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Post by sime66 on Mar 18, 2015 8:43:31 GMT
Musical wanderings; for the exploration of matters of a funky, soulful, cool, groovy man, or otherwise interesting musical nature - anytime (in history), anywhere (in the World). I did start it, but vespasco has come out with all Navarone Guns a-blazing; here’s a brief précis of the story so far:
Jolly good; now we've got that one agreed, I'm running out of procrastinations before the Whine and Grin(d)e
(The Beat) or for those of a certain age:
(Prince Buster)
rude boy for life
Im gonna be listening to prince buster all evening now!!! Either in my head or on the 8 track Seeing your latest mug shot I thought you'd started grinding already and went all Eivets Rednow on us! Glad to know you can still see the light Theres some serious skanking a foot Then theres some of this Business Before Pleasure - George Akaeze & His Augmented Hits: youtu.be/gIXxoAvuPdY Maybe a little of this too but turn up da bass Jackie Mittoo - Ghetto Organ: youtu.be/UDX2A0gxMjM Just addin a couple of trax to da mix
I'll have some decent music too:.......... I'm downloading George Akaeze for later, and playing Macka Fat - Jackie Mittoo, who is already in my Jukebox. Macka Fat:
You can't have Jackie Mittoo without a nod to The Skatalites:
...and you can't have The Skatalites without Don Drummond (one of my favourites):
...or Roland Alphonso:
I like the Nigerian Blues Geezer; hadn't heard of that one, and I can definately give that a spin too. How about Augustus Pablo then? this is a chap I do enjoy: Augustus Pablo -- Dub, Reggae & Roots From The Melodica King
Augustus Pablo -- Earth's rightful ruler
It's going to be a long night.......................
Well George aka Eze is not exactly from Studio One but i thought I'd chuck one out there So to keep in tune and as i cant have James Brown, how about something from ... Shark Wilson & The Basement Heaters - Make It Reggae: youtu.be/J7btzdblsVo *Edit But how could i forget one of the finest bands in the reggae style..... Toots and The Maytals - Broadway Jungle (Original version): youtu.be/d7lrvyefT6s
I enjoyed that little jaunt last night, never could quite get the hang of James Brown though; I have some vinyl of his, but the Ska is my prime choice, lots of instrumental, leading into gentler reggae, not thumping or rasping. I understood your reference to James Brown Make it Funky though:
Shark Wilson was OK, but a bit too much raw vocal. Any Toots and the Maytals is a winner with me. Enjoy whatever tweaking/riding you’re doing; I’m very much in the infirmary and in need of my Night Nurse:
skalites rule an always will , an vespaco "8 TRACK" , join the 21st century , i got a cheapy tape to mp3 converter for 14 quid as was sick of not playin all my older stuff as it was on tape or vinyl , now got toots/skalites/pluto n egyptians/lee scratch perry , all the good stuff in my phone/pocket ,
To sort the wheat from chaff, if youve never really heard much by Brian Auger a good album to start with would be: The Mod Years Similarly for James Brown, try his "Funky People" collections And for ska ! If youve not already, try the 1/2/3/400% Dynamite series Studio One has some really great compilations box sets too. I actually have a mridangum, not tablas, but i didnt know if youd know what one of those was so i wrote tabla instead!! (Similar)
Brian Auger – the Mod years, 1965-69 here:
(Joining my collection as we speak) Street Noise 1969:
I’ll give those a bash to start with – they have some very positive comments. Oh OK, I’ll give Funky People a bash too, (3 CDs?) but I’m less optimistic about that little lot:
I found your Jetsets, sort of wish I hadn’t, but none the less, here it is for those wondering what you may have meant (It’s enough to give an 80s mod a bad name):
Whilst we’re briefly back on the subject, I must confess I’m finding Brian Auger a bit irritating too; it’s too busy for my brain; too much different noise going on – I expect if you were up to your eyeballs on amphetamines 50 years ago it might have been just right, but my first impression wasn’t good. I will try it again when I’m feeling a little livelier myself…………..
The Jetset! Hahaha! I wasnt really suggesting anyone listens to them, hahaha! Just a name that popped up when posting earlier. I just wondered if anyone had actually heard of them! As for the Auger. Im not so keen on the Julie Driscoll stuff either, if thats what you, a bit 'droney', especially if you're feeling too well. You can always fast forward Its mostly the wicked instrumentals he does i was kinda referring to and most of his better, stomping tracks are on that Mod Years comp. I wont link any ska/trojan as youve likely heard a lot already. Maybe i should try going in this direction....? Lemon Jelly - Ramblin' Man (Lost Horizons): youtu.be/KXDtQcuA5Bo Or if thats a bit too trippy may i suggest something completely different by... Yonderboi - Cantaloupe Island (Interlude): youtu.be/eA11tm3fwCU And to liven it up a bit, when you're ready! heres Graham Day in one of his many re incarnations. (He has an interesting 'family tree' in the music world). I used to go to that there London and go waaaatch him i did, in The Prime Movers mostly Good Things - Graham Day & the Forefathers: youtu.be/FKAhpVJHeQI - nice to hear him (The Prisoners) on BBC radio 6 music last night!! But maybe, just maybe, this is more like it!!!? Sax n hammond (what a great choice)! 1/2 my collection is made up of that stuff. Leon Ferguson And The Groove Tones - Miss Dolores Funk - Galaxy: 737 DJ: youtu.be/yc_je_MH4c0 If you like that, i have lots of this style on vinyl and CD (i have this ^^^ on promo 45 too)! And a bit of boogaloo/latin jazz too! But if i had to choose just one 45 to keep from my humble collection, it would be this...its not the best song, its not even the best version, (and theres quite a few) but this particular version really got me into collecting 45s....first time i heard it, i loved it. I searched high and low for that 45, i could not find it for ages and bought other stuff instead from the record lists i used to get. Thats where most of my wages used to go anyway! I thought id found it once and a demo version too!! Bonus!! Even better too, played on some Rhodes type organ with a killer b side too. But it wasnt the one i was after I want that one..... listen here - eddie harris - atlantic 1966: youtu.be/jW-h1zNkWHc Hopefully theres something new there that you like...? If so, I'll have more that i can send you. Maybe not on this forum! Im going off topic again. Its the music! I love it! And anyway, I think you started it ;D
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Post by vespasco on Mar 18, 2015 20:52:00 GMT
Just in case you didn t get the Eivets Rednow reference, but im sure youd have heard this already.... Stevie Wonder 1968 - "More Than A Dream" MOTOWN-189: (Im not suggesting its a must hear btw) However,i would say youve got to hear this :0 well, its what ive been playing constantly at work today anyway. Just leave it to play...... Ata Kak - Obaa Sima: Want to play it again!?! If not, heres another superb piece of music i can highly recommend listening to, if only once! Ive been playing this all day too... Francis The Great : Look Up In The Sky ( Official video): And just incase you think ive totally lost the plot, here's something a little more 'mod'-ish... The Monochrome Set - Iceman (official): I'll leave you to digest
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Post by sime66 on Mar 18, 2015 21:21:21 GMT
I got the Eivets Rednow (Stevie Wonder) reference with a little help from Google. I'm playing Leon Ferguson And The Groove Tones - Stokin' (Galaxy), whilst writing up yesterdays' homework. I just started there and I'm letting it play and going back if there's something catches my ear...........
It was a mixed bag last night. I'm not sure i'm ready to post a fair opinion on all of them; I need to spend more time on some of them to give a fair impression, but here's where I was at with them:
These all need a better listen to do them justice, but as you might be dropping in I’d better have done some listening, so in ascending order, just on the one flick-through listen, which is not enough really:
Good Things - *Graham Day* & the Forefathers (*musician and mod legend*) Oh my bleedin’ ears; no! This one is not my cup of tea at all. – Too heavy, mixed up, screechy, feedback – urghhhh! From my corner of the World; I’m from Rainham, and went to school in Gravesend; a few miles up the road from this lot – I missed these at the time, but I’m not bovvered.
Lemon Jelly - Ramblin' Man (Lost Horizons) Maybe; very mellow, an odd mix of instrumental and sparse vocal; being a bit mutton myself, I was straining in case the story got going again and I missed a bit! I’d play it a few more times to see if it grew on me or fitted a particularly flowery mood. Nice soothing instrumental. I'm picking up the lyrics better on a second play; it's growing on me...........
Yonderboi - Cantaloupe Island (Interlude) I reckon I’d find some other tracks and probably find something I’d like; this one kept sounding like it was about to turn into something good, but didn’t quite get going. actually I gave it another play, and it’s growing on me – I’ll give Yonderboi some more time. Hungarian – mixin’ it up! Be good live. All that lights on the buildings reminds me of seeing Jean Michel Jarre many years ago.
The next two are fairly familiar and I like them both:
Leon Ferguson And The Groove Tones - Miss Dolores Funk - Galaxy: 737 DJ I could definitely listen to that all night, right up my ball park.
listen here - eddie harris - atlantic 1966 I could definitely listen to that all night, and the following night too. (Eddie Harris is sax?) – The next track goes too disjointed for me though; it’s still him, but it gets annoying to my brain when I can’t latch on to a tune; like the beginning of this one – it’s awful, once the sax kicks in it perks up a bit:
(that's the sort of stuff that bugs me about modern jazz - get on with it!!)
The more I listen to that the more I think I’ll give Leon Ferguson and his chums another chance………..
All that Modern Jazz malarkey is more for clubs than listening to quietly on your own I think.
What’s these others you’ve added then…………….
I'll post that as it is, but as i keep flicking between them, they do seem to be growing on me, but that'll do for starters. Ther's a few more now too.
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Post by vespasco on Mar 18, 2015 23:00:45 GMT
Hahaha! I knew your ears werent quite ready for Graham Day but its good to know that you know! If you like the Lemonjelly track youll probably like the whole album I discovered Yonderboi on a trip to Hungary years ago and immediately bought the album. Again, the whole album is worth a listen. Yup, Eddie Harris is a sax player, but he must have dabbled on keyboards for this demo ive got. Hes done loads of different versions himself. But the one mentioned is THE one for me. (Brian Auger, amongst many others has also done a couple of versions). Ive delved into more experimental jazz stuff, real like crazy sheet from New York. i dont mind it but its not on my everyday playlist. I could almost guarantee that all those tracks will grow on you!? (alright maybe not G Day)! Im normally quite selective in passing on good tunes. JMJ!? I never did get into that but i can see the appeal. But it took me a while to embrace 'electronic'. I was still firmly stuck in old 45s. Acid house came out and i thought music was going to die! Hahaha! No more 'proper' bands/artists!? It made me delve even deeper into all sorts of weird sheet. Theres a lot good stuff out there. Of all genres. And it gets easier to find Guess what im listening to again.... Ata Kak (no not utter kak)!
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Post by sime66 on Mar 19, 2015 7:23:42 GMT
Blimey!! Those last few were some interesting choices Ata Kak - Obaa Sima: youtu.be/cd0PV82e1jE !!! (I really don’t think I can leave that to play) Francis The Great : Look Up In The Sky ( Official video): youtu.be/_Hhun3NtkTw !!!!!!! Both more irritating than pleasurable to my tender ears I’m afraid. Look Up In The sky music was OK, but the kid needed shushing up so I could listen to it. Ata Kak did not give me any pleasure. The Monochrome Set - Iceman (official): youtu.be/FaAdLmUvrFA – Reminds me of something else (the instrumental) can’t quite place it; played it a couple of times; it’s fair enough and stylish. ….there was then an overnight lull in proceedings because Iceman crashed my computer (Youtube crashes it), so I went for a lie down. I’ll go over your reply and I think chuck a couple back at ya, from my time in New Zealand at the end. JMJ – not actually a big fan, but enjoyed a free show, and I’ll have to check my dates. Sometime late 80s/early 90s I was living in East London, and JMJ put on a big open concert with lasers and fireworks on the river, lighting up what was left of old Docklands during or before the redevelopment, which I was working on – Canary Wharf and environs…. My girlfriend and I took a bottle of Vodka in a 2L juice bottle, a Walkman with 2 headphones (it was broadcast on radio at the same time) and I set my tripod up, swilled vodka, and took loads of photos of the light show whilst listening to the concert. It was just a night that stuck in my mind, and seeing Yonderboi lighting up the cathedral reminded me of it. ‘Destination Docklands’, this is 'Wanderings', so a little reminisce – I have much better photos somewhere; these are just what I could find quickly on my computer and there’s loads on the Internet anyway, so I won’t go digging through my drawers: Now going back, I don’t think I’ll find anything you haven’t already come across, or weird enough for your eclectic taste, but I’m going to try you on stuff I picked up in New Zealand, which might be more to do with my very good memories of that time rather than musical quality, and some of which has become more mainstream since, each of these was stuff I listened to a lot whilst living and working there mid-90s to early 00s: Bic Runga (Chinese/Malaysian mother – Maori father) Beautiful girl, beautiful voice: Fat Freddy’s Drop: Otara Millionaire’s Club (forget the poppy O.M.C. single in the UK later; I loved it when I was living there - Otara is a slum, and they were struggling to keep out of the gang-culture): (Sounds from Aoteoroa): New Zealand mainstream tends to have a lot of (rappy) American influences, which doesn’t appeal to me, but the Maori boys do tend to like Ska and Reggae too, so there’s a fair bit of decent music. I’m keeping off traditional Maori music and poi swinging – actually you’d probably enjoy it, so a quick, final dip into traditional Maori and then some Polynesian: …and the multi-island Polynesian cultural festivals are a brilliant weekend of all sorts of stuff going on, not really the stage, but all over carnival atmosphere: There might be something there for you, but at least I’ll have bought myself some time to catch up with your stuff and give it another go, and go deeper into the ones that appealed………
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Post by vespasco on Mar 19, 2015 19:54:23 GMT
I was a little reluctant to put those 2 x eclectic ones out there but i do think they have that certain little somethin. I thought i might have swayed you with Francis the Great. I wont link Ravissante Baby by him then. Another great track, by my ears anyway, a bit more easier listening than Look Up .... ?? The kid singing is what makes it stand out from the crowd for me. Ata kak. A bit raw for your ears and not what id expect to like myself either. A bit cheezy. Almost 'euro-pop' but again, for me, the vocals stood out. (For better or worse) (maybe not so much the 'rap' at the end, if you made it that far) The unmastered unmixed version is just terrible. Probably sounds the same to my ears as this remastered version does to yours! Ive heard the Monochrome Set track on 6music a few times. With that little riff being reminiscent of High Numbers? Either way, kinda groovy i think. I remember hearing about that JMJ gig. A couple of people i know also went and had a mad time Pretty amazing at the time i bet. Bic Runga. I was looking forward to hearing her from the description but the first track was a little disappointing for me. The 2nd was not too bad tho' not really my style but it stayed on all the way through to give it a chance. Fat Freddys Drop - i could tell by the first few bars i was going to like it so decided to leave the whole album on, regardless. I like the artwork on the cover too. Thats a go-er! Its still on now. Id so love to go to New Zealand. (And Japan) Its always appealed to me since watching a kids tv show/drama set in NZ, with Maoris, set in early 1900s??? "........mountain......."?? I cant recall. But ive only heard good things about the place. Unless you get on the wrong side of the locals. Its one place i think i could live/work. Or would give it a go without hesitation. Im looking forward to hearing some trad stuff from other places. If its got some soul and passion behind it I'll give it a bash. Although I would categorise my main musical tastes under the broad spectrum of 'mod', (mainly jazzy,freaky hammond) theres no denying theres some great music around that has nothing to do with 'the scene'. Its great to pick up on local knowledge to discover new bands. I tend to come back from a country with a few choice CDs in my bag. Yonderboi is one example. Ive heard him loads since, on adverts, sketch shows, etc. the Canteloupe Island (Interlude)!! track from earlier on was just a nice little link into listening to his CD. The rest of the album is nothing like that really. I tend to keep a playlist i have on random, but i have no slow or sad songs on this. Mostly uplifting stuff, not necessarily raw and fast. And its highly unlikely they'll be anything on it that you'd likely find on a Now Thats What I Call ... comp for eg. All carefully selected Im sure theres room on it for some Fat Freddys Drop So far, the album is staying on. Almost finished. Nice one I d better keep my rawer stuff locked away Im guessing 60s garage is not at the top of your list either!?
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Post by sime66 on Mar 20, 2015 19:26:35 GMT
Ravissante Baby: gave it a squizz; same again though, I like the music, but don’t get the kid singing. We’ll have to agree to differ on the kid. I’ve tried Ata Kak again; this is not going to grow on me. Monochrome Set is going down well now. I’ve grabbed Strange Boutique and Love Zombies to get to know them better. I think I’ve sussed out the bit I recognise in Iceman, but I’m surprised and reluctant to say it; it’s the bit with the psychadelic lights when the girl is swinging whatever it is she’s swinging.
Those other two of yours; Leon Ferguson and Eddie Harris, I will spend more time exploring – a lot more time; they are both going down well………………
Glad you liked rated Fat Freddys Drop; they’ve done well, they were just getting started when I first knew them on local radio. I’ve been listening to more recent stuff of theirs this evening – very listenable indeed.
I reckon the TV series you’re thinking of is Children of Fire Mountain (1979) – The Internet makes life easy once again; they’re all still hanging around in the ether – on Dailymotion, here:
Living in New Zealand was fantastic; I went thereon a whim, (A Kiwi girl I met in Newcastle invited me back with her when she had to return). I went without even a work permit, I got a job, a permit, Permanent Residency, and eventually Citizenship; Dual Nationality (remember what I said about being an immigrant in another Country?). Maybe I’ll retire there; dunno.
I suspect you appreciate the musical skill more than me, and enjoy the experimental stuff more, whereas I’m musically uneducated and just prefer something easy to listen to, or right for my mood or environment, regardless of actual quality of musicianship. Some of my stuff is also more to do with personal memories I suppose. To finish off the New Zealand trip, I’m going to hit you with the splatter-gun technique, and hope you enjoy a skim through and maybe find something in this lot, which are not so much recommendations as possibles. You have a more educated ear and a more adventurous and experimental taste than me, but there just might be something here if you feel like giving it a try.
Rhian Sheehan - Seven Tales of The North Wind
Shapeshifter ft Ladi 6 - move with me
Bongmaster Inc - Brothers & Sisters (2004)
The Nomad - Once Again
Minuit - Aotearoa
Rhombus - Clav Dub
Pitch Black (NZ) - Lost In Translation
Max Maxwell - Isha
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Post by vespasco on Mar 20, 2015 22:10:54 GMT
Well, hats off for listening I was listening to a re run of Gilles Petterson on 6music last night, flicking through to the real good stuff...how happy was i to hear ... Ata Kak !!!! The same song!! Made me smile. I first heard on 6music somewhere anyway. Nowadays 6music is probably my main, every evening fix. I rarely have the tv on. The evenings shows...Gideon Coe, G.P., Tom Ravenscroft, Stuart McCone s Freak/ier zone are all worth a scan. Theres also a reggea/ska etc show which i bet you know about already!? When i have a bit more time ill pull out some choice sax n hammond 45s you may/not have heard!? Ill give it a try anyway Yeh that could be the show! Ill have a gander at that later Sounds like you didn't used to plan everything in advance back then ;D sounds like a good adventure to me and it sounds like youve got a good plan too Ive only had a litle wander through the tracks and am a very happy bunny they will all get played in full later. And some of the links look v promising too. ('Balkan Beats' style. I like this style). And its the same with the others in previous post ^^^^. They all are good. Its a nice mixed bag for me to delve into Right, onto youtube..... Cheerz
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Post by vespasco on Mar 21, 2015 18:27:58 GMT
i thought id better add a couple more links now ive finished listening to the slounds of NZ. All good stuff! a coup!e of things sounded familiar to me but my memory's so bad it could have been anything. Im not sure how many tracks Leon Ferguson recorded!! The flip side is just as good tho' - Stokin'. I guess you found that already. Eddie Harris. Id say Listen Here is is best work! Most other stuff seems more mainstream jazz. Talking of Balkans....!? through your links i found this track that made me explore that Balkans' style more. I remember taping it from Gilles Petterson on RaDio 1 years ago...(on at midnight on wednesdays)?? now I've found it again and know what it is! Mahala Rai Banda Kibori Balkandisko: I'll be listening to the whole of that Balkan Disco mix ^^^ This 'Balkan' style, often goes into a ska like beat, which i love, in a similar kinda way to Manu Chao. ...for those who've not heard of him....heres a more mellow track by Manu Chao - La Primavera: He kinda links in with the calypso/ska/punk/country. Bizarre mix but it works well. Ill leave the ska/calypso/rocksteady to you sime But will add a little latin flavour to get back on track... Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers - Got Myself a Good Man - 1970: This one i also HAD to have on 45... Hector Rivera - Do it to me - at the party - Latin Soul.wmv: I found the other .... listen here - eddie harris - atlantic 1966: that i was referring to before, played on Rhodes? The b side is Mean Greens which is good. And you may have heard this too?? I really dont know!? Toussaint McCall-Shimmy: Im just digging through some nice 45s and finding them on youtube. A little tester.... .does anyone know what this is the instrumental of......? Sammy Ambrose - Bad Night - Northern Soul.wmv: Im listening again to your earlier NZ band post. Still good. They'll be a few tracks from there added to my 'random' playlist Ill be digging through the hammond stuff soon. I bought one i loved them so much! A C3 i happened to chance upon one for sale, dirt cheap and i knew their value. I couldnt play it tbh. I tried but im not a natural musician. (My excuse? -i had a broken finger at the time)! Hahaha! But honestly im rubbish . It took 4 of us to lift that thing into my 1st floor flat that i was living in at the time. Im listening to Craig Charles right now, he tends to play the more well known classics. Just now was Roy Ayers. But I can't yet find the album i wanted to recommend. Now the summer is almost here ;D heres a classic summer track in the meantime, should you need an introduction...but hes quite well known.... Roy Ayers "Everybody Loves The Sunshine":
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Post by sime66 on Mar 22, 2015 20:26:14 GMT
I've seen this, but not had time to have more than a very quick flick through the links. I'll spend more time on it in the week. Sammy Ambrose Bad Night (instrumental of waht?) - don't know yet, had a quick search round, didn't find the answer - cool track though.
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Post by vespasco on Mar 23, 2015 1:23:34 GMT
Not bad
But keeping it real...this is more you Gaz? PROTECT YA NECK - BUSKER VERSION (Lewis Floyd Henry): He likes his Hendrix too
And keeping it back on track (quite literally there mate).... The flip side to Bad Night is... Sammy Ambrose - This Diamond Ring: I didnt know if youd heard these or not. I prefer Bad Night myself.
Which i think you're having?! So here ya go sime
And heres another version i love...maybe you like a bit of latin? Joe Bataan Gypsy Woman Latin Soul:
And Don Letts is the DJ i was thinking of, on 6music. Youd like his show sime
Here's a groovy little ditty, just for you Gaz ;D
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Post by vespasco on Mar 26, 2015 21:37:59 GMT
Lets mellow it out and get modern I keep hearing this on 6music and luv it.... Jane Weaver - Don't take my soul: Ive not watched all of the vids yet Gaz, i only have Windows 95 and broadband is a thing of the future. My system tends not to play some stuff The marras was kinda ok Flutebeard and watson ... And the last one... Anyone we know? I can guarantee thats not me anyway, as I do that impression with no hands Ahem! And im an unsociable ol' git and havent been to a do like this since the last millenia
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Post by vespasco on Mar 27, 2015 20:12:18 GMT
Who says I'm missing out (And who says im missing it)! Hahahah Its fair to say ive have had some killer times at lots of festivals and illegal partys and no doubt have danced a few nelly the elephants in my time, way back when, in the last millenia, you know, like, before music was even invented. In those days we used to have to make our own. Knock it up the shed. On an Atari ST. Me and Madge used to wheel a big speaker into our local street and the whole street used to come out and have a dance. Theyd be food, music. The acid jelly wasn't such a good idea. But we just got on with it in those days. I remember you used to be able to buy a chocolate bar for 40 new pence, i dont know what that is in todays money. It was proper music back then aswell. Rhythm AND blues. We were lucky to have both really, not like the Ata Kak you get nowadays.....and other such o.a.p. ramblings about the good ol days. The hat suits you young man No peshwari taking here Just keeping up with the times
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Post by sime66 on Mar 27, 2015 20:52:12 GMT
Catching up; Lovin' the Slim Smith, Vespasco - nice............
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Post by vespasco on Mar 29, 2015 12:54:44 GMT
Holy crap Gaz, you gave me a fright there!.....
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Post by sime66 on Apr 10, 2015 6:42:27 GMT
I apologise beforehand for this, but it made me smile the first time I saw it:
(....and it was a fine record before this sacrilege)
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Post by sime66 on May 1, 2015 18:58:48 GMT
Something for the weekend, vespasco? Not really Friday party though…….. Saw this chap, Cheikh Lô, on Jools the other night (probably too mainstream for you), and looked him up on’t’Interweb and on Youtube, and thought he might appeal to you, vespasco – although if you like him you probably already know him. A Senegalese musician; “a mix of mbalax, reggae and soukous influences” Cheikh Lô Wikipeadia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_L%C3%B4Cheikh Lô Youtube: Also Mirel Wagner, an Ethiopian girl from Finland was pretty mellow too Youtube: Both of these; I've only flicked though a few tracks on Youtube, then grabbed them for a better listen offline, so haven't had a proper session with them yet.......................
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Post by henri on May 2, 2015 14:05:43 GMT
if this dont make ya laugh youve got to be dead ,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqHlyWGC6v4 , hilarious , an i suspect he did like it a bit, H
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Post by sime66 on May 3, 2015 8:08:35 GMT
You seem to have gone for Musical deviance, rather than wanderings there, H; but each to their own – whatever tickles ya fancy. As you mentioned the new Selecter Album, I thought I’d see if there were any previews available; found these last night. I do really like Pauline black, but these previews are better if you skip her plugging the tour and explaining the meaning and just listen to the previews – I reckon it’ll be worth buying anyway: Selecter ‘Subculture’ album previews on Youtube: Boxfresh: Breakdown: It never worked out: Because the night: Anyway, the sun’s come out and it’s bank holiday weekend, so I can’t sit around here chatting……………
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Post by henri on May 3, 2015 9:22:51 GMT
always try n see the selecter when they tour through brighton , never had a bad gig from them, misty n damp rain here , waterproofs ready for my ride home ,hope its better tommorrow for the seafront , tho seeing middle aged guys tryin to smile wearing soaked parkas is always funny , H
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Post by rab on May 3, 2015 11:38:14 GMT
Who says I'm missing out (And who says im missing it)! Hahahah Its fair to say ive have had some killer times at lots of festivals and illegal partys and no doubt have danced a few nelly the elephants in my time, way back when, in the last millenia, you know, like, before music was even invented. In those days we used to have to make our own. Knock it up the shed. On an Atari ST. Me and Madge used to wheel a big speaker into our local street and the whole street used to come out and have a dance. Theyd be food, music. The acid jelly wasn't such a good idea. But we just got on with it in those days. I remember you used to be able to buy a chocolate bar for 40 new pence, i dont know what that is in todays money. It was proper music back then aswell. Rhythm AND blues. We were lucky to have both really, not like the Ata Kak you get nowadays.....and other such o.a.p. ramblings about the good ol days. The hat suits you young man No peshwari taking here Just keeping up with the times loving that tune gaz proper tune to be on a dance floor with
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Post by vespasco on May 3, 2015 16:05:06 GMT
HahahaHahaha Jools is cool. Best music show on tv anyway. People playing their tracks live I think i remember those artists too!? Heres some popular music ... Franco, The rhumba king of Zaire. The sample at the beginning made me smile, more the song if im honest, just thought id slip it in there quickly A real stomper, sorry if ive posted it already. It is a fav of mine Classic: And something to get you into Mike Weiver!?... He also has done a few amazing hammond stompers such as This speaks for itself
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Post by sime66 on May 4, 2015 18:08:03 GMT
Lots of great stuff there, vespasco - particularly enjoyed Wynder K. Frog and Max Romeo - good choices
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Post by vespasco on May 6, 2015 19:29:36 GMT
Electronic ignition: Drugs are bad hhmm-kaaay This is more my style Like... And this too. The best track in this post. No disco biscuits required * Edit: I totally forgot to add this artist...early trance.... Again, no porting required:
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Post by sime66 on May 6, 2015 20:03:44 GMT
And this too. The best track in this post. No disco biscuits required .......it's the only track in this post!! Oh my bleeding ears (again)
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Post by vespasco on May 6, 2015 20:24:33 GMT
Hahaha. Too true But i confess i dig it all...in the right context
Ive edited in another artist i forgot to link.. To even it out a bit. You should all check it out at last once. When ypu come dow... I mean, want to chill. Forget computers.
No software required
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