Naw I will... I'm sick as a dog so got nothing else to do. You know when you get a flu and you feel stoned but not in a good way? Like just dumb. I'm not good for much except browsing online at the moment.
these are my top 5 biggest bargain records i've found this year. all from the same record store, all minty, and all for under a dollar each:
celeste hardie "you're gone" 45 moses "changes" on spectator johnny lewis quartet "shuckin and jivin" beginning of the end "funky nassau" lp courtial "don't you think it's time"
Marr'Del Poetry Out Loud Larry T & the Family Galt MacDermot "Shapes & Rhythm" Wendy & Bonnie "Genesis" Nancy Dupree "Ghetto Reality" Tod Dockstader "Quartermass" George Braith "Musart" Kenneth Higney "Attic Demonstration" Perry L Jackson "the Old Dear Hunter"
It's been a great year: Here's to 2006. The following in no particular order
1. sir joe quarterman -- free soul (sealed) 2. marie queenie lyons -- soul fever 3. gary wilson -- you think you know me 4. pharoahs -- awakening (part of the club I guess) 5. Mulatu
honrary 5: 1. Howard Tate's Reaction 2. Pharoah Sanders -- Pharoah (on india navigation) 3. Mutantes -- Mutantes 4. Har You Percussion 5. Feminine Complex -- livin love
Can't Get Mad at: 1: Raincoats 2. Caetano Veloso -- s/t 3. King Sunny Ade and his African Beats -- sychro chapter 1 4. Eugene McDaniels -- Headless Heroes 5. Rural Blues -- sacred tradition (On Herwin) My favorite kind of blues on my favorite blues label
Well, I'm only going to list the stuff that I actually listened to that I can remember, because there's a bunch more that I haven't even given a spin to yet that goes with my ever growing collection on a certain shelf, some of which have been gaining brothers and sisters for 3 years now. Anyways, here are my favorite records that I picked up this year:
Fav Buys at Stores:
LPs:
Joe Cuba - My Man Speedy! Henryk Debich - String Beat Harlem River Drive - ST Heath Brothers - Marchin On Lost Generation - Sly, Slick & The Wicked
45s:
Funkadelic - I Wanna Know If It's Good To You Love N Stuff - Right On, Brother, Right On Melodians - Rivers Of Babylon Billy Sha-Rae - Do It/I Found The One Whatnauts - Message From A Black Man/Dance To The Music
Fav e-buys on eBay
LPs
Arzachel - ST Donald Austin - Crazy Legs Freedom - Farther Than Imagination Jo Ann Garrett - Just A Taste Rock Workshop - Very Last Time
45s
Chubby Checker - Gypsy/Reggae My Way Iron Knowledge - Show Stopper/Oh-Love Sylvanus - Tightrope/I Want To Take You Higher Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp/Must Catch A Train Obrey Wilson - Headman/You Don't Love Me
Blossom Dearie Sings Leroy Hutson- Love oh love Alice Clark- s/t (been a while since i repped a reissue so hard) Lo Borges- s/t and i can't pick just one Blue Note, so Eddie Gale- Ghetto Music, John Patton- Understanding, or the Phantom
Ras Michael and Sons of Negus- Tribute to the Emperor Staples Singers- Pray On Budos Band- S/T Wailing Souls- S/T on Studio One Gene and Debbe- I'll Come Running on TRX
The "Oh shit, when did I pick this one up?" best pull from the archives award: Freddie MccCoy- Peas N' Rice on Prestige
A couple knocked off the wants list in ???05: Ernie & The Top Notes ??? Dapwalk 45 Leon Gardner ??? I Don???t Care 45 Plebs ??? Babe I???m Gonna Leave You 45 Barbara Mason ??? You Better Stop It 45 Shelley Fisher ??? I???ll Leave You Girl 45 Sweet Charles ??? Hang Out and Hustle 45 Calvin Owens??? Show - The Cat 45
Some new sounds found in ???05: United 8 ??? Getting Uptown to Get Down 45 Zodiacs ??? Hey Rugh Nut 45 Hank Ballard ??? I???m A Junkie For My Baby???s Love 45 Black Lightning ??? both MCA 45s Ray Alexander Technique LP
Honorable Mentions:
Best lyrics: Big Ella ??? Too Hot to Hold 45
Best LP for headphone listening: JB???s ??? Hustle With Speed LP
1) Carla Whitney LP 2) Ndikho Xaba and the Natives - lp 3) New Sounds - s/t (Turbo) 4) Sam Dees - Show Must Go on 5) Triples of Surivors - Good Baby /Horny Toad (Valle)
1. Damn Sam the Miracle Man & the Soul Congregation 2. Willie Dynamite OST 3. All Gary Bartz Ntu Troop on Prestige 4. All Gary Bartz Ntu Troop on Milestone 5. Cullen Knight-Looking Up
Comments
Pickup line?
celeste hardie "you're gone" 45
moses "changes" on spectator
johnny lewis quartet "shuckin and jivin"
beginning of the end "funky nassau" lp
courtial "don't you think it's time"
these are my top 5 biggest want list retirees:
lemuria s/t
coke s/t (sound triangle)
odyssey s/t (mowest)...big thanks to jinx74
melinda o.s.t.
eugene blacknell "gettin down" 45
In no paticular order :-
Bill : Space Lady 7"
Raw Dope Posse : Listen to my Turbo 12"
Archie Whitewater : Archie Whitewater LP
Starfire : Starfire LP
Prince Lover Dalu : All Praise 12"
Still got 17 days to go though...
Anyone that purchases this should mention it in their score of the year.
Still newish here, is this SS sarcasm ? If not one of my mate also picked up a copy as well...
Alice Clark
Derrick Harriott Disco Rockers
George Braith Musart
Fela "Fela Fela Fela"
Above The Law Black Mafia Life
Edu Lobo Cantiga De Longe
Lovelites
Sweet & Innocent "Express Your Love"
Willie Lindo Far And Distant
Le Cop
Majestics "The Key To Love"
Garnett Mimms As Long As I Have You LP
Mary Lou Williams Zodiac Suite
Mary Lou Williams Black Christ Of The Andes
Nancy Priddy LP
Fela Gentleman
Keak "White T Shirt"
Teruo Nakamura Unicorn LP
991 Volts 12"s
and so on...
Marr'Del
Poetry Out Loud
Larry T & the Family
Galt MacDermot "Shapes & Rhythm"
Wendy & Bonnie "Genesis"
Nancy Dupree "Ghetto Reality"
Tod Dockstader "Quartermass"
George Braith "Musart"
Kenneth Higney "Attic Demonstration"
Perry L Jackson "the Old Dear Hunter"
Have you heard "Cry Love"? You will lose your shit. Somebody get this man an mp3. Meaty, I'm lookin' at you.
Caprells - Close Your Eyes 7"
Klute - OST
Lyman Woodard Orginization - Saturday Night Special
Earth Disciples - Getaway Train
DST - "Rockit" show vinyl white label 12"
and of course
hell yeah.
holler at we eat trains for that one
I bought this comp for $3 and side A goes like this:
Bim Sala Bim - Hudson County
Rice & Beans - Madeira
Clique - ConFunkShun
Don't Boom Boom - Lillian Hale
Party Is A Groovy Thing - The People
Take the last track out and put track 2, side B
Cookies - Brother Soul
and that's a good enough top 5 for me
1. sir joe quarterman -- free soul (sealed)
2. marie queenie lyons -- soul fever
3. gary wilson -- you think you know me
4. pharoahs -- awakening (part of the club I guess)
5. Mulatu
honrary 5:
1. Howard Tate's Reaction
2. Pharoah Sanders -- Pharoah (on india navigation)
3. Mutantes -- Mutantes
4. Har You Percussion
5. Feminine Complex -- livin love
Can't Get Mad at:
1: Raincoats
2. Caetano Veloso -- s/t
3. King Sunny Ade and his African Beats -- sychro chapter 1
4. Eugene McDaniels -- Headless Heroes
5. Rural Blues -- sacred tradition (On Herwin) My favorite kind of blues on my favorite blues label
Fav Buys at Stores:
LPs:
Joe Cuba - My Man Speedy!
Henryk Debich - String Beat
Harlem River Drive - ST
Heath Brothers - Marchin On
Lost Generation - Sly, Slick & The Wicked
45s:
Funkadelic - I Wanna Know If It's Good To You
Love N Stuff - Right On, Brother, Right On
Melodians - Rivers Of Babylon
Billy Sha-Rae - Do It/I Found The One
Whatnauts - Message From A Black Man/Dance To The Music
Fav e-buys on eBay
LPs
Arzachel - ST
Donald Austin - Crazy Legs
Freedom - Farther Than Imagination
Jo Ann Garrett - Just A Taste
Rock Workshop - Very Last Time
45s
Chubby Checker - Gypsy/Reggae My Way
Iron Knowledge - Show Stopper/Oh-Love
Sylvanus - Tightrope/I Want To Take You Higher
Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp/Must Catch A Train
Obrey Wilson - Headman/You Don't Love Me
Blossom Dearie Sings
Leroy Hutson- Love oh love
Alice Clark- s/t (been a while since i repped a reissue so hard)
Lo Borges- s/t
and i can't pick just one Blue Note, so Eddie Gale- Ghetto Music, John Patton- Understanding, or the Phantom
Ras Michael and Sons of Negus- Tribute to the Emperor
Staples Singers- Pray On
Budos Band- S/T
Wailing Souls- S/T on Studio One
Gene and Debbe- I'll Come Running on TRX
The "Oh shit, when did I pick this one up?" best pull from the archives award:
Freddie MccCoy- Peas N' Rice on Prestige
A couple knocked off the wants list in ???05:
Ernie & The Top Notes ??? Dapwalk 45
Leon Gardner ??? I Don???t Care 45
Plebs ??? Babe I???m Gonna Leave You 45
Barbara Mason ??? You Better Stop It 45
Shelley Fisher ??? I???ll Leave You Girl 45
Sweet Charles ??? Hang Out and Hustle 45
Calvin Owens??? Show - The Cat 45
Some new sounds found in ???05:
United 8 ??? Getting Uptown to Get Down 45
Zodiacs ??? Hey Rugh Nut 45
Hank Ballard ??? I???m A Junkie For My Baby???s Love 45
Black Lightning ??? both MCA 45s
Ray Alexander Technique LP
Honorable Mentions:
Best lyrics: Big Ella ??? Too Hot to Hold 45
Best LP for headphone listening: JB???s ??? Hustle With Speed LP
northern soul 45s in general
Quest "Boy Scout" 45
Del Jones "Court is Closed" LP
Roger & Human Body LP
Louie Louie "Touchy LP"
Don't mean to floss,just happy.....
1) Carla Whitney LP
2) Ndikho Xaba and the Natives - lp
3) New Sounds - s/t (Turbo)
4) Sam Dees - Show Must Go on
5) Triples of Surivors - Good Baby /Horny Toad (Valle)
party at chris' place.
everybody gonna do the dance called the "Touchy"
that shit is craaaazzy.
I met him. Best quote: "Irwin Chusid has a bear in his closet."
The flip "I Don't Know What Your Full Of" is my shit!
Just so you know, the Fairchild alternate take on the Sehorns comp is way better than the single.
2. Willie Dynamite OST
3. All Gary Bartz Ntu Troop on Prestige
4. All Gary Bartz Ntu Troop on Milestone
5. Cullen Knight-Looking Up
Constant Companion -- Ruthann Friedman
Best blues folk psych record ever. I talked to her and the CD reissue with bonus tracks is coming soon!
Two Worlds -- A. Paul Ortega
Best Native American folk psych record ever.
Alexandro Bravo -- Alexandro Bravo
Best Mexican vanity record ever. WOW.
Straight or Lame -- Daisy Chain
Needless to say.
33 1/3 -- 33 1/3
This week's off the hook insane Amoeba 1980 sleazy glam rock find.