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The Basement Rug started as a weekly email newsletter before the days of blogging. The following recordings were distributed to subscribers during that time. All other album/song downloads are available in individual posts or from the complete download archive.

  • Alice Cooper – Seven and Seven is (1980)
  • Kris Kristofferson – The Law is for the Protection of the People (1970)
  • Baader Meinhof – There’s Gonna be an Accident (1995)
  • Mississippi Fred McDowell – You Got to Move (1970)
  • So-called Artists – The Perils of War and Its Effects Upon Those Who Know Nothing About It (2000)
  • Joe Turner – Well All Right (1954)
  • Instructions – Learn from Computers (1980)
  • Wojciech Karolak – Instant Groove (1974)
  • Mose Allison – New Parchman (1962)
  • Michel Colombier & Pierre Henry – Jericho Jerk (1968)
  • Prince – The Cross (1987)
  • Swingle Singers – Fugue in d-minor (1963)
  • Dale Hawkins – Susie-Q (1957)
  • John Payne Band – Thelonious Monk (1976)
  • George Abdo – Raks Al Hayet (1976)
  • Jaanwar Tumse – Hai Dil Ko (1965)
  • Patti Smith – Gloria (1975)
  • Janis Ian – On the Train (1970)
  • Latin All Stars – Azul (1959)
  • Henry Mancini – The Monkey Farm (1967)
  • The Three Suns – Danny’s Inferno
  • Jimmy Smith – The Carpetbaggers (1964)
  • Henry Mancini – Mambo Parisienne (1963)
  • Xavier Cugat – Singapore Sling (1963)
  • Circle of Ill Health – Three Men in a Rocket (1990)
  • Ollie Strong & Kenny Hepburn – Walking up the Road (1963)
  • Linda Ronstadt – The Only Mama that’ll Walk the Line (1970)
  • Frank Zappa & Linda Ronstadt – Remington Razor ad (1968)
  • Pheeroan akLaff – Michelle Del (1979)
  • Lionel Hampton – Tracking Problem (1958)
  • Dorothy Love Coates – The Lord will Answer Prayer (1981)
  • Johnny Keatings Kombo – Delilah (1962)
  • Leadbelly – There’s a Man Going ’round Taking Names

    • About the Author

    I am the creator and site administrator at The Basement Rug. I have been collecting LP's and CD's for more than 30 years. I post themed compilations and out-of-print and otherwise hard to find albums.