December 29, 2023

LPH 687 - Lucky Plays Accordion (1930-2016)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #687]


tracklist:

(1930) Émile Vacher - Frissonnette
(1988) Bratsch - Sirba d'Accordéon
(1993) Ti Jaz - Kost'er hoed
(1993) Une Anche Passe - Tango Sense
(1994) Värttinä - Yötulet (The Night Fire)
(1995) Olivier Manoury - Volver (Carlos Gardel)
(1997) MAM - Indifférence (Tony Murena)
(1998) Baron Samedi Percussions + Jean-François Baëz - P.T.D.H. / Bossa Nooga
(1999) É Guijecri + Jean-François Baëz - Valse tapioca
(2000) Stefan Hussong - High Way for One (Adriana Hölszky)
(2001) Guy Klucevsek - Return of the Microids: Many Happy Returns
(2002) Jean-Louis Matinier Group - Jardins d'Enfance
(2005) Joélle Leandre + Pascal Contet - Freeway 9
(2005) Ute Völker - Graphit
(2007) Dobrek Bistro - Adé Efgisa
(2008) Nano - Nova Musa
(2010) Johanna Juhola Reaktori - Ontuvan Jalan Tango (Limping Foot Tango)
(2011) Hradčany (Adam, Botta, Venitucci) - Il semaforo (David Venitucci)
(2013) Cicada Dream Band (Oliveros, Rothenberg, Hill) - Three of a Mind
(2016) Hans Hassler - Akkordämon

total time: 94'08


Played by Lucky.
Cover photo by Rob Howard/Corbis, "Inuit playing accordion", 2004 (taken from a birthday postcard from my wife).
Dedicated to accordion players.

December 28, 2023

LPH 686 - Work Songs (1937-2018)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #686]


tracklist:

(1937) Paul Robeson + Lawrence Brown - Work All de Summer
(1949) St. Louis Jimmy + Sunnyland Slim - Hard Work Boogie
(1952) Mbuti Men, Congo - Gbalabalatauw Iye Hihe (Work Song)
(1953) Howlin' Wolf + Willie Johnson - Work for Your Money
(1954) Bulu, Cameroon - Work Song
(1959) Sam Lightnin' Hopkins - You Got to Work to Get Your Pay
(1960) Ake - Yoruba Work Chant
(1962) Norman Miller + Chorus - Work Song
(1965) Ho Nen, Vietnamese Work Song (Digger's Song)
(1965) Lee Dorsey - Work Work Work
(1966) Borana, Ethiopia - Work Song at the Water Hole
(1966) Fali, Cameroon - Work Songs
(1974) Byard Lancaster - Work and Pray
(1974) Chimbu Music, Papua New Guinea - Work Song
(1977) Farmers of Leh, Tibet - Harvest Work Song 1
(1980) Himara Vocal Group, Albania - Fishermen's Work Song
(1985) Angela Babin + Joe Dizney - Work Song (Cameroon)
(1994) God is My Co-Pilot - Work is Love
(1997) Michel Mandel - Work Song
(2007) Jim McAuley - Work with Warp
(2007) Shoghaken Ensemble - Jakhraki Vot (Work Songs of Taron)
(2012) Thai Hill Tribe Musician - Lahu Work Song
(2013) Aregawi Tesfamariam + Family with Two Neighbors, Ethiopia - Work Song for Meskel
(2013) Stelzhamma + Rudi Habringer - Upper Austrian Work Song
(2018) Paolo Botti + La Fabbrica dei Botti - Work Song (Lomax Medley II)

total time: 75'46


Worked by Lucky.
Cover photo by the Byron Company, N.Y., "Weavers at work. / The N.Y. Association For The Blind", ca. 1910-15 (taken from the Library of Congress).
Dedicated to the work re-integration of my wife.

December 27, 2023

LPH 685 - Music from the Mud (1947-2015)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #685]


tracklist:

(1947) Sunnyland Slim - Mud Kicking Woman
(1953) Mercy Dee Walton + Jesse Sailes - Dark Muddy Bottom
(1963) Booker Ervin + Pony Poindexter Group - Muddy Dust
(1966) Ken Nordine - Muddy
(1967) Ivor Cutler Trio - Mud
(1971) Niney + The Observers - Mud + Water
(1976) Andrew Hill Trio - Mudflower
(1986) The Leaders - Mudfoot
(1991) Paul Pignon + Raymond Strid - Reeds in the Mud
(1997) Peggy Lee + Dylan van der Schyff - Mud Marchin' Boots
(2002) Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher - Mud
(2003) Douglas Ewart - Mud Bath III
(2004) Bill Cole + William Parker - Angels in Golden Mud
(2005) Psychograss - Stroll of the Mudbug
(2007) Platz Quintett - Parading Through This Muddy Field
(2008) William Hooker Group - Mud Cloth
(2015) Ray Anderson's Organic Quartet - At Home in the Muddy Water

total time: 78'48


Muddied by Lucky.
Original cover photo taken by Lucky, developed by my sister.
Dedicated to McKinley Morganfield.

December 25, 2023

LPH 684 - No Music (1974-2016)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #684]


tracklist:

(1974) Jean Schwarz - With No J
(1974) Maria Monti - No No No No (Gino Negri)
(1982) Doris (Sorrel) Hays - Celebration of No (extr.)
(1983) Rik Rue - No More Needles
(1983) Scott Johnson - No Memory
(1984) Steve Moore - No
(1987) Gary Peacock - No Noh
(1995) Hot Junk + Kaoru Kanzaki - No Jazz
(1999) Nils Wogram + Conny Bauer - The No No
(2002) Michel Lambert Trio - No No No Note
(2007) Simon Jermyn's Trot a Mouse - No, No, No
(2014) Evan Parker, Agustí Fernández, Ivo Sans - No
(2014) VocColours + Eberhard Kranemann - No No Ts
(2016) Dave Rempis, Matt Piet, Tim Daisy - No Jazz

total time: 77'40


Denied by Lucky.
Cover enso by Taido Shufu, 19th century, Japan (taken from Lion's Roar).
Dedicated to no one.

December 23, 2023

LPH 683 - Minority (1953-2017)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #683]


15 versions of "Minority" by Gigi Gryce.


tracklist:

(1953) Gigi Gryce-Clifford Brown Sextet
(1957) Gigi Gryce + The Jazz Lab
(1958) Bill Evans Trio
(1958) Cannonball Adderley Quintet
(1965) The Bossa Três
(1973) Bobby Pierce Septet
(1979) Romano Mussolini + His Friends
(1983) Bobby Watson-Curtis Lundy Quartet
(1987) Arrigo Cappelletti Trio
(1993) Jacques Pelzer Quartet
(2003) Anthony Braxton Quartet
(2010) Géraldine Laurent Quartet
(2011) Gaël Horellou Quintet
(2014) Francesco Branciamore Crossover Ensemble
(2017) Lindsey Horner

total time: 79'10


Minored by Lucky.
Cover by Lucky + daughter, chalk board from Country Cubbies.
Dedicated to George General "Gigi" Gryce Jr. (1925-1983).

December 21, 2023

LPH 682 - Intense Mix (1966-2017)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #682]


tracklist:

(1966) Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, Pierre Courbois - Intensity
(1973) Luther Thomas / Human Arts Ensemble - Intensity
(1975) Oliver Lake + Steve Peisch - Intensity
(1977) Sun Ra + His Arkestra - Outer Reach Intensity-Energy
(1983) Michael Sell Contemporary Music Ensemble - Steigerung (Intensification)
(1995) Joe Gallivan + Brian Cuomo - Intensity
(2000) Simon H. Fell + LSTwo Ensemble - Intensity
(2002) Sachi Hayasaka Group - Intense Heat
(2011) Zeitkratzer + Keiji Haino - Intensität (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
(2013) Meridian Arts Ensemble - Four Fanfares: 2. Intense (Andrew Rindfleisch)
(2016) The Core-tet Project - Walk of Intensity
(2017) Burton Greene, Damon Smith, Bob Moses - Life's Intense Mystery, pt. II

total time: 78'23


Tensed by Lucky.
Cover art from 'billliger malen'.
Dedicated to Peter Brötzmann.

December 19, 2023

LPH 681 - Albert (1987-2010)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #681]


tracklist:

(1987) Loverly - Albert
(1989) Mark Helias Group - Albert
(1991) Hal Russell Group - Albert's Lullaby
(1991) Marco Eneidi Coalition - Albert's Ghost
(1995) Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Dear Albert
(1997) Paul Smoker-Vinny Golia Quartet - That Was for Albert
(2000) Tony Wilson Sextet - For Albert
(2001) Rent Romus' Lord of Outland - Aces for Albert
(2002) Mark O'Leary + Sunny Murray - Albert
(2003) Trio-X - Albert's Alto
(2004) Jenny Scheinman Group - Albert
(2005) Mark Nauseef, Ikue Mori, Walter Quintus, Sylvie Courvoisier - Albert's Alchemy
(2008) Peter Brötzmann, Johannes Bauer, Mikołaj Trzaska - The 'Albert is Missing' Signal
(2010) Alexey Kruglov + Vladimir Tarasov - Dialog About Albert Ayler

total time: 73'27


Aylered by Lucky.
Cover photo by Naoki Mukouda (from Patrick Regan's Ayler-site).
Dedicated to Albert.

December 09, 2023

LPH 680 - Phantoms (1950-2020)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #680]


tracklist:

(1950) Sun Ra + John Jenkins - The Phantom
(1963) Hal Blaine + The Young Cougars - The Phantom Driver
(1970s) Phairin Phonphibun - Lam Klom Thung (Phantom White Bird)
(1975) Derek Bailey + Tony Oxley - Sheffield Phantoms
(1975) Jack DeJohnette's Directions - Shades of the Phantom
(1977) Frank Lowe + Eugene Chadbourne - Phantom to the Tower, Pts. 1+2
(1980) The Residents - Phantom
(1988) Fred Frith - Dependable Phantoms (for Hans)
(1991) Phil Haynes' 4 Horns + What? - Phantoms
(1998) Techno Animal - Phantom Tribe
(2008) Aki Takase + The Good Boys - Phantom Power
(2012) Jad Fair + Gilles-Vincent Rieder - The Phantom
(2013) Kalle Kalima + K-18 - The Phantom of Liberty
(2017) Ben Goldberg Quartet - Phantom Pains
(2017) Eddie Ladoir + Pierre Bastien - Phantom Dance (Original Mix)
(2020) TAU 5 - Phantoms

total time: 77'25


Phantomed by Lucky.
Cover art: Lee Falk's comic superhero "Phantom" (from the Comic-Denkblase blog).
Dedicated to Lon Chaney.

December 06, 2023

LPH 679 - Disco Hut (1977-2016)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #679]


tracklist:

(1977) O'Donel Levy - Sophisticated Disco
(1978) Sun Ra - Disco 3000
(1980) Foday Musa Suso + Mandingo Griot Society - Disco Gate
(1980) Mutiny - Anti-Disco
(1980) The Prats - Disco Pope
(1982) James White + The Blacks - Disco Jaded
(1983) Essendon Airport - What I Like About Disco
(1983) Farouq Salama - Oriental Disco
(1986) Snakefinger + The Vestal Virgins - This is Not a Disco Song
(1987) Werner Lüdi Sunnymoon - Macho Duck Disco
(1987) Ziz! (Jan Steele + Janet Sherbourne) - Gamelan Disco
(1992) Anthony Coleman Ensemble - Disco by Night
(1994) God is My Co-Pilot - Disco by Night (Anthony Coleman)
(2007) Andrew D'Angelo Trio - Gay Disco
(2016) Tous Dehors w/ Marc Ducret + Matthew Bourne - Disco

total time: 72'37


Discoed by Lucky.
Cover by Lucky.
Dedicated to "Le Freak".

December 01, 2023

LPH 678 - Air d'Orang (1960-2013)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2023; #678]


tracklist:

(1960) Laac, Vietnam - Air de guimbarde pour bercer un enfant
(1962) Zhang Junqiu - Air from a Peking Opera
(1968) Albi + rattle - Air à danser
(1978) Braga Stone (Supeno) - Air mata kekasih
(1978) Don Cherry + Latif Khan - Air Mail
(1980) Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Air à danser
(1987) Holger Czukay - Music in the Air (Remix)
(1988) Jon Hassell + Farafina - Air Afrique (Wind)
(1990s) BBK String Band - Air Niugini Plane
(1992) Hans Anliker, Hans Burgener, Michael Lytle, Martin Schütz - Air of Solitude
(1995) Daniel Mille - Sur un air de famille
(1997) Tsunoda Tsuguto - Air Pocket
(2000) Ian Smith, Gail Brand, Oren Marshall, Veryan Weston - Air Apparent
(2002) Guy Klucevsek - Bits and Pieces of Hard Coal: Air Apparent
(2003) Henry Doktorski - Queen of the Air March (Guido Deiro)
(2011) Scanner + David Rothenberg - As Air Moves In
(2011) TOEAC - Holberg Suite: Air (Edvard Grieg)
(2012) Zeena Parkins Ensemble - The Air is Perfectly Clear
(2013) Philip Corner - Fanfare of the Rosecross: Air of the Order (Erik Satie)

total time: 75'25


Aired by Lucky.
Cover art by my wife.
Dedicated to mien lüchtig leev.