So here it is, the second installment of cowbell tunes. Without even delving deeply into the plethora of heavy metal cowbell tracks, I still managed to put together over 80 minutes of great songs. Thanks to Dead Man, I now have confirmation (from the band itself) that (Don't Fear) The Reaper does indeed contain cowbell-- a heavily taped up, dampened cowbell. This mix has a few other tracks with that dampened cowbell sound, which led me to suspect they weren't cowbell at all. After much careful listening, I decided to leave them in. Thanks to Dead Man's tip about the BÖC's seminal track, it is included here as a bonus track.
Thanks to Sean Lally for the Matthew Sweet recommendation... it rocks!
1 Right Side of a Good Thing The Fleshtones
2 Milk Cow Blues Boogie Billy Swan
3 I Call Your Name The Beatles
4 Doledrum The La's
5 Down On The Corner Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Love Is Strange Mickey & Sylvia
7 A Mistake Today For Me Jonathan Richman
8 Augusta, Angelica e Consolacao Tom Zé
9 Diamond Dogs David Bowie
10 Clampdown (US Promo 12") The Clash
11 Funk 49 The James Gang
12 Telstar The Champs
13 Of You The Monkees
14 Over And Over The Archies
15 Taki Rari Yma Sumac
16 Dangerous Frente!
17 Into Your Drug Matthew Sweet
18 Rockville Spot 1019
19 I Ain't Superstitious Howlin' Wolf
20 Move Along Johnny & the Baa-Baa's
21 Mi Chiquita Benny More
22 Show Off Bobbie Gentry
23 Funky Town Lipps Inc
24 Ciel de Lit Brigitte Bardot
25 Lion and Donkey The Mighty Sparrow
26 (Don't Fear) The Reaper Blue Öyster Cult
4 comments:
Ah, I should have read the notes here first, glad your research paid off, this looks even better than the first. You have an open invitation for the Mutual Appreciation Society...
There is a great websight dedicated to this subject - http://www.geekspeakweekly.com/cowbell/
"The Cowbell Project" ..... great mixes BL! - petrocks
I had a look at the website, and while it IS a good resource, they've listed some songs that definitely don't have any cowbell. A good example is "For Your Love" by The Yardbirds. The cowbell sound on that track comes from bongos.
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