I know this will have been discussed on the forum before but what's the general consensus regarding comps?
I was just reading the sleeve notes from Mr Josh Davis aka DJ Shadow on that Keb Darge Funk comp and his negative feelings about comps in general. Now I'm not sure if his whole stand point is from the beat digging view "thou shall not name artists". Is it because he doesn't like the idea of bootleg comps (artists not receiving royalities) or should we all discover these lost records ourselves without any help?
Well if its the latter I unfortunately wasn't born in S.F. and my local record shop didn't hold a copy of Bongo Rock for $10 in 1988 (or a basement full of forgotten records that I was able to trawl through-see Scratch the movie). I'm afraid the North East of England (to my knowledge) doesn't have a warehouse full of records where I can scour for funk 45's.
Therefore, I've relied on the Ultimate Breaks series in the late 80's and now Dusty Fingers, Beyond the Valley's etc etc for guiding me in the right direction regarding forgetton records. I love the eclectic mix of songs featured on them (Finders Keepers included of course!)
Right then, what's the view from the Vulture crowd?
I was just reading the sleeve notes from Mr Josh Davis aka DJ Shadow on that Keb Darge Funk comp and his negative feelings about comps in general. Now I'm not sure if his whole stand point is from the beat digging view "thou shall not name artists". Is it because he doesn't like the idea of bootleg comps (artists not receiving royalities) or should we all discover these lost records ourselves without any help?
Well if its the latter I unfortunately wasn't born in S.F. and my local record shop didn't hold a copy of Bongo Rock for $10 in 1988 (or a basement full of forgotten records that I was able to trawl through-see Scratch the movie). I'm afraid the North East of England (to my knowledge) doesn't have a warehouse full of records where I can scour for funk 45's.
Therefore, I've relied on the Ultimate Breaks series in the late 80's and now Dusty Fingers, Beyond the Valley's etc etc for guiding me in the right direction regarding forgetton records. I love the eclectic mix of songs featured on them (Finders Keepers included of course!)
Right then, what's the view from the Vulture crowd?
Comment