Top Rankin’ Hi-Fi – Last Train To Isaan
August 31, 2008
A mix of sounds from all over Thailand as we travel to the Isaan region on the last train from the station.
Top Rankin’ Hi-Fi – Last Train to Isaan; 2008
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- Lost in the Crates #11
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- Kyle Kinane – Death of the Party
- Top Rankin’ Hi-Fi – Static Impulses of Collapsing Vortices
- The Sound of Philadelphia
- Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Steps Ahead
- Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba Vol.1
- Food, Inc.
- Inna Ruminations Stylee
- John Holt – Stick By Me
The Archives
- ▼ 2010 (39)
- ► March
- ► February
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- Bomb It
- R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
- Kyle Kinane - Death of the Party
- Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Static Impulses of Collapsing Vortices
- The Sound of Philadelphia
- Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead
- Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba Vol.1
- Food, Inc.
- Inna Ruminations Stylee
- John Holt - Stick By Me
- Ananda Shankar
- Top Rankin Hi-Fi - Dta Wan Awk Jer Dta Wan Dtok: Cha Bap Nueng
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Complete Upsetter Collection
- Lost in the Crates #10
- All Things Collective Efforts
- Dillon x Paten Locke - Studies in Hunger
- Jah Bless Lynn Taitt and Yabby You
- ► January
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- Blue Gold: World Water Wars
- Ella Fitzgerald - Twelve Nights in Hollywood
- Laem Pakarang, Phang Nga
- Bei Bei & Shawn Lee
- Afro-Punk
- Madlib Medicine Show No.1: Before the Verdict
- Badmarsh and Shri - Dancing Drums
- Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Love Is All I Bring
- Roger Rivas - Organ Versions Vol.1
- MHE : MRR-ADM
- Lost in the Crates #9
- Som Três
- The Slackers - Redlight Redid
- Inside Outside
- Tsunami Memorial in Bang Niang
- Lost in the Crates #8
- Bernard Purdie - Soul Drums
- ► 2009 (226)
- ► December
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- Life...It's Amazing
- Quantic - Streams of New Music Flow from Old Sources
- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
- Lloyd Parks x Gregory Isaacs
- In Remembrance...
- Yabby You - Jesus Dread
- Waveriders
- Blue Note Plays Bossa Nova
- Lost in the Crates #7
- Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Tuk Hua Khao Ja Dtawng Kam Nab
- Manfred Fest Trio - Os Sambeatles
- Inna Ruminations Stylee
- Seasons Greetings
- Big River Man
- The Cove
- Treasure Isle Have Di Remedy Fi Mi Heart
- Culture - Two Sevens Clash
- Lost in the Crates #6
- Keepin' the Streets Safe
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Echos Hypnotiques
- Intellekt & Dirty Digits - Intellektual Property
- Hoops Fever...or the Lack Thereof
- Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Gettin' Loose
- Bukowski: Born Into This
- ► November
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- Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars - Living Like a Refugee
- Lost in the Crates #5
- Records of Old
- Tokay Gecko (Gekko Gecko)
- Straight to the Noggin'
- Coffee and Cigarettes
- The Stack That Never Ends
- From Ghana to Panama to the French Caribbean
- Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Luak Man Kun
- Gerardo Frisina EPs
- Federico Aubele - Amatoria Remixed
- The Whitefield Brothers - The Gift
- Keep the Pressure Down
- Pax Nicholas & The Nettey Family - Na Teef Know Da Road of Teef
- The Doorway of Mixed Ideologies
- Lost in the Crates #4
- Takuapa Vegetarian Festival
- Quantic - Caja Y Guacharacha
- Mi Kwaam Suk Wan Loy Krathong
- Can You Dig It?
- ► October
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- End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones
- Mr. Chop - For Pete's Sake
- Lost in the Crates #3
- Happy Halloween
- Who Feels It, Knows It
- Gerardo Frisina - The Latin Kick
- Inbound to Phuket
- Jackie Mittoo - Macka Fat
- Dogora
- Dennis Brown Presents Prince Jammy
- Lost in the Crates #2
- Redneck x Rasta
- Bpra Pae Nee Loy Rua
- J.Period & K'Naan - The Messengers
- Dancehall: The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture
- Addicted to Plastic
- New Jack Hustle - "Lionel"
- Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae
- Inna Ruminations Stylee
- Lost in the Crates #1
- ► September
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- Legends of Benin
- Damu the Fudgemunk
- Dussehra Festival
- Flooding Down South
- El Michels Affair - A Tribute to Isaac Hayes EP
- Brownout - Aguilas and Cobras
- Som Rom Band x Drunken-Man Skank
- The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
- Breakestra - Dusk Till Dawn
- Fuck the RIAA
- Double Dose of Dub
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Shhh!
- Musically Mad
- Jah Love Rockers: 1975-80
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings x Ticklah
- More Vibes From Deep Roots Music
- ► August
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- Dubwise Vibrations
- Kylie Auldist - Made of Stone
- Cookin' on 3 Burners - Soul Messin'
- Holy Banana
- Kai-Jo Brothers
- Deep Roots Music
- Yes! Cuban B!
- Making of a Macworld Cover
- Waterhouse Meets Shaolin & Brooklyn Meets Trenchtown
- Sounds and Pressure Vol.6
- WMLB 1690: The Voice of the Arts
- Tony Allen - Secret Agent EPK
- Waves and Vibes
- Dub Echoes
- Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Naa Chang Mai Jop Sin Jang Wah
- Slam Dunk 2010: The Streets Shine
- Jordan Weekend: Coming Soon
- In The Loop
- Beastie Boys - Too Many Rappers
- ► July
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- Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
- Posterized
- Half Pint - Greetings
- Celtic Pride
- BBC South Pacific Shot
- Deadline
- Wareika Hill Sounds
- Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives
- Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro - Tradition in Transition
- Tommy McCook - Pleasure Dub
- Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - Coconut Rock
- The Gypsy Aquanauts
- Thai Night-Market Styles: League of Cliché Evil Super-Villains
- Grant Phabao Soundsystem
- Nickodemus - Sun People
- Grant Green
- Too Much Iron in the Fire
- Fela - Perambulator / Orginal Sufferhead
- ► June
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- Home - A Hymn to the Planet and Humanity
- Oh Well...
- Karriem Riggins
- Madlib & J.Rocc on Worldwide
- ESL Music
- Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80
- Music Is the Weapon
- FELA! Coming to Broadway
- The SA-RA Creative Partners
- Contemporary Funk
- Budos Band EP
- This Film Is Not Yet Rated
- NOMO - Invisible Cities
- Lee Fields
- Aloe Blacc x Lee Fields
- Tony Allen - Secret Agent
- Mos Def - The Ecstatic
- Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
- Victor Rice - At Version City
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Ice Cream vs. Literature
- Home Sweet Home...Away from Home
- ► May
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- Continually in Transition
- Listen Up!
- Shapes 09:01
- The New Latinaires
- Ricky-Tick Records
- Tommy McCook - The Authentic Ska Sound
- Cedric 'Im' Brooks
- Why I'm Improving
- Why I'm Elated. Why I'm Miserable.
- Buju Banton - Rasta Got Soul
- Raggamuffin Inna Different Pattern
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Red Around the World
- Once Upon a Time at King Tubby's
- DJ Kentaro - Tuff Cuts
- Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
- Wilfred Limonious
- Stoney Jackson
- Burial & Four Tet 12"
- Simmer Down Now!
- ► April
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- Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin
- Flashing Echo: Trojan in Dub 1970-80
- Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro Pt.1
- Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro Pt.2
- Cubeecraft
- The Daktaris - Soul Explosion
- Lloyd Brevett - African Roots
- Legends of Ska Concert: July 2002, Toronto
- Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
- Earth From Above
- Nice Up Di Chalice, Yuh Nah Feel Nah Malice
- Lord Tanamo
- Through My Lens
- The Poets of Rhythm
- Ninja Tune
- What's More Killer?
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Pimp After Party
- Betty Padgett
- The Beach Boys vs. J Dilla
- The Grant Phabao Recipe
- WU: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
- Truth and Soul Records
- Brooklyn Droppin' Da Flava
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Opening Day
- Are you Ready to Get your Guts Kicked Out?
- Kero One
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Organic Scales
- Azaxx - The Exotic Delight Bay
- ► March
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- You're Welcome America
- The Obama Deception
- The Stance Brothers
- Jimmy Radway & The Fe Me Time All-Stars
- Third World Records, Kingston, JA
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Boom Bap Boombox
- Now Seeking: Best Record of 2009 Contenders
- The Heliocentrics
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Pick Up The Rockers
- Nothin' Like Rocksteady b/w The Sensi Rock
- Dreads B-Side
- Heard Pon Di BBC Radio Wire
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Gramophone Scratchin’
- Loungin'
- ► February
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- Kinny: Melting Pot of Influences
- The Hope Over Phanom
- dâm-funk: ambassador of boogie-funk
- Thai Night-Market Styles: Freaknik ‘93
- Stay on the Groove
- Coming Soon: Conan & Andy
- Umm...Insane!
- I.O.U.S.A.
- Grant Phabao: Dub Salvador
- New Country Discovered!
- There Are No Words
- NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest 2009
- Mayer Hawthorne - "Maybe So, Maybe No" Snipet
- The Whitefield Brothers feat. Guilty Simpson
- Pimp Paul & Playboy Wolf: Be Our Valentine
- ► January
- ► 2008 (100)
- ► December
- ► November
- ► October
- ► September
- ► August
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- Top Rankin' Hi-Fi: Now Back Inna Di Echo Chamber
- Top Rankin' Hi-Fi - Last Train To Isaan
- Grupo Fantasma - Sonidos Gold
- Viva Cubop! - Dance The Afro-Cuban Way
- Bronx River Parkway - San Sebastian 152
- Nickodemus & Mariano - Turntables on the Hudson
- AIFF - Afro Soul System
- Down Santic Way
- Desco Records Presents Spike's Choice
- Truth and Soul Records Presents Fallin' Off The Reel
- eMusic.com
- Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - Death of the Revolution
- Saturday Night Fish Fry
- ► July
- ► June
- ► May
- ► April
- ► March
- ► February
- ► January
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- The Simpsons: Map of Springfield
- Questlove x Gerald Jazzman x The One Nero
- Clutchy Hopkins - Walking Backwards
- Style Wars
- Nickodemus - Endangered Species
- MLK Day
- Soul Fire Records - Grazin In The Trash Vol.1
- Manuel Guajiro Mirabal - BVSC Presents
- Garcia, Grisman, & Rice - The Pizza Tapes
- Bobby Fischer...Where is He?
- Chopped Up and Delivered
- Christmas Eve x Christmas Day x New Year's Eve
- R.I.P. Goulet!
- Ron Burgundy x ESPN
- Atari 2600 Throwback
- GB - Soundtrack For Sunrise
- Cesaria Evora - Cabo Verde
- Y Society - Travel At Your Own Pace
- Submerge Yourself
- ► 2007 (142)
- ► December
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- Roadtrip to Krabi
- The Saints x Esperanza
- Hope I Never Lose My Wallet
- In Remembrance
- Mars in the Sky...Unmistakable
- Long Live The Jazz King
- Cue Up Di Reels
- Tru Thoughts Archives
- Sultans of Swing Reigns Supreme
- Once Again...What's Next For Me?
- Top Rankin' Hi-Fi's 2007 Top Five Records Lists
- I'm an Idiot...What Else is New?
- Initiate Revolution
- Current Listening
- Don't Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up!
- Escort - All Through The Night
- ► November
- ► October
- ► September
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- In Need of NFL Action
- Inna Ruminations Stylee
- Me & You: Floating Heavy
- The Thailand Blotter Pt.6
- Pavarotti vs. Opera Man
- 13 Roses is Dead
- It's Not 7-11, It's "7"
- The Slackers Documentary
- Best Dunks Ever
- Fittest of the Fittest
- T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: The Kings Of Benin Urban Groove 1972-80
- The Thailand Blotter Pt.5
- None Shall Escape The Judgement
- What's Gonna Be Next For Me?
- Got a Fork?
- Film Studies Where Have You Gone?
- Diamond Notes
- Goo!
- You Know Him, He Used to Go to Shows...Nope.
- Forward Ever. Backward Never.
- The Thailand Blotter Pt.4
- Echo and More Echo and More Echo
- The Simpsons Movie Delayed...Damn!
- Who is Clutchy Hopkins?
- Ginormous: Official...Scrumptrelecent: Unofficial
- Pig Organ Soup
- Magic x Bird
- The Big Ticket Goes to Boston
- ► August
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- Congrats to the Esperanza Crew
- The Now-Again Sound
- Where's Jason Thurman?
- Moving On...
- Do You Know Who Larry Doby Is?
- 30th Anniversary of Elvis' Death
- Is It a War or My Neighbors Blessing Their New Shop?
- This Is Where I Live...Wow.
- Studio Kinda Cloudy
- 1041 Williams Mill Rd.
- Peffer Arrives in Thailand
- Epic 24-Hour Period
- I Live in Three Sandcastles
- Ghana Soundz: Afrobeat, Funk, and Fusion in 70's Ghana
- Dry Ink x Ryan's Steakhouse
- Rewind Mi Selecta
- You...Are...Outta Here!
- The Thailand Blotter Pt.3
- Eating Grasshoppers and Chicken Feet
- The Simpsons Movie Finally Here
- Wish I Was There. Miles to Go.
- The Budos Band: The Budos Band II
- Current Listening
- Menudo Handshakes
- No Haircuts on Wednesday
- ► July
- ► June
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- Mims: This Is Why You Suck
- More Strange Dreams
- Motorbike Insanity
- Lord Quas: Rapp Cats Pt.3
- Real Men of Genius Radio Spots
- Life at the Gazette
- Blue Scholars: Bayani
- Foy Tawng = Egg Yolk
- Top Ten Giant Panda Lines
- Tower of Beer
- Songkran Festival
- SLAM Magazine Where Are You?
- Number Puzzle Thing
- What's on the Tube?
- ► May
- ► April
- ► March
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- Strange Dreams
- Ska, Reggae, Smokes, Brews, & Tats
- Toil No More, O’Weary Vessel
- Trashcans and Recycling
- Vegetarian No More....Insane!
- Current Listening
- Thailand Gaming Shops
- Wherever the Bus Stops
- Missing H. Johnson and Jazz Classics
- Q: What's a GoLdBricK? A: 1b.
- Thai Smokes
- Lotus Vegetarian: Hella Arroy
- Nuff Respect to Esperanza
- John Brown! John Brown!
- ► February