The MOJO Record Club

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The MOJO Record Club with Yo La Tengo Sep 16, 2023

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What’s on the flipside of a CD? Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan are the latest inductees to the MOJO Record Club, sharing their love of Bob Marley and The Clean with Andrew Male. Then stick around for a trip deep into Bob Dylan’s archives… Baby, follow us down!

Tracklisting:

1. Aselestine, by Yo La Tengo, written by Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley and released on Matador Records

2. Concrete Jungle, by Bob Marley, released on Island Records

3. In the Dreamlife You Need A Rubber Soul, by The Clean, released on Morr Music

4. Love Sick, by Bob Dylan, originally released by Colombia / SME Records – bootleg re-released by MOJO Magazine 2023

5. She’s a Fighter, song by Robert Forster, released on Tapete Records

The MOJO Record Club with Pauline Black Sep 16, 2023

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Pauline Black brings radical optimism to the MOJO Record Club, as she reveals the folk roots of The Selecter, and the liberating brilliance of Pentangle’s Basket Of Light. Then stick around for new releases, as Andrew Male and John Mulvey explore the latest records from Arooj Aftab and Lana Del Rey. Bongwater comparisons, anyone?

Tracklisting:

1. Human Algebra, from the Human Algebra album, written by Pauline Black and released on DMF records

2. Light Flight, (the theme music for the BBC’s first-ever colour drama series, Take Three Girls), from Basket of Light, written by Jansch, Thompson, McShee, Renbourn, Cox and released on Transatlantic Records in 1969

3. Once I had a Sweetheart, written by Jansch, Thompson, McShee, Renbourn, Cox and released on Transatlantic Records in 1969

4. To Remain, To Return, from the album Love in Exile, written by Arooj Aftab, released on Verve

5. A&W from Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel under Ocean Boulevard? by Lana Del Rey, released by Polydor

The MOJO Record Club with Stuart Braithwaite Sep 16, 2023

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Mogwai’s spaceship-hunting Stuart Braithwaite is Andrew Male’s latest guest, bringing with him a mighty audio “massage of the soul”. Plus MOJO Associate Editor Jenny Bulley, new records by Bill Callahan and Lucretia Dalt, and some ambient rabbits. It’s a trip!

Tracklisting:

1. Ritchie Sacramento, by Mogwai, written by Mogwai and released on Rock Action Records

2. Sleep’s Dopesmoker from 2003 written by Sleep and released on Tee Pee Records

3. Coyotes, by Bill Callahan, written by Bill Callahan and released on Drag City

4. ‘No Tiempo’, is the opening track from the album jAy! Written and performed by Lucrecia Dalt and released on RVNG Intl records

The MOJO Record Club with Robert Forster Sep 16, 2023

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The Mojo Record Club with Robert Forster Robert Forster waxes lyrical on Roberta Flack, Leonard Cohen, Samuel Beckett and the necessity of pretension. But where, ask Andrew Male and Ian Harrison, do The Go-Betweens sit on the prog/post-punk spectrum?

Tracklisting:

1. Tender Years, written by Robert Forster and released on Tapete Records

2. This is The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, written by Ewan McColl and arranged and conducted by William Fischer and sung by Roberta Flack, and released on Atlantic Records

3. Signal, written by The Necks and released on Northern Spy Records

4. Intrigue: Progressive Sounds in UK Alternative Music 1979-89

The MOJO Record Club with Ian Anderson Sep 16, 2023

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We head back to a hot London summer at the end of the hippy era, as Jethro Tull’s “Nureyev with a flute” Ian Anderson talks vividly about Roy Harper, folk versus rock, musicians versus the music biz, and much more. Plus Andrew Male and Danny Eccleston dig MOJO’s compilation of unheard Stax demos, and yet more great Arthur Russell finds.

Tracklisting:

1. Locomotive Breath from Aqualung originally released on the Chrysalis label in 1971

2. In A beautiful rambling Mess, from Come Out Fighting Genghis Smith, originally released on CBS in 1967

3. The Boy With a Smile, from Picture of Bunny Rabbit LP, written by Arthur Russell, and released on Audio Records originally in 1985

4. MOJO covermount, Mack Rice’s demo of Respect Yourself, written by Mack Rice and Luther Ingram and first covered by The Staple Singers in 1971

The MOJO Record Club with Jim O'Rourke Sep 16, 2023

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Composer producer and all-round musical polymath Jim O’Rourke joins host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey to discuss his recent score for Kyle Armstrong’s Hands That Bind and one of his favourite LPs, Jaco Pastorius’ 1981 jazz fusion masterpiece, Word Of Mouth. Plus, we delve into some of the week's best new releases from Kieran Hebden & William Tyler and the spellbinding new album from Julie Byrne and finally discover what "chord-cheating" means.

Tracklisting:

1. ‘A Man's Mind Will Play Tricks On Him‘ by Jim O’ Rourke and released on Drag City Records

2. ‘John & Mary’ taken from the Word Of Mouth album, written by Jaco Pastorius, released on the Warner Bros label in 1981

3. ‘Panic’ / ‘Three Views Of A Secret’ taken from the Word Of Mouth album, written by Jaco Pastorius, released on the Warner Bros label in 1981

4. ‘Darkness, Darkness’ by Kieran Hebden and William Tyler, written by Jesse Colin Young and released on the Psychic Hotline Label

5. ‘Moonless’ written by Julie Bane and released on Ghostly International

The MOJO Record Club with The Drive-by Truckers Sep 16, 2023

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The MOJO Record Club takes a road trip into the Dirty South with the Drive-By Truckers’ Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood. From Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Athens, Georgia, in the company of The Glands, Hall & Oates, Todd Rundgren and more. Plus onwards to Northern Ghana and mid-Wales to review the best new albums!

Tracklisting:

1. Where The Devil Don’t Stay, by The Drive-By Truckers, written by Mike Cooley and released by New West Records

2. I Can See My House From Here, by The Glands, from the self titled album, released on Capricon Records

3. Johnny Gore and the “C” Eaters, by Daryl Hall & John Oates, from the album, War Babies, released on Capricorn Records

4. This is Bolga!, by Alogte Oho And His Sounds Of Joy, from the album O Yinne! released on the Philophon label

5. Bright Edge Deep by Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay, from the album Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay on Topic Records

The MOJO Record Club with Toyah Wilcox & Robert Fripp Sep 16, 2023

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The MOJO Record Club decamps to Toyah and Robert Fripp’s kitchen to remember lockdown rock-outs, revisit Bowie’s liminal zones in Berlin and Milton Keynes, and discover the surprising connections between King Crimson and The Shaggs! Plus new albums from Bob Dylan and Califone.

Tracklisting:

1. 'Supermen', written by David Bowie, and originally released on Mercury Records in 1970

2. 'My Pal Foot Foot', composed by Dorothy Wiggin, arranged by The Shaggs and originally released on Third World Records in 1969

3. ‘ox-eye’, written by Tim Rutili and released on Jealous Butcher Records

4. 'Watching The River Flow', Bob Dylan / Leon Russell collaboration, released by Columbia Records in 1971

The MOJO Record Club with Kevin Rowland Sep 16, 2023

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Let’s make this one precious: Kevin Rowland joins the MOJO Record Club to discuss Dexys past and present and the enduring genius of Van Morrison. Plus Andrew Male and Chris Catchpole tackle new releases by Tinariwen and BC Camplight... “It ain’t why, why, why, it just is!”

Tracklisting:

1. I’m Going to Get Free, written by Kevin Rowland and released on the 100 Percent label

2. Caravan, written by Van Morrison and performed live at at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, Californian May 1973 with The Caledonia Soul Orchestra and released on Warner Bros records

3. Tenere Den, by Tinariwen, written by Touhami Ag Alhassane and Eyadou Ag Leche and released on Wedge Records

4. The Last Rotation Of Earth, written by Brian Christinzio and released on Bella Union Records

The MOJO Record Club with Peter Buck Sep 16, 2023

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Peter Buck rocks up to talk about R.E.M., Laura Nyro, pandemic life and his new collaboration with Luke Haines. Plus Andrew, John and the usual animal menagerie wax lyrical about new releases by the Arctic Monkeys and Oren Ambarchi… Talk about the passions!

Tracklisting:

1. The British Army on LSD, from the album, All the Kids are Super Bummed Out, by Luke Haines and Peter Buck, released by Cherry Red Records

2. Eli’s Coming, by Laura Nero, (eternally beguiling and cryptic 1968 LP), Eli And The Thirteenth Confession, released by Columbia

3. II, from Shebang by Oren Ambarchi, released on Drag City

4. Pilgrimage, by REM, from the album Murmur, released by Universal Music

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