Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Home Of The Hits

Jonathan Richman another of those artists you tend to associate with punk rock but when you listen all these years later you wonder why?
Still love most of these, I remember buying the Modern Lovers live LP at the time and played it to death, but cringe slightly when singing along to “I’m a little aeroplane nyow nyow” haha

01 - Roadrunner
02 - She Cracked
03 - Girlfriend
04 - Modern World
05 - Hospital
06 - Rockin' Shoppin' Spree
07 - Back In The USA
08 - New England
09 - Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns
10 - Roller Coaster By The Sea
11 - Dodge Veg O Matic
12 - Egyptian Reggae
13 - I'm A Little Airplane
14 - Ice Cream Man
15 - My Little Kookenhaken
16 - The Morning Of Our Lives
17 - Back In Your Life
18 - I'm Nature's Mosquito
19 - Party In The Woods Tonight
20 - My Love Is A Flower

Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner

Classic from Jonathan Richman, there seems to be many versions of this song around, here is the original single versions.

A - Roadrunner Once
B - Roadrunner Twice

Various - Hanging with the Strokes

Another NME compilation album, this one's entitled Hanging with the Strokes (14 new tracks and classic influences by Julian and the boys).
This one has a really diverse tracklisting including Bob Marley, Duran Duran!, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Iggy Pop amongst others.

01 Kings Of Leon - Spiral Staircase
02 Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks
03 Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
04 New York Dolls - Trash
05 The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
06 The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
07 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Trenchtown Rock
08 Peter Tosh - Arise Black Man
09 Iggy Pop With Ric Ocaesk - Old Mule Skinner
10 Blondie - One Way Or Another
11 Duran Duran - Rio [Us Edit]
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Miles Away
13 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
14 The Strokes - Is This It [Demo]
(NME Essentials)
15 Jet - Get Me Outta Here
16 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - In Like The Rose
17 Franz Ferdinand - Tell Her Tonight [Home Demo]
18 The Cooper Temple Clause - Music Box
19 The Coral - Boy At The Window

CBGB's And The Birth Of US Punk

A British compilation from about 2002, includes a few of the more obvious artists like the Ramones, Blondie and the Velvet Underground while missing some you would expect on a CBGB's comp like the Talking Heads and Patti Smith.
But this makes it a good comp as it includes some artists which are unexpected, such as the excellent Pere Ubu and Suicide plus the best version of Roadrunner.





01 Velvet Underground And Nico - Waiting For The Man
02 Sonics - Louie Louie
03 Seeds - Excuse Excuse
04 Thirteenth Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House
05 New York Dolls - Trash
06 Iggy And The Stooges - Tight Pants
07 Electric Eels - Agitated
08 Suicide - Speed Queen
09 Pere Ubu - Heart Of Darkness
10 Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation
11 Television - Friction (Live At CBGB's)
12 Wayne County And The Electric Chairs - I Had Too Much To Dream
13 Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
14 Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
15 Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer (Original Mix)
16 Ramones - Judy Is A Punk (Original Demo 75)
17 Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - Born To Lose
18 Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Once)