A collaboration between Reigning Sound's Greg Cartwright and LA's garage band, The Ettes, created The Parting Gifts. Even though, The Ette's Lindsay "Coco" Hames and Jem Cohen contribute a handful of songs, this project, Strychnine Dandelion, is about Cartwright. On this fantastic record, Cartwright, who writes a bulk of the material, comes up with some of his strongest work yet.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Standing on the Corner/ MICHAEL LIGGINS (’67, ’06, Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg)
Night Time/ THE STRANGELOVES (’65)
Pesta Pak Lurah/ DARA PUSPITA (’10 collection, Dara Puspita: ’66-68)
Live/ THE MERRY-GO-ROUND (’67)
Shine/ THE PARTING GIFTS (’10, Strychnine Dandelion)
Way Down/ THE FEELIES (’11, Here Before)*
Pages Turn/ 28TH DAY (’85, ’03 reissue, The Complete Recordings)
Million Miles Away (live)/ THE PLIMSOULS (’81, ’10 issue, Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal)
The Freed Pig/ SEBADOH (’91, III)
The Kid With a Replaceable Head/ RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS (’78)
Dig My Own Hole/ LINDA HECK (’93, 7” single, '98 collection, Shangri-La: 10 Years)
The Beat/ THEE VICARS (10, Psychotic Beat)
Take It With You/ THE ETTES (’09, Do You Want Power)
Thick as Thieves/ THE JAM (’79, Setting Sons)
Lucifer Sam (live)/ THE SADIES (’06, In Concert, Vol. 1)
Freak Scene/ DINOSAUR JR. (’88, Bug)
Makes No Sense at All/ HUSKER DU (’85, Flip Your Wig)
(She Got Some Kinda) Thing/ THE WITCHES (’01, ’11 collection, A Haunted Person’s Guide To)*
Destination Girl/ FINISHING SCHOOL (’03, Destination Girl)
Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken/ CAMERA OBSCURA (’06, Let’s Get Out of This County)
I Walk By Your House/ REIGNING SOUND (’02,
Strychnine Dandelion/ THE PARTING GIFTS (’10, Strychnine Dandelion)
Star of Venus/ ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 (’10, Propeller Time)
Big Day/ XTC (’86, Skylarking)
1880 or So/ TELEVISION (’92, self titled)
Up on the Sun/ MEAT PUPPETS (’85, Up on the Sun)
Sauk/ CITIZEN’S UTILITIES (’98 collection, Shangri-La: 10 Years)
Your Last Friend Alive/ WHITE FENCE (’11, Is Growing Faith)*
Big Sky/ THE KINKS (’68, The Village Green Preservation Society)
Try to Sit Out/ FIELD MUSIC (’05, self title)
Il Cielo in Una Stanza/ MIKE PATTON (’10, Mondo Cane)
Els Nens Sense Memoria/ ALMASALA [
*new or recent release