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Hot wheels, cool sounds

Having cruised the weekend in my big girl's Nissan Maxima, I have a proper respect for mod cons that actually work: air-con, wiper washers, remote locking ... and a surround-sound stereo system with tone controls that actually work. It also helps to have an discerning and enthusiastic passenger DJ-ette with an instinct for the precise moment when a fresh album is called for.

Ghetto:

• JJ Cale
• Moby
• Beach Boys
• Pat Metheny
• Milt Jackson
• Donald Fagen
• - but not the dreadful follow-up
• Miles' Porgy n Bess
• Bad Plus
• Rubber Soul
• - but not the lads' White Album
• Frisell's Nashville

Mistakes I have packed, albums by:

• Coltrane (except for his album with 'Bags')
• Gillian Welch
• Hank Williams
• Laura Veirs (except for Bedroom Eyes , Tattoo , and Rapture
• Elton John (except for Tiny Dancer and Crocodile Rock
• Pentangle
• Django Reinhardt
• Clapton (except for 'Wonderful Tonight'