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Mixtape Monday: 45-7 Vol 2
Well, I think I made it pretty clear how I love playing 45s, so here is round 2 of the mixes I made. Continue reading
Blue Moon
I’m diggin’ through records (what else is new) because the sixth graders are reading The Watsons Move to Birmingham 1963 (highly recommended). Came across this gem by the Marcels, which is one of my earliest great music memories/song obsessions. In the early 80s, my dad listened to a lot of 560 KSFO & 1050 KOFY (amazing how radio stations & music purveyors stick with you), and I was introduced to this song. I bought the tune for him later (when I was in Jr High) at Brown & Berrigans on a compilation from Rhino.
Here’s the YouTube version:
The Glory of Love
Happy Valentine’s Day! I think Otis is the greatest American male vocalist of all time, so here’s one of his best songs. It’s not a love song about a person, it’s a love song about love.
I got two copies of this one, that’s how good it is!
What’s in a name?
Turntables. Record players. Decks. Wheels of steel. Tables. They get called just about everything except for their original name: phonograph. And they almost didn’t even get called that! Check out the list of names Thomas Edison & the crew thought of before deciding on “phonograph.” Continue reading
Mixtape Monday: 45-7: A Tribute to 45s
This January, I tried something new. Although I love the creativity possible thanks to Serato and digital DJing, I find that it also erodes some basic DJ skills and makes me (and others) a bit lazy. In order to challenge myself and get back to my roots, I decided to only DJ with real vinyl for all of January. Continue reading
Scratching Cassettes
I hear cassettes are coming back in style, at least in a retro way… although I told a friend I was coming out with a new mix and was going to put it out on cassette, and he said he didn’t know if he’d even be able to play it. Well, either way, He couldn’t play it like this guy—in fact, I can’t even play records like this!
Today’s Stack
This is the pile of 45′s I came across at a random sale the other day. Great pile of Southern Soul, although some are scratchy as hell. Looks like I have some enjoyable listening to catch up on! Continue reading
Heptones Dubplate
The Heptones, one of my all time favorite reggae groups, recently lost one of their founding members when Barry Llewellyn died the other day.
Starting their recording careers like so many artists at Studio One in Kingston, they were one of Jamaica’s many popular vocal trios. They recorded at Studio One for legendary producer Coxsone Dodd from 1966 until the early 70′s, with lead singer Leroy Sibbles doing double duty as the regular session bassist. In that role, he played iconic reggae basslines like the “full up” riddim (you know, the one from “Pass the Kutchie/Dutchie“) and the “Three Piece Suit” riddim.
As the Jamaican sound slowed from rocksteady to what most call roots reggae today, the Heptones moved on to working with Joe Gibbs and Harry J and released the classic Night Food album pictured above. One track, “Book of Rules,” garnered world renown and great popular succes.
In fact, it was so popular as a crossover, it was even covered by Grateful Dead survivor Bob Weir.
Of course, my favorite version mentions my name…. Here is the dubplate direct from Leroy Sibbles himself!
Download it here….
Check some other dubplates here!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
2011 was a great year for me and my family, hope it was for you and yours as well. The turn in the year also marks the one year anniversary of this blog—hopefully you’ve enjoyed the year here as well. Mixtape Mondays has been a popular feature, and I hope to be able to bring you many more in the future, as well as lots more remixes, 45 Fridays, and new music! I’m also working on a few longer features as well, so hopefully I can get those done over the last few days of vacation.
For now, we’ll have lots of “best of” list of songs for 2011 as well, and here’s Earworm’s entry of all the most popular songs of the year… in one.
In the meantime, hopefully you all enjoy your various New Year’s Eve events… I will be at a private party and thus manage to avoid “amateur night” out at the clubs. There is a flyer below that explains exactly why I try to avoid the big clubs for the night!!
Lastly, I know we’re all making lists of “changes” for 2012… here’s Woody Guthrie’s list that he made for 1942, from the great site listsofnote.com. Enjoy.
