February 1, 2012

al kent's disco demand re-edits

Top notch disco edits by Glasgow's Al Kent of Million Dollar Disco now (re)compiled by BBE!
http://www.spin.com/articles/hear-dj-al-kent-burn-through-his-nsfw-disco-demands-box-set
http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=BBE173CCD
http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?artist=2076
http://www.milliondollardisco.com/mdd.html

January 31, 2012

esther's version

Etta James' 1973 original on Chess was pretty great - see http://uzine.posterous.com/james-etta - but Esther Phillips' 1976 remake on Kudu (~ CTI) is the best take, imho! It's been reissued on cd by Sony in 2010 - see also http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2010/03/esther-phillips-capricorn-princess-to.html

January 30, 2012

carol kaye's spider's webb

Excellent boogie funk from 1976 by Spider's Webb, featuring Wrecking Crew bass ace Carol Kaye … on lead guitar! "I Don't Know What's On Your Mind" (Fantasy cat. no. F-9517) has just been reissued by BGP in their "Funk & Jazz Classics" series (CDBGPM247).

January 29, 2012

camberwell now!

After the legendary This Heat came Camberwell Now … again featuring Charles Hayward, accompanied by Trefor Goronwy & Stephen Rickard and, in 1986, Maria Lamburn. Their complete works can be found on one fine cd (DUP0022) via ReR Megacorp or Locus Solus aka Recommended Japan: "All's Well (The Complete LP, EPs Collection: Meridian, The Ghost Trade, Greenfingers)". Recorded 1982-1986, remastered 2006. Two tracks are missing, though: "Trade winds" and "For those in peril on the sea". But we get a remake of "Splash", viz. "Resplash" (off Sub Rosa's "Myths 1 - Instructions For Survival" v/a compilation), and "Daddy needs a throne" off the "Ritual Magnetic North" v/a K7 tape on Touch.