May 31, 2025

LPH 840 - Songs Marc Taught Me (1932-1976)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #840]


tracklist:

(1932) Glen Gray + His Casa Loma Orchestra - The House is Haunted
(1941) Billie Holiday + Teddy Wilson Orchestra - Gloomy Sunday
(1954) Jacques Brel + Michel Légrand Orchestra - Il nous faut regarder
(1954) Pearl Bailey + Herschel Burke Gilbert Orchestra - Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum (OST Carmen Jones)
(1959) Jacques Brel + François Rauber Orchestra - Seul
(1964) Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
(1964) H. B. Barnum - So What
(1964) Jacques Brel + François Rauber Orchestra - Au suivant
(1964) The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
(1966) Jack Hammer - Down in the Subway
(1966) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe
(1966) The Walker Brothers - In My Room
(1967) Gene Pitney - Something Gotten Hold of My Heart
(1967) Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice (OST You Only Live Twice)
(1967) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze
(1968) Jacques Brel + François Rauber Orchestra - L'éclusier
(1968) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
(1969) Scott Walker + Wally Stott Orchestra - Big Louise
(1969) Syd Barrett - Terrapin
(1971) Peter Hammill - Vision
(1972) Jacques Brel + François Rauber Orchestra - Ne me quitte pas
(1973) Lou Reed - Caroline Says
(1976) Donna Summer - I Feel Love

total time: 77'49


Taught by Lucky.
Cover art by Val Denham, from the 12-inch "Torment" by Marc and Mambas with The Venomettes (taken from Amazon).
Dedicated to Marc Almond + Thorsten W.

May 29, 2025

LPH 839 - Sounds of the Unknown (1986-2017)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #839]


tracklist:

(1986) British Summer Time Ends - Nine Unknown Uranian Moons
(1992) Tim Berne Group - The Unknown (Julius Hemphill)
(1996) Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Unknown Happiness
(2004) Tripwire - A Whisper Unknown
(2007) Switters - Why Ornette Would Be Unknown Today
(2008) Zlatko Kaučič, Saadet Türköz, Giovanni Maier - Dance with Unknown
(2011) Gianni Mimmo + Daniel Levin - Orbit: Unknown
(2011) Marta Topferova - The Unknown
(2014) Johannes Nästesjö - Unknown Machinery
(2015) Kaja Draksler + Susana Santos Silva - Hymn to the Unknown
(2017) Alma - Unknown Peace
(2017) Ida Toninato + Jennifer Thiessen - Unknown Road

total time: 60'00


Unknowned by Lucky.
Cover photo by my son, London, 2025.
Dedicated to the unknown.

May 25, 2025

LPH 838 - A Patchwork Mix (1976-2019)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #838]


tracklist:

(1976) Urs Voerkel, Peter K. Frey, Paul Lovens - Im Wasser
(1979) Laco Déczi + Zdeněk Dvořák - Čevabčiči
(1980) Takeo Moriyama Quartet - Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
(1980) Umps and Dumps - Lichfield Tattoo
(1987) Jean-François Vrod + Chris Joris - Fin de journée
(1989) Biota - Wire Talker
(1990) Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio - Invocations to Vahakn II (Alan Hovhaness)
(1990) ICP Orchestra - Back to Lippiza (Misha Mengelberg)
(2003) Élise Caron, Louis Sclavis, David Venitucci - Les fourmis (John Greaves, Christophe Glockner)
(2004) Either/Orchestra - Antchim Endèléla (Bahta Gèbrè-Heywèt, Gèbrèab Tèfèri)
(2004) exxj - Tanz 2 (Otto Lechner)
(2005) Mat Maneri + Denman Maroney - Couplet
(2009) Laurent Cavalié - La Perneta
(2013) Joe Hertenstein, Pascal Niggenkemper, Thomas Heberer - Glutamat + Menschenrecht
(2018) Cathrin Pfeifer's Trezoulé - Couriousum
(2018) Piotr Mełech + Wojtek Kurek - Koala Hint
(2019) Günther Arnold + Annelies Brandstätter-Arnold - Bauerntanz und Dreher

total time: 77'58


Patched by Lucky.
Cover quilt by Karen Griska (taken from Etsy).
Dedicated to random listeners.

May 23, 2025

LPH 837 - Moving (1970-2018)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #837]


tracklist:

(1970) Dorothy Ashby + Richard Evans - The Moving Finger
(1974) Shirley Scott - Keep on Moving' On
(1977) André Fertier + Clivage - Moving Waves
(1983) David Holland + Ronnie Goodman - Moving Things from A to B
(1996) Floros Floridis, Miloš Petrović, Veljko Nikolić - Moving Wagon
(2000) Perfect Houseplants - Moving On
(2002) Christy Doran, Heiri Kaenzig, Fabian Kuratli - Moving East
(2005) Darren Johnston, Fred Frith, Larry Ochs, Devin Hoff, Ches Smith - Reasons for Moving
(2008) Alexei Aigui + Ensemble 4'33'' - Moving Into the Night
(2009) Theo Jörgensmann, Albrecht Maurer, Kent Carter - Ways of Moving
(2011) Luís Vicente Trio - Moving Between
(2017) Samo Salamon, Tony Malaby, Roberto Dani - Moving Target
(2018) Massimo Falascone Seven - Moving Train

total time: 76'50


Moved by Lucky.
Original cover stills from Eadweard Muybridge's film "Mule Kicking", 1887 (taken from IMDb).
Dedicated to movers.

May 18, 2025

LPH 836 - Face Danger (1975-2019)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #836]


tracklist:

(1966) Peter Thomas - International Danger
(1968) Alan Hawkshaw + Keith Mansfield - Dangerous Assignment
(1971) Ennio Morricone - Virage dangereux (OST Le Casse)
(1971) Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - Danger
(1971) Nino Nardini + Roger Roger - Creeping Danger
(1972) Iggy + The Stooges - Gimme Danger
(1974) Dr. John - Danger Zone
(1979) Pyrolator - Danger Cruising
(1981) Half Japanese - No Danger
(1997) David Shea + Jim Pugliese - Dangerous Ground
(2002) Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - Danger Music
(2005) Gene Coleman + Raed Yassin - Nadim Hilmi is in Danger
(2006) Jon Corbett, Nick Stephens, Tony Marsh - Courting Danger
(2008) Reptet + guests - Danger Notes
(2012) Scoolptures - More Dangerous
(2015) Frank Woeste-Dave Douglas Quintet - Danger Dancer
(2015) Jane Ira Bloom Trio - Dangerous Times
(2017) Craig Taborn + Ikue Mori - Dangerous Hobby

total time: 72'22


Endangered by Lucky.
Cover art by Matt Groening from "Akbar & Jeff's Guide to Life", 1986.
Dedicated to courageous folks.

May 17, 2025

LPH 835 - Drown in Brown (1975-2019)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #835]


tracklist:

(1975) Don Cherry Group - Brown Rice
(1978) Charles Bobo Shaw + Human Arts Ensemble feat. Joseph Bowie - Brown Rock City
(1986) Jamal Khan Group - Sweet Brown Flower
(1991) Antonio Moncada + Sebi Tramontana - Brown Cage
(1995) Talking Pictures - I Feel Brown
(1999) 8 Bold Souls - Brown Town
(2001) Arthur Blythe Quartet - My Little Brown Book (Billy Strayhorn)
(2002) Julien Pinol Quintet - Brown Scrapple Rag
(2008) Kirk Knuffke Trio - Amnesia Brown
(2015) Achille Succi, Francesco Saiu, Giacomo Papetti - Brown
(2016) Samo Salamon Sextet - Brown
(2018) Liudas Mockūnas + Akira Sakata - Brown Line
(2019) Elisabeth Coudoux + Emiszatett - Brown
(2019) Yelena Eckemoff - Brown

total time: 77'15


Browned by Lucky.
Original cover picture from "Drown in Brown" (taken from Facebook).
Dedicated to the drowned.

May 16, 2025

LPH 834 - Musique Unique (1929-2020)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #834]


tracklist:

(1929) Stellio Orchestra Antillais - En sens unique
(1951) Johnny Meyer - Valse unique
(1955) Astor Piazzolla, su bandeoneon y sus cuerdas - Sens unique
(1960) Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars - Pee Wee Russell's Unique Sound
(1964) Finnish kantele - Je suis la fille unique de la maison (Deben Bhattacharya)
(1969) Nico et l'African Fiesta Sukisa - Bolingo ya sens unique
(1970's) King Tubby - Unique Dub
(1978) Sir Roland Hanna - Dee's Unique
(1991) John Scofield Quartet + Horns - Unique New York
(1995) Marianne Pousseur, Peter Harvey, Alice Ader, Brigitte Foccroulle, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, dir. Pierre Bartholomée - L'unique (Henri Pousseur)
(1996) Ngouma Lokito - Berthe, fille unique
(1999) Chicago Underground Duo - The Unique Container
(2001) Carlos Zíngaro, Joëlle Léandre, Sebi Tramontana - Unique
(2003) René Aubry - Uniques au monde
(2004) Edward Simon Trio - Not So Unique (Luciana Souza)
(2005) Howard Riley - Unique
(2005) Municipale Balcanica - Unique Sun, Unique Blood!
(2017) Mike Caratti, Rachel Musson, Steve Beresford - A Unique Haircut
(2020) Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Soulful and Unique

total time: 79'12


Uniqued by Lucky.
Cover art by Raku Inoue 井上 羅来, "Laurentian Butterfly", 2021 (taken from Instagram).
Dedicated to the inhabitants of this unique planet.

May 14, 2025

LPH 833 - Cross the Line (2001-19)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025, #833]


tracklist:

(2001) Stephen Vitiello, David Tronzo, Danny Tunick - Crossing Her Eyes and Sneezing
(2004) Mushroom with Eddie Gale - Border Crossing
(2005) John Tchicai with Strings - Cross Ness
(2006) Michel Godard Group - Cross Culture (Wolfgang Puschnig)
(2006) Tom Nunn - Cross Rods / 3
(2007) Antonello Salis + Joey Baron - Crossgroove
(2008) Davey Williams - Crossing Shangri-La
(2009) Trio Globo - Cross Currents (Howard Levy)
(2010) Julie Tippetts + Martin Archer - Crossing the Line
(2012) Alexey Kruglov, Jaak Sooaar, Alexander Ragazanov - Crossings of Art Opinions
(2018) João Lencastre Quintet - Crossing Worlds
(2018) Simon Nabatov Group - Crossing the River Zbrucz
(2019) Jacob Sacks - Crossing
(2019) Potsa Lotsa XL - Crossing Colours (Silke Eberhard)
(2019) Waxwing - Crossing Paths (Peggy Lee)

total time: 77'55


Crossed by Lucky.
Cover photo by Weegee, "Man Arrested for Cross-Dressing, New York", c. 1939 (taken from Art Blart).
Cover font mimicking Buzzcocks' EP "Spiral Scratch" (New Hormones, 1977).
Dedicated to line-crossers.

May 11, 2025

LPH 832 - Meditations on Integration (1961-2001)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #832]


tracklist:

(1961) Babs Gonzales Group - We Ain't Got Integration
(1963) Duke Ellington Orchestra + Hamburg S. O. - Non-Violent Integration
(1963) Malcolm X - Government + Integration
(1964) Jac Holzman - Integration Rally
(1967) Edward Michael + The International S. O. - Forces of Integration
(1968) Piero Umiliani Group - L'uomo integrato
(1969) Amancio D'Silva, Don Rendell, Dave Green - Integration
(1971) Basil Kirchin Ensemble - Integration (non-racial)
(1978) John Stevens' Away - Integration
(1984) Charlie Munro Quartet - Integrations
(1989) Urs Leimgruber + John Wolf Brennan - Integration
(1992) Henry Threadgill Ensemble - Meditations on Integration (Charles Mingus)
(2000) Nils Wogram + Simon Nabatov - Integration
(2001) Rabbinical School Dropouts - Integration

total time: 79'45


Integrated by Lucky.
Cover photo by an uncredited DOJ photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden, "US Marshals with Young Ruby Bridges on School Steps", 1960 (taken from National Women's History Museum, Alexandria, Virginia, USA).
Dedicated to global integration.

May 10, 2025

LPH 831 - Dry Mix (1927-2004)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #831]


tracklist:

(1927) Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle
(1928) Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Dry Bones
(1928) Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues
(1929) Wise String Orchestra - How Dry I Am
(1930) Charley Patton + Willie Brown - Dry Well Blues
(1930) Son House - Dry Spell Blues, Part 1+2
(1935) Heavenly Gospel Singers - New Dry Bones
(1940) Fats Waller + His Rhythm - Dry Bones
(1956) Phil Woods / Gene Quill Sextet - Dry Chops in the Moonlight
(1969) Albert King + Booker T. + The M.G.'s - Drowning on Dry Land
(1969) The Meters - Dry Spell
(1972) O. V. Wright - Drowning on Dry Land
(1980) Hozan Yamamoto, Masahiko Satoh, Masahiko Togashi - Dry
(1990) Jayne Cortez Group - Drying Spit Blues
(1996) Michael Formanek Septet - The Dry Season
(1996) Slow Poke - Dry Socket
(2001) Brad Dutz Obliteration Percussion Quartet - Dry Steam
(2002) Will Holshouser Trio + Kevin Norton - Dry
(2004) David Thomas + Two Pale Boys - Running Dry

total time: 77'18


Dried by Lucky.
Original cover art by Terry Pellmar, "Climate Change - Drought", 2018 (taken from Flickr).
Dedicated to dry humour.

May 08, 2025

LPH 830 - Illusions (1969-2021)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #830]


tracklist:

(1969) Andrew Hill Quartet + Kermit Moore String Quartet - Illusion
(1972) Stanley Cowell Trio - Illusion Suite
(1975) Ted Daniel Group - Illusions (Arthur Blythe)
(1979) John Surman - Edges of Illusion
(1983) Mark Izu + Ray Collins - Sheng Illusion
(1993) Miya Masaoka - Illusion #34
(1999) Nicola Stilo + Toninho Horta - Illusion
(2002) R.U.B. - Fond Illusion
(2004) Cathrin Pfeifer + Band - Nächtliche Illusion
(2010) Ken Thomson, Stephen Gosling, Derek Johnson, Alex Waterman, Greg Chudzik, David Cossin - The Illusions of Guidance (Scott Johnson)
(2020) Viktor Tóth Arura Trió - Moon Illusion
(2021) Futari - Memory Illusion

total time: 77'56


Illusioned by Lucky.
Cover photo by Polixeni Papapetrou, "Olympia as Lewis Carroll's Xie Kitchin sleeping on chaise", 2003; from the series "Dreamchild" (taken from the Museum of Australian Photography, City of Monash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia).
Dedicated to Jos Stelling and his film "De Illusionist" (NL, 1983).

May 04, 2025

LPH 829 - Lucky on the Loose (1951-2024)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #829]


tracklist:

(1951) George Shearing Quintet - Loose Leaf (Jo Zarantonello)
(1953) Sonny Stitt + Johnny Richards' Orchestra - Loose Walk
(1954) Frank Comstock Group - Footloose
(1956) Al Cohn Quintet - Be Loose
(1956) Randy Weston Trio - Loose Wig
(1960) The Three Sounds - Loose Walk (Sonny Stitt, Johnny Richards)
(1961) Bud Shank Sextet - Bruce is Loose
(1962) Bill Evans Quintet - Loose Bloose
(1964) Bobby Timmons Trio - Cut Me Loose, Charlie
(1964) Mose Allison Trio - Wild Man on the Loose
(1979) Ronnie Mathews Quintet - Loose Suite
(1979) Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Hangin' Loose (Akiyoshi)
(1982) Russ Freeman + Shelley Manne - Loose as a Goose
(1994) Paul Bley Trio - Loose Change
(2001) School Days - Loose Blues (Bill Evans)
(2004) John Tchicai, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille - Anders on the Loose
(2024) Allen Lowe + Matthew Shipp - Mr. Harney Turn Me Loose

total time: 76'53


Loosened by Lucky.
Cover by Lucky.
Dedicated to loose ends.

May 02, 2025

LPH 828 - Music for Dolphins (1961-2012)


[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2025; #828]


tracklist:

(1961) Les Baxter - Dolphin
(1964) Mikael Tariverdiev - Dolphins (OST Goodbye, Boys!)
(1971) Oakland Youth Orchestra, dir. Robert Hughes - Pacifika Rondo: A Play of Dolphins (Lou Harrison)
(1977) Henry Kaiser + Laurel Sprigg - Blue Dolphin
(1977) Julian Priester + Marine Intrusion - Wind Dolphin (Bruce Horiuchi)
(1977) Luiz Eça + Victor Assis Brasil - The Dolphin
(1982) Soft Heap - Dying Dolphins
(1987) Heiner Goebbels + Alfred 23 Harth - Imagine You're a Dolphin
(1988) Zusaan Kali Fasteau - Dolphin Meditation
(1991) Wild Dolphin Project - Dolphins at Play
(1992) Roberto Musci, Giovanni Venosta, Saverio Angiolini - When a Dolphin Saves a Baby
(1996) Dominic Duval - Dolphin Sighting
(1997) Badi Assad - Dolphins in the Blue Mist
(2001) Ferrante + Teicher - Manatees + Dolphins
(2012) Fredrik Ljungqvist + Yun Kan 10 - Dolphinian Motion

total time: 76'53


Dolphined by Lucky.
Original cover art by Sven Rosé, Hamburg-St. Pauli.
Dedicated to dolpins.