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Concerning Dead Links and Re-ups....

2012-01-02T13:59:00.000-08:00

many of the rapidshare links are going down, because i don't have an account with them anymore. if any of you would like me to re-up anything, just leave me a comment, and i'll try to get to it ASAP!

to all my buddies at the DCMA! hi guys!

2011-12-30T06:34:00.000-08:00

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REPOST: Psychedelic Phinland: Finnish Hippie & Underground Music 1967 - 1974 (PER REQUEST)

2011-08-05T03:29:00.000-07:00

Psychedelic Phinland: Finnish Hippie & Underground Music 1967 - 1974

There's 29 tracks from almost as many artists, a fantastic trip into the early daze of the Finnish freak-scene. Psychedelic Phinland is just as political, and parodic, and perverse as it is potheaded. There's plenty of Flower Power pop and/or fuzzed-out blues rock, but you'll also find jazz-damaged prog and mystic folk, revolutionary theatre and electronic insanity.

Psychedelic Phinland: Finnish Hippie & Underground Music 1967 - 1974

CD1
01 CD1: Topmost The End - Topmost 02:42
02 Savu - Hector & Oscar 02:53
03 Kukkasen valta - Jukka Kuoppamäki 03:16
04 Hippijortsut pöhkölässä - Jorma Ikävalko 03:36
05 Cherry Cup-cake Twist - Blues Section 03:47
06 Must Be the Devil - Wigwam 04:26
07 Being Is More Than Life - Baby Grandmothers 05:45
08 Pientä peliä urbaanissa limousinessa - Eero Koivistoinen 06:03
09 Taiteen kritiikistä - Charlies 03:32
10 Ajatuksia - Apollo 05:06
11 Kasvoton kuolema ja Sirhan Sirhan - Suomen talvisota 1939-40 02:21
12 Tehtaan vahtimestarit - Suomen talvisota 1939-40 01:20
13 Flaggorna fladdrade i gentlemannens WC - Suomen talvisota 1939-40 03:56
14 Näkemiin, voi hyvin ystäväni - Tylympi kohtalo 05:21
15 Olen erilainen - Pekka Streng 03:44
16 Zeppeliini - Juice Leskinen & Coitus Int 03:14
17 Meiran laulu - Hector 05:05
18 Aurinkomaa - Jukka Kuoppamäki 03:34
19 Olen puhunut utopiaa - Markku Into 04:21
CD2
20 Tarzan apornas apa / Tarzan gregah / Jane Porter sivistyksen muurilla - Those Lovely Hula Hands 04:45
21 Menevät miehet - Those Lovely Hula Hands 01:40
22 Fos 2 - Pekka Airaksinen 05:33
23 Heinäsirkat I - The Sperm 16:05
24 Kaukana väijyy ystäviä - Sähkökvartetti 10:12
25 Simple Things - Kruununhaan Dynamo 05:04
26 Side one - Sikiöt 10:15
27 Trippin` Together - Sikiöt 10:48
28 Missä on Marilyn? - Those Lovely Hula Hands 05:11
29 Degnahc Ev´uoy - J. O. Mallander 01:41

Plato's Trip A Psychedelic Journey To Greece In The 1970s, Vol 1

2011-05-17T06:34:00.001-07:00

Plato's Trip
A Psychedelic Journey To Greece In The 1970s, Vol 1
MEGALI IDEA
2002 GR – O trellos / Mad – Kaliteri Zoi / ALLOY – Twra fevgeis / Thanassis Gaifilias – An eixa duo anases / Mariza Koch – Skepseis / Peloma Mpokiou – An thes ela kai esu / Sounds – Parakseno Taksidi / Boomerang – The Automobile / Despina Glezou - Stis 12 Iuliu tha ginei eklipsi iliu / Elena – Poso thelo / Daltons – O trellos / Elpida – Koita to fos / V. Dimitriu - I omologia

VA - Freak Off-Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo

2011-04-22T04:11:00.000-07:00

01. Pete Rodriguez - Oh That's Nice
02. Orchestra Harlow - Freak Off
03. Ismael Quinones - Control
04. Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound - Que Se Sepa
05. Eddie Palmieri - Condiciones Que Existen
06. Joe Quijano & His Conjunto Cachana - Fun City Shingaling
07. Joe Bataan - Es Tu Cosa
08. Willie Bobo - Psychedelic Blues
09. Johnny Colon - Descarga
10. El Gran Combo - Combolu
11. Cal Tjader - Cubano Chant
12. Chollo Rivera & The Latin Soul Drives - Black & Blues
13. El Chicano - Spanish Grease
14. Tito Puente - Para Los Rumberos

Various - Broasted Or Fried. Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo

2011-04-22T02:06:00.000-07:00

01. Bobby Valentin Use It Before You Lose It (3:00)
02. Latinaires, The Creation (3:16)
03. Joey Pastrana And His Orchestra My Shingaling (3:03)
04. Joe Torres Get Out Of My Way (2:58)
05. Fire Flight To Cuba (3:08)
06. Harlem River Drive Seeds Of Life (5:04)
07. Monguito Santamaria Groovetime (4:41)
08. Joe Bataan So Fine (3:05)
09. Tito Puente Black Brothers (4:17)
10. Kako And His Orchestra Kako's Boogaloo (3:46)
11. Roberto Roena Canta Una Simple (Sing A Simple Song) (2:39)
12. Hector Rivera I Want A Chance For Romance (2:28)
13. Herbie Mann Jungle Fantasy (7:53)
14. St. Vincent Latinaires Broasted Or Fried (4:17

Dengue Fever - Escape from Dragon House

2011-04-21T05:04:00.000-07:00

01 We Were Gonna
02 Sni Bong
03 Tip My Canoe
04 Tap Water
05 Sleepwalking Through the Mekong
06 One Thousand Tears Of A Tarantula
07 Escape From Dragon House
08 Made Of Steam
09 Lake Dolores
10 Saran Wrap
11 Hummingbird

Quantic Soul Orchestra - Pushin On (2005)

2011-04-18T11:11:00.000-07:00

01 Introducing...the Quantic Soul Orchestra
02 West Pier Getdown
03 Pushin' On
04 That Goose on My Grave
05 Feeling Good
06 The Conspirator (Main Theme)
07 Hands of My Love
08 Hold On Tight
09 Get a Move On
10 Paintings and Journeys
11 End of the Road

The second full-length release by the Quantic Soul Orchestra, which organizer Will Holland uses for his live-band recordings (distinguished from his solo projects as Quantic), is another funk-fest that doesn't just consider James Brown's late-'60s unit a band to emulate, but apparently a body to have exhumed. There's no doubt that Quantic is successful -- very much so -- at re-creating the energy and flair, even the precise studio sound, of its intended target. When the author of the liner notes assures readers, however, that "this is strictly about live music all the way, no samples or studio tricknology allowed," how are they supposed to understand the credits stating that Will Holland played at least guitars and bass on all of these tracks, and often saxophone to boot? The question is strictly academic, because Pushin On is an excellent party record that would do the Godfather proud (to say nothing of Lyn Collins and Pretty Purdie). Alice Russell nails her shrieking soul vocal on the title track, and drummer Russell Knight again earns bucketfuls of praise for his unhinged drumming. (If it's true that the opener uses no "studio tricknology," he should rightly take his place alongside the best, and quickest, drummers of all time.) Russell's cover of the Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse film titles "Feelin Good" and "Hold On Tight" don't quite come together, and the second half of the album devolves into mere imitation, but Holland shows himself a master of the funk band. (As producer, he also deserves a mountain of credit for giving Pushin On exactly the upfront sound it needs to succeed.) ~ John Bush, Rovi

Modern Funk (Freestyle 2007)

2011-04-15T02:47:00.000-07:00

01. The Dap Kings - Nervous Like Me - (4:07)
02. The Bamboos Feat Alice Russell - Bring It Home - (3:34)
03. Cookin On 3 Burners Feat Fallon Williams - Cook It - (3:49)
04. Speedometer Feat Ria Currie - Am I Your Woman? - (3:11)
05. Mark Ronson - Just - (3:25)
06. The Snugs - Strugglin - (3:48)
07. Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings - Pick It Up, Lay It In The Cut - (4:06)
08. Spanky Wilson And The Quantic Soul Orchestra - When You're Through - (4:36)
09. The Grits - Boom Boom - (2:56)
10. Martin Solveig Feat Lee Fields - Im' A Good Man - (6:10)
11. The Sound Stylistics - Shake And Hip Drop - (2:35)
12. The Apples - Killin' - (4:19)
13. DJ Aeon 7 - Funky Furious - (3:43)
14. Funkshone - Purification (Parts 1 & 2) - (7:53)
15. Robert Moore - Make It Alright - (2:57)
16. Charles Bradley And The Bullets - Now That I'm Gone - (3:21)
17. Queen Eve And The Kings - All Hail The Queen - (2:10)
18. The Sweet Vandals - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - (2:49)
19. The Fantastics - Give It Up And Turnit A Loose - (3:58)
20. Lack Of Afro - When The Sun Goes Down - (3:31)

Various Artists - Batucada: The Sound of the Favelas

2011-04-08T05:19:00.000-07:00

01. Paulinho Da Costa - Ritmo Number One (8:31)
02. Portinho - Batumata (4:35)
03. Padre Miguel - Só No Apito (4:48)
04. Nicos Jaritz - Otão E Eu (5:07)
05. Dom Um E Jadir De Castro - Repimar (5:20)
06. Verde Amarelo - Vibrando Com A Seleção (2:54)
07. Par Ney De Castro - Ba-Tu-Ca-Da (8:20)
08. Dom Um E Jadir De Castro - Comunic-Ritmo (2:43)
09. Padre Miguel - Mulata Faceira (3:13)
10. Portinho - Rápido (3:54)
11. Pontela - Pai Bene, Queimou O Pé (3:09)
12. Dom Um E Jadir De Castro - Ozônio (2:59)
13. Fernando - Quando O Couro Fala (4:02)

World's Rarest Funk 45' (Volume 2)

2011-04-03T02:43:00.000-07:00

01. Clap Your Hands Reginald Milton & The Soul Jets
02. Just Take Your Time Innersouls
03. Deal With It Jimmy Lane & The Incredible Five
04. Monkey In A Sack Lil Buck & The Top Cats
05. Congestion The Devastation
06. Party Abraham & The Metronomes
07. Walking On The Moon Reverend Jamel & Bob Johnson
08. No Names Will Be Called Road Runners
09. Backtalk (Pts. I & II) The 2nd Amendmen Band
10. Right On Right Off The Afros Band
11. Funky Manuel Black On White Affair
12. Top Going Down, Bottom Going Up Nathan Bartell
13. Baby Don't Cry The Third Guitar
14. New Generation The Universals
15. Zambezi (Pts. I & II) The Fun Company
16. Simmerin' Weston Prim & Backlash

Some of the best and rarest Funk 45s never to be heard before for the first time on CD! Includes previously unreleased material and, As with Volume 1, Jazzman continue to champion the magnificent and near forgotten sounds of America’s finest and funkiest 45 releases. Four decades on, these releases still pack a dancefloor beside any modern music production and more than often eclipse their modern counterparts with the sheer style and soul they exude. As we as listeners propel ourselves further into an ever more uncertain musical future I feel it of unique importance to honor and rejoice the musical wealth of these past recordings. Jazzman. 2007.

Love, Peace & Poetry Vol. 4 - Japan (2001)

2011-03-14T04:22:00.000-07:00

Love, Peace & Poetry - Vol.4 Japan is the fourth volume in the Love, Peace & Poetry series released by QDK Media and Normal Records in 2001. This volume explores obscuro garage rock and psychedelic rock bands from Japan.

01. "Happenings Theme" (The Happenings Four) – 1:01
02. "Liver Juice Vending Machine" (Foodbrain) – 2:39
03. "Tomorrow's Child" (Apryl Fool) – 4:19
04. "Run and Hide" (Speed, Glue & Shinki) – 4:50
05. "Hidariashi No Otoko" (Yuya Uchida & The Flowers) – 4:39
06. "Brane Baster" (Blues Creation) – 2:02
07. "Freedom of a Mad Paper Lantern" (Shinki Chen) – 3:08
08. "Gloomy Flower" (Jacks) – 3:17
09. "Kimi Ha Darenanda" (Tokedashita Garasubako) – 3:00
10. "You All Should Think More" (Justin Heathcliff) – 2:23
11. "Keep It Cool" (Speed, Glue & Shinki) – 4:19
12. "The Lost Mother Land, Pt. 1" (Apryl Fool) – 5:41
13. "A White Dove in Disguise" (Masahiko Sato) – 2:03
14. "Kirikyogen" (Kawachi, Kuni & Friends) – 5:06
15. "Asamade Matenai" (The Mops) – 3:08
16. "Koishite Aishite" (The Beavers) – 3:15
17. "I Want You" (The Happenings) – 3:02

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics

2011-03-12T03:10:00.000-08:00

The Heliocentrics – the London-based collective centered around drummer Malcolm Catto, bassist Jake Ferguson and producer Mike Burnham – first performed with legendary Ethiopian Jazz composer/arranger/pianist/vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke in early 2008. The pairing went so well – Astatke celebrated the band as the Heliocentrics performed the classic songs Astatke recorded for the Ethiopian Amha label in the late 60s and early 70s – that a collaborative recording session became a must. Thus began the landmark sessions in the Heliocentrics’ cavernous studio that resulted in Mulatu Astatke and The Heliocentrics: Inspiration Information 3.

Though the ensemble run though some of Mulatu’s classic recordings, the bulk of this album is newly recorded psychedelic jazz with a funk and rock edge. Astatke’s presence clearly challenged the band to write and record an album worthy of the legend. From melancholic modal musings to thunderous funk, Mulatu Astatke and The Heliocentrics: Inspiration Information 3 follows in the lines of the landmark, impossible-to-categorize albums that Astatke and the Heliocentrics have offered to the world.

01. Masenqo
02. Cha Cha
03. Addis Black Widow
04. Mulatu
05. Blue Nile
06. Esketa Dance
07. Chik Chikka
08. Live From Tigre Lounge
09. Chinese New Year
10. Phantom Of The Panther
11. Dewel
12. Fire In The Zoo
13. An Epic Story
14. Anglo Ethio Suite

Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics - (OST)

2011-03-10T01:13:00.000-08:00

Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics (OST)
Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Modal

Lloyd Miller and The Heliocentrics follows Now-Again's Heliocentrics collaboration with Ethio-jazz legend Mulatu Astatke with an album that pairs ethnomusicologist, jazz maestro and multi-instrumentalist, Lloyd Miller with the UK collective.

With multi-instrumentalist Lloyd Miller, a doctor who specializes in Persian classical music, The Heliocentrics create an album that is both courageous and moody. “Bali Bronze” and “Electricone”, for instance, with its haunting flutes, forceful piano, and pounding drums, crumble the distinctions between Western jazz and Middle Eastern compositions. The same goes for “Modality,” with roots established in John Coltrane-esque jazz and Iranian arrangements. But while (ost) is fidgety and restless, the Asian-influenced “Sunda Sunset” is a five-minute massage suited for deep meditation and immense introspection. All told, (ost) could be disassembled and studied for its dedication to international influences, or praised simply as good music. Then again, with musicians like the great Lloyd Miller and the distinguished Heliocentrics at the helm, should we really be surprised?

01. Electricone 3:40
02. Nava 4:52
03. Mandala 3:20
04. Spiritual Jazz 7:31
05. Bali Bronze 5:44
06. Fantasia Pt. 1 2:34
07. Modality 3:16
08. Salendro 2:07
09. Pari Ru 4:53
10. Lloyd's Diatribe 3:24
11. Fantasia Pt. 2 2:26
12. Chahargah 2:56
13. Sunda Sunset 5:29

Lloyd Miller -A Lifetime In Oriental Jazz

2011-02-21T00:52:00.000-08:00

01 Gole gandom
02 Amber Eyes
03 Le Grand Bidou
04 Bizz-aire
05 Amber Eyes
06 Gole Gandom
07 Indo-European Improvisations
08 Hue Wail
09 Chant Inca
10 Bhairava Raga
11 Khamaj Curry
12 Gole Gandom
13 Bhairavi Raga
14 Shur Thing

2009 definitive anthology of the legendary jazz musician & ethno-musicologist. Selections from rare privately pressed albums, live sessions in Europe, and previously unreleased material. This is the story of his extraordinary personal journey from the West Coast to the Far East. Played on a plethora of exotic instruments from around the world, Miller's music is a unique blend of jazz with the modal and spiritual sounds of traditional Asian and Middle Eastern music. Newly remastered sound. Five stars in Mojo mag. 14 tracks.

Konono No.1 - Assume Crash Position

2011-02-10T11:29:00.000-08:00

01 Wumbanzanga
02 Thin Legs
03 Mama Na Bana
04 Makembe
05 Fula Fula
06 Guiyome
07 Konono Wa Wa Wa
08 Nakobala Lususu Te

Album Review
For nearly 40 years, Mingiedi Mawangu and his Konono No. 1 likembe orchestra, have been playing street parties and festivals in the Congo, and since the 21st century, all over the world. The likembe is a thumb piano made from steel strips cut to various lengs and played across a steel bridge over a hollowed wooden box, creating a resonating tinny sound that registers from deep and and rumbles to high and reedy. Konono No. 1 make their instruments from car parts and amplify them with everything from microphones assembled from alternator magnets, camshafts, valves, and speakers to homemade amplifiers that distort the likembe's sound and create numerous overtones and effects accompanied by whistles and other percussion instruments made from discarded steel pots, pans, radiators, sheets of tin, trunk covers, car hoods, etc. The only conventional modern instrument is Duki Makumbu's electric bass and Vincent Visi's makeshift drum kit (likewise made of found items).

Previous recordings have documented the many kinds of sounds Konono No. 1 generate in their form of polyrhythmic bazombo trance music that incorporates interlinking folk and improvised melodies that are sometimes played by the likembes, and at other times chanted and sung with call and response vocals. Assume Crash Position, produced by Crammed's Vincent Kenis, was recorded in a proper studio setting in Kinshasa. Rather than let the environment take away from the kinetic, utterly organic, raw feel of their previous albums, the separation of sounds created here, and the clarity of the way the likembes interact with one another, create a new experience altogether. Konono No. 1's approach to playing is not at all different; it is still the sound of an hour-long celebration unfolding -- even adding a couple of likembe players from the Kasai All-Stars on "Mama Na Bana," and a few guitars littered throughout doesn't alter that. A solid example is in one of their set standards, “Konono Wa Wa Wa,” near the album's end. The bassline is clearly stated, followed by layers of drums and percussion. The melody unfolds in call and response chants before the likembes begin to enter gradually by tonality. What seems like an ordinary folk song is, by the four-minute mark of its nearly 12 minutes, a complete exercise in Konono No. 1's trademark ancient-to-future hip-shaking trance dance with echoing sounds, reverb, distortion, and overwhelming energy united inseparably. Another extended workout is on album0opener "Wumbanzanga," where a guitar line is woven through the intricate melody of likembes, percussion, and bass; deep shouted responses to Pauline Mbuka Nsiala's lead vocals make this a celebratory hypnosis inducer; it will make a dancer out of anyone within earshot. For fans, Assume Crash Position is a necessary addition to the catalog. For the intrigued, this is an excellent starting point. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi

Ry Cooder - I, Flathead

2011-02-07T11:33:00.000-08:00

Ry Cooder has always been a musical storyteller, from his self-titled debut album (which featured both well-known and under-recognized folk, blues, swing, and jug tunes) to Boomer's Story, his last two offerings for Nonesuch (Chavez Ravine and My Name Is Buddy), and his many film scores (including those for The Long Riders, Paris, Texas, Last Man Standing, Geronimo, and The End of Violence, just to mention a few). When his contributions as a musicologist, producer, and collaborator -- such as his contributions to the various Buena Vista Social Club recordings (including the film score) and his work with V.M. Bhatt, Pops Staples, Ersi Arvizu, and guitarist Manuel Galbán of Los Zafiros -- are included, he becomes a genuine mythmaker. I, Flathead contributes to the weight of Cooder's legend in many ways. First, there's the title, an obvious nod to the late Isaac Asimov's I, Robot; then there's the legend -- the entire story is told in a 100-page, hardbound novella that accompanies the Deluxe Edition -- about beatnik, country music nut, and salt-flats racer Kash Buk, his band the Klowns, the strange and wonderful extraterrestrial visitor called Shakey, and the Passenger who pursues him. It's even subtitled "The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns." Finally, there's the music; it's a set of 14 original tunes that employ everything from country rockabilly to blues; strange, shimmering exotica; and Latin-influenced rock, swing, and mariachi music.

Musically, there isn't anything here you haven't heard from Cooder before, but it's shaken and stirred differently and owes a nod or two to Tom Waits' deadpan storytelling manner. This album doesn't have the futuristic Latin groove of Chavez Ravine or the traveling dust-bowl balladic country and folk that was on My Name Is Buddy, but it is simultaneously as welcoming and off-putting as both those earlier records. The songs can be enjoyed with or without the novella, as they were meant to stand apart. The story in it is directly related, but there is a story the recording tells on its own. The sound of the record is frighteningly crystalline for roots-oriented music -- the dirty-assed bottleneck slide guitar-fueled "Ridin' with the Blues," with drummer Jim Keltner and guitarist Rene Camacho, feels too clean despite its tempo and loose vibe. "Pink-O Boogie" follows with the same band -- with added percussion from Joachim Cooder -- but the groove is nastier and dirtier, and feels like it could have come from the Get Rhythm album in 1987. Near the end, Jesús Guzmán arranges some crazy string work to take it out. The rootsy rocker "Waitin' for Some Girl," where Cooder plays everything but drums (courtesy of Martin Pradler) sounds like a lost John Hiatt tune from Ry's Slide Area period (it's also better than anything that Hiatt has come up with himself in ages). Old pal Flaco Jiménez lends his accordion to "Filipino Dancehall Girl," a beautiful norteño tune that is kissed by cha-cha in Joachim's rhythms. "Spayed Kooley" is, as one might expect, a humorous Western swing jam, but played by a basic rock trio. And then there's the beautifully articulated swing ballad "My Dwarf Is Getting Tired," one of the more beautifully warm broken love songs Cooder has ever written -- and the string touches by Guzmán make it a shuffling lounge fave. Ultimately, "quirky" doesn't begin to describe I, Flathead, but it doesn't have to: this disc is simultaneously both vintage and futuristic Cooder doing what he does best, offering listeners ghost traces of the past as they materialize on the dusty desert horizon like a mirage. ~ AMG

01 Drive Like I Never Been Hurt 04:07
02 Waitin' for Some Girl 03:48
03 Johnny Cash 03:08
04 Can I Smoke I Here? 04:19
05 Steel Guitar Heaven 03:40
06 Ridin' with the Blues 03:01
07 Pink-O Boogie 03:05
08 Fernando Sez 04:44
09 Spayed Kooley 02:09
10 Filipino Dancehall Girl 03:54
11 My Dwarf Is Getting Tired 03:59
12 Flathead One More Time 03:12
13 5000 Country Music Songs 06:41
14 Little Trona Girl

Various Artists - Revenge Of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album

2011-01-11T03:09:00.000-08:00

The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album is a tribute CD to guitarist John Fahey released in 2006 by Takoma Records. It contains a collection of interpretations of Fahey compositions and original compositions played in Fahey's style. All the performers were either friends, students, collaborators or label-mates of Fahey. It really must be heard to be believed.

01. Sunflower River Blues - Dale Miller
02. Sally Goodin - George Winston
03. St. Louis Blues - Michael Gulezian
04. The Alligator Walks Sideways on Sunday - Alex de Grassi
05. Desperate Man Blues - Charlie Schmidt
06. Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Phillip XIV of Spain - Canned Fish
07. Sun Gonna Shine on my Mardis Gras - David Doucet
08. Thinking of John Fahey - Country Joe McDonald
09. In Christ There Is No East or West - Peter Lang
10. Joe Kirby Blues - Terry Robb
11. The Yellow Princess - Sean Smith
12. Steamboat Gwine Round the Bend - Henry Kaiser and John Schott
13. Red Pony - Nick Schillace
14. Assassination of John Fahey - Stefan Grossman
15. & 50 Cents Gets You a Cup of Coffee - Rick Ruskin
16. Requiem for John Fahey - Phil Kellogg
17. Days Have Gone By in the Halls of Valhalla - Andrew Stranglen
18. On the Banks of the Owchita - Nels Cline and Elliott Sharp
19. Jesus is a Dying-Bed Maker - Pat O'Connell
20. John Henry" - Blind Joe Death

Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Steps Ahead

2010-12-30T18:29:00.001-08:00

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

2010-12-28T13:50:00.000-08:00

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)

2010-12-22T15:17:00.000-08:00

"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)

2010-12-16T17:29:00.000-08:00

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

2010-12-15T17:01:00.001-08:00

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)

2010-12-07T08:14:00.000-08:00

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.

2010-09-29T22:05:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-09-29T19:37:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-09-10T17:29:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-09-07T04:15:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-29T02:14:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-08-21T03:02:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-08-19T01:30:00.001-07:00

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)

2010-08-13T01:31:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-08-09T02:47:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-08-09T02:38:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-09T02:24:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-06T23:31:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-20T05:08:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-20T05:01:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-20T03:11:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-06-21T01:53:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-06-21T01:47:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-06-21T01:40:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-06-20T02:17:00.000-07:00

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)

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Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia

2010-06-18T04:44:00.002-07:00

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)

2010-06-17T23:04:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-06-09T01:44:00.001-07:00

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)

2010-05-20T03:49:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-05-11T02:38:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-05-04T01:14:00.000-07:00

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

2010-05-02T02:25:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-05-01T04:17:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-25T06:07:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-17T03:14:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-04-12T00:31:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-09T00:24:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-04-07T00:09:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-02T23:53:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-02T16:42:00.000-07:00

by request:
NEW LINKS!!!

Louie Louie: The Very Best of The Kingsmen

2010-03-18T02:11:00.000-07:00

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

2010-03-15T04:53:00.001-07:00

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

The Triumphs of R'n'B (20 Volumes)

2010-03-14T06:08:00.000-07:00

The Triumphs of R'n'B (20 Volumes)

Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 01 Let The Good Time Roll - Louis Jordan

01 Louis Jordan - Caldonia Boogie.mp3
02 Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch' Boogie.mp3
03 Louis Jordan - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens.mp3
04 Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll.mp3
05 Louis Jordan - Reet Petite And Gone.mp3
06 Louis Jordan - Buzz Me.mp3
07 Louis Jordan - Boogie Woogie Blue Plate.mp3
08 Louis Jordan - Look Out.mp3
09 Louis Jordan - You're Much Too Fat (And That's That).mp3
10 Louis Jordan - Pettin' And Pokin'.mp3
11 Louis Jordan - Safe, Sane and Single.mp3
12 Louis Jordan - Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga Of Saga Boy).mp3
13 Louis Jordan - Coleslaw.mp3
14 Louis Jordan - Beans And Corn Bread.mp3
15 Louis Jordan - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie.mp3
16 Louis Jordan - Saxa-Woogie.mp3
17 Louis Jordan - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town.mp3
18 Louis Jordan - Five Guys Named Moe.mp3
19 Louis Jordan - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby.mp3
20 Louis Jordan - I Like 'Em Fat Like That.mp3
21 Louis Jordan - Baby, It's Cold Outside.mp3
22 Louis Jordan - Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own.mp3
23 Louis Jordan - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead (You Rascal, You).mp3
24 Louis Jordan - Lemonade.mp3
25 Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry.mp3
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Les Triomphes du R&B - Vol 2- Ray Charles - The Genius

01 Ray Charles - Mess Around.mp3
02 Ray Charles - Feelin' Sad.mp3
03 Ray Charles - Ray Charles - I Wonder Who.mp3
04 Ray Charles - Ray Blues.mp3
05 Ray Charles - It Should Have Been Me.mp3
06 Ray Charles - Don't You Know.mp3
07 Ray Charles - Losing Hand.mp3
08 Ray Charles - Sinner's Prayer.mp3
09 Ray Charles - Funny (But I Still Love You).mp3
10 Ray Charles - Someday.mp3
11 Ray Charles - The Sun's Gonna Shine.mp3
12 Ray Charles - The Midnight Hour.mp3
13 Ray Charles - Nobody Cares.mp3
14 Ray Charles - Hey Now.mp3
15 Ray Charles - Kissa Me Baby.mp3
16 Ray Charles - Roll With Me Baby.mp3
17 Ray Charles - Jumpin' In The Morning.mp3
18 Ray Charles - Late In The Evening Blues.mp3
19 Ray Charles - The Snow Is Falling.mp3
20 Ray Charles - Misery In My Heart.mp3
21 Ray Charles - Baby Let Me Hear You Call My Name.mp3
22 Ray Charles - Mr Charles Blues.mp3
23 Ray Charles - Baby Won't You Please Come Home.mp3
24 Ray Charles - Th'Ego Song.mp3
25 Ray Charles - I'll Do Anything But Work.mp3
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 3 Johnny Otis - Rhythm & Blues Revue

01 Johnny Otis - All Night Long.mp3
02 Johnny Otis - Honky Tonk Boogie.mp3
03 Johnny Otis - Mambo Boogie.mp3
04 Johnny Otis - New Orleans Shuffle.mp3
05 Johnny Otis - Midnight In The Barrelhouse.mp3
06 Johnny Otis - Hang Over Blues.mp3
07 Johnny Otis - Blues Nocturne.mp3
08 Linda Hopkins - Living And Loving You.mp3
09 Devonia Williams - I'm Not Falling In Love With You.mp3
10 The Barreleers - Hold Me Close.mp3
11 The Robins - Turkey Hop.mp3
12 Mel Walker - Cry Baby.mp3
13 Redd Lyte - Ain't Nothing Shaking.mp3
14 George Washington - It Ain't The Beauty.mp3
15 Little Richard - Directly From My Heart To You.mp3
16 Mel Walker - Hearthache, Here I Come.mp3
17 Mel Walker- New Love.mp3
18 Little Esther & Mel Walker - Mistrusting Blues.mp3
19 Jimmy Rushing - My Baby's Business.mp3
20 Johnny Otis & His Orchestra - Hot Jaws.mp3
21 Johnny Otis & His Orchestra - Jeff-Hi Stomp.mp3
22 Johnny Otis & His Orchestra - Good Boogie Googie.mp3
23 Johnny Otis & His Orchestra- Barrelhouse Stomp.mp3
24 Johnny Otis & His Orchestra - Ultra-Violet.mp3
25 Johnny Otis & His Orchestra - Harlem Nocturne.mp3
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 4 Roots Of Rock & Roll:
Fats Domino - Little Richard - Arthur Big Boy Crudup

01 Fats Domino - The Fat Man.mp3
02 Fats Domino - Trust In Me.mp3
03 Fats Domino - No No Baby.mp3
04 Fats Domino - Hey, La-Bas Boogie.mp3
05 Fats Domino - Hey, Fat Man.mp3
06 Fats Domino - Reeling And Rocking.mp3
07 Fats Domino - Poor Poor Me.mp3
08 Fats Domino - Going To The River.mp3
09 Fats Domino - Mardi Gras In New Orleans.mp3
10 Little Richard - Little Richard Boogie.mp3
11 Little Richard - Ain't Nothin' Happenin'.mp3
12 Little Richard - I Love My Baby.mp3
13 Little Richard - Get Rich Quick.mp3
14 Little Richard - Taxi Blues.mp3
15 Little Richard - I Bought It All On Myself.mp3
16 Little Richard - Always (With The Tempo Toppers).mp3
17 Little Richard - Thinking About My Mother.mp3
18 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - That's All Right.mp3
19 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - My Baby Left Me.mp3
20 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - Shout, Sister, Shout.mp3
21 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole.mp3
22 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - I Want My Loving.mp3
23 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - So Glad You're Mine.mp3
24 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - Mean Old Frisco Blues.mp3
25 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - Rock Me, Mama.mp3

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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol. 5 Roots Of Rock & Roll - 2

01 Roy Brown - Good Rockin' Tonight.mp3
02 Roy Brown - Rockin' At Midnight.mp3
03 Roy Brown - Hurry, Hurry Babe.mp3
04 Roy Brown - Butcher Pete.mp3
05 Roy Brown - Letter From Me.mp3
06 Roy Brown - Rock A Bye Baby.mp3
07 Roy Brown - Everything's Alright.mp3
08 Roy Brown - Roy Brown Boogie.mp3
09 Wynonie Harris - Rock Mr Blues.mp3
10 Wynonie Harris - Down Boy Down.mp3
11 Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine.mp3
12 Wynonie Harris - Baby, Shame On You.mp3
13 Wynonie Harris - Bite Again, Bite Again.mp3
14 Wynonie Harris - Put It Back.mp3
15 Wynonie Harris - Keep On Churnin'.mp3
16 Wynonie Harris - Mr Blues Is Coming To Town.mp3
17 Wynonie Harris - Wynonie's Boogie.mp3
18 Big Joe Turner - Corrine, Corrina.mp3
19 Big Joe Turner - Rebecca.mp3
20 Big Joe Turner - I Got A Girl For Everyday In The Week.mp3
21 Big Joe Turner - Jumping At The Jubilee.mp3
22 Big Joe Turner - Bump Miss Suzie.mp3
23 Big Joe Turner - Sweet Sixteen.mp3
24 Big Joe Turner - Sun Risin' Blues.mp3
25 Big Joe Turner - Blues In The Night.mp3

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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 6 Big Mama Thornton

01 Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog.mp3
02 Big Mama Thornton - They Call Me Big Mama.mp3
03 Big Mama Thornton - I Aint No Fool Either.mp3
04 Big Mama Thornton - Rock A Bay Baby.mp3
05 Big Mama Thornton - Let Your Tears Fall Babe.mp3
06 Big Mama Thornton - Mischievous Boogie.mp3
07 Big Mama Thornton - Walking Blues.mp3
08 Big Mama Thornton - Nightmare.mp3
09 Little Esther Phillips - I'm A Bad Bad Girl.mp3
10 Little Esther Phillips - Cherry Wine.mp3
11 Little Esther Phillips - Looking For A Man.mp3
12 Little Esther Phillips - The Deacon Moves In.mp3
13 Little Esther Phillips - Ring A Ding Dong.mp3
14 Little Esther Phillips - Better Beware.mp3
15 Little Esther Phillips - Hollering And Dreaming.mp3
16 Little Esther Phillips - The Storm.mp3
17 Little Esther Phillips - Aged And Mellow.mp3
18 Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes.mp3
19 Ruth Brown - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean.mp3
20 Ruth Brown - Wild Wild Young Man.mp3
21 Ruth Brown - I Know.mp3
22 Ruth Brown - Shine On.mp3
23 Ruth Brown - 5 10 15 Hours.mp3
24 Ruth Brown - Daddy Daddy.mp3
25 Ruth Brown - So Long.mp3

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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 07 Chanteuses # 2

01.- LaVern Baker - Soul And Fire.
02.- LaVern Baker - How Can You Leave A Man Like This.
03.- Varetta Dillard - Double Crossing Baby.
04.- Varetta Dillard - Getting Ready For My Daddy.
05.- Annisteen Allen - Baby I'm Doing It.
06.- Annisteen Allen - Bongo Boogie.
07.- Big Maybelle & Rose Marie McCoy - Gabbin' Blues.
08.- Big Maybelle - Country Man.
09.- Ella Johnson - Ain't Cha Got Me (Where You Want Me).
10.- Ella Johnson - No More Love.
11.- Helen Humes - Ee Baba Leba.
12.- Helen Humes - Voo-It.
13.- Nellie Lutcher - He's A Real Gone Guy.
14.- Nellie Lutcher - He Sends Me.
15.- Marion Abernathy - My Man Boogie.
16.- Faye Adams - Shake And Hand.
17.- Little Miss Cornshucks - Try A Little Tenderness.
18.- Eunice Davis - Work Daddy, Work.
19.- Julia Lee - Gonna Gimme What' Cha Got.
20.- Alma The Lollipop Mama Mondy - A Job For A Jockey.
21.- Chubby Newsome - New Orleans Man.
22.- Jewel King - 3x7=21.
23.- Annie Laurie - It's Been A Long Time.
24.- Erline Rock & Roll Harris - Jump and Shout.
25.- Dinah Washington- Cool Kind Papa Fast Moving Mama.
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 08 Chanteurs # 1

01.- Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love.
02.- Percy Mayfield- Lost Love.
03.- Percy Mayfield - Advice (For Men Only).
04.- Percy Mayfield - Cry Baby.
05.- Percy Mayfield - I Dare You Baby.
06.- Percy Mayfield - The Hunt Is On.
07.- Percy Mayfield - Louisiana.
08.- Percy Mayfield - The Bachelor Blues.
09.- Jimmy McCracklin - Jimmy's Blues.
10.- Jimmy McCracklin - Special For You.
11.- Jimmy McCracklin- She's Gone.
12.- Jimmy McCracklin - My Days Are Limited.
13.- Jimmy McCracklin - She Felt Too Good.
14.- Jimmy McCracklin - The Cheater.
15.- Jimmy McCracklin - Share And Share Alike.
16.- Jimmy McCracklin - Pleasin' Papa.
17.- Jimmy Witherspoon - Two Little Girl.
18.- Jimmy Witherspoon - Corn Whiskey.
19.- Jimmy Witherspoon - It.
20.- Jimmy Witherspoon - Lucille.
21.- Jimmy Witherspoon - Foolish Prayer.
22.- Jimmy Witherspoon - The Last Mile.
23.- Jimmy Witherspoon - Destruction Blues.
24.- Jimmy Witherspoon- Wee Baby Blues.
25.- Jimmy Witherspoon- Ain't Nobody's Business.

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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 09 Chanteurs #2

01.- Otis Blackwell - Daddy Rolling Stone.
02.- Otis Blackwell - Tears, Tears, Tears.
03.- Doc Pomus - Kiss My Wrist.
04.- Doc Pomus - Give It Up.
05.- Johnny Guitar Watson - Motor Head Baby
06.- Johnny Guitar Watson - Highway 60.
07.- Peppermint Harris - Raining In My Heart.
08.- Peppermint Harris - Got A Big Fine Baby.
09.- Billy Wright - Hey! Little Girl.
10.- Billy Wright - You Satisfy.
11.- Andrew Tibbs - Bilbo Is Dead.
12.- Jesse Belvin - Dream Girl.
13.- Jesse Belvin - Baby, Don't Go.
14.- Chuck Willis - I Feel So Bad.
15.- Crown Prince Waterford - Coal Black Baby.
16.- Richard Berry - I'm Still In Love With You.
17.- Lester Williams - Brand New Baby.
18.- Sonny Parker - She Sets My Soul On Fire.
19.- Jackie Wilson & The Dominoes - You Can't Keep A Good Man Down.
20.- Clyde McPhatter & The Dominoes - The Bells.
21.- Earl Forest - I Can't Forgive You.
22.- Earl Forest - I Wronged A Woman.
23.- Johnny Ace - My Song
24.- Johnny Ace - Midnight Hours Journey.
25.- Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Jesus Gave Me Water
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 10 Orchestres

01 Earl Bostic - Cherokee.mp3
02 Earl Bostic - Flamingo.mp3
03 Earl Bostic - Bostic's Jump.mp3
04 Earl Bostic - Earl's Rum Boogie.mp3
05 Earl Bostic - Hot Sauce Boss.mp3
06 Earl Bostic - Apollo Theater Blues.mp3
07 Earl Bostic - Bostic's Boogie Blues.mp3
08 Earl Bostic - Earl Blows A Fuse.mp3
09 Earl Bostic - Earl's Blues.mp3
10 Tiny Bradshaw - Well, Oh Well.mp3
11 Tiny Bradshaw - I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball.mp3
12 Tiny Bradshaw - Breaking The House.mp3
13 Tiny Bradshaw - Walk That Mess.mp3
14 Tiny Bradshaw - Bradshaw Boogie.mp3
15 Tiny Bradshaw - The Blues Came Pouring Down.mp3
16 Tiny Bradshaw - The Train Kept A Rolling.mp3
17 Tiny Bradshaw - Gravy Train.mp3
18 Lucky Millinder - Ram Bunk Shush.mp3
19 Lucky Millinder - Old Spice.mp3
20 Lucky Millinder - Heavy Sugar.mp3
21 Erskine Hawkins - Caldonia.mp3
22 Erskine Hawkins - Hey ! Doc.mp3
23 Erskine Hawkins - Holidays For Swing.mp3
24 Buddy Johnson - Be Careful.mp3
25 Buddy Johnson - Dr Jive Jives.mp3

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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 10 Orchestres

01 Earl Bostic - Cherokee.mp3
02 Earl Bostic - Flamingo.mp3
03 Earl Bostic - Bostic's Jump.mp3
04 Earl Bostic - Earl's Rum Boogie.mp3
05 Earl Bostic - Hot Sauce Boss.mp3
06 Earl Bostic - Apollo Theater Blues.mp3
07 Earl Bostic - Bostic's Boogie Blues.mp3
08 Earl Bostic - Earl Blows A Fuse.mp3
09 Earl Bostic - Earl's Blues.mp3
10 Tiny Bradshaw - Well, Oh Well.mp3
11 Tiny Bradshaw - I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball.mp3
12 Tiny Bradshaw - Breaking The House.mp3
13 Tiny Bradshaw - Walk That Mess.mp3
14 Tiny Bradshaw - Bradshaw Boogie.mp3
15 Tiny Bradshaw - The Blues Came Pouring Down.mp3
16 Tiny Bradshaw - The Train Kept A Rolling.mp3
17 Tiny Bradshaw - Gravy Train.mp3
18 Lucky Millinder - Ram Bunk Shush.mp3
19 Lucky Millinder - Old Spice.mp3
20 Lucky Millinder - Heavy Sugar.mp3
21 Erskine Hawkins - Caldonia.mp3
22 Erskine Hawkins - Hey ! Doc.mp3
23 Erskine Hawkins - Holidays For Swing.mp3
24 Buddy Johnson - Be Careful.mp3
25 Buddy Johnson - Dr Jive Jives.mp3

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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 11 Saxophonistes -1

01 Hal Singer - Corn Bread.mp3
02 Hal Singer - Rent Party.mp3
03 Hal Singer - Singer Song.mp3
04 Hal Singer - Rice And Red Beans.mp3
05 Hal Singer - Swing Shift.mp3
06 Hal Singer - Indian Love Call.mp3
07 Hal Singer - The Frog Hop.mp3
08 Hal Singer - One For Willie.mp3
09 Hal Singer - Neck Bones.mp3
10 Big Jay McNeely - Jay Walk.mp3
11 Big Jay McNeely - Blow, Blow.mp3
12 Big Jay McNeely - Jet Fury.mp3
13 Big Jay McNeely - Deacon Express.mp3
14 Big Jay McNeely - The Goof.mp3
15 Big Jay McNeely - Just Crazy.mp3
16 Big Jay McNeely - Big Jay Shuffle.mp3
17 Big Jay McNeely - Deacon Rides Again.mp3
18 Eddie Cleanhead Winson - Mr Cleanhead Steps Out.mp3
19 Eddie Cleanhead Winson -Cleanhead blues.mp3
20 Eddie Cleanhead Winson -Just A Dream.mp3
21 Eddie Cleanhead Winson -Have You Ever Missed Your Baby.mp3
22 Eddie Cleanhead Winson -Bonus Pay.mp3
23 Eddie Cleanhead Winson -Some Women Do.mp3
24 Eddie Cleanhead Winson -Alimony Blues.mp3
25 Eddie Cleanhead Winson -When I Get Drunk.mp3
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Saxophonistes -2 Vol 12

01 Paul Williams - The Hucklebuck.mp3
02 Doc Sausage - Sausage Rock.mp3
03 Red Prysock - Hot In Harlem.mp3
04 Maxwell Davis - Jumpin With Lloyd.mp3
05 Freddie Mitchell - Rocking With Coop.mp3
06 Jim Wynn - Rock Boogie.mp3
07 Jack McVea - Jack Frost.mp3
08 Lynn Hope - More Bounce To The Ounce.mp3
09 Plas Johnson Brothers Combo - Mellow Women Blues.mp3
10 Red Prysock - Wriggles.mp3
11 J.T. Brown - Sax On Boogie.mp3
12 Paul Williams - Back Bender.mp3
13 Lee Allen (with Hosie Dwine Craven) - Mercury Boogie.mp3
14 King Curtis (with Doc Pomus) - Work Little Carry Work.mp3
15 Tom Archia Hal Singer Wynonie Harris - Blow Your Brains Out.mp3
16 Big Joe Greer - Rocking With Big John.mp3
17 Buddy Tate - Blowing Awhile.mp3
18 Big Joe Dougherty - Big Bob's Boogie.mp3
19 James Von Streeter - Chitlins.mp3
20 Bull Moose Jackson - Honeydripper.mp3
21 Willis Jackson - Gator Groove.mp3
22 Joe Houston - Jay's Boogie.mp3
23 Frank Culley - Floorshow.mp3
24 Jimmy Forrest - Night Train.mp3
25 Johnny London - Driving Slow.mp3
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 13 Rhythm & Blues Cocktail

01 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Sundown Boogie.mp3
02 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Rock The Joint.mp3
03 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Rockin' Chair On The Moon.mp3
04 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Real Rock Drive.mp3
05 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Rocket 88.mp3
06 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Crazy Man, Crazy.mp3
07 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - What' Cha Gonna Do.mp3
08 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Fractured.mp3
09 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Live It Up.mp3
10 Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Pat A Cake.mp3
11 Roy Milton - Rhythm Cocktail.mp3
12 Roy Milton - Information Blues - Roy Milton.mp3
13 Dud & Paul Bascomb - Let's Jump.mp3
14 Dud & Paul Bascomb - Not Bad, Bascomb.mp3
15 Calvin Boze - Hey! Lawdy Miss Claudie.mp3
16 Joe Morris- Wow.mp3
17 Bill Dogget- Big Dog.mp3
18 Bill Dogget- You Ain't No Good.mp3
19 Sonny Parker & Milton Buckner - Worried Life Blues.mp3
20 Slim Gaillard - Flat Foot Floogie.mp3
21 Jimmy 'Baby' Face Lewis - Mailman Blues.mp3
22 Ernie Butch Lockett- Butch Blues.mp3
23 Willie Dixon - Don't Let That Music Die.mp3
24 Connie Jordan - I'm Gonna Rock Till My Rocker Breaks Down.mp3
25 Doles Dickens - We're Gonna Rock This Morning.mp3

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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Vol 14 Memphis Blues Brothers

01 Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train.mp3
02 Little Junior Parker - Feeling Good.mp3
03 Little Junior Parker - Love Me, Baby.mp3
04 Little Junior Parker - Fussing And Flighting.mp3
05 Little Junior Parker - Feeling Bad.mp3
06 Little Junior Parker - Bad Woman, Bad Whiskey.mp3
07 Little Junior Parker - You're My Angel.mp3
08 Little Junior Parker - Love Me Baby.mp3
09 Bobby Blue Band - Drifting From Town To Town.mp3
10 Bobby Blue Band - No Blow, No Show.mp3
11 Bobby Blue Band - Wise Man's Blues.mp3
12 Bobby Blue Band - Loving Blues.mp3
13 Bobby Blue Band - Army Blues.mp3
14 Bobby Blue Band - Crying All Night Long.mp3
15 Bobby Blue Band - Dry Up, Baby.mp3
16 Bobby Blue Band - Good lovin'.mp3
17 Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat.mp3
18 Rufus Thomas - Tiger Man.mp3
19 Rufus Thomas - Walkin' In The Rain.mp3
20 Rufus Thomas - Save The Money.mp3
21 Rufus Thomas - No More Dogging Around.mp3
22 Jackie Brenston Ike Turner - Rocket 88.mp3
23 Jackie Brenston Ike Turner - My Real Gone Rocket.mp3
24 Ike Turner - You're Drivin' Me Insane.mp3
25 Ike Turner - Trouble And Heartaches.mp3
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - New Orleans Vol 15

01 Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras In New Orleans.mp3
02 Professor Longhair - She Ain't Got No Hair.mp3
03 Professor Longhair - Longhair Blues Rhumba.mp3
04 Professor Longhair - She Walks Right In.mp3
05 Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy.mp3
06 Lloyd Price - What's The Matter Now.mp3
07 Dave Bartholomew - Country Girl.mp3
08 Dave Bartholomew - The Golden Rule.mp3
09 Dave Bartholomew - I'll Never Be The Same.mp3
10 Dave Bartholomew - Who Drank The Beer While I Was In The Rear.mp3
11 Dave Bartholomew - Mr. Foo.mp3
12 Dave Bartholomew - Girl Town Blues.mp3
13 Tommy Ridgley - Tra La La.mp3
14 Tommy Ridgley - Shrewsbury Blues.mp3
15 Paul Gayten - You Shouldn't Know.mp3
16 Paul Gayten - Backtrackin' (Dr. Daddy).mp3
17 Cousin Joe - Boogie Woogie Hannah.mp3
18 Blind Billy Tate - Crying In The Morning.mp3
19 James Sugar Boy Crawford - Overboard.mp3
20 James Sugar Boy Crawford - Beggin' At Your Mercy.mp3
21 Earl King - Have You Gone Crazy.mp3
22 Smiley Lewis - Slide Me Done.mp3
23 Smiley Lewis - Tee-Nah-Nah.mp3
24 Guitar Slim - Well, I Done Got Over It.mp3
25 Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used To Do.mp3

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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Pianistes #1 Vol 16

01 Amos Milburn - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer.mp3
02 Amos Milburn - Good, Good Whiskey.mp3
03 Amos Milburn - Thinking And Drinking.mp3
04 Amos Milburn - Birmingham Bounce.mp3
05 Amos Milburn - Amos Blues.mp3
06 Amos Milburn - After Midnite.mp3
07 Amos Milburn - In The Middle Of The Night.mp3
08 Amos Milburn - Tears, Tears, Tears.mp3
09 Amos Milburn - Let Me Go Home, Whisky.mp3
10 Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues.mp3
11 Charles Brown - Groovy.mp3
12 Charles Brown - Peek-A-Boo.mp3
13 Charles Brown - Googie's Boogie.mp3
14 Charles Brown - Trouble Blues.mp3
15 Charles Brown - My Babe's Gone.mp3
16 Charles Brown - Gee.mp3
17 Charles Brown - Black Night.mp3
18 Joe Liggins - Pink Champagne.mp3
19 Joe Liggins - The Honey Dripper.mp3
20 Joe Liggins - Rag Mop.mp3
21 Joe Liggins - Little Joe's Boogie.mp3
22 Joe Liggins - Tanya.mp3
23 Joe Liggins - How Come.mp3
24 Joe Liggins - Spooks Holiday.mp3
25 Joe Liggins - Dripper's Blues.mp3
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Pianistes #2 Vol 17

01 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Baptize Me With Wine.mp3
02 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Please Try To Understand.mp3
03 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Not Anymore.mp3
04 Rosco Gordon - Tomorrow May Be Too Late.mp3
05 Rosco Gordon - Booted.mp3
06 Willie Love - Take It Easy.mp3
07 Cecil Gant - Rock Little Baby.mp3
08 Cecil Gant - Time Will Tell.mp3
09 Nat King Cole - Route 66.mp3
10 Floyd Dixon - Ooh! Eee! Ooh! Eee!.mp3
11 Floyd Dixon - Instrumental Shuffle.mp3
12 Lloyd Glenn - Joymakers Boogie.mp3
13 Lloyd Glenn - Midnight Boogie.mp3
14 Sugar Chile Robinson - Number Boogie.mp3
15 Sugar Chile Robinson - Vooey Vooey Vay.mp3
16 Ivory Joe Hunter - I Almost Lost My Mind.mp3
17 Ivory Joe Hunter - SP Blues.mp3
18 Tommy Dean - Cool One Groove Two.mp3
19 Tommy Dean - Hour Past Midnight.mp3
20 Sammy Price - I Know How To Do It.mp3
21 Archibald - Stack A'lee.mp3
22 Little Willie Littlefield - Sitting On The Curbstone.mp3
23 Little Willie Littlefield - KC Loving.mp3
24 Roy Hawkins - Wine Drinking Woman.mp3
25 Roy Hawkins - The Thrill Is Gone.mp3
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Guitar Killers Vol 18

01 Mickey Baker - River Boat.mp3
02 Mickey Baker - Guitar Mambo.mp3
03 Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Atomic Energy.mp3
04 Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Guitar In My Hand.mp3
05 Memphis Slim & Matt Guitar Murphy - Living The Life I Love.mp3
06 Goree Carter - I've Got The News For You.mp3
07 Jimmy Liggins - Going Down With The Sun.mp3
08 Tiny Webb - Billboard Special.mp3
09 Saunders King - Summertime Boogie.mp3
10 Oscar & Johnny Moore - Shuffle Shuck.mp3
11 Tiny Grimes - Boogie Woogie Barbecue.mp3
12 Pete Lewis & Gene Philips - Boogie Guitar (Three Guitar).mp3
13 Pete Lewis - Louisiana Hop.mp3
14 Chuck Norris - Blue Strings.mp3
15 Ulysses James & Roy Hawkins - West Express.mp3
16 Teddy Bunn - Jackson's Nook.mp3
17 Johnny Rogers - Junior Jumps.mp3
18 Elmore James - Hawaiian Boogie.mp3
19 Robert Kelton & Jimmy Mc Cracklin - Blues Blasters Shuffle.mp3
20 Lafayette Thomas - Sam's Drag.mp3
21 Earl Hooker - Sweet Angel.mp3
22 Pee Wee Crayton - Rockin' The Blues.mp3
23 Pee Wee Crayton- Huckle Boogie.mp3
24 Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours.mp3
25 Floyd Smith - Floyd's Guitar Blues.mp3
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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - DooWop Vol 19

01 The Drifters - Money Honey.mp3
02 The Orioles - Crying In The Chapel.mp3
03 The Orioles - Hold Me Squeeze Me.mp3
04 The Larks - When I Leave The Prison Walls.mp3
05 The Swallows - It Aint The Meat.mp3
06 The Clovers - One Mint Julep.mp3
07 The Ravens - Someday.mp3
08 The Cardinals - Wheel Of Fortune.mp3
09 The Flamingos - Thats My Desire.mp3
10 The Robins - I'm Living OK.mp3
11 The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man.mp3
12 The Treniers - Poon Tang.mp3
13 The Treniers - Hey Sister Lucy.mp3
14 The Four Blazes - Mary Jo.mp3
15 The Four Blazes - Please Send Her Back To Me.mp3
16 The Four Vagabonds - Come In On A Wing And A Prayer.mp3
17 The Four Tunes - Marie.mp3
18 The Five Keys - Huckelbuck With Jimmy.mp3
19 The 5 Royales - Baby Don't Do It.mp3
20 The 5 Royales - Laundromat Blues.mp3
21 The Mills Brothers - Across The Alley From Alamo.mp3
22 The Ink Spots - Java Jive.mp3
23 The Moonglows - Baby Please.mp3
24 The Diamonds - A Beggar For Your Kisses.mp3
25 The Spaniels - Baby It's You.mp3

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Les Triomphes du R'n'B - Blues Vol 20

01 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Mighty Long Time.mp3
02 Junior Wells - Junior's Wail.mp3
03 Big Walter Horton & Jimmy De Berry - Easy.mp3
04 Snooky Pryor - Boogy Fool.mp3
05 Doctor Ross - Come Back Baby.mp3
06 James Cotton - My Babe.mp3
07 Elmore James - Baby,What's Wrong.mp3
08 Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years.mp3
09 Albert King - Merry Way.mp3
10 J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie.mp3
11 Jimmy Reed - High And Lonesome.mp3
12 Big Bill Broonzy - Big Bill's Boogie.mp3
13 Brownie McGhee - Robbie Doby Boogie.mp3
14 Mercy Dee - One Room Country Shack.mp3
15 Sunnyland Slim - She Ain't Nowhere.mp3
16 Willie Mabon - I'm Mad.mp3
17 Boyd Eddie - Five Long Years.mp3
18 Memphis Slim - The Come Back.mp3
19 Memphis Minnie - World In A Trouble.mp3
20 Grace Brim - Man Around My Door.mp3
21 Lowell Fulson - Don't Be So Evil.mp3
22 Little Milton - Somebody Told Me.mp3
23 T-Bone Walker - No Worry Blues.mp3
24 B.B. King - 3 O'clock Blues.mp3
25 Floyd Jones - On The Road Again.mp3

20 cd's in 16 parts...this is a freakin' hell of a freakin' comp, but man...there's a lotta cool tunes to be had here....dig in while ya can, cuz it only lasts for so long...
ya know...?

The Platters - The Singles

2010-03-13T04:57:00.000-08:00

DISC 1
1 Only You (And You Alone)
2 Great Pretender
3 I'm Just A Dancing Partner
4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch
5 My Prayer
6 Heaven On Earth
7 You'll Never Never Know
8 It Isn't Right
9 On My Word Of Honor
10 One In A Million
11 I'm Sorry
12 He's Mine
13 My Dream
14 Only Because
15 Helpless
16 Twilight Time
17 You're Making A Mistake
18 I Wish
19 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
20 Enchanted
21 Remember When
22 Where
23 Wish It Were Me
24 Harbor Lights
25 Sleepy Lagoon
26 Ebb Tibe
27 Red Sails In The Sunset
28 To Each His Own
29 If I Didn't Care
30 Trees
31 I'll Never Smile Again
32 It's Magic
33 Once In A While
34 Strangers
35 Viva Ju Juy
36 Java Jive
37 Sincerely
38 Love Me Tender
39 I Love You 1000 Times
40 I'll Be Home
41 With This Ring
42 Washed Ashore
43 On Top Of My Mind
44 Sweet Sweet Lovin
45 Love Must Go On
46 So Many Tears
47 Hard To Get A Thing Called Love
48 Fear Of Losing You
49 Be My Love

DISC 2
1 Ebb Tide
2 Red Sails In The Sunset
3 To Each His Own
4 If I Didn't Care
5 Trees
6 I'll Never Smile Again
7 It's Magic
8 Once In A While
9 Strangers
10 Viva Ju Juy
11 Java Jive
12 Sincerely
13 Love Me Tender
14 I Love You 1000 Times
15 I'll Be Home
16 With This Ring
17 Washed Ashore
18 On Top Of My Mind
19 Sweet Sweet Lovin'
20 Love Must Go On
21 So Many Tears
22 Hard To Get A Thing Called Love
23 Fear Of Losing You

certainly one of the coolest rock n roll groups ever...

Chicano Power! - Latino Rock in the USA 1968-1976

2010-03-05T04:14:00.000-08:00

Latin rock & the Chicano Power Movement. Santana, Azteca, Malo, & more. The story of Latin rock in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York & Miami.

1. Been Had - Sapo
2. Too Late - Black Sugar
3. Mira Pa' Ca - Chango
4. Cayuco - Harvey Averne Barrio Band
5. Sun God - Tierra
6. Vida Nocturna - Benitez
7. Street Man -Malo
8. Ron con Con -Baeza/DeLuna
9. Fools Are You - Mother Night
10. Soul Sacrifice -Santana
11. Viajecito- Black Sugar
13. Pana - Malo
14. Chauca - Antiques
15. Mariposa, Pt. 1 - Benitez
16. Azteca Theme - Azteca
17. Sapo's Montuρo - Sapo

(R.I.P. BOBBY ESPINOZA - Died 2-27-2010 (Latino Rock;Jazz;Blues) He was 60 years old - Keyboardist - Was a member of El Chicano (They did,"Viva Tirado" and "Tell Her She's Lovely").)

Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens Story (1993)

2010-02-28T01:54:00.000-08:00

Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela; May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.

A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the CHICANO ROCK movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months. During this time, however, he scored several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which was originally a Mexican folk song that Valens transformed with a rock rhythm and beat that became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement.

On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as The Day the Music Died, Valens was killed in a small-plane crash in Iowa, a tragedy that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson....

Although The Ritchie Valens Story contains four of Valens' hits ("La Bamba," "Donna," "Come On, Let's Go," "That's My Little Suzie") some famous tracks, like "Ooh! My Head," are not here. The bulk of the disc consists of seven demos that were previously unavailable in America and a 21-minute narration by Valens' producer Bob Keane, who also compiled the album. Hardcore fans will need this for the demos...

01. Narration of Ritchie Valens' Story - As Told By Bob Keane, Producer And Manager Of Ritchie Valens.
02. Boney Maronie
03. Come On, Let's Go (Demo)
04. Come On, Let's Go
05. That's My Little Suzie (Demo)
06. Rock Little Darlin' (Demo)
07. Bluebirds Over The Mountain (Demo)
08. La Bamba (Gold Star Recording Session)
09. Let's Rock & Roll (Demo)
10. Donna (Demo)
11. Summertime Blues (Live)
12. In A Turkish Town (Demo)
13. Paddiwack Wong
14. Big Baby Blues (B-Side)
15. Malaguena (Demo)
16. Stay Beside Me
17. Ritchie Doing Commercial For Winter Dance Party, Followed By Radio Announcer From Des Moines, Iowa, February 4, 1959, The Day After The Fatal Plane Crash
18. La Bamba (B-Side of "Donna")

The Sonics - Busy Body!!! Live in Tacoma 1964

2010-02-24T05:29:00.000-08:00

Given the many stories of their crazed on-stage prowess and the frantic drive of their classic studio sides, fans of real-deal garage rock have often wished that someone had the presence of mind to make a decent-sounding live recording of Tacoma, WA, madmen the Sonics in their glory days. And, as it happened, someone did -- a radio station in Tacoma, KTNT-AM, used to have a regular Friday night feature called Teen Time, in which they broadcast a live spot from one of the area's teen clubs. A guy in Seattle named Doug Patterson owned an Ampex reel-to-reel tape machine and frequently taped the Teen Time shows to collect songs for his own teenage band to cover, and two surviving tapes featuring the Sonics in action have been collected on Busy Body!!! Live in Tacoma 1964. Since these two shows (lasting less than 33 minutes combined, including patter from the announcer) predated the release of their debut single, "The Witch," and the epochal album Here Are the Sonics, the emphasis is on covers and instrumentals, and while the audio is quite good for AM radio broadcasts more then four decades old, the mix is a bit sloppy and Gerry Roslie's vocals are barely audible, with Rob Lind's sax and Larry Parypa's sax way up front. Still, if this isn't the ideal document of the Sonics on-stage, it's a whole lot of fun; these tapes show they were admirably tight and full of fire when playing for their fans, and having a wild good time cranking out "Ooh Poo Pah Doo," "Goin' Back to Granny's," "Night Train," and "Have Love, Will Travel" with all kinds of attitude. And while they didn't deign to play "Psycho" while Patterson was rolling his tapes, there's a wicked early version of "The Witch" that points to things to come. Busy Body!!! captures the Sonics in a transitional phase, when they were still minding the template of Northwest heroes the Wailers but developing an overdriven personality of their own, and it's loud-and-proud teenage fun. - amg

THE MONKS - Mega - Post!!

2010-02-13T03:17:00.000-08:00

The Monks

The Monks are a garage rock band, formed by American GIs who were based in Germany in the mid to late 1960s. They reunited in 1999 and have continued to play concerts, although no new studio recordings have been made. The Monks stood out from the music of the time, and have developed a cult following amongst many musicians and music fans.

Personnel:

* Gary Burger: Lead guitar, lead vocalist
* Larry Clark: Organ, vocalist
* Dave Day: Banjo (initially rhythm guitar), vocalist
* Eddie Shaw: Bass guitar, vocalist
* Roger Johnston: drums, vocalist

The formation of The Monks:

All the members were American GIs stationed in Germany in the mid-sixties. They began playing together in 1964, calling themselves the 5 Torquays. The Torquays differed little from countless other bands of the time: They covered Chuck Berry songs and played music inspired by the British beat groups. But the band experimented together musically—Gary Burger said:

"It probably took us a year to get the sound right. We experimented all the time. A lot of the experiments were total failures and some of the songs we worked on were terrible. But the ones we kept felt like they had something special to them. And they became more defined over time."

Upon their discharge from the army the band developed a distinctive musical style, and took up a distinctive name and image to go with it. The transition from their earlier, more conventional and less provocative aesthetic to the abrasive and cutting-edge sound of their Black Monk Time period was partly induced by the influence of "a pair of loopy existentialist visionaries" called Walther Niemann and Karl-H.-Remy. Remy, a university student of design in Ulm, and Niemann, a student of Folkwang Arts Academy in Essen, "designed" the Monks as "anti-Beatles": short hair with tonsures, black clothes, ropes around the neck, image of being hard and dangerous. Remy and Niemann were an instance of the post-War West German avant-garde intelligentsia impacting Anglo-Saxon pop in a manner perhaps comparable to—but more intense than—that of the Hamburg art scene on the early Beatles.

The Monks stage garb

At the beginning of 1965, Dave Day and Roger Johnston, on a whim, got their heads shaved into monks' tonsures. The rest of the band followed their lead, and to complete the image, the band took to wearing a uniform - all black, sometimes in cassocks, with nooses worn as neckties. Eddie Shaw later claimed in his band autobiography Black Monk Time that the nooses were symbolic of the metaphorical nooses that all humanity wear. His explanation exhibited a literal translation of gallows humor. The same attitude seems to be exhibited by the blunt lyrics of the band. The brazen attitude toward sensitive subjects was reportedly not well met. They received confused audience reactions at concerts, and one attendee attempted to strangle Gary Burger at a show in Hamburg, for perceived blasphemy.

The group's sound:

The band abandoned common elements of much sixties rock n roll:

* They have very little emphasis on melody, their songs are rhythmic, rather than melodic. The rhythms are heavy and repetitive, with the drums supplying a sound often described as 'tribal'. Compare Drone music for the Western and Eastern roots of this music style. Prior to The Monks, Little Richard had written Long Tall Sally in 1956 around one single note, very similar to drone music. The Monks' focusing on rhythm rather than melody also was reminiscent of 1950s R'n'B, compare especially Bo Diddley beat, and the rhythm-based styles of musicians such as Ray Charles, The Champs (see CHICANO ROCK), Sam Cooke, and The Shadows. The mastering The Monks received, resulting in a very archaic, raw and aggressive sound, was very similar to that of contemporary, more successful German band The Rattles who were signed to the same German Polydor label as were The Monks.
* Song structures are minimal and repetitive, and do not tend to follow the standard verse-chorus-bridge patterns of a pop song.
* The band's lyrics are dadaist and playful, yet paranoid. They combine nursery rhyme style lyrics ("higgle-dy piggle-dy") with war commentary ("Why do you kill all those kids over there in Vietnam? Mad Vietcong! My brother died in Vietnam"; "People kill, people will for you/ People run, ain't it fun for you/ People go, to their deaths for you"), surreal interjections ("James Bond, who was he?") and paranoia about girls and love ("I hate you with a passion baby! And you know why I hate you? It's because you make me hate you baby!").
* The vocal delivery is strangled, wailing and frantic, contrasted to deep chanting backing vocals which recall Gregorian chant, although both lead and background vocals of The Monks are reminiscent of the Shout-and-fall modal frame typical for 1950s R'n'B recordings such as by Ray Charles, Little Richard, and others.
* Gary Burger utilises a great deal of guitar feedback and dissonance. According to Eddie Shaw's Black Monk Time, the group invented the use of audio feedback for musical purposes. It's been claimed by Burger that Jimi Hendrix caught their act in London and paid special attention to his use of feedback and the newly developed Gibson Fuzzbox along with the Wah-Wah Pedal. Perhaps the most notable aspect is that Burger eschews playing chords and scales in favour of free form bursts of improvised noise. The Monks published their album, and a little bit later The Velvet Underground and other noise rock groups would soon adopt a similar style of playing.
* Dave Day replaced his guitar with a six-string, gut-strung banjo upon which he played guitar chords. This instrument sounds much more metallic, scratchy and wiry than a standard electric guitar.

Many of these musical elements are also found in sixties New York acts like The Fugs and The Godz in particular, but also The Velvet Underground. When the Monks developed their sound, the only one of these bands who had put out any records was the Fugs; it is unclear if the Monks had actually heard the Fugs or developed their sound independently.

Because of these features, the Monks are often referenced as forerunners of the later punk movement.Their use of improvisation, noise and motorik rhythms (as well as their geographical location) has also led to them being cited as the godfathers of krautrock.

After the Monks:

* As of August 2006, lead singer Gary Burger serves as mayor of Turtle River, Minnesota.

* In 2006 play loud! productions completed the documentary film Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback in conjunction with the release of the album silver monk time - a tribute to the monks.

* Eddie Shaw went on to play in a progressive rock band called Copperhead in the 1970s and went on to become an accomplished fiction writer, who also wrote their autobiography Black Monk Time. Shaw's fictional work is based on his experiences growing up in Nevada and is published under his full name, Thomas Edward Shaw.

Influence:

Artists to have acknowledged the Monks as an influence include The White Stripes, Henry Rollins, the Beastie Boys and Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, as well as The Fall. The latter covered both "I Hate You" and "Oh, How to Do Now" on their 1990 album Extricate (under the titles "Black Monk Theme Part I" and "Black Monk Theme Part II", respectively), as well as the song "Shut Up!" on their 1994 album Middle Class Revolt. The Fall have also covered "Higgledy-Piggledy" for the Monks tribute CD Silver Monk Time. The White Stripes named The Monks as one of their key influences, noting that "their melodies were pop destructive".

I Love These Fuckin' Guys! They're Fuckin' AWESOME!!

MONKS MEGA-POST:

BLACK MONK TIME

FIVE UPSTART AMERICANS (demos)

SILVER MONK TIME (tribute album)

+ BONUS STUFF...

Art of Field Recording: Volume II : 50 Years of Traditional American Music

2010-02-08T00:02:00.000-08:00

"Art Rosenbaum is a folk revivalist of the old school. He believes that traditional ballads, blues, spirituals, and fiddle tunes are among the glories of American culture. Last fall, Dust-to-Digital released Art of Field Recording: Volume I, a four-CD retrospective of Rosenbaum’s work. It contained everything from ring shouts and murder ballads to a song about twenty frogs going to school. It was full of throaty voices and clanging banjos and the incidental music of daily life—babies crying, bar glasses clinking, cicadas on a summer night." — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker

Art of Field Recording Volume II is a four disc set with a 96 page book that contains essays and annotations by Art and over 100 illustrations and photographs by Art and his wife Margo. Art took a similar approach to Harry Smith in assembling the music: the discs are divided into Accompanied Songs and Ballads, Unaccompanied Songs and Ballads, Sacred, and a Survey disc that has a little bit of everything.

Track Listing:

CD1: Survey

01. Fidel Martin - La Grondeuse (The Scolding Woman)
02. Eddie Bowles - Blues
03. Frosty Lamb and Buzz Fountain - 12th Street Rag
04. Dwight "Red" Lamb - Danish Galop
05. Tony Bryant - Broke Down Engine
06. The Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire - J'ai PassÌ© Devant Ta Porte
07. The Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire - Colinda
08. Jake Staggers - Garfield
09. Bobby McMillon - The Devil Song [Child 275]
10. John W. Summers - Unnamed Tune
11. Kirk Brandenberger and Art Rosenbaum - Going Across the Prairie
12. Uncle John Patterson - Muddy Roads of Georgia
13. Cecil Barfield - Georgia Blues
14. Mary Lomax - Billy Staffer (The State of Arkansas) [Laws H1]
15. Eller Brothers - Cindy In The Summer Time
16. Ross Brown and Howard Cunningham - General Lee's Surrender
17. Neal Pattman - Shortnin' Bread
18. Juanita and Oscar "Shorty" Shehan - Free Little Bird
19. Juanita and Oscar "Shorty" Shehan - The Soldier And The Lady [Laws P 14]
20. Shirley Griffith - Big Road Blues
21. Pete Steele - Harlan County Farewell Tune (Rambling Hobo)
22. Earl Murphy and Andy Carlson - Marmaduke's Hornpipe
23. Bert Hare - Jonah
24. Smoky McGinness and Bob Black - Turkey In The Straw
25. Clester Hounchell - Paddy On The Turnpike
26. Anna Sandage Underhill - Play Party Songs: In this Ring/I'd Rather Be A Farmer's Boy
27. The Chancey Brothers - Mulberry Gap/Cumberland Gap
28. Louie and Henry Riendeau - Fred Rogers' Reel
29. Scrapper Blackwell - Goin' Where The Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog

CD2: Religious

01. Brown's Chapel Choir - Welcome Home
02. Myers Family and Friends - The River Of Jordan
03. Fleeta and Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell: with Lucy and Brady "Doc" Barnes - Brother, You Ought t've Been There
04. Georgia Sacred Harp Convention - New Prospect
05. Bert Hare - No Man Can Love Me Like Jesus
06. Ebenezer East Church - He's Calling Me
07. Gordon Tanner and Smoky Joe Miller - Out Of My Bondage
08. Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church - Mother, Tell Me Of The Angels
09. Otha Cooper - No Room At The Hotel
10. The Traveling Inner Lights - Let's Have A Family Prayer
11. Over in the Glory Land Golden River Grass
12. Rev. Willie Mae Eberhart, Sister Fleeta Mitchell and Eddie Ruth Pringle - A Charge to Keep I Have
13. Jake Staggers and Family - How Long the Train Been Gone?
14. Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church - Lord, Remember Me
15. McIntosh County Shouters - Eve And Adam (Pickin' Up Leaves)
16. Otha Cooper and Imogene Riggens - There's A Man Going Around Taking Names
17. Lucy and Brady "Doc" Barnes - Savior, Don't You Pass Me By
18. Laethe Eller and Berthie Rogers - Oh That Terrible Day
19. Cora Thompson - I Know I Got Religion
20. Silver Light Gospel Singers - Dry Bones
21. House of God, Sarasota, Florida - Walk With Me

CD3: Accompanied Songs and Ballads

01. The Chancey Brothers - I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
02. The Eller Family - Going To Georgia
03. George Gibson - Southern Texas
04. Lucy and Brady "Doc" Barnes - Raise A Ruckus Tonight
05. Myers Family and Friends - The Rambling Boy [Laws L12]
06. Shorty Ralph Reynolds - Want To Go To Cuba, Can't Go Now
07. Ola Belle Reed - The Boat's Up The River
08. Pat Hudson - Hog Drivers
09. W. Guy Bruce - As I Walked Out One Morning In Spring
10. Gordon Tanner and Smoky Joe Miller - Devilish Mary
11. Buell Kazee - Barbara Allen [Child 84]
12. Jack Bean - Steamboat Bill
13. Lawrence Eller and Ross Brown - John Henry [Laws I1]
14. Mose Parker - John Henry [Laws I1]
15. Willard Benson - John Hardy [Laws I2]
16. Myers Family and Friends - Old Joe Clark
17. Dr. C. B. Skelton - The Miller's Will [Laws Q21]
18. Lawrence Eller - On Top Of Old Smoky
19. Pete Steele - Last Payday At Coal Creek
20. Helen McDuffie and Leasie Whitmire - The Wreck On The CC&O Road [Laws G3]
21. Buzz Fountain - Quit That Ticklin' Me
22. Mabel Cawthorn - Going To The Country (Some Kind of Blues)
23. Myers Family and Friends - Talking Blues
24. The Eller Brothers and Ross Brown - Don't Go Riding Down That Old Texas Trail
25. Jack Bean - Ring Ching Ching

CD4: Unaccompanied Songs and Ballads

01. Mary Lomax - Fair And Tender Maidens
02. Virgil Sandage - The Bird's Song
03. Anna Sandage Underhill - The Elfin Knight [Child 2]
04. Stan Gilliam - Gypsy Davy [Child 200]
05. Mary Lomax - Black Jack Davy [Child 200]
06. Ray Rhodes - Black Jack Davy [Child 200]
07. Oscar "Doc" Parks - The Battle Of Stone River
08. The Phillips Wonders - Froggy Went A-Courting
09. Mary Heekin - The Factory Girl
10. Jim Cook - I'm A Noble Soldier
11. Anna Sandage Underhill - The Young Man's Lament
12. Vern Smelser - The Butcher's Boy [Laws P24]
13. Ollie Gilbert - Lady Lye [Child 79]
14. Stan Gilliam - Lullabies
15. Ollie Gilbert - Utah Carl [Laws B4]
16. Mary Ruth Moore - Billy Button
17. Oneitha Ellison and Group - Ring Plays
18. Mr. and Mrs. Lazore - Mohawk Love Song
19. Alice Gerrard - Shenandoah
20. Greg and Lala Brown - Two Little Boys
21. Mary Lomax - Down In The Arkansas
22. Bonnie Loggins - I'll Drink And Be Jolly
23. Brady "Doc" Barnes - We'll March Around The Wall
24. Vern Smelser - John Came Home [Child 274]
25. Margaret Kimmett - The Farm Out West
26. Ray Rhodes - Frankie And Johnny [Laws I3]
27. Della Mae Reedy - The Farmer's Son Mistress
28. Maude Thacker - The Famous Wedding [Laws P31]
29. Stan Gilliam - Sail Away, Lady/Greenback
30. Sudie Parks - The Lame Soldier
31. Oscar "Doc" Parks - Pearl Bryan [Laws F2]
32. Bonnie Loggins - Sing, Sing, What'll I Sing?

Art of Field Recording: Volume I : 50 Years of Traditional American Music

2010-02-07T06:35:00.000-08:00

Art of Field Recording: Volume I : 50 Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum

Art of Field Recording: Volume IThe sampler CD for this set was released in 2006 with the thought that the final result would be a five' disc set, but after spending a long time with Art pondering the vast quantity of material he has amassed over the years, we decided to extend the release into multiple box sets. Volume I was released in November 2007, and Volume II is planned for 2008. If all goes well, there will be a third and final installment in 2009.

Art of Field Recording Volume I is a four disc set with a 96 page book that contains essays and annotations by Art and over 100 illustrations and photographs by Art and his wife Margo. Art took a similar approach to Harry Smith in assembling the music: the discs are divided into Blues, Instrumental and Dance, Sacred, and a Survey disc that has a little bit of everything.

Disc 1 - Survey
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down - Reverend Willie Mae Eberhart & Sister Fleeta Mitchell
Fred Adams - Ray Rhodes
Billy in the Low Ground - Gordon Tanner & Smokey Joe Miller
Frankie and Johnnie / Twenty Froggies Go to School - Margaret Kimmett
Cup of Faith / Beaudoin Quadrille - Fidel Martin
The Drowsy Sleeper - Mary Lomax
Little Red Rooster - The Myers Sisters
Tony Gave a Picnic - Ralph Sheckel
Mama Whoopin' the Blues - Neal Patman
Old John Henry Died on the Mountain - Henry Grady Terrell
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - Golden River Grass
Hambone - The Phillips Wonders
Darby's Ram - Bobby McMillon
Darlin' Corey - Shorty Ralph Reynolds
Carabina Treinta-Treinta (30-30 Rifle) - Epifanio Sanchez and Group
I'm Dying, Mother - Bert Hare
Eternal Day - Sacred Harp Singing Group
Tom Watson Tune - Mabel Cawthorn
A Melancholy Sound - Arthur Vandeveer
What You Gonna Name that Pretty Baby? - Laethe Eller
Who Killed Poor Robin? - Ollie Gilbert
Free Go Lily - Brady Doc and Lucy Barnes
Brickyard Joe - John W. Summers
Lord Randolph - Mary Heekin
Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Gal - Lawrence Eller & Vaughn Eller
Irish Washerwoman - Old Threshers' Fife and Drum Band
Lord Daniel - Mary Lomax
Song of Fifty Cents - Jack Bean
One Saturday Night When I Come Home - Dr. David Rosenbaum

Disc 2 - Religious
Don't You Let Nobody Turn You 'Round - Silver Light Gospel Singers
Medley - Rev. Howard Finster
Assurance - Sacred Harp Singing Group
In the Silence of the Midnight - Bonnie Loggins & Mary Lomax
Let Me Fly - Lucy Barnes & Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell
Over Yonder Where Jesus Is - Leona Ruth
Guide Me, Thou Great Jehovah - Rev. Willie Gresham and Group
Teach Me, Master - Brady Doc and Lucy Barnes and the Gilmore Family
Lonesome Valley - Lawrence Eller, Vaughn Eller and Ross Brown
Walk with Me - Brady Doc Barnes and Lucy Barnes
Jubilee - Lawrence McKiver and the McIntosh County Shouters
Wade the Water to My Knees - Lucille Holloway and Basers
The Lord Is Risen - Deacon Tommy Tookes and Congregation
Sit Down, Servant - Ida Craig
I Am on the Battlefield for My Lord - Lucy Barnes & Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell
Idumea - Richard & Elula Moss
An Address to All - Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church
Walking Along the Heavenly Road / I Am a Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow - The Phillips Wonders
Lenox - Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church
Scarlet Purple Robe - Georgia Jean Eversole
Where the Soul of Man Never Dies - Newman Young & Smokey Joe Miller
Blow, Gabriel - Nathan Palmer
Do, Lord, Remember Me - Gospel Supremes
My Number Will Be Changed - Macedonia Baptist Church & Naomi Bradford
Hush and Listen - Rev. Willie Gresham and Macedonia Baptist Church

Disc 3 - Blues
Georgia Bottleneck Blues - Cecil Barfield
Carroll County Blues - Gordon Tanner & Smokey Joe Miller
Brooks' Blues - Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell
Key to the Highway - Bill Giles & Neal Patman
Red River Blues - J.T. Adams
Nobody's Business - George Childers
Bowles' Blues - Eddie Bowles
Got the Blues So Bad - Cliff Sheats
Guitar Pete's Blues - Guitar Pete Franklin
Peach Orchard Mama - James Yank Rachel & Shirley Griffith
Big Leg Women - Guitar Pete Franklin & James Easley
Leaving Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going - Art Rosenbaum & Joe K. Rakestraw
The Mogul - Neal Patman
Deep Ellum Blues - Buford Boyd & Willard Benson
River Line Blues - Shirley Griffith
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - Jake Staggers
I Cried All Night Long - Harvie Sims
Maggie Campbell Blues - Shirley Griffith
How Long Blues - Guitar Pete Franklin
A Blues - Scrapper Blackwell

Disc 4 - Instrumental and Dance
Lost Indian - Dallas Henderson
Flat Foot Charlie - Ben Entrekin & James Patterson
Down the Road - Lawrence Eller & Vaughn Eller
Sally, Won't You Have Me, Do Gal Do - Clester Hounchell
Fox Chase - Coy Martin
Fox Chase - Neal Patman
Medley - Gordon Tanner & Smokey Joe Miller
Mandolin Stomp - James Yank Rachel and Shirley Griffith
Omie Wise - Albert Hash
Train 45 - Albert Hash & Art Rosenbaum
Turkey in the Straw - George Childers
Arkansas Traveler - Larry Riendeau & Louis Riendeau
Fynne's Polka - Dwight "Red" Lamb
Pigtown Fling - Newt Tolman
Stony Point - Art Rosenbaum & John W. Summers
Cowboy Waltz - Bill Ashley & Earl Murphy
Walk, Little Julie - Clester Hounchell
Five to My Five - Rev. Howard Finster
Quit Kicking My Dog Around - Delbert Spray and Art Rosenbaum
Yankee Doodle - Old Threshers' Fife and Drum Band
Jig Medley - John W. Summers
Big Foot Feller - Buell Kazee
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - Buford Boyd
Shout, Lulu - Uncle John Patterson
Shout, Lulu - Jake Staggers
Shout, Lulu - W. Guy Bruce
Sally Ann - W. Guy Bruce and Guy Bruce Jr.
Arkansas Traveler - Gordon Tanner, Phil Tanner, Art Rosenbaum and Larry Nash
Beaumont Rag - Frosty Lamb and Buzz Fountain
Whistler's Waltz - Kirk Brandenberger and Art Rosenbaum
Shady Grove - W. Guy Bruce
Coal Creek March - Ross Brown
Coal Creek March - Pete Steele
Jenny Nettles - Harry "Pappy" Wells
Fourteen Days in Georgia - Lyman Enloe and Bob Black
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain - Maude Thacker
Audio Samples Billy in the Low Ground - Gordon Tanner & Smokey Joe Miller
Mama Whoopin' the Blues - Neal Patman
Don't You Let Nobody Turn You 'Round - Silver Light Gospel Singers
Medley - Rev. Howard Finster
Georgia Bottleneck Blues - Cecil Barfield
Brooks' Blues - Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell
Lost Indian - Dallas Henderson
Down the Road - Lawrence Eller & Vaughn Eller

Stomu Yamash'ta - Go Live in Paris

2010-02-06T05:11:00.000-08:00

The primary difference when comparing this live performance and the rendering simply titled Go (1976) is that Go Live From Paris (1978) presents the proceedings (as they exist) in a properly linear fashion, as correlated to the Eastern mythology that informed the extended two-part suite. This is in direct contrast to Go, which assembled the contents out of sequence. The stage show was recorded at the Palais Des Sports in Paris, France on June 12, 1976 and the recital setting allows for considerably longer and more exploratory interaction amongst Stomu Yamashta (percussion/piano), Steve Winwood (vocals/keyboards) and Michael Shrieve (drums). They are joined by legendary jazz axeman Al DiMeola (guitar) as well as Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel veteran Klaus Schulze (synthesizer) -- all of whom had contributed to Go. Filling out the band are Jerome Rimson (bass), Pat Thrall (guitar), Brother James (congas) and Karen Friedman (vocals). In terms of sheer intensity, it is hard to beat DiMeola's searing leads and Winwood's blue-eyed soul on the driving "Ghost Machine," easily topping its former incarnation. "Surfspin" lands into the funky mid-tempo "Time Is Here" highlighted by Karen Friedman's expressive exchanges with Winwood, while Rimson punctuates the rhythm with some penetrating bass interjections. This is followed by the sole Winwood composition "Winner/Loser," which further exemplifies how the spontaneity of the concert yields results that best their predecessors. In fact, on the whole the material on Go sounds like a blueprint for the exceptional and inspired outing found here. The second movement commences with fairly even renditions of the trifecta "Solitude," "Nature" and "Air Voice" -- which had previously been given the name "Air Over." "Crossing the Line" is an additional zenith, spotlighted by Winwood's emotive vocals and the untamed and otherwise incendiary frenzy of fretwork courtesy of DiMeola. Clocking in just shy of a quarter-hour, "Man of Leo" provides another opportunity for the players to loosen up and fuse their collective improvisations behind DiMeola's intense soloing and the similarly seminal instrumental offerings from Shrieve, Rimson -- who is at his most melodic -- and Freidman's haunting warbles. In 2004, Hip-O Select compiled both Go and the companion Go Live From Paris (1977) on to a limited-edition (of 2,500 copies) two-CD set remastered by Gavin Lurssen and includes all of the original notations, lyrics and artwork within a 16-page liner booklet.

1. Space Song (2:29)
2. Carnival (1:18)
3. Windspin (8:17)
4. Ghost Machine (3:51)
5. Surfspin (2:12)
6. Time Is Here (6:58)
7. Winner Loser (5:26)
8. Solitude (2:01)
9. Nature (4:27)
10. Air Voice (2:19)
11. Crossing The Line (5:33)
12. Man Of Leo (14:22)
13. Stellar (1:22)
14. Space Requiem (3:14)

Total Time: 63:49

Line-up / Musicians

- Stomu Yamashta / percussion, piano, synthesizers
- Steve Winwood / vocals, keyboards
- Michael Shrieve / drum kit
- Klaus Schultze / synthesizers
- Al Di Meola / solo guitar
- Jerome Rimson / bass
- Pat Thrall / guitar
- Brother James / congas
- Karen Friedman / vocals

Herbie Hancock - Flood (Live,1975)

2010-01-27T02:39:00.001-08:00

Flood is the eighteenth album by Herbie Hancock. It was released only in Japan in 1975. It features the Headhunters Band, performing their hits from the Head Hunters, Thrust and Man-Child albums.

Track listing

1. "Introduction/Maiden Voyage" – 7:58
2. "Actual Proof" – 8:28
3. "Spank-A-Lee" (Mike Clark, Hancock, Paul Jackson) – 8:47
4. "Watermelon Man" – 5:50
5. "Butterfly" (Hancock, Bennie Maupin) – 12:44
6. "Chameleon" (Hancock, Jackson, Harvey Mason, Maupin) – 10:24
7. "Hang up Your Hang Ups" (Hancock, Jackson, Melvin "Wah-Wah" Ragin) – 19:54

All compositions by Herbie Hancock except as indicated

* Recorded Live at Shibuya Kohkaido, June 28, 1975, & Nakano Sun Plaza, July 1, 1975, Tokyo, Japan

Personnel

* Mike Clark – drum set
* Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP Soloist, ARP String Ensemble
* Paul Jackson – Fender bass
* Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, flute, percussion
* Dewayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight – guitar
* Bill Summers – congas, percussion

Ethiopiques Posts Delayed! What A Bummer!

2010-01-25T04:23:00.000-08:00

i've got a bunch of these 'Ethiopiques' things one my hard drive....but i am into the realm of experiencing your usual computer hang-ups...so for those of you that were awaiting the next volume of 'Ethiopiques', we get back atcha after awhile....in the meantime enjoy these other new things i've got to offer!

PEACE!!!

Ethiopiques - Vol. 4

2010-01-18T01:05:00.001-08:00

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

1. Mulatu Astatqé - Yèkèrmo Sèw (A Man of Experience and Wisdom)
2. Mulatu Astatqé - Mètché Dershé (When Am I Going to Reach There?)
3. Mulatu Astatqé - Kasalèfkut Hulu (From All the Time I Have Passed)
4. Mulatu Astatqé - Tezeta (Nostalgia)
5. Mulatu Astatqé - Yègellé Tezeta (My Own Memory)
6. Mulatu Astatqé - Munayé (My Muna)
7. Mulatu Astatqé - Gubèlyé (My Gubel)
8. Fèqadu Amdè-Mesqel - Asmarina (My Asmara)
9. 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 - Vol. 3

2010-01-18T01:01:00.000-08:00

Ethiopiques - Vol. 3 Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music 1969-1975

01 Mahmoud Ahmed - Kulun Mankwalèsh 5:58
02 Mahmoud Ahmed - Lomiwen Tèqèbèlètch 3:25
03 Alemayehu Eshete - Tèy Geryèlèshem 3:17
04 Alemayehu Eshete - Tèmèlès ... 3:19
05 Hirut Beqele - Alokèrkum Nèbèr 3:20
06 Hirut Beqele - Essu Nèw Mèssèlègn 2:45
07 Hirut Beqele - Yèqondjowotch Mendèr 2:51
08 Hirut Beqele - Man Yawqal Yèbétén 3:07
09 Tlahoun Gessesse - Sema 4:15
10 Tlahoun Gessesse - Yèwnèt Messosso Mètch Yenèqanèqal 4:51
11 Tadele Beqele - Enafqeshalèhu 2:50
12 Tadele Beqele - Antchi Qondjo 2:26
13 Teferi Felleqe - Kèlkeyelegn 4:10
14 Teferi Felleqe - Aynamayé 2:11
15 Muluqen Mellesse - Tènèsh Kèlbé Lay 4:25
16 Muluqen Mellesse - Embwa Bèlèw 3:55
17 Alemayehu Eshete - Etè Hoy 3:10
18 Alemayehu Eshete - Haméta 3:22
19 Mahmoud Ahmed - Sèlam Almazeyé 3:30

Ethiopiques - Vol. 2

2010-01-14T23:43:00.000-08:00

Ethiopiques - Vol. 2 Tetchawet - Urban Azmaris of 90's

1. Giziè Biyasayègnem/Nanu Nanu Nèh
2. Lebé Antchin Alèna/Air Gouragué
3. Toutouyé
4. Bob Marley
5. Medley
6. Indè Iyeruzalèm
7. Antchi Hoyè Lèné
8. Tèmèlèsè Baburu
9. Bolel
10.Sèqota
11.Ambassel
12.Yèheywétè Heywèt
13.Ethopia Hagèré

i gotta lot of these so let me know if you like them or not...
but i'll just end up posting them all, anyway....So,
Enjoy!

Ethiopiques, Vol. 1: Golden Years Of Modern Ethiopian Music

2010-01-14T02:36:00.000-08:00

The introductory album to what is an ongoing series on the music of Ethiopia from the '60s and '70s features a variety of vocal and instrumental tracks from artists mostly unfamiliar to Western audiences. This brief period of liberated creativity before a military shutdown yielded an astonishing burst of creativity, melding the traditions of Ethiopia (geographically and culturally straddling Africa and the Middle East) with R&B and European pop in unexpected ways. Loping rhythms merge with Memphis-style horns, wheezy Farfisa organs, and quavering but passionate vocals that at times shimmer with brilliance. Early tracks by superstar Mahmoud Ahmed merge with rarities like the stunning Teshome Meteku, whose career spanned only four tracks total. Ending with the biggest ever hit, Getatchew Kassa's "Tezeta" (5,000 copies sold), this will leave you wanting more. This music is infectious. It is performed with passion and intensity. There is both ska and reggae influence, Jazzy arrangements and mellow singing.Wild, beautiful Ethiopian Deep Soul music - this album is sublime...

Ethiopiques - Vol. 1
01 Hédètch Alu 5:17
02 Wètètié Maré 3:36
03 Eté Endénesh Gèdawo 4:15
04 Gizié Dègu Nègèr 3:42
05 Yeger Mèmèkatesh 5:14
06 Aynotché Tèrabu 4:03
07 Ewnèt Yèt Lagegnesh [instrumental] 2:46
08 Tezeta 5:21
09 Mèla Mèla 3:26
10 Bèmgnot Alnorem [instrumental] 2:40
11 Gara Ser Nèw Bétesh 3:15
12 Yèzeèmèd Yèbaed 3:52
13 Mot Adèladlogn 4:06
14 Hasabé u 3:58
15 Heywèté [instrumental] 5:16
16 Tezeta [Slow] 5:09
17 Tezeta [Fast] 4:00

Blue Break Beats vol. 4 (1999)

2010-01-12T04:21:00.000-08:00

Blue Break Beats vol. 4

1. Prelude - Gene Harris
2. Holy Thursday - David Axelrod
3. Sitting Duck - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds
4. The Beat Goes On - Buddy Rich
5. Three Is The Magic Number - Bob Dorough
6. Shack Up - Banbara
7. Boomp Boomp Chomp - The Sons
8. Little Green Apples - Monk Higgins
9. Bring Down The Birds - Herbie Hancock
10. Whole Lotta Love - Ike & Tina Turner
11. Repeat After Me - The Three Sounds
12. Inside You - Eddie Henderson
13. Woman Of The Ghetto - Marlena Shaw
14. This Is Soul - Paul Nero

Blue Break Beats #3 (1997)

2010-01-12T04:19:00.001-08:00

Blue Break Beats vol. 3

1. Walk Tall - Cannonball Adderley
2. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Lou Rawls
3. Ode To Billy Joe - Lou Donaldson
4. Sho' Nuff Melon - Reuben Wilson
5. Howling For Judy - Jeremy Steig
6. Light My Fire - Shirley Bassey
7. It's Your Thing - Lou Donaldson
8. Put On Train - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds
9. Don't Call Me Nigger Whitey - Gene Harris
10. Dominoes - Donald Byrd
11. Mystic Brew - Ronnie Foster
12. Get Out Of My Life Woman - Joe Williams With Thad Jones
13. Ground Hog - Duke Pearson
14. Soul - Jackie McLean

Blue Break Beats #2 (1994)

2010-01-12T04:16:00.000-08:00

Blue Break Beats vol. 2

1. Street Lady - Donald Byrd
2. Jasper Country Man - Bobbi Humphrey
3. Kumquat Kids - Eddie Henderson
4. Higga Boom - Gene Harris
5. Orange Peel - Reuben Wilson
6. Worm, The - Jimmy McGriff
7. Caterpillar, The - Lou Donaldson
8. Ain't It Funky Now - Grant Green
9. Ummh - Bobby Hutcherson
10. Good Humour Man - Blue Mitchell
11. Beale Street - Donald Byrd
12. Viva Tirado - Gerald Wilson

Blue Break Beats #1 (1993)

2010-01-12T04:11:00.000-08:00

Blue Break Beats vol. 1

1. Grooving With Mr. G - Richard Groove Holmes
2. Sookie Sookie - Grant Green
3. Who's Making Love - Lou Donaldson
4. Weasil - Donald Byrd
5. Kudu - Eddie Henderson
6. Harlem River Drive - Bobbi Humphrey
7. Blue Juice - Jimmy McGriff
8. The Final Comedown - Grant Green
9. Turtle Walk - Lou Donaldson
10. Your Love Is Too Much - The Three Sounds
11. Black Jack - Donald Byrd
12. Olilloqui Valley - Herbie Hancock

Santana - Lotus (Live, released in 1975)

2010-01-12T01:51:00.000-08:00

Lotus is the first live album release by American Jazz rock/ fusion act Santana. The album was recorded on the 3rd and 4th of July 1973 in Osaka, Japan and released on Colombia records in May 1974. The original LP version ( which was meant to be a Japanese only release) is a triple vinyl while the most common CD version is a double album. There is a Japanese triple CD version available too which was released in 2006. The song selection comes from the albums Abraxas (1970), Santana 3 (1971), Caravanserai (1972) and Welcome (1973). There are also a couple of new tracks that hadn´t appeared on any of the earlier studio albums. The lineup consists of a mix of the members from the original Santana group and the members of the post-Caravanserai Santana lineup.

CD1
1. Going Home (3:23)
2. A-1 Funk (3:13)
3. Every Step of the Way (11:30)
4. Black Magic Woman (3:38)
5. Gypsy Queen (3:57)
6. Oye Como Va (5:47)
7. Yours Is The Light (5:30)
8. Batuka (0:55)
9. Xibaba (4:13)
10. Stone Flower (Introduction) (1:14)
11. Waiting (4:14)
12. Castillos de Arena, Part 1 (Sand Castle) (2:51)
13. Free Angela (4:26)
14. Samba de Sausalito (4:02)

CD2
15. Mantra (7:17)
16. Kyoto (9:58)
17. Castillos de Arena, Part 2 (Sand Castle) (1:13)
18. Incident AT Neshabur (15:57)
19. Se A Cabo (5:39)
20. Samba Pa Ti (8:56)
21. Mr. Udo (3:07)
22. Toussaint L'Overture (7:40)

Just Another Band from East L.A.- A Collection

2010-01-09T23:26:00.000-08:00

Just Another Band from East L.A. - A Collection is a compilation album by Los Lobos released in 1993.

All songs by David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Volver, Volver" (Fernando Z. Maldonado) – 3:47 - Unreleased Live Dec 11, 1987 at Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood CA
2. "El Cuchipe" (Orozco/Bueno) – 2:19 - From the Album "Los Lobos Del Este De Los Angeles"
3. "La Feria de la Flores" (Jesus Monge) – 3:49 - From the Album "Los Lobos Del Este De Los Angeles"
4. "Sabor a Mí" (Alvaro Carrillo) – 3:40 - From the Album "Los Lobos Del Este De Los Angeles"
5. "Let's Say Goodnight" – 3:29 - Unreleased Live Dec 11, 1987 at Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood CA
6. "Anselma" (Cesar Suedan/Guadalupe Trigo) – 3:08 - From the Album "...And a Time to Dance"
7. "Will the Wolf Survive?" – 3:43 - From the Album "How Will the Wolf Survive?"
8. "A Matter of Time" – 3:48 - From the Album "How Will the Wolf Survive?"
9. "I Got to Let You Know" (Cesar Rosas) – 2:35 - Unreleased Live Feb 25, 1987 at Paradiso, Amesterdam, The Netherlands
10. "Don't Worry Baby" (Cesar Rosas, Louie Pérez, T-Bone Burnett) – 2:46 - From the Album "How Will the Wolf Survive?"
11. "One Time One Night" – 4:48 - From the Album "By the Light of the Moon"
12. "Shakin' Shakin' Shakes" (Cesar Rosas, T-Bone Burnett) – 4:10 - From the Album "By the Light of the Moon"
13. "River of Fools" – 2:42 - Unreleased Live Sep 27, 1992 at Alberta Bair Theatre, Billings MT
14. "Carabina.30-30" (Genaro Nunez) – 3:36 - Unreleased Live Nov 16, 1992 at The Barns of Wolf Trap, Vienna VA
15. "Tears of God" – 3:45 - From the Album "By the Light of the Moon"
16. "Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)" (Cesar Rosas, T-Bone Burnett) – 3:35 - From the Album "By the Light of the Moon"
17. "Come On, Let's Go" (Ritchie Valens) – 2:00 - From the Soundtrack for La Bamba
18. "La Bamba" (arranged and adapted by Ritchie Valens) – 2:52 - From the Soundtrack for "La Bamba"
19. "El Gusto" (Elpidio Ramirez)– 2:56 - From the Album "La Pistola y El Corazón"
20. "Estoy Sentado Aqui" (Cesar Rosas) – 2:27 - From the Album "La Pistola y El Corazón"
21. "La Pistola y el Corazõn" - 3:28 - From the Album "La Pistola y El Corazón"
22. "I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" (Richard M. Sherman/Robert B. Sherman) - 3:17 - From the Compilation Album "Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films"

Disc two

1. "Someday" – 3:42 - Outtake from "The Neighborhood" Sessions.
2. "Down on the Riverbed" – 4:05 - From the Album "The Neighborhood"
3. "Be Still" – 3:34 - From the Album "The Neighborhood"
4. "The Neighborhood" – 4:07 - From the Album "The Neighborhood"
5. "I Can't Understand (Cesar Rosas, Willie Dixon) – 3:57 - From the Album "The Neighborhood"
6. "Angel Dance" – 3:12 - From the Album "The Neighborhood"
7. "Bertha" (R. Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 4:59 - Unreleased Live Nov 6, 1992 at Carefree Theatre, West Palm Beach FL
8. "Saint Behind the Glass" – 3:15 - From the Album "Kiko"
9. "Angels with Dirty Faces" – 4:02 - From the Album "Kiko"
10. "Wicked Rain" (Cesar Rosas) – 3:36 - Unreleased Live Nov 16, 1992 at The Barns of Wolf Trap, Vienna VA
11. "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" – 3:35 - From the Album "Kiko"
12. "When the Circus Comes" – 3:15 - From the Album "Kiko"
13. "Peace" – 6:21 - Unreleased Live Nov 16, 1992 at The Barns of Wolf Trap, Vienna VA
14. "Bella Maria De Mi Alma" (Robert Craft, Arne Glimcher)– 4:26 - From the Soundtrack For "The Mambo Kings"
15. "What's Going On" (Al Cleveland, Reynaldo Benson, Marvin Gaye) – 4:51 - Unreleased Live Sep 12, 1992 at World Music Theatre, Tinley Park IL
16. "Wrong Man Theme" (Los Lobos) – 1:45 - From the Television movie "The Wrong Man"
17. "Blue Moonlight" – 3:46 - From the Television movie "The Wrong Man"
18. "Politician" (Peter Brown, Jack Bruce) – 4:35 - Unreleased Live Nov 16, 1992 at The Barns of Wolf Trap, Vienna VA
19. "New Zandu" – 3:08 - Previously Unreleased

Happy New Year 2010!

2010-01-04T08:42:00.000-08:00

“Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.” ~Brooks Atkinson

Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics (1991)

2009-12-21T00:14:00.000-08:00

Blue Yule: Christmas Blues and R&B Classics
Various Artists
Blues
1991

1 Santa's Messin' with the Kid 03:22
2 Merry Christmas 02:45
3 Christmas Blues 02:35
4 Christmas Time Blues 03:04
5 Christmas Day 02:14
6 Merry Christmas, Baby 03:02
7 Please Come Home for Christmas 02:54
8 Jingle Bell Boogie 02:40
9 Christmas Time-Pt. 1 03:40
10 Santa Claus, Santa Claus 02:19
11 Santa Claus 03:21
12 Merry Christmas Darling 02:29
13 Blues for Christmas 02:40
14 Happy New Year 02:43
15 Christmas Holidays [#] 03:08
16 Santa Claus Baby 03:28
17 I Want My Baby for Christmas 02:31
18 I'll Be Home for Christmas 03:14

VA - Motown Christmas [1999]

2009-12-19T01:17:00.000-08:00

1. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - The Jackson 5
2. What Christmas Means To Me - Stevie Wonder
3. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Temptations
4. My Favorite Things - Diana Ross & The Supremes
5. Deck The Halls/Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Jackson 5
7. Ave Maria - Stevie Wonder
8. Silent Night - The Temptations
9. Little Christmas Tree - Michael Jackson
10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
11. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - The Jackson 5
12. Joy To The World - Diana Ross & The Supremes
13. The Little Drummer Boy - The Temptations
14. Silver Bells - Diana Ross & The Supremes
15. Someday At Christmas - Stevie Wonder
16. Frosty The Snowman - The Jackson 5
17. Jingle Bells - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
18. My Christmas Tree - The Temptations
19. White Christmas - Diana Ross & The Supremes
20. One Little Christmas Tree - Stevie Wonder
21. Give Love On Christmas Day - The Jackson 5
22. It's Christmas Time - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
23. Children's Christmas Song - Diana Ross & The Supremes
24. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Jackson 5
25. I Want To Come Home For Christmas - Marvin Gaye

B.B. King - A Christmas Celebration of Hope (2001)

2009-12-18T00:29:00.000-08:00

Now that Charles Brown is gone, it's up to B.B. King to uphold the blues for Christmas. If this first collection of holiday music is any indication, he deserves his own igloo in the North Pole. Self-produced with his touring band in New Orleans during a spring heat wave, A Christmas Celebration of Hope finds King overcoming both the heat and Yuletide music clichés, turning out an inspired and rollicking album that is lit from within by King's generous spirit and gracious heart. Like others before him, King dipped into the blues and R&B holiday canon, but instead of just recycling well-worn classics, he plucked gems like "Blues Decorations" and "Backdoor Santa" out of obscurity and polished them to a high gloss. When King does cover standards, like "Merry Christmas, Baby" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas," he imbues them with his own earthy personality and sleek, restrained playing. King also includes two originals in this surprise package: "Celebration," which he first released in 1960, and the new instrumental, "Christmas Love." This record not only will make Christmas merrier for the listener, it will also help people suffering from cancer, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes, as King has donated the proceeds to the City of Hope, the world-renowned biomedical research and treatment center. --Jaan Uhelszki

The Beatles - Love

2009-12-16T02:38:00.001-08:00

Love is a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack remix album of music recorded by The Beatles, released in November 2006. It features music compiled and remixed for the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name. The album was produced by George Martin and his son Giles Martin, who said, "What people will be hearing on the album is a new experience, a way of re-living the whole Beatles musical lifespan in a very condensed period."

The DVD-Audio has longer versions of "Revolution" and "Back in the U.S.S.R.", increasing the total running time by about two minutes. The track listing for both discs is as follows: All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted (see also: Lennon/McCartney).

1. "Because" – 2:44
2. "Get Back" – 2:05
3. "Glass Onion" – 1:20
4. "Eleanor Rigby" (with "Julia" transition) – 3:05
5. "I Am the Walrus" – 4:28
6. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – 1:22
7. "Drive My Car"/"The Word"/"What You're Doing" – 1:54
8. "Gnik Nus" – 0:55
9. "Something" (with "Blue Jay Way" transition) (George Harrison) – 3:29
10. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"/"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"/"Helter Skelter" – 3:22
11. "Help!" – 2:18
12. "Blackbird"/"Yesterday" – 2:31
13. "Strawberry Fields Forever" – 4:31
14. "Within You Without You"/"Tomorrow Never Knows" (Harrison, Lennon/McCartney) – 3:07
15. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 4:10
16. "Octopus's Garden" (Richard Starkey) – 3:18
17. "Lady Madonna" – 2:56
18. "Here Comes the Sun" (with "The Inner Light" transition) (Harrison) – 4:18
19. "Come Together"/"Dear Prudence" (with "Cry Baby Cry" transition) – 4:45
20. "Revolution" – 2:14 (CD version) / 3:23 (DVD version)
21. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 1:53 (CD version) / 2:34 (DVD version)
22. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) – 3:46
23. "A Day in the Life" – 5:08
24. "Hey Jude" – 3:58
25. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" – 1:22
26. "All You Need Is Love" – 3:39

Track elements

Love contains elements from 130 individual recordings of The Beatles. While a complete list has not been disclosed, highlights of how the elements were mixed have been noted by the press.

* "Because" – An interview in Entertainment Weekly revealed that the opening track includes the bird sounds used in the World Wildlife Fund version of "Across the Universe". In addition, a new recording of a Wood Pigeon was implemented "to make it more British," according to George Martin.
* "Get Back" – As reported, the track utilizes the opening guitar from "A Hard Day's Night", the drum and guitar solos from "The End", percussion from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)", and the orchestral swell from "A Day in the Life".
* "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – An interview with George and Giles Martin stated that elements from both the studio recording and the Hollywood Bowl live performance were mixed to create this version.
* "Drive My Car"/"The Word"/"What You're Doing" – As reported, the medley features the guitar solo from "Taxman" and the horns section from "Savoy Truffle".
* "Gnik Nus" – As suggested in its title, the track contains the vocal arrangement of "Sun King" played in reverse.
* "Something" (with "Blue Jay Way" transition) – The track contains vocal elements from "Nowhere Man".
* "Strawberry Fields Forever" – A review of the album noted that this version builds from an acoustic demo.It includes the orchestral section from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the solo piano from "In My Life", the brass included in "Penny Lane", the cello and harpsichord arrangement from "Piggies" and the coda of "Hello, Goodbye".
* "Within You Without You"/"Tomorrow Never Knows" – This track combines the vocals from "Within You Without You" with the bass and drums from "Tomorrow Never Knows."
* "Octopus's Garden" – According to USA Today and PopMatters, this track contains the string arrangement from "Good Night", sound effects used in "Yellow Submarine" and elements from "Lovely Rita" and "Helter Skelter".
* "Lady Madonna" – The song includes the guitar riff from "Hey Bulldog", Eric Clapton's guitar solo from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and Billy Preston's organ solo from "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".
* "Here Comes the Sun" (with "The Inner Light" transition) – As mentioned by Giles Martin, the track includes backing vocals from "Oh! Darling" and a bass line from "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".
* "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" – A BBC article reported that George Martin chose to use an early version of the recording for the album and wrote a new orchestral backing for the track.

Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)

2009-12-14T03:30:00.001-08:00

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

McCartney is the first solo album by Paul McCartney and was released in 1970. It is notable for the fact that McCartney, a multi-instrumentalist, performed the entire album (all instruments and voices) by himself, except for some backing vocals from his first wife, Linda McCartney. McCartney stated that he played "bass, drums, acoustic guitar, lead guitar, piano, Mellotron, organ, toy xylophone, and bow and arrow" on the album. Notable, also, is the use of a large number of instrumental tracks.

Side 1

1. "The Lovely Linda" – 0:42
2. "That Would Be Something" – 2:37
3. "Valentine Day" – 1:40
* Instrumental
4. "Every Night" – 2:30
5. "Hot as Sun/Glasses" – 2:06
* Instrumental
* "Hot as Sun", one of McCartney's earliest songs, was composed during his Quarrymen days in 1959
* The beginning of "Glasses" consists of notes being "sung" on the rims of crystal glasses; the track then breaks into a fragment of another McCartney song, "Suicide"
6. "Junk" – 1:54
* Originally written in 1968 in India where The Beatles were studying transcendental meditation, and demoed at George Harrison's house with some of McCartney's inclusions for the double album The White Album; also subsequently considered for the Abbey Road album
7. "Man We Was Lonely" – 2:57
Side 2

1. "Oo You" – 2:47
2. "Momma Miss America" – 4:04
* Instrumental
* Originally titled "Rock 'n' Roll Springtime", hence McCartney's announcement at the track's beginning
3. "Teddy Boy" – 2:22
* Written in 1968 in India, and originally recorded by The Beatles in January 1969 as a contender for the Let It Be project before being dropped
4. "Singalong Junk" – 2:34
* An instrumental version of "Junk", featuring Mellotron strings
5. "Maybe I'm Amazed" – 3:49
* Achieved the #338 position in the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list compiled by Rolling Stone magazine in 2004
6. "Kreen-Akrore" – 4:14
* Instrumental
* The Kreen-Akrore are a forest Indian tribe living in the Amazon basin of Brazil

Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood - Live from Madison Square Garden Disc 2

2009-12-12T00:44:00.000-08:00

1 After Midnight 04:45
2 Split Decision 06:25
3 Rambling on My Mind 04:01
4 Georgia on My Mind 05:05
5 Little Wing 06:42
6 Voodoo Chile 16:23
7 Can't Find My Way Home 05:33
8 Dear Mr. Fantasy 07:41
9 Cocaine 06:41

Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood - Live from Madison Square Garden Disc 1

2009-12-12T00:41:00.000-08:00

1 Had to Cry Today 07:47
2 Low Down 04:10
3 Them Changes 05:10
4 Forever Man 03:33
5 Sleeping in the Ground 04:50
6 Presence of the Lord 05:23
7 Glad 04:13
8 Well All Right 05:35
9 Double Trouble 08:06
10 Pearly Queen 06:10
11 Tell the Truth 06:42
12 No Face, No Name, No Number 04:09

Let It Roll: The Best of George Harrison

2009-12-11T01:30:00.000-08:00

Let It Roll: The Best of George Harrison

1 Got My Mind Set on You 03:52
2 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) 03:35
3 Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) 03:48
4 My Sweet Lord 04:40
5 While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Live][Version] 04:46
6 All Things Must Pass 03:46
7 Any Road 03:52
8 This Is Love 03:47
9 All Those Years Ago 03:46
10 Marwa Blues 03:41
11 What Is Life 04:24
12 Rising Sun 05:27
13 When We Was Fab 03:51
14 Something [Live][Version] 03:10
15 Blow Away 03:59
16 Cheer Down 04:06
17 Here Comes the Sun [Live][Version] 02:54
18 I Don't Want to Do It 02:54
19 Isn't It a Pity 07:07

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1970) {1994 Remaster}

2009-12-10T03:48:00.000-08:00

Led Zeppelin III is the third album by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded between January and July 1970 and was released on 5 October 1970 by Atlantic Records. Composed largely at a remote cottage in Wales known as Bron-Yr-Aur, this work represented a maturing of the band's music towards a greater emphasis on folk and acoustic sounds. This surprised many fans and critics, and upon its release the album received rather indifferent reviews. Although it is not one of the highest sellers in Led Zeppelin's catalog, Led Zeppelin III is now generally acknowledged as representing an important milestone in the band's history.

Side one

1. "Immigrant Song"
2. "Friends"
3. "Celebration Day"
4. "Since I've Been Loving You"
5. "Out on the Tiles"

Side two

1. "Gallows Pole"
2. "Tangerine"
3. "That's the Way"
4. "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp"
5. "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper"

The Super Super Blues Band: Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf (1967), Checker

2009-12-10T03:41:00.000-08:00

Howlin' Wolf / Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley - The Super Super Blues Band

1 Long Distance Call
2 Medley: Ooh Baby & Wrecking My Love Life
3 Sweet Little Angel
4 I'm a Man
5 Spoonful
6 Diddley Daddy
7 The Red Rooster
8 Goin' Down Slow

Guitar, Vocals - Muddy Waters
Vocals, Guitar - Bo Diddley
Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar - Howlin' Wolf
Producer - Willie Dixon

Recorded: September, 1967 at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago

CREAM - Those Were The Days (1997)

2009-11-22T01:29:00.000-08:00

THOSE WERE THE DAYS is a four-disc set, the first half consisting of Cream's entire studio output and the last half featuring the band's concert performances. The package includes a 48-page booklet full of previously unpublished photos.
Cream: Jack Bruce (vocals, acoustic guitar, cello, harmonica, piano, organ, bass); Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); Ginger Baker (vocals, drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: George Harrison (guitar); Felix Pappalardi (viola, organ, trumpet, tonette, Swiss hand bells, piano, mellotron, bass).
Producers: Robert Stigwood, Felix Pappalardi, Ahmet Ertegun.
Compilation producer: Bill Levenson
Engineers include: John Timperly, Tom Dowd, Adrian Barber.
Includes liner notes by John McDermott.
In the two years they were together, Cream's blend of blues, psychedelic rock and quirky lyricism forever altered the definition of rock music. After releasing four seminal albums, Cream broke up as quickly as they had come together, with all three members going on to solo careers of varying artistic and commercial success. THOSE WERE THE DAYS brings together Cream's musical output in a deluxe four-CD set that's neatly halved between studio and live material.
Meticulously compiled and remastered, DAYS includes every studio recording the band ever released, as well as previously unreleased demos, masters, rare and alternate takes. The live half of the box set is primarily culled from seminal performances at legendary venues like San Francisco's Winterland and Fillmore West.
The sound has been considerably cleaned up allowing the listener to hear every nuance of these extended flights of jazz-flavored blues-rock improvisation. The package surrounding Cream's timeless musical output sports a DISRAELI GEARS-style day-glo cover and a 48-page color book. The accompanying notes, complemented by dozens of previously unpublished photos, provide an intimate glimpse into the brief, but groundbreaking career of the original power trio.

Byrds - There Is A Season (4-cd Box Set)

2009-11-04T03:16:00.000-08:00

There is a Season provides us with a stunning portrait of the development of the Byrds’ signature sound---jingle-jangle guitars, breathtaking harmonies, and constant experimentation with musical forms. We get to see a group of folkies grow from a Beatles wannabe band to one that never ceased experimenting with diverse musical forms, despite numerous personnel changes and internal tensions that would choke a horse. History has not been especially kind to the memory of the Byrds, but we are finally beginning to understand how the creative tensions impacted the end product over the years. The 4 CDs are arranged in chronological order with the first disc focusing on the original 5 members, with subsequent discs featuring various incarnations of the group’s revolving-door membership.

1 The Only Girl I Adore Clark, McGuinn 2:26
2 Please Let Me Love You Clark, Gerst, McGuinn 2:23
3 Don't Be Long Gerst, McGuinn 1:56
4 The Airport Song Crosby, McGuinn 2:03
5 You Movin' Clark 2:08
6 You Showed Me Clark, McGuinn 2:04
7 Mr. Tambourine Man Dylan 2:32
8 I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better Clark 2:34
9 You Won't Have to Cry Clark, McGuinn 2:10
10 Here Without You Clark 2:39
11 The Bells of Rhymney Davies, Seeger 3:33
12 All I Really Want to Do [Single Version] Dylan 2:05
13 I Knew I'd Want You Clark 2:17
14 Chimes of Freedom Dylan 3:54
15 She Has a Way Clark 2:27
16 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Dylan 3:05
17 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) Seeger 3:52
18 It Won't Be Wrong Gerst, McGuinn 2:00
19 Set You Free This Time Clark 2:51
20 The World Turns All Around Her Clark 2:15
21 The Day Walk Clark 3:03
22 If You're Gone Clark 2:47
23 The Times They Are A-Changin' Dylan 1:56
24 She Don't Care About That [Single Version] Clark 2:32
25 Stranger in a Strange Land [instrumental] Crosby 3:03
26 Eight Miles High Clark, Crosby, McGuinn 3:37
27 Why [Single Version] Crosby, McGuinn 3:01
28 5D (Fifth Dimension) McGuinn 2:35
29 Wild Mountain Theme 2:32
30 Mr. Spaceman McGuinn 2:12
31 I See You Crosby, McGuinn 2:40
32 What's Happening?!?! Crosby 2:37
33 I Know My Rider 2:46
34 So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star Hillman, McGuinn 2:08
35 Have You Seen Her Face Hillman 2:42
36 Renaissance Fair Crosby, McGuinn 1:54
37 Time Between Hillman 1:55
38 Everybody's Been Burned Crosby 3:07
39 My Back Pages Dylan 3:10
40 It Happens Each Day Crosby 2:47
41 He Was a Friend of Mine [live/#] McGuinn, Traditional 2:39
42 Lady Friend Crosby 2:33
43 Old John Robertson [Single Version] Hillman, McGuinn 1:52
44 Goin' Back Goffin, King 3:28
45 Draft Morning Crosby, Hillman, McGuinn 2:43
46 Wasn't Born to Follow Goffin, King 2:04
47 Tribal Gathering Crosby, Hillman 2:04
48 Dolphin's Smile Crosby, Hillman, McGuinn 2:01
49 Triad Crosby 3:31
50 Universal Mind Decoder [instrumental] Hillman, McGuinn 3:27
51 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Dylan 2:35
52 I Am a Pilgrim Traditional 3:39
53 The Christian Life Louvin, Louvin 2:29
54 You Don't Miss Your Water Bell 3:49
55 Hickory Wind Buchanan, Parsons 3:32
56 One Hundred Years from Now Parsons 2:53
57 Lazy Days [Alternate Version] Parsons 3:18
58 Pretty Polly [Alternate Version] Traditional 3:34
59 This Wheel's on Fire [Alternate Version] Danko, Dylan 3:54
60 Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man McGuinn, Parsons 3:54
61 Candy McGuinn, York 3:38
62 Child of the Universe Grusin, McGuinn 3:11
63 Pretty Boy Floyd [live] Guthrie 2:48
64 Buckaboo [live/instrumental] Morris 2:04
65 King Apathy III [live] McGuinn 3:13
66 Sing Me Back Home [live] Haggard 3:05
67 Lay Lady Lay [Alternate Version] Dylan 3:18
68 Oil in My Lamp [Alternate Version] Traditional 2:03
69 Tulsa County Polland 2:48
70 Jesus Is Just Alright Reynolds 2:10
71 Chestnut Mare Levy, McGuinn 5:08
72 Just a Season Levy, McGuinn 3:52
73 Kathleen's Song [Alternate Version] Levy, McGuinn 2:39
74 All the Things [Alternate Version] Levy, McGuinn 4:56
75 Lover of the Bayou [live] Levy, McGuinn 3:39
76 Positively 4th Street [live] Dylan 3:06
77 Old Blue [live] 3:30
78 It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [live] Dylan 2:52
79 Ballad of Easy Rider [live] McGuinn 2:10
80 You All Look Alike [live/#] Battin, Fowley 3:08
81 Nashville West [live/#/instrumental] Parsons, White 2:12
82 Willin' [live] George 3:13
83 Black Mountain Rag [live/instrumental] Traditional 1:19
84 Baby What You Want Me to Do [live/#] Reed 3:48
85 I Trust [live/#] McGuinn 4:03
86 Take a Whiff (On Me) [live] Ledbetter, Lomax, Lomax 2:56
87 Glory, Glory Reynolds 4:00
88 Byrdgrass [instrumental] Parsons, White 1:44
89 Pale Blue McGuinn 2:23
90 I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician Levy, McGuinn 2:03
91 Nothin' to It [instrumental] 1:39
92 Tiffany Queen McGuinn 2:42
93 Farther Along Traditional ~ Presley 2:58
94 Bugler Murray 3:08
95 Mr. Tambourine Man [live] Dylan 2:59
96 Roll Over Beethoven [live] Berry 3:02
97 Full Circle Clark 2:43
98 Changing Heart Clark 2:43
99 Paths of Victory Dylan 3:10
100 Mr. Tambourine Man [*] Dylan
101 I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better [*] Clark
102 All I Really Want to Do [*] Dylan
103 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) [*] Seeger
104 It Won't Be Wrong [*] Gerst, McGuinn
105 Set You Free This Time [*] Clark
106 So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star [*] Hillman, McGuinn
107 Mr. Tambourine Man [*] Dylan
108 Eight Miles High [*] Clark, Crosby, McGuinn
109 Mr. Spaceman [*] McGuinn

Buffalo Springfield Box Set - 2001

2009-11-04T02:11:00.000-08:00

Buffalo Springfield (box set)
(2001)

Buffalo Springfield (box set) is a career retrospective of the late 60s folk rock band of the same name, released in 2001. Band member Neil Young assembled the tracks in chronological order to show how the band evolved and disintegrated in the span of two years. Of the four CDs, the first three represent the actual box set while the fourth CD contains the band's first two albums. It reached #194 on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart, and stayed on the chart for the single week. The set omits the stereo version of the Buffalo Springfield album, the mono version of Buffalo Springfield Again, the album version of "On The Way Home", "Pretty Girl Why", and "Four Days Gone" from Last Time Around, and the songs "Carefree Country Day" and "In The Hour Of Not Quite Rain" from Last Time Around. It also lacks the long version of "Bluebird", only ever issued on a 2-LP compilation.
Track listing

CD 1

1. "There Goes My Babe" (Young) – 1:43 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
2. "Come On" (Stills) – 1:23 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
3. "Hello, I've Returned" (Stills/Parks) – 1:34 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
4. "Out Of My Mind" (Young) – 2:44 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
5. "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong" (Young) – 3:08 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
6. "I'm Your Kind of Guy" (Young) – 1:05 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
7. "Baby Don't Scold Me" (Stills) – 2:04 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
8. "Neighbor Don't You Worry" (Stills) – 2:28 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
9. "We'll See" (Stills) – 4:07 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
10. "Sad Memory" (Furay) – 2:49 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
11. "Can't Keep Me Down" (Furay) – 2:07 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
12. "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" (Young) – 3:25
13. "Go And Say Goodbye" (Stills) – 2:21
14. "Sit Down I Think I Love You" (Stills) – 2:31
15. "Leave" (Stills) – 2:43
16. "Hot Dusty Roads" (Stills) – 2:51
17. "Everybody's Wrong" (Stills) – 2:24
18. "Burned" (Young) – 2:16
19. "Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It" (Young) – 3:02
20. "Out Of My Mind" (Young) – 3:05
21. "Pay The Price" (Stills) – 2:37
22. "Down Down Down" (Young) – 2:11 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
23. "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong" (Young) – 2:40
24. "Neighbor Don't You Worry" (Stills) – 2:25 (Previously Unreleased Remix)*

CD 2

1. "Down Down Down" (Young) – 2:42 (Previously Unreleased Remix)*
2. "Kahuna Sunset" (Stills/Young) – 2:53 (Previously Unreleased)*
3. "Buffalo Stomp (Raga)" (Furay/Kunkel/Stills/Young) – 3:51 (Previously Unreleased)*
4. "Baby Don't Scold Me" (Stills) – 3:24 (Previously Unreleased Version)*
5. "For What It's Worth" (Stills) – 2:39
6. "Mr. Soul" (Young) – 2:44 (Previously Unreleased Version)*
7. "We'll See" (Stills) – 2:43 (Previously Unreleased)*
8. "My Kind of Love" (Furay) – 2:31 (Previously Unreleased)*
9. "Pretty Girl Why" (Stills) – 2:26 (Previously Unreleased Mix)*
10. "Words I Must Say" (Furay) – 1:12 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
11. "Nobody's Fool" (Furay) – 1:31 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
12. "So You've Got A Lover" (Stills) – 3:06 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
13. "My Angel" (Stills) – 3:48 (Demo)*
14. "No Sun Today" (Eisner) – 2:02 (Previously Unreleased)*
15. "Everydays" (Stills) – 2:40
16. "Down To The Wire" (Young) – 2:25 (Previously Unreleased Version)*
17. "Bluebird" (Stills) – 4:29
18. "Expecting To Fly" (Young) – 3:45
19. "Hung Upside Down" (Stills) – 4:26 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
20. "A Child's Claim To Fame" (Furay) – 2:10
21. "Rock & Roll Woman" (Stills) – 2:46

CD 3

1. "Hung Upside Down" (Stills) – 3:27
2. "Good Time Boy" (Furay) – 2:15
3. "One More Sign" (Young) – 2:02 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
4. "The Rent Is Always Due" (Young) – 3:03 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
5. "Round and Round and Round" (Young) – 3:37 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
6. "Old Laughing Lady" (Young) – 2:40 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*
7. "Broken Arrow" (Young) – 6:14
8. "Sad Memory" (Furay) – 3:01
9. "On The Way Home" (Young) – 2:27 (Previously Unreleased Mix)*
10. "Whatever Happened To Saturday Night" (Young) – 2:06 (Previously Unreleased/Remix)*
11. "Special Care" (Stills) – 3:32
12. "Falcon Lake (Ash On The Floor)" (Young) – 4:19 (Previously Unreleased/Remix)*
13. "What A Day" (Furay) – 2:18 (Previously Unreleased)*
14. "I Am A Child" (Young) – 2:20
15. "Questions" (Stills) – 2:54
16. "Merry-Go-Round" (Furay) – 2:02
17. "Uno Mundo" (Stills) – 2:00
18. "Kind Woman" (Furay) – 4:12
19. "It's So Hard To Wait" (Furay/Young) – 2:05
20. "Four Days Gone" (Stills) – 3:47 (Previously Unreleased Demo)*

CD 4

1. "For What It's Worth" (Stills) – 2:39 (already on CD2, tk5)
2. "Go And Say Goodbye" (Stills) – 2:21 (already on CD1, tk13)
3. "Sit Down I Think I Love You" (Stills) – 2:32 (already on CD1, tk14)
4. "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" (Young) – 3:25 (already on CD1, tk12)
5. "Hot Dusty Roads" (Stills) – 2:50 (already on CD1, tk16)
6. "Everybody's Wrong" (Stills) – 2:24 (already on CD1, tk17)
7. "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong" (Young) – 2:40 (already on CD1, tk23)
8. "Burned" (Young) – 2:16 (already on CD1, tk18)
9. "Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It" (Young) – 3:02 (already on CD1, tk19)
10. "Leave" (Stills) – 2:43 (already on CD1, tk15)
11. "Out Of My Mind" (Young) – 3:05 (already on CD1, tk20)
12. "Pay The Price" (Stills) – 2:36 (already on CD1, tk21)
13. "Baby Don't Scold Me" (Stills) – 3:04
14. "Mr. Soul" (Young) – 2:49
15. "A Child's Claim To Fame" (Furay) – 2:10 (already on CD2, tk20)
16. "Everydays" (Stills) – 2:40 (already on CD2, tk15)
17. "Expecting To Fly" (Young) – 3:44 (already on CD2, tk18)
18. "Bluebird" (Stills) – 2:16 (already on CD2, tk17)
19. "Hung Upside Down" (Stills) – 3:27 (already on CD3, tk1)
20. "Sad Memory" (Furay) – 3:01 (already on CD3, tk8)
21. "Good Time Boy" (Furay) – 2:15 (already on CD3, tk2)
22. "Rock & Roll Woman" (Stills) – 2:46 (already on CD2, tk21)
23. "Broken Arrow" (Young) – 6:14 (already on CD3, tk7)

Horrific Child "L'Étrange Monsieur Whinster" (Eurodisc, 913063, 1976)

2009-10-23T02:24:00.000-07:00

This rare French Horror-Psych-Prog is on the Nurse With Wound list; and assuming you're the kind of person who thinks they might enjoy a little French Horror-Psych-Prog in your life now & then, it's well worth the half an hour you'll need to invest in digesting it.

The work of Jean-Pierre Massiera (a guy behind an awful lot of interesting/ experimental audio), it can been seen as a pretty logical progression from the fantastic & spooky-themed Les Maledictus Sound project which he also helmed (and in fact was similar enough in vibe that the "Les Maledictus Sound" CD re-release even contains a "Horrific Child" excerpt). Weaving Krautrock-esque prog around a spacy horror-soundtrack atmosphere, it's a really hypnotizing listen....Part rock album, part experimental ...

01 Frayeur
02 Angoisse
03 H I A (Horreur Indescriptible Et Accumulee)

Buckethead - Mad Monster Party

2009-10-22T03:06:00.000-07:00

01 Frankenseuss Laboratories
02 Peppers Ghost
03 Gory Head Stump 2006 The Pageant
04 Ghost
05 Flesh for the Beast
06 Mad Monster Party
07 The Funeral
08 Ice Pick through Eyes
09 Night of the Slunk
10 Traveling Morgue
11 Slaughter Zone - The Haunted Farm
12 The Hand
13 Witches On The Heath
14 Angel Monster
15 Headstone
16 Spider Crawl
17 Buried Alive
18 Isle Of Dead
19 Frozen Brains Tell No Tales
20 The Spider's Web
21 The Corpse Plower

Baby Grandmothers - Turn on Tune in Drop out 1967

2009-09-27T01:12:00.000-07:00

1967 Swedish Psychedelic Rock
"Baby Grandmothers were a short-lived Swedish band, but one of the most prolific and unique psychedelic, modal, experimental power-trios to emerge out of the Scandinavian psychedelic underground-scene in 1967. Recommended highly for all fans of raw psychedelic, reactive improvisational imaginative rock music, and also those interested of original 1960's Swedish "Prog" scene.

01 - Opus 1 Ascending
02 - Opus 2 Floating
03 - Opus 3 Descending

Psychedelic Phinland: Finnish Hippie & Underground Music 1967 - 1974

2009-09-27T00:56:00.000-07:00

There's 29 tracks from almost as many artists, a fantastic trip into the early daze of the Finnish freak-scene. Psychedelic Phinland is just as political, and parodic, and perverse as it is potheaded. There's plenty of Flower Power pop and/or fuzzed-out blues rock, but you'll also find jazz-damaged prog and mystic folk, revolutionary theatre and electronic insanity.

Psychedelic Phinland: Finnish Hippie & Underground Music 1967 - 1974
CD1
01 CD1: Topmost The End - Topmost 02:42
02 Savu - Hector & Oscar 02:53
03 Kukkasen valta - Jukka Kuoppamäki 03:16
04 Hippijortsut pöhkölässä - Jorma Ikävalko 03:36
05 Cherry Cup-cake Twist - Blues Section 03:47
06 Must Be the Devil - Wigwam 04:26
07 Being Is More Than Life - Baby Grandmothers 05:45
08 Pientä peliä urbaanissa limousinessa - Eero Koivistoinen 06:03
09 Taiteen kritiikistä - Charlies 03:32
10 Ajatuksia - Apollo 05:06
11 Kasvoton kuolema ja Sirhan Sirhan - Suomen talvisota 1939-40 02:21
12 Tehtaan vahtimestarit - Suomen talvisota 1939-40 01:20
13 Flaggorna fladdrade i gentlemannens WC - Suomen talvisota 1939-40 03:56
14 Näkemiin, voi hyvin ystäväni - Tylympi kohtalo 05:21
15 Olen erilainen - Pekka Streng 03:44
16 Zeppeliini - Juice Leskinen & Coitus Int 03:14
17 Meiran laulu - Hector 05:05
18 Aurinkomaa - Jukka Kuoppamäki 03:34
19 Olen puhunut utopiaa - Markku Into 04:21
CD2
20 Tarzan apornas apa / Tarzan gregah / Jane Porter sivistyksen muurilla - Those Lovely Hula Hands 04:45
21 Menevät miehet - Those Lovely Hula Hands 01:40
22 Fos 2 - Pekka Airaksinen 05:33
23 Heinäsirkat I - The Sperm 16:05
24 Kaukana väijyy ystäviä - Sähkökvartetti 10:12
25 Simple Things - Kruununhaan Dynamo 05:04
26 Side one - Sikiöt 10:15
27 Trippin` Together - Sikiöt 10:48
28 Missä on Marilyn? - Those Lovely Hula Hands 05:11
29 Degnahc Ev´uoy - J. O. Mallander 01:41

Various Artists - Can you Dig it, 70s Soul Experience

2009-09-19T02:20:00.000-07:00

The liner notes that accompany this collection note that '70s soul music has never really gotten its due. One could argue that point for days, but hubris aside, there's no denying that Can You Dig It pays serious homage to the golden years of American soul. The new box set contains 6 CDs and 136 cuts, 65 of which hit the No. 1 spot on the R&B and/or pop charts. As you'd expect with a project that mines such a rich era (the CDs are compiled chronologically), it represents a who's who of stars. Among the notables: Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, the Spinners, the O'Jays, the Staple Singers, James Brown, Chairmen of the Board, Laura Lee, Freda Payne, and Jean Knight. Lesser lights also get to shine, i.e., El Chicano, who deliver the salsafied hippie anthem "Tell Her She's Lovely." But let's be honest--the selling point is the hits, and from the uplifting "Ooh Child" to the sassy "Want Ads," if you grew up in the '70s (hands up), then these tracks are beloved. Sure, the hard-core fan will probably wish for more obscurities, and the exclusion of Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and George Clinton is troublesome, but anyone wanting an at-home jukebox loaded with classic R&B will certainly dig this.