Late Night Tales No' 14 By...Belle and Sebastian? Surprising, But This Is One Of The Best Compilations In The Series So Far.

Belle And Sebastian’s 'Late Night Tales' has got to be one of the best compilations of its kind ever put together. It’s fresh and varied and effortlessly hip without ever succumbing to the tedious obscurist one-upmanship that so often dogs these affairs. This is all just great, great music. Pure pop, Sixties psyche, Seventies rock, West Coast harmonies, beat groups, folk balladering, punk, indie, girl groups and bossanova are just a few of the slants to crop up without musical contradiction within the Belles’ own work. So it is perhaps less than surprising that their choices for 'Late Night Tales' comprehensively cover the waterfront.. Just who chose what is never expressly made clear, but what is presented is a treasure trove of musical nuggets, some in the public domain, but often lovingly disinterred specially for the purpose and certainly never put together quite like this...

1. Rehash - Gratuitous Theft In The Rain
2. Jimmy And Mama Yancey - How Long Blues
3. Rjd2 - Here's What's Left
4. Lootpack – Questions
5. Demis Roussos - O My Friends You've Been Untrue To Me
6. Stereolab - French Disko
7. The Peddlers - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
8. Butch Cassidy Sound System - Cissy Strut
9. Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
10. Ethiopians – Freeman
11. Elsie Mae - Do You Really Want To Rescue Me
12. Walter Jackson - It's An Uphill Climb To The Bottom
13. Mary Love - I'm In Your Hands
14. Novi Singers - Cos Specjalnego
15. Gal Costa - Lost In The Paradise
16. Paperclip People - People Make The World Go Round
17. Ramsey Lewis – Uhuru
18. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
19. Donovan - Get Thy Bearings
20. Mum - Green Grass Of Tunnel
21. Belle And Sebastian - Cassaco Marron
22. Eric And Mondrek Muchena – Taireva
23. Space Jam - Let Your Conscience Be Your Guidance
24. Big Star - Watch The Sunrise
25. Boston Baroque - Bedinerie From Bach's Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor
26. Spoken Word Track : David Shrigley - When I Was A Little Girl

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