Best of Ribaldry & Schmaltz 2006

Once again, here is a retrospective distillation of the twenty finest songs included in playlists here at Ribaldry & Schmaltz over the last year. I spent alot of time spelunking in the Rhapsody Just Added lists, so the playlist mirrors the finer oddity trends from Rhapsody in 2006: old rockabilly, small label soul, random international sounds, the Smithsonian-Folkways catalog, SST Records, the Carinco Ag/Charly Records assault, and some fine local music, among many, many other interesting additions.

Of course, 2006 also saw the digital loss of the Frank Zappa catalog, a tragedy many are still reeling from. We here at R&S also mourn the Rhapsody losses of the Naked Lunch soundtrack, Spanky & Our Gang's Greatest Hits, Sanctuary from the J Geils Band, Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites, the early Bee Gees output (especially Cucumber Castle), Coralie Clement's albums, and the odd switching off of ILBT's from the Joe Walsh Anthology. You will be missed, my friends.

May 2007 be as sonically fascinating. A Happy New Year to one and all!

Best of Ribaldry & Schmaltz 2006

01 Gimme A Pigfoot - Bobby Short
02 Eishes-Chiyell - The Barry Sisters
03 Black Cadillac - Joyce Green
04 Los Dos Amantes - Graciela Beltran Con Banda
05 Allah Wakban - Ofro & The Black Company
06 Planet Of Ass - Scissorfight
07 Cut - Minutemen
08 Take Me Back To Tulsa - Hazel and Alice
09 I Aim Low - Lonesome Brothers
10 Blind Man's Penis - Ramsey Kearney
11 Pennies From Heaven - The Mills Brothers
12 Those Were The Days - Sandie Shaw
13 Ordinary Guy - Joe Bataan
14 Empty Room - Luiz Bonfa
15 Visc El Que Veig - Ovidi Montllor
16 I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
17 She's Got It - Little Richard
18 If I Had A Choice - The Pearls
19 Jamaican Collie - Lone Ranger
20 With A Bullet - Pete Wingfield