- Ohio - non-album single
- Chop and Change - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack
- Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth - Brothers (Deluxe Edition)
- Black Mud Part II - Brothers (Deluxe Edition)
- Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles - Covered, a Revolution of Sound: Warner Bros. Records (Captain Beefheart cover)
- The Way I Feel When I'm with You - B-side of "Your the One" single
- Can't Find My Mind - Never Give Up Your Hallucinations compilation and He Put the Bomp compilation (Cramps cover)
- Something on Your Mind - B-side of "Strange Times" (Dino Valenti) (Karen Dalton cover)
- The Wicked Messenger - I'm Not There soundtrack (Bob Dylan cover)
- If You Ever Slip - The Hottest State soundtrack
- Stay All Night - Waxploitation Presents: Causes 1 compilation (Junior Kimbrough cover)
- Flash of Silver - B-side of "'Till I Get My Way"/"Girl is on My Mind" single
- Evil - B-side of "Set You Free" single
- Summertime Blues - B-side "10am Automatic" single (Eddie Cochran cover)
- No Fun - B-side of "The Moan" single and on the vinyl version of The Big Come Up album (Stooges cover)
- The Moan - non-album single
- The Baddest Man Alive (with KZA) - The Man with the Iron Fists soundtrack
I kicked off the set with "Ohio," a non-album single and homage to their home state that seemed like a good song to start things off. The album is heavy with cover tunes - seven in total -- and range from Captain Beefheart to Eddie Cochran and Cramps to Bob Dylan. There are four tunes from soundtrack albums, including "The Baddest Man Alive," recorded with KZA and used here to end the album.
The result is a nice 17-track compilation album that features both originals and cover tunes. I didn't include remixes, alternate versions and live tracks that have appeared in various formats as I just didn't think they were essential.
For the cover artwork, I took inspiration in that the Black Keys are from Dayton, Ohio, once a big tire manufacturing town, and used a photo of a big tire fire. And continuing with the theme, I thought Hot Spares made a good title.
Looks interesting... I don't really know that much about the Black Keys (other than the few things I've heard, I've liked). So maybe this is a good place to start. Big thanks as always!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I always like it when I can cobble together a bunch of stray tracks by a band or performer into one collection.
DeleteHi, Is there a link for this?
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I haven't uploaded the music files. Too many lawsuit-happy record companies and artist estates out there. Instead I list the sources for people to find the tracks themselves
DeleteThis looks great! Any possibility of a link? Thanks
ReplyDeleteI haven't uploaded the music files. Too many lawsuit-happy record companies and artist estates out there. Instead I list the sources for people to find the tracks themselves
DeleteSounds great. I anticipate a link.
ReplyDeleteI haven't uploaded the music files. Too many lawsuit-happy record companies and artist estates out there. Instead I list the sources for people to find the tracks themselves
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