Hit some regular spots (and some secret ones) after a late/hearty breakfast of French Toast, bacon, & lots of coffee.
The nice weather brought out all the parking lot vendors up at Dixieland, most of whom have no idea what to charge you for albums. A lot of garbage and fucked up records, but there are gems to be found.
Made out well today...
Brick "s/t" - Squeaky clean production on this late 70's funk outfit. heavy drums with great little keyboard parts. Ohio Players minus all the sex. Edges a bit close to disco-funk at times, but still chock full of good samples.
Autosalvage "s/t" - A very typical, but awesome, record from 1968. 4 guys, long hair, Sgt.Pepper mustaches, fuzz-tone guitar, backwards sounds, drug lyrics etc. Best song title goes to "The Great Brain Robbery".
Bootsy's Rubber Band "Bootsy? Player of the Year" - Hopefully you know this guy...the funkiest bass player James Brown had and the low end for all the classic P-Funk albums. One of the best funk records of the time (mid to late 70's) and probably Bootsy's best solo LP. Originally came with cardboard cutout star sunglasses so you could look like Bootsy!
Aphrodite's Child "666" - Bought this simply because Vertigo put it out in 1970, a notoriusly bizarre time for that label. Turns out that this is the band that composer Vangelis used to play keys for. Weird art/prog rock about the end of the world with full orchestra, strange lyrics, and great production. Maybe for the Magma fans...
Travis Biggs "Challenge" - the crown jewel of today...obviously a private press, self-distributed, Detroit funk record from the mid 70's. Rhodes, ARP, Moog, electric violin, heavy drums, and goofy narration over a dance song ("do the doo-doo walk!") makes this one amazing. Come to find out, it was reissued by Soul Jazz UK, has a track on Dusty Fingers 6, and has subsequently been sampled! Also found out that the one I have in my hands is one of the original 500 copies...I do like living in Michigan sometimes.
the Kinks "Percy soundtrack" - Ray Davies wrote these songs for some film in 1970, reissued by Pye. You can definitely hear them running out of steam as a band, but this is still really good (i love the Kinks though). I will admit that some of the wit and sarcasm from the early stuff is absent here.
Public Image Ltd. "album" - Johhny Rotten's post-Pistols band...Not their best album though. Steve Vai is on here shredding his goddamn head off, just like the Zappa tracks he's on from that time. There are some really strong tracks on here ("Round") despite the bad ones. The dub reggae influence was gone by this record too...
Francois de Roubaix "Zita soundtrack" - From a French film I've never seen...Morricone-inspired composition for what sounds like a romantic story with some swinging settings (funky organ, harpsichord, driving drums, electric bass, female voice etc). Not unlike Piero Piccioni, Lalo Schifrin, and Ennio. Great!
Peter Brown "A Fantasy Love Affair" - This would get me looks at a party because it can sound really cheesy if you're not patient. But, there's mad drums and great synthesizer hooks if you're looking for samples. I can't tell since there's no picture of him, but it sounds like whiteboy-synth-late 70's-coked out-sex-easy listening funk.
the Doors "s/t" - uh, yeah, these guys. I really love the Doors and don't own this on vinyl so...and it was ultra cheap, couldn't pass it by.
Rick James "Street Songs" - Same as the Doors album...But seriously, how can you not like this record??
the Emperors "Karate" 45 - A Motown-inspired loose soul group with great Hammond organ. Instructional dance song. I would enjoy seeing somebody do the "Karate".
the Winstons "Amen, Brother" 45 - Finally found a copy that was cheap and in good condition! Probably the most recognizable drum break ever, seriously, go do a websearch on "the Amen break". Great song too.
? and the Mysterians "8 Teen / I Need Somebody" 45 - One of the original punk bands...from 1963. Good cheesy organ sounds, snarling vocals, echo-chamber drums, razor sharp guitar stabs, and sexual anxiety abound here.
the Five Blobs "The Blob" 45 - Not a real band, but session guys assembled to record this promotional record for the horror movie "The Blob". Campy early 60's beat rock with cantina trumpets and goofy voice overs. B-side is "Saturday Night in Tiajuana".
Nese Karabocek "Eyvan" 45 - Turkish popular female singer. Sounds like she wanted to be Nancy Sinatra a bit.
Bora Ayanoglu "Fabrika Kizi" 45 - Turkish folk singer trying to be kinda psych with some fuzz guitar and backbeat drums. Still pretty tradtional sounding though.
Cem Karaca "Aysem" 4-song 45 - Turkish popular male singer with orchestra and a backing band that sounds like the Ventures in the middle east...Interesting.
Erol Evgin "Birde Bana Sor" 45 - Looks like some sort of male sex symbol, judging from the photo. Smooth funk production almost, with Moog and crisp drums. The melodies sound traditional though. From Pakistan.
alright son...light it and pass that shit over here.
(can anybody explain David Lynch's Inland Empire to me??)
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