Syd Barrett, the iconic, ephemeral, sadly recently-deceased founder and original frontman of Pink Floyd, recorded several singles and an LP (plus at least one song on their second LP) with the band before his genius was amputated by mental illness and they became an arena rock dinosaur. He also recorded two solo albums, the
making of which was almost as interesting as the gentle, crystalline, almost fractal-like music contained on them. However, as Barrett aficionados have long known, the solo sessions produced many more recordings than were eventually released. Now, though, all known Barrett material that wasn't commercially released has been assembled in a fan-made collection: Have You Got It Yet?,
version 2.0 of which has just been released to the world. More download links inside.
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posted by DecemberBoy
on Mar 1, 2008 -
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Got My Mojo Working was written by the little-known
Preston Foster and
first recorded in 1956 by the only slightly better-known
Ann Cole. It was, of course,
the Muddy Waters version that became the hit and a signature song for him: he sang it throughout his
entire career, and it has become one of the best-known blues standards of all time. The song itself just has a lot of mojo, you know, so naturally plenty of others have covered it through the years: a small sampling from the YouTubes would include
Carl Perkins,
Willie Dixon,
Elvis Presley,
Clarence Gatemouth Brown,
JJ Cale,
Pinetop Perkins and
Louis Jordan. Hell, even
Bobby Darin couldn't resist the mojo!.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Jan 6, 2008 -
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