Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead

Mulatu Astatke already has a legendary status as the father of Ethio Jazz. But he hasn't been content to rest on his laurels. Instead he's forged ahead. This album proves very different from his work with the Heliocentrics (some of whom do feature here), or with the Either/Orchestra -- it's an album of what is essentially a meandering, laid-back groove that looks at music from two angles -- the Western and the Ethiopian. The former gets to stretch out on cuts like the opener, the reflective "Radcliffe," and "The Way to Nice." Ethiopia raises its head on "I Faram Gami I Faram," which some luscious Addis Ababa singing, a reworking of the style that made Astatke's name, and actually of one of his old compositions. But it can also be heard in the flute on "Ethio Blues," or the ways Astatke's vibraphone resembles a balafon in "Green Africa." "Assosa" is a true trip into rural Ethiopia, based on traditional music, while "Mulatu's Mood" crosses the continent to put another of the man's older pieces in a highlife framework and highlight the connections between styles. What's interesting is how much of a backseat Astatke is happy to take, rarely venturing out front for a solo (and even then they're brief, more like punctuations), but always powering things along as part of the rhythm section. The exception is on "Boogaloo," at heart Western enough until Astatke takes it to Ethiopia over the groove, and then an Ethiopian fiddle holds it in strange, beautiful territory. A beautiful album that adds to Astatke's stature.

Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock And Fuzz Funk In 1970s Nigeria

01.Ofege — Adieu
02.The Action 13 — More Bread to the People
03.The Hygrades — In the Jungle (Instrumental)
04.The Wings — Odenigbo
05.Ofo the Black Company — Eniaro
06.The Elcados — Ku Mi Da Hankan
07.Mono Mono — Kenimania
08.Tabukah X — Finger Toe
09.The Funkees — Acid Rock
10.Colomach — Cotocun Gba Gounke
11.Joe King Kologbo & His Black Sound — Another Man's Thing
12.Question Mark — Freaking Out
13.Original Wings — Igba Alusi
14.Tunji Oyelana — Omoba D'Eru Ri
15.BLO — Chant to Mother Earth


This is the third and final installment in the excellent Sound Way Records' essential trilogy of 1970s Nigerian sounds: first we had hi-life, then disco and boogie, and now we have the complete picture with this third volume focusing on afro-rock and funk! As you would expect from Sound Way, this is an absolutely brilliant compilation that showcases the flowering of the afro-rock sound in Nigeria as the influence of US acts like Jimi Hendrix and Santana started to seep into the mainly soul-based sets of a handful of young bands. Some of the musicians from these bands were picked up by Cream's Ginger Baker when he visited Nigeria in 1970 and accompanied him on a tour of Europe and America - this experience exposed these young players to the betaing heart of the inner-world of progressive and psychedelic rock at its peak, and so these musicians were able to return to Nigeria full of inspiration. The resultant Afro Rock craze hit the students and young night clubbers of Nigeria hard as fuzz-heavy guitars were fused with heavy African rhythms, taking the African and Afro-Latin influences behind the US rockers back home to the source! Highly recommended!

Mandarin Movie - Mandarin Movie (2005)

"Mandarin Movie is a project from Chicago native and current Brazil resident Rob Mazurek, a cornetist, composer, painter, improviser, and multi-media artist whose unique musical style draws from free jazz, hard-bop, experimental electronica and minimalism. Mandarin Movie's debut release is a full frequency audio assault, dense and beautiful at times, unrestrained, chaotic & hard at other times, with an almost sculptural quality, always preparing us for the beauty of sound and silence. The name 'Mandarin Movie' stems from a dream Rob had in 2003, evoking an artist's vision of singular clarity similar to Sun Ra's Space is The Place. At the dreams end Rob found himself atop the highest building in the world where 'It was all light beams and flying discs and dense beautiful sounding explosions which put a good feeling in the back of your head'." Includes Alan Licht on guitar.

01 Orange
02 The Green Giraffe
03 Black Goat (part one)
04 Black Goat (part two)
05 The Ghost Ship Is Sinking
06 Peking Duck With Steam Dumpling
07 A Very Modern Camera (part one)
08 A Very Modern Camera (part two)
09 Ghost Ships Don?t Sink
10 The Highest Building In The World

Personnel:

Alan Licht - Guitar
Steve Swell - Trombone
Jason Ajemian - Double Bass, Electronics
Frank Rosaly - Drums
Rob Mazurek - Computer, Electric Eels
Moog; Pianette, Cornet; John Herndon - Drums, Programming (track 2)
Rick Rizzo - Guitar (track 2)
Mikael Jorgensen - Computer (track 1)
Jim Becker - Fiddle, Banjo - (track 5)

Style: Modern Jazz

Diga Rhythm Band (1976)

Diga Rhythm Band
Mickey Hart/Diga Rhythm Band
World

01 Sweet Sixteen
02 Magnificent Sevens
03 Happiness Is Drumming
04 Razooli
05 Tal Mala

During a lull in activities with the Grateful Dead, percussionist and ethnomusicologist Mickey Hart joined with tabla player, Zakir Hussain, son of longtime Ravi Shankar accompanist, Alla Rakha, and students of the Ali Akbar College of Music to form the heavily percussive Diga Rhythm Band in 1975. Recording their sole album, Diga, in Hart's barn/studio in Novato, California, the 11-piece group was augmented by Jerry Garcia on guitar and Jim McPherson, Kathy McDonald and David Freiberg on vocals. One tune on the album, "Happiness Is Drumming (Fire on the Mountain) went on to be a staple at concerts by the Grateful Dead, the Other Ones and Hart's Planet Drum.
~AMG

The Daktaris Soul Explosion

01 Musicawa Silt
02 Musicawa Silt Part 2
03 Quiet Man Is Dead Man
04 Modern Technology
05 Super Afro-Beat
06 Give It Up Turnit Loose
07 Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti
08 Daktari Walk
09 Voodoo Soul Stew
10 Upside Down

One of the greatest grooves from the legendary Desco Records years – a brilliant album of modern Afro Funk done by The Daktaris – in a groove that's just as hard-hitting as any of Fela's work from the 70s! The album was one of the first to bring back an older African style to current funk – and even years later, it's still one of the best examples of the sound – a razor-sharp session that helped set the stage for better-known Antibalas work to come! Percussion and guitar is super-heavy throughout – produced with that bare-bones Desco style, and handled in a way that makes you think the record might be some treasure from mid 70s Nigeria – a trick the label tried to pull when it was released! Cuts include a cover of Fela's "Upside Down", James Brown's "Give It Up Or Turn It Loose", and the originals "Super Afro-Beat", "Daktari Walk", "Voodoo Soul Stew", and "Quiet Man Is A Dead Man". © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

VA - Putumayo presents World Christmas Party (2010)

Putumayo presents World Christmas Party, a festive collection of Christmas favorites recorded by artists from around the globe. Whether listeners are seeking a fresh spin on perennial Christmas classics or want to know what rhythms get yuletide celebrations started from Jamaica to Cape Verde, World Christmas Party is sure to put people into the holiday mood. The CD unites reggae, Latin, African and other global rhythms into an upbeat album perfect for Christmas festivities.

Putumayo’s Christmas collections have sold more than one million copies and have been hailed by the New York Times and many other publications for their refreshing, uplifting holiday selections. Says Dan Storper, Putumayo Founder and CEO, “I’ve really enjoyed searching for Christmas music in my travels around the world and exploring the ways in which the holiday is celebrated in different cultures.”

01 Wish You A Merry Christmas (Jacob Miller - Jamaica)
02 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Poncho Sanchez - USA)
03 Christmas Comes But Once A Year (Charles Brown - USA)
04 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Keahiwai - Hawaii)
05 Winter Wonderland (Jose Conde - USA/Cuba)
06 Alegria (Maria De Barros - Cape Verde)
07 Barra De Navidad Blues (Heritage Hall Jazz Band - USA)
08 The Christmas Song (Brave Combo - USA)
09 Kei Te Haere Mai A Hana Koko (H.K. Crew feat. Kina - New Zealand)
10 Carol and the Kings (Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven - USA)
11 Boas Festas Mocambique (Costa Neto - Mozambique)
12 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Ed Calle with Arturo Sandoval - Venezuela/Cuba)

Next Stop ... Soweto Vol. 3 Giants, Ministers and Makers Jazz in South Africa 1963-1984.

Next Stop Soweto Vol. 3 is the story of the music that survived in South Africa during this mid-‘60s to mid-‘80s era. The album features many of the recognised South African jazz greats like saxophonist Dudu Pukwana and drummer Early Mabuza, the potent soul jazz grooves of The Heshoo Beshoo Group and The Drive and some of the many artists creating unique fusions like Philip Tabane’s Malombo mixing African drums and hand percussion with guitar, vocal and flute. This is important music, a defiant statement in the face of unimaginable cultural repression.

promo sampler:

01. MALOMBO JAZZ MAKERS – SIBATHATHU
02. ALLEN KWELA OCTET - QUESTION MARK
03. SPIRITS REJOICE – JOY
04. BATSUMI – ITUMELENG
05. MANKUNKU QUARTET – DEDICATION (TO DADDY TRANE AND BROTHER SHORTER)
06. DENNIS MPALE – ORLANDO
07. EARLY MABUZA QUARTET – LITTLE OLD MAN (MAXHEGWANA)
08. MALOMBO – SANGOMA
09. CHRIS SCHILDER QUARTET feat. MANKUNKU – SPRING
10. THE SOUL GIANTS – PINESE'S DANCE
11. THE HESHOO BESHOO GROUP – EMAKHAYA
12. THE DRIVE - HOWL
13. CHRIS McGREGOR & THE CASTLE LAGER BIG BAND – SWITCH

Mel Brown - Chicken Fat (1967)

Guitarist Mel Brown is hailed as "An Impulse! Discovery" on Chicken Fat, his debut for the label, and this album does feature a fantastic unique sound. Brown played in the bands of T-Bone Walker and John Lee Hooker, and has an aggressive (though not harsh) single-string picking style. For this date he is paired with either Herb Ellis or Arthur Wright on guitar, Gerald Wiggins on organ, and Brown's regular rhythm section of Paul Humphrey on drums and Ronald Brown on electric bass. There are a couple tracks that are played as pretty straight blues, but this is a hoppin' soul-jazz date. The tunes are bouncy and funky, and Brown's playing is a real treat. His bluesy, almost reckless soloing gives a vastly different flavor that the playing of guys like Grant Green or Melvin Sparks. Gerald Wiggins' organ playing is cool and swinging, and the electric bass of Ronald Brown makes this album about as funky as Impulse ever got. Both Herb Ellis and Arthur Wright get some solo space as well, with Ellis sounding quite interesting playing an unamplified 12-string on a couple cuts. Brown gets some nice tones as well, and on "Hobo Flats" plays "an electronic guitar with Wah-Wah distortion" (remember, this is 1967 jazz) "that gives a weird shimmering sound," according to the liner notes. Leave it to Impulse! to put a new spin on the guitar/organ sound. This is hot stuff - AMG


01 Chicken Fat
02 Greasy Spoon
03 Home James
04 Slalom
05 Hobo Flats
06 Shanty
07 Sad But True
08 I'm Goin' to Jackson
09 Blues for Big Bob

Everything Is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes (1999)

01 Ando Meio Desligado
02 Ave, Lucifer
03 Dia 36
04 Baby [1971]
05 Fuga No. II
06 Cantor de Mambo
07 Adeus Maria Fulo
08 Desculpe, Babe
09 El Justiciero
10 Panis et Circenses
11 A Minha Menina
12 Bat Macumba
13 Le Premier Bonheur du Jour
14 Baby [1988]

Various Artists - Folk And Pop Sounds Of Sumatra Vol. 1 (2003)

01. Sitogol #1 (Haba Haba Group)
02. Unknown Title (Unknown Group)
03. Borungku Si Derita (Marios Group)
04. Siti Payung (Pimp Rubiah)
05. Indang Pariaman (Samsimar)
06. Piso Somalim #1 (Unknown Drama)
07. Sri Mersing (Pimp Rubiah)
08. Bapikek Balam (Samsimar)
09. Piso Somalim #2 (Unknown Drama)
10. Sitogol #2 (Haba Haba Group)

An essential collection of unique folk and pop music from the Island of Sumatra, including drone beat pop, jungle folk trance, gypsy hybrid songs, haunting vocal chants, and other beautiful, lost styles, which have yet to be discovered. The selections on this CD are a combination of droning beat pop, pseudo-gypsy songs, jungle folk trance, and other improbable traditional and hybrid styles heard by only a handful of outsiders. These recordings are from old cassette tapes received as gifts, in trade, or purchased from sources in Sumatra in 1989. Some of the tapes are unmarked with the artists unknown, yet all of them are decaying documents of various sound quality containing some of the most eccentric artifacts ever uncovered from this fascinating island.

Ethiopiques - Volumes 14, 15 & 16

no tracklist today...just three more volumes of the awesome "Ethiopiques" series...
suffice it say, if you liked the other volumes in this series, you'll want these, too!

John Paul Jones - Zooma (1999)

01. Zooma Jones 5:52
02. Grind Jones 5:20
03. The Smile of Your Shadow Jones 5:50
04. Goose Jones 4:58
05. Bass 'N' Drums Jones 2:32
06. B. Fingers Jones 5:26
07. Smake Eyes Jones 7:32
08. Nosumi Blues Jones 5:48
09. Tidal Jones 6:50

John Paul Jones stayed quiet for years after the disbandment of Led Zeppelin, performing the occasional arranging, soundtrack, or production gig, or collaborating with such avant garde musicians as Diamanda Galas. Throughout it all, he never released a full-fledged solo album — until the fall of 1999, when he unleashed Zooma. Anyone that was following who Jones worked with in the '90s — including Galas, the Butthole Surfers, and R.E.M. — shouldn't be entirely surprised by the depth, range, and gleeful strangeness on Zooma, but those expecting something like Led Zeppelin IV will be disappointed. That's not to say that there's no Zeppelin here at all. Jones was a key member of Zep, contributing heavily to their sonic majesty and experimental bent, all things that are apparent throughout the album. The difference is, Jones frees himself and his collaborators — including Paul Leary and members of the London Symphony Orchestra — to push the envelope hard by making Zooma an instrumental effort. Freed from the boundaries of songs, but not compositions, Jones crafts a series of nine truly impressive songs, blending together blues, worldbeat, heavy rock, jazz, and the avant-garde into a distinctive, unpredictable, and original sound. It may have been a long wait to receive the first solo album from Jones, but the end result makes it all worthwhile...AMG

Traffic - Smiling Phases (1991)

cd1:
01. Paper Sun 4:15
02. Hole In My Shoe 3:01
03. Smiling Phases 2:39
04. Heaven Is In Your Mind 4:12
05. Coloured Rain 2:37
06. No Face, No Name, No Number 3:28
07. Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush 2:36
08. Dear Mr. Fantasy 5:36
09. You Can All Join In 3:32
10. Feelin' Alright 4:13
11. Pearly Queen 4:15
12. Forty Thousand Headmen 3:11
13. Vagabond Virgin 5:13
14. Shanghai Noodle Factory 5:03
15. Withering Tree 3:00
16. Medicated Goo 3:32

cd2:
01. Glad 6:59
02. Freedom Rider 5:26
03. Empty Pages 4:34
04. John Barleycorn 6:21
05. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 11:26
06. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone 4:41
07. Rock & Roll Stew 4:18
08. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory 5:58
09. Walking In The Wind 6:38
10. When The Eagle Flies 4:22

During their tumultuous existence between 1967 and 1974, Traffic had two distinct phases separated by a year (January 1969 to February 1970) during which the band was temporarily dissolved. In its first phase, Traffic was heavily influenced by the pop psychedelia of its time, but were also developing a distinctive blues-rock jam style. When Steve Winwood reconvened the group in 1970 without Dave Mason, he was ready to take the spotlight more forcefully, and Traffic evolved into a band that played long, largely instrumental songs. In constructing a two-CD retrospective of Traffic, compiler Kevin Patrick has taken the obvious step of devoting disc one to the early phase of Traffic and disc two to the later one. He faces different challenges in selecting tracks for each disc. The first CD is necessarily diverse; the early singles must be included, and so must some of Dave Mason's material, though his songs tend to sound more like solo tracks. The challenge for disc two is simply that the songs from 1970-1974 tend to be so long, and it's difficult to decide which ones to include. Patrick has met both of these challenges admirably. Though both discs are a bit short by CD standards, running a little over an hour each, there are few significant tracks that are missing. On disc two, Patrick has striven to be fair to the later Traffic albums, even though they are not as good as their predecessors from this phase, but he strikes a reasonable balance. Until 1991, Traffic had had no more than a few single-disc compilations, the most readily available being The Best of Traffic, which contained nothing from the group's later period. So, Smiling Phases was a welcome addition to the catalog, with solid selection and sequencing...AMG

Songs Clapton Taught Us: Clapton Classics (80's jap cd)

the essence of Clapton and his blues...

01 All Your Love / Otis Rush
02 Hideaway / Freddy King
03 Born Under A Bad Sign / Albert King
04 Spoonful / Howlin' Wolf
05 Rollin' And Tumblin' / Muddy Waters
06 Cat's Squirrel / Dr. Ross
07 Ramblin' On My Mind / Robert Johnson
08 I'm So Glad / Skip James
09 Outside Woman Blues / Blind Joe Reynolds
10 Sittin' On Top Of The World / Howlin' Wolf
11 I Wish You Would / Billy Boy Arnold
12 Too Much Monkey Business / Chuck Berry
13 I Got Love If You Want It / Slim Harpo
14 Smokestack Lightnin' / Howlin' Wolf
15 Five Long Years / Eddie Boyd
16 Willie And The Hand Jive / Johnny Otis
17 Jesus Is Coming Soon / Blind Willie Johnson
18 Swing Low Sweet Chariot / The Staple Singers
19 Everybody Oughta Make A Change / Sleepy John Estes
20 Worried Life Blues / Big Maceo
21 Further On Up The Road / Bobby Bland
22 Have You Ever Loved A Woman / Freddy King
23 Steppin' Out / Memphis Slim
24 The Sky Is Crying / Elmore James
25 Eyesight To The Blind / Sonny Boy Williamson
26 Crossroads / Robert Johnson

that's not the real cover as i could barely find any infos at all about this Japanese compilation cd from the 80's...but, this the essence of Clapton's blues...
truly, the "Songs Clapton Taught Us".

Ethiopiques Volume 13: Ethiopian Groove (2003)

One of our favorite compilations in this amazing series – a killer batch of 70s funk from Ethiopia! The instrumental grooves are very much in the style of the best American work at the time – like tracks by James Brown or Kool & The Gang – but the vocals have this amazing other-worldly feel that makes the music sound totally unique, and which pulls out some strange pitches in the instrumentation that really gives the whole thing a wild and edgey feel! The set's got 17 tracks in all – none of which you've probably heard before – and titles include "Tashamanaletch" and "Wededku Afqerkush" by Alemayehu Eshete, "Muziqawi Silt" by Wallias Band, "Gedawo" and "Gud Aderegetchegn" by Ayalew Mesafin, "Ya Djaleleto" and "Antchin Yagegnulet" by Tamrat Ferendji, and "Yemendjar Shega" by Muluqen Mellesse

These recordings are almost all from 1976 and 1977, so it's last-gasp-time before the military dictatorship clampdown killed off that golden age.
Another very solid Ethiopiques compilation that will both satisfy the series' veterans and whet the appetite of newcomers...

01. Tashamanalétch (She Stirs Up Covetousness) - Eshèté, Alèayèhu
02. Ewnètègna Feqer (A True Love) - Abbèbè, Tesfaye
03. Mètch Ené Terf Fèlèghu
04. Wèdèdku Afqèrkush (I'm in Love, I Love You) - Eshèté, Alèayèhu
05. Antchin Yagènulèt (When They See You) - Fèrèndji, Tamrat
06. Muziqa Muziqa
07. Atraqègn (Don't Go Away from Me) - Haylè-Michael, Tèzè
08. Yèmendjar Shèga - Menguistu, Shèwalul
09. Muziqawi Silt [Instrumental] - Bèyènè, Girma
10. Djemeregne - Menguistu, Shèwalul
11. Feqer Aydèlèm Wèy (Isn't It Love?) - Mèsfin, Ayalew
12. Ya Djalèléto (My Beautiful Beloved) - Fèrèndji, Tamrat
13. Tegel Nèw - Haylè-Michael, Tèzè
14. Gud Adèrègètchegn (She Shattered Me) - Mesfin, Ayalèw
15. Gèdawo (The Lucky One) - Mesfin, Ayalèw
16. Mètché Nèw (When?) - Sissay, Tèshomè
17. Amlak Abét Abét (Lord, I Pray of You) - Sissay, Tèshomè

Ethiopiques, Vol. 12: Konso Music and Songs (2003)

For just the second time in the Ethiopiques series, there's something fairly new, not vintage. Volume two brought material from the early part of the 1990s, but this is real modern fieldwork, the music of the Xonso people, revolving around the voice, the flute, and the lyre. They have an interesting view of music; not only is it a part of everyday life, but it is also a way to pass messages to their descendants. While the instruments are present, it's always the sound of people that's to the fore. There's singing, clapping, stomping, chanting, and myriad variations -- almost any way of making noise that's possible with the voice or body. That could seem off-putting, but in fact it's warm and oddly reassuring. The sense of pleasure the Xonso have in their music-making is palpable, communicating itself in every second of the disc. So while this is a definite departure for this series, the music more than makes up for the change of pace. - AMG

01 Kabalula Kossa - Xorma
02 Kusse Guibada - untitled
03 Tadesse Deyasa - Wattatra
04 Choir - Parga
06 Kabachare Jiraato - Timma qollo
07 Kahano - Hoppa
08 Kosey A Gamecho - Tansa
09 Kabachare Jiraato - Oyayo
10 Tadesse Telliy A - Kampalutu
11 Choir - Kirna Yoqaa
12 Choir - Untitled
14 Karacho Tayye - Tansa 2
15 Tamiru Tzareghe - untitled
16 Tadesse Deyasa - untitled
17 Tadesse Telllya Jankara - Xorma 2
18 Sagooyya Jiwwa - Xorma 3
19 Changara - Tansa 3
20 Arrimma Shingoda - Songo Gawadi
21 Hoire Katano - Untitled
22 Robisha Weghegira - Untitled
23 Kabalula Kossa - Daletya

Ethiopiques Volume 11 – Alemu Aga: Harp Of King David

One of the more recent recordings in this series of CDs focusing on Ethiopian music – and one of the more mellow, too! The CD's devoted to work played on the Beguena, or "King David's Harp" – one of Ethiopia's oldest instruments, and one with a weirdly haunting sound. The style is kind of like a fretless bass being played in echoey bottom registers – acoustic here, but with an enigmatic electricity of its own that creates many trance-like moments! © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

Ethiopiques Volume 11: Alemu Aga

01. Abatatchen Hoy - peter Noster
02. Medinanna Zelesegna - Medina And Zelesegna
03. Tew Semagn Hagere - Cher Concitoyen
04. Yeemebetatchen Selamta
05. Keto Ayqerem Motu
06. Sele Sene Seqlet
07. Abba Gragn Mote
08. Sele Sene Fetret
09. Dagem Metseat
10. Sele Genna
11. Man Yemeramer?
12. Yebeguenna Derdera

The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (UK 1968) Mono & Stereo + bonus

Odessey & Oracle was one of the flukiest (and best) albums of the 1960s, and one of the most enduring long-players to come out of the entire British psychedelic boom, mixing trippy melodies, ornate choruses, and lush Mellotron sounds with a solid hard rock base. But it was overlooked completely in England and barely got out in America (with a big push by Al Kooper, who was then a Columbia Records producer); and it was neglected in the U.S. until the single "Time of the Season," culled from the album, topped the charts nearly two years after it was recorded, by which time the group was long disbanded. Ironically, at the time of its recording in the summer of 1967, permanency was not much on the minds of the band members. Odessey & Oracle was intended as a final statement, a bold last hurrah, having worked hard for three years only to see the quality of their gigs decline as the hits stopped coming. The results are consistently pleasing, surprising, and challenging: "Hung Up on a Dream" and "Changes" are some of the most powerful psychedelic pop/rock ever heard out of England, with a solid rhythm section, a hot Mellotron sound, and chiming, hard guitar, as well as highly melodic piano; "Changes" also benefits from radiant singing. "This Will Be Our Year" makes use of trumpets (one of the very few instances of real overdubbing) in a manner reminiscent of "Penny Lane"; and then there's "Time of the Season," the most well-known song in their output and a white soul classic. Not all of the album is that inspired, but it's all consistently interesting and very good listening, and superior to most other psychedelic albums this side of the Beatles' best and Pink Floyd's early work. Indeed, the only complaint one might have about the original LP is its relatively short running time, barely over 30 minutes, but even that's refreshing in an era where most musicians took their (and our) time making their point, and most of the CD reissues have bonus tracks to fill out the space available. — Bruce Eder

that's what the AMG guy said.
i say get it for "Beachwood Park" and play that song over and over because
it's a such a cool fuckin' summer song!

Ethiopiques Volume 10 – Tezeta: Ethiopian Blues & Ballads

Excellent stuff – even if this volume isn't as funky as other numbers in the Ethiopiques series! Instead, the tracks are soulful and bluesy numbers – half vocal, half instrumental tunes, with a really dark approach, and backings that are spare and extremely haunting. The vocalists are amazing – with a wailing crying tone that really sets the mood of the CD – and the instrumentalists follow suit with moody solo work on guitar and tenor sax. Titles include "Eyetegnu Negu" by Frew Haylou, "Hedetch Alu" by Mulequen Mellesse, "Tezeta" by Mahmoud Ahmed, "Tezeta" by Menelik Wesnatchew, "Gubelye" by Mulatu Astatqe, and "Alteleyeshegnem" by Alemayehu Eshete. © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

01 Frew Haylou - Eyetegnu Nequ - Frew Haylou
02 Hedetch Alu - Muluqen Mellesse
03 Teredtchewalehu - Alemayehu Eshete
04 Heywete - Tesfa-Maryam Kidane
05 Tezeta - Seyfou Yohannes
06 Alteleyeshegnem - Alemayehu Eshete
07 Gubelye - Mulatu Astatqe
08 Tezeta - Mahmoud Ahmed
09 Man Yehon Telleq Sew - Alemayehu Eshete
10 Tezeta - Tesfa-Maryam Kidane
11 Tezeta - Menelik Wesnatchew
12 Tezeta Slow - Getatchew Kassa
13 Tezeta Slow - Getatchew Kassa

Éthiopiques Vol. 9 - Alèmayèhu Eshèté

Alemayehu Eshete is an Ethiopian Ethio-jazz singer active since the 1960s who primarily sings in Amharic. Eshete's talent was recognized by colonel Rètta Dèmèqè who invited the young singer to perform with Addis Ababa's famous Police Orchestra. Eshete had his first hit ("Seul") in 1961 before moving on to found the orchestra Alèm-Girma Band with Girma Bèyènè. Over the course of 15 years, Eshete released some 30 singles until the arrival of the communist Derg junta, which forced Eshete and many other artists into exile.

Alemayehu Eshete has since gained fame in Europe and the Americas with the release of Buda Musique's Ethiopiques series of compilations on compact disc. Ethiopiques Volume 9 is devoted entirely to recordings of Eshete's earlier music, and Volume 22 covers his career between 1972 and 1974. Other songs have also appeared on Volumes 3, 8, 10, and 13 or the series. In 2008 Eshete toured the United States with fellow Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed, backed by Boston's 10-piece Either/Orchestra.
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01. Addis Abeba Bete
02. Yeweyn Haregitu
03. Qondjit
04. Yelben Betayiw
05. Yesew Bet Yesew New
06. Mekeyershin Salawq
07. Qotchegn Messassate
08. Eruq Yaleshew
09. Shegitu Mare
10. Yeweb Dar
11. Telantena Zare
12. Memar Memeramer
13. Tedesteshal Wey?
14. Denyew Deneba
15. Temhert Bete
16. Nefas Indaygeban
17. Leb Tatefaletch
18. Feqer Feqer New
19. Gizew Honeshenna
20. Heywete Abatey New
21. Ya Tara
22. Timarkyalesh

Ethiopiques, Vol. 8: Swinging Addis

With ties--most of them clearly nonbinding--to the sanctioned musical institutions of Ethiopia in the 1960s (police bands and the like), the singers and players on the Ethiopiques series of reissues were in a funky bind. They had pledged some allegiance to Emperor Haile Selassie I and his imperial declarations, but their muses picked up distant signals from North America, including jazz's horn charts, funk's on-the-one rhythms, and an overriding sense of urgency in music made by youth. Here's volume 8 of the Ethiopiques series, testimony in 70-plus minutes to the winning power of the youth culture's music. With the series' most unabashed nod to James Brown in Alèmayèhu Eshèté's six tracks, volume 8 goes further than its predecessors in documenting a jazzy, soulful, electric-keyboard-fueled scene that simply ignores conventional musical borders. Eshèté's vocals bark and then soar over the webbed rhythms with all the force of Brown's--and an additionally rich range of guitars and keyboards that race around and through each other like polyrhythmic drums. What volume 8 shows is that the impact of soul, jazz, and funk (try Lèmma Dèmissew on for size) provided so much quiltwork to be syncopated together in these hip, danceable tunes. Listening to Samuel Bèlay's band kick the horns over an artfully hanging-back rhythmic tide, it's hard to imagine that a musical culture this rich could be stymied by the late 1970s--just a few years after Selassie's regime was crushed. --Andrew Bartlett

Ethiopiques Volume 8: Swinging Addis

01.Ene Negn Bay Manesh - Girma Beyene
02.Mar Teb Yelal Kafesh
03.Hasabe - Ayalew Mesfin
04.Tchero Adari Negn - Alemayehu Eschete
05.Betchayen Tegodahu - Alemayehu Eschete
06.Tessassategn Eko - Bahta Gebre-Heywet
07.Gizie - Bahta Gebre-Heywet
08.Astawesalehu - Lemma Demissew
09.Adrashash Tefabegn - Lemma Demissew
10.Lezelalem Nuri - Lemma Demissew
11.Yetesfa Tezeta - Tesfa-Maryam Kidane
12.Aynotchesh Yerefu - Samuel Belay
13.Qeresh Endewaza - Samuel Belay
14.Set Alamenem - Girma Beyene
15.Yebeqagnal - Girma Beyene
16.Enken Yelelebesh - Girma Beyene
17.Betchayen Tekezie - Getatchew Kassa
18.Afer Yemegneshal - Alemayehu Eschete
19.Eskegizew Bertchi - Alemayehu Eschete
20.Ayalqem Tedengo - Alemayehu Eschete
21.Honey Baby - Alemayehu Eschete

Ethiopiques - Vol. 7 Mahmoud Ahmed - Ere Mela Mela (1999)

Another great volume of Ethiopiques! Volume 7 of Ethiopiques series is another expanded re-issue of an LP by Mahmoud Ahmed originally released in 1975. Though there seems to be an abundance of songs by Ahmed from 1975 on volumes 1 and 3, we can't find any overlap with the songs on this album. The songs are the same sort of fusion of American soul and jazz with shuffling rhythms of Ethiopian music. Features "Belomi Benna" and "Bemen Sebeb Letlash".

01 Sidetegnash negn/Samiraye
02 Indenesh gedaow
03 Bemin sebeb litlash
04 Abay mado/Imbwa belew
05 Atawurulign lela
06 Ohoho gedama
07 Ere mela mela/Meche neu
08 Fetsum dink lij nesh
09 Belomy benna
10 Asheweyna
11 Mèdjèmèrya Feqrey
12 Kasalèfqut Hulu

Ethiopiques Vol 6 - Mahmoud Ahmed: Almaz (1973)

Volume 6 of the fantastic Ethiopiques series is an expanded re-issue of the first lp by Mahmoud Ahmed plus his first single from 1971. While not as clearly influenced by American soul and jazz, there are a few funky cuts that are pretty nice! Most of these songs flow with a groove unique to Ethiopian music -- and although Ahmed's songs appear throughout the Ethiopiques series, only one of these songs appears on other volumes ("Kulun Mankwalesh"). With the groovy "Nafqot New Yegodagn" and "Yasdestal".

01. Almaz Men Eda Nèw
02. Asha Gèdawo
03. Tchebo Aymolam
04. Feqer Endègèna
05. Ambassel
06. Zèmèdié
07. Kulun Mankwalèsh
08. Mèla Mèla
09. Antchiyé
10. Nafqot Nèw Yègodagn
11. Yasdestal

Ethiopiques Vol 5 - Tigrigna Music: Tigray/Eritrea 1970-1975 (1999)

This volume of the Ethiopiques series is the one that veers closest to what we think of as the traditional modern sound of Africa. The cycling stringed instruments, the chanting vocals, the handclaps, all remind one of juju music. Not that that's a bad thing. In fact, this might be the best single disc of traditional African music to emerge in the years prior to 2001. Most of this music is from the northern region of Eritrea and marked by a ring of singers and dancers who gradually increase the speed and complexity of their clapping and ululating to the point of frenzy. This is haunting stuff, not as mind-blowing as the sunglassed funk of the other volumes of the series, but charming in its way and a vital chapter in the musical history of the region.

01. Aminey - Tsehaytu Beraki
02. Medjemerya Feqrey - Tsehaytu Beraki
03. Hadarey - Tsehaytu Beraki
04. Bazay - Tsehaytu Beraki
05. Memona - Tsehaytu Beraki
06. Milenu - Tsehaytu Beraki
07. Adey Weladitey - Tebereh Tesfa-Hunegn
08. Welladka Hazile - Tebereh Tesfa-Hunegn
09. Ab Teqay Qerebi - Tewelde Redda
10. Nehadar Zeytkewen - Tewelde Redda
11. Furuyti Ayni - Bezuayene Zegeye
12. Deqi Adey - Bezuayene Zegeye
13. Netsela May-May - Bezuayene Zegeye
14. Embi Ila - Beyene Habte
15. Tefqereni Zeneberet - Beyene Habte
16. Abadit - Tekle Tesfa-Ezghi
17. Ab Qetri Berhan - Tekle Tesfa-Ezghi
18. Selam Temagwet - Tekle Tesfa-Ezghi

Mulatu Astatke - Ethiopiques - Vol. 4 (re-post)

Ethiopiques - Vol. 4 Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969-1974

01. Mulatu Astatqé - Yèkèrmo Sèw (A Man of Experience and Wisdom)
02. Mulatu Astatqé - Mètché Dershé (When Am I Going to Reach There?)
03. Mulatu Astatqé - Kasalèfkut Hulu (From All the Time I Have Passed)
04. Mulatu Astatqé - Tezeta (Nostalgia)
05. Mulatu Astatqé - Yègellé Tezeta (My Own Memory)
06. Mulatu Astatqé - Munayé (My Muna)
07. Mulatu Astatqé - Gubèlyé (My Gubel)
08. Fèqadu Amdè-Mesqel - Asmarina (My Asmara)
09. Mulatu Astatqé - Yèkatit (February)
10. Mulatu Astatqé - Nètsanèt (Liberty)
11. Mulatu Astatqé - Tezetayé Antchi Lidj (Baby, My Unforgettable Remembrance)
12. Mulatu Astatqé - Sabyé (My Saba)
13. Girma Hadgu - Ené Alantchi Alnorem (I Can't Live Without You)
14. Mulatu Astatqé - Dèwèl (Bell)

ethiopiques posts to resume...

Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia

1 Mulatu
2 Mascaram Setaba
3 Dewel
4 Kulunmanqueleshi
5 Kasalefkut-Hulu
6 Munaye
7 Chifara

Mulatu Astatke (born 1943; surname also spelled Astatqé; Amharic: ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger. He is known as the father of Ethio-jazz. Born in the western Ethiopian city of Jimma, Mulatu was musically trained in London, New York City, and Boston, where he was the first African student at Berklee College of Music. Later he combined his jazz and Latin music influences with traditional Ethiopian music.

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights (2007)

100 Days, 100 Nights - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (2007)

01. 100 Days, 100 Nights
02. Nobody's Baby
03. Tell Me
04. Be Easy
05. When The Other Foot Drops, Uncle
06. Let Them Knock
07. Something's Changed
08. Humble Me
09. Keep On Looking
10. Answer Me

Sharon Jones (born May 4, 1956) is an American soul/funk singer and lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, who are widely considered to be at the forefront of a revivalist movement that aims to recapture the feeling of soul and funk music as it was at its height in the late 1960s to mid 1970s. Despite trying to forge a career as a professional singer since an early age, it has only been in her middle age that Jones has experienced breakthrough success.

Explosivos - Deep-Soul From The Latin Heart (2005)

A Latin Soul jukebox -- overflowing with great singles from the glory days of the Spanish Harlem scene! The vibe here is definitely on the dirtier end of late 60s Latin -- that groove that picked up plenty of funk and soul from other strands of the New York scene, and took it way way uptown where it was cooked up with a nice dash of salsa! And while there was certainly some work of the time that tried to cash in on the boogaloo groove and never really made the cut, the tunes on this set are all the real deal -- the hard-hitting numbers that stood out as some of the best cuts coming out from labels like Tico, Fania, Cotique, and Alegre. CD features a total of 20 great tracks, all of them cookers -- with titles that include "Soul Gritty" by Ralph Robles, "You Need Help" by Monguito Santamaria, "Deep" by Quetcy Alma, "Chicarrones" by The Latin Gents, "Fat Papa" by Charlie Palmieri, "Mama's Girl" by King Nando, "Chacon Pata Pata" by Chacon, "Get It Right" by Alfredito, "Apewalk" by Al Escobar, "Stand" by Harvey Averne, "King Of Latin Soul" by Joey Pastrana, "Kool It Here Comes The Fuzz" by Jimmy Sabater, and "African Twist" by Eddie Palmieri. © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

01. Latin Soul Drive Is Here - Chollo Rivera & The Latin Soul Drives
02. King Of Latin Soul - Joey Pastrana
03. Psychedelic Baby - Joe Cuba Sextet
04. Stand - The Harvey Averne Band
05. I'm Gonna Leave You - Russel Cohen Y La New Yorkers
06. Soul Gritty - Ralph Robles
07. You Need Help - Monguito Santamaria
08. Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz) - Jimmy Sabater
09. Use It Before You Lose It - Bobby Valentín
10. Fat Papa - Charlie Palmieri
11. Deep - Quetcy Alma
12. Electric Latin Soul - Flash & The Dynamics
13. Apewalk - Al Escobar
14. Get It Right - Alfredito And His Orchestra
15. Chacon Pata Pata - Chacon
16. African Twist - Eddie Palmieri
17. Lazy Boogaloo - George Guzman
18. Mama's Girl - King Nando
19. Hit De Bongo - Tito Puente & His Orchestra
20. Chicarrones - The Latin Gents

The First Days Of Funk (2005)

Label: Electrostatic (Australia)

The First Days Of Funk is a heavy collection that features awesome rare and obscure funk jams from long outta circulation tracks circa 1975-1978. Artists on this release include Olympics, Ernie K Doe, Randolph Brothers, Slinky Street Band, Rodney Trotter's Egypt, Chosen Few, Sons Of Slum, Bobby Husband, Fred Moss, Sam and the Sparks, Pound of Flesh, Masters of Soul, The Dynamic Soul Machine, and more...... 80 tracks in all!!

The first days of Funk vol. 1 disc 1

01. Jim Horne - Hey there Jim
02. Olympics - Papa will
03. Randolph Brothers - What it is (pt 1)
04. Randolph Brothers - What it is (pt 2)
05. Sam and the Sparks - Daybreak
06. Willie Joe - Funny thing
07. The New Editions - Vargo
08. Walter Davis - Baby wachdoin to me
09. Bobby Husband - Man's best friend
10. Johnny Thompson - Main squeeze
11. Billy Sha Rae - Let's do ti again
12. ST4 - Funky
13. Tony Clarke - Ghetto Man
14. Sons of Slum - 16 miles of plastic ghetto
15. Dossie Terry - Soul food
16. Erskine - Let him fix it
17. Rythm Rebellion - Universal rythm
18. Michael Jay Coleman - I'm a lover not a fighter
19. Lee Rogers - Sex appeal
20. Chain Reaction - Nurse your nerves

The first days of Funk vol. 1 disc 2

01. Lorenzo Holden - The Wig
02. James River - Let's live
03. Ofs Limited - Mr Kidneys
04. Big Daddy Rucker - Just do your thing
05. Chosen Few - Cut me in
06. Pound of Flesh - Funky March
07. Master of Soul - Right on
08. Jonah Ellis - I get hot
09. Kings of Soul - Girl what have you done ?
10. McKinley Mitchell - Days got bright
11. Chet Ivey - Party People
12. Hetti Loyd - Grief sorrow pain
13. Mauric and Mac - Use that good thing
14. News - Tend to your business
15. Fred and the Ovations - I'm gonna love you
16. Frankie Seay - All I want is loving you
17. Jackie Thompson - Got to right the wrongs
18. The Dynamic Soul Machine - Moving on
19. Eli the Prophet - Take a little give a lot
20. Fred Moss - Get on Down

The first days of Funk vol. 2 disc 1

01. Burning Cities - Spoons
02. Jerry McCain - Funky Down Easy
03. Pearl Reeves - Cool With A Groove
04. Vernon Garrett - Think People
05. The Projections - Groovin' To The Music
06. Groove Street Band - Shake Your Pants
07. Transitionnal Funk Company - Funafied
08. Gentle Persuasion - Rub Your Stub
09. Harvey Clark - Do Your Own Thing
10. Woody Guenther - Bang, Dang In Time
11. Herb Day - Shakin' In My Boots
12. Cal Jenkins - The Elbow
13. Eddie James - Her Mama Won't Leave Us Alone
14. Soulful Illusion - Soulful Illusion
15. Funkhouse Express - Music Makes You Move
16. Jackson Highway - Snake Eyes
17. Lorenzo Holden - The Wig2
18. Aldora Britton - The Hardway
19. Black Love - Get On Down2
20. Jade - Boodi Shakes Money

The first days of Funk vol. 2 disc 2

01. Gregory Washington - Pamla Lamour
02. North By Northwest - Disco Unusual
03. Priscilla Rollins - Obeah Women
04. Slinky Street Band - Time Study
05. Spontaneous Simplicity - Road Man
06. Onyx - Evasive Action
07. The Presidents - Mighty Do Fly
08. Ernie K Doe - Dancin' Man
09. Johnny Copeland - Provin' Time
10. Burps - Appetite
11. Ironing Board Sam - Space Streaker
12. The Variations - Put The Music On Funk
13. Sign Of The Vibration - Last Of THe Corruptors
14. Conspiracy - Kount Funkular
15. Supreme Creme - Superfunky
16. Dave Crawford - Hey Party
17. AIM - Tunnel Rat
18. Rodney Trotter's Egypt - Space Nigga
19. Jerry Combs - Get Yourself Together
20. Ronnie Fray - Little Jimmy Jones

STAX 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (2007)

50 of the biggest Stax hits in one double CD collection!

-- Disc One --

01. Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) - Carla Thomas
02. Last Night - The Mar-Keys
03. You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bell
04. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's
05. Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas
06. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - Otis Redding
07. Candy - The Astors
08. Respect - Otis Redding
09. You Don't Know Like I Know - Sam & Dave
10. I Want Someone - The Mad Lads
11. Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
12. Let Me Be Good To You - Carla Thomas
13. Your Good Thing (Is About To End) - Mable John
14. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
15. B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas
16. Tramp - Otis & Carla
17. Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays
18. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
19. Soul Man - Sam & Dave
20. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
21. I Got A Sure Thing - Ollie & The Nightingales
22. Soul Limbo - Booker T. & the MG's
23. I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd
24. What A Man - Linda Lyndell
25. Private Number - William Bell & Judy Clay
26. Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
27. I Forgot To Be Your Lover - William Bell
28. I Like What You're Doing (To Me) - Carla Thomas

-- Disc Two --

01. Time Is Tight - Booker T. & The MG's
02. So I Can Love You - The Emotions
03. Walk On By - Isaac Hayes
04. Do The Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
05. Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone - Johnnie Taylor
06. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
07. Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye
08. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics
09. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
10. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
11. Son Of Shaft - The Bar-Kays
12. That's What Love Will Make You Do - Little Milton
13. I've Been Lonely For So Long - Frederick Knight
14. Hearsay - Soul Children
15. In The Rain - The Dramatics
16. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
17. Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim
18. Dedicated To The One I Love - The Temprees
19. If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - The Staple Singers
20. Cheaper To Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor
21. I'll Be The Other Woman - Soul Children
22. Woman To Woman - Shirley Brown

Chess Blues Guitar Two Decades of Killer Fretwork, 1949-1969 (1998)

Disc 1

01 - Robert Nighthawk - Anna Lee
02 - Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
03 - Johnny Shines - So Glad I Found You
04 - Joe Hill Louis - When I Am Gone
05 - John Lee Hooker - Walkin' The Boogie
06 - Blue Smitty - Date Bait
07 - Morris Pejoe - Tired Of Crying Over You
08 - Muddy Waters - Sad, Sad Day
09 - John Brim - It Was A Dream
10 - Danny Overbea - Forty Cups Of Coffee
11 - Eddie Boyd - Just A Fool
12 - Muddy Waters - Loving Man
13 - Howlin Wolf - I've Got A Woman
14 - Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
15 - J.B. Lenoir - Give Me One More Shot
16 - Lowell Fulson - Rollin' Blues
17 - Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love
18 - Earl Hooker - Guitar Rumba
19 - Jody Williams - What Kind Of Gal Is That
20 - Earl Hooker - Frog Hop
21 - Jody Williams - Lucky Lou
22 - Lafayette Thomas - Old Memories
23 - Chuck Berry - Guitar Boogie

Disc 2

01 - Muddy Waters - Walking Thru The PArk
02 - Eddie Burns - Treat Me Like I Treat You
03 - Lafayette Thomas - Claim On You
04 - Jimmy Rogers - Rock This House
05 - Otis Rush - I'm Satisfied
06 - Chuck Berry - I Still Got The Blues
07 - Buddy Guy - Broken Hearted Blues
08 - Elmore James - Talk To Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out)
09 - Bo Diddley - My Baby
10 - Albert King - Won't Be Hanging Around
11 - Bo Diddley - I Can Tell
12 - Howlin' Wolf - Hidden Charms
13 - Buddy Guy - Buddy's Boogie
14 - Little Milton - What kind Of Love Is This
15 - Robert Nighthawk - Someday
16 - Howlin Wolf - Killing Floor
17 - Buddy Guy - Leave My Girl Alone
18 - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Cross My Heart
19 - Hound Dog Taylor - Watch Out
20 - Lonnie Brooks - One Sunny Day
21 - Little Milton - I Can't Quit You Baby
22 - Johnny Littlejohn - She's Too Much

This 45-song, two-disc collection is subtitled "two decades of killer fretwork," and never was a set so aptly described. Chess Records was the home to seemingly every hot guitar player in the Chicago area, and many of them make their appearance here. Besides the usual label guitar hotshots (Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Lowell Fulson, Earl Hooker, Otis Rush, Robert Nighthawk, Little Milton), space is given to sideman work from legends like Hubert Sumlin and Robert Jr. Lockwood and great one-offs by lesser-known artists like Jody Williams, Danny Overbea, Eddie Burns, Joe Hill Louis, Morris Pejoe, Lafayette Thomas and others. It seems as if everyone recorded for Chess at one time or another, also explaining the inclusion of tracks by John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Lonnie Brooks, Hound Dog Taylor and Elmore James. If electric blues guitar's your thing, then look no further than this fine two-disc compilation...

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is

01 Gunpowder
02 Sugarfoot
03 I’m Broke
04 Big Booty Woman
05 Boogie
06 Master Sold My Baby
07 Get Yo Shit
08 Humpin’
09 Bobby Booshay
10 Please Pt. Two

Sixties Japanese Garage Psych Sampler (1966-69)

01.Love Is My Life
02.Tunnel To Heaven
03.Long Tall Sally
04.Chu Chu Chu
05.Tell Me More
06.Why Baby Why
07.Burning Burning
08.I'm Just A Mops
09.Anything You Want
10.Please Please Trina
11.Lonely Highway
12.Gloria
13.Everythings Alright
14.Hey Chance

this is a groovy thing i found on the inner nets years ago...i don't know the names of the bands...probably couldn't pronounce them even if i knew 'em, but these tracks are the real deal and at least worth checking out!

Downey Blues- Blues from Wenzel's Music Town

Awesome 60's blue collar blues from Southern California !!...

1. Midnight Bells Are Ringing -T-Bone Walker Jr.
2. Leave My Woman Alone- Ace Holder
3. Chip Chop (My Fair Lady) - Jessie Hill
4. Sorry 'Bout That - Chuck Higgins
5. I've Got News for You - Little Johnny Taylor
6. Woodshed - Jessie Hill
7. Happy Anniversary- Ace Holder
8. Empty Feeling- T-Bone Walker Jr.
9. Understanding - Jessie Hill
10. When You Are Around- Ace Holder
11. Night Scene - Chuck Higgins
12. Down the Street - Jessie Hill
13. Stop Fooling Around - Little Johnny Taylor
14. This Love of Mine- Ace Holder
15. TV Guide - Jessie Hill
16. Sumptin Else- T-Bone Walker Jr.
17. Never Thought - Jessie Hill
18. Doris Tee- Ace Holder

Another Man's Gold - Lost Treasures from the Vaults 1959-69, Vol. 2

Kim Fowley had been bouncing around the edges of the Los Angeles music scene for a few years when he scored a hit single in 1960 with "Alley Oop," an odd little novelty single credited to the Hollywood Argyles, with Fowley talking hipster style about the once popular comic strip caveman over a simple, clanking backing track. "Alley Oop" convinced Fowley that the public had a taste for the eccentric and gimmicky if it was packed right, and ever since, the man has been delivering the eccentric and gimmicky as a songwriter, producer and occasional recording artist on a regular basis. The cultural archivists at Norton Records have paired up with Fowley to collect some of the more interesting items from his career in the music biz, and Another Man's Gold: Lost Treasure from The Vaults 1959-69: Vol. 2 pulls together 16 oddball single sides Fowley produced during his heyday. Another Man's Gold isn't quite as aggressively quirky as its companion volume One Man's Garbage (which includes Althea & the Memories' inarguably amazing "Worst Record Ever Made"), but that's not to say Fowley doesn't dig up some prize winners here, most notably a head-scratching comedy routine by the Players called "Memories of a High School Bride," the "Johnny B. Goode" parody/ripoff "Surfer's Rule" by the Rituals, and a pair of hilariously dated topical items, "Long Hair, Unsquare Dude Called Jack" by the Hollywood Argyles and Fowley's own "Big Sur, Bear Mountain, Ciro's, Flip Side Protest Song," a folk-rock experiment that goofs on protest numbers while name dropping Bob Dylan and the Byrds. Of course, one of the reasons Fowley was able to get away with cutting crazy stuff like this for so long is that he would occasionally score a hit, and if there aren't any here, a bunch of the songs on this disc are pretty great, such as the killer instrumentals "Ghost Train" by the Renegades and "Teen Machine" by the Gamblers, as well as a couple solid girl group numbers in "Gone But Not Forgotten" by the Cover Girls and "Eleventh Commandment of Love" by Bonnie & the Treasures. And even when he was aiming for weirdness, Fowley's knack for a hook and a witty lyric meant he was better at it than most of his peers, and though Another Man's Gold isn't as strong as its sibling collection, it confirms that the man's archive doubtless merits greater investigation (and his liner notes suggest this man ought to try writing his autobiography one of these days, which ought to be one crazed read if it ever happens).

01 Geronimo 01:48
02 Big Sur, Bear Mountain, Ciro's, Flip Side, Protest Song 02:26
03 Teen Machine 01:48
04 Vaquero Beat 02:19
05 Memories of a High School Bride 03:53
06 Fallout 01:47
07 Gone But Not Forgotten 01:51
08 Heartbeat 01:43
09 Surfers Rule 02:47
10 Eleventh Commandment of Love 02:37
11 Ghost Train 01:43
12 Long Hair, Unsquare Dude Called Jack 02:32
13 Bounty Hunter 02:14
14 Daddy Said 02:20
15 March of the Siamese Children 02:02
16 Gone

Acid and Flowers - 21 Late 1960s Psych Rarities (Timothy's Brain TB-104)

1. Crystal Chandelier - "The Setting of Despair" (2:45)
2. Last Word - "Bidin' My Time" (2:13)
3. Whatever - "The Valley of Death" (2:20)
4. Allies - "I'll Sell My Soul" (2:45)
5. World Column - "Lantern Gospel" (3:27)
6. Hobbits - "Strawberry Children" (3:23)
7. Picture - "Evolution" (4:24)
8. West Coast Branch - "Colors of My Life" (2:30)
9. Morticians - "It's Gonna Take a While" (2:36)
10. First National Band - "When Once It Was Good" (2:42)
11. Savage Genreation - "You're Not Going to Change My World" (3:03)
12. Starfires - "There's Still Time" (1:59)
13. Hindenburg Lyon - "Eden" (2:13)
14. Ford Theater - "Jefferson Airplane" (3:04)
15. Lords - "Death Bells at Dawn" (2:48)
16. United Travel Service - "Wind and Stone" (3:21)
17. Culver Street Playground - "East River Lovers" (2:54)
18. Utopia Carwash - "Loneliness" (3:20)
19. Venus Flytrap - "The Note" (3:14)
20. Rainy Daze - "In My Mind Lives a Forest" (2:49)
21. Zero Tolerance - "Acid and Flowers" (3:24)

A Walk in Alice's Garden - 32 Rare 60's Psych Tunes

01 - BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Dr Who
02 - The Explosive - Miss Alice's Garden
03 - Wonderland - Moscow
04 - Svensk - Dream Machine
05 - Kenny Everitt - Nice Time
06 - Warm Sounds - Birds & Bees
07 - Skip Bifferty - Cover Girl
08 - Andy Kim - Rainbow Ride
09 - Rhubard Rhubard - Rainmaker
10 - Elmar Gantry's Velvet Opera - Salisbury Plain
11 - Andy Kim - Ressurection
12 - Svensk - Getting Old
13 - Rhubarb Rhubard - Money Lender
14 - Kenny Everitt - Another Little Train No
15 - Plastic Penny - Genevieve
16 - Wonderland - Poochy
17 - The Explosive - Cities Make The Country Cold
18 - Everybody - Do Like The Children Do
19 - The Capes Of Good Hope - Winter's Children
20 - The Explosive - Step Out Of Line
21 - The Explosive - I Get My Kicks From Living
22 - Hermin's Hermits - Marcel
23 - The Rainy Daze - In My Mind Lives A Forest
24 - Ola - That's Why I Cry
25 - Everybody - The Shape Of Things To Come
26 - New York Public Library - Got To Get Away
27 - The Garden Of Eden - Got To Get Away
28 - Ola - What A Way To Die
29 - The Hobbits - Everything's Turning Out Fine
30 - The Neat Change - I Lied To Aunty May
31 - Consortium - All The Love In The world
32 - Julie Driscoll - Road To Cairo

Kim Fowley - Outrageous (1968)

reissue of 1968 Imperial album from the self-proclaimed "MAYOR OF SUNSET STRIP" Kim Fowley, who's produced, recorded with, written songs for or performed with, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, The Who, Soft Machine, Jimi Hendrix, Kiss, Alice Cooper, The Runaways, and the list goes on and on...

01. Animal Man (2.42)
02. Wildfire (4.08)
03. Hide & Seek (2.09)
04. Chinese Water Torture (0.43)
05. Nightrider (2.22)
06. Bubble Gum (2.27)
07. Inner Space Discovery (4.01)
08. Barefoot Country Boy (2.01)
09. Up (14.28)
a. Up
b. Caught in the Middle
c. Down
10. California Hayride (1.17)

Kim Fowley - One Man's Garbage- Lost Treasures From The Vaults 1959-1969 Volume One

Kim Fowley is a mad genius if the music business has ever produced such a thing; as a songwriter, producer, manager, and idea man, he's enjoyed steady success over the course of a career that's spanned seven decades (!), but there's always been a wild and sleazy undercurrent in his music that befits a man who has frequently gone out of his way to paint himself as a sex-crazed scam artist out for a buck. (Read Fowley's contributions to Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen's oral history of the Los Angeles punk scene, We Got the Neutron Bomb, or his extended interview in issue nineteen of the garage rock journal Ugly Things for evidence.) Fowley has had his hands in more than a few hit records over the years, but he's also cut at least as many discs that are marvels of perverse inspiration the mass audience could not fathom, and the folks at Norton Records (a label built around inspiration at its most perverse) have given Fowley a chance to share some of his more interesting smash flops in a pair of compilations. One Man's Garbage: Lost Treasures from the Vaults 1959-1969, Vol. 1 features 16 tracks Fowley produced (and sometimes sings) that somehow failed to become hits; in the case of grooving instrumentals like "Bodacious" by the U.S. Rockets or "Inferno" by Johnny C & the Blazers, it's hard to say why they didn't click, but once you get into the joyously dumb "Big Fat Alaskan" by Donnie & the Outcasts, or the oddball novelty disc "The Rebel" by the Players, it seems fairly evident that sometimes Fowley was amusing himself and his friends rather than aiming for the charts, and "I Saw Her First" by Bruce & Jerry (featuring future Beach Boy Bruce Johnston) and "Late Late Show" by the Patterns push the clichés of '60s teen pop into directions that are clearly meant to be parody despite their clean-cut surfaces. And when it comes to stuff like "Surf Pigs" by Fowley and Mars Bonfire and Althea

& the Memories' justifiably legendary "Worst Record Ever Made," the man seems to be making some sort of elaborate inside commentary on the ephemeral nature of pop music that's funny and truly bizarre at the same time. On pretty much every song, it's clear Fowley has a way with a tune and a smart lyric (no matter what the thinking is behind it), and this music comes from the era when nearly every studio in Los Angeles was cranking out great-sounding records on a regular basis, so most of this sounds far more professional than one might imagine. One Man's Garbage is a wildly entertaining ride through the roller coaster of Kim Fowley's mind, and his crazed liner notes only add to the fun.

01 I Saw Her first
Performed by: Bruce and Jerry

02 Late Late Show
Performed by: Patterns

03 Bodacious
Performed by: U.S. Rockets

04 This Is Paradise
Performed by: Rituals

05 Big Fat Alaskan
Performed by: Donnie & The Outcasts

06 Charge
Performed by: Renegades

07 The Rebel
Performed by: Players

08 Daybreaker
Performed by: Kim and the Skippers

09 The Yo Yo Song
Performed by: Mo and Jo

10 Inferno
Performed by: Johnny C. & The Blazes

11 Music Is the Magic

12 Moccasin
Performed by: Bluebells

13 Dedication Time 2
Performed by: Althea & the Memories

14 Undergound Lady

15 Surf Pigs
Performed by: Fowley, Mars Bonfire

16 Worst Record Ever Made
Performed by: Althea & the Memories

The Art of Field Recording Volume 2

by request:
NEW LINKS!!!

Louie Louie: The Very Best of The Kingsmen

1. Louie, Louie
2. Money (That's What I Want)
3. Jolly Green Giant
4. Little Latin Lupe Lu
5. Death of an Angel
6. Annie Fannie
7. Climb
8. Killer Joe
9. Little Sally Tease
10. Don't You Just Know It
11. That's Cool, That's Trash
12. Long Green
13. Shout
14. Mashed Potatoes [Live][Instrumental]
15. Little Green Thing [Live][Instrumental]
16. Shake a Tail Feather
17. Mustang Sally
18. I Like It Like That
19. Twist and Shout
20. Do You Love Me
21. New Orleans
22. Fever [Live]
23. Gimme Some Lovin'
24. Tall Cool One [Live][Instrumental]
25. Long Tall Texan [Live]
26. Night Train [Live][Instrumental]

200 Original Mega Jukebox Hits

definitely one of the cheesiest pictures I'll ever post here, but this is pretty much one of the best collections of the oldies that I've ever come across...if ya like the oldies, this is a pretty good comp...check it out!...it's jammed packed with oldie goodness!

CD1
1. FATS DOMINO - Blueberry Hill
2. GENE VINCENT - Be Bop A Lula
3. DION & THE BELMONTS - Lovers Who Wander
4. FABIAN - Turn Me Loose
5. JOHNNY CASH - Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
6. THE CHORDETTES - Mister Sandman
7. BOBBY LEWIS - Tossin' And Turnin'
8. THE RIVINGTONS - Papa Oum Mow Wow
9. HUEY PIANO SMITH - Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu
10. LOUIS PRIMA - Buona Sera
11. THE BEACH BOYS - I Get Around
12. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Wake Up Little Suzie
13. SANDY NELSON - Teenbeat
14. FRANKIE AVALON - Why
15. THE KINGSMEN - Louie Louie
16. THE ROCKYFELLERS - Killer Joe
17. GENE PITNEY - Only Love Can Break A Heart
18. JOHNNY TILLOTSON - Poetry In Motion
19. JERRY LEE LEWIS - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
20. ERNIE MARESCA - Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)

CD2
1. EDDIE HODGES - I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door
2. THE AD LIBS - The Boy From New York City
3. JAY & THE AMERICANS - Cara Mia
4. DAVE 'BABY' CORTEZ - The Happy Organ
5. BOBBY DAY - Little Bitty Pretty One
6. JIMMIE RODGERS - Honeycomb
7. ANDY WILLIAMS - Butterfly
8. GENE PITNEY - Backstage (I'm Lonely)
9. DEL SHANNON - Runaway
10. FREDDY CANNON - Palisades Park
11. ARTHUR LYMAN GROUP - Yellow Bird
12. FATS DOMINO - Red Sails In The Sunset
13. ARCHIE BLEYER - Hernando's Hideaway
14. SHANGRI-LA'S - I Can Never Go Home Anymore
15. BUDDY KNOX - Party Doll
16. LINK WRAY - Rumble
17. JERRY LEE LEWIS - Breathless
18. DION & THE BELMONTS - A Teenager In Love
19. JAN & DEAN - The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
20. RITCHIE VALENS - Come On, Let's Go

CD3
1. JACKIE WILSON - Reet Petite
2. JOE TEX - Hold On To What You Got
3. GARY U.S. BONDS - School Is Out
4. BILL JUSTIS - Raunchy
5. JERRY LEE LEWIS - High School Confidential
6. BETTY EVERETT - It's In His Kiss
7. PATSY CLINE - Walkin' After Midnight
8. JOHNNY TILLOTSON - It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'
9. THE PENGUINS - Earth Angel
10. FRANKIE AVALON - De De Dinah
11. THE VIRTUES - Guitar Boogie Shuffle
12. DION - Runaround Sue
13. BOBBY DAY - Over And Over
14. LOUIS PRIMA & KEELY SMITH - That Old Black Magic
15. RAY STEVENS - Jeremiah Peabodys Polyunsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills
16. CARL MANN - Pretend
17. THE SHIRELLES - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
18. MARV JOHNSON - You Got What It Takes
19. SKIP & FLIP - It Was
20. BOBBY VEE - Take Good Care Of My Baby

CD4
1. FRANKIE FORD - Sea Cruise
2. THOMAS WAYNE - Tragedy
3. THE PARIS SISTERS - I Love You How You Love Me
4. BOBBY FULLER FOUR - I Fought The Law
5. THE ELDORADOS - At My Front Door
6. MARCIE BLANC - Bobby's Girl
7. FATS DOMINO - Ain't That A Shame
8. FREDDY CANNON - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
9. GENE PITNEY - A Town Without Pity
10. JOHNNY BURNETTE - You're Sixteen
11. GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS - Count Me In
12. THE CRESTS - Sixteen Candles
13. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - All I Have To Do Is Dream
14. GARY U.S. BONDS - Quarter To Three
15. JERRY LEE LEWIS - What'd I Say
16. THE SHIRELLES - Mama Said
17. THE TURTLES - Happy Together
18. JOHNNY CRAWFORD - Cindy's Birthday
19. DION & THE BELMONTS - I Wonder Why
20. RICKY VALANCE - Tell Laura I Love Her

CD5
1. JOHNNY & THE HURRICANES - Red River Rock
2. GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS - This Diamond Ring
3. THE BEACH BOYS - Help Me Rhonda
4. BEE BUMBLE & THE STINGERS - Nut Rocker
5. LES PAUL & MARY FORD - Hummingbird
6. GENE PITNEY - It Hurts To Be In Love
7. FATS DOMINO - Lazy Lady
8. AARON NEVILLE - Tell It Like It Is
9. PRESTON EPPS - Bongo Rock
10. RICHIE VALENS - Donna
11. VIKKI CARR - It Must Be Him
12. CHRIS MONTEZ - Let's Dance
13. DEL SHANNON - Hats Off To Larry
14. THE CHAMPS - Tequila
15. SONNY JAMES - Young Love
16. ACE CANNON - Tuff (Cattywampus)
17. TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - Sixteen Tons
18. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Bye Bye Love
19. THE ISLEY BROTHERS - Twist And Shout
20. DION & THE BELMONTS - Where Or When

CD6
1. THE CHIFFONS - One Fine Day
2. CURTIS LEE - Pretty Little Angel Eyes
3. LOUIS PRIMA - Oh Marie
4. WANDA JACKSON - Let's Have A Party
5. FREDDY CANNON - Tallahassee Lassie
6. THE FOUR KNIGHTS - I Get So Lonely (Oh Baby Mine)
7. JACKIE WILSON - Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher And Higher)
8. THE CLOVERS - Love Potion No.9
9. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Let It Be Me
10. THE LETTERMEN - When I Fall In Love
11. HUEY 'PIANO' SMITH - Don't You Just Know It
12. THE CHAMPS - El Rancho Rock
13. DEL SHANNON - Keep Searching (We'll Follow The Sun)
14. JOE JONES - You Talk Too Much
15. JULIE LONDON - Cry Me A River
16. JERRY LEE LEWIS - Great Balls Of Fire
17. GENE PITNEY - If I Didn't Have A Dime
18. GARY U.S. BONDS - New Orleans
19. FATS DOMINO - Sally Was A Good Old Girl
20. JOHNNY TILLOTSON - Talk Back Tremblin' Lips

CD7
1. CARL PERKINS - Blue Suede Shoes
2. FATS DOMINO - Forever, Forever
3. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Claudette
4. JERRY LEE LEWIS - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
5. JOHNNY OTIS - Willie And The Hand Jive
6. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Bird Dog
7. DEL SHANNON - Little Town Flirt
8. TOMMY SANDS - Teenage Crush
9. GENE PITNEY - Mecca
10. JOHNNY TILLOTSON - Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On
11. THE CHORDETTES - Lollipop
12. FERLIN HUSKY - Gone
13. THE SHIRELLES - Soldier Boy
14. THE CHAPMS - Too Much Tequila
15. JACKIE WILSON - Lonely Teardrops
16. FRANKIE AVALON - Ginger Bread
17. SANDY NELSON - Let There Be Drums
18. THE DIXIE CUPS - Iko Iko
19. THE TURTLES - Elenore
20. THE CHIFFONS - Sweet Talking Guy

CD8
1. SHANGRI-LAS - Leader Of The Pack
2. EDDIE COCHRAN - C'mon Everybody
3. GENE PITNEY - I'm Gonna Be Strong
4. PEGGY LEE - Fever
5. THE CHORDETTES - Born To Be With You
6. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Devoted To You
7. SKIP & FLIP - Cherry Pie
8. THE KINGSTON TRIO - Tom Dooley
9. TIMI YURO - Hurt
10. LITTLE CAESAR & THE ROMANS - Those Oldies But Goodies
11. JOEY DEE - Peppermint Twist Pt.1
12. BILLY LEE RILEY - Red Hot
13. FRANKIE AVALON - Venus
14. RITCHIE VALENS - La Bamba
15. LENNY WELCH - You Don't Know Me
16. TOMMY HUNT - Human
17. THE JIVE FIVE - My True Story
18. KING CURTIS - Take The Last Train Home
19. BOBBY DAY - Rockin' Robin
20. RAY STEVENS - Bridget The Midget

CD9
1. THE ARCHIES - Sugar Sugar
2. DALE & GRACE - I'm Leaving It (All Up To You)
3. CARL MANN - Mona Lisa
4. TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
5. THE DIXIE CUPS - Chapel Of Love
6. FABIAN - Tiger
7. THE NEWBEATS - Bread & Butter
8. TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - Hanky Panky
9. LINDA SCOTT - I've Told Every Little Star
10. JERRY LEE LEWIS - My Girl Josphine
11. JOHNNY CASH - I Walk The Line
12. FRANKIE AVALON - Bobby Sox To Stockings
13. JERRY BUTLER - For Your Precious Love
14. FATS DOMINO - There Goes My Heart Again
15. GENE PITNEY - Princess In Rags
16. BOBBY FULLER FOUR - Love's Made A Fool Of You
17. THE CRESTS - Trouble In Paradise
18. FABIAN - Hound Dog Man
19. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Problems
20. ANDY WILLIAMS - Canadian Sunset

CD10
1. DION - The Wanderer
2. JOHNNY TILLOTSON - Without You
3. THE ESQUIRES - Get On Up
4. B.J.THOMAS - Hooked On A Feeling
5. EDDIE COCHRAN - Summertime Blues
6. JOHNNY CASH - Guess Things Happen That Way
7. THE CHORDETTES - Eddie My Love
8. CHARLIE RICH - Lonely Weekends
9. THE CHIFFONS - He's So Fine
10. THE KINGSMEN - Money
11. THE EVERLY BROTHERS - Till I Kissed You
12. JODY REYNOLDS - Endless Sleep
13. THE DREAMLOVERS - When We Get Married
14. SUE THOMPSON - Norman
15. THE VOGUES - Five O'Clock World
16. GENE PITNEY - 24 Hours From Tulsa
17. FRANKIE LYMON & THE TEENAGERS - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
18. CARL PERKINS - Boppin' The Blues
19. THE SHIRELLES - Dedicated To The One I Love
20. FRANKIE AVALON - Just Ask Your Heart.

200 Original Mega Jukebox Hits - Bonus Disk
01 Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari.mp3
02 Beach Boys - Surfin'.mp3
03 Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign.mp3
04 Bruce Channel - Hey Baby.mp3
05 Jan & Dean - Baby Talk.mp3
06 Jewel Akens - The Birds And The Bees.mp3
07 Kathy Young - A Thousand Stars.mp3
08 Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya.mp3
09 Nina Simone,Aretha Franklin, Peggy Lee - Mr Bojangles.mp3
10 Paul & Paula - Hey Paula.mp3
11 The Dells - Oh, What A Night.mp3
12 The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird.mp3