LPH 055 - Lucky Bucket Hut - Lucky presents Buckethead (1992-99)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #055]


Lucky presents Buckethead:

(1992) Computer Master
(1992) Giant Robot, Machines in the Modern City, Godzilla (with Praxis)
(1992+93) The Mask (with Bernie Worrell)
(1993) Death that Sleeps in Them (with Hellborg + Shrieve)
(1993) Fuzz Face (with Zillatron)
(1994) Buzzword (with Jon Hassell + Bluescreen)
(1994) Terror By Night (as Death Cube K)
(1997) Sepolta (with Fullcone)
(1997) The Letter Be
(1998) 20th Century Boy (Marc Bolan Tribute)
(1998) 7th Hall/6th Door (as Cobra Strike)
(1998) Colma
(1999) Stick Pit

total time: 75'24


Bucketeered by Lucky in 2016 for a friendly chicken farmer guitarist.
Cover detail from the DoCD "Bucketheadland" (Avant/Disk Union, Japan, 1992).

"[...] As soon as he moved into the chicken coop he started to make new friends. The chickens took real good care of him, and they liked him so much they scratched his face off. Now he could wear a mask every day, just like Halloween! [...]"

(from Ronald L. Witherspoon's "The Buckethead Story" @ Bucketheadland)

LPH 054 - Future Queens Vol. 5 (1926-70)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #054
- first posted by arboribus on his "Prostrate before a periwinkle" blog in 2007 as Vol. 5 of the "Future Queens" series]


arboribus' notes from 2007:

"Before he went off for a holiday, Mr. Lucky has sent me another selection of women's music, his third contribution to the Future Queens project. [...]

This time he dared to take a step away from the avantgarde and inspected some more popular genres. As could be expected with anything he takes into his hands: He compiled extremely enjoyable, witty, and in this case hilarious music and bundled it up for your enjoyment. Have a look at the tracklist":

1. Bessie Smith with Joe Smith + Fletcher Henderson
Baby Doll (Bessie Smith)
1926
CD: Bessie Smith Sings The Jazz
Jazz Archives (No. 61), France (157902)

2. Blandine Ebinger + Friedrich Hollaender
Die Hungerkünstlerin (Hollaender)
1926
2CD: Hollaender/Ebinger - Vaführe mir liebers nicht
Aris, Germany (74321382262)

3. The Carter Family (Sara Carter - vocals)
Single Girl, Married Girl
1927
6CD: Anthology of American Folk Music
Smithsonian Folkways, U.S.A. (SW CD 40090)

4. Lotte Lenya
Die Seeräuberjenny (Brecht-Weill, from 'The Threepenny Opera')
1930
10-inch: Von der Drei-Groschen-Oper
Telefunken, Germany (LA 6045)

5. Lydia Mendoza
La boda negra (trad.)
1936
CD: Dead + Gone - Songs of Death
Trikont, Germany (US-0235)

6. Doris Day
A Bushel and a Peck (Frank Loesser)
1950
LP: The Best of Doris Day
CBS, U.K. (31825)

7. Kate Kühl + Heinz Brüning
Das Mädchen mit dem Muttermal (Joachim Ringelnatz/Olaf Bienert)
1950s
7-inch: Zwei Handbreit unterm Herzen
Deutsche Grammophon, Germany (34051)

8. Billie Holiday and Her Lads of Joy
Yesterdays (Kern-Harbach)
1952
10CD: The complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959
Verve, U.S.A. (517 658-2)

9. Ruth Brown
5-10-15 Hours (Toombs)
1952
2CD: The Atlantic Story
Atlantic, U.S.A. (9548-32424-2)

10. Lata Mangeshkar
Man dole mera tan dole (Hemant Kumar - from the film 'Nagin')
1954
LP: Modern Motion Picture Music of India
EMI, U.K. (CLPC 24)

11. Patsy Raye + The Beatniks
Beatnik's Wish
1959
3CD: The Beat Generation
Rhino, U.S.A. (R2 70281)

12. The Peanuts
Quien Sera
1959
MP3: The Peanuts - First Album (from http://astroboy.tv/music/ - where also the original cover from the The Peanuts' 'The Folk Songs' is from)

13. Gloria + The T-Airas
I'm Satisfied (Mundo-Sawyer)
1960s
CD: The Northern Soul of Chicago Vol. 1
Goldmine Soul Supply, U.K. (GSCD 38)

14. Barbara Lewis
Hello Stranger
1963
CD: Atlantic Rhythm and Blues, Vol. 5
Atlantic, U.S.A. (781 297-2)

15. The Crystals
Da Doo Ron Ron (Phil Spector)
1963
7-inch
London, U.K. (DL 20 706)

16. The Supremes
He Means the World to Me (N. Whitfield)
1964
7-inch
CBS, U.S.A. (1475)

17. Julie Andrews
My Favorite Things (Rodgers-Hammerstein II)
1965
LP: The Sound of Music (OST)
RCA Victor, Canada (LSOD 2005)

18. Nina Simone
Four Women (Nina Simone)
1965
CD: Ultimate Nina Simone (selected by Dianne Reeves)
Verve, U.S.A. (539050-2)

19. Dionne Warwick
Trains and Boats and Planes (Bacharach-David)
1966
CD: D.W. - Classic Song Book
Crimson, U.K. (CRIMCD175)

20. Roberta Rex + The Mike Sammes Singers, Geoff Love and His Orchestra
Over the Rainbow (Harburg-Arlen) - from 'The Wizard of Oz'
1966
7-inch
Music For Pleasure/EMI, U.K. (FP 10024)

21. Aretha Franklin
Dr. Feelgood (Aretha Franklin-Ted White)
1967
2CD: 30 Greatest Hits
Atlantic, U.S.A. (7567-81668-2)

22. LaVern Baker
Ain't Gonna Try No More (Mann)
1967
7-inch
Atlantic, U.S.A. (ATL 70.132)

23. Wanderléa
Vou lhe deixar (Paulo Cesar Barros-Ed Wilson)
1967
LP: As 14 Mais - Vol. XXII
CBS, Brasil (37588)

24. Elis Regina + Toots Thielemans
O sonho (R. Gismondi)
1969
CD: Regina + Thielemans - Aquarela do Brasil
Philips/Phonogram, The Netherlands (830391-2)

25. Jane Birkin
Jane B. (Serge Gainsbourg, after a prelude of Chopin)
1969
7-inch
Golden 12, Germany (G12/88)

26. Darlettes
Lost (Van McCoy)
1970
CD: The Northern Soul of L.A. Vol. 2
Goldmine Soul Supply, U.K. (GSCD 39)


total time: 70'23


Queened by Lucky, 2007.
Cover art from The Peanuts' LP 'The Folk Songs' (King Rec., Japan, 1963).
Dedicated to both my grandmothers.

LPH 053 - Future Queens Vol. 3 (1967-2000)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #053
- first posted by arboribus on his "Prostrate before a periwinkle" blog in 2007 as Vol. 3 of the "Future Queens" series]


arboribus' notes from 2007:

"From his well-deserved retirement Mr. Lucky has recently sent me a volume three Future Queens compilation. [...] This time the main theme is more tranquil and peaceful, with most of the artists coming with a singer/songwriter background, but sure it comes with some glances to the left and right of this main path as well. This is a great diversification of the first two compilations and expands our view on the field of female musicians and composers. I should say: This third part is essential in our collection. And, as Mr. Lucky assured me: Women not only conceived and performed the music on this virtual disc, they even enjoy listening to it.

Here's the tracklisting:"

01. Phyllis Dillon: Perfidia (1967)
02. Janis Joplin: A Woman Left Lonely (1970)
03. Yoko Ono: Greenfield Morning I Pushed an Empty Baby Carriage... (1970)
04. Carole King: Beautiful (1971)
05. Carla Bley + Julie Tippetts: Caucasian Bird Riffles (1974)
06. Linda + Richard Thompson: A Heart Needs a Home (1975)
07. Joni Mitchell: Amelia (1976)
08. Kate Bush: All the Love (1982)
09. Michelle Rosewoman: Vamp for Ochun (1987)
10. Marianne Faithfull: Sign of Judgement (1987)
11. Siouxsie Sioux with The Creatures: Pity (1989)
12. Les Sales Combles: Tu contre on (1993)
13. Anne Dudley: Canticles of the Sun and the Moon (1995)
14. Márta Sebestyén: Sino Moi (1996)
15. Amy Denio + Die Knödel: Finalala (1998)
16. Tarika: Tovovavy (2000)

total time: 67'17


Queened by Lucky, 2007.
Cover by Lucky.
Dedicated to Arboribus.

LPH 052 - Future Queens Vol. 1 (Women in Music) (1977-2001)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #052
- first posted at Border Music in 2007 as Vol. 1 of the "Future Queens" series]


notes from 2007:

"Arboribus and I decided to post some compilations about Women in Music.
I will start with the first compilation, and Arboribus explains our subject:

'(…) working on a compilation of music requires the setting up of at least one border: The separation line between the songs included and the ones excluded.

Therefore the compiler starts out with thinking about the criteria for in-/exclusion. Certainly the pool which we draw from is our subjective, personal music taste, but that leaves the field still too wide. The next question was, if we'd like the selection to be avantgardistic, folkloristic, or just rock+roll? We didn't want to erect a border fence between the genres, so you will find all these kind of approaches on this compilation. For my part, I can say, that I soon expanded the original triangle women-music-humor to women-music-power. In some way or another, I feel that all the songs I selected are having power in common, no matter if they are humorous, serious, or reflective.

While thinking about these practical questions, my mind raised some disturbing theoretical questions as well. What does it mean, if two men - like Lucky and me - are working on such a project in a post-women's-liberation-age? Is it just a nice gesture which is in accordance with the aims of women who fought for their emancipation? We might feel that way, and we'd like to understand it that way ourselves. We feel, that women are not only great singers and performers of classical music (in these two fields of musical activity women seem to be represented quite well), but also great composers, improvisers, and bandleaders (these fields are obviously still male-dominated). By concentrating on the latter field - without ignoring the 'traditional' female activity of singing - we want to promote this insight and provoke the listener's further interest in female composers and musicians. Yet, there is a 'however'…

In postcolonial theory western scholars often face a problem: If they speak in favor of the former colonized peoples and with the best political intentions, the intellectuals from 'third world'-countries still could complain: In the era of colonialism the westerners have deprived the colonized subjects of their voices. If the western scholars nowadays keep speaking in the name of the former colonized, they keep depriving them of their voices. The same can be applied to the history of gender relationship: If men nowadays speak in the name of women - even with the best intentions of emancipation - they create a male discourse again, and thus stick to the old patriarchal rule. I have no answer to this problem, I can only assert again, that we are not meaning to impose ourselves upon a female discourse. We'd be happy, if women would take over. We'd be happy if this music sampler would be the start of a dialogue rather than remain a male monologue. (…)'"

tracklist:


FUTURE
Penetration "Don't Dictate" (UK/1977)
The Slits "A Boring Life" (UK/1977)
X-Ray Spex "Oh Bondage Up Yours" (UK/1977)
Siouxsie + The Banshees "Nicotine Stain" (UK/1978)
Essential Logic "Wake Up" (UK/1979)
Kleenex "Ü (angry side)" (CH/1979)
The Raincoats "In Love" (UK/1979)
Young Marble Giants "Ode to Booker T." (UK/1979)
Hans-A-Plast "Dicke Kinder" (D/1980)
LiLiPUT "Eisiger Wind" (CH/1981)

QUEENS
Joyce "Essa Mulher" (BRA/1980)
Les Reines Prochaines "Advices to My Child (Wild)" (CH/1990)
Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet "Mu" (USA/1993)
Maggie Nicols/Irène Schweizer/Joëlle Léandre "Advices to My Child (Wild)" (UK-CH-F/1993)
Zeena Parkins "AIN SEFRA: In Captivity and Flood" (USA/1993)
Dagmar Krause + Marie Goyette "Through My Satellite" (D-F/1997)
Meret Becker "Vive La Trance" (D/1998)
Aki Takase "Nur da wo du bist da ist nichts" (JAP-D/2001)
Maria Kalaniemi "Dim Light in the Farmhouse" (FIN/2001)


total time: 72'08


Queened by Lucky, 2007.
Cover by Lucky.


Online-discussion about Women in Avantgarde @ the NM-List (1/1997).
'Gender and the avant garde' @ The Captain Beefheart Radio Station (contains an extended bibliography on that subject).

Dedicated to my sister.
Swiss group Les Reines Prochaines provided the inspiration for the name of the series.
"Future" part inspired by Greil Marcus' books "Lipstick Traces" and "Ranters and Crowd Pleasers (USA) / In the Fascist Bathroom (UK)".

LPH 051 - Lucky Field Rec.

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #051]


I found this on a burned CD, with only the title "Lucky Field Rec." and the note "compiled 7/2012 Lucky". It's one single-track-compilation, made of 20 environmental recordings from Jean-Claude Roché, Walter Tilgner, Yannick Dauby etc. If anyone is able to provide a proper tracklist, please do so. Till then you have to simply listen. Enjoy.

total time: 64'28

Cover made with a photo my wife took in Wales in 2012.
Dedicated to the former CJW-section of SFRP after the switch.

LPH 050 - Greatest Hits of the World, Vol. 2 (1970s-2008)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #050]


tracklist:

(1970s) Mme. Dupuits + Cologer - L'ete (Guadeloupe)
(1981) Snake Charmers - Invocation of several marabouts (Morocco)
(1988) Kalinga - Rice Winnowing Song (Philippines)
(1988) Mu Mu Thein + U Soe Hlaing - Weizayanda 2 (Myanmar)
(1991) Oberfeld Schuppel - Zäuerli (Switzerland)
(1992) Teu Lalag Ogok Sabaggalet etc. - Urai Panoga Kagerat (Indonesia)
(1993) Anna-Kaisa Liedes - Se tie oli pitkae (Finland)
(1993) Zarsanga - Ze darna Dubai la zama (Afghanistan)
(1995) Dr. Raghavendra + Karnataka College of Percussion - River Yamuna (India)
(1995) Gaiteiros de Lisboa - Lenga Lenga (Portugal)
(1995) Papa Kiko + Maria Elena Hotu - Ka Tangi Timoteo (Easter Island)
(1997) Madosini - Yaka Yaka (South Africa)
(2003) Tedje Tesfahoun - Gum Gum (Ethiopia)
(2005) Stefano Valla + Daniele Scurati - Canzone arrabbiata (Italy)
(2007) Stephano Honore alias Menwar - Inn aswar (Mauritius)
(2008) Simuna Mugande - Lwiimbo Lwamuka Mufwu (Zimbabwe)

total time: 78'59


Greated by Lucky.
Cover photo by Lucky.
Dedicated to my family.