Side A
Artist	Song
(Intro) MUHAMMAD ALI	`When I Get To Africa' (1974) (From the sndtrck When We Were Kings)
ELVIS PRESLEY	Aloha Oe (Farewell To Thee) (Liliuokalani) (1961) (From the sndtrck Blue Hawaii)
DIXIE CUPS	Iko Iko (1965) (From the Big Easy sndtrck)
WILSON SIMONAI (Brazil)	Nem Vem Que Nao Tem (1967) (Gilles Peterson In Brazil Disc 1: Classico)
LOS SHAKERS (Urguay)	Espero Que Les Guste 042 (I Hope You Like It) (1966) (Music For Gracious Living: A O.D.K. Media Compilation)
DAWN PENN (Jamaica)	No No No (1967) (Soul Jazz Records: Studio One Rockers)
JAMES BROWN	Payback (1974) (Live Kinshasa Stadium, Zaire) (From the sndtrck When We Were Kings)
5,000 VOLTS (UK)	Dr. Kiss Kiss (1975) (And They Danced The Night Away: 40 Classic Disco Hits)
REBIRTH BRASS BAND	All Blues (198?) (Red Hot Jokomo Jokomo: The Sound Of New Orleans R&B - 23 Spicy Favourites)
MERENIA (New Zealand)	U Know ( I Like It) (1994) (From the movie Once Were Warriors)
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE JAZZ LAURENT CUGNY (France)	It's About That Time (Miles Davis) (1994)
LORENZO JOVANOTTI (Italy)	Piove (1994) (From The Soprano's soundtrack Pepper & Eggs)
NAJMA AKHTAR with CHRIS RAEL (UK/India/USA)	Piya Tose (1996) (Original version used in the movie Guide) (Forbidden Kiss: The Music Of S.D. Burman)
SCANTY SANDWICH (UK)	Because Of You (Samples Michael Jackson's 1972 Recording Shoo Be Doo Da Day) (2000) (Mix Mag Presents: La Musica Tremenda: Tunes We Loved In 2000)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
(Intro) MUHAMMAD ALI	`You Out Sucker' (1974) (From the sndtrck When We Were Kings)
15 MONELLI (Italy)	Balbetando (196?) (The New Untouchables Present Le Beat Bespoke 25 Tailor Made Cuts compiled by Rob Bailey Volume 1)
THE VERSATILES (Jamaica)	Teardrops Falling (1968) (Trojan: Rocksteady Box Set)
KIM WESTON	Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) (Soul Jazz Records: Soul Gospel) (1970)
LOUISANIA RED with BILL DICEY	Alabama Train (197?) (Blues Harp Boogie, 25 Years Of Blues Harmonica)
THE JOE CUBA SEXTET	Oooh! Ah! (1972) (Adrian Gibson Presents.Raw Latin Funk Direct From NYC: The NuYorican Funk Experience Vol 3)
AUSTIN PITRE & THE EVANGELINE PLAYBOYS	Bosco Stomp (1971) (American Masters - Volume 3: Louisiana Cajun Classics)
PROFESSOR LONGHAIR	Mardi Gras In New Orleans (1978) (Live On The Queen Mary - Party Hosted By Paul & Linda McCartney)
THE JACKSON CODE (Australia)	Bring Yourself Home To Me (Recorded Live For The Triple J Australian Music Show) (1996) (Rare Records)
CHEIKA RIMITTI (Algeria)	Nakhla (1999) (Arabesque Tlata)
NATACHA ATLAS (Egypt/UK)	Ne Me Quitte Pas (Jacques Brel) (2001) (Ayeshteni)
CARLA BRUNI (Italy)	Quelqu'on M'a Dit (2002) (Acoustic `04)
DINAH WASHINGTON with QUINCY JONES & HIS ORCHESTRA	Is You Or Is You Ain't My Baby (Rae & Christian Mix) (1956/ 2002) (Verve Jazz: Verve Re-Mixed Vol 1)

Comment:

Side 1)
3) Written in 1878 by Liliuokalani, the last reigning Queen Of Hawaii, adapted & arranged by The King himself.for an Elvis movie in which Elvis plays beach bum Chad Gates, this is curiously reverential and though clocking in at just under 2 minutes, Elvis allows vocal group The Surfers to lead, adding his trademark `Elvism' at the song's climax. And I guess that's what most ladies wanted - Elvis there at the climax.
5) Brazillian stores don't carry any titles by Wilson Simonal, a singer who died blacklisted, accused of being a police informant. Others prefer to attribute his ostracism to racism.
6) Formed after listening to, yup you guessed it, The Beatles. If pushed, I'd say this one is more Paul than John but I'm no Beatles expert so for all I know this one might be more Ringo than Paul.
7) If deep soul had an equivalent in Reggae then it's Dawn Penn's No No No, a mournful fuck punctuated by a stabbing brass - pretty? no, but an essential accesory in the annals of hurt.
10) Instead of I don't know Karate but I know Ka-Razy, I thought James was singing I don't know Karate but I know Koran. And on reflection I think my version is best!
13) In the 90's, while living in Sydney, I did a writing course with Merenia, part Maori, who had been involved on the soundtrack for the internationally acclaimed New Zealand movie Once Were Warriors. We sat at the back passing rude notes to each other about our fellow class mates & sharing M&Ms. Just today I scoured the net for her and discovered she scooped an award for Best Newcomer in the New Zealand Music Awards.
14) India's most respected composer interpreted by U.S. musicians & sung by the London born/ Indian superstar.

Side 2
2) Garage beat Italian style!
7) Austin was, or so he boasted, the first Cajun accordonist who played standing up. What? So he suddenly kicked away the chair and said `Chairs are for sissy! I'm standing up!' The music's a joy, though.
9) Australia's Tindersticks and imho just as good.
10) (Akin to The Blues, Rai.'is a rejection of taboos in a society of traditions') Nakhla is 7 minutes of searing `Massive Attackesque' menace delivered by the 70 yr plus Godmother of Rai.
11) Natacha is a Muslim with Jewish roots. `Jews have always been part of Arab society, so it's not so unusual for someone to find out that they have Jewish blood. At the end of the day, we really are so connected.' Though I love Natacha's thang, a whole album is akin to visiting one Golden Temple after another, but as a Jew myself I find listening to her fusion of roots make this `connection' deliciously tangible.
13) Verve's back catologue squeezed through the sphincters of various knob (head) twiddlers in an exercise to prove their back catologue is valid to the kidz! The results are more fizzle than sizzle..(Billie Holiday accompanied by a loop of kidz farting in a bath) each over-priced volume (can't be arsed to date the originals) contains at least 2 tracks that deliver in spades.

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