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Thursday, December 28, 2006
1. THAT'S WHAT THE GOOD BOOK SAYS (UNISSUED TAKE)
The Robins
Modern : 1951
Available on: The Leiber & Stoller Story vol. 1: The Los Angeles Years 1951-1956
Ace : 2004
[Buy It]
2. FRIED NECK BONES AND SOME HOME FRIES
Willie Bobo
Uno Dos Tres 1-2-3
Verve : 1965
[Buy It]
3. OMELEBELE
Dr. Victor Olaiya's International All Stars
Available on: Lagos Chop Up: Fuji & Afrobeat, Highlife & Juju
Honest Jon's : 2005
[Buy It]
4. RESPECT
Prince Buster
Sla-Lip-Soul
Blue Beat : 1965
[Out of Print]
5. COLLAGE
The Three Degrees
Maybe
Roulette : 1970
Available on: The Roulette Years
Sequel : 1996
Courtesy of: Soul Sides
[Out of Print]
6. CRY
Johnnie Ray
Okeh : 1951
Available on: Cry!
Bear Family: 1990
[Buy It]
7. ROCOMBEY
Lord Cobra & Pana Afro Sounds
Available on: Panama! Latin, Calypso, and Funk on the Isthmus 1965-1975
Soundway : 2006
[Buy It]
8. THE CHICKEN ASTRONAUT
5 Du-Tones
One-Derful! (?): c. 1963
Available (as an import) on: 5 Du-Tones
Ringo : 1996
[Buy It]
Nice manifesto, Brian - goes good w/the Bolaño novels I've been tearing through this week. So, I'm gonna repeat myself, too, in a way, and post the second Moistworks International New Year's Mix. It'll go up in three parts today, tomorrow, & pver the weekend - just in time for your own, personal New Year's celebration - and you'll be able to download a PDF of the cover soon, though the image above works nicely, too.
Back in the USSR, New Years was the new hotness; Santa Claus - Grandpa Frost - came on New Year's, and celebrants who wrote a single wish on a tiny piece of paper, folded it twice, and swallowed it with their first sip of stroke-of-midnight-champagne found that said wish always came true. Try it yourselves - but careful what you wish for!
1. The very young Leiber and Stoller record what is maybe the first rock and roll song, and what makes it so is that the Robins manage to get each and every biblical reference back-asswards. You can tell that Leiber and Stoller are real artists from the days/night get-go:Well in the days of old King Sol
Every night was a crazy ball
The cats smoked hay through a rubber hose
And the women they wore transparent clothes... 2. 'Nuff religion; let's eat &
3. dance.
4. The mighty Prince Buster seems to incorporate verses based on "Turn, Turn, Turn," which came out just a few weeks after "Respect," into this recording of, er, "Respect." Mash-ups, too, are nothing esp. new.
5. One of the best songs Soul Sides posted this year, recorded in 1970 by Prince Charles' favorite girl group: "Wintertime is razor blade that the devil made/It's a price we pay for the summertime."
6. This song puts in an encore appearance later on in the mix, in an entirely different context. I've got lots to say about Johnnie Ray, and if my hand wasn't broken I'd say it here.
7. The Morning News singled us out as their favorite [MP3] blog this year (thanks, Morning News dudes!); they specifically mentioned my love of calypso. What can I say? I dig calypso.
NB: Vodun is the second of 4 (or 5, depending on whether you consider the Robins song Jewish or xTian) religions to appear on this mix.
8. The 5 Du-Tones - who recorded the original "Shake a Tail Feather" - are unheralded geniuses. Is there such a thing as soul/garage-core? If so, Du-Tones are the fuckin' Sonics.
to be continued....Labels: afro-beat, alex, calypso, new year's mix, prince charles, rock and roll = gospel music, soul/garage-core, spanish grease
posted by Alex
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