Weekend finds

[llmod1]

Not an epic list this week, I can hear the audible sighs of relief around the country

Found the following in charities:

Love - Forever Changes - Practically faultless LP - Double

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - couldn't resist this as it has all the original posters and inserts unused - double

Egg - The Civil Service - Mad, left field, funky prog fusion madness - Double

Wynton Marsalis - J Mood - Too straight ahead for my liking.

Duke Jordan / Sadik Hakim - East and West of Jazz - Beautiful record but not particularly funky.

Horst Jankowski - Jankowskinetik - One of his better Lp's on mps, unfortunately without a sleeve, unlikely I know but anyone have a spare?

Sight and Sound - Movie Themes of Today - Fragments of Fear is unbelievible, not listened to this for yonks! - double

Alan Moorhouse and Bond Street Brigade - I'd actually forgotten how good Funky Fever is, could be a lost Mandingo track.

Izhar Cohen - Illusions - Coincidently I just bought a French copy of this on the bay. Israeli record (shout going out to the E-man) with a huge break on the intro into a decent track - double.

Info needed on this one:

Paul Horn - Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts - Fantastic religious jazz lp conducted by Lalo Schrifin. I love this sought of stuff! Anyone know anything about this release or can recommend any similar religious LP's by jazz players.

[Col Wolfe]

Quote[/b] (llmod1 @ Jan. 17 2004,20:25)]Not an epic list this week, I can hear the audible sighs of relief around the country
Found the following in charities:
Love - Forever Changes - Practically faultless LP - Double

Going to see Arthur Lee in Feb - they're gonna play 'Forever Changes' in full - can't wait!

[wooly]

i picked up a few nice items this weekend:

bert kaempfert - "now!" - charted by the man LDJB a few months ago, this one contains a break on "PYHITH" and even better, some good tunes - "falling free" sounds like johnny harris, uptempo pleaser "proud mary" with squealing fuzz guitar, "living easy" (probably my favourite on here, really nice easy funk).

gunther kallmann choir - "the very best of" - a sighting of "daydream" but for once not on the ubiquitous polydor easy sampler! also notable for a lovely crisp run through of stevie's "my cherie amour".

don costa - "the don costa concept" - great big band grooviness. chunky takes on "love so fine", "adios", "tristesse" and "i'm gonna make you love me".

geoff love & his orch. - "play your top t.v. themes" - already have a copy of this, but i'd forgotten how bloody good these versions of "strange report" (as comped on one of the early 'easy' collections and rightly so) and "jason king" are! (double)

the comedians - "laugh with..." - very unfunny, but useful as a snapshot of comedy in 1971, a bit of social history. frank carson battles it out with bernard manning to see who can tell the most mother-in-law jokes. teeth-wateringly awful.

medicine head - "slip & slide" (45) - nice late-psychy (1974) 45 from old favourites of john peel.

[LDJB]

I got myself out of the city centre yesterday and it finally paid off when a nice old dear said the magic words "We've just got a new box of records in, would you like a look? 50p each or 3 for a pound" - like a rat up a drainpipe I tell you. Nothing terribly funky but a few rare bits:

Bill Withers - Best of... (always suprises me how good this bloke is) double

Anita Harris - Somebody's in my Orchard (strange one from Anita, nice version of "Watermelon Man" on it but she occasionaly sounds like the pub singer) - double

Terry Reid - The Most of... ("Superlungs" and a couple of other psychers) - double

Steely Dan - Gaucho (yes, I like Steely Dan, what of it??)

PJ Proby - Phenomenon (punk assed blue eyed soul - some nice uptempo stompers)

Edgar Broughton Band - Sing Brother Sing ("No Vibrations but Wait!" is the one but some other weirdness too)

Tony Christie comp (ahem...erm "Walk Like a Panther&quot

British Motown Chartbusters (nice clean copy)

Phil Spectors Xmas Album (better late than never)

Summer Chartbusters (mainly 'cos I'd never seen it before and it has "Roadrunner" and "Dizzy" on it)

Charles Wuorinen - Time' Enconium (weirdo music concrete on synths - destined for the 'bay / trade)

Howard Riley Trio - Angle (weirdo late 60's jazz - very free - destined for the bay / trade)

John Stevens Spontaneous Music Ensemble ( see above&#33

Brian Jones presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka (world music tosh to these ears but apparantly quite rare so off the bay it goes&#33

The Strawbs - Bursting at the Seams (where the hell is the Strawbs break? Pretty sure it's not on this one either)

The Eagles - The Long Run ("Those Shoes" as used by the Beastie Boys)

Bridget St John - Songs for the Gentle Man (rare peice on Dandelion - not my cuppa so head baywards / trade too)

Steel Pulse - True Democracy (bit late but still enjoyable)

Francoise Hardy - In English (I love the version of "Catch a Falling Star" on here) - double

Natural Acoustic Band - Learning to Live (more rare folk / prog headed to the bay / trade)

Amazing Blondel - Fantasia Lindum (see above)

Roy Harper - Flat Baroque and Beserk (2 copies - both doubles - this lp is all acoustic apart from the last track "Hells Angels" which is a hammond and fuzz banger) - doubles

Grateful Dead - Live / Dead (urrgh - ever rated this band - bay / trade - strangely though there were some press shots of the Third Ear Band in the sleeve - maybe most of this lot was from one of the members collection?)

Judee Sill - S/T (more folk / prog gentleness - bay / trade)

Shangri-Las - Golden Hits (Can't beat a bit of the Shangri-Las every so often)

Kai Warner - Salsoul Explosion (never seen this before and it's pretty good - discoey funky stuff - fair few breaks on it too)

and then I went to the most pitiful car boot this morning - I was there for ten minutes (literally) and looked at both of the boxes of records! One of them contained a pile of EMI / Pye promo 45s (with the good ones missing). I came home with these:

The Sonic All-Stars - The Sounds of Star Wars (this is the version Flash uses when he plays live - primarily the electro break in the main theme)

45s

Kevin Leray - I Would Do It All Again (I was seduced by the Alan Tew credit - pish - avoid)

Alan Moorhouse - When the Boat Comes In (I knew this would be rubbish but couldn't resist)

Mike Morton Congregation - Falling in Love Again (nice beat but rubbish tune)

Blue Mink - Get Up (this is more like it! This is actually better known to me as "7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Blow Your Whistle" - very funky)

So there you have it - sorry for rambling on but I'm very bored due to the booter being so crap and the family pissing off out without me 'cos tey thought I'd be out ages etc.......

If any one is interested in any of the doubles etc above give me a shout.

[fin]

hmm, i might as well join in with what I obtained by fair means and foul this week, including postal arrivals...

Tunji Oyelana and the Benders - Double Face (EMI Nigeria)
killer LP, inc. the track 'Ifa' which was on the Nigeria 70 comp

Wild Fire - Check It (Charlies)
very odd trinidadian affair on a New York label, one killer track, a sort of minor-key-dismal-death-disco/funk thing. Unique, and really heavy.

Dorothy Morrison - Brand New Day (elektra)

Johnny Johnson and his Bandwagon - Soul Sahara (Bell) James Ellerbeck put me onto this, jolly nice it is too, if a little directionless.

Mark Holder and the Positives (atlantic) - Whatevers fair

The Rebels - Rhodesia (black Wax)
wicked, wicked version of drum song. 2nd copy, minting up, so if anybody wants one with a few rather nasty clicks at the start...

Jacques dutronc - J'aime les filles (Vogue) inc. Tout lu, tout vu, tout bu...

Serge Gainsbourg - no. 4 (phillips) just the reissue, as I don't have a spare £400 or whatever it costs... Why did this man make 'L'Anthracite' in 1959? Totally bananas.

there we are then. quite a good week really, if rather costly.

[sermad]

Hey fin - did you get my pm. I think it bounced back or something. Cheers for all the island advice!

Anyway is this 45 any cop?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2588161618

[ladyboygrimsby]

Quote[/b] (sermad @ Jan. 18 2004,20:01)]Hey fin - did you get my pm. I think it bounced back or something. Cheers for all the island advice!

Anyway is this 45 any cop?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2588161618

It's ace, Sermad and I think I've got a double of it (though on a different label).

[fin]

I actually don't know what that sounds like. It turns up fairly regularly I think, but i have to say I've never actually heard it...

[ladyboygrimsby]

Quote[/b] (fin @ Jan. 19 2004,02:08)]I actually don't know what that sounds like. It turns up fairly regularly I think, but i have to say I've never actually heard it...

It's a sort of heavy drum funk record, but it was played in early 70s NY discos (which is how I know about it). Older hands in US describe it as a disco record, but it doesn't actually sound like one.

[Funky Tee]

Wilson Pickett -I want you
Brenda Russel -s/t
Jorge Santana -s/t
El Chicano -Barettas Theme
William DeVaughn -Be thankful what you got
Gwen McRae -All this love
Grover Washington Jr. -Paradise
A brazilian funk record..
Yambu -s/t
Pipe Dreams OST

[theeman]

Quote[/b] (ladyboygrimsby @ Jan. 19 2004,09:05)]

Quote[/b] (fin @ Jan. 19 2004,02:08)]I actually don't know what that sounds like. It turns up fairly regularly I think, but i have to say I've never actually heard it...

It's a sort of heavy drum funk record, but it was played in early 70s NY discos (which is how I know about it). Older hands in US describe it as a disco record, but it doesn't actually sound like one.

it's pretty nice in a repetitive kind of way. a bit of a stoner funk record really - it's just a looped groove, but a good one, and very well produced.

[Funky Guzzo]

Had a nice weekend, went down to San Diego for a Show that Slick Rick was doing and stayed overnight to go to SD record show.

San Diego:
Three Degrees "Maybe" (Roulette)
Love "Out There" (Blue Thumb)
Lou Donaldson "Blues Walk" (Blue Note) - 63rd St address deep groove
Monkees "Head OST" (Colgems)
Shotgun LTD "S/T" (Prophesy)
David McCallum "Music, It's Happening Now!" (Capitol)
Robert Byrne "Electric Hair" (Evolution)
Lyn Christopher "S/T" (Paramount)
"Nonstop Discotheque Party Dance""(Gateway) - Exploito group with no name does funky covers of "Fame","5-4-3-2-1(Blow your Whistle)" and "Shining Star"
Ballin' Jack "Buzzard Luck" (Columbia)
5 Stairsteps & Cubie "Our Family Portrait" (Buddah)
and
Ann Sexton "Youre Gonna Miss Me/ You're Losing Me"" (Seventy7)

Los Angeles:
Maxayn "S/T" (Capricorn)
Travis Biggs "Solar Funk" (Source)
Gil Scott-Heron "Real Eyes" (Arista)
Gil Scott-Heron "Winter In America" (Strata East)
New Birth "Coming From all Ends" (RCA)
Cerrone "The Golden Touch" (Cotillion) - Rocket in the pocket
Oscar Petersen "Motions & Emotions" (MPS)
Eddie Floyd "Down to Earth" (Stax)
Flakes 1 "1980" (Magic Disc)
and

Sun Ra "The Bridge" (Saturn) - One sided 45 autographed by Sun Ra, Marshall Allen, and June Tyson on both the label and sleeve.

all that and a great show from Mc Ricky D made this a really good weekend

[Grope]

Hi I'm new here!

A few finds:

New Freedom Singers - PYHITH
Sunbirds - Zagara (got another one coming in through a trade&#33
Niagara - S.U.B.
Motherhood - I Feel So Free
Skorpio - Gyere Velem (nice track called "That old organ sound" or so)
Skorpio - Kelj fel!
Skorpio - Ãœnnepnap!
...

what a weekend! my best finds ever!

[sermad]

Is that sunbirds the one with the orange on the cover? If it is then I want it!

Oh and welcome to the site - Have we talked before? I know your name (maybe soulstrut then?)

Oh and funky guzzo - If you dont want the monkees head. I'll have that too!

Is it mono or stereo?

[theeman]

Quote[/b] (Funky Guzzo @ Jan. 19 2004,10:57)]Ann Sexton "Youre Gonna Miss Me/ You're Losing Me"" (Seventy7)
Los Angeles:
Maxayn "S/T" (Capricorn)

that maxayn LP is ace. same goes for ann sexton. lovely! nice one!