Tackhead Covers 2

Ok, this pick is part two of the Tackhead covers. Yesterday it was the originals of all today's picks. You will notice that most of these are from the band as Tackhead. But there is also a track by the members of the band when they were Fats Comet. One track with all of Tackhead except for Keith LeBlanc who was absent for Barmy Army. There is one cover from The Chess Project which was a Keith LeBlanc one off, but had help from Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald. And one track from Dub Syndicate, which was sort of a Style Scott project but also had members of Tackhead and usually Adrian Sherwood as well. So you already have heard the originals from yesterday, here are all the covers. Notice they are in the same order as part one.

Tackhead Covers 2

18 Tackhead - Loose Booty (Adrian Sherwood Mix)

19 Tackhead - I Am Afraid Of Americans

20 Tackhead - Walk On The Wildside (Klb Mix)

21 Tackhead - For The Love Of Money

22 Tackhead - Funky President

23 Tackhead - Super Stupid

24 Tackhead - Fire

25 Tackhead - King Bee

26 Fats Comet - Stormy Weather

27 Tackhead featuring Doug Wimbish - Crosstown Traffic

28 Tackhead - Higher Ground

29 Barmy Army - Que Sera Sera (Re-Mix)

30 The Chess Project - Boom Boom Out Go The Lights

31 Gary Clail - Sixteen Tons

32 Dub Syndicate - Police In Helicopter (Dub)

33 Tackhead - Exodus (Dubvisionist Mix)

34 Tackhead - War

Tackhead Family

First off, look at the previous ten postings. They are all related to this pick. There are some tracks on this pick that are repeated on the previous days. Some. I tried to get a few that didn't make it onto the main picks. So, Fats Comet has a track not on any of the ones before. But if you see one or two from any of the others before, pardon me. I just picked the ones I liked. Tackhead and Adrian Sherwood are so prolific, but I still have what I have and like what I like. My suggestion is to get all of the albums and decide for yourself. But until you do, here's my choice. Put them in a single playlist and put it on random or play all of them in BPM order or by energy or camelot key. You can't go wrong. I'm done with this tangent for awhile, so enjoy what you got. I'm on a new tangent tomorrow.

Tackhead Family

01 Tackhead - Tell Me the Hurt

02 Grandmaster Flash - The Message

03 Fats Comet - Dee Jay's Program

04 Doug Wimbish - Quasimodo

05 Beatmaster - Lipservice

06 Little Axe - Grinning In Your Face

07 Barmy Army - Sharp As A Needle

08 The Sugarhill Gang - Apache (Jump On It)

09 Doug Wimbish & Fats Comet - Don't Forget That Beat (Alternate Dub)

10 Mark Stewart - Fatal Attraction

11 Singers & Players - This Assembly

12 African Head Charge - Timbuktu Express

13 Adrian Sherwood - Starship Bahia

14 New Age Steppers - Fade Away

15 Keith LeBlanc - Taxcider

16 Gary Clail & On-U Sound System with Bim Sherman - Two Thieves and a Liar

17 Dub Syndicate - Stoned Immaculate

Gary Clail Pick

This is related somewhat to yesterday's pick. Gary Clail did play with Tackhead Sound System. He also is closely related to Adrian Sherwood, but he also worked with Paul Oakenfold. I included the club hit that they did, but put in the original version that has Billy Graham samples throughout it. That was added as an extra track on a Japanese pressing. One of my favorite tracks, but probably less known I saved for a family pick later. There was enough for here any way. Some of the On-U Sound System, Tackhead Sound System, solo stuff, some  singles and I love the Tennessee Ernie Ford cover (written by Merle Travis). It's a great cover. The one that gets caught in my head, though, is the one he does with Bim Sherman. How low can you go? Try playing this right after yesterday's pick. It works really well. I do have a couple of doubles, but I also have a track that doesn't appear there (and it easily could.)

Gary Clail Pick

01 Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System - Reality

02 Gary Clail - Enough Is Enough

03 Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System - Mind at the End of the Tether

04 Gary Clail - Half Cut For Confidence

05 Gary Clail Sound System - Control

06 Gary Clail & On-U Sound System with Bim Sherman - Beef

07 Gary Clail & On-U Sound System - Bad Natured

08 Gary Clail - Speak No Evil

09 Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System - Hard Left

10 Gary Clail & On-U Sound System - False Leader (Parts 1 & 2)

11 Gary Clail & On-U Sound System - Escape

12 Gary Clail - Who Pay The Piper

13 Gary Clail - Sixteen Tons

14 Gary Clail - Another Hard Man

Tackhead Pick

I could easily do a Tackhead family pick or two and probably one for each person associated with the band. Look them up if you don't know about these guys. If just for their association with Sugarhill Gang or with On-U Sound and Adrian Sherwood, they would be great. Their studio work is probably as varied as the boys behind the scenes at Motown. Here I took a track of them as Strange Parcels, a couple when they were Fats Comet. Plus with Keith LeBlanc, Mark Stewart, Gary Clail and DJ Cheese and all the rest from each of their albums. I added a few covers and a track they redid, but gave you the original version with Melle Mel. I left a  track or two for an up and coming family pick. Listening to it again last night, it really is a good sampling. I saw these guys live a couple of times in the 90's. They were good. So good.

Tackhead Pick

01 Tackhead - Loose Booty (Adrian Sherwood Mix)

02 Tackhead - Tell Me the Hurt

03 Tackhead - For The Love Of Money

04 Tackhead - Ticking Time Bomb

05 Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System - Mind at the End of the Tether

06 Tackhead featuring Melle Mel - Original Sex

07 Tackhead - Super Stupid

08 Strange Parcels - Disconnection

09 Tackhead with DJ Cheese - King Of The Beat (Tackhead Remix)

10 Tackhead - Fire

11 Fats Comet - Rockchester

12 Fats Comet - Dub Storm

13 Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System - Hard Left

14 Tackhead featuring Doug Wimbish - Crosstown Traffic

15 Keith LeBlanc - Major Malfunction

16 Mark Stewart & The Maffia - Jerusalem

17 Tackhead - Strange Things