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TRIBUTES OR NOT TRIBUTES (2006)

You all know "you can't judge a book by its cover", but you also know "you can judge a band by the covers". Sometimes, a band can ruin a great song, but sometimes another band can match or even surpass the original, such as "I Fought The Law" (The Clash), "Stop Your Sobbing" (Pretenders) or an artist can get a hit with his cover while the original version had flopped (see "Without You" of Badfinger and Harry Nilsson fame).
So, that's the reason why, the PPC blog is proud to bring to you (again) 2x50 masterpieces covered by 2x50 bands or artists. Some of them, specially the "Do Ya" version, are great covers and add something to the original, some others...well you'll judge the covers by yourself.. if you like 'em, buy 'em....

Special note : As you'll read the sleeve notes, in 2006 i made these two 2cd compilations for the blog i used to contribute for. The ones who already grabbed them at the time will remember the "Rewind" inlay had not the patchwork sleeves, so a mere 18 months later, i finally completed the work at last. And remember, these compilations are almost 100% Stones free........i wouldn't say the same about Jeff Lynne....

Tributes or not Tributes Vol 1

CD1

Lolas (Good Morning, Good Morning)) / Myracle Brah (Eight Miles High) / Matthew Sweet (American Girl) / Bleu (You Might Think) / Mark Kleiner Power Trio (Baby It's You) / Splitsville (I'll Never Fall In Love Again) / The Loud Family (We're For The Dark) / Farrah (I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend) / The Oranges (Saturday Night) / Gary & The Grip Weeds (Rock 'N' Roll Love Letter) / St Nick (Roxy Roller) / The Blondes (Dynamite) / Robin Black (Hellraiser) / The Shazam (Twilight) / Moods For Moderns (Do Ya) / Shoes (Words Of Love) / Big Hello (Tomorrow Night) / The Brambles (What Is Life) / Per Gessle (I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend) / The Summer Suns (Run Like Hell) / Buick MacKane (Country Honey) / Velvet Crush (Remember The Lightning) / The Andersons (Temporary Secretary) / The Yum Yums (Digging On You) / Jim Basnight (I Can See For Miles)

CD2
The Bigger Lovers (So It Goes) / Teen Machine (Yummy Yummy Yummy) / The Dons (She's My Fave) / Jeff Dahl (Vicious) / The Cynics (I Got You Babe) / The Wishniaks (Now) / Droogs (Paper Dolls) / The Flashcubes (All Over The World) / Bill Lloyd (Let Her Dance) / Jeremy (A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You) / Doug Powell (Love Is Like Oxygen) / Liquor Giants (Days Of Broken Arrows) / Mr Encrypto (I'll Get By) / Darian (Do You Have Any Regrets) / E (Jennifer Eccles) / Brad Jones (Let's Pretend) / The Dickies (Pretty Ballerina) / Chariot (I'd Rather You Leave Me) / The Finkers (You Tore Me Down) / Gumball (Girl Don't Tell Me) / Ike (Sparky's Dream) / Superscope (Girls Talk) / Evelyn Forever (Little Mascara) / Redd Kross (Dancing Queen) / The Vandalias (Glow Girl)

Tributes or not Tributes Rewind Vol 2

 CD1
The Cheeks (Let's Be Friends Again) / Redd Kross (How Much More) / Material Issue (I'd Wait A Million Years) / The Flashcubes (Do Anything You Wanna Do) / The Yo-Yo's (Hey Tonight) / The Smithereens (The Slider) / Hutch (Maybe Baby) / The Shambles (It's Getting Better) / The Shazam (Hangin' Around With You) / P.Hux (Strange Magic) / Jeremy (The Morning Sunshine) / Young Fresh Fellows (Craise Finton Kirk) / Cerebral Corps (Father's Name Was Dad) / The Grip Weeds (I Can Hear The Grass Grow) / Walter Clevenger (Back Of My Hand) / Lolas (Fox On The Run) / The Merrymakers (Feel A Whole Lot Better) / John P.Strohm (Somebody's Baby) / Randell Kirsch (It Hurts To Be In Love) / Spinning Jennies (Jet Fighter) / Dramarama (Reflected) / Nutrajet (Ghosts Of Princes In Towers) / Psychotic Youth (When You Walk In The Room) / Kyle Vincent & Tommy Dunbar (On The Beach) / DM3 (Caroline No)

CD2
Heavy Metal Kids (Girl Of My Dreams) / Butch Walker (Always Something There) / Wonderboy (Build Me Up Buttercup) / Myracle Brah (Too Many People) / The Nicoteens (Hey Deanie) / Tommy Keene (Hey Little Child) / The Dangtrippers (In The Street) / Alex Chilton (With A Girl Like You) / The Real Kids (Out Of Time) / Jeff Dahl (Ziggy Stardust) / Gilby Clarke (Trash) / Paranoid Lovesick (Icicles) / Jason Falkner (Wicked Annabella) / P76 (At First Sight) / Hammerfish (Couldn't I Just Tell You) / Webb Wilder (My Mind's Eyes) / Farrah (It's Different For Girls) / The Boo Radleys (There She Goes) / Wondermints (Guess I'm Dumb) / Zumpano (Changes) / Martin Luther Lennon (Dancing With Myself) / The Barracudas (Down In The Boondocks) / Bijou (Si Tu Dois Partir) / Honeycrack (Hey Bulldog) / The Michael Guthrie Band (My Generation)