The Past Archives Top 10 2009

What was on the decks at the Past Archives headquarters during 2009

December 2009

1

PIXIES Doolittle: London, Brixton Academy, October 8th 2009 (Liveherenow)
2

ELLA FITZGERALD Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rogers And Hart Song Book (Speakers Corner)
3

PARLIAMENT Mothership Connection (Casablanca)

4

GERRY MULLIGAN AND BEN WEBSTER Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (Speakers Corner)
5

LITTLE WALTER The Best Of Little Walter (Speakers Corner)
6

FACES A Nod Is As Goof As A Wink...To A Blind Horse (Rhino)
7

ANDREW HILL Point Of Departure (Blue Note)
8

AL GREEN Let's Stay Together (Fat Possum)

9

THE BLUE NILE High (Epstein/Sanctuary)
10

BOOKER LITTLE Out Front (Pure Pleasure)

November 2009

1

TOM WAITS Glitter And Doom Live (Anti)
2

ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO Les Stances A Sophie (Soul Jazz)
3

DREVER McCUSKER WOOMBLE Before The Ruin (Navigator)

4

CORNERSHOP Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast (Ample Play)
5

FACES A Nod Is As Goof As A Wink...To A Blind Horse (Rhino)
6

JOHNNY BURNETTE & THE ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIO Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio (Norton)
7

ELLA FITZGERALD Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rogers And Hart Song Book (Speakers Corner)
8

AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Epic)

9

YO LA TENGO Popular Songs (Matador)
10

FLEETWOOD MAC Live At The Boston Tea Party (Vinyl Lovers)

October 2009

1

WILCO Wilco (The Album) (Nonesuch)
2

YO LA TENGO Popular Songs (Matador)
3

LINDA RONSTADT Heart Like A Wheel (Cisco Music)

4

TOWNES VAN ZANDT Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Fat Possum)
5

JUNIOR WELLS' CHICAGO BLUES BAND Hoodoo Man Blues (Analogue Productions)
6

DOVES Kingdom Of Rust (Heavenly)
7

OASIS (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (Big Brother)
8

SPECIALS Specials (Chrysalis)

9

TINARIWEN Imidiwan: Companions (Independiente)
10

PIXIES Doolittle (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

September 2009

1

BIG STAR Radio City (Fantasy/Universal)
2

THIN LIZZY Live And Dangerous (Friday Music)
3

LITTLE RICHARD Here's Little Richard (Doxy)

4

THE BLUE NILE Peace At Last (Warner Bros.)
5

FLEETWOOD MAC Live At The Boston Tea Party (Vinyl Lovers)
6

WAYNE SHORTER Speak No Evil (Blue Note)
7

JOE HENDERSON Inner Urge (Blue Note)
8

LITTLE FEAT Sailin' Shoes (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

9

TINARIWEN Imidiwan: Companions (Independiente)
10

GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimst (Warp)

August 2009

1

LINDA RONSTADT Heart Like A Wheel (Cisco)
2

THE BLUE NILE High (Epstein/Sanctuary)
3

LOU DONALDSON Blues Walk (Classic)

4

THE STONE ROSES The Stone Roses (Silvertone)
5

MARSHALL CRENSHAW Marshall Crenshaw (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)
6

BOB DYLAN Together Through Life (Columbia)
7

FLEETWOOD MAC Live At The Boston Tea Party (Vinyl Lovers)
8

THE CLASH Clash On Broadway (Epic/Legacy)

9

LOUIS PRIMA The Wildest! (Pure Pleasure)
10

ELLA FITZGERALD Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (Speakers Corner)

July 2009

1

PIXIES Doolittle (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)
2

LOUIS PRIMA The Wildest! (Pure Pleasure)
3

TOWNES VAN ZANDT Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Fat Possum)

4

THE CLASH Clash On Broadway (Epoc/Legacy)
5

JUNIOR WELLS' CHICAGO BLUES BAND Hoodoo Man Blues (Analogue Productions)
6

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Working On A Dream (Columbia)
7

NEKO CASE Middle Cyclone (Anti)
8

LITTLE RICHARD Here's Little Richard (Doxy)

9

SONNY ROLLINS A Night At The Village Vanguard (Classic)
10

LITTLE FEAT Sailin' Shoes (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

June 2009

1

SPINAL TAP Back From The Dead (The Label Industry)
2

FREDDIE HUBBARD Red Clay (CTI)
3

LITTLE RICHARD Here's Little Richard (Doxy)

4

GRIZZLY BEAR Veckatimest (Warp)
5

DEXTER GORDON Go (Analogue Productions)
6

JOE HENDERSON Page One (Blue Note)
7

LEE MORGAN The Sidewinder (Blue Note)
8

LITTLE FEAT Sailin' Shoes (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

9

PIXIES Doolittle (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)
10

SONNY ROLLINS A Night At The Village Vanguard (Classic)

May 2009

1

BOB DYLAN Together Through Life (Columbia)
2

DEF LEPPARD Pyromania (Vertigo)
3

VASHTI BUNYAN Just Another Diamond Day (DiCristina)

4

CHAMPION JACK DUPREE Blues From The Gutter (Doxy)
5

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB At Carnegie Hall (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
6

JOHNNY CASH Original Sun Singles '55-'58 (Sundazed)
7

WHISKEYTOWN Strangers Almanac (Geffen)
8

THE BYRDS Mr. Tambourine Man (Sundazed)

9

SARAH VAUGHAN Sarah Vaughan (Emarcy)
10

DENNIS WILSON Pacific Ocean Blue (Caribou/Sundazed)

April 2009

1

MANIC STREET PREACHERS Journal For Plague Lovers (Columbia)
2

WILLIE NELSON Stardust (Classic)
3

FRANK SINATRA Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

4

PORTISHEAD Third (Island)
5

DEXTER GORDON Go (Analogue Productions)

6

ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis Presley (RCA/Legacy)
7

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Green River (Fantasy)
8

GUNS N' ROSES Appetite For Destruction (Geffen)

9

THIN LIZZY Jailbreak (Vertigo)
10

SIMON & GARFUNKEL Bookends (Sundazed)

March 2009

1

DENNIS WILSON Pacific Ocean Blue (Caribou/Sundazed)
2

JOHNNY CASH Original Sun Singles '55-'58 (Sundazed)
3

YES Close To The Edge (Friday Music)

4

VASHTI BUNYAN Just Another Diamond Day (DiCristina)
5

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND At Fillmore East (Classic)

6

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB At Carnegie Hall (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
7

DEREK AND THE DOMINOS Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Polydor)
8

JOHN COLTRANE Blue Train (Analogue Productions)

9

ERROLL GARNER Concert By The Sea (Jazz Beat)
10

BOB DYLAN The Bootleg Series, Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989~2006 (Columbia)

January 2009

1

ART PEPPER Art Pepper + Eleven (Contemporary)
2

GENESIS Live (Virgin)
3

RADIOHEAD In Rainbows (XL Recordings)

4

WILLIE NELSON Red Headed Stranger (Columbia/Legacy)
5

PORTISHEAD Third (Island)

6

QUEEN A Night At The Opera (Parlophone)
7

BOB DYLAN The Bootleg Series, Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989~2006 (Columbia)
8

CHARLES MINGUS Oh Yeah (Atlantic)

9

ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE BRODSKY QUARTET The Juliet Letters (Rhino)
10

ERIC DOLPHY Out To Lunch (Blue Note)

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