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Hello,
We just wanted to thank you all for your support in 2006. It's been good to sell you the music in 2006. Let's do it again next year. As is traditional, we compiled an end of year list from sales and votes from staff and some customers who we remembered to ask. We're enclosing some of the contributions.
Best wishes,
Monorail Music
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monorail music 2006
1. Cat Power -The Greatest (Matador)
2. Sonic Youth -Rather Ripped (Geffen)
3. The Concretes -In Colour (Licking Fingers / EMI)
4. Various Artists -Tropicalia (Soul Jazz)
5. Belle & Sebastian -The Life Pursuit (Rough Trade)
6. Joanna Newsom -Ys (Drag City)
7. Make Up -Untouchable Sound - Live! (Sea Note)
8. Jarvis -The Jarvis Cocker Record (Rough Trade)
9. The Gossip -Standing In The Way Of Control (Kill Rock Stars)
10. Park Attack -Half Past Human (Textile)
11. Six Organs Of Admittance -The Sun Awakens (Drag City)
12. Dead Moon -Echoes Of The Past (Sub Pop)
13. Arthur Russell -First Thought Best Thought (Audika / Rough Trade)
14. Hot Chip -The Warning (DFA / EMI)
15. Camera Obscura -Let's Get Out Of This Country (Elefant)
16. TV-Resistori -Serkut Rakastaa Paremmin (Fonal)
17. TV On The Radio -Return To Cookie Mountain (4AD)
18. This Heat -Out Of Cold Storage (This Is)
19. Yo La Tengo -I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
20. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy -The Letting Go (Domino)
21. Mogwai -Mr Beast (PIAS)
22. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan -Ballad Of The Broken Seas (V2)
23. Tom Waits -Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Anti)
24. Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz -Osaka Bridge (Karaoke Kalk)
25. Reiko Kudo -Kusa (Hyotan)
26. CSS -Cansei De Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
27. BMX Bandits -My Chain (Rev-ola)
28. Melvins -A Senile Animal (Ipecac)
29. The Konki Duet -Mountain Mouton (Active Suspension)
30. Peter Bjorn and John -Writer's Block (Wichita)
31. Shora -Malval (Conspiracy)
32. OOIOO -Taiga (Thrill Jockey)
33. Kama Aina -Club Kama Aina (Rumraket)
34. Rhys Chatham -An Angel Moves Too Fast Too See (Table Of The Elements)
35. Scritti Politti -White Bread and Black Beer (Rough Trade)
36. David Shrigley (& Martin Young) -Forced To Speak With Others (Late Night Tales)
37. Scott Walker -The Drift (4AD)
38. Barbara Morgenstern -The Grass Is Always Greener (Monika)
39. James Blackshaw -O True Believers (Bo Weevil)
40. Colleen -Et Les Boites A Musique (Leaf)
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Dep Downie (monorail music)
1. The Gossip -Standing In The Way Of Control (Kill Rock Stars)
2. The Evens -Get Evens (Dischord)
3. Six Organs Of Admittance -The Sun Awakens (Drag City)
4. William Elliott Whitmore Song Of The Blackbird (Southern)
5. The Make Up -Untouchable Sound (Sea Note)
6. Rhys Chatham -An Angel Moves Too Fast To See (Table Of The Elements)
7. Tom Waits -Orphans (Anti)
8. Dead Moon -Echoes Of The Past (Sub Pop)
9. Maxton Grainger -s/t (Run Out / Kabukicore)
10. Park Attack -Half Past Human (Textile)
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Russell Elder (monorail music)
1. Shora -Malval (Conspiracy)
2. Katharsis -VVorldVVithoutEnd (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)
3. This Heat -Out Of Cold Storage (This Is)
4. Asunder -Works Will Come Undone (Profound Lore)
5. Negative Plane -Et In Saecula Saeculorum (The Ajna Offensive)
6. Melvins -A Senile Animal (Ipecac)
7. Rhys Chatham -An Angel Moves Too Fast Too See (Table Of The Elements)
8. Drudkh -Blood In Our Wells (Supernal)
9. TITAN -Untitled (Paradigms)
10. Goslings -Grandeur Of Hair (aRCHIVE)
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Mark Hillier (monorail music)
1. Tami Lynn -Love Is Here And Now You're Gone (DBK)
2. Various (compiled by Lennart Persson) -Sweethearts (Feber)
3. Celebration -s/t (4AD)
4. King Khan & BBQ Show -What's For Dinner? (In The Red)
5. CSS -Cansei De Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
6. Zombi -Surface To Air (Relapse)
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs -Show Yr Bones (Interscope)
8. Brightblack -Morning Light (Matador)
9. Witch -s/t (Teepee)
10. Various -Girl Monster (Chicks On Speed)
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Ian MacBeth (monorail music)
1. The Make Up -Untouchable Sound (Seanote)
2. The Gossip -Standing In The Way Of Control (Kill Rock Stars)
3. TV On The Radio -Return To Cookie Mountain (4AD)
4. Joanna Newsom Ys (Drag City)
5. Archie Bronson Outfit -Derdang Derdang (Domino)
6. Herman Dune -Giant (Source)
7. Hot Chip -The Warning (DFA / EMI)
8. Various -From The Closet To The Stage: Queer Noises 1961-78 (Trikont)
9. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy -The Letting Go (Domino)
10. Park Attack -Half Past Human (Textile)
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Lorna Gilfedder (Park Attack / monorail music)
1. Big Business -Tour II (Wantage)
2. Six Organs Of Admittance -The Sun Awakens (Drag City)
3. Various -Focus Jazz: More Modern Jazz From The Wewerka Archive 1966-1969 (Sonar Kollektiv)
4. Melvins -(A) Senile Animal (Ipecac)
5. Shora -Malval (Conspiracy)
6. Boris -Pink (Southern Lord)
7. Om -Conference Of The Birds (Holy Mountain)
8. Rhys Chatham -An Angel Moves Too Fast To See (Table Of Elements)
9. Comets On Fire -Avatar (Sub Pop)
10. Loose Fur -Born Again In The USA (Drag City)
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Stephen McRobbie (the pastels / monorail music)
1. Arthur Russell -First Thought Best Thought (Rough Trade)
2. The Konki Duet -Mountain Mouton (Active Suspension)
3. Jarvis -The Jarvis Cocker Record (Rough Trade)
4. Reiko Kudo -Kusa (Hyotan)
5. TV-Resistori -Serkut Rakastaa Paremmin (Fonal)
6. Pascal Comelade -Espontex Sinfonia (Discmedi)
7. Part Timer -s/t (Moteer)
8. The Concretes -In Colour (Licking Fingers / EMI)
9. Hot Chip -The Warning (DFA / EMI)
10. Bill Wells and Maher Shalal Hash Baz -Osaka Bridge (Karaoke Kalk)
Favourite Single: Tenniscoats -Tree Or Not To Be (Enban)
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Katrina Mitchell (the pastels)
1. Jarvis -The Jarvis Cocker Record (Rough Trade)
2. Kazumasa Hashimoto -Gllia (Noble)
3. The Concretes -In Colour (Licking Fingers / EMI)
4. Bill Wells and Maher Shalal Hash Baz -Osaka Bridge (Karaoke Kalk)
5. Camera Obscura -Let's Get Out Of This Country (Elefant)
6. Part Timer -s/t (Moteer)
7. The Konki Duet -Mountain Mouton (Active Suspension)
8. Belle And Sebastian -The Life Persuit (Rough Trade)
9. Reiko Kudo -Kusa (Hyotan)
10. A-Lords -s/t (Barl Fire)
Favourite single: The Research -Lonely Hearts Still Beat The Same (girl version) (At Large)
Favorite reissue: Arthur Russell -First Thought Best Thought (Rough Trade)
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Gerard Love (Teenage Fanclub)
1. Nobody & The Mystic Chords Of Memory -Tree Colored See (Rough Trade)
2. Arthur Russell -First Thought Best Thought (Rough Trade)
3. Sonic Youth -Rather Ripped (Geffin)
4. Jarvis -The Jarvis Cocker Record (Rough Trade)
5. TV-Resistori -Serkut Rakastaa Paremmin (Fonal)
6. James Yorkston -The Year Of The Leopard (Domino)
7. Kama Aina -Club Kama Aina (Rumraket)
8. Yo La Tengo -I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
9. Belle And Sebastian -The Life Persuit (Rough Trade)
10. Euros Child -Chops (Wichita)
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Robbie Wilson (International Airport)
1. J Dilla -Donuts (Stones Throw)
2. Sonic Youth -Rather Ripped (Geffin)
3. James Blackshaw -O True Believers (Bo Weevil)
4. R Keenan Lawler -Music For The Bluegrass States (Xeric)
5. Susanna and the Magical Orchestra -Melody Mountain (Rune Grammofon)
6. Tom Waits -Orphans (Anti)
7. Pierre Bastien -Pop (Rephlex)
8. MV & EE with the Bummer Road -Green Blues (Ecstatic Peace)
9. Kama Aina -Club Kama Aina (Rumraket)
10. Keiji Haino -Yaranai Ga Dekinai Ni Natte Yuku (PSF)
Favourite reissue: Robbie Basho -Venus in Cancer (Tompkins Square)
Favourite single: Dangerdoom -Old School Rules (Lex)
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Duglas T Stewart (BMX Bandits)
1. Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders -OST (Finders Keepers)
2. Tom Waits -Orphans (Anti)
3. BMX Bandits -My Chain (Rev-Ola)
4. Daniel Johnston -Lost And Found (Sketchbook)
5. Scritti Politti -White Bread Black Beer (Rough Trade)
6. Bill Wells and Maher Shalal Hash Baz -Osaka Bridge (Karaoke Kalk)
7. The Konki Duet -Mountain Mouton (Active Suspension)
8. Bill Wells Trio -Live At Banchory (P-Vine)
9. Charlotte Gainsbourg -5:55 (Atlantic)
10. Isobel Campbel & Mark Lanegan -Ballad Of The Broken Seas (V2)
Favourite reissue: Moondog -Rare Material (Roof)
Favourite single: Peter Bjorn & John -Young Folks (Wichita)
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Bill Wells (musician)
1. Donald Fagan -Morph The Cat (Reprise / WEA)
2. Bob Dylan -Modern Times (Columbia)
3. Otomo Yoshihide -See You In A Dream (FMN Sound Factory)
4. Richard Youngs -Summer Wanderer (No Fans)
5. Barbara Morgenstern -The Grass Is Always Greener (Monika)
6. The Concretes -In Colour (Licking Fingers / EMI)
7. Kama Aina -Club Kama Aina (Rumraket)
8. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan -Ballad Of The Broken Seas (V2)
9. Belle & Sebastian -The Life Pursuit (Rough Trade)
10. Optrum -Recorded (Unknown Mix / Headz)
Favourite reissue: The Mike Westbrook Orchestra -Citadel / Room 315 (BGO)
Favourite single: Maher Shalal Hash Baz -How's Your Bassoon Turquoise? (Geographic)
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David Shrigley (Shrigley stuff)
1. Yoshida Tatsuya & Keji Haino -New Rap (Tzadik)
2. The Fall -Fall Heads Roll (Slogan)
3. John Zorn -Moonchild (Tzadik)
4. Dead Moon -Echoes Of The Past (Sub Pop)
5. Merzbow -Senmaida (Blossoming Noise)
6. Electric Masada -At The Mountains of Madness (Tzadik)
7. John Zorn -Mysterium (Tzadik)
8. Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano -The Beloved Music (Family Vineyard)
9. Rhys Chatham -Die Donnergotter (Table Of The Elements)
10. Cat Power -The Greatest (Matador)
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David Bellingham (Bellingham stuff)
1. OOIOO -Taiga (Thrill Jockey)
2. Joseph Holbrooke Trio -The Moat Recordings (Tzadik)
3. Otomo Yoshihide / Bill Laswell / Yoshida Tatsuya -Episome (Tzadik)
4. Scritti Politti -White Bread Black Beer (Rough Trade)
5. Derek Bailey -To Play: The Blemish Sessions (Samadhi Sound)
6. David Shrigley / Martin Young -Forced To Speak With Others (late Night Tales)
7. Keiji Haino -Yaranaiga Dekinaikotoni Natteyuku (PSF)
8. Sonic Youth -Rather Ripped (Geffin)
9. Camera Obscura -Lets Get Out of this Country (Elefant)
Favourite single: Islaja -Melodi Melodica (Fonal)
Favourite reissue: Neil Young -Living With War (Reprise / WEA)
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Martin Young (artist / Shrigley collaborator)
1. Majoie Hajary -La Passion Selon Judas (CBS France)
2. R. Quenzel -Elektronik Percussion Points '70 (?)
3. Roland P. Young -Isophonic Boogie Woogie (EM)
4. Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve -Spring (3rd Mynd)
5. Salah Ragab And The Cairo Jazz Band -Egyptian Jazz (Art Yard)
6. Mustafa Ozkent -Genclik Ile Elele (Finders Keepers)
7. Okay Temiz -Drummer Of Two Worlds (Finnadar)
8. Dead Moon -Echoes Of The Past (Sub Pop)
9. William Sheller -Lux Aeterna (Lux Aeterna)
10. The Ridiculous Trio -No Fun (Slovenly)
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Eduardo Ramos (CSS manager / future Minister Of Culture, Brazil)
1. Hot Chip -The Warning (DFA / EMI)
2. sunn O))) & Boris -Altar (Southern Lord)
3. Peter Bjorn John -Writers Block (Wichita)
4. Cat Power -The Greatest (Matador)
5. Spank Rock -Yoyoyoyoyoyo (Big Dada)
6. Bonde Do Role -Solta o Frango (Peligro)
7. Lulina e os Causadores -Translucida (Open Field / Peligro)
8. Romulo Froes -Cão (YB)
9. Belle & Sebastian -The Life Pursuit (Rough Trade)
10. The Shins -Wincing The Night Away (Sub Pop)
Favorite song: Hot Chip -The Warning (DFA / EMI)
Favourite reissue: Stereolab -Serene Velocity (Elektra / WEA)
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Transy Grove (writer / footballer / place)
1. Reiko Kudo -Kusa (Hyotan)
2. Park Attack -Half Past Human (Textile)
3. TV-Resistori -Serkut Rakastaa Paremmin (Fonal)
4. Various -Tropicalia (Soul Jazz)
5. Various -Early Morning Hush (Castle)
6. Mapstation -Distance Told Me Things To Be Said (~Scape)
7. Kaada -Music For Moviebikers (Ipecac)
8. Kama Aina -Club Kama Aina (Rumraket)
9. Jarvis -The Jarvis Cocker Record (Rough Trade)
10. The Concretes -In Colour (Licking Fingers / EMI)
Favourite reissue: Arthur Russell -First Thought Best Thought (Rough Trade)
Favouite single: Maher Shalal Hash Baz -How's Your Bassoon, Turquoirs? (Geographic)
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Jon Dale (Worlds Of Possibility / The Wire)
1. Scott Walker -The Drift (4AD)
2. Beach House -Beach House (Carpark)
3. Broadcast -The Future Crayon (Warp)
4. Niobe -White Hats (Tomlab)
5. 3/4HadBeenEliminated -A Year of the Aural Gauge Operation (Hapna)
6. Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz -Osaka Bridge (Karaoke Kalk)
7. Andrew Chalk -Goldfall (Faraway Press)
8. Charalambides -A Vintage Burden (Kranky)
9. Hisato Higuchi -Dialogue (Family Vineyard)
10. Richard Youngs S-ummer Wanderer (No Fans)
Favourite single: I'm my own favourite 'single'
Favourite reissue: Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza -Azioni (Die Schachtel)
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John Cavanagh (broadcaster / archivist / musician)
1. Colleen -Et Les Boites A Musique (Leaf)
2. Pefkin -Pingle Pangle Pefkin (Foxglove)
3. Nina Nastasia -On Leaving (Fatcat)
4. Trost -Trust In Me (Four Music)
5. Juana Molina -Son (Domino)
6. Boris -Pink (Southern Lord)
7. Electroluvs -Bubblewrapped (Xstatic)
8. James Blackshaw -O True Believers (Bo Weevil)
9. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan -Ballad Of The Broken Seas (V2)
10. Scott Walker -The Drift (4AD)
Favourite single: Maher Shalal Hash Baz -How's Your Bassoon Turquoise? (Geographic)
Favourite reissue: Moondog -The Viking Of Sixth Avenue (Honest Jon's)
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Anne Bacheley (musician)
1. Belle & Sebastian -The Life Pursuit (Rough Trade)
2. Yo La Tengo -I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
3. Cat Power -The Greatest (Matador)
4. The Pipettes -We are the Pipettes (Memphis Industries)
5. Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains -The People To Forget (Stitch Stitch)
6. Mogwai -Mr Beast (PIAS)
7. TV On The Radio -Return To Cookie Mountain (4AD)
8. Essex Green -Cannibal Sea (Thrill Jockey)
9. Twilight Singers -Powder Burns (One Little Indian)
10. Juana Molina -Son (Domino)
Favourite single: Camera Obscura -Let's Get Out of This Country (Elefant)
Favourite reissue: Pavement -Wowee Zowee (Sordid Sentinels edition) (Matador)
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