Monday Night Album Club 049

Monday Night Album Club 049
Listening party
Date	24th April 2023
Theme	Classic cut
Album	I Put A Spell On You
Artist	Nina Simone
Other
Scott's rating	Scott's rating
Previous episode	Monday Night Album Club 048
Next episode	Monday Night Album Club 050

The Monday Night Album Club on the 24th of April 2023 was a listening party held on the Community Garden Radio Discord and on Community Garden Radio. It was the forty-ninth edition of the Album Club, and the album chosen was "I Put A Spell On You" by Nina Simone. The pre-mix was curated by Tuftii.

It was the sixteenth album club to be broadcast directly on Community Garden Radio.

Background

Nina Simone won with 14 votes, to Billie Holiday with 12 and Dinah Washington with 5.

Pre-mix

• Betty Carter - Cocktails for Two - Remastered Open in Spotify

• Shirley Horn - Do It Again Open in Spotify

• Billie Holiday - You Go To My Head Open in Spotify

• Etta Jones - Bye Bye Blackbird Open in Spotify

• Mahalia Jackson - We Shall Overcome Open in Spotify

• Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come Open in Spotify

• Sarah Vaughan - Misty Open in Spotify

• Dinah Washington - September In The Rain Open in Spotify

• Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle - All The Things You Are Open in Spotify

• Nancy Wilson - I Wish You Love Open in Spotify

• Carmen McRae, The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (with The Dave Brubeck Quartet) - Single Version Open in Spotify

The vote

The three albums chosen for next week's New album choice are:

• Billie Marten - Drop Cherries
• Daughter - Stereo Mind Games
• Blondshell - Blondshell

The three tracks that were played (one from each album) were:

• Billie Marten - I Can't Get My Head Around You Open in Spotify

• Daughter - Party Open in Spotify

• Blondshell - Olympus Open in Spotify

Copa Album Club

See also: Copa Album Club

This week, Tuftii with help from Macs McCoist summarised the results from the previous week's Copa Album Club (CAC) Round 2 Group 1 Games. The results were:

• Ash - 1977 (13) - (21) Public Service Broadcasting - The Race For Space
• Lizzo - Special (17) - (15) The Chemical Brothers - Surrender
• black midi - Hellfire (10) - (21) The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico
• The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (18) - (15) Little Simz - NO THANK YOU

To end the feature, Tuftii chose:

• Chappaqua Wrestling - Football Open in Spotify

CAC Round 2 Draw

Tuftii then live drew the first four matches for Round 2 of Copa Album Club:

• Ash - 1977 vs Public Service Broadcasting - The Race For Space
• Lizzo - Special vs The Chemical Brothers - Surrender
• black midi - Hellfire vs The Velvet Underground
• The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society vs Little Simz - NO THANK YOU.

The feature was closed by:

• Katherine Priddy - I Think They're Leaving Me Behind Open in Spotify

People's Penultimate Picks

Kathryn from South Shields picked - The Walkmen - The Rat Open in Spotify

Tuftii's Tail End Track

• Weyes Blood - The Worst Is Done Open in Spotify