Oh My Gosh.......BOX SET of Oldchool Rap by Peanut Butter Wolf

This looks amazing......gotta get this.....The whole box-set contains.....

"BOX SET (Pre-order; ships October 13): Ten 7-inch singles - 18 hip hop classic songs re-edited by PBW and available on 45 for the first time, plus a bonus 45 by the Eastside Prep Boys recorded by PBW in 1984 (exclusive to stonesthrow.com)".

DIGITAL: Tracks from 45 Live (not mixed)

CD (coming in September): DJ mix CD of the songs by Peanut Butter Wolf

Peanut Butter Wolf's 45 Live, hip-hop 45s box set



"45 Live is a box set of 18 hip hop classic songs on 7-inch, re-edited by PBW and available on 7-inch for the first time. A mixed CD version of the box set drops in September 2009. We've got a pre-sale available today, which includes an extra 7-inch exclusive to stonesthrow.com. This box set ships October 13, 2009.

IN THE STORE - 45 Live: A Classic Rap Mix by PB Wolf

This record is such a great honor for me to be involved with. I’m sure it will hardly sell any units cuz the music industry SUCKS and most people only wanna hear bullshit (just look at which music videos get the most views on youtube or the top 10 sellers on itunes), but regardless, it’s a big deal. I mean, as a kid growing up in San Jose, CA when all this stuff came out, I was hooked and half a lifetime later I still am. I can only imagine what this stuff sounds like to the teenagers today hearing it for the first time right now, just as they probably wonder what it was like for adults like me to have heard it for the first time back when it was released.

1. Rockin' It - Fearless Four
The foundation. I read an interview with Large Professor where he was putting this in his top 10 of all time. Such a good feeling. Fearless Four are one of the most under-rated. And when they came out with “Problems Of The World/F-4000” later, that was huge too. That was a staple on my mix tapes when it came out and I used to imitate the scratch. And the video for “Problems”? black and red all the way.

2. Love Rap - Spoonie G
Back when Sugarhill Records was redoing disco songs with full bands as the backing tracks (which I love as well), Spoonie was rocking a straight up drum track. That was pretty bold at the time. Was definitely before Run DMC did it with Sucker MCs. His lyrics and voice were on point.

3. Tricky Tee Rap - Tricky Tee
This one’s also sparse production. I’m always a believer of less is more with music. It kinda trips me out how much his voice sounds like Common does now (although I’m guessing Common probably has never even heard Tricky Tee. I assume this is the same Tricky Tee that did “Leave It To The Drum” later, but that rapper sounds totally different, so who knows. Does anybody know if the old school rapper TJ Swann and the singer for Biz were one and the same?

4. Dancin Heart - Universal Two
I don’t know how this one slipped through the cracks back then. The drums and bassline are perfect. It’s great how they were just straight up rappers, not trying to be a cute novelty like some of the other females who came on the scene later. And why do they call themselves the Universal Three in the song, but the credits call them the Universal Two.

5. At The Place To Be - Sweety G
This was a bitch to re-edit. I felt funny doing re-edits of any of the songs, but it had to be done to make them fit on a 7”. I’m guessing that’s one of the reasons why 7” singles were never done of any of these songs in the first place. I think I did re-edits of all the songs except for one or two.

6. Old School - Busy Bee
This came out way later when rap had already morphed into something else, but I like how if someone heard it now for the first time, they’d assume it was from the early 80’s by the way it sounded. Actually, when I saw Wildstyle for the first time as a kid back when it came out, I remember being surprised because I was expecting the music to be more electro drum machine/synth based stuff like what was in Beat Street and Breakin, but I loved how it was different. Besides these 3 movies, no way for someone in San Jose to SEE hip hop. We only heard it.

7. Sucka DJ - Dimples D
Another “where are they now and why only one song” type of rapper. That just doesn’t make sense to me. This came out right about the time where I started programming my own beats on the Dr Rhythm drum machine, but I couldn’t find any rappers (male or female) who sounded this raw.

8. It's Yours - T La Rock
T La Rock changed the game with this song. Any rapper will tell you this. He had all those big words and they made sense the way he used them. When LL came out with “I Need A Beat” back then, I loved the song, but thought he was being T La Rock part 2. I remember looking for the scratch Jazzy Jay was using (“Full Tilt Boogie”) and was so happy when I found it a couple years later in 1987. One of the first “breaks” I discovered.

9. Cold Getting Dumb - Just Ice
By this point, we used to call the raw/underground stuff we liked “hardcore”. This is how we described Just Ice, Schooly D, etc. People say he paved the way for groups like NWA and I’m right there with them. I used to wear this album out.

10. Make The Music-Biz Markie
The reverb, the voice, the piano. It’s no wonder I lost interest in new wave, electro, soul, funk, everything else by this point. Helps me realize why people take their hip hop so seriously and make statements like “I’ll die for hip hop”.

11. Marley Marl Scratch - MC Shan
This is probably my favorite song on the whole box set. Marley Marl is one of the greatest of all time. Same formula as “Make The Music”, but Shan sounded so different. I hung on every word and every snare drum sound. I think this and (PSK) made me try rapping (ouch). Then I remember when KRS first came out, I was such an MC Shan fan, yet KRS was so dope, it really messed me up. I felt like such a trader.

12. Hardcore Hip Hop - Mantronix
This was only album cut, which was really strange to me. Was one of their best songs besides “Fresh Is The Word”. Was tough for me to decide which of those two to put on this collection. I remember when the Beat Junkies had a routine with this about 10 years ago and I was proud of them for bringing that song back. I was surprised they knew it. B-boy shit. To this day, 50 Cent’s flow reminds me of MC Tee on certain songs, although it’s probably just another coincidence.

13. Strong Island - JVC Force
Still don’t know who started the lazy Long Island flow with tons of delay between JVC, EPMD, De La, and Rakim, but they all did it well. I made my own JVC Force shirt at the mall a couple years back and wore in while in Japan and a Japanese guy took a picture of me and next time I came to Japan, they had the same exact shirt I made selling in stores. A bootleg of a bootleg.

14. Jimbrowski - Jungle Brothers
Damn, they were ahead of their time when they came out. This whole album was a start to finish masterpiece. It’s cool that groups like them paved the way for Arrested Development to have a number one hit on the pop charts that was still Afrocentric and still musically sound.

15. Mighty Hard Rocker - Cash Money & Marv
I like the beats and the rhymes on this, but the cuts on this are what do it for me. I can’t believe Cash was doing this back then. I studied his shit and still can’t do it nowadays (and hardly anyone else can either). His shit was straight up swingin’.

16. It's My Turn – Stezo
dirty drums!!! That’s what we all were trying to find back then and these were the dirtiest. Everyone who made beats sampled from this record. I used to try to mask it by taking the drum loop and filtering all the lows out to just use the high hat loop and adding a snare and different kick, then “Take It Personal” came out which was Primo’s “Fuck You” to everyone who made beats. Two classics outta one drum beat.

17. Just Rhymin With Biz- Big Daddy Kane
I wanna rhyme with the Biz. This represented the innocence of just having fun in the studio and not planning things out so much. At least that’s how it sounded. I kinda tried to do the same thing without even realizing it years later with Charizma when we had extra studio time left over and no song planned out with a song we called “My World Premiere”. That ended up being the first record on my label Stones Throw. Can’t say enough about Kane though. I think I learned more about him as a person by what Biz rapped in “Vapors” than I did in any song he rapped about himself in (although he penned Vapors for Biz).

18. The Bridge Is Over - BDP
This sounded like he was just having fun too. One of the sloppiest, purist, catchiest hip hop tracks ever. This is where the guilt started setting in for me.

19. MTS-Eastside Prep Boys (bonus track)
I made this when I was around 14. Just a drum machine I got at Toys R Us and and an MC bragging about his DJ M.T.S. the whole time. His DJ was really off beat, but all good. I met the MC and DJ that day and never saw them again since. At the end of the song, I came in and did my own cuts and they were really surprised I knew how to scratch. It was done live to tape. We didn’t have any multi-tracks back then.

20. One MC-Eastside Prep Boys (bonus track)
This was also done back when I was 14. I still talk to the MC to this day. He was the first rapper I worked with. Now he does ultimate fighting and security, but he still DJs too. I have another song by him we did back then where I had him rapping over “Sex” by Berlin. Now they call it mashup, but we were doing it back then uncredited". (From Stones Throw Site)

Recommends for August 2009

Timo Lassy featuring Jose James - The More I Look At You 7" (Ricky-Tick Records RT 032)

"Sax man Timo Lassy returns with a banger of a two-tracker for the summer. The new Ricky- Tick seven inch features the tracks 'The More I Look at You' (w/ José James) plus 'Ya Dig'. Timo Lassy, the author of one of the most celebrated Ricky-Tick LPs thus far with 2007's "The Soul & Jazz of Timo Lassy", is getting all set for the release of his sophomore album in the fall. The perfect treat while waiting for the LP is checking out the new Timo Lassy seven inch on Ricky-Tick Records.

Side A features 'The More I Look at You', also the opening track of the upcoming Lp. Put the needle on the groove, let the band set it o!, and wait for Mr. James to join in very shortly. Together Lassy and José take you on a journey which makes the "world unfold all around you" the more you listen to it. Big tune, it seems. Flip over for the instrumental delight that is 'Ya Dig'. The track is one catchy snapper for the floor. A vocal version with José James will be featured on the Lp, so this is a very special treat for the 45- speed only.

On board with Lassy and his band is a very special guest from New York, The jazz voice of the 21st century, José James. The pairing of Lassy's deep sax sound and James's velvet of a voice is pretty much as perfect a match as you are likely to get. And as the evidence stands, that's plenty and then some.All signs point to the Lassy album #2 matching the remarkably high standards set by the debut. Give this duo of tracks a spin while enjoying the fine summer weather and see if you agree. We think you might..." (Boombox Distribution Quote)

Tracklisitng

Side 1 - "The More I Look At You" (Jose James vocals)
Side 2 - "Ya Dig"


SHOOK MAGAZINE - Shook Magazine Issue 6 Vol One Summer (feat Quantic, Raekwon, 9th Wonder, Rashad Smith, Eglo, Karizma, Freddie Hubbard, Bob James etc)

"Get your hand on Issue 6 of Shook Magazine this summer. The Quantic 'Y Su Combo Barbaro' album is dropping soon; and photographer, filmmaker & all-round good guy B+ generously offered a picture he took in Colombia to put on the cover. Check the rest of the photos & the full story inside the mag. In the new issue Shook speak to Raekwon from the Wu about an album more hotly awaited than the second coming - 'Only Born 4 Cuban Linx II'. There's some ghetto-turismo in Morò de Providencia, the oldest favela in Rio, thanks to French artist JR. The UK's premier 'house dance' crew InDaHouse are captured in full effect. There's an interview with amazing producer 9th Wonder and his True School crew. There's also chat with Rashad Smith (if you don’t know who that is, check the back of your 'Woo Hah' 12-inch or CD-single). The eglo crew represent (Floating Points, Alex Nut & the whole 9 yards).There's the story behind the 1974 concert in Kinshasa when James Brown, Bill Withers and Celia Cruz lined up alongside Miriam Makeba and Franco; it's the subject of the new Soul Power film. Also check the story of Rahaan & the Chuck Brothers, the crate diggers outta Chi-city and while you're at it you need to download their mixes. Speaking of mixes, there's talk with the one like Karizma who has a new album out via R2. There's also have an in-depth story about the life and times of Freddie Hubbard, as remembered by Creed Taylor (of CTI and Impulse! fame). This issue publishes a short story by Charlie Dark ('The God of Road'), French novelist Boris Vian is remembered and Bob James is talked to too. There's also a revamped back section where you'll find anything from Congolese sapeurs to boutique stores in the heart of Hoaxtown..."

BUY HERE.


Nate Calhoun / Universal Love - Fun Town/It's You Girl 12" (Jazzman Records SLSP 005)

"Two of the rarest and best ‘70s dancers from the Florida sunshine, both taken the legendary Henry Stone’s Glades label.

DJ FRYER says: “I had not heard the Clarence Reid-penned Nate Calhoun track until a couple of years ago whilst DJing at Oslo Soul in Norway, the original title is actually “Funktown” which was must have been dictated wrong over the phone as the lyrics don’t fit. The original 45 is getting spins by Ian Wright in the UK and at respected European soul nights like Function in Sweden, the Baltic Soul Weekender and obviously Soul Spectrum here in Scotland.

The 45 never made it onto one of Henry’s TK disco 12”s and I felt it sounded way more like a 12” rather than a 45. So we asked Henry if we could do it and a few days later we were getting the thing remastered. The flip is a mid tempo modern spin also from the TK stable and a warm up record of mine on and off for a few years and popular on the northern scene although I have never heard it played out myself. Sounds great next to tracks like Wayne Ford on P&P or Sylvester's "Here is my Love"....." (BoomBox Website Quote)

Tracklisting

Side 1 - "Fun Town"
Side 2 - "It's You Girl"


Naomi Shelton - Wind Your Clock b/w Talkin' About A Good Thing 7" (Daptone Records DAP1044)

"Shortly before the demise of Daptone's predecessor, Desco Records, at the close of the twentieth century, a 10" test pressing was cut from a session with Gospel-Soul belter Naomi Shelton (then appearing under her married name, Naomi Davis). It featured Cliff Driver on organ backed by the rhythm section of Daptone's house band, The Soul Providers, and was considered by many in the family to contain the two heaviest sides they'd ever cut. Though a handful of these tests survive, traded or auctioned off by Desco insiders and tucked into the boxes of a few lucky collectors, the label's doors had shut before the pressing orders could be sent to the plant and the record never dropped.

Now, ten years later, on the heels of Naomi's first full length LP, 'what Have You Done, My Brother?', Wind Your Clock, the coveted lost ark of every Desco fanatic, has been pressed to 7" and is slated to be issued to the public for the first time. Both sides are packed HEAVY with soul and promise to fill every nook and cranny of the whole they left in our hearts and record boxes when they disappeared and were left for lost a decade ago". (Daptone Records Quote)

Tracklisting

Side A - Wind Your Clock
Side B - Talkin' About A Good Thing

4Hero to Release New Album in October....

Just came accross this......



"Following the rumours on their very own message board, new details about the upcoming 4hero album are now official.

Rather than delivering another remix compilation for the dancefloor, Marc and Dego decided to take a different approach this time. Extensions will contain 12 reinterpretations by hand picked jazz artists, including Robert Mitchell 3io (remember this video?), the Sonar Kollektiv Orchester, Christian Prommer’s DrumLesson and many more". (thanks to nutriot.com)

01. Sonar Kollektiv Orchester – Universal Love
02. Nu Tropic – Why don’t you talk?
03. Landau Orchestra – Conceptions
04. Christian Prommer’s DrumLesson – Planeteria
05. Robert Mitchell 3io – Third Stream
06. Ayanna Witter Johnson – Give In
07. Luke Parkhouse with The Sharkfood Orchestra – Blank Cells
08. Christian Badzura & Liverpool Session Orchestra – Sophia
09. Andre Zimma vs Ye:Solar feat. Oezlem – Cosmic Tree
10. Vince Vella’s Cuban Collective – People Always Criticize Us
11. The Sub Ensemble – Humans
12. [re:jazz] – Star Chasers

For more info click HERE.

Ashley Beadle Interview (Parts 1 & 2)

Came accross this interview with Producer/DJ Ashley Beadle on the headsdown.org site....Enjoy

(Part 1)

"If you were to ask me to roll out my top twenty records made in the last fifteen years you could be pretty much assured that ‘Blacker’ by The Ballistic Brothers and Black Science Orchestra’s ‘New Jersey Deep’ would find their way on to that list. Those records soundtracked so many late nights and early mornings out in New Zealand (as did BSO’s ‘Walter’s Room’ LP) in the 90’s. If those records could speak they’d be issued with a gagging order.

Even when we ignore the big tunes we find amazing (and largely unsung) wonders like The Jamayka Boyz ‘Rastaman’, The Black Jazz Chronicles LP and Delta House Of Funk’s ‘Tuesday’s Child’. Amazing records one and all.

Ashley Beedle is the unifying force behind all these records and he’s kindly agreed to sit down with me for a multi-part Heads Down interrogation. I’m also very pleased to announce that AB will be releasing a record on Untracked later in the summer… Expect some serious deepness"...

Ashley Beedle Interview Part One from Christopher Tubbs on Vimeo.

(Part 2)

"So here it is: part two of one of the best Heads Down excursions yet. I actually had a bit of a moment when I watched this interview back; the passion and commitment Mr Beedle exudes is for me what it's ALL about.

This week we pick up the interview talking about the genesis of his Black Science Orchestra project... Ashley picks out a couple of records that inspire him and we ponder sampling, Hip Hop and Coltrane. Not neccessarily in that order...."

Ashley Beedle Interview (Part Two) from Christopher Tubbs on Vimeo.

Upcoming From Jazzman.......July/Aug 2009 - THINK I MIGHT BE DIPPING INTO THE WALLET FOR THESE TWO

Keisa Brown/Liz Spraggins - Dance Man 7" (Jazzman JM071)

"Back to back versions of the same funky song – a kickass rare groove belted out by two badass soul sisters!

"Two solid sides of Sister Funk dance floor dynamite here, and you also get to play ‘which version is best’? The late Keisa Brown’s frenetic mover ‘Dance Man’ has long been a grail of the cultured funk collector but until fairly recently not many knew that producer Earl Williams re-cut an alternate version of the song with unknown vocalist Liz Spraggins. At last count there was still just the one solitary known copy of LUL 1003 in the collector world, making it even rarer than the Keisa original. But how does it fare by comparison? We’ll let you decide which you prefer with this handy pairing of the two: the infectious, shuffling groove and the sassy vocals of Keisa or the stripped down fatback drum and bass of the Spraggins version. We still can’t make our minds up!" (Boombox Site)

Little Willie Johnson - Loneliness /Darling Let’s Love Soul 7" (SOUL7008)

"You’d be hard pressed to find an original of this 45 by the southern soul legend that is Willie Johnson. And if you did, be prepared to cough up a whacking $6000! Yes that’s no typo – six thousand big ones is the value of this true gem of a tune, now it’s yours for a fraction of a fraction of that price.

As usual this SOUL45 reissue is FULLY LICENSED and restored from the ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES so it SOUNDS GREAT – unlike what you get from SHODDY BOOTLEGS! And in keeping with the spirit of collecting the pressing run is limited to ONLY 500 COPIES worldwide!

THE STORY BEHIND THIS RECORDING

Georgia native Willie Johnson released a handful of 45s, are of which are highly sought after by soul collectors around the world. His voice had that gritty quality that southern soul fans love, and a power and presence, with the feeling that he had so much in reserve, that only the very best of the gospel based artists achieved. Jazzman is happy to present you with his rarest and best 45, originally from the Vendella label. The 45 was first picked up for the B side "Darling Let's Love" which is one of the most sought after Deep Soul 45s. It is now causing most interest on the Northern Soul scene for the flip "Loneliness" which is a pile driving funky banger that’s fit for almost any modern soulful dancefloor from classic northern to a funk night. The only problem is you would need to cough up around $6000 to get a copy of the original so you don’t really hear it played out much! Well we have rectified that - here we have a copy fresh from the tapes, sounding better than it ever did.

- Only 500 7”s pressed (be quick, ALL other releases have SOLD OUT!)
- The eighth release for our reissue RARE SOUL series
- Another song carefully chosen to represent what SOUL7 is all about. Filler or fodder it is not!!!" (Jazzman Records)

THINK I MIGHT BE DIPPING INTO THE WALLET FOR THESE TWO !!

1976 Swine Flu Propaganda + The Vaccine Song

My main man GARY C sent me these links the other day...thought i'd share them with ya.....



Well I never.....crazy shit



Even more crazy shit....

DâM-FunK's “Spiritual Flight” | Stones Throw Podcast #49

Here it is: DâM-FunK's “Spiritual Flight” | Stones Throw Podcast #49


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1. NEW JERSEY MASS CHOIR - “Yah Mo B There” ~ 1984 LP | Prelude Records
2. THE MICHAEL JOHNSON SINGERS - “Just A Little Talk” ~ 1984 LP | Plumbline Records
3. TONY COMER & CROSSWINDS - “Part Of You” ~ 1984 LP | Vidcom Enterprises
4. THE RAPPIN' REVEREND DR. C. DEXTER WISE, III - “I Ain't Into That” (Short Version) ~ 1986 12” | Fantasy Records
5. THE RANCE ALLEN GROUP - “I Can't Help Myself” ~ 1984 LP | Myrrh Records
6. KENNY SMITH - “Trust In Him” ~ 1985 LP | Message Records
7. THE DEBARGE FAMILY - “Coming Home” ~ 1991 LP | T.M. Records
8. WATSON BEASLEY - “Dimensions” ~ 1980 LP | Warner Bros. Records

*All original wax pressings were used for this mix. No MP3's whatsoever. Peace & with love.

*Full 60+ minute version of “Spiritual Flight” CD on tour tables soon!

Found On Stones Throw Website....

Madlib In August Edition Of 'The Wire'

"This is an excerpt from Wire's cover story on Madlib from their Aug. 2009 issue, which is available now. Check out thewire.co.uk for information about this issue, an MP3 exclusive of Madlib's Summer Suite, or a digital edition of the magazine at exacteditions.com

Prepare for a new yesterday, advises Madlib the former Lootpack MC who digs deep into his mental record crate to produce the wayward hip-hop of Quasimoto and the sample-libraries of Beat Konducta. Lisa Blanning hears about virtual one-man jazz bands, collaborations with J Dilla and Melvin Van Peebles, and his attempts to curate the past for music lovers of tomorrow. Photography by Jeremy & Claire Weiss

"My computer?" echoes Madlib incredulously. "I never use a computer. It's too easy. It's not easy to sound like Dilla, but you can make beats like Dilla with your computer, so that's why everybody sounds like Dilla." Madlib is in the middle of a European tour giving a rare interview - his first, in fact, since 2006. As we sit in his East London hotel room, I'm reminded that I'm talking to a man who doesn't use the internet or email. "You gotta look me in the eye," he explains. "That's why people start arguing. You can be bold while you're typing."

Otis Jackson Jr - producer, rapper, musician, crate-digging antiquarian - was born in 1973 and raised in Oxnard, California, 60 miles west of his current base of Los Angeles. We can get a glimpse of what life in suburban Oxnard must have been like from Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez's Love And Rockets comic books (Los Bros Hernandez are also from Oxnard, and many of their narratives are set there at the time young Otis was growing up). However, Madlib's lineage immediately set him apart. Born into a family of musicians, including his father Otis Senior, a vocalist, bandleader and studio player, mother Sinesca, a songwriter and guitarist, and his uncle, jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis, he was exposed to the secret workings of music recording from an early age.

From such auspicious beginnings, Madlib has become one of the most diverse and prolific artists in hip-hop. He made his underground cross-genre breakthrough as his wayward, apocryphal alter-ego Quasimoto; and his other major projects include Beat Konducta's curated collections of MC tools; his one- man virtual jazz band Yesterdays New Quintet and its spin-oils, in which he contributes drums, keyboards, bass and vibraphone; and his collaborations with the late J Dilla (Jaylib) and MF DOOM (Madvillain). Madlib's work traverses modern-day hip-hop to an extent that few can claim, and his crate-digging has reached such depths as to make him a veritable crate in himself, providing others with scores of tracks to help construct their own tunes. Yet for all the success his workaholism has brought him, he is a reticent public figure. "I hate standing in front of a crowd and having to show myself," he admits. "I'm a background dude." (Stones Throw Website)

This months edition of 'The Wire'(August 2009 - No. 306) contains an interview with Madlib - The Bad Kid.

Artists:

Rolf Julius, Madlib, Nisennenmondai, Andrea Parkins, Diana Rogerson, Sleazy Peter Christopherson

Contributors:

Mike Barnes, Lisa Blanning, David Crosbie, Warren Ellis, David Hickey, David Keenan, Nick Richardson, David Stubbs, Rob Young
Contents summary | Full print contents

On The Cover:

Madlib - The 'human record crate' behind Quasimoto, Yesterdays New Quintet and Beat Konducta tells Lisa Blanning about ancient grooves and future hiphop. Plus: Hypnagogic pop, British visionary jazz Primer, Sleazy Peter Christopherson's Invisible Jukebox, Andrea Parkins, Nisennenmondai, Diana Rogerson, Rolf Julius and more...

Tubby Hayes Voodoo Session 7" (666 Copies) Limited Edition

Tubby Hayes - Voodoo Session 7" (Limited Edition)



Just came across this on Johnny Trunks Website.....and put my order in straight away !! KILLER STUFF - RECOMMENDED



Check the video around the 6.40 mark for the intro, 6.50 for the track... and just wait for Tubbs to get on the flute...

"TTT005 - 7" vinyl only, limited to 666 numbered copies.

Bonkers one this. A few years ago there was single from the film Dr Terror's House Of Horror that lots of people wanted. It was issued by CBS. Lots of people wanted it all because they all thought it was this bit of music, from the scene where Roy Castle and the Tubby Hayes Quintet play the Voodoo track. Watch this clip if you can be arsed, and the whole infamous scene starts at about 4.50 (and please note Jimmy Deuchar's Mellophonium).

However, when one copy of this rare single surfaced (and sold later for about £800 a week before it was bootlegged) everyone realised it was a bit crap, and had Roy Castle singing on it, when all anyone really wanted was the instrumental afro voodoo number.

Fast forward to mid 2009, and out of nowhere I get an email from a good jazz man known as Simon Spillett. He is overseeing the recently unearthed Tubby Hayes archive. This is a set of reels and records taken care of first by Tubby's mother, and then later passed on to Tubby's last girlfriend. In amongst these reels is the original session for this super Voodoo scene.

Simon emailed me the tracks, and I got extremely excited - it was the killer tune, the missing music that music people have been waiting for. A few weeks later the tracks were remastered, and a very limited 7" ep was designed, the idea being to make sure we can make enough money so Tubby's girlfriend can afford to fly abroad and see her family.

IMAGE OF THE FRONT COVER



The tracklisting is as follows:

Side One:
Voodoo

Side Two:
Give Me Love*
Bailey's Blues

IMAGE OF THE BACK COVER



The historic Brit jazz line up:
Tubby Hayes (tenor saxophone, flute);
Shake Keane (trumpet);
Jimmy Deuchar (mellophonium);
Terry Shannon (piano);
Freddy Logan (bass);
Allan Ganley (drums);
Kenny Lynch (vocal*)

There are 666 numbered copies, an evil number indeed to enhance the evil nature of the session. The record will not be repressed, which again is a bit evil.

Here are the front and back covers. Aren't they lovely" (Trunk Records Website)


Click here to BUY.

NEW BREAKESTRA ALBUM "DUSK TILL DAWN" DUE (2009)

NEW BREAKESTRA RECORDING-"DUSK TILL DAWN" DUE OUT IN SEPTEMBER-2009 ON STRUT RECORDS!

Just recieved a blog entry from Breakestra of their Myspace site, which I thought i would share with everybody....

"After 3 years of "hittin' the Flo!" out there around the planet & me steadily simmering some new songs & instrumental tracks in my home studio in Highland park CA, It's time to share some more funky sounds with whoever out there wants to hear em!

The recording started in 2007,a little while after the main touring for hit the floor had come to a slow & also after the hard painful process of merinating on the loss of my dj mentor/partner & beloved friend DJ DUSK's passing in 2006.Slowly i started to get back in the mix & soon found some inspiration from trying to work it out from behind my guitar & drum kit.Having chosen sometimes out of necessity & impatience to be the producer, engineer,mixer & (most of the time) overdub intsrumentalist takes it's tolls on recording productivity.hopefully not my only technique for future projects...

The first track i started was inspired from a gig we did out in claremont Cal at the Kahoutek fest where in the middle of the show i witnessed Mix Master Wolf doing a natural fun little dance of his own that girls in the front row started imitating that i could not help but name "the Lowdown Stank", a phrase i'd heard wolf utter many times.I brought in very funky dirty waffle (sandy eggo) based new recruit, Jake Nakor on the drums for this one and that was the start of a long sometimes staggered but fun process of building my songs one overdub at a time.

The second track to get in the mix was "set the sun" an obvious ode to Dusk that in actuality is a bit more on the funk soul rock side of things & was not intended for Breakestra.It opened the door for me to allow some other psychedelic funk rock sounds to enter the mix like "Show me the way" which i created for mixmaster wolf intentionally to let his soul rip through in his most honest fashion.that song is way influenced by everything from early funkadelic(wolf's all time favorite) & other fuzz funk records like Bobby Franklin's insanity which i had been discovering while digging for records to drop at my funky sole party here in L.A.The fact that i had deprived myself or rockin' the guitar live since picking up the bass 10 years ago for Breakestra definetelly fueled the fuzz up the mix!
Also Djing with Cut chemist & Egon at The Sole exposed me to many deep world psyche funk sounds on a weekly basis as well my friend Jesse C's constant sharing of heavy african funk & more.9 years of hearing Dusk playing funky cumbias & Afro cuban salsa on thursdays at Rootdown opened me to sounds that are subtley apparent on some of the new record.
Another inevitibility was finally Bringing the soulful sanger Afrodyete into the studio where we worked out our first collaboration "come on over".It's also the first time i used an acoustic piano on a breakestra record and flexed some of my limited piano skills i picked up as a kid taking lessons.Don't think Mrs. Lindham would be too excited...
As well i got to play out my love for charles stepney/richard evans Cadet records sound on the instrumental "you'll never know" which features the fine funky acoustic piano of my friend the Jer bear-Jeremy Ruzumna, daphne chen on violin & viola, myself on cello & funk drumming sicko, Pete "the funky buzzard" Mcneal!


Speaking of cello, what started as an instrumental i had written for horns to play a melody got transformed into a raw but sweet funky fusion cello thing called "me & Michelle" named after Wolf's reference to my cello & friend with benefits.Again impatience & curiosity won out with me trying the line out on cello & me saying fuck it, i'll let it ride.In spite of my little brother's objections & discomfort at the sound of strings playing a bunch of notes i have decided to let you all decide.



While the new record features Breakestra veteran James "the Funky penguin" King on saxophones("lowdown stank") & Flute (Dark clouds rain soul), I now introduce you all to David Moyer on saxes & chris Bautista on trumpet for many of the new songs & the men on the horns for the live shows these days.I was also very happy to have my homie sheffer of the Lions on trombone.
After most of the tracks had started to take shape i was looking at around 14 cuts(still too many for a record in my opinion) and i had an ear for hearing something kinda cumbia, funk & fuzz & with Emcees flowing in some sort of tribute to Dusk.I got a groove locked in my head, jumped behind the drum kit & knocked out a couple takes.Who to MC on it? While family is an obvious safe choice it also felt 100% right & fortunetelly i was able to reach tha Manphibian MC chali 2NA & with a little coaxing got Wolf to dust of his Lyric pad & show his skillz again as a funky man on the MIC.His style harks back to one of Hip hop's finest, Chill Rob G of the Flavor unit.

I had initially asked the cats to somehow tie some aspect of their lyrics, inspired from their experience.They no doubt brought the niceness but did not have any reference to Dusk other than it being dope mcing.After 2na suggesting i find some recording of dusk giving a shout out to throw in somehwere it popped into my head that i had a recording of Dusk rhyming on another beat of mine and that maybe i could find something that i could scratch into a verse.Blessedly i did find one of many dope verses of his that fit perfectly as it's "posed to be"!

Not sure what the first 12 inch or 45 single will be at this moment but that's seconds away.

Hopefully some more gabbin' to come about how it went down & what's coming next.

Thanks to all the folks who helped with recording process & to all Breakestra friends out there on Planet earth.Dj DUSK REST IN PEACE & Keep funk Alive!
Music Man Miles Tackett."

Steely Dan - Aja (1977)....BARGAIN OF THE WEEKEND

Visited a record fair this weekend with my fellow digger Gary C......not much on offer, but couldn't resist this 1977 album by Steely Dan 'Aja' for £2.50.....



Wikipedia entry...."Aja (pronounced like "Asia"), named after a friend's Korean wife, is an album by the rock band Steely Dan. Originally released in 1977, it became the group's best-selling album. Topping at #3 on the U.S. charts and #5 in the United Kingdom, it was the band's first platinum album, eventually selling over 5 million copies.[citation needed] In July 1978, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. In 2003, the album was ranked number 145 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The album is ambitious and sophisticated, and features several leading session musicians. The eight-minute-long title track features complex jazz-based changes and a solo by renowned saxophonist Wayne Shorter, as well as dextrous drumming by Steve Gadd - most notably at the end of the track.

Aja is also the subject of one of the Classic Albums series of documentaries about the making of famous albums. The documentary includes a song-by-song study of the album (the only omission being "I Got the News," which is played during the closing credits), interviews with Steely Dan co-founders Walter Becker and Fagen (among others) plus new, live-in-studio versions of songs from the album, and the opportunity to hear some of the rejected (and uncredited) guitar solos for "Peg," before Jay Graydon produced the satisfactory take.

The album is also one of the only Steely Dan titles not available in a 5.1 version on any high-resolution audio format. When DTS attempted to make a 5.1 version, it was discovered that the multitrack masters for both "Black Cow" and the title track were missing. For this same reason, a multichannel SACD version was cancelled by Universal Music. Donald Fagen has offered a $600 reward for the missing masters or any information that leads to their recovery."

Side one

"Black Cow" – 5:10
"Aja" – 7:57
"Deacon Blues" – 7:37

Side two

"Peg" – 3:57
"Home at Last" – 5:34
"I Got the News" – 5:06
"Josie" – 4:33

Mayer Hawthorne Radio, Episode 2 (Stones Throw Podcast 48)

Stones Throw Records have just posted the 2nd part of Mayer Hawthorne's Radio shows via Stones Throw Podcast series....



Mayer Hawthorne's debut album A Strange Arrangement drops 09.09.09

Hawthorne Radio, Episode 2 Playlist:
Robert Parker “I've Caught You In A Lie”
The Mighty Lovers “I Ain't Gonna Run No More”
The Toys “Deserted”
The Continental Four “The Way I Love You”
Sly, Slick & Wicked “Ready For You”
The Marvelettes “Don't Mess With Bill”
The Moments “So This Is Our Goodbye”
The Ethics “Searching”
The Main Ingredient “Spinning Around”
OC Smith “On Easy Street”
The Impressions “A Woman Who Loves Me”

The Stones Throw Podcast is always free. To download Stones Throw's podcast you must use aggregator/podcast receiver software such as Apple iTunes. Or click here to DOWNLOAD.

New Photgraphic Book - Back to 1989

Raving ’89 – Neville & Gavin Watson (2009)


Raving ’89 – Neville & Gavin Watson, (2009)

"An amazing collection of photos from 1989, the year acid house exploded into a nationwide phenomenon. Gavin Watson captures the revolutionary moment like no-one else, with intimate portraits of mates and strangers alike having the time of their lives. It's all here: the crowds, the lasers, the villains, the crimes against fashion. With hilarious recollections from Gavin and his brother Neville". (DJ HISTORY WEBSITE)



Just ordered my copy......really takes me back, the fashion, the hairstyles and the brick sized mobile phones....

To see an example of the book click below...

Download FREE 36-page sampler pdf (1.7MB)

Dam-Funk Live Set The Do-Over (May 2009)

Just grabbed this set from Dam-Funk who appeared at the Do-Over (8pm set, Sunday: 5/31/09).



~ D-F Set list (In order) ~

DâM-FunK - “A Milli intro/interruption!”
RED - “I Should Tell Ya Mama On Ya” (DâM-FunK Re-Freak)
Bobby Demo - “Ounce”
DâM-FunK - “Killdatmuthafu*ka” (Live Version)
DâM-FunK - “Hood Pass Intact” (Live Version)
Westside Connection - ”Let It Reign” (Instrumental Version)
LBC Crew - “Beware Of My Crew” (Instrumental Version)
ZAPP - “More Bounce To The Ounce”
Low Profile - “Pay Ya’ Dues”
Eazy E. - “Easier Said Than Done”
Above The Law - “V.S.O.P.”
Snoop Dogg feat: Nate Dogg, Kurrupt, Warren G. - “Ain’t No Fun”
Dogg Pound - “What Would U Do”
DJ QUIK - “Pitch In On A Party”
DâM-FunK - “Mirrors”
Curtis Mayfield - “Pusherman”
The Rah Band - “Messages From The Stars”
Midnight Express - “Danger Zone”
Del Richardson - “Rainbows”
Carmen - “Time To Move (45″ Instrumental Version / D-F Vocal Freak)”
L.S. Movement - “Move Everything You Got”

The Original post and more shows can be found HERE, at the Do-Over BLOG,

Dam Funk Live Set from Luxor, Cologne

Came across this live DJ set from a night on the Stone Throw 2009 European Tour....Courtesy of RBMA Academy.



Click HERE to download.

Meat Beat Manifesto News and Tour info......

"Things may have seemed very quiet since Meat Beat did a few live shows last November but it is not so. Jack has been very busy working on new tracks – we are not sure yet how these will be released but we’ve already added one new track on the site for your streaming pleasure.

Click HERE" for MBM Website.

We are also looking into the possibility of some Meat Beat shows this September in France, Belgium, Germany Holland and the UK.

And finally Jack has been asked to remix Terry Riley’s classic “In C” for the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble in Michigan. Last year the Ensemble received a lot of nice attention for its Steve Reich CD, "Music for 18 Musicians”, including spending 11 weeks on the Billboard charts. Other remixers will include DJ Spooky, Nico Muhly, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Glenn Kotche, Mason Bates, and Dennis DeSantis.

There’s a very cool trailer for the project here:

Terry Riley - "In C" Remix Trailer" (posted on the MBM Website 21/04/2009)

2009 UK Tour Announced

Massive Attack have announced a 10 date UK tour this autumn starting with two dates at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th September.


Massive Attack make a triumphant return with their first full UK tour in three years; their last was for the album “Collected” released in 2006. More recently their live appearances have included Glastonbury where they were one of the main headliners and Meltdown at London’s Southbank Centre last summer, which Massive Attack also curated.

Massive Attack will release a new studio album in September.

To see Massive Attack live:

17.09.09 / 18.09.09 - LONDON BRIXTON 02 ACADEMY
21.09.09 - SHEFFIELD 02 ACADEMY
22.09.09 -BIRMINGHAM 02 ACADEMY
24.09.09 - LEEDS 02 ACADEMY
26.09.09 - MANCHESTER APOLLO
28.09.09 - GLASGOW 02 ACADEMY
30.09.09 - NEWCASTLE 02 ACADEMY
02.10.09 - LEICESTER DE MONTFORT
03.10.09 - SWINDON OASIS

Hopefully these concerts will showcase their new material from the new upcoming album......bring it on !

7" 45 Triplet (Purchases)

CREDIT CRUNCH & THE ADMINISTRATORS feat THE AFRO FUNK EXPRESS/THE BERMUDA LOVE TRIANGLE feat THE CARRIBEAN DISCO FUNK ALLSTARS - Bim Sala Bim/Funky Tropical 7" (KILLERFUNK 005)


Tracklisting:

Side 1 - Credit Crunch & The Administrators - Bim Sala Bim (feat The Afro Funk Express - Crackle & Pop edit).

Side 2 - The Bermuda Love Triangle - Funky Tropical (feat The Carribean Disco Funk Allstars - unreleased Crackle & Pop re-edit).


MENAHAN STREET BAND - The Wolf/Bushwick Lullaby 7"(DAP -1037THE WOLF)


Tracklisting:

Side 1 - The Wolf

Side 2 - Bushwick Lullaby



ZINGER/THE DIABOLICAL LIBERTIES - Going Downstairs/Walking Up A 1 Way St 7" (RE 001)


Tracklisting:

Side 1 - Going Downstairs

Side 2 - Walking Up A 1 Way St.

SHOOK No.5 Vol1 Out Early April

SHOOK #005

(pull-up-to-ya) bumper s/s issue

"From Hyperdub’s Minister of Information Kode9 to deep disco magus David Mancuso… Brazilian folk artist Calma (whose work graces our cover) to Japanese Godzilla movie posters, we've got that nefarious and deleterious brainfood you need.

Read about the migraine skank and tribal skank on the funky house scene or the knee-drops and floor work of UK jazz dance crews, plus word up on Larry Blackmon of Cameo, Ethio jazz maverick Mulatu Astatke, and Detroit’s i-don’t-give-a-fuck producer Omar S. We feature Sierra Leonean fashion house Aschobi Designs, novelist Gemma Weekes, we tell the story of how hip-hop sampled Marvel comics, and how Adidas exploded on the football terraces of Anfield.

Plus, check out our interviews with Harmonic 313, Martyn, Culoe de Song (from Durban, S.A.), Silkie (from Hammersmith W10) and the Soca-tinged sounds of Toronto's Ghislain Porier. Reggae authority David Katz speaks to Ashley Beedle and Horace Andy; in the Lower East Side we catch up with DJs Rich Medina and Bobbito Garcia for an exclusive photo story; and Âme paint the history of electronic music in felt tip pens (no joke), plus lots of your regulars, reviews and rare shit. This issue really is too hot to handle, so buy some oven gloves while you’re at it". (SHOOK MAGAZINE)

SOUND OBSESSION VOLUME 33 - Kirk Degergio PRESENTS Birth Of Techno Part One: 1985-1988

RBMA Radio presents SOUND OBSESSION VOLUME 33

Just came accross the first part of Kirk Degiorgio new volume in his SOUND OBSESSION series - The Birth Of Techno PT.1....1985-1988

Model 500 - No UFO's - Metroplex
Model 500 - The Future - Metroplex
Model 500 - Night Drive Thru Babylon - Metroplex
X Ray - Untitled - Transmat
X Ray - Let's Go (Remix) - Fantasy
Eddie 'Flashin' Fowlkes - Goodbye Kiss - Metroplex
Model 500 - Sound Of Stereo - Metroplex
Model 500 - Off To Battle - Metroplex
Rythim Is Rythim - Nude Photo - Transmat
Rythim Is Rythim - The Dance - Transmat
Rythim Is Rythim - Move It - Transmat
Suburban Knight - The Groove - Transmat
Keynotes - Let's Let's Let's Dance - Incognito
Intercity - Groovin' Without Doubt - KMS
Blake Baxter - When We Used To Play - KMS
Blake Baxter - Does Not Compute - KMS
Intercity - Out Of Control - KMS
Reese & Santonio - The Sound - KMS
Rythim Is Rythim - Strings Of Life - Transmat
Neal Howard - To Be Or Not... (Mayday Mix) - Future Sound
Kevin Saunderson - Perpetual Motion - Future Sound R&R
Separate Minds - You Ask For It - Express
Separate Minds - 1st Bass - Express
Model 500 - OK Corral - Metroplex
Mayday - Wiggin - Pheerce Citi

Absoulte Killer....

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http://www.redbullmusicacademyradio.com/ARCHIVE.153.0.php