa

Lonesome Road Blues
The Ballad Of John Henry 2009 via Premier Artists
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott

New Stranger Blues
A Stranger Here 2009 via Anti
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3:20 am

Weather Report

Punk Jazz
Mr. Gone 1978 via Arc/Columbia/Legacy
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Pentangle

So Early In The Spring
So Early In The Spring 1990 via Green Linnet
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Serge Gainsbourg

Ma Lou Marilou
Love And The Beat, Vol. 2 2005 via Sunny Side
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Elvis Presley

Fever
Elvis Is Back!
a note about this track

co-written by Otis Blackwell and Eddie Cooley in 1956; transformed into a pop standard by Peggy Lee with additional lyrics in 1958, taking it to #8 on the pop charts; Elvis recorded his own version 3 april 1960.

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The Drifters

Such A Night
The Rock 'N' Roll Explosion (VA)
a note about this track

a song Elvis Presley covered (after being released from the army) for his "Elvis Is Back!", 1960 release (which was recorded the nights of march 20th and april 3rd, 1960). The Drifters original was released march 1954.

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