Wednesday, May 30, 2012

KRANKY-PRODUCT OF THE FATT MAHN 1993




SO MUCH OF BUYING RECORDS IS BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY "LIFE" IS BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE...BLAHBLAHBLAH..I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE..BUT I WAS LUCKY  ENOUGH TO:1.GET A FRIENDLY RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THIS RECORD A FEW MONTHS BACK 2.HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY ABOUT TITLES AND DATES SO I COULD REMEMBER TO JUMP ON THIS WHEN IT SHOWED UP ON DISCOGS LAST WEEK FOR $5.WHY ONLY $5? BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS THIS RECORD...AND WHILE IT'S NOT EXACTLY MY CUP OF TEA-ALOT OF WORK OBVIOUSLY WENT INTO IT AND THE PRODUCTION IS PRETTY EXCELLENT...ALOT OF RON CARTER STYLE UPRIGHT BASS SOUNDS ALA THE LOW END THEORY MIXED WITH A LITTLE LABTEKWON TRIPINESS..A COUPLE OF QUICK HENDRIX SAMPLES ON AS I COME BACK ARE ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE...DON'T JUDGE THIS ONE BY THE FIRST TRACK-IT PICKS UP CONSIDERABLY..VERY COOL RECORD AND UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE HEARD BEFORE OF ITS ERA FROM THE WEST COAST...LINKS IN COMMENTS

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

ANGELA JEFFERSON-I CAN FEEL MYSELF (SLIPPING AWAY) 1973




SOME RECORDS ARE TOO GOOD TO BE KEPT TO YOURSELF...THIS WAS MY ABSOLUTE MOST WANTED NON RAP RECORD FOR ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS UNTIL A COPY SHOWED UP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.ANGIE CAN SERIOUSLY BRING IT...

Saturday, May 19, 2012

ALL THINGS MUST PISS..

...IT SEEMS LIKE THE GOLDEN AGE OF POSTING FREE DOWNLOADS ON YR BLOG HAS COME AND GONE.I RECENTLY LOST ALOT OF NOT-BACKED UP MUSIC WHEN MY 150 GB IPOD BIT THE DUST.I'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO RECOVER AS MUCH AS I CAN BUT MORE HALF OF MY ATTEMPTS END IN EITHER AN ANTI-PIRACY WARNING OR  A DEAD LINK.I'M ASSUMING THIS HAS TO DO WITH MEGA-UPLOAD-OR WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED-BEING BUSTED BY THE FEDS.DID EVERYONE GET SCARED THEY WOULD GO TO JAIL?IT STILL SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE PLENTY OF RELIABLE FILE SHARING SITES,BUT ARE THEY ON THE VERGE OF BEING RAIDED BY THE FBI TOO?IS THAT IT?WHY PUT ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO UPLOADING MUSIC IF IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE THERE A SHORT WHILE??IS THAT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS??I DON'T KNOW....NOW,ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER READ THIS BLOG KNOWS THAT I'VE NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF AN MP3 PERSON-IF I CAN'T HOLD IT IN MY HANDS,WHAT DO I HAVE EXACTLY?-AND PRETTY AMBIVALENT ABOUT POSTING RECORDS ON THIS SITE.I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF VINYL FOR NUMEROUS REASONS.FIRST AND FOREMOST BEING THAT MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WHEN YOU PAY FOR IT.YOU'LL CERTAINLY COVET YOUR MUSIC MORE IF YOU LAID DOWN YR HARD EARNED CASHMONEY FOR IT.OUT OF THE 25,000 FILES ON THAT IPOD I PROBABLY HAD LISTENED TO ABOUT 30%.WHY SO LITTLE?BECAUSE I NEVER PAID A NICKEL FOR ANY OF IT AND SINCE I HAD NO REAL VESTED INTEREST I JUST NEVER LISTENED...IT WAS THERE FOR ME TO DISCOVER SOME RAINY DAY...AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED..OF COURSE THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS (BERNARD FEVRE COMES TO MIND) AND OF COURSE THERE IS AN UPSIDE TO DIGITAL FILES AND FREE DOWNLOADING. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MUSIC ONE IS LOOKING FOR IS HARD TO FIND AND EXPENSIVE.BUT ON THE WHOLE PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU COULD EVER THINK OF WAS FOR SALE SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERNET..OR AT AN ACTUAL RECORD STORE.....I'M RAMBLING ON HERE AND REPEATING MYSELF AT THE SAME TIME...WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I HAVE NO PLANS TO PULL THE PLUG ON THIS SPACE JUST YET.IT MAY BE PULLED FOR ME BUT I'M STILL PRETTY INTENT ON BRINGING BACK ALL THE DEAD LINKS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH MEDIASHARE.I WOULD'VE POSTED NEW RECORDS BY NOW BUT MY PC IS STILL BROKEN.KEEP THE FAITH EVERYBODY...