Buried Treasure – The Cover Art

This blog was hatched as an outgrowth of my utterly insane love of making mixed cds. Once I began writing liner notes for those mixes – and those notes started turning into 25 page novellas – the time seemed right to move that portion of my mixologizing into cyberspace.

Well, this little enterprise has taken on a life of its own, and more than 200 posts later, here we are, talking about mixed cds once again. The reason I’m strolling down memory lane is that this mix is the first I’ve put together that was inspired by the blog, rather than vice-versa. The ‘Buried Treasure’ writings here have given me an immense amount of pleasure – there’s nothing better than sharing one of your favorite underappreciated albums with a friend or five hundred.

Once all of these hidden gems started piling up, it just kind of made sense to compile them together in one place. The nautical/pirate theme is a nod to my Lost At Sea mix, which more or less kicked off all of this craziness.

Which leads me to a big HOORAY for pirates!

Here’s the front cover:

Here’s the front gatefold:

Here’s the inside gatefold:

[These notes are excerpted from the Buried Treasure posts on this blog]

Here’s back inside:

Here’s the back:

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And finally, here’s the track listing:

Lee Hazlewood * Dolly Parton’s Guitar
Fred Neil * Bleecker & MacDougal
Spirit * Lady Of The Lakes
M. Ward * Silverline
The Peddlers * Sing Me An Old Song
The Remains * Why Do I Cry
Elvis Presley * A Hundred Years From Now
Lee Oskar * BLT
Doc Cheatham & Shorty Baker * Baker’s Dozen
Shelly Manne * Flip
Ben Webster * Makin’ Whoopie
Buckethead * Lone Sal Bug
David Holmes * Gritty Shaker
Dead Or Alive * DJ Hit That Button
Alabama 3 * Connected
George Brigman * Jungle Rot
The Soft Boys * Black Snake Diamond Rock
Willie Colon y Hector Lavoe * Che Che Cole
Machito * Ven Conmigo Guajira
Wynton Marsalis * Come Ye Sons Of Art Away

Tags: Buried Treasure, Mixes