Wednesday, 28 December 2011
va - Let's Go Calypso! -- Top Singers And Bands From The Bahamas [195?]
"Features King Scratch and the Bay Street Boys, ca. late 1950s. "These two acts," the brief liner notes attest, "have long been favorites in the islands and many a tourist has felt the gay and carefree spell they cast with the charm of their readings and infectious Calypso rhythms. This is as much a part of the islands as the palm trees or lovely beaches." Despite a preponderance of cruiseship standards (e.g., "Marianne," "Sly Mongoose," "Jamaica Farewell," "Donkey Wants Water"), the performances are refreshingly "native" and highlighted by raucous percussion. Meaning, these recordings were not prettied up for export." [I. Chusid]
Here lives it.
Friday, 23 December 2011
Les Chakachas -- Eso Es El Amor & 11 More Songs On RCA [196x]
"The Chakachas were a group of Belgian-based studio musicians, formed and led by Gaston Boogaerts, who served as the group's arranger. They first appeared during the early '60s, recording a playful mixture of Latin music, jazz, and European-style exotica."
So here we have three early 60's Eps by them. I finally took a bit of time to rip a few records. Get them here.
RCA 75.117
a1 - Eso Es El Amor
a2 - Canalla
b1 - Ma-Ma-Du
b2 - Tou Bou Dou
RCA 75.119
a1 - Guapacha
a2 - Arriba La Conga
b1 - Chouchou
b2 - Pa La Paloma
RCA 75.123
a1 - El Charlatan
a2 - Conga Del Mayorar
b1 - Serenata Negra
b2 - Conga Maye
Saturday, 10 December 2011
va - GIME SOME CHEWING GUM! (Graham's Vinyl Rips Vol.1) [Mixtape GRHM#02]
Here's a selection of 18 songs ripped from my record collection, it includes a lot of 60's R'n'b and Soul-Jazz, some Psychedelic, Reggae or Cajun Zydeco, a couple of experimental soundtracks...
1. Grundig Announcer - Apollo 70 (excerpt)
2. Mel Torme - Right Now
3. Danny Brown - Chewing Gum
4. The Emperors - Karate
5. Nino Ferrer - Les Cornichons
6. Delano Stewart - Dance With Me
7. The Tony Hatch Orchestra - Out Of This World
8. Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier - Jericho Jerk
9. Cannonball Adderley - Why (am I treated so bad)
10. Betty Harris - Ride Your Pony
11. Sun Ra - Tony's Wife
12. Humane Society - Eternal Prison
13. Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Son Pas Sale
14. J.B. Lenoir - I Feel So Good
15. Ko Ko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
16. Garnett Mimms - Look Away
17. The Fabulous Playboys - Honky Tonk Woman
18. Kenny Graham & His Satellites - Sunday
Get it here.
(new link)
Vol. 2 to come very soon!
Saturday, 12 November 2011
va - Գարուն: GARUNA (Spring) [Mixtape TH#14]
New seasonal (rather out of season actually) mixtape with more minor scales, falling leaves, broken hearts...
Tracklist:
A
1. Komitas Vardapet «Garuna»
2. Bessie Banks «Go Now»
3. Phongsi Woranut «Phit Wang Yang Khoi»
4. T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo «Ako N'Venan Niwa»
5. Pedro Santos «Agua Viva»
6. Mário Rui Silva e Ana Paula «Zeca Camarão»
7. Artur Nunes «Tia»
8. Wilmoth Houdini «Black But Sweet»
9. Roza Eskenazi «Mas Kynigoun Ton Argile»
10. Stellakis Perpiniadhis Anna Pagana «Dhervisis ke Anna»
B
11. J. Baczkowskiego Orkiestra «Oberek Pulawiak»
12. Reet Hendrikson «Haanja miis»
13. Washington Phillips «Lift Him Up That's All»
14. Elizabeth Cotten «Freight train»
15. Daniel Johnston «Surely you don’t work at night»
16. West Coast Art Experimental Band «I Won't Hurt You»
17. Betty LaVette «Let me Down Easy»
18. Prince Buster «Faith»
19. Komitas Vardapet «Garuna»
The first version of Garuna (track 1) is sung by Komitas' star pupil, Armenak Shahmuradian, with Komitas himself accompanying on piano (thank ya øשl). The second version (track 19) was performed by Anna Parsamyan in my local church.
Saturday, 5 November 2011
va - END OF THE WORLD PARTY VOL.03 [Mixtape TH#11]
A new home compilation to keep the feet busy. Will go fine with your favourite whisky and a bunch of sweaty boys and girls.
01 - MEL TORME - RIGHT NOW
02 - LEE DORSEY - CAN YOU HEAR ME
03 - ALTHEA & DONNA - UPTOWN TOP RANKING
04 - JOYA LANDIS - MOONLIGHT LOVER
05 - PHYLLIS DILLON - WOMAN OF THE GHETTO
06 - ORQUESTA SONORA CURRO - PATULECO
07 - IDAMERICA RUIZ CON O. AYALA - NO LLORES PORQUE ME VOY
08 - THE MIGHTY TERROR & HIS CALYPSONIANS - CALYPSO WAR
09 - C.W. STONEKING - THE LOVE ME OR DIE
10 - THE NEW JERSEY QUEENS - PARTY DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT
11 - RAIL BAND - MARABAYASA
12 - EBO TAYLOR & UHURU-YENZU - LOVE AND DEATH
13 - ZURYASH ABEYE - ARADA
14 - MOHAMMED AD MADLOUL - TITLE UNKNOWN
15 - OMAR KHORSHID - AH YA ZEIN
Thanks to the Baron and the Major who opened my eyes to most of these tracks.
Download link.
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
va - Goodbye, Babylon [Dust-to-Digital, 2004] [C90 edit]
"In February 1999 a college radio disc jockey named Lance Ledbetter set out on a mission to compile rare and essential recordings of vintage religious music. Four and a half years later the result of this journey was released as a box set called Goodbye, Babylon. The set consists of five CDs featuring 135 Songs (1902-1960) and one CD featuring 25 Sermons (1926-1941). Accompanying the CDs is a 200 page book with Bible verses, complete lyric transcriptions, and notes for each recording. All of the components is reverently packed with raw cotton and housed in a deluxe 8" x 11" x 2.5" cedar box."[Dust-to-Digital]
Here is an edited version of this high quality box set, trimmed to fit a C90 tape.
Original tracklist:
01. Rev. T. T. Rose and Singers - Goodbye, Babylon pt. I
02. Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters - Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
03. Roosevelt Graves and Brother - Woke up this Morning (with My Mind on Jesus)
04. Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Present Joys
05. Blind Lemon Jefferson - All I Need is that Pure Religion
06. J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers - Satisfied
07. Chuck Wagon Gang - As the Life of a Flower
08. Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers - Thou Carest Lord, for Me
09. Washington Phillips - Lift Him up That's All
10. Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Rock My Soul
11. Ernest V. Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers - There's a Light Lit up in Galilee
12. Arizona Dranes - Crucifixion
13. The Blue Chips - Crying Holy unto the Lord
14. Louvin Brothers - I'll Never Go Back
15. Mahalia Jackson - God's Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares
16. Luther Magby - Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
17. Rev. Gary Davis - I Belong to the Band - Hallelujah!
18. Carter Family - River of Jordan
19. Lil McClintock - Sow Good Seeds
20. Bryant's Jubilee Quartet - I'll Be Satisfied
21. Frank Palmes - Troubled 'Bout My Soul
22. Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Dry Bones
23. Carlisle Brothers - Jesus My All
24. Taskiana Four - Creep Along, Moses
25. Tennessee Music and Printing Company Quartet - Joy Bells
26. Elder David Ross - He Gave Me a Heart to Love
27. Bessie Jones and the Sea Island Singers - O Day
28. Brother Claude Ely - There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
29. Elder Curry and His Congregation - Memphis Flu
30. Sister O. M. Terrell - The Bible's Right
31. Stanley Brothers - Standing in the Need of Prayer
32. Carl Smith with the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle - Blood That Stained the Old Rugged Cross
33. Thomas A. Dorsey - How About You
34. Skip James - Jesus is a Mighty Good Leader
35. Charles Butts Sacred Harp Singers - Murillo's Lesson
36. Kentucky Ramblers - Glory Glory Glory Glory to the Lamb
37. Elder Richard Bryant - Come Over Here
38. Jaybird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross the River of Jordan
39. Trumpeteers - Milky White Way
40. Johnson Family Singers - Deliverance will Come
41. North Carolina Cooper Boys - Daniel in the Den of Lions
42. Sister Cally Fancy - Goin' to Heaven in the Sanctified Way
43. Jimpson - No More, My Lord
44. King's Sacred Quartet - This World Can't Stand Long
45. Virginia Dandies - God's Getting Worried
46. Empire Jubilee Quartet - Get Right Church
47. Rosie Hibler and Family - Move, Members, Move
48. Huggins-Phillips Sacred Harp Singers - Lover of the Lord
49. A. A. Gray and Seven Foot Dilly - The Old Ark's A Moving
50. Blind Roger Hays - On My Way to Heaven
51. Uncle Dave Macon - The Bible's True
52. Price Family Sacred Singers - Ship of Glory
53. Elders McIntorsh & Edwards - Since I Laid My Burden Down
54. Elder Effie Hall and Congregation - Precious Lord Hold My Hand
55. Blind Willie Davis - When the Saints Go Marching In
56. Lion and the Cyril Monrose String Orchestra - Jonah, Come out the Wilderness
57. Dinwiddie Colored Quartet - Down on the Old Camp Ground
58. Norfolk Jubilee Quartet - My Lord's Gonna Move this Wicked Race
59. Edward W. Clayborn - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You (But Watch Your Close Friend)
60. McVay and Johnson - Ain't Going To Lay My Armor Down
61. James and Martha Carson - I'll Fly Away
62. Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Heavenly Vision
63. Blind Willie Johnson - Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying
64. Jubilee Gospel Team - Lower My Dying Head
65. Two Gospel Keys - You've Got to Move
66. Flatt and Scruggs - That Home Above
67. Golden Gate Quartet - Golden Gate Gospel Train
68. Roosevelt Graves and Brother - I'll Be Rested (When the Roll is Called)
69. Eddie Head and His Family - Down on Me
70. Blind Joe Taggart - Goin' to Rest Where Jesus Is
71. Louis Washington - Got Heaven in My View
72. Rev. Sister Mary Nelson - Judgment
73. Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - I Want Two Wings to Veil My Face
74. Rev. D. C. Rice - We Got the Same Kinda Power over Here
75. Washington Phillips - What are They Doing in Heaven Today?
76. T.C.I. Women's Four - That Great Day
77. North Canton Quartet - I'm Bound for Home
78. Washington White - I am in the Heavenly Way
79. Sam Morgan's Jazz Band - Over in the Glory Land
80. Rev. Anderson Johnson - Death in the Morning
81. Maddox Brothers & Rose - In the Land Where We'll Never Grow Old
82. Dock Walsh - Bathe in that Beautiful Pool
83. Hank Williams - I'll Have a New Body
84. Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper - Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill
85. Sheffield Quartet - Christ Arose
86. Thomas A. Dorsey - If You See My Savior
87. Jubilee Gospel Team - Let Jesus Lead You
88. Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Found a Wonderful Savior
89. Arizona Dranes and Choir - He Is My Story
90. Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers - I Remember Calvary
91. Blind Willie Johnson - Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There
92. Rev. W. M. Mosley - If You Follow Jesus
93. Blind Benny Paris & Wife - Hide Me in the Blood of Jesus
94. Wade Mainer - I'll be a Friend to Jesus
95. Tennessee Mountaineers - Standing on the Promises
96. Mother McCollum - Jesus is My Air-O-Plane
97. Sam Jones - I've Got Salvation
98. Blind Alfred Reed - I Mean to Live for Jesus
99. Heavenly Gospel Singers - When Was Jesus Born
100. Blue Sky Boys - Come to the Savior
101. Dorothy Melton - I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
102. Laura Henton - He's Coming Soon
103. Okeh - Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Return Again
104. Blind Gary Davis - I am the True Vine
105. Bela Lam and His Greene County Singers - Sweet Story of Old
106. Elder Harris - I'll Lead a Christian Life
107. Famous Blue Jay Singers - I'm Leaning on the Lord
108. Blind Willie Harris - Where He Leads Me I Will Follow
109. Luther Magby - Jesus is Getting us Ready
110. Silver Leaf Quartette - Daniel Saw the Stone
111. Alfred Karnes - Called to the Foreign Field
112. Ridgel's Fountain Citians - Hallelujah to the Lamb
113. Deacon A. Wilson - You Need Jesus on Your Side
114. Pace Jubilee Singers - You'd Better Mind
115. J.T. Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - Exhilaration
116. Ernest Phipps & Congreagation - If the Light Has Gone Out of Your Soul
117. Brown's Ferry Four - Keep on the Firing Line
118. Bailes Brothers - Romans Ten and Nine
119. Wade Mainer - Standing Outside
120. Monroe Brothers Sinner - You Better Get Ready
121. Blind Willie McTell - I Got to Cross the River of Jordan
122. Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward - Free at Last
123. Bessie Johnson's Sanctified Singers - The Whole World In His Hand
124. Mahalia Jackson - Amazing Grace
125. Blind Mamie Forehand - Honey in the Rock
126. Seventh Day Adventist Choir - On Jordan's Stormy Banks We Stand
127. Elder J. E. Burch - My Heart Keeps Singing
128. Joshua White - I Don't Intend to Die in Egyptland
129. Daniels Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Primrose Hill
130. Carter Family - Keep On the Sunny Side
131. Mrs. L. Reed & Mrs. T. A. Duncans - Light in the Valley
132. The Georgia Peach - When the Saints Go Marching In
133. Jimmie Strothers - Down to the Shore
134. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening Every Day
135. Rev. T. T. Rose and Singers - Goodbye, Babylon pt. II
136. Rev. J. M. Gates - Gettin' Ready For Christmas Day
137. Rev. A. W. Nix - Black Diamond Express to Hell pt. I
138. Rev. A. W. Nix - Black Diamond Express to Hell pt. II
139. Rev. J. C. Burnett - The Downfall of Nebuchadnezzar
140. Rev. Isaiah Shelton - The Liar
141. Rev. Emmet Dickinson - Hell and What It Is
142. Elder J. E. Burch - The Church And the Kingdom
143. Rev. T. E. Weems - If I Have a Ticket Lord Can I Ride
144. Rev. Benny Campbell - You Must be Born Again
145. Rev. E. D. Campbell - Take Me to the Water
146. Jubilee Gospel Team - Oh, Lord Remember Me
147. Rev. E. S. (Shy) Moore - Christ, the Teacher
148. Rev. Johnny Blakey - King of Kings
149. Elder Otis Jones - O Lord I'm Your Child
150. Rev. Webb - Moses was Rescued by a Negro Woman
151. Rev. George Jones - That White Mule of Sin
152. Deacon Leon Davis - Deacon's Prayer Service
153. Rev. S. J. (Steamboat Bill) Worell - The Prodigal Son
154. Rev. C. H. Gatewood - Well of Salvation
155. Rev. F. W. McGee - Jonah in the Belly of the Whale
156. Rev. J. C. Burnett - The Gambler's Doom
157. Hallelujah Joe - The Prodigal's Return
158. Rev. T. E. Weems - God is Mad with Man
159. Rev. J. M. Milton - The Black Camel of Death
160. Rev. J. M. Gates - Death Might Be Your Santa Claus
Monday, 10 October 2011
Guess What - Yuri Gagarin [Catapulte Records, 2009]
"First long player for the London based instrumental duet formed by keyboardist Graham Mushnik and drummer Luke Warmcop, "Yuri Gagarin" offers twelve modern pieces dedicated to the legendary Russian astronaut. Over the course of tango, rebetiko or bossa signatures, a throng of harmonious cinematic themes combine with a deep groove and a pinch of psychedelia; all this livened up by whiffs of 60's proto-electronic music." [Catapulte Rds]
"Yuri Gagarin: 12 Modern Odes To History's Greatest Spaceman", the first Guess What Lp released in 2009. More info at CR website.
Get it here (and be spaced out): TH
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
va - REMEMBER ME [Mixtape TH#13]
Here's a tape for feeling lonely, for friends coming and going, for loved ones that you miss - that kind of shit - minor scales and broken hearts. Hope ya like it: TH
tracklist:
01 banda da casa edison - será possível (1902)
02 les astronautes de cotonou & désiré de souza - egbeton djè bodji
03 t.p. orchestre poly-rythmo - gbê ho
04 iftin - hir aanii dhowyen ma halabsado
05 mahmoud ahmed - marie gela
06 diah iskandar - seruling bambu
07 the traces - unknown
08 m. faridah & a. rahman hassan - joget harapan hampa
09 jermain tamraz - ley ley
10 graham mushnik - dulcimer waltz
11 tiana and sammy - silaka
12 larry marshall - wooden heart
13 julio jaramillo - odio en la sangre
14 the five du-tones - let me love you
15 johnny bond and his red river valley boys - all i can do is cry
16 field ward & the grayson county railsplitters - ain't that trouble in mind
17 lulu jackson - you're going to leave the old home jim
18 marika papagika - i varka
19 st. bartholomew's friendly society brass band - kindly light
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Graham Mushnik - Selected Tracks [2007-2011]
Here is an amazing compilation of unreleased tracks by my friend Graham Mushnik. A splendid reunion of the bizarre, the fuzzy, the space-invaded and the beautiful; all with 60's tones of course.
Download
You will find Graham's blog on the right, with more of his music.
Thursday, 21 July 2011
va - END OF THE WORLD PARTY VOL.2 [Mixtape #10]
Homemade selection of tunes to dance and shout and cry to, volume two. From Jamaica to Pakistan, with only the good and the groovy.
Tracklist:
tapper zukie - man ah warrior
larry & alvin - please stay
phillis dillon - right track
ken boothe - everything I own
calixto ochoa - corazon enamorado
banda 20 de julio de repelon - la pita
maria alba - negra soy
unknown band - el apagon
jerry hansen & the ramblers dance band - waise abrabo
abaraka guitar band of nigeria - oru owerre
quim manuel o espirito santo - eme lelu
dur dur - no track name
the blue birds - hussani lal qalander
sapan-jagmohan - giraffe trapping music
athanase akpovi -kinto gni messea
francis bebey - bissau
Download link.
Volume one is here also.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
va - Las Cosas De La Vida [Discos Fuentes]
Another 80 cents tape I bought last week in a charity shop. This time it's a Discos Fuentes tape, and it contains many great tracks. The problem is the inlay info doesn't mention the band names, and I couldn't find anything on the web. No date either, but it should be sometime in the 70's.
Just what you need for this hot summer, sipping beer in the shade and chewing peanuts...
It lives here: TH
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
va - FREAKS & LEEKS [Mixtape GRHM#01]
Barranca Del Muerto / Wild Latin tunes from the Mexican Metro
Here's a bunch of classic, cheesy, odd songs that you`re likely to hear while travelling in the Mexican Metro. Hundreds of Cumbia, Salsa and Mambo tunes packed on cheap DVDs sold by kids in every carriage. Hence the lack of information and the lack of sense.
Get it Here
Thursday, 30 June 2011
va - I LEFT HER STANDING THERE [Mixtape TH#12]
A new home compilation curated with love, featuring tracks from all over the place, as usual.
01.Harmonie Voltaique - Kuling Rude
02.Sandwidi Pierre - Ouga Affairs
03.Voto Goncalves - Ngola Lami
04.Andre Tanker - Swahili
05.T.M. Sounderarajan - Mannanalum Thiruchenduril
06.Googoosh - Man O Toe
07.Niphon Petchgooton - Jarn Flower Is Blooming
08.Giao Linh - Chia Xa
09.Pussyfoot - Hasty Words
10.The Panthers - Bhairvi
11.Benny Bell & The Pretzel Twisters - Kosher Twist
12.Jim & Bob & The Genial Hawaiians - Chimes
13.Nolan Strong & the Diablos - The Wind
14.Dezurik Sisters - I Left Her Standing There
Monday, 27 June 2011
Googoosh - Golden Songs vol. 1 & 2 - 2x4xCD Box Set [Iran, 70's]
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
va - END OF THE WORLD PARTY VOL.01 [Mixtape TH#09]
While I go to Mexico for a month and load up with Cumbia and tequila, here's a home comp for dancing.
Get it here and be happy.
Setlist:
01/ Zelia Barbosa - Funeral do lavrador
02/ BB & The Astronauts - Please BB
03/ Bob Marley & The Wailers - What's new pussycat
04/ Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Rock Away
05/ Aberlado Carbono y su Conjunto - Palenque
06/ Waipod Phetsuphan - Ding ding dong
07/ Los Graduados - Si te vas de mi
08/ Aurita Castillo y su Conjunto - Eco de tambores
09/ Claude Vinh San et le Jazz Tropical - Maloya
10/ Benoît Mansard - Pardon
11/ Thomas Mapfumo - Ndanzwa Ngoma Kurira
12/ Tonito - Kiukitukila
13/ The Barbecues - Ohiani sua efir
14/ Unidentified Artist - Hecha
15/ Bellemou Messaoud - Musique Instrumental
16/ Swaleh, Zuhura & Party - Ya Zamani
Sunday, 27 March 2011
va - THESE FRIENDS ARE GOOD [Le Major & Graham Mixtape MJR#01]
MAJOR SIDE
1.Duke of Iron - The Walking Department Store
2.Nora Dean - Barbwire
3.Claude Vinh San et le jazz tropical - Mon Chouchou
4.Franco - Kinsiona
5.Aurita Castillo - Puya Tropicana
6.Tschetscha Boys - Nwampfundla
7.This Heat - Sleep
BARON SIDE
8.Ennio Morricone - Scuola di ballo al sole
9.Luiz Gonzaga - Fogeuira de São João
10.The Emperors - Karate
11. Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Rock Away
12.Joya Landis - Moonlight Lover
13.Eric 'Monty' Morris - Cinderella
14.The Techniques - Drink Wine
T.H (new link)
Saturday, 26 March 2011
va - This Wine Is Good [Mixtape #07]
Another mixtape, this time a homemade one. Thanx to those who contributed without knowing.
Side A:
01 - V.Ivanova & M. Kokareskova - Iovano, Iovanka
02 - The Sounds Off - The angry desert
03 - Frances Yip - Green is the mountain
04 - Hung - Cuong mot tram phan tram
05 - John Wirtz and Les Boys - Malheur l'arac
06 - Vassilis Tsitsanis - Vasilo
07 - George Katsaros - Stis Syras To Aniforo
08 - Lydia Mendoza Y Familia - Mexico En Una Laguna
09 - A.H. Depala - Matete Paris
10 - Don Drummond - Addis abba
Side B:
11 - Prince Buster - Nothing takes the place of you
12 - Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - Alikulila
13 - S.E. Rogers - Toomus Meremereh Nor Good
14 - Alemu Aga - Abatatchen hoy
15 - Juthika Roy - Tan Man Pe Manhar Ne
16 - Sayed Abbood - Min fergetak lilyon
17 - The Jauharah Orchestra - Wangu ukutina
18 - Billy Childish & Holly Golightly - I believe
19 - Sun Ra & his Astro-Galactic-Infinity Arkestra - Enlightenment
Friday, 11 March 2011
Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare - Sette Mariti (Naples 70's)
A homemade compilation of NCCP songs. This is a very subjective approach to their discography, so try and get the albums if you'd like to hear more...
(link fixed 2017)