MOJO Presents Heavy Nuggets Vol 2 (June 2013)

I’m really enjoying this latest free CD from the June, 2013 MOJO Magazine. Probably because I’m not familiar with a lot of this stuff. Find 133 more MOJO‘s (HERE.)
BULLET Jay Time (2:52)
FREEDOM Nobody (3:53)
THE INCREDIBLE HOG Lame (3:07)
BLOSSOM TOES Listen To The Silence (3:48)
THE PRETTY THINGS Cries From The Midnight Circus (7:25)
POSSESSED Thunder And Lightning (2:54)
MIGHTY BABY Same Way From The Sun (5:37)
THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND Long Haired Music (5:04)
THE HUMAN BEAST Brush With The Midnight Butterfly (5:17)
TWINK Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box (3:23)
THE OPEN MIND I Feel The Same Way Too (5:00)
TRACTOR King Dick II (3:15)
FAMILY Strange Band (3:13)
DRAGONFLY Enjoy Yourself (3:24)
JERUSALEM Frustration (5:16)

MOJO Presents: Action!
15 Cult Move Classics (2013)

The latest free CD from the April, 2013 MOJO Magazine is a collection of cult film soundtrack music. The tracks aren’t quite as “classic” as the cool cover might suggest, but this is still a good gathering (especially considering the price tag) that dabbles in a little Morricone, Bobby Womack (coincidently I just prepped Across 110th St. for posting) and Curtis Mayfield, alongside some oddities like The Last Poets, David Lynch and Rodriguez. If nothing else, you’ll have a file of Ricky Nelson’s “Lonesome Town” in your collection. You can find 131 more MOJO‘s in the archives (HERE).

JOHN BARRY ORCHESTRA Beat Girl (1:46)
CLINIC If You Could Read Your Mind (2:57)
RODRIGUEZ Crucify Your Mind (2:29)
BOBBY WOMACK If You Don’t Want My Love (Give It Back) (2:27)
CURTIS MAYFIELD Pusherman (4:59)
RICKY NELSON Lonesome Town (2:12)
ENNIO MORRICONE Muchio Selvaggio (2:37)
DANIEL JOHNSTON Some Things Last A Long Time (4:52)
BILLY GREEN Stone Is A Trip (1:53)
BROADCAST Our Darkest Sabbath (3:00)
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE Super-Sonic (5:11)
THE LAST POETS Wake Up Niggers (2:44)
DON GERE Werewolves On Wheels (5:29)
ARTHUR RUSSELL Soon-To-Be Innocent Fun/Let’s See (9:33)
DAVID LYNCH & ALAN R. SPLET In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) (1:35)

MOJO Presents… Echoes (March 2013)

The latest free CD from the March, 2013 MOJO Magazine is a “modern compendium of psychedelia” to complement the mag’s latest cover story on Pink Floyd. I haven’t heard of many of these bands, but I’m a fool for psychedelia, so it doesn’t take much to please me in this genre, especially since it’s not a difficult assignment, even for newcomers and nobodies. There are, as expected, a few duds, but I liked it. Your mileage may vary. Hear a few tracks below. 130 more MOJO‘s in the archives (HERE).

TAME IMPALA Mind Mischief (4:31)
VOICE OF THE SEVEN THUNDERS Kommune (3:24)
TEMPLES Shelter Song (3:10)
DJANGO DJANGO Hand of Man (2:35)
LES LIMINANAS Crystal Anis (3:04)
MOON DUO Sleepwalker (4:53)
TOY The Reasons Why (3:54)
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA From The Sun (4:40)
PSYCHIC ILLS Mind Daze (3:37)
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Wide Eyed (5:00)
TEETH OF THE SEA A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. (5:26)
WOODEN SHJIPS Flight (7:03)
MUGSTAR Sunburnt Impedance Machine (7:38)
ZOMBI Shrunken Heads (8:14)
CARLTON MELTON Photo of Photos (6:38)

Marr And Friends (February 2013)

The latest free CD from the February, 2013 MOJO Magazine is a gathering of The Smiths’ Johnny Marr’s pals. Both of Marr’s contributions – “The Right Thing Right” (from his upcoming solo album) and “The Last Ride” – are outstanding, and will make you wonder why he spent so much time hanging around with Bor… uh, Morrissey (sorry, my bias is showing). Overall the disc is a good listen, if Brit-centric, illustrated best by Billy Bragg’s spoken word monologue over an acoustic rendering of The Left Banke’s “Walk Away Renee.” 129 more MOJO‘s in the archives (HERE).

JOHNNY MARR The Right Thing Right
THE CRIBS We Share the Same Skies
JOHNNY MARR AND THE HEALERS The Last Ride
EDWYN COLLINS Come Tomorrow Come Today
SANDIE SHAW Hand in Glove
BILLY BRAGG Walk Away Renee
MODEST MOUSE Dramamine
THE THE The Evening Star
TRANSIT KINGS America is Unavailable
KIRSTY MacCOLL Walking Down Madison
LISA GERMANO Into Oblivion
BETH ORTON Call Me the Breeze
ROBYN HITCHCOCK Ordinary Millionaire
JOHN FRUSCIANTE Central
THE DURUTTI COLUMN Chant

Rumours Revisited (January 2013)

The latest free CD from the January, 2013 MOJO Magazine is a tribute to Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. I haven’t gotten it in the mail yet, but it’s already all over the web, so I’ll have to post additional artwork later. Most of these songs are hard to mess up. The disc is worth having for “In Dreams,” as the interplay and vocal psychedelia really brings out the beauty of the composition. The same vibe applies to The Besnard Lakes take on “You Make Loving Fun.” 128 more MOJO‘s in the archives.

YEASAYER Second Hand News (3:38)
PURE BATHING CULTURE Dreams (5:02)
SLARAFFENLAND Never Going Back Again (2:50)
THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION Don’t Stop (4:01)
DUTCH UNCLES Go Your Own Way (3:02)
THE STAVES Songbird (3:42)
LIARS The Chain (4:58)
THE BESNARD LAKES You Make Loving Fun (4:47)
DYLAN LeBLANC I Don’t Want To Know (2:41)
MARY EPWORTH Oh Daddy (4:02)
JULIA HOLTER Gold Dust Woman (4:04)

Let’s Move – A Heavy Blues Collection (December 2012)

The latest free CD from the December, 2012 MOJO Magazine is yet another in an unending series of blues/roots collections compiled by the UK mag. This one is loosely arranged to pay tribute to Led Zeppelin’s 2012 live album, Celebration Day. Fortunately, this compilation boasts some new and different names, so it’s a worthy addition to your collection. 127 more MOJO‘s in the archives.

R.L. BURNSIDE Goin’ Down South (4:49)
MAGIC SAM BLUES BAND I Feel So Good (4:36)
JUNIOR KIMBROUGH I Gotta Try You Girl (5:25)
HOWLIN’ WOLF Shake For Me (2:12)
HOUND DOG TAYLOR & THE HOUSEROCKERS Give Me Back My Wig (3:33)
ARTHUR “BIG BOY” CRUDUP That’s All Right (2:52)
LIGHTIN’ HOPKINS Let’s Move (2:15)
JUNIOR WELLS’ CHICAGO BLUES BAND w/ BUDDY GUY Chitlin Con Carne (2:11)
JOHN LEE HOOKER Devil’s Jump (2:50)
MUDDY WATERS I Can’t Be Satisfied (2:40)
BO DIDDLEY Watusi Bounce (2:55)
ELMORE JAMES Rollin’ & Tumblin’ (2:27)
JIMMY DAWKINS Triple Trebles (2:42)
B.B. KING She’s Dynamite (2:28)
T-MODEL FORD & GRAVELROAD How Many More Years (5:38)

Move On Up – A Modernist Compendium (November 2012)

The latest free CD from the November, 2012 MOJO Magazine captures the fusion of influences that led to the modern Mod movement and its many offshoots. Includes a rare demo from The Jam, as well as a live version of “The Great Depression” (culled from the Deluxe Edition of The Gift). Not to mention the oft forgotten Bruce Foxton. My scanner’s down, so I’ll post more artwork later. We’ve got the other 126 MOJO‘s in the archives, too.

THE JAM Just Who Is The Five O’Clock Hero (Demo) (2:20)
THE YARDBIRDS You’re A Better Man Than I (3:15)
LEE DORSEY Ride Your Pony (2:48)
LAUREL AITKEN Bad Minded Woman (2:40)
THE BEAT Twist And Crawl (2:33)
PRINCE FATTIE & HOLLIE COOK And The Beat Goes On Dub (3:03)
ANDY LEWIS (Featuring Keni Burke) (Love Is) Alive In My Heart (3:06)
CURTIS MAYFIELD Move On Up (3:38)
AARON NEVILLE Hercules (4:11)
PAUL WELLER & TERRY CALLIER Brother To Brother (4:12)
THE MOONS Jennifer (Sits Alone) (3:20)
DEXY’S Nowhere Is Home (4:57)
BRUCE FOXTON Number Six (3:14)
WILCO JOHNSON Down By The Waterside (3:15)
THE JAM The Great Depression (Live) (3:17)

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (October 2012)

The latest free CD from the October, 2012 MOJO Magazine is a collection of “Indie Classics” from 1982-1987. Can’t say much of this interested me personally. I spot-checked it, looking for a catchy tune to post (before listening to the whole thing), but only found one I wanted to hear past the opening licks (below), and didn’t even bother with the other tracks. Your mileage may vary. We’ve re-upped the other 125 MOJO‘s in the archives, so collect them all.

FELT Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow (3:11)
THE WEATHER PROPHETS Almost Prayed (2:38)
HURRAH Sweet Sanity (4:11)
THE WOODENTOPS Well Well Well (4:18)
THE CLOSE LOBSTERS Nature Thing (4:54)
THE NIGHTINGALES Crafty Fag (3:04)
THE FLATMATES I Could Be In Heaven (2:40)
THE GO BETWEENS Cattle And Cane (3:30)
BILLY BRAGG Levi Stubbs’ Tears (3:26)
MARTIN STEPHENSON AND THE DAINTEES Crocodile Cryer (4:35)
TELEVISION PERSONALITIES How I Learned To Love The…Bomb (5:02)
THE LA’S Open Your Heart (3:14)
THE BLUE AEROPLANES Action Painting (3:26)
THE DENTISTS Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden (And It’s Wintertime) (3:12)
THE CHESTERFIELDS Completely And Utterly (2:05)

Electricity (September 2012)

The latest free CD from the September, 2012 edition of MOJO Magazine is a tribute to electronica, entitled Electricity – A Brief History Of Future Sound. I like a few of these bands myself (CAN, Throbbing Gristle) but don’t really listen to this type of music much. It’s why the player hosts what might be the least representative track. Fans of the genre will know if this collection is worthy or not. We’ve just re-upped all the other 124 MOJO‘s in the archives, so collect them all.

FAD GADGET Back To Nature (5:46)
THROBBING GRISTLE Hamburger Lady (4:07)
CAN Oh Yeah (7:20)
PLASTIKMAN Spastick (9:16)
MOBY Honey (3:18)
NITZER EBB Let Your Body Learn (2:48)
CABARET VOLTAIRE No Escape (3:35)
ADD N TO (X) Metal Fingers In My Body (5:11)
RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE Probably A Robbery (3:31)
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Losing My Edge (7:50)
PHOTEK Smoke Rings (6:28)
PAN SONIC Urania (4:32)
DAFT PUNK Rollin & Scratchin (7:27)
DAF Der Mussolini (3:51)
NON Intro Total War (4:59)

The World Of The Small Faces And Beyond (May 2012)

The latest free CD issue from the May, 2012 edition of MOJO Magazine is a “roots of” The Small Faces collection, tied into the magazine’s current cover story on Small Faces/Humble Pie mainstay Steve Marriott (who passed away in 1991). Features lots of early blues, with a little skiffle and a few odds and ends (details below). Download includes (spotty) artwork. Don’t forget the 120 other MOJO‘s in the archives.

STEVE MARRIOTT & THE MOMENTS Money, Money (2:15)
JIMMY REED Baby What You Want Me To Do (3:04)
BOBBY BLAND Don’t Cry No More (2:25)
THE NASHVILLE TEENS Widdicombe Fair (4:26)
THE FLEUR DE LYS Gotta Get Enough Time (Demo with Sharon Tandy) (2:22)
THE ATTACK Magic In The Air (3:35)
IAN McLAGAN & THE BUMP BAND Never Say Never (3:32)
BIG JOE TURNER Careless Love (2:48)
EDDIE BOYD Five Long Years (2:39)
RAY CHARLES Drown In My Own Tears (3:18)
MUDDY WATERS I’m Ready (3:02)
LONNIE DONEGAN Rock Island Line (2:27)
RAMBLIN’ BOYS Roll On Buddy (1:59)
HARRY BELAFONTE I’m Just A Country Boy (3:03)
IDA COX Four Day Creep (3:21)

Power Corruption & Lies Covered (2012)

Personally, I’m in the dark about New Order. I’ve always known who they were, but never bothered to listen to them. But, I enjoyed this disc, maybe because of that fact. Don’t forget the 117 other MOJO‘s HERE in the archives.

THE GOLDEN FILTER Age Of Consent (6:25)
TARWATER We All Stand (4:52)
ERRORS The Village (4:41)
S.C.U.M. 586 (5:56)
FUIYA & MIYAGI Your Silent Face (6:32)
SEEKAE Ultraviolence (3:41)
WALLS Ecstacy (4:33)
DESTROYER Leave Me Alone (4:30)
…Blue Monday 12″
BIOSHERE Blue Monday (5:28)
ZOMBIE ZOMBIE The Beach (4:25)
LONELADY Cries And Whispers (3:51) – Bonus Track
ANOTHER’S BLOOD Lonesome Tonight (4:32) – Bonus Track
K-X-P Murder (4:10) – Bonus Track

TAH-DAAAH!

Welcome to the end of our MOJO Magazine CD archive. Over the last few years we’ve been slowly pulling together all of the free discs MOJO gives away to subscribers each month, and we think we finally have them all. 134 discs in all (and counting, by our count anyway) and all you gotta do is click the grey “MOJO Presents” box at the top of the post (or click HERE) to access them all. Individual links for each post are in the lower right corner of the blog. Many links are down, so just leave a comment on the post for a re-up.

Hopefully, any readers/completists out there will clue us in to anything we may have missed. Right now, we’re not including CDs from MOJO‘s offshoots, like MOJO Classic or their short-lived Collection’s magazine – which once gave away a Lee “Scratch” Perry 7″ single. Maybe later. Big thanks to everybody who has taken the time to send us parts of their collection to help complete this gathering. We couldn’t have done it without all your help. As you’ll see, MOJO started slow in 1997 with a series of label-sponsored collections entitled The MOJO Machine Turns You On. Then, over the next four years, from 2000-2004, they released only the occasional compilation – with thematic threads, however, that helped to distinguish the magazine’s offerings from the typical label-dictated freebies of other mags. But, MOJO didn’t settle in to an every month routine until July, 2004′s Chili Peppers Jukebox. Since then, they haven’t looked back. FYI: Twice, MOJO issued two CDs – September, 2004′s Beatlemania, Volumes 1 & 2 and January, 2006′s Born In The USA, Volumes 1 & 2. My guess is that readers pitched a bitch over having to buy two issues of the magazine to get both CDs, as MOJO hasn’t doubled-up since. A few of the gaps on our list did feature freebies other than music; postcards, posters, prints, even a small bag of buttons once. As for anything before 1997, we’re clueless, but we don’t think any CDs were given away during those years (MOJO debuted in November, 1993). So… take a look and see if you have something we don’t. If we did miss something, let us know and we’ll do another TAA-DAAAH! post.

1997
1997 Jan
1997 Feb
1997 Mar
1997 Apr
1997 May
1997 Jun
1997 Jul – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 1
1997 Aug – THE GREATEST SINGLE OF ALL TIME
1997 Sept – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 2
1997 Oct
1997 Nov
1997 Dec – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 3

1998
1998 Jan
1998 Feb
1998 Mar – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 4
1998 Apr
1998 May
1998 Jun – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 5
1998 Jul
1998 Aug – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (6)
1998 Sept
1998 Oct
1998 Nov – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (7)
1998 Dec

1999
1999 Jan
1999 Feb – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (8)
1999 Mar
1999 Apr
1999 May – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (9)
1999 Jun
1999 Jul
1999 Aug – THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (10)
1999 Sept
1999 Oct
1999 Nov – GOOD GROOVES NUMBER 11
1999 Dec

2000
2000 Jan
2000 Feb
2000 Mar
2000 Apr
2000 May
2000 Jun
2000 Jul
2000 Aug
2000 Sept – MAXIMUM ’65
2000 Oct
2000 Nov
2000 Dec

2001
2001 Jan
2001 Feb
2001 Mar
2001 Apr
2001 May
2001 Jun
2001 Jul
2001 Aug – SOUL RIOT
2001 Sept
2001 Oct
2001 Nov
2001 Dec

2002
2002 Jan
2002 Feb
2002 Mar
2002 Apr
2002 May
2002 Jun – THE SCORE
2002 Jul
2002 Aug – TROJAN EXPLOSION
2002 Sept
2002 Oct
2002 Nov -
2002 Dec – FEED YOUR HEAD

2003
2003 Jan
2003 Feb
2003 Mar – UP YOURS! PUNK’S NOT DEAD!
2003 Apr
2003 May
2003 Jun – MUSIC GUIDE VOL. 1: INSTANT GARAGE
2003 Jul -
2003 Aug
2003 Sept – MUSIC GUIDE VOL. 2: THE ROOTS OF HIP HOP
2003 Oct
2003 Nov – PIECE OF CAKE – 20 YEARS OF RYKO
2003 Dec – 2003 – 18 TRACKS FROM THE YEAR’S BEST ALBUMS

2004
2004 Jan
2004 Feb
2004 Mar – MUSIC GUIDE VOL. 3: RAW SOUL
2004 Apr – MUSIC GUIDE VOL. 4: BLUES POWER
2004 May
2004 Jun -
2004 Jul – CHILI PEPPERS JUKEBOX
2004 Aug – THE ROOTS OF LED ZEPPELIN
2004 Sept – BEATLEMANIA/VOLUME 1 + BEATLEMANIA/VOLUME 2
2004 Oct – RADIO CLASH
2004 Nov – CASH COVERED
2004 Dec – ROCK! ROCK! ROCK!

2005
2005 Jan – BLUE CHRISTMAS
2005 Feb – THE ROOTS OF THE SEX PISTOLS
2005 Mar – STUDIO ONE SELECTOR
2005 Apr – BEYOND PUNK!
2005 May – SOUTHERN SOUL
2005 Jun – MOD CLUB PARTY
2005 Jul – U2 JUKEBOX
2005 Aug – CHESS CLASSICS
2005 Sept – DYLAN COVERED
2005 Oct – MADE IN BRITAIN
2005 Nov – I LOVE NY PUNK!
2005 Dec – THE ROOTS OF HENDRIX

2006
2006 Jan – BORN IN THE USA, VOLUME 1 + BORN IN THE USA, VOLUME 2
2006 Feb – THE WHO COVERED
2006 Mar – THE MODERN GENIUS OF RAY DAVIES
2006 Apr – PSYCH OUT!
2006 May – HAIL TO THE KING!
2006 Jun – TRASH!
2006 Jul – REVOLVER RELOADED
2006 Aug – JAMES BROWN’S FUNKY SUMMER
2006 Sept – THE ROOTS OF BOB DYLAN
2006 Oct – THE QUIET REVOLUTION
2006 Nov – EXPERIENCED!
2006 Dec – THE WHO JUKEBOX

2007
2007 Jan – IN MY ROOM
2007 Feb – LOVE WILL TEAR YOU APART
2007 Mar – SGT. PEPPER …WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS
2007 Apr – STOOGES JUKEBOX
2007 May – MADE IN BRITAIN 2007
2007 Jun – MUSIC IS LOVE!
2007 Jul – SUN IS SHINING
2007 Aug – THE BLACK KEYS – THE LIVE EP
2007 Sept – STONED
2007 Oct – IN SEARCH OF SYD
2007 Nov – CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL
2007 Dec – HEAVY NUGGETS

2008
2008 Jan – STAX SOUL POWER!
2008 Feb – OK COMPUTER
2008 Mar – BELOVED
2008 Apr – THE NEW DICTIONARY OF BLUES AND SOUL
2008 May – THE DAWNING OF A NEW ERA
2008 Jun – THE CHANGING MAN
2008 Jul – DESTROY!
2008 Aug – SUB POP 300!
2008 Sept – THE WHITE ALBUM RECOVERED 1
2008 Oct – THE WHITE ALBUM RECOVERED 2
2008 Nov – REBEL MUSIC
2008 Dec – COHEN COVERED

2009
2009 Jan – HEAVY MOD
2009 Feb – MOTOWN NUGGETS
2009 Mar – BAD SEEDS
2009 Apr – I CAN SEE FOR MILES
2009 May – ALL THE YOUNG DUDES
2009 Jun – ISLAND FOLK
2009 Jul – RED HOT AND REGAL
2009 Aug – NEW HARVEST
2009 Sept – AFRICA RISING
2009 Oct – ABBEY ROAD NOW!
2009 Nov – THE MAN MACHINE
2009 Dec – THE WALL RE-BUILT! 1

2010
2010 Jan – THE WALL RE-BUILT! 2
2010 Feb – A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE…
2010 Mar – THE MADCAP LAUGHS AGAIN!
2010 Apr – DREAM POP
2010 May – HEAVY SOUL
2010 Jun – HIGHWAY TO HELL
2010 Jul – STEP RIGHT UP!
2010 Aug – BOSS SOUNDS!
2010 Sept – GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES
2010 Oct – LET IT BE REVISITED
2010 Nov – JOURNEY TO LOVE
2010 Dec – DYLAN’S SCENE

2011
2011 Jan – FESTIVE FIFTEEN
2011 Feb – HARVEST REVISITED
2011 Mar – ROOTS OF NIRVANA
2011 Apr – PANIC!
2011 May – 1-2-3-4!
2011 Jun – BROTHERHOOD
2011 Jul – COMMUNION
2011 Aug – THE ROOTS OF PAUL McCARTNEY
2011 Sept – WELL… ALL RIGHT!
2011 Oct – RETURN TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
2011 Nov – HARRISON COVERED
2011 Dec – THE ROUTE TO QUADROPHENIA

2012
2012 Jan – STICKY SOUL FINGERS – A ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE
2012 Feb – POWER CORRUPTION & LIES COVERED
2012 Mar – THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN COVERED
2012 Apr – COME ON LET’S GO – A MODERN DAY JUKEBOX
2012 May – THE WORLD OF THE SMALL FACES AND BEYOND
2012 June – PET SOUNDS REVISITED
2012 July – YELLOW SUBMARINE RESURFACES
2012 Aug – ROOTS OF THE ROLLING STONES
2012 Sept – ELECTRICITY
2012 Oct – THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT
2012 Nov – MOVE ON UP – A MODERNIST COMPENDIUM
2012 Dec – LET’S MOVE – A HEAVY BLUES COLLECTION

2013
2013 Jan – RUMOURS REVISITED
2013 Feb – MARR AND FRIENDS
2013 Mar – ECHOES – A COMPENDIUM OF MODERN PSYCHEDELIA
2013 Apr – ACTION! 15 CULT FILM CLASSICS
2013 May – BLUES BREAKERS! 15 CLASSIC TRACKS AS COVERED BY ERIC CLAPTON
2013 June – HEAVY NUGGETS VOL 2

MOJO’s Collections CDs:
We haven’t tried to gather or post the Collections CDs yet (there were only a few). If you know of any, let us know so we can add them to the list. Thanks.

COLLECTIONS
* Autumn 2001 – VARIOUS Almost Famous – 20 Early Rarities
* July 2003 – LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY Kentucky Shank/City Too Hot (w/interviews) 7″ Single

MOJO‘s first moves into the free CD giveaway market were these 10 quarterly (sorta) offerings, basically your standard compilations of recent major label releases – a time-honored way for magazines to get free music out of record companies. But, after these first 10, all called The MOJO Machine Turns You On (the first five being numbered), the magazine changed course and took a more editorially based approach to their free discs, developing ongoing themes and tailoring their comps to editorial content – instead of just what the labels were pushing. These were extremely hard to find, as MOJO‘s own website only mentions 4 of these CDs. We had some ready to go, and were about to appeal for the others, but our pal Angelo over at Power Pop Criminals posted all 10 of these last year. And, since PPC’s downloads are always top-notch (artwork, too), we decided to use Angelo’s in order to complete our little shrine to MOJO over here… with our sincere thanks. So, if your dreams have been answered with these discs, and you want to share some love, follow the link to Power Pop Criminals and give them our regards (and check out the mountains of other cool stuff there). Thanks, Angelo.

We’ve got over 100 MOJO‘s in the archives – except for the ones we’re posting next week, which will wrap up our Sunday MOJO posts. We’ll throw up a complete list then, too, just to see if we’re missing anything. Follow the links. All the MOJO‘s are listed near the bottom right of the blog.

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 1
GARY MOORE Afraid of Tomorrow
STEVE WINWOOD Fill Me Up
PREFAB SPROUT Whoever You Are
JOHN MAYALL Stone Cold Deal
LEWIS TAYLOR Damn
WORLD PARTY Vanity Fair
CELTUS Moonchild
CAN Mother Sky
THE WALLFLOWERS 6th Avenue Heartache
TARNATION You’ll Understand
ROBERT CRAY BAND I Can’t Quit
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Brompton Oratory
SHAWN COLVIN The Facts About Jimmy
MARTYN JOSEPH Arizona Dreams
ENZSO Message To My Girl

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 2
PAPAS FRITAS We’ve Got All Night
THE MUTTON BIRDS Like This Train
TERRY HALL For The Girl
SPIRITUALIZED Cool Waves
JEAN MICHEL JARRE Oxygene 8
STINA NORDENSTAM Dynamite
RON SEXSMITH Clown In Broad Daylight
JAMES TAYLOR Little More Time With You
JONNY LANG Lie To Me
TAMALIN In The Morning
EZIO Alex
OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL Holiday Surprise 1,2,3
MARSHALL CRENSHAW What Do You Dream Of
BEN HARPER Roses From My Friends
THE JAYHAWKS Dying On The Vine

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 3
SMASH MOUTH Why Can’t We Be Friends
SMOKE CITY Aquas De Margo (Joga Bossa Mix)
JOHN BUTLER Yes I Do
TINDERSTICKS Don’t Look Down
BOB MARLEY Waiting In Vain
EDWYN COLLINS Running Away With Myself
SID GRIFFIN Jimmy Reed
MICK HARVEY Comic Strip
THE HIGH LLAMAS Hi Ball Nova Scotia
CORNERSHOP We’re In Yr Corner
LEONARD COHEN Everybody Knows
LEVELLERS Far Away
LABRADFORD S
TEENAGE FANCLUB Winter
TRAVIS Funny Thing

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 4
THE HORMONES Dig Like Merry Hell
BETH ORTON She Cries Your Name
GOMEZ Whippin’ Piccadilly
SYLVIA POWELL Perfect Day
HEADSWIM Holy Ghost
CRUSTATION Ride On
THE CROCKETTS Closet Heroine
NAOMI Personal Touch
GUY CHADWICK One Of These Days
CHATAL KREVIAZUK Wayne
RICHARD DAVIES Surface Of The Sun
SLAPP HAPPY Moonlovers
SUPERSTAR Superstar
A REMINISCENT DRIVE NYC Dharma
BEN FOLDS FIVE Missing The War

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON 5
SIMON WARNER Moody
JEPP Las Vegas
FRANK BLACK AND THE CATHOLICS I Gotta Move
BARRY ADAMSON Jazz Devil
ARTIFICIAL JOY Skywriting
SUNHOUSE Black Blood
TANITA TIKARAM I Like This
PERRY BLAKE Weeping Tree
THE PARADISE MOTEL German Girl
JIMM AND THE BOXES Paula’s Room (Demo)
SIX BY SEVEN European Me
LISA GERRARD & PIETER BOURKE Tempest
THE DEVLINS Heaven’s Wall
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Red Right Hand
CRAIG ARMSTRONG Sly II

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (6)
COMFORT The Proof Of You
PETER GREEN When You Got A Good Friend
ASTRID World At Your Feet
ADAM COHEN Cry Ophelia
SUPER 400 Dreamboat
CHRISTINE LEVINE You Either Like It Or You Don’t
JOHNSON Eased’Sparklehorse Maria’s Little Elbows
BLACK BOX RECORDER It’s Only The End Of The World
PERNICE BROTHERS Overcome By Happiness
BILLIE MYERS Having Trouble With The Language
CALEXICO Missing
MAINSTREAM Rolled On Southern Blues
WHISTLER Rare American Shoes
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Imaginary Love

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (7)
ASTRID I’m The Boy For You
MERCURY REV Holes
ANGELOU Automatic Miracles
RODDY FRAME Autumn Flower
FLICK Maybe Someday
GILLIAN WELCH My Morphine
JACK My World Versus Your World
TONY BENNETT God Bless The Child
SEMISONIC Made To Last
DELAKOTA I Thought I Caught
THE BOO RADLEYS Monuments For A Dead Centuary
LAMBCHOP Scamper
SINEAD LOHAN No Mermaid
BABYBIRD Back Together
CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES Zoot Suit Riot

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (8)
THE BLACK CROWES Kickin’ My Heart Around
BABY BIRD Take Me Back
THE EGG Ambassador
SALAKO Don’t Be Afraid
LIZ HORSMAN The Longest Day
Ash Low Ebb
THE McGANNS And Then You’ll Walk Away
THE PARADISE MOTEL Daniel
ANNIE CHRISTIAN The Other Way
THE MUTTON BIRDS Jackie’s Song
ANNA RYDER Pockets On Fire
SQUEEZE In The Morning
THE MONTROSE AVENUE Yesterday’s Return
LONNIE DONEGAN Please Don’t Call Me In The Morning
XTC Easter Theatre

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (9)
PORCUPINE TREE Piano Lessons
NEW RADICALS In Need Of A Miracle
LOWCRAFT All The Rage
DEUS Magdalena
SNOWPONY 3 Can Keep A Secret (If 2 Are Dead)
LUNA Superfreaky Memories
WHISTLER Heaven Help Me
SUPERTRAMP Free As A Bird
MOGWAI Cody
SOMATIC Green
LITTLE MOTHERS They Tell Me
WITNESS Quarantine
MEDAL Porno Song
AMY RIGBY The Summer Of My Wasted Youth
JEFF BECK Angel (Footsteps)

THE MOJO MACHINE TURNS YOU ON (10)
PETER GREEN SPLINTER GROUP Big Change Is Gonna Come
THE LANTERNS Maybe I Do
THE PEARLFISHERS We’re Gonna Save The Summer
SOPHIE B. HAWKINS 32 Lines
THE AUTEURS Some Changes
TRIPPA Drowning
SCOTT 4 Troubles 1-2-3
BUDDY GUY Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues
BOWS Blush
BEN CHRISTOPHER My Beautiful Demon
HEFNER I Took Her Love For Granted
KATE RUSBY All God’s Angels
SANDY DILON Float
ERIC BIBB World War Blues
THE EXPERIMENTAL POP BAND Forty Greatest Hits

Three more freebies from MOJO. Up Yours! Punk’s Not Dead is one of MOJO‘s earlier releases celebrating the punk movement, “then and now.” A generous 26 track comp. Trojan Explosion is a righteous 20 song collection of reggae tunes from the famed label. The Roots Of Hip Hop is from 2003, the second of four early ‘Music Guides’ from MOJO. But don’t dismiss it as hip-hop. It’s a ‘roots’ album that features the likes of James Brown, The Bar-Kays, Jimmy Castor, Al Green, Blood Sweat & Tears (?), and others.  There’s over 90 more MOJOs in our archives (click the gray bar). More next Sunday.

MOJO: Up Yours! Punk’s Not Dead (March 2003)
THE CLASH 1977 (1:42)
THE STROKES The Modern Age (3:29)
THE ADVERTS One Chord Wonders (2:48)
THE HIVES Main Offender (2:34)
VIC GODARD Ambition (3:08)
HOT HOT HEAT Get In Or Get Out (2:50)
ERASE ERRATA Tongue Tied (1:40)
X-RAY SPEX Identity (2:23)
THE HUNCHES Lisa Told Me (2:14)
JOHN THUNDERS Chinese Rocks (2:54)
PART CHIMP Cover Me (5:01)
THE UNDERTONES True Confessions (1:53)
THE CATHETERS Pale Horse (2:40)
SEX PISTOLS Submission (4:18)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS Our Time (3:22)
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Hong Kong Garden (2:54)
ATV Action Time Vision (2:34)
THE LIBERTINES The Boy Looked At Johnny (2:37)
BUZZCOCKS Orgasm Addict (2:14)
SLEATER-KINNEY Combat Rock (4:46)
THE ONLY ONES Another Girl, Another Planet (3:01)
MUDHONEY Urban Guerilla (5:10)
THE DAMNED Neat, Neat, Neat (2:42)
THE WARLOCKS Caveman Rock (3:39)
IGGY AND THE STOOGES Search And Destroy (3:29)
SWEARING AT MOTORISTS Timing Is Everything (2:17)

MOJO Presents: Trojan Explosion (August 2002)
THE WAILERS Mr. Brown (3:31)
DELROY WILSON Better Must Come (2:46)
NINEY Blood & Fire (3:07)
THEO BECKFORD Easy Snappin’ (2:41)
CRYSTALLITES Undertakers Burial (2:59)
JOHN HOLT Ali Baba (2:40)
SLIM SMITH Everybody Needs Love (2:17)
THE MAYTALS Pressure Drop (2:57)
JOHNNY CLARKE None Shall Escape The Judgement (3:39)
JUNIOR BYLES A Place Called Africa (2:40)
JOE WHITE I’m So Proud (2:56)
THE UNTOUCHABLES Tighten Up (2:38)
DESMOND DECKER & THE ACES 007 (2:28)
KEN BOOTHE Artibella (2:09)
THE ETHIOPIANS Everything Crash (2:31)
HARRY J ALLSTARS Liquidator (2:52)
GREGORY ISAACS Don’t Let Me Suffer (3:28)
DRUMBAGO & THE DYNAMICS Dulcemania (2:16)
THE UPSETTERS Dollar In The Teeth (2:33)
JIMMY CLIFF Hard Road To Travel (2:32)

MOJO Music Guide: The Roots Of Hip Hop (Sept 2003)
GRANDMASTER FLASH Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel (7:12)
LEE DORSEY Get Out Of My Life Woman (2:28)
LOWELL FULSON Tramp (3:06)
RUFUS THOMAS Itch & Scratch (Part 1) (3:13)
THE BAR KAYS In The Whole (2:56)
THE MAD LADS No Strings Attached (2:32)
JAMES BROWN Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (6:28)
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS Lucretia Mac Evil (3:07)
THE JB’S The Grunt (Parts 1 & 2) (3:32)
THE DRAMATICS Get Up & Get Down (3:12)
AL GREEN Here I Am (Come & Take Me) (4:17)
FLAMING EMBER Gotta Get Away (4:24)
THE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH It’s Just Begun (3:44)
KOOL & THE GANG – NT (6:28)
CYMANDE Bra (5:05)
PARLIAMENT Flash Light (5:48)
THE FATBACK BAND King Tim III (Personality Jock) (4:09)
FUNKY 4+1 That’s The Joint (7:51)

Three more freebies from MOJO. The latest, from the September 2011 issue, is Well… All Right!, a collection of favorites compiled and sequenced by the magazine’s guest editor, Noel Gallagher (ex-Oasis). A bizarre set, indeed, with a lot of really good under-the-radar tunes. The Bonobo track is a mindbender, but check out the smokin’ cut from The Big Kids, below. Conway Twitty’s Elvis-ized “Lonely Boy Blue” is pure heaven. Piece Of Cake – 20 Years Of Ryko is, just as the name implies, a label sponsored collection from the great Ryko Records. Everyone from Big Star to Frank Zappa. Big thanks to Steward for sharing his copy with us all. Good Grooves Number 11 is the magazine’s 11th free CD, from 1999. If you want to get technical, it’s the 12th, but we’ll get into all that later. Only the Ryko collection can be found at Amazon, brand new for a penny. There’s over 90 more MOJOs in our archives (click the gray bar). Three more next Sunday.

MOJO Presents: Well… All Right! (September 2011)
BUDDY HOLLY Well… All Right! (2:11)
THE BIG KIDS I’m Bored (3:40)
F.J. McMAHON Sister Brother (3:58)
BONOBO Between The Lines (Instrumental) (4:29)
THE WOODENTOPS Why? (Live) (5:00)
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE He’s A Keeper Of The Fire (2:56)
YAGE The Woodlands Of Old (4:11)
HANK MIZELL Jungle Rock (2:41)
BLACK MOUNTAIN No Satisfaction (3:43)
PIECES Sam (3:04)
ZOOT WOMAN Grey Day (4:15)
THE CAPE KENNEDY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Armageddon (4:18)
CONWAY TWITTY Lonely Boy Blue (2:15)
ALAN HULL We Can Swing Together (Live) (3:42)
NINA SIMONE House Of The Rising Sun (Live) (6:51)

MOJO: Piece Of Cake – 20 Years Of Ryko (Nov 2003)
BIG STAR Thank You Friends (3:05)
JOSH ROUSE Slaveship (3:11)
WARREN ZEVON Numb As A Statue (4:08)
THE FIRE THELT Chain (3:45)
THE FLAMING LIPS Chrome Plated Suicide (5:34)
FRANK ZAPPA I’m The Slime (3:34)
MORPHINE Cure For Pain (3:13)
PILOT TO GUNNER Barrio Superstarrio (2:56)
MEAT PUPPETS Plateau (2:22)
TOUMANI DIABATE Jarabi (3:38)
ROBERT WYATT Lullaby For Hamza (4:28)
SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA Mama Guela (3:31)
THE REPLACEMENTS I Will Dare (3:17)
SOUL ASYLUM Freaks (3:27)
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Crooked Frame (4:01)
JOE JACKSON BAND Still Alive (3:42)
GALAXIE 500 Fourth Of July (5:35)
SPAIN Untitled #1 (6:36)
KELLY WILLIS Wait Until Dark (3:40)
KELLY JOE PHELPS Window Grin (6:11)

MOJO: Good Grooves Number 11 (November 1999)
OOBERMAN Sur La Plage (3:17)
APPLIANCE Food Music (3:45)
MARK LANEGAN Consider Me (3:48)
DELIRIOUS? Follow (4:41)
SUBAQWA Little Glitches (4:14)
KATE JACOBS Shallow (2:53)
BERNARD BUTLER Cocoon (4:20)
LIVE The Distance (3:52)
JUNE TABOR The Water Is Wide (5:29)
NICK KANE Panetella (3:42)
LITTLE MOTHERS Moody (5:25)
ECHOBOY Canada (4:41)
BRENDAN PERRY Voyage Of Bran (5:32)
ARCHIVE You Make Me Feel (4:07)