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Aretha Franklin – Sparkle OST (1976) (with Curtis Mayfield)

  September 3, 2018

Aretha Franklin – Sparkle 1976 Atlantic SD 18176 Produced and composed by Curtis Mayfield This reissue by 2012 HDtracks 1 Sparkle –  4:13 2 Something He Can Feel –  6:21 3 Hooked on Your Love –  5:00 4 Look into Your Heart –  4:04 5 I Get High –  4:11 6 Jump – 2:19 7 Loving You Baby –  3:48 8 Rock with Me –  3:11 Recorded at Curtom Studios, Chicago Remixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles Arranged By, Orchestrated … Continue reading

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Herbie Mann – Do The Bossa Nova (1962) (Atlantic 1397, Mono pressing)

  July 27, 2018 ,

Herbie Mann Do The Bossa Nova 1962 Atlantic 1397 Mono pressing Before bossa nova became the semiotic index for the synthetic happiness of mass consumer culture and alienation (and long before it was featured in the supermarkets and the Commander’s dinner parties in the current adaptation of A Handmaid’s Tale), bossa nova was  associated with the cool and cosmopolitan, with goatee-sporting hep cats like Herbie Mann.  For this record, he went to Rio and actually recorded with a bunch of … Continue reading

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Larry Coryell – Coryell (1969) – Special Blog 10th Anniversary Post!

  July 10, 2018 , ,

Larry Coryell – Coryell 1969 Vanguard Apostolic VSD 6547 | Vinyl rip in 24 bit 196 khz | Art at 600 and 300 dpi Jazz-Rock / Jazz-Funk / Soul / Fusion / Psychedelic I’ve been holding back on posting about this album until I could commemorate the 10th ANNIVERSARY of this blog.  It’s a very special record to me from the great guitarist Larry Coryell, who passed away in 2017.  It’s unique in that it captures him in a kind of transition … Continue reading

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Flabbergasted Freeform #19 – The “Lost Episode”

  July 2, 2018

It’s been a year since the last Flabbergasted Freeform, and ten months since the last “Focus” podcast of old calypso and soca.  There are a bunch of reasons why I didn’t feel like doing them any more, but I won’t go into them here.  But since this month marks the TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the blog, I thought it called for some special commemorations.  This Freeform mix was done in December of last year and was only circulated privately.  It’s … Continue reading

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Novos Baianos – Novos Baianos (1974) (Bomba Japanese reissue 2016)

  June 22, 2018 , ,

Novos Baianos – Novos Baianos 1974 Continental SLP-10.144 (Original release) 2016 Japanese reissue, Bomba Records Continental SLP-10.144  Last Sunday, Brazil’s first World Cup match ended in a tie, and now they’ve won their a match against Costa Rica.  I didn’t watch.  I don’t care about the World Cup.  Even if I did, I’m not sure I would be cheering for Brazil this year.  Country has lost its damn mind, and Neymar continues to be whitening. Also FIFA continues to be an … Continue reading