Little Axe
[page title]
Discography
WANTED LIVE 1996
WANTED LIVE 1996
(cd on Blow It Hard Records - 2012)
- On The Beat Sound
- Hammerhead
- Black Diamond Train
- Stealing In The Name
- Rain And Cold
- Storm Is Rising
- Soul Of A Man
- Going Down Slow
- Return
- Chains
- Ride On
- Too Late
- Cosmic Stomp
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IF YOU WANT LOYALTY BUY A DOG
(cd on On-U Sound - 2011)
- Song to Sing
- Keep On Drinking
- Come Here Dog and Get Your Bone
- I Got Da Blues
- Call It What You Like
- I Ain’t Going Down
- Grace
- Down and Dirty
- Seeing Red
- Moaning and Groaning
- Garfield Elementary
- National Style
- Early In The Morning
- Where From Here?
REVIEWS:
The Independent: "'If You Want Loyalty Buy A Dog' is a textbook Little Axe album, stuffed with dub-blues grooves that manage to be simultaneously soothing yet unsettling."
Q Magazine: "Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald comes full circle."
Mojo: "If only Skip McDonald had a pound for every time someone said his use of old blues samples in contemporary world-dub settings reminded them of Moby's million seller 'Play'."
The Guardian: "It's a set that sounds both effortless and adventurous."
Uncut Magazine: "Blues for modern times."
fROOTS: "If you have lost touch with Little Axe, this is the album to get you hooked back up with them again."
BOUGHT FOR A DOLLAR, SOLD FOR A DIME
(cd on Real World Records - 2010)
- Guide My Feet
- Soul of a Man
- Grinning
- Take a Stroll
- Hands Off
- Can't Sleep
- Hammerhead
- Can't Stop Walking Yet
- Hear Me Cry
- Too Late
- Another Friend Gone
- Tell Me Why
- Return
- When The Sun Goes Down
REVIEWS:
BBC Music: "The distinctive Little Axe sound is a dreamy miasma, creaming up elements of funk, rock, soul and gospel."
The Mirror: "Totally on the money."
The Guardian: "This is a compelling reminder that McDonald is a master of the contemporary blues."
Dave Reinstein: "This set is as brave and intriguing as anything Skip McDonald has done."
CALL MY NAME (Daby Touré & Skip McDonald)
(cd on Real World Records - 2009)
- Past Time
- Sinners
- Lost Voices
- Will You Call My Name?
- Time Has Come
- Riddem
BOUGHT FOR A DOLLAR, SOLD FOR A DIME
(download cd on Bowers & Wilkins Music Club - 2008)
- Take A Stroll
- Soul Of A Man
- Hammerhead
- Can't Stop Walking
- Come Back Home
- Temptation
- Can't Sleep At Night
- 2 Late
- Another Friend
STONE COLD OHIO
(cd on Real World Records - 2006)
- If I Had It My Way
- Jive Talk
- Same People
- Rockin' Shoes
- Pray
- Prisoner
- Victims
- Let Me Ride
- Trouble In Mind
- Blueneck Dub
- Hard Times
- Almighty
- No Bottom
- She
- No More Mourning
REVIEWS
Mojo: "Built for A-Z listening, no skips"
The Word: "The fifth, and their best yet"
The Mirror: "The glorious sound of history collapsing into itself"
The Sun: "Skip delves deep into the universal music motherlode to stunning effect"
Straight No Chaser: "With Little Axe you're always at the crossroads"
Uncut: "A simmering gumbo of hypnotic beats, wailing voices and shivering guitars"
CHAMPAGNE AND GRITS
(cd on Real World Records - 2004)
- People Grinning In Your Face
- Finger On The Trigger
- Mean Things
- The Way I See It
- Walk On Water
- Go Away Devil
- Say My Name
- Take Me Back To The Country
- All In The Same Boat
- Living and Sleeping In A Dangerous Time
- Will I Ever Get Back Home Again?
- Cloud
- Sinners
HARD GRIND
(cd on On-U Sound and Fat Possum - 2002)
- Dark as the Night, Cold as the Ground
- Blues Story II
- Run here Boy
- One drop Blues
- All night Party
- Midnight Dream
- Long Way to Go
- Walk right Shoes
- Down to the Valley
- Tight like That
- Seek the Truth
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SLOW FUSE
(2lp/cd on Wired Recordings - 1996)
- Blue
- On the Beat Sound
- Storm is Rising
- Black Diamond Train
- Short Fuse
- Going Down Slow
- Must have been the Devil
- People do
- Amber
- Chains
- Return
- Too late
- Speak easy
FUSION (limited edition bonus-cd with 'Slow Fuse', containing remixes)
(cd on Wired Recordings - 1996)
- On the Beat Sound
- Storm is Rising
- Too late
- Going Down Slow
- Lift off
- Falling Down
- Must have been the Devil
- Judgement
- Fallen Grace
- On the Beat Sound - instrumental
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STORM IS RISING
(12" on Wired Recordings - 1996)
- Storm is Rising, radio edit
- Storm is Rising, the herbaliser 'for a few dollars more' remix
- Storm is Rising, crimes for the minds 'deep southern' mix
- Storm is Rising, spacex remix
(cds on Wired Recordings - 1996)
- Storm is Rising, radio edit
- Storm is Rising, the herbaliser 'for a few dollars more' remix
- Storm is Rising, crimes for the minds 'deep southern' mix
- Storm is Rising, spacex remix
- Storm is Rising, the acid blues
- Storm is Rising, instrumental
SHORT FUSE >> limited edition album promo
(cd on Wired Recordings - 1996)
- Blue
- On the Beat Sound
- Storm is Rising
- Black Diamond Train
- Short Fuse
- Going Down Slow
- Must have been the Devil
- People do
- Amber
- Chains
- Return
- Too late
- Speak easy
- Ride On
ANOTHER SINFUL DAY
(12" on Wired Recordings - 1995)
- Another Sinful Day (Raw Stylus & Skip McDonald collaboration mix)
- Another Sinful Day (Raw Stylus & Skip McDonald instrumental)
- Skip & Harvey's mix Another Sinful Day part 7
- Another Sinful Day (original mix)
(cds on Wired Recordings - 1995)
- Another Sinful Day (7" edit)
- Another Sinful Day (Adrian's dub mix 12")
- No more War (Axe mix)
- Another sinful day (acoustic)
(promo only cds on Okeh Records - 1995)
- Another Sinful Day (single remix)
- Ride On 4:23
RIDE ON (FIGHT ON)
(10" on Wired Recordings - 1994)
- Ride On (Fight On), original version
- Ride On (Fight On), Fluke lo-fi version
(12" on Wired Recordings - 1994)
- Ride On (Fight On), Ffluke mid-fi surprise
- Ride On (Fight On), Skip-mask mix
- No more War, space mix
- Ride On (Fight On) Fluke mid-fi surprise instrumental
(cds on Wired Recordings - 1994)
- Ride On (Fight On), 7" edit
- Ride On (Fight On), control tower mix
- Ride On (Fight On) Fluke mid-fi surprise
- Hear my Cry
NEVER TURN BACK
(cd on On-U Sound & Alfa/Spin Records - 1993)