After a run of excellent guests, I'm taking back control of the compiling for this episode...
Although she was very positive about my first episode, it was pointed out to me by Joanna Burnett (a fellow member of the Wedding Present forum) that mix #001 was 'a bit male' - and she does have a point. And when I looked at my planned tracklist for mix #006, it was another set of male artists.
Therefore, I have revised my choices and come up with a mix that features some of my favourite female artists. If you reckon that that makes me a woke snowflake, then I'm proud to be so 😝
Also: thus far, the guest editors have stayed faithful to the default order of the categories; this time, I've tweaked it a little for the flow of the mix.
(YouTube & Spotify playlists at the bottom of the page)
Hit the ground running
1. The Pretenders - Precious
Excellent live version recorded in 1980
Something new
2. voyeur - Whisper
Interview with the band on John's Music Blog
Something old
3. Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed
Something borrowed
4. Stone Poneys - Different Drum
The Greenbriar Boys' original version (1966)
The Lemonheads' excellent cover
Left Of Centre
5. Low -More
Tributes to Mimi Parker: The Guardian Medium Stereogum
Around The World
6. Pan Ron - Kamlos Chres Chab
Take It Down
7. Cowboy Junkies - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning
Something Blue
8. Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
Live version from Wembley Arena, 1983
Wildcard
9. Jessie Mae Hemphill - Hard Times
Finale
10. Nina Simone - Sinnerman
‘Sinnerman’: Nina Simone’s Masterpiece Is Still Relevant Today
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