I've been overwhelmed by a tidal wave of music recently. Here are 4 of my favorite songs from the past week. Unfortunately all this new music has been digital :( someday when I'm really ballin' I'll buy these on vinyl. That's about $1200+ worth of wax right there IF you can actually find copies for sale. I know the Magnum LP has been reissued and songs off the Copa 7 LP appear on compilations. Good luck on finding clean copies of the Ofege albums..they had 4 albums between 1974-78 and they're all exxxxxpensive!
Everybody Feels The Same by Ofege from "The Last Of The Origins" LP EMI Nigeria 1974
Natural Juices by Magnum from "Fully Loaded" LP Phoenix 1974
Just want to post a couple goodies real quick. First up is a killer version of the Eagles' classic "I Can't Tell You Why" by none other than Chromeo!!?? Next is one of my favorite songs by the late great Sun Ra. After going to see King Britt & crew do their amazing "Saturn Never Sleeps" performance which is an amazing tribute to Sun Ra as part of the exhibition at the ICA, I've been going back and listening to a lot of Sun Ra. King consistently pushes the boundaries and is a brilliant producer. OK!...I was only going to post 2 tracks but now I feel I've got to post something from King Britt. I should just do a feature on him. The man has been a very prolific producer/remixer under various monikers for over 15 years spanning all genres and remains one of the most in-demand DJs around the world. Anyway, here’s one of my favorite tracks off his ‘80s inspired Sylk 130 album “Re-Members Only”.
I've been listening to my iTunes a lot of shuffle lately to try to rediscover stuff in my own collection. I've got a pretty large and very diverse collection so it's pretty fun. Here's a few of the 'new' rediscoveries. That Dimenzio post from a couple weeks ago is also technically part of this.
First up is by avant garde '80s funk rockers The Flying Lizards. This group is amazing! They also do a cover of 'Money' by Don Covay which is one of my favorite 7"s to play in the most random places & times. Some of you hip-hop heads will recognize this song even if you've never actually heard it.
The Flying Lizards "Her Story"
Next is a song I never really paid attention to by one of the greatest groups of all time to come out of the African funk & afro-beat movement. They but out a few really good albums that are very expensive when found in good condition...actually even in poor, nearly unplayable, condition these albums still aren't cheap. This is from their compilation on Strut records and is long out-of-print.
Blo "Preacher Man"
Here's a track from a serious jazz group with a silly name on Gilles Peterson's label, Brownswood. They also have the creepiest album cover in this post so let's give it up for Soil & "PIMP" Sessions.
This song produced by Domu with Pete Simpson on vocals is just beautiful. Excellent composition, lyrics and harmony. The latin swing combined with the cadence of the vocals work well together to carry the song without losing your attention. The house remixes are worth checking out too.
Domu presents Pete Simpson "Won't Give Up (album version)"
True story: About a month ago I was in the zone doing some design work and the mix playing really caught my attention. I look at my iTunes and it turns out it's one of my own mixes! Back when people actually bought and sold mix CDs I sold a bunch of these. Now in this new age of piracy and free music I want you to have it. Actually, I'll be posting all of my older mixes up here for free downloads soon..for now you can listen to some of them in the player on the main page.
Make sure to click on that big 'download' button to get more free mixes from me- The Record Player
You can also download this mix from the Sundae party's website >>HERE<<
WHOA! I just got this a couple days ago....and I finally got my FTP issue resolved so I can do these posts again. Aren't you lucky? This is from the upcoming J.Dilla album 'Jay Stay Paid' coming out June 2nd. GET IT! I also included the song that first used this beat by Dilla's homie Ta'Raach.
This week's top 12 is up at Muxtape.com. Remember, there will be a new list every week so don't sleep! For those of you that didn't check last week, here's what you missed:
Kevin Michael - it Don't Make Any Difference to Me (Acoustic) feat Akil Dasan Grupo Los Yoyi - El Fino Seu Jorge - E Seu Favela CAN - ....And More Wale - The Grown Up Sonar Kollektiv Orchestra - BoomChlickyBoomKlack_Jazzanova Stone Alliance - Vaya Mulatto Ballin Jack - FOUND A CHILD Ray Lamontagne - Crazy Spank Rock - Touch Me Malik Yusef/JV - What U Made ME Marijata - Mother Africa
I have A LOT of records. Waaaay too much for any normal person. But, for a vinyl obsessed music addict like myself, there is no such thing as too much when talking about music. I know some of you understand but for those of you who don't: it is us that keep music alive and have allowed for some music to finally be heard by the world. Think of us as librarians doing a public service for the good of humanity.
Having a lot of music also means that, unless you stop acquiring more, you always have a lot to reacquainted with. Sometimes we get so busy with other things that we don't have time to listen to new things we buy or only get to listen once every couple of years. So, from time to time, it's good to go back and check out some of the things you've forgotten about or just wanted to hear again. After a year of living in my current house I've finally started to resort my collection since it got all messed up during moving and settling in. While going through this process I'm rediscovering a lot of things I forgot I had or have just never listened to. So, I figured it would be a good starting point for a new series of posts. There will be some obscure & rare things here as well as some familiar records I just haven't listened to in a while and don't have mp3 for yet.
This will be an all vinyl series and will not include recent digs- only stuff that's been sitting on my shelves for at least a few months.
ENJOY!
Exile One - Fism (1976 Barclay)
Ole Ole
He Never Knows
Move Mama Move
Terry Callier - 12" single (Talkin' Loud)
Love Theme From Spartacus (4 Hero main mix)
Jessica Lauren - Siren Song (1994 Soul Jazz)
Serengeti
Shaft's Big Score! (MGM)
Move On In
Black Heat - self-titled (1972 Atlantic)
The Jungle
Hot Butter - More Hot Butter (1973 Musicor)
Space Walk
Sunbear - self-titled (1977 Soul Train)
Mood I "L.O.V.E. Love"
Mood II "Love At First Sight"
Gene Harris - Hot Lips (1982 J.A.M.)
Hot Lips
Swamp Dogg - 12" single (1979 Atomic Art)
Come On And Dance With Me (snippet)
Phil Upchurch and Tennyson Stephens - self-titled (1975 Kudu)
Don't I Know You?
Open Door - Limited Edition Remix EP (2001 Sole)
Get Into You
Fallin
Lights
New Sector Movements - The Sun 12" single (2001 Virgin)
The Sun (Kenny Dope main remix)
(NO! I will not be posting this much music in a single post anymore. Just wanted to give a solid intro.)
Everybody Feels The Same by Ofege from "The Last Of The Origins" LP EMI Nigeria 1974
