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I am currently feeling:LP: Harry Belafonte - On Campus (RCA Victor)Don't sleep, especially on Side 2. No breaks, dude, but a nice soulful vibe comparable to Simone's later RCA efforts (minus the orchestra). An obvious Kentsploitation, but as such, a little hipper than Belafonte usually gets. Dollarbin happiness.45: Piney Brown - Everything But You / (I'm Tired Of) Running (Deep Groove)Raw 2-sided Dayton emotion. It is at once soul and and blues and funk and marvelousness. For those of you that like One-Take Funk b/w Passionate Soul Hollerfying.
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you can check it out on soulclub (scroll down the page until you see the tune)
that worked out OK for you?
Positve and Constructive Rockers - Earl Moodie and Tad Dawkins (Great Records) Pasted paper hand made/photocopied slick on front and back and split artist/side ooze independent butter (as does the deep groove and obvious New York text on the label I've come to peel my eyes for the finest disco, calypso, soul and reggae)
. One visuall digest of the recording studio and engineers, Senrab Recordings (inverse of Senrab is...) and Lloyd Barnes and (Prince) Douglas Levy on the mix practically guarantee personal satisfaction. A pinnacle recording of NEw York roots with heavyweight musicians/lifelong music muscimen such as Clive (Lizard) Hunt on keys and bass (how many ill records did this man contribute to?) Glen Osbourne , Tad and Earl, adn Connel Silvera (what else did this do????) offer a recording of classic covers (Delroy Wilson's "I'm Not a King", John Holt/Paragon's "My Heart is Gone") in addition to a couple self-penned monster (title track, Tony?), a couple with dirty dirty Barnes/Levy dubs. Worth every damn greenback this $200 Lp commands from the select few addicts blessed by it's musical influence.
If anyone needs a dope tape rewind, stay tuned for the deep dub. Thougn not heavy on musical manipulation, the one-off rhtyhm is (IMO) more than ample satisfaction
45
Do The Moonwalk - Count MatChuckie blank pre-release (C&N 2-3) Anyone who's cloes to me knows my obsession with all things Mittoo. Maybe it's his part-time Scarborough residence, love of this country, or young prodigy child a al Stevie that reeled me in. It's definitely the music. This man's musical output is mindblowing...and I don't think his personal releases are that good
Note the volume level fluctuations are not my doing - always love the end where it sounds like it's ending, but give you just that little extra.
For The Love of The Swing, K in Canada.
LP: Mary Lou Williams - From the Heart
45: Bettye Swann - Don't You Ever Get Tired (of Hurting Me) / Willie & Laura Mae Jones
One 45: A bit of a contrast to the LP. Wailing, screaming funky vocals with nice little guitar rifs.
...and (inspired by the LP) one beer
uptempo reggea with this great piano and great vocals. not rare at all, but awsome !
LP: Franz Josef Degenhardt - Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern
German chansons (guitar+vocals) with a socialist touch, one of his best albums. Great to listen to and it has some wicked lyrics.
45: the Five Americans'"I See The Light" on HBR. Skullcrushing garage-rock from the same folks that brought us Fred Flintstone (HBR = Hanna-Barbera Records). The best Sonics song that the Sonics didn't do (and the 5 Am's probably didn't know who the Sonics were!).
LP - Broken Keys 'Gravity' (Tru Thoughts) - strongest album from start to finish Tru Thoughts have put out.
45: The Neapolitans feat The Lonesome Organist 'Sunny' (Neapolitan) - very apt right now. and I'm sure not just in Dublin.
I have been listening to them all week and played them both last night to a good reaction.
Their entire LP (also on HBR, '66) of the same name is pretty damn good, too.
Picked it up with low expectations and was really pleased. At least 2 other
all-out ravers on there, including the super-tough "Don't Blame Me"
and even the more pop-ish stuff has a cool organ-driven sound with
good vocals. Definitely worth tracking down.
I was just enthusing about this LP on this garage/punk e-group that I'm on. I See The Light is surprisingly solid and varied for the mid-sixties, without making a big deal out of it ("look, we can be as diverse as the Beatles!")...not the usual "hit-plus-filler" album like you used to get back then.
Yeah, the Western Union LP on Abnak from the following year
unfortunately ups the filler count while reducing (really eliminating)
the punk edge...still, has a bunch of cool tracks as well, and I actually
like the pop stuff on this one, too, especially the faux-lounge version of
Husbands and Wives.
45: the Five Americans'"I See The Light" on HBR. Skullcrushing garage-rock from the same folks that brought us Fred Flintstone (HBR = Hanna-Barbera Records). The best Sonics song that the Sonics didn't do (and the 5 Am's probably didn't know who the Sonics were!).
Their entire LP (also on HBR, '66) of the same name is pretty damn good, too.
Picked it up with low expectations and was really pleased. At least 2 other
all-out ravers on there, including the super-tough "Don't Blame Me"
and even the more pop-ish stuff has a cool organ-driven sound with
good vocals. Definitely worth tracking down.
I was just enthusing about this LP on this garage/punk e-group that I'm on. I See The Light is surprisingly solid and varied for the mid-sixties, without making a big deal out of it ("look, we can be as diverse as the Beatles!")...not the usual "hit-plus-filler" album like you used to get back then.
Yeah, the Western Union LP on Abnak from the following year
unfortunately ups the filler count while reducing (really eliminating)
the punk edge...still, has a bunch of cool tracks as well, and I actually
like the pop stuff on this one, too, especially the faux-lounge version of
Husbands and Wives.
Yeah, but they soon bounced back with Progressions, which had more originals and was actually a respectable pop-psych album (ala the Cryan Shames' A Scratch In The Sky, which is uneven but when it's good, it's real good). Don't have it in front of me right this minute, but I believe the big hit off of that one was the "Western Union" knockoff "Zip Code." No punk edge on this album either, but again if you're into poppish psych like the Merry-Go-Round, it's a pretty good elpee. The twisty-twirly psychedelic lettering on the front cover is a hoot.
I feel you on the Western Union/Sound Of Love album...I heard it at a local record store and passed on it for the reasons you mention (besides, I have both of the title tracks on singles, anyway). I get the impression that this album was likely cranked out in a rush, since it makes no sense to have an LP this unimaginative come between two others that had some thought put into them.
BACK TO THREAD: Current 45 getting multiple spins 'round here...Leon Haywood's "Mellow Moonlight" b/w "Tennessee Waltz" on Decca.[/b]
yes. this is a crazy song.
for me
sans sleeve
and
the b-side - some kinda crime is what i'm really listening to.
Cosign
haha, say word.
45s: I'mma say Bobby Rush - Gotta Find You Girl
Lps: I've been listening to East of Edens first a lot lately.
The Five Wagers - Until I found You / You're My World
Beautiful love song that is just too great. Have to put it on my computer soon.
Say - that was from you? Thanks a lot. I honestly felt sorry for you with that one. Want some mp3s to even it out?
For today:
LP: The Artistic Sounds - Message To A Nation (Savoy)
Clean version: This is a solid record that is at once gospel, soul, later funk, and those one or two intangibles that I actually LIKE about Modern Soul. Snag this if you see it.
Dirty version: Fucking great shit. 1977 ain't nothing but a number. Just cracked the OG seal today, fuckers.
45: Otis Brown - Mama Don't Allow No Loving In Here / You Girl (exSPECT More)
Yesterday: I'm listening to "Mama" over the house system at the local haunt, loving it to death, and the older gent behind me informs me that it's actually a take on an "old blues song." I'd had no idea. This - manly knowledge transferrence - is why I fully encourage record store banter. That, and the time that I told Steve's R&B bud (as he was sorting through Specialty 78s) that Little Richard was just an Esquerita-biter.
You should have seen the man's face.