Afro Blues Quintet - New Directions In Sound

A great compilation of songs from this vibes heavy group. I knew nothing of this group until I picked up 2 LP's years back, I will get anything with a prominent vibraphone sound on it and was pleasantly surprised by the LP's. Not a funky or even jazzy group as the name may suggest but an almost pop jazz hybrid with some catchy melody throughout. Some of the songs sound a bit playful and some have a great "nightime" feel, with a constant heavy vibe sound going on. I love this disc and play it constantly.

Tracks;
1.Freaks 2.La La La 3.Summertime 4.Let My People Go 5.Jerico 6.Monkey Time 7.Victims Of Chance 8.Some Velvet Morning 9.Spartacus 10.Twilight Thunder 11.Down With Downers 12.Our Mambo 13.3/4-5/4-7/2 14.Candie Luv 15.Pata Pata 16.In Crowd 17.Next Plane To London 18.Southside habit 19.Mirror Image 20.Afro Rock 21.Moses 22.Evening Of The Beast

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Various Artists - Hammond Heroes

An essential compilation of UK (mostly) R&B organ greats. An amazing period in music spawning some incredible music and musicians such as Brian Auger, Graham Bond, as well as The Artwoods who do an absolutely amazing version of "A Taste Of Honey" here. This disc is absolutely essential.

Tracks;
1.Wynder K. Frog-Jumping Jack Flash 2.Spencer Davis Group-Stevies Groove 3.Artwoods-A Taste Of Honey 4.Bobby Graham-Zoom, Widge And Wag 5.Brian Auger & Trinity-Ellis Island 6.Dave Davani Four-Working Out 7.Manfred Mann-One Way 8.Graham Bond Org.-Wade In The Water 9.Peddlers-Horses Collar 10.Georgie Fame-The In-Crowd 11.Remo Four-Jive Samba 12.Ten Years After-Adventures Of A Young Organ 13.Zoot Moneys Big Roll Band-Zoot's Sermon 14.Alan Price Set-Critics Choice 15.Free-Guy Stevens Blues 16.Small Faces-Grow Your Own 17.Motherhood-Back In The Grass 18.Spencer Davis Group-New Toy 19.Herd-Impressions Of Oliver 20.Soul Survival-Soul Soup 21.Steampacket-Holy Smoke 22.Santa Barbara Machine Head-Rubber Monkey 23.Nice-Sombrero Sam
*There are 2 links below, the top one is song 1-22 and the bottom one is song 23.

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Various Artists - So Blue So Funky

Heroes Of The Hammond is right ! A compilation featuring an A list of Blue Note organ greats and some great organ heavy numbers. A fine selection including the great "Plaza De Toros" by Larry Young. This one is definitely another keeper, get it here. Well not here but underneath the track listing.

Tracks;
1.Jimmy McGriff-All About My Girl 2.Big John Patton-The Silver Meter 3.Jimmy Smith-I'm Movin' On 4.Freddie Roach-Brown Sugar 5.Fred Jackson-Hootin' & Tootin' 6.Baby Face Willette-Face To Face 7.Larry Young-Plaza De Toros 8.George Braith-Boop Bop Bing Bash 9.Big John Patton-Fat Judy 10.Lou Donaldson-Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky 11.Jack McDuff-Butter (For Yo Popcorn) 12.Grant Green-Ain't It Funky Now

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Various Artists - Hi And Easy

A fantastic compilation of instumentals from Memphis' Hi Records. Heavy on the horns here as well a great touch of cheese, focusing on some excellent versions of hits of the day. The majority of these tunes are late 60's. The unique sound coming from these grooves makes this a must have, upbeat and a great great listen.

Tracks;
1.Willie Mitchell-Sunshine Of Your Love 2.Bill Blacks Combo-A Hard Days Night 3.B.B.C.-Nadine 4.W.M.-Windy 5.Ace Cannon-Somewhere My Love 6.A.C.-Blowin' In The Wind 7.B.B.C.-Java 8.W.M.-I Say A Little Prayer 9.A.C.-Never On Sunday 10.A.C.-Yestrerday 11.W.M.-Take Five 12.B.B.C.-Johnny B. Goode 13.W.M.-Louie Louie 14.A.C.-Michelle 15.A.C.-It's All In The Game 16.B.B.C.-Tea For Two Cha Cha 17.B.B.C.-Deep In The Heart Of Texas 18.A.C.-Singin' The Blues
(W.M.=Willie Mitchell, B.B.C.=Bill Blacks Combo, A.C.=Ace Cannon)

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Various Artists - Prestige Funky Beats

Don't let the wacky 80's style cover fool you, this is anything but. A super compilation featuring drum heavy numbers from the Prestige label from 1969-1971 (2 earlier tracks in the mix as well), I won't go into the who's who as the track listing will tell you the what's what ! A must have for drum fans, Bernard Purdie and Idris Muhammad are on this CD from A-Z. A great comp. that stands shoulder to shoulder with anything out there.

Tracks;
1.Bernard Purdie-Shaft 2.Melvin Sparks w/Idris Muhammad-Spark Plug. 3.Johnny Hammond Smith w/Bernard Purdie-Soul Talk 4.Leon Spencer w/Idris Muhammad-First Gravy 5.Idris Muhammad-Super Bad 6.Bernard Purdie-Purdie Good 7.Joe Dukes-Moohah The D.J. 8.Gene Ammons w/Bernard Purdie-Jungle Strut 9.Jack McDuff w/Joe Dukes-Soulful Drums 10.Boogaloo Joe Jones w/Bernard Purdie-Brown Bag 11.Sonny Stitt w/Idris Muhammad-The Bar-B-Que Man


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KPM 1037 - Flamboyant Themes

Another fantastic offering in the KPM 1000 series, this one from 1968. Full of heavy sounding TV themes. 60's spy and western themes as well as some spooky sounding background music. Great full on production and plenty here to use as you wish. Another keeper !!
Tracks;
1.Flashback 2.She 3.Agressive Jazz Theme 4.Agressive Jazz Theme-Link 1 5.Agressive Jazz Theme-Link 2 6.Continent Of The Americas 7. Continent Of The Americas-Link 8.Power Montage 9.Gold Medal-Complete 10.Gold Medal-Middle Section 11.Documentary Fanfare 1 12.Documentary Fanfare 2 13.Docuentary Fanfare-Without Strings 14.Viva Espagnol 1 15.Viva Espagnol 2 16.Viva Mexico 17.Crash Program 18.Crash Program-Short Version 19.The Living City 20.The Living City-Short Version 21.Pop March 22.Junior Jet Set 23.Junior Jet Set-Link 1 24.Junior Jet Set-Link 2 25.Young Scene 26.Double Act


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KPM 1076 - Speed & Excitement

One of the heavy hitters of the KPM 1000 series released in 1970, funky madness all the way through this. You all know the series and this is up in the very top. Featuring the cream of the KPM crop Johnny Pearson, Keith Mansfield and Alan Hawkshaw. Extremely heavy stuff.
Tracks;
1.Product Efficiency 2.Mini Motoring 3.Mini Motoring-Faster 4.Action Drive 5.Bass Guitar Feature 1 6.Bass Guitar Feature 2 7.The Ride is Rough 8.Close Shave 9.Fast Back 10.Action Replay 11.U.S.A. Groove 12.Powerboat 13.Rally Car 1 14.Rally Car 2 15.Thrills & Spills 16.Hells Angels

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Can anyone help me get copies of the following;

Various Artists - Jazz Bizniz Vol. 1
Various Artists - Jazz Bizniz Vol. 3
Chris Rainbow - Anthology
David Hess - Sunshine Path
Cheers !!!

Pizzicato Five - "Hi Guys ! Let Me Teach You"

This release from 1991 says it was a TV soundtrack, I believe geared towards school children but have never seen it nor know anything about it, when it came out the music was what was important anyway so never looked far beyond that. This release shows Pizzicato Five could take any type of music, give it their own touch and come out on top. From Shadows style guitar instrumentals to Perrey/Kingsley moog, this release also takes the same exact song in some cases and re-does it in a completely different style on a later track. The sound on some of these songs seems to be clearly aimed at children and the results are beautiful. It's a difficult record to explain, how do you put into words something so special ??? The music will easily explain what I can't.
Tracks;
1.Duck Walk, Duck Soup 2.Teacher's Pet 3.Purple Suede Shoes 4.Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows 5.Memories Of Schooldays 6.Mambo Schoolyard 7.Midnight Shuffle 8.Mood For A Rainy Day 9.Adult Oriented Cha-Cha 10.I'll See Ya Guys On Saturday Night, Right ? 11.Poolside Lesson 12.Something For Miss Model Girl 13.Memories Of Schooldays 14.Spacemen On The Schoolyard

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Pizzicato Five - By Her Majesty's Request

Quite simply the best thing to be released by this amazing group. Pizzicato Five were not only the greatest group to come out of Japan they stood head and shoulders above nearly everyone else. In their long career they touched on every musical style imagineable, straight jazz, dance, lounge, rock, electronica you name it but they did it with an extraordinary style and sophistication that was unrivaled. Their finest moment is presented here, released in 1989 (this is a 1995 reissue with slight track alteration) it was something you could just not stop listening to and nearly 20 years later it is just as good. They exist no more but left behind a catalog that is quite simply astonishing.
The title of this blog is taken from a song on this release.
Now for your enjoyment By Her Majesty's Request;
Tracks;
1.Holiday For Audrey H. 2.J.B Et Vietnam 3.Bellissima '90 4.T.V.A.G. 5.Lip Service 6.Spy VS Spy 7.Swedish Girl 8.I Confess 9.Feint Operation 10.Top Secret 11.Bananas
12.Top 40 13.Homesick Blues 14.Satellite Hour 15.You'll Never Get To Heaven 16.God Save The Queen 17.Let's Spend The Night Together


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Barbara Moore - Bright & Shining

A scarce one here and definitely more of an "adult" sound. Don't let that discourage you though there is some great melody here. Don't miss out.
1.Affluence 2. Real Thing 3.Stay With Me 4.Voice Over Sax 5.Alto Sax 6.Bright & Shining 7.Canon 8.Feel Fine 9. Feeling Free 10.Fly Me High 11.Going On Holiday 12.Smooth & Soft

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Barbara Moore - Vocal Shades And Tones

An absolute monster, easily one of the very best Library LP's. A light breezy jazz/bossa sound with scat vocals that weave in and out of the instrumentation. If you ever get anything from this blog make it this.
1.Hot Heels 2.It's Gospel 3.Steam Heat 4.Fly Away 5.His Name Was 6.Swing Over 7.Touch Of Warmth 8.Voice Force Nine 9.Very Fine Fellow 10.Shades - Tones 11.I'm Feather 12.Drifting 13.Take Off 14.Fly Paradise


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Jackson Sisters - Jackson Sisters

Excellent and scarce LP from 1976. This is taken from the Japanese CD which came out in 1996. Sweet harmonies here as well as the much sought after floor filler "Miracles". This ones a keeper.
Tracks: 1.When Your Love Is Gone 2.Maybe 3.Why Do Fools Fall In Love 4.Day In The Blue 5.Rockin' On My Porch 6.Boy, You're Dynamite 7. Rock Steady 8. Miracles 9. (Why Can't We Be) More Than Just Friends 10.Shake Her Loose

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Various Artists - Peculiar Hole In The Sky

Excellent compilation of 60's pop/psych from Oz. 27 tracks in total. Some really great stuff here.

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Various Artists - Soulful

Here is another excellent compilation from Luv & Haight. 9 tracks in total. This one and Hip City I believe to be the 2 best L & H have released. It was through this comp. that I first heard Steve Parks- Movin' In The Right Direction, amazing number.
1.The Montgomery Express-Montgomery Movement
2.Apostles-Soulful
3.Tommy Stewart-Bump & Hustle Music
4.Steve Parks-Movin' In The Right Direction
5.Backyard Heavies-Just Keep On Truckin'
6.Lunar Funk-Slip The Drummer One
7.James Mason-Funny Girl
8.The Sons & Daughters Of Lite-Darkuman Junktion
9.Roy Porter-Wavering

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Various Artists - Highly Strung

Fantastic comp. of British 60's instrumentals. 23 songs in total with sounds ranging from the Joe Meek-esque to the "Beat Girl"-esque. Every song packing that unique sound.

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Various Artists - Hip City

OK here is my first post and I hope it works. Only took me weeks to figure out how to do this. Will not waste time anymore so here goes.

Brilliant comp. from Luv N' Haight. 8 tracks in total. Simply put, things do not get much better than this.
1.Don Cunningham-Tabu
2.Quintessence-Cotati Funk
3.Roy Porter-Hip City
4.Malone Barnes & Spontaneous Simplicity-Moonstruck
5.Hilton Felton-Spreadin' Fever
6.Chili Peppers-Chicken Scratch
7.Boogaloo Joe Jones-You've Got It Bad Girl
8.PIR Square-Fantasy

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