LPH 171 - Excluse Me! (1988)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2018; #171]


tracklist:

01. Ne Zhdali - Song for Marina
02. Pidgin Combo - The Hard Wood
03. Die Vögel Europas - I Will
04. Soixante Étages - Sur le front
05. Gestalt et Jive - Space of God
06. Cassiber - Gut
07. Ut Gret - Braxton + The Bird
08. Paul Dolden - Caught in an Octagon of Unaccustomed Light
09. Napalm Death - Multi-National Corporations / Instinct of Survival / Stigmatised / Parasites
10. Henry Threadgill Sextett - The Devil is On the Loose and Dancin' with a Monkey

total time: 57'39


Exclused by Lucky.
Cover by Lucky.
Dedicated to rz of mended records.

LPH 170 - LUCKYphonic (1947-87)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2018; #170]


tracklist:

(1947) Bing Crosby + John Scott Trotter Orchestra - White Christmas
(1955) Glenn Gould - Bach's Aria
(1957) Elvis Presley - Don't
(1962) Lew Davies Orchestra - In a Mist
(1963) Dick Hyman - S'posin'
(1967) The Beatles - Blue Jay Way
(1970) The J. B.'s - The Grunt
(1970) The Magic Band - Bellerin' Plain
(1971) Aka Pygmees - Mongombi
(1976) Harry James Big Band - Corner Pocket
(1978) Ry Cooder - In a Mist
(1980) Cleveland Orchestra, dir. Lorin Maazel - Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps (exc.)
(1983) Dolly Parton - The Great Pretender
(1985) TeeVee Toons - The Andy Griffith Show
(1986) Cecil Taylor - Mirror and Water Gazing
(1987) 101 Strings - Over the Rainbow
(1987) Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis
(1987) Michael Jackson - Bad
(1987) Prince - Dead On It
(1987) Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause

total time: 70'01


Phoniced by Lucky, selecting some originals plundered on the "plunderphonic" CD (1989).
Cover by Lucky, inspired by the "plunderphonics" EP cover (1988).
Dedicated to John Oswald.

LPH 169 - 41 versions of Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight) (1963-2017)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2018; #169]


tracklists:

#1
(1963) Fran Jeffries
(1963) Henry Mancini
(1963) Joe Pass + The Folkswingers
(1963) Miranda Martino + Ennio Morricone Orchestra
(1964) Buddy Greco
(1964) Les McCann Ltd.
(1964) Plas Johnson
(1964) Sarah Vaughan
(1965) Expósito
(1965) Giane
(1965) Gregorio Barrios
(1965) Os Velhinhos Transviados
(1965) Lena Horne
(1966) Roy Meriwether Trio
(1966) Waltel Branco
(1993) Elli Paspala
(1998) Blue Harlem feat. Aisha Khan
(2000) Angela Hagenbach
(2000) Monica Mancini
(2001) Mondo Candido
(2002) Lee Press-On and the Nails
(2005) Brynhildur + BBQ's

#2
(2007) Lisboa Zentral Cafè
(2008) Josephine Biundo
(2008) Musica Nuda
(2009) Jeff Steinberg
(2009) Vladimir Bozar 'n' ze Sheraf Orkestär
(2010) Miro Ungar + Big Band HRT-a
(2012) Dia Moreno
(2012) Frau Kraushaar + Herr Kratzer
(2012) Mercuzio Pianist
(2013) The Invisibles
(2014) Cafe Caravan
(2014) Pilots on Dope + Rosalia de Souza
(2015) Mezzotono
(2015) Parma Brass Quintet
(2015) Steve Lozano
(2016) Carte Blanche
(2016) Chaise Lounge
(2016) Gail Gardetto Campanella
(2017) Gabriele Tranchina

total time: 61'56 (#1) / 64'05 (#2)

Music composed by Henry Mancini for Blake Edwards' film "The Pink Panther" (1963).
Italian lyrics by Franco Migliacci, English lyrics by Johnny Mercer.


Megliostaseraed by Lucky.
Cover picture: Fran Jeffries singing "Meglio Stasera" in the film "The Pink Panther".
Dedicated to Hank, too.


#1:

#2:

LPH 168 - Winter's Coming (1956-2014)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2018; #168]


tracklist:

(1956) Hoagy Carmichael + Pacific Jazz Men feat. Art Pepper - Winter Moon
(1964) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Winter Ballad
(1967) The Beach Boys - Fall Breaks and Back to Winter
(1970) Anton Bruhin + Stephan Wittwer - Winterlied
(1976) Bill Dixon - When Winter Comes
(1988) Morgan Sexton - Lonesome Scene of Winter
(1992) Aki Takase, Toki String Quartet, Nobuyoshi Ino - Winter in Buenos Aires
(1994) Otto Lechner - Die Wintersonnenwende: Finster und bitterkalt        
(2003) Art Lande - Winter Thoughts
(2008) Steve Gorn Group - Winter - Epilogue (Teiji Ito)
(2012) Ab Baars + Ig Henneman - Winter Comes to Hush Her Song
(2014) Orbál - Winter's Coming

total time: 57'59


Wintered by Lucky.
Cover detail from "The Hunters in the Snow" (1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Dedicated to the memory of my paternal grandfather.

LPH 167 - 41 versions of Mr. Lucky (1959-2016)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2018; #167]


tracklists:

#1
(1959) Henry Mancini
(1960) Frankie Capp Percussion Group
(1960) Jimmy + Marian McPartland
(1960) Morty Craft
(1960) Mundell Lowe
(1960) Paul Serrano Quintet
(1961) Donald Byrd-Pepper Adams Quintet
(1961) Eddie Cano
(1961) Felix Slatkin
(1961) Henry Mancini (Mr. Lucky Goes Latin)
(1961) Jack McDuff
(1961) John Young Trio
(1962) Earl Grant
(1962) King Jordan (Bob Bain)
(1962) Laurindo Almeida's Bossa Nova All Stars
(1963) Bobby Hackett
(1963) Dick Hyman
(1963) The Three Sounds
(1964) Henry Mancini (vocal)
(1964) Sarah Vaughan
(1964) Vince Guaraldi
(1965) Anita Kerr Singers
(1966) Charlie Byrd
(1967) Warren Kime + Brass Impact
(1969) Duke Ellington
(1971) Jimmy McGriff

#2
(1981) Buddy DeFranco Quintet
(1984) The Melody Four
(1991) Strata Institute
(1996) Jeff Johnson
(1997) Dave Grusin
(2001) J. A. Granelli + Mr. Lucky
(2002) Joe Augustine
(2003) Joey DeFrancesco
(2003) Phil Woods + Carl Sanders
(2004) Peter Leitch
(2005) Jimmy Cobb
(2012) Harold Mabern Quartet
(2012) Luca Pecchia + Mike Melillo
(2013) Michael Anthony First Take Trio
(2016) Nancy Hamilton

total time: 79'38 (#1) / 79'28 (#2)

Composed by Henry Mancini as theme for Blake Edwards' TV series "Mr. Lucky" (1959-60).


Mistered by Lucky.
Cover art by Don Peters for Henry Mancini's LP "Mr. Lucky" (RCA, USA, 1959).
Dedicated to Hank.

#1:

#2:

LPH 166 - Lucky et Utopie sons des étrangers (1970-2010)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2018; #166]


tracklist:

(1970) Areski Belkacem (France) - 80 A.
(1971) Ferdinand Murphy (Tobago) - Danny Man (reel)
(1978) Chabuca Granda (Peru) - Cuatro tiempos jovenes
(1984) Najat Aatabou (Morocco) - Ras el Ain
(1985) Hukwe Zawose + Master Musicians of Tanzania (Tanzania) - Lukunzi
(1987) Ira Cohen (USA) - Djemaa el Fna (Morocco)
(1992) Ernst Jandl + Erich Meixner (Austria) - Stanze 13
(1992) Laurent Bigot + François Raulin (France) - Vue sur Tower Bridge, detail
(1994) Adam Bohman (UK) - Belgian Barrage
(1997) Caetano Veloso (Brazil) - Doideca
(2001) Gypsy Brass Band (Romania) - India
(2010) Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Orchestra (USA) - Arc of Light

total time: 65'41


This is a collaboration with fellow blogger UtopieMusicale. Each of us contributed six tracks. You can find another collaborative mix by us at the new adventurous music blog Utopie Musicale. Merci, Utopie!

Cover art by Kurt Schwitters, "Merzbild 1A" (The Psychiatrist), 1919 (from the homepage of the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).
Font: "Dada Zim Zum" by P22 (from Fontsgeek).

LPH 165 - Regenbogen Dorf 4 (1928-79)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2018; #165]


tracklist:

(1928) The Stamps Quartet - Like the Rainbow
(1929) The Carter Family - God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
(1957) Lenny Dee - Rainbow at Midnight
(1957) Nelson Riddle - All the Colors of the Rainbow (The Girl Most Likely)
(1958) Judy Holliday - A Ride on a Rainbow
(1958) Roy Smeck - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
(1958) The Three Suns - Rainbow
(1960) Tony Muréna + His Musette Orchestra - Tango de l'arc en ciel
(1966) Takeshi Terauchi + The Bunnys - Rainbow Bridge
(1968) Lalo Schifrin - The End of the Rainbow (Mannix)
(1968) Mort Garson - I've Been Over the Rainbow
(1968) Sir Julian - Make Me Rainbows
(1974) Elis Regina + Tom Jobim - Chovendo na Roseiro (Double Rainbow)
(1979) Kermit (Jim Henson) - Rainbow Connection (OST The Muppet Movie)
(1979) Sarah Vaughan - Double Rainbow (Chovendo na Roseira)

total time: 45'51


Dorfed by Lucky.
Cover art + title by Frida Carlo.
Dedicated to my daughter.

LPH 164 - Listen Unprepared (1993)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2018; #164]


tracklist:

1. Ken Valitsky - Certificate of Existence
2. Peril - Illegal Alien
3. Palinckx - Jingles 4
4. Luigi Archetti - Secrets of the Royal Psychic
5. Tipographica - Prostitute Robot (Made by Sony)
6. Rough Assemblage - Year One: One (Norman Yamada)
7. Elliott Sharp / Carbon - Prime Crime
8. Praxis - The Hook
9. OLD - Backwards Through the Greedo Compressor

total time: 64'13


Unprepared by Lucky.
Cover art by Lucky Jr., assembled by Lucky.
Dedicated to the Unprepared.