"Grandfather" from "Human Voices" on Anthology's Top 50 songs for 2009

Our "Human Voices" reissue album continues to find its way into some "Best of 2009" lists. "Grandfather" from "Human Voices" is listed as the number 8 song in Anthology Recordings Top 50 Songs for 2009. When we originally recorded this album in 1984 and released just 300 limited edition cassettes in Eugene, Oregon, we knew we had some of our best work completed, but didn't know if very many people would ever hear it.
Now 25 years later, some people are hearing it, thanks to the Guerssen Records CD and vinyl reissues. We love those nice surprises that life can sometimes bring!


posted 12/22/2009 3:19:01 PM
Anthology's Top 50 Songs for 2009
by stormchild

As we near the completion of a great year here at Anthology, we'd like to share with you some of our favorite tracks from reissues we've released throughout the 2009 year. It was extremely difficult to only pick 50 gems from our 300+ releases from this year, but we sure had a blast making this list and we hope you enjoy! Be sure to check us out in the new year for more reissues and rarities...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ANTHOLOGY!!!


50. Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox
"Toucan Ocean"

49. Perry Leopold - Experiment In Metaphysics
"And Then The Snow Came"

48. Ray Camacho And The Teardrops - The Best Of Ray Camacho And The Teardops
"It's Time For Me To Love You"

47. Collage - s/t
"1-2-3"

46. Linval Thompson - Whip Them King Tubby!
"Everybody's Got To Be Free"

45. Big Boy Pete - The Margetson Demos
"My Love Is Like A Spaceship"

44. Marc Mundy - s/t
"How Can I Marry This Language"

43. Loop - Fade Out
"Black Sun"

42. Wasted Youth - Memorialize
"Wildlife"

41. Marine Girls - Lazy Ways / Beach Party
"In Love"

40 Horses - s/t
"Birdie In A Cage"

39. Ruthann Friedman - Hurried Life: Lost Recordings 1965-1971
"Windy"

38. Colin Newman - Commercial Suicide
"I'm Still Here"

37. Bob Lind - Since There Were Circles
"City Scenes"

36. Cooley Munson - In Debt
"Sightly Sue"

35. Traffic Sound - s/t
"Yesterday's Game"

34. The Factory - Path Through the Forest
"Try A Little Sunshine"

33. Dave Bixby - Ode To Quetzalcoatl
"Drug Song"

32. Van Duren - Are You Serious?
"Grow Yourself Up"

31. VA - Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest In Funk And Soul 1965-1975
Robbie Hill's Family Affair - "I Just Want To Be (Like Myself)"

30. Stack - Above All
"Do It"

29. Space Art - Trip In The Center Head
"Speedway"

28. Luie Luie - Touchy
"El Touchy"

27. Jack Blanchard And Misty Morgan - Life And Death (And Almost Everything Else)
"Yellow Bellied Sapsucker"

26. Charlie Tweddle - Fantastic Greatest Hits
"Untitled-2"

25. Andy Goldner - Infinity
"All Those Lives"

24. VA - Tape #1
Mofungo - "Speed"

23. La Sonora de Lucho Macedo - Vol. 1 - King on Mambos, Guarachas, Descargas And Cumbias
"Fue En La Playa"

22. Rodriguez - Cold Fact
"Rich Folks Hoax"

21. Thomas Mapfumo And The Blacks Unlimited - Gwindingwi Rine Shumba
"Shumba"

20. Sandy Bull - Still Valentines Day, 1969, Live At The Matrix, San Francisco
"No Deposit No Return Blues"

19. Warlus - Songs
"Girl Like You"

18. Bruce Haack - Haackula
"Party Machine"

17. Exmagma - Exmagma And Goldball
"Habits"

16. Fifty Foot Hose - Live In San Francisco: March 16, 2003
"If Not This Time"

15. Pau Riba - Pau Riba / Pau I Jordi
"Taxista"

14. Fox - s/t
"The Juggler"

13. Malvina Reynolds - s/t
"The Albatross"

12. Indestructible Beat - The Broad Church Of The Indestructible Beat
"When The Oil Runs Out"

11. Simon Finn - Pass The Distance
"Jerusalem"

10. Prefab Messiahs - Devolver
"The 16th Track"

9. The Newtown Neurotics - Live At Brunel University, England
"Airstrip One"

8. Tree People - Human Voices
"Grandfather"

7. Bill Quick - Maravillosa Gente
"Beautiful People"

6. Archaia - s/t
"Sur Les Trances Du Vieux Roy"

5. Househunters - Feeding Frenzy
"Don't Look Back"

4. Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
"Chimacum Rain"

3. Connie Converse - How Sad, How Lovely
"Playboy Of The Western World"

2. Simply Saucer - Saucerland
"Clearly Invisible - 1975"

1. Telegraph Avenue - Volume 2
"Tookie Tookie"