Auch Euch beiden und allen „Roots“-Hörern schöne Tage und die besten Wünsche für ein (nicht nur) musikalisch aufregendes Neues Jahr.
Was die angemahnten Top20s der besten Platten von 2006 betrifft, so stelle ich sie der Einfachheit halber hier hinein. Von unten gelesen ergibt sich der schwindelerregend spannende Countdown-Effekt. Wohlan…
BEST OF 2006
45s
1. BONE-BOX – Dragging Wires
2. PALM SPRINGS – Softly To Fallen
3. CANDIE PAYNE – All I Need To Hear
4. HELENE – This Is All We Have To Know
5. HOWLING BELLS – Wishing Stone
6. CANDI STATON – His Hands
7. LUCKY SOUL – Lips Are Unhappy
8. HUSKY STASH – One Two I Love You
9. THE ROLLING STONES – Biggest Mistake
10. THE BOOK OF LISTS – Pacifist Revolt
11. LUCKY SOUL – My Brittle Heart
12. MORRISSEY – The Youngest Was The Most Loved
13. NIKKI SUDDEN – Hanoi Jane
14. HOWLING BELLS – Blessed Night
15. THE SHORTWAVE SET – Repeat To Fade
16. THE RACONTEURS – Steady, As She Goes
17. THE FLIES – The Temptress
18. THE NOISETTES – Don’t Give Up
19. NIGHTMARE OF YOU – The Days Go By Oh So Slow
20. THE BASEMENT – I Just Caught A Face
LPs
1. SCOTT WALKER – The Drift
2. PALM SPRINGS – No Hurt Like A Broken Heart
3. CAST KING – Saw Mill Man
4. MORRISSEY – Ringleader Of The Tormentors
5. SIMON JOYNER & THE FALLEN MEN – Skeleton Blues
6. JOLIE HOLLAND – Springtime Can Kill You
7. DEKE DICKERSON – The Melody
8. THE FLAMING STARS – Born Under A Bad Neon Sign
9. BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS – Turntable Matinee
10. THE BASEMENT – Illicit Hugs & Playground Thugs
11. NINA NASTASIA – On Leaving
12. DONALD FAGEN – Morph The Cat
13. JOANNA NEWSOM – Ys
14. BOB DYLAN – Modern Times
15. JAMES YORKSTON – The Year Of The Leopard
16. CANDI STATON – His Hands
17. NIKKI SUDDEN – The Truth Doesn’t Matter
18. BONNIE ‚PRINCE‘ BILLY – The Letting Go
19. ISOBEL CAMPBELL – Milkwhite Sheets
20. THE ETTES – Shake The Dust
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