I just felt like pointing out one of the coolest records I have come across in the blogosphere, the self-titled album from East Coast on Encounter Records from 1973. It’s over at Never Enough Rhodes, a wonderful blog that has been around a lot longer than we have. The great material, informative notes, and careful…
ISAAC HAYES – GROOV-A-THON – 320 kbsReleased 1976 on HBS RecordsAn unjustly neglected item in Mr. Hayes catalog, at least by me. The second release on his own HBS (Hot Buttered Soul) imprint, I like this better than Chocolate Chip (the first on HBS, which I should have posted anyway but will now wait until…
A friend of mine alerted me to the news posted below, from January. If you don’t read Portuguese the main thing to know is that vinyl sales grew 89% in 2008. Pretty damn amazing for a “dead” format, don’t you think? The bad news is that the top ten LPs sold is a list populated…
Siah and Yeshua Dapo ED (1996) 320kbsLabel: Fondle ‘EmCatalog#: FE005 Tracklisting: Fur Side A1 The Visualz (3:44) Recorded By – Troy Davis A2 Gravity (4:05) A3 Glass Bottom Boat (2:32) Mixed By, Recorded By – Mark Morris [Featuring] – Ken Boogaloo A4 No Soles’ Dopest Opus (4:55) Side Beaz B1 The Mystery (3:42) Mixed By,…
Freddie Hubbard – Keep Your Soul Together (1973) 320 kbs Vinyl Rip, CTI Records Track List: Brigitte Keep Your Soul Together Spirits of Trane Destiny’s Children Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard’s CTI recordings have long been underrated and a bitdowngraded by writers who get them confused with his much commercial output forColumbia. For this LP (not yet…
To the guy who keeps commenting — every day now — on my Manu Dibango post, asking for a particular pressing of Soul Makossa — PLEASE STOP. I do not have the pressing, and I will not publish your comments because, 1) they are getting really annoying, and 2) you are begging instead of just…
