Del Shannon produces a hit that ends up in a Tarantino movie, Neil Young and Rick James record for Motown, mythologizing a member of the 27 club you might not have heard of, The Meters under a different name, two Detroit boogie classics, the person some call the Japanese Kate Bush, psych pop from the 60s and 90s, soul 45s from Detroit, New Orleans and beyond, plus so much more!

TRACKLIST

Shadows of Knight – Shake
Sly and the Family Stone – Every Dog Has Its Day
The Midnighters – That Woman
Chris Montez – Let’s Dance
The Riveras – Let’s Have a Party
Wanda Jackson – Funnel of Love
Roosevelt Fountain and the Pens of Rhythm – Red Pepper Pt 2
The Contours – Whole Lotta Woman
Sammy Ward – Don’t Take It Away
Smiley Lewis – Goin’ to Jump and Shout
Alvin “Red” Tyler – Snake Eyes
Prince Lala – She Put the Hurt on Me
Oliver Morgan – Who Shot the Lala
Dr. John, The Night Tripper – Jump Sturdy
Eldridge Holmes – If I Were a Carpenter
The Rhine Oaks – Tampin
Jason Merrick and the Finders – No Love at All
Bobbie Smith and the Dream Girls – Now He’s Gone
The Mynah Birds – It’s My Time
Randy Fuller Four – The Things You Do
Georgie Young and the Rockin’ Bocs – The Sneak
Elvis Costello – Waiting for the End of the World (live 1978)
Grupo Sportivo – Beep Beep Love
Marshall Crenshaw – Something’s Gonna Happen
Feather – Friends
Booker T and the MGs – Aw Mercy
Smith – Baby It’s You
Del Shannon – Coming Back to Me
Kris Peterson – Nature Boy
The Millenium – It’s You
Zumpano – I Dig You
The Shins – Split Needles (alt version)
Was (Not Was) – Out Come the Freaks
Mary Jane Girls – Candy Man
Television – Marquee Moon
Eno – Burning Airlines Give you So Much More
Eiichi Otaki – Samidare
Akiko Yano – Iroha Ni Konpeitou
Yellow Magic Orchestra – Tong Poo
Luckywood – D.E.T.R.O.I.T. Is It
Prince – Uptown
Quincy Jones – Ironside