Lightnin’ Hopkins “Soul Blues” Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in May 4-5, 1964. Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder. Originally released on Prestige / Bluesville (PR 7377), 1966 Digital remastering by Phil De Lancie (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley). 01. I’m Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own 02. My Babe 03. Too Many…
Al GREEN Full of Fire Released on Hi Records, 1976 This pressing, The Right Stuff, 1996 Recorded at Royal Recording Studios, 1320 South Lauderdale, Memphis, Tennessee 38118. Mastered at Audiotronics, Memphis, Tennessee. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Willie Mitchell Yesterday I took a four-hour bus ride with no headphones and this song (above) ran through…
LaBelle – NightbirdsReleased 1974Epic (KE 33075) 1. “Lady Marmalade” (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) – 3:56 2. “Somebody Somewhere” (Nona Hendryx) – 3:25 3. “Are You Lonely?” (Nona Hendryx) – 3:12 4. “It Took a Long Time” (Raymond Bloodworth, L. Brown, Bob Crewe) – 4:03 5. “Don’t Bring Me Down” (Allen Toussaint) – 2:48 6. “What…
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band Take One (1974-79) Analog Africa No.2 2006, Alula Records (ALU 2002) What a thing of beauty this disc is! Africa during the 1960s witnessed a host of incredible bands that came to prominence playing their music in the dim afterthoughts of colonialism, the sweat and smoke-filled corners of leisure found in…
Today, July 7, Flabbergasted Vibes is officially two years old! I write “officially” because it was actually migrated from a blog I had started on MySpace (who reads blogs on MySpace anyway?), and also I did not really put much thought into the posts for the first few months. It was just a way to…
Trilha Sonora Desert 1. Galaxy Around Olodumare – Alice Coltrane2. Only Him or Me – Townes Van Zandt3. Polly Vaughn – Shirley Collins4. Reynardine – Shirley Collins and Davy Graham5. Thank you Master (For My Soul) – Donny Hathaway Download link The winter air here is refreshing and rejuvenating, not cold and bleak like where…
