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Johnny Pacheco – Pacheco At The NYC World’s Fair (1964 Fania)

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Johnny Pacheco – Pacheco At The N.Y. World’s Fair Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC |  300 dpi  | Latin, Salsa 1964 Fania LP-326 || Mono gold label Because everything sucks right now except my record collection.  Nothing provocative, depressing, nor spooky (this being Halloween and all) but rather uplifting and invigorating. This is great early work from Maestro Pacheco, released within the first year of Fania Records’ life as a company that would cast a long shadow in… Continue reading

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Alain Goraguer – La Planète Sauvage Original Soundtrack (1973) (2020 RSD)

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Alain Goraguer – La Planète Sauvage Original Soundtrack Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC |  300 dpi  | Jazz-funk, Psychedelic 2020 Superior Viaduct – SV058 translucent yellow vinyl Original release 1973 on the Pathé label (France) When I was a teenager, staying up late on the weekends, I used to see this film come on the TV.   I found it beguiling, unsettling, and trippy.  It seemed to combine everything my adolescent self was immersed in: science fiction, psychedelia, and… Continue reading

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Joe Bataan – Gypsy Woman (1967) (2022 Fania / Craft Recordings)

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Joe Bataan – Gypsy Woman Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz |Latin, Boogaloo, Soul 2022 Craft Recordings CR00552|| Original release – Fania 1967 So it’s another holiday weekend in the land of my birth.  Actually, the holiday is Tuesday, July 4th, Independence Day, but in spite of the insidious Protestant Work Ethic, many Americans will make like Brazilians and turn it into an extended 4-day weekend.   I’m not big on celebrating it myself, at least not until we all get… Continue reading

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Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite: We Insist feat. Abbey Lincoln (1961)

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Max Roach – Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite: We Insist Vinyl trasnsfer in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC |  300 dpi + web scans | Bebop, Hard Bop Candid CLP 30021 | Record Store Day 2022 | Orig.rel. 1961 “The Beat has a rich and magnificent history…”  We could do worse than to commemorate Juneteenth with this epoch-defining slab of jazz directly from the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement.  Max Roach and vocalist Abbey Lincoln (soon to be married… Continue reading

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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Cosmic Funk (1974) (2022 RGM)

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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Cosmic Funk Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Spiritual jazz 2022 Real Gone Music || 1974 Orig. Flying Dutchman So I actually crafted a new, short write-up of this record without remembering that I posted about it once before, 13 years ago, because of course I did.  You can read that screed here, if you like.  I will probably blog about this album a third… Continue reading