Peak of the Week

Peak of the Week, V. 47

Track: Wiggle Waggle
Artist: Herbie Hancock 
Record: Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings
Year: 1969

Comment:  He’s one of the coolest, most diverse peakers ever.  The album Mwandishi is pretty legendary, apparently it was recorded in a single session on New Year’s Eve.  Blistering trumpet by Eddie Henderson.

Peak of the Week, V. 46

Track: Walk With Love
Artist: Toots and the Maytals 
Record: 54-46 Was My Number: Anthology 1964-2000

Comment:  Toots’s voice is one of the greatest natural, non-instrumental peaks.  Gotta give a nod to Weasie’s wedding.

Peak of the Week, V. 45

Track: Stop
Artist: Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper/Stephen Stills
Record: Super Session
Year: 1968 

Comment:  Bloomfield’s guitar sound is so money.  Al Kooper with some nice keys - this is a great tune.  The whole album rocks.    

Peak of the Week, V. 44

Track: Split Open and Melt
Artist: Phish
Recorded Live: Fox Theater, Boulder, CO 4/5/92

Comment:  Blistering.  If you don’t like Phish, you may want to move on to the next thing.  Otherwise, this is SO legit - early nineties rippin’, doesn’t get much better. 

Peak of the Week, V. 43

Track: Take It To The Limit
Artist: Etta James
Record: Live From San Francisco
Year: Recorded March 1981  

Comment:  Sick voice peak.  I’ve never been a huge Eagles guy but I’ve always loved this tune.  Etta delivers.  If you listen carefully you will most likely experience the rare voice peak.  

Peak of the Week, V. 42

Track: Soul Barrio Pt. 2 
Artist: Sugarman 3
Record: Sweet Spot
Year: 2001 

Comment:  Picture yourself peakin’ to this bad-boy.  Heavy hammond, I love it.  This peak was delivered by Freebzrd, he notches up his second.

Peak of the Week, V. 41

Track: As Good As You’ve Been To This World
Artist: Janis Joplin
Record: I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Year: 1969

Comment:  Thx Wease for this funky peaker - what a band she had behind her.  

Peak of the Week, V. 40

Track: People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul
Artist: James Brown
Record: Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off 
Year: 1973

Comment:  One of the funkiest tunes I’ve ever heard.  Fred winning it left and right.  Warning: listening to this tune will make you wanna rage. 

Peak of the Week, V. 39

Track: After Midnight > Eleanor Rigby > After Midnight 
Artist: Jerry Garcia Band
Recorded Live: ??  (“Tim’s Lost Tapes”) 

Comment:  Courtesy of Baker, a young peaker I’ve gone to war with on many occasions.  This whole piece is like 25 mins, so here you’re only getting from the Eleanor Rigby and on…which is a shame, but I had to squeeze it in under 10 MBs.  I guess the deal here is that no one knows exactly when and where this was recorded (sounds like 79-80?), it came from some radio show.  It totally shreds, must stick it out to the end.   

Peak of the Week, V. 38

Track: My Babe
Artist: Willie Mitchell 
Record: Soul Serenade: The Best Of Willie Mitchell 
Year: Released 1999, recorded in 60’s

Comment:  Short, sweet, and ruthless soul/groove/funk - whatever you wanna call it, this tune rules.