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These days, singer-songwriter and actor David Blue tends to be remembered only in relation to Bob Dylan. A member of the supporting cast in mid-60s Greenwich Village and The Rolling Thunder Revue. Yet to categorise Blue in this way is reductionist, and does him an injustice. He was something of an archetype of the 60s generation of Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. Yet, esteemed by his peers, he was overlooked. He released seven albums in a decade, and his acting career was shaping up when he died suddenly at the age of just 41. His passing was barely noted in the rock press, and in the subsequent years Blue was all but forgotten. Of late, though, that’s
changed. His albums started to reappear on CD on small labels and, in 2020, both Rolling Stone and Mojo magazines published major reappraisals. Blue – at last – was getting the attention denied him in life.
It wasn’t until 1965 that Blue, as Dave Cohen, released his first recordings – three songs on Elektra’s Singer Songwriter Project. All betrayed a debt to pre-electric Dylan. But then again, so did much else coming out of Greenwich Village at the time. Elektra contracted Blue to do his own album, and in 1966 David Blue was released – his first recording to appear under that name. Electric folk rock with a garage band attitude, somewhat in debt to Highway 61, it didn’t sell well. Shortly after the album’s release Blue formed and toured with The American Patrol, a four-piece rock band, recording an album for Elektra that was never released.
Now, for the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release those historical abandoned American Patrol recordings, along with the three tracks included on Elektra’s 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project, as David Blue And The American Patrol The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More and David Blue, his self-titled 1966 debut album, on two exclusive vinyl editions limited to 500 copies
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You Need A Change
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David Blue & The American Patrol–
23 Days In September
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A3
David Blue & The American Patrol–
Vaudeville Blues
3:50
A4
David Blue & The American Patrol–
King Of Spain
3:22
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David Blue & The American Patrol–
Anna
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David Blue & The American Patrol–
Dr. Smith's Electrical Light Machine
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B2
David Blue & The American Patrol–
Scales For A Window Thief
4:36
B3
David Blue & The American Patrol–
Best Of Your Childlike Smiles
5:05
B4
David Cohen*–
I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning
2:20
B5
David Cohen*–
It's Alright With Me
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B6
David Cohen*–
Don't Get Caught In A Storm
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These days, singer-songwriter and actor David Blue tends to be remembered only in relation to Bob Dylan. A member of the supporting cast in mid-60s Greenwich Village and The Rolling Thunder Revue. Yet to categorise Blue in this way is reductionist, and does him an injustice. He was something of an archetype of the 60s generation of Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. Yet, esteemed by his peers, he was overlooked. He released seven albums in a decade, and his acting career was shaping up when he died suddenly at the age of just 41. His passing was barely noted in the rock press, and in the subsequent years Blue was all but forgotten. Of late, though, that’s
changed. His albums started to reappear on CD on small labels and, in 2020, both Rolling Stone and Mojo magazines published major reappraisals. Blue – at last – was getting the attention denied him in life.
It wasn’t until 1965 that Blue, as Dave Cohen, released his first recordings – three songs on Elektra’s Singer Songwriter Project. All betrayed a debt to pre-electric Dylan. But then again, so did much else coming out of Greenwich Village at the time. Elektra contracted Blue to do his own album, and in 1966 David Blue was released – his first recording to appear under that name. Electric folk rock with a garage band attitude, somewhat in debt to Highway 61, it didn’t sell well. Shortly after the album’s release Blue formed and toured with The American Patrol, a four-piece rock band, recording an album for Elektra that was never released.
Now, for the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release those historical abandoned American Patrol recordings, along with the three tracks included on Elektra’s 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project, as David Blue And The American Patrol The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More and David Blue, his self-titled 1966 debut album, on two exclusive vinyl editions limited to 500 copies
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David Blue & The American Patrol–
You Need A Change
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A2
David Blue & The American Patrol–
23 Days In September
5:15
A3
David Blue & The American Patrol–
Vaudeville Blues
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A4
David Blue & The American Patrol–
King Of Spain
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David Blue & The American Patrol–
Anna
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David Blue & The American Patrol–
Dr. Smith's Electrical Light Machine
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David Blue & The American Patrol–
Scales For A Window Thief
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David Blue & The American Patrol–
Best Of Your Childlike Smiles
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David Cohen*–
I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning
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B5
David Cohen*–
It's Alright With Me
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David Cohen*–
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hese days, singer-songwriter and actor David Blue tends to be remembered only in relation to Bob Dylan. A member of the supporting cast in mid-60s Greenwich Village and The Rolling Thunder Revue. Yet to categorise Blue in this way is reductionist, and does him an injustice. He was something of an archetype of the 60s generation of Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. Yet, esteemed by his peers, he was overlooked. He released seven albums in a decade, and his acting career was shaping up when he died suddenly at the age of just 41. His passing was barely noted in the rock press, and in the subsequent years Blue was all but forgotten. Of late, though, that’s changed. His albums started to reappear on CD on small labels and, in 2020, both Rolling Stone and Mojo magazines published major reappraisals. Blue – at last – was getting the attention denied him in life.
It wasn’t until 1965 that Blue, as Dave Cohen, released his first recordings – three songs on Elektra’s Singer Songwriter Project. All betrayed a debt to pre-electric Dylan. But then again, so did much else coming out of Greenwich Village at the time. Elektra contracted Blue to do his own album, and in 1966 David Blue was released – his first recording to appear under that name. Electric folk rock with a garage band attitude, somewhat in debt to Highway 61, it didn’t sell well. Shortly after the album’s release Blue formed and toured with The American Patrol, a four-piece rock band, recording an album for Elektra that was never released.
Now, for the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release those historical abandoned American Patrol recordings, along with the three tracks included on Elektra’s 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project, as David Blue And The American Patrol The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More and David Blue, his self-titled 1966 debut album, on two exclusive vinyl editions limited to 500 copies
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hese days, singer-songwriter and actor David Blue tends to be remembered only in relation to Bob Dylan. A member of the supporting cast in mid-60s Greenwich Village and The Rolling Thunder Revue. Yet to categorise Blue in this way is reductionist, and does him an injustice. He was something of an archetype of the 60s generation of Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. Yet, esteemed by his peers, he was overlooked. He released seven albums in a decade, and his acting career was shaping up when he died suddenly at the age of just 41. His passing was barely noted in the rock press, and in the subsequent years Blue was all but forgotten. Of late, though, that’s changed. His albums started to reappear on CD on small labels and, in 2020, both Rolling Stone and Mojo magazines published major reappraisals. Blue – at last – was getting the attention denied him in life.
It wasn’t until 1965 that Blue, as Dave Cohen, released his first recordings – three songs on Elektra’s Singer Songwriter Project. All betrayed a debt to pre-electric Dylan. But then again, so did much else coming out of Greenwich Village at the time. Elektra contracted Blue to do his own album, and in 1966 David Blue was released – his first recording to appear under that name. Electric folk rock with a garage band attitude, somewhat in debt to Highway 61, it didn’t sell well. Shortly after the album’s release Blue formed and toured with The American Patrol, a four-piece rock band, recording an album for Elektra that was never released.
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We couldn't be happier to announce the first Mapache Records compilation after all these years. ONE MILE FROM HEAVEN is a dreamy travel through the 70's and beyond private singer songwriters scene.
There have always been privately-pressed records. Such a "private" LP is an album that has been composed, performed, recorded and edited usually very-DIY style by the very artist or by an amateur label. A private press record is, above all, an act of the artistic urge. It's an act that takes place outiside of the industry out of need, out of a lack of knowledge, out of love, out of a drive, out of ambition... you can choose among the many reasons.
Depending on their genre, origins, time, and above all, quality, some of these efforts have become valuable pieces for the music collector. Having been created behind the "canonical history of music" written by the industry, every now and then an archaeologist will bring to the surface an artifact they have found in some basement or flea market, or that was kept covered in dust in the shell of some old recording studio soon to be torn down.
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Maitreya Kali "One Last Farewell"
Gary Higgins "Thicker Than A Smokey"
Alicia May "Summer Days"
Dan Gillmor & Doug McClaran "Ghost Song"
Bobb Trimble "One Mile From Heaven"
Bob Patterson "Friends Of Mine"
Jim Sullivan "Jerome"
Chuck & Mary Perrin "Corrine"
Dan Modlin & Dave Scott "Loser, Lover"
Billy Hallquist "Persephone"
Richard Goldman "Sweethearts"
Olav Rixen & Ulrich Fausten "Pilgrimade"
Naomi Lewis "More Beautiful"
Jerry and Nancy Stevens "A Little Resolution"
Merrell Fankhauser "On Our Way To Hana"
Michael Angelo "Field Of Lonely Eyes"
Carm Mascarenhas "In The Sun"
Joe & Bing "Daybreak"
Philip John Lewin "Diamond Love"
Michael Yonkers "And Give It To You"
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We couldn't be happier to announce the first Mapache Records compilation after all these years. ONE MILE FROM HEAVEN is a dreamy travel through the 70's and beyond private singer songwriters scene.
There have always been privately-pressed records. Such a "private" LP is an album that has been composed, performed, recorded and edited usually very-DIY style by the very artist or by an amateur label. A private press record is, above all, an act of the artistic urge. It's an act that takes place outiside of the industry out of need, out of a lack of knowledge, out of love, out of a drive, out of ambition... you can choose among the many reasons.
Depending on their genre, origins, time, and above all, quality, some of these efforts have become valuable pieces for the music collector. Having been created behind the "canonical history of music" written by the industry, every now and then an archaeologist will bring to the surface an artifact they have found in some basement or flea market, or that was kept covered in dust in the shell of some old recording studio soon to be torn down.
All these records have their own story, and some are still especially relevant, and others are but small footnotes in the encyclopedia of music that made their way into the margins of the mainstream world. These are the most limited of editions (and mostly locally made ones) of largely unsociable and mostly unobtainable records--and when found, they are often exorbitantly priced. Many of these marginalized and onscure artists have stayed alive only through the wonderful work of tireless song rescuers, music lovers, vocational archivists, collectors, and record labels with an idealistic drive. These romantics have been rescuing and indexing a form of music that very few have showed interest in until recent years. This record is a tribute to all of those who managed to make these songs not be lost to time. Above all, this release is a tribute to all those artists who recorded their songs on their own, mostly because they couldn't keep the music inside themselves.
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Maitreya Kali "One Last Farewell"
Gary Higgins "Thicker Than A Smokey"
Alicia May "Summer Days"
Dan Gillmor & Doug McClaran "Ghost Song"
Bobb Trimble "One Mile From Heaven"
Bob Patterson "Friends Of Mine"
Jim Sullivan "Jerome"
Chuck & Mary Perrin "Corrine"
Dan Modlin & Dave Scott "Loser, Lover"
Billy Hallquist "Persephone"
Richard Goldman "Sweethearts"
Olav Rixen & Ulrich Fausten "Pilgrimade"
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Jerry and Nancy Stevens "A Little Resolution"
Merrell Fankhauser "On Our Way To Hana"
Michael Angelo "Field Of Lonely Eyes"
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Philip John Lewin "Diamond Love"
Michael Yonkers "And Give It To You"
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Recorded in Austin at Vine Studios with Kyle Crusham (Paul Simon, Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians), Cactus Lee has returned with a six song album titled “Perfect Middle Hall.” This album signals a change in approach to Dehan’s previous self recorded albums and yields a fuller sound. In addition to Dehan on guitars and vocals is John Bush (New Bohemians) on conga / percussion / drums and Alice Stewart (Shinyribs) with added vocals.
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GOING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
PERE LACHAISE
SLOWLY BY
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PERFECT MIDDLE HALL
ADELINE
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GOING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
PERE LACHAISE
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ADELINE
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Clasic debut album by Epic Soundtracks from The Swell Maps.
Collaborations by Lee Ranaldo and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) , Rowland S. Howard (The Birthday Party) and Martyn P Casey (The Bad Seeds).
Strings arrangements by Henry Olsen.
Insert with unseen pictures and liner notes by Chris Coleman.
“Rise Above is an album that fell through the cracks – in 1992, records by singer-songwriters were more likely to be ignored than they were 20 years before in the early 1970’s or would be 20 years later in the early 2010’s. It was certainly critically acclaimed but unnoticed by the world at large. Time, surely, for these dozen classic songs to be re-assessed." (Chris Coleman)
“Rise Above is a work of pensive autumnal fragility and of such high quality, that it would be a monumental injustice to halt the fresh flow of Epic’s muse.” (Melody Maker)
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Collaborations by Lee Ranaldo and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) , Rowland S. Howard (The Birthday Party) and Martyn P Casey (The Bad Seeds).
Strings arrangements by Henry Olsen.
Insert with unseen pictures and liner notes by Chris Coleman.
“Rise Above is an album that fell through the cracks – in 1992, records by singer-songwriters were more likely to be ignored than they were 20 years before in the early 1970’s or would be 20 years later in the early 2010’s. It was certainly critically acclaimed but unnoticed by the world at large. Time, surely, for these dozen classic songs to be re-assessed." (Chris Coleman)
“Rise Above is a work of pensive autumnal fragility and of such high quality, that it would be a monumental injustice to halt the fresh flow of Epic’s muse.” (Melody Maker)
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“...it’s even Mr Soundtracks’ version of Dennis Wilson’s “Pacific Ocean Blue”. People will come across “Rise Above” in ten years’ time and wonder where the hell it came from. For now, here’s the out-of-the-blue album of 1992." ( Select magazine’s Andrew Perry)
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(clear pink color vinyl / LP with OBI) Fresh reissued magic of Funky Stuff, formerly a rare exquisite by jazzmaster Jiro Inagaki, originally released in 1975. An enduring, pioneering fusion of jazz, funk, soul and rock - the album features some of the best and most acclaimed Japanese musicians of the time, enlisting the talent-wares of Hiromasa Suzuki on keyboards, Akira Ishikawa on drums and Takeru Muraoka on sax.
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A4. Scratch
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B3. Gentle Wave
B4. Four Up
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Drums – Hajime Ishimatsu
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With J Jazz volume 4, the BBE J Jazz Bullet Train continues its journey traversing the expansive landscape of modern Japanese jazz. Volume 4 is the latest in the universally praised compilation series exploring the best, rarest and most innovative jazz to emerge from the Far East. Please take your seats for a first-class ticket to J Jazz central.
This latest station stop off is with the famed Nippon Columbia label, one of the biggest labels in Japan, whose jazz output embraces every possible style imaginable. Focussing on the key years 1968-1981, J Jazz volume 4 sees compilers Tony Higgins and Mike Peden dig even deeper into their record collections and pull-out tracks that span styles ranging from solo to big band, jazz classical interpretations and heavy jazz rock, to febrile post-bop, white hot samba fusion, and modal psychedelic wig-outs.
J Jazz volume 4 features icons such as drum master Takeo Moriyama, keyboard magi Hiromasa Suzuki, Fumio Itabashi, and Masahiko Satoh, and guitar wizards Kazumi Watanabe and Kiyoshi Sugimoto, alongside big band maestros and innovators Nobuo Hara and his Sharps and Flats, and Toshiyuki Miyama’s New Herd. Thunderous basslines nestle alongside glistening runs of electric piano, bubbling synths and air-tight drumming as the heavy psychedelic modal blues of Jiro Inagaki flows with the infectious samba grooves of Takashi Mizuhashi featuring Herbie Hancock; Shigeharu Mukai’s fusion funk epics take the music to another level and Mikio Masuda’s driving keyboard rhythms brings the heat to an incendiary dancefloor zone.
With 7,000 words of extensive sleeve notes, J Jazz vol 4 comes in a triple 180g vinyl set inside a deluxe gatefold sleeve with obi strip plus a 4 page insert. The double CD features two bonus tracks not on the vinyl edition. Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery Studio by Frank Merritt, this latest collection is a worthy successor to the preceding three volumes that have set the bar so high.
J Jazz is curated for BBE Music by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden.
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1. Exchange – Takeo Moriyama
2. The Ground For Peace – Jiro Inagaki & His Soul Media
3. Chakkiri Bushi – Nobuo Hara and his Sharps & Flats, Hozan Yamamoto
4. Trial Road – Tomoki Takahashi
5. A Muddy Muffin – Masahiko Sato
6. Samba de Negrito – Takashi Mizuhashi & Herbie Hancock
7. Scramble – Hiromasa Suzuki
9. Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun – Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats
10. Jones Street – Kiyoshi Sugimoto
11. By The Red Stream – Hiromasa Suzuki, Jiro Inagaki & Big Soul Media
12. Kaleidoscope (Edit) – Mickie Yoshino & Kazumi Watanabe
13. Ougi Denju-shiki – Toshiyuki Miyama and His New Herd
14. Toppu – Shigeharu Mukai
15. Mickey’s Samba – Mikio Masuda
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This latest station stop off is with the famed Nippon Columbia label, one of the biggest labels in Japan, whose jazz output embraces every possible style imaginable. Focussing on the key years 1968-1981, J Jazz volume 4 sees compilers Tony Higgins and Mike Peden dig even deeper into their record collections and pull-out tracks that span styles ranging from solo to big band, jazz classical interpretations and heavy jazz rock, to febrile post-bop, white hot samba fusion, and modal psychedelic wig-outs.
J Jazz volume 4 features icons such as drum master Takeo Moriyama, keyboard magi Hiromasa Suzuki, Fumio Itabashi, and Masahiko Satoh, and guitar wizards Kazumi Watanabe and Kiyoshi Sugimoto, alongside big band maestros and innovators Nobuo Hara and his Sharps and Flats, and Toshiyuki Miyama’s New Herd. Thunderous basslines nestle alongside glistening runs of electric piano, bubbling synths and air-tight drumming as the heavy psychedelic modal blues of Jiro Inagaki flows with the infectious samba grooves of Takashi Mizuhashi featuring Herbie Hancock; Shigeharu Mukai’s fusion funk epics take the music to another level and Mikio Masuda’s driving keyboard rhythms brings the heat to an incendiary dancefloor zone.
With 7,000 words of extensive sleeve notes, J Jazz vol 4 comes in a triple 180g vinyl set inside a deluxe gatefold sleeve with obi strip plus a 4 page insert. The double CD features two bonus tracks not on the vinyl edition. Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery Studio by Frank Merritt, this latest collection is a worthy successor to the preceding three volumes that have set the bar so high.
J Jazz is curated for BBE Music by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden.
Tracklist LP:
1. Exchange – Takeo Moriyama
2. The Ground For Peace – Jiro Inagaki & His Soul Media
3. Chakkiri Bushi – Nobuo Hara and his Sharps & Flats, Hozan Yamamoto
4. Trial Road – Tomoki Takahashi
5. A Muddy Muffin – Masahiko Sato
6. Samba de Negrito – Takashi Mizuhashi & Herbie Hancock
7. Scramble – Hiromasa Suzuki
9. Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun – Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats
10. Jones Street – Kiyoshi Sugimoto
11. By The Red Stream – Hiromasa Suzuki, Jiro Inagaki & Big Soul Media
12. Kaleidoscope (Edit) – Mickie Yoshino & Kazumi Watanabe
13. Ougi Denju-shiki – Toshiyuki Miyama and His New Herd
14. Toppu – Shigeharu Mukai
15. Mickey’s Samba – Mikio Masuda
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Label:Soul Jazz Records
Cat-No:SJRLP521
Release-Date:29.09.2023
Genre:Funk
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Release-Date:29.09.2023
Genre:Funk
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You are about to embark on a new intergalactic journey into black space, fuelled by funk, powered by computers. Soul Jazz Records" new second collection of twisted hyperspace electro/funk "Space Funk 2: Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84", continues its intergalactic journey. Featuring rare and off-the-wall space funk and electro rarities and obscurities, all released on small independent USA record labels in the late 1970s and 1980s. Artists on this release include Alien Starr, Bobby Demo, Maggatron, Mid-City Crew, Tribe, Junie, Rich Cason and the Galactic Orchestra and many more intergalactic space warriors! This is space age bionic funk, programmed to make you dance!!!
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1. Alien Starr - Music-A-Lizer
2. Chance - Master Groove (Instrumental)
3. The Bobby Deemo Band - More Ounce Rap
4. Mack Simmons - Skin Tight
5. Maggotron - Computer Pop
6. Tribe - Vulcan Voyage
7. Command Performance - Breakdance
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1. Junei - Let's Ride
2. The Graingers - Shine Your Light
3. Mid City Crew - Get Right
4. Chapter Three - Smurf Trek
5. X-Ray Vision - Video Control
6. Rich Cason and The Galactic Orchestra - Year 2001 Boogi
7. Frank James and Shadow - Summer Tim More
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1. Alien Starr - Music-A-Lizer
2. Chance - Master Groove (Instrumental)
3. The Bobby Deemo Band - More Ounce Rap
4. Mack Simmons - Skin Tight
5. Maggotron - Computer Pop
6. Tribe - Vulcan Voyage
7. Command Performance - Breakdance
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1. Junei - Let's Ride
2. The Graingers - Shine Your Light
3. Mid City Crew - Get Right
4. Chapter Three - Smurf Trek
5. X-Ray Vision - Video Control
6. Rich Cason and The Galactic Orchestra - Year 2001 Boogi
7. Frank James and Shadow - Summer Tim More
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Release-Date:01.04.2022
Genre:Alternative/Electronic
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Kevin Low & Fiona Carlin - Change Of Heart
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Kevin Low & Fiona Carlin - Nothing Else Will Ever Be The Same
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Kevin Low & Fiona Carlin - Your Love
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Kevin Low & Fiona Carlin - Kylie
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Kevin Low & Fiona Carlin - Lonely When You Go
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Kevin Low & Fiona Carlin - Miracle Town
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Kevin Low & Fiona Carlin - Hoochie Coochie
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Kevin Low & Fiona Carlin - Locked Out Of Love
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These tracks were recorded by Kevin Low and Fiona Carlin in Kevin’s bedroom in Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, in 1986. Me and my dad, Kevin, dug out a huge bunch of his tapes over the lockdown (about 80 of the them at first). Some were…better than others, however, the Gayfield Square demos were the pick of the lot. Previously Kevin and Fiona were part of the Post Punk / indie band ‘Wild Indians’, whose first release “Stolen Courage” had come out in 1983 – released on Flexi Disc via the Edinburgh fanzine Deadbeat. Throughout the mid-1980s they performed across Edinburgh’s clubs, including at the Hoochie Coochie Club (name checked on track 7), where they played alongside bands and close friends Pop Wallpaper and Visitors. The band went on to release two 12” singles, “Love of My Life” in 1984 and “Penniless” in 1986.
After the band broke up Kevin sold his guitar amp and 7inch collection, Fiona her saxophone and they went out and got themselves a Yamaha RX-5 drum machine, Yamaha QX7 sequencer and a Yamaha DX-100. These bedroom tracks are the fruits of their first venture with this hardware, combining their experimentation with synthetic sounds (mostly the DX-100’s famous pre-sets) with a post-punk vocal style.
These eight tracks are also, in part, the fruit of the “Enterprise Allowance scheme” - a policy venture of Margaret Thatcher’s UK government that gave unemployment claimants access to an extra £40 to top up the basic dole money. Following Thatcher’s election victories in 1979 and 1983, the policy sought to reduce the figures of mass unemployment which hung over Britain well into the 1980s. This policy, according to Kevin, helped to keep up the credit payments. He notes that, “when Fiona and I turned up at the DHSS office with the sure-fire money-making plan of making a business as a ‘song-writing’ duo they signed us up. However, I still think they thought we said, sign writing as they were filling out the form.”
Kevin and Fiona stopped making music together shortly after these tracks were recorded so unfortunately, they never saw the light of day…until now!
Fiona went on to work in Film and Television sound. Kevin became a photographer, working mostly in theatre. He is now an artist/painter working in Glasgow. More
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These tracks were recorded by Kevin Low and Fiona Carlin in Kevin’s bedroom in Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, in 1986. Me and my dad, Kevin, dug out a huge bunch of his tapes over the lockdown (about 80 of the them at first). Some were…better than others, however, the Gayfield Square demos were the pick of the lot. Previously Kevin and Fiona were part of the Post Punk / indie band ‘Wild Indians’, whose first release “Stolen Courage” had come out in 1983 – released on Flexi Disc via the Edinburgh fanzine Deadbeat. Throughout the mid-1980s they performed across Edinburgh’s clubs, including at the Hoochie Coochie Club (name checked on track 7), where they played alongside bands and close friends Pop Wallpaper and Visitors. The band went on to release two 12” singles, “Love of My Life” in 1984 and “Penniless” in 1986.
After the band broke up Kevin sold his guitar amp and 7inch collection, Fiona her saxophone and they went out and got themselves a Yamaha RX-5 drum machine, Yamaha QX7 sequencer and a Yamaha DX-100. These bedroom tracks are the fruits of their first venture with this hardware, combining their experimentation with synthetic sounds (mostly the DX-100’s famous pre-sets) with a post-punk vocal style.
These eight tracks are also, in part, the fruit of the “Enterprise Allowance scheme” - a policy venture of Margaret Thatcher’s UK government that gave unemployment claimants access to an extra £40 to top up the basic dole money. Following Thatcher’s election victories in 1979 and 1983, the policy sought to reduce the figures of mass unemployment which hung over Britain well into the 1980s. This policy, according to Kevin, helped to keep up the credit payments. He notes that, “when Fiona and I turned up at the DHSS office with the sure-fire money-making plan of making a business as a ‘song-writing’ duo they signed us up. However, I still think they thought we said, sign writing as they were filling out the form.”
Kevin and Fiona stopped making music together shortly after these tracks were recorded so unfortunately, they never saw the light of day…until now!
Fiona went on to work in Film and Television sound. Kevin became a photographer, working mostly in theatre. He is now an artist/painter working in Glasgow. More
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Label:ReGrooved Records
Cat-No:RG-009Blue
Release-Date:30.06.2023
Genre:Funk
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Junie - No Title
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Junie - No Title
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Junie - No Title
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Junie - No Title
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Junie - No Title
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Junie - No Title
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Junie - No Title
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Junie - No Title
Format: 1 x LP | Limited Blue Transparent Edition
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Junie II
2. Medley: Pain | Cookies Will Get You | Pleasure | Ecstasy
3. Musical Son
4. Fopp
Side B
1. Surrender
2. Super Groupie
3. Super J.
4. Granny's Funky Rolls Royce
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Walter “JUNIE” Morrison was a former member of the OHIO PLAYERS and responsible for writing and
arranging their early 1970s hit singles “Pain”, “Pleasure”, “Ecstasy” and most notably, the group’s
first Billboard R&B Number One “Funky Worm”. In 1978 he joined George Clinton’s Funk Mob
PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and, as their musical director, played a key role during the creation of the
hit albums “One Nation Under A Groove”, “Motor Booty Affair”, “Gloryhallastoopid” and their R&B
Number Ones, “One Nation Under A Groove” and "(Not Just) Knee Deep". In between acts he
released three solo albums for Westbound Records that showcased his unique take on the funk. “The
Funky Worm – Live at Dooley’s 1976” is a one of kind live recording from his mid-70s Westbound
solo period that was only recently discovered. Regrooved Records is proud to present the very first
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Side A
1. Junie II
2. Medley: Pain | Cookies Will Get You | Pleasure | Ecstasy
3. Musical Son
4. Fopp
Side B
1. Surrender
2. Super Groupie
3. Super J.
4. Granny's Funky Rolls Royce
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Walter “JUNIE” Morrison was a former member of the OHIO PLAYERS and responsible for writing and
arranging their early 1970s hit singles “Pain”, “Pleasure”, “Ecstasy” and most notably, the group’s
first Billboard R&B Number One “Funky Worm”. In 1978 he joined George Clinton’s Funk Mob
PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC and, as their musical director, played a key role during the creation of the
hit albums “One Nation Under A Groove”, “Motor Booty Affair”, “Gloryhallastoopid” and their R&B
Number Ones, “One Nation Under A Groove” and "(Not Just) Knee Deep". In between acts he
released three solo albums for Westbound Records that showcased his unique take on the funk. “The
Funky Worm – Live at Dooley’s 1976” is a one of kind live recording from his mid-70s Westbound
solo period that was only recently discovered. Regrooved Records is proud to present the very first
live album of funk icon JUNIE MORRISON. More
Label:Hole In One
Cat-No:HIOX006
Release-Date:24.02.2023
Genre:Dope Beat/Hip Hop
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SMK - Nigga Type Shit (Original Version)
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SMK - Who's Got The Fiah
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SMK - Get Off A Niggaz Nutz (Original Version)
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SMK - It Ain't Easy
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SMK - Every Single Bitch
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SMK - Dat Bounce
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SMK - Just A Murdarah
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SMK - Yall Bitches
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SMK - They Can't Attack
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SMK - It's Hard Being Black
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SMK - We Got Da Weed
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SMK - Suck A Nigga Dick
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SMK - I Want YOu
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SMK - When I Make It Rich
SMK aka South Memphis King is one of the real godfathers of Memphis rap. He released his first album in 1991 and is still active today. This is one of his early recordings, never released on vinyl before, Straight bangin' underground shit for the streets of your city. Roll a blunt and enjoy the sick madness over here.
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(Pressed on Black vinyl, LP with OBI, original released in 1970) 2023 pressing Japanese Import of the Japanese Jazz-Funk classic. From the opening 'The Vamp' to the final 'Head Rock', this is a dazzling jazz rock showcase with dreadnought songs that are filled with ideas and passion you can hold. A masterpiece that has an overwhelming presence in the history of jazz in Japan, as a heresy left on the prestigious jazz label Tact.
TRACKLIST
A1. The Vamp
A2. Twenty One
A3. Spoonful
B1. Back To Rack
B2. High Jack
B3. The Ground For Peace
B4. Head Rock
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From the opening “The Vamp” to the final “Head Rock”, this is a dazzling jazz rock showcase with dreadnought songs that are filled with ideas and passion you can hold. A masterpiece that has an overwhelming presence in the history of jazz in Japan, as a heresy left on the prestigious jazz label Tact.
Bass – Yasuo Arakawa
Drums – Sadakazu Tabata
Guitar – Ryo Kawasaki
Organ – Masaru Imada
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Jiro Inagaki
Trumpet – Tetsuo Fushimi More
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A1. The Vamp
A2. Twenty One
A3. Spoonful
B1. Back To Rack
B2. High Jack
B3. The Ground For Peace
B4. Head Rock
INFO
From the opening “The Vamp” to the final “Head Rock”, this is a dazzling jazz rock showcase with dreadnought songs that are filled with ideas and passion you can hold. A masterpiece that has an overwhelming presence in the history of jazz in Japan, as a heresy left on the prestigious jazz label Tact.
Bass – Yasuo Arakawa
Drums – Sadakazu Tabata
Guitar – Ryo Kawasaki
Organ – Masaru Imada
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Jiro Inagaki
Trumpet – Tetsuo Fushimi More
Label:1985 Music
Cat-No:ONEF050
Release-Date:03.11.2023
Genre:Drum + Bass
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Alix Perez & Headland - A1 - Mirage Pt I
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Alix Perez & Headland - A2 - Mirage Pt II
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Alix Perez & Headland - B1 - The Grove
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Alix Perez & Headland - B2 – Shuriken
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Alix Perez & Headland - C1 – Hellion
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Alix Perez & Headland - C2 – 1024
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Alix Perez & Headland - D1 – Coco
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Alix Perez & Headland - D2 - Elk's Point
Label head honcho Alix Perez teams up with fellow New Zealand based producer DJ Headland on their mini LP 'Hellion'. Delivering eight heavyweight cuts that have been doing damage on sound systems across the world.
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Label:Above Board Projects
Cat-No:BEATSPUN003
Release-Date:03.11.2023
Genre:Breaks
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Tasti Box - - San Francisco
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Mattski - - Live at the Brotherhood
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Bass Kittens - - Get a Grip (Mission St. Mix)
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Housebound - - Electro Rhythms
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Hawke - - 3 Moods in a Purple Garden (Robbie Hardkiss Mix)
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Trailmix - - Tequilla Sunset
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Studio X - - Los Kings del Mambo
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Deep2 - - Sphere
The Beat by SPUN – West Coast Breakbeat Rave Electrofunk 1988-1994. In the late 1980s, Disco was taking a backseat to the burgeoning psychedelic scene in San Francisco, marking a pivotal shift in musical culture. A dynamic transformation was underway as the younger generation sought a fresh auditory adventure, all while the devastating AIDS epidemic cast a somber pall over the city's nightlife. Amidst this evolving backdrop, a subtle yet distinct sonic movement quietly emerged within the confines of San Francisco’s vibrant club scene, often referred to as "The Beat." Although Hip-Hop, New Wave, Gothic, Punk, and the burgeoning Modern Rock genre held considerable sway, the pre-RAVE clubs in SF witnessed the fusion of these genres into a unique amalgam of sound that insiders dubbed “The Beat.” This musical tapestry encompassed everything from Hip-Hop and Freestyle to Industrial, New Wave, Boogie, Miami Bass, and Techno – the unifying thread being the distinctive vibe that characterised this eclectic mix. As House, Techno, and Raving gradually gained prominence along the West Coast, a distinctive interpretation of these evolving sounds took root. Drawing inspiration from influential hubs like New York, Chicago, Detroit, Europe, and notably the UK, which saw a wave of talented young DJs migrate to California, San Francisco became the backdrop for its own version of the second Summer of Love. While the exact chronology might spark debate – some recalling '92, while others leaning towards '93 – what remains indisputable is the era spanning from 1990 to 1994, an unparalleled epoch of exuberant dancefloor revelry on the western shores. In the face of limited backing from major labels or established independent dance music entities of the time, a grassroots movement of labels and producers emerged organically, ardently championing this distinct sound and catapulting it onto the global stage. This sonic identity was deeply influenced by “the Beat,” acting as a creative wellspring that informed the musical landscape. While the tracks compiled in these volumes might not encompass the entirety of this transformative musical epoch, they offer a vivid snapshot of the melodious tapestry that coloured San Francisco and the broader West Coast during that era. Each track featured stands as a 100% Sure Shot that was played heavily by DJ Spun back in those very heady days.
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