January 7, 2007

Best Music 2006 - David Crane

hi rob,

each year i say i'm gonna give you a list -- and this year i decided i had to do it immediately to get it done. and that worked!

i *think* i bought all these this year.... the ranking for 1-6 is serious; the rest are pretty much tied. sorry, couldn't keep it to 20...

1. Deerhoof / The Runners Four
2. Television Personalities / Yes Dear, but Is It Art?
3. Curtis Mayfield / Roots
4. Syd Barrett / Barrett
5. The Roots / Game Theory
6. Kim Jung Mi / Wind [reissued this year! and don't buy that stupid "Korean Francoise Hardy" shit]
7. Francoiz Breut / Une Saison Volee
8. Cheap Trick at Budokan (remastered)
9. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings / Naturally
10. Numbers / We're Animals
11. Bad Brains / Bad Brains
12. Antony & the Johnsons / Antony & the Johnsons
13. Matmos / The Rose has Teeth in the Mouth of the Beast
14. Sarah Vaughan (w/ Clifford Brown)
15. Broadcast / Tender Buttons
16. Archie Schepp / The Impulse Story
17. Nobukazu Takamura / Hoshi no koe
18. Sun Ra / Sun Song
19. RAIS Kammerchor (dir. Daniel Reuss) / Francis Poulenc: Figure Humaine
20. Ilse Scheer / Bertolt Brecht [1971 Austrian import/vinyl]
21. Animal Collective / Feels
22. Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Roy Ayers / Music of Many Colors
23. Midwest Funk: Funk 45s from Tornado Alley (compilation)

and my current favorite myspace artists: Bunny Rabbit w/ Black Cracker: http://www.myspace.com/loversandcrypts

david

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