Always Come Correct

Stuff - More Stuff 1977

2012-01-24T12:24:00.003-06:00

Tomorrow this blog may disappear like so many others that have gone before. For now here's some more stuff.

1. This One's for You

2. And Here You Are

3. Subway

4. Love of Mine

5. Honey Coral Rock

6. Sometimes Bubba Gets Down

7. As

8. Need Somebody

Dr. Seuss Presents "The Cat in the Hat Song Book" 1967

2012-01-17T13:17:00.002-06:00

1. Let Us All Sing

2. The Super-Supper March

3. My Uncle Terwilliger Waltzes with Bears

4. In My Bureau Drawer

5. The No Laugh Race

6. Plinker Plunker

7. Hurry Hurry Hurry!

8. Cry a Pint

9. I Can Figure Figures

10. Somebody Stole My Hoo-Too-Foo-To-Boo-To-Bah!

11. Rainy Day in Utica, N.Y.

12. Lullaby for Mr. Benjamin B. Bickelbaum

13. Happy Birthday to Little Sally Spingel Spungel Sporn

14. My Uncle Terwilliger Likes to Pat

15. Yawn Song

16. The Left-Sock Thievers

17. Drummers Drumming

18. Party Parting

The Happy Day Youth Choir - Good Feelin's

2012-01-14T13:14:00.001-06:00

I said "Pardon me for probin' but I used to go to church…" RA Scion

1. California Dreamin'

2. Little Green Apples

3. Mrs. Robinson

4. Son of a Preacher Man

5. Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show

6. O Happy Day

7. Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In

8. Hey Jude

9. Words

10. For What It's Worth

11. Green, Green Grass of Home

Red Sovine - Phantom 309 1968

2012-01-11T13:11:00.014-06:00

Dedicating this post to I-20, I-30, I-35 & I-45. The interstate crushes more souls than the ghetto.

1. Phantom 309 -Hitchhiker + ghost driver equivalent to yesterday's dead friend on a custom made t-shirt .

2. Good Enough for Nothing - aka Get the Eff Out of My House

3. Three Lovers Were Losers Today - Did the girl in this song die or leave Red for hanging out with her parents too much?

4. Lifetime to Regret - Woman leaves; guy's life becomes like a record that keeps skipping.

5. That's Me - Not everyone at "the club" is there to dance. Ladies don't worry about this guy buying you a drink.

6. Anytime - Are your standards low enough yet to take me back?

7. In Your Heart - Don't be runnin with other guys while I'm gone 'til November.

8. Satisfied Mind - It's not easy runnin the game; sometimes it's better to stay on your corner.

9. Good Life - Why don't ghetto denizen move to the farm?

10. Same Old Situation - Why can't these truck stop girls stay true?

11. Vietnam Deck of Cards - Why do I have to splain why playin cards ain't a game?

12. Bummin' Around -Time to hit the streets.

Music from Great Film Sound Tracks - Pickwick SPC-3652 1978

2012-01-06T22:06:00.004-06:00

Not soundtracks ... sound tracks - or is it C, all of the above?

1. Lord of the Rings

2. FM

3. Grease

4. Sgt. Pepper's L.H.C.B./With a Little Help from My Friends

5. Night Fever (Saturday Night Fever)

6. Gotta Get You into My Life (Sgt. Pepper's L.H.C.B.)

7. Last Dance (TGIF)

8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

9. You Light Up My Life

Jack Melick - Music by Melick

2011-12-31T23:11:00.002-06:00

1. Chopin Eb Nocturne

2. Medley: It Had to Be You - My Blue Heaven - Sometimes I'm Happy

3. Baubles, Bangles & Beads

4. Josephine

5. About a Quarter to Nine

6. Mack the Knife

7. The Object of My Affection

8. Lisbon Antigua

9. Intermizzo

10. Rosetto

11. Waltz Medley: Melody of Love - My Isle of Golden Dreams - The Naughty Waltz

12. Spaghetti Rag

Fred Lowery - A Family Christmas

2011-12-25T23:11:00.008-06:00

Once again the season needs more whistling.

1. Silent Night

2. Let's Light the Christmas Tree

3. Robin the Reporter

4. This Is Christmas

5. Letter to Virginia

6. Christmas Medley

7. O Little Town of Bethlehem

8. O Come All Ye Faithful

9. Little Boy Blue

10. Away in a Manger

Tommy DeSalvo Plays from the Rim

2011-12-23T12:23:00.001-06:00

1. Starwind

2. Farstar

3. Third Voyage

4. The Door into Rainbows

5. The Return (Freeworld)

6. The Hub

7. The Rim

Redd Foxx - Uncensored 1995

2011-12-21T12:21:00.002-06:00

1. Thanksgiving Day

2. Bye, Bye

3. Sex in the Dark

4. Cannibal Customs

5. Mink

6. Colored People

7. Mashed Potatoes

8. School

9. No Dogs Allowed

10. Miracle Golf

11. Slack And Pack

12. Sugar Ray Robinson

13. Facing the Truth

14. End Of The World

15. Horn Blowing

16. Well Pussy

17. Grand Central Station

18. The Hat

19. Tarzan's Yell

20. International Redd

21. Mop Bucket

22. Memories

23. Pregnant

24. War Stories

25. Goodies From A Nut

26. The Wrong Zipper

27. Old People

28. My Old Lady

29. 240 Big Ones

30. Dogs

31. Poverty

32. Ooh!

33. Joe Lewis

34. Confusions

35. The Dental Drunk

36. There Was

37. A Prayer

Henry Mancini - The Cop Show Themes 1976

2011-12-16T00:16:00.006-06:00

1. Mystery Movie Theme

2. The Streets of San Francisco

3. Bumper's Theme

4. Medley: Kojak & S.W.A.T.

5. Baretta's Theme

6. The Rockford Files

7. Hawaii Five-O

8. Police Woman

Nashville OST - 1975

2011-12-04T12:04:00.005-06:00

This is has always been my favorite Robert Altman film. Nashville shows music as it exists rather than as it is described. Not as easy as it looks & it doesn't look that easy.

1. It Don't Worry Me - Keith Carradine

2. Bluebird -Timothy Brown

3. For The Sake Of The Children -Henry Gibson

4. Keep A-Goin' - Henry Gibson

5. Memphis - Karen Black

6. Rolling Stone -Karen Black

7. 200 Years -Henry Gibson

8. Tapedeck In His Tractor -Ronee Blakley

9. Dues -Ronee Blakley

10. I'm Easy - Keith Carradine

11. One, I Love You -Henry Gibson And Ronee Blakley

12. My Idaho Home -Ronee Blakley

13. It Don't Worry Me - Keith Carradine And Barbara Harris

Arcadio Elias and His Famed Mariachi Nacional - Tequila! 1959

2011-11-23T08:08:00.007-06:00

All the favorite melodies of Old Mexico... gathered together at last!

Tequila, the crystal clear, fiery national drink of Mexico is roughly equivalent to our gin or vodka, and with it you can even make a sort of sun-drenched martini, the Margarita (see recipe below).

Likewise, the mariachis, those happy little bands of Mexico, have their stateside parallels, too. In sound and spirit, they are somewhere between our polka bands and those smooth little groups playing for dancing in U.S. hotels. The typical mariachi has lots of spritely singing strings, a trumpet lead, guitars of assorted sizes, and sometimes, as in this case, an orthodox rhythm section. The result, at its best is a polished, light-bodied sound, pleasant to the ear, and here, it is at its best: the Mariachi Nacional is the finest of its kind and Arcadio Elias might reasonably be called Mexico's Lawrence Welk!

As to the tunes themselves, they are the most popular Mexican folksongs, loved around the world. Even though a title or two might not ring a bell at first, the melodies themselves will prove immediately familiar to almost every North American. And in a gesture of neighborliness, bandleader Elias has even included a couple of stateside standards, done up in delightful mariachi style.

Because this album brings together all these world-wide favorites of Mexican music for the first time, it is a particularly fine addition to the collections of schools and folkdancing groups. But it's equally appropriate for informal parties and friendly get-togethers when a kind of sunny, happy music is always welcome.

So mix up a nice, icy batch of Margaritas and give Señor Elias and his boys the floor; you'll find yourself whisked across the border in a trice, to a land of song and gayety. Salud!

Margarita -half jigger of Triple Sec, juice of 1 lime, jigger of tequila. Shake well with shaved ice and serve in a salted champagne glass...

1. Tequila!

2. Guadalajara

3. Cielito Lindo

4. Alla En El Rancho Grande

5. Rosa de San Antonio (San Antonio Rose)

6. La Golondrina

7. Jarabe Tapatio

8. Las Chiapanecas

9. La Bamba

10. La Varsoviana (Put Your Little Foot)

11. La Raspa

12. La Cucaracha

Dallas County - Dallas County 1970

2011-11-11T11:11:00.007-06:00

aka where I'm from...

1. The Toll

2. Mad Dog

3. Small Vacation

4. Roads

5. Reflections

6. If We Try

7. Love's Not Hard to Find

8. Blowin' in the Wind

9. She Didn't Say Just Why

10. It Shall Pass

Auracle - Glider 1978

2011-11-04T11:04:00.002-05:00

Trumpet, flugelhorn - Richard C. Braun

Woodwinds - Stephen R.F. Kujala

Mallets, percussion - Steven A. Rehbein

Piano, electric keyboards - John Serry, Jr.

Bass - Bill Staebell

Drums - Ron Wagner

State-of-the-Art, at least in records, has come to mean hundreds of hours slaving over a hot console, fine-tuning a click track to bring machined precision to the rhythms, artfully stacking overdubs (and punching out the flubs), tweaking a battery of outboard devices to further shape and cut the music.

These tracks are state of the art in a different sense, one paradoxically much older and, of late, making a welcome comeback: the art in question is performance, meaning the precision lies in the heads, hearts and hands of the players. The musicians comprising Auracle are young, but they're puting all their cards on the table first time out. They draw from a wide range of sources

and arranging styles, which will lead to some conflicting tags, but it's likely they'll slip as gracefully through those tags as they do through the fluid changes in their songs. No one here uses his vocal chords, and supplies words to explain the melodic sense of the songs, but Auracle sings just the same. Sam Sutherland - Record World Magazine

1. Columbian Bubblegum

2. Tom Thumb

3. Glider

4. Sno' Fun

5. Sleezy Listening

6. Kids' Stuff

7. Chez Amis

8. Sartori

Network WhisperDisc 18 - Medium Tempo

2011-10-31T23:55:00.003-05:00

A1-5. Struttin'

A6-10. Day Dreaming

A11-15. Chills & Fever

B1-5. Hero Sandwich

B6-10. Weekend Romance

B11-15. Rhapsody 54

Network WhisperDisc 6 - Industrial

2011-10-30T23:11:00.004-05:00

I still have no words to describe the baseball chaos witnessed Thursday night. Falling from the top of nirvana to the depths of hell is always a long fall. The Texas Rangers bandwagon may be emptying but true heads will maintain. Meanwhile... library music for everyone.

A1-3. Energy

A4-6. Choppin' Block

A7-9. Triumph

A10-12. Power Generator

B1-3. Industrial Revolution

B4-6. Perpetual Motion

B7-9. Assembly Line

B10-12. Mechanical Marathon

Tony Caspar - Take It Easy 1981

2011-10-15T10:15:00.003-05:00

This post is dedicated to the blog E-mile Says Songs Do the Matter, home of wonderful posts like http://e-milesaysongsdothematter.blogspot.com/2011/10/372-100-covers-part-2.html

11 Covers & one original

Three signs this LP is from 1981 = gold bracelet w/ first name, kick drum & of course truck drivin'

1. Take It Easy

2. Raining in My Heart

3. Proud Mary

4. There Goes My Everything

5. Jambalaya

6. Nights in White Satin

7. Ladies Love Outlaws

8. Walk on By

9. Memphis Tennessee

10. Have I Told You Lately

11. Good Hearted Woman

12. Truck Drivin' Boogie

Floyd Cramer - The Magic Touch of Floyd Cramer 1965

2011-09-18T09:18:00.002-05:00

With the heatwave over but the drought still here look forward to keyboards and kids this fall. There may also be homework but to maximize the learning experience you will be allowed to check your own work.

1. Chattanooga Choo Choo
2. For Those That Cry
3. Hot Pepper
4. (Theme from) Story of Three Loves
5. Suddenly There's a Valley
6. Sophisticated Swing
7. Marilyn
8. Shrum
9. Losers Weepers
10. Night Theme

Flying Funk 2003

2011-08-21T11:11:00.007-05:00

1. Nina Simone - Save Me
2. Nite-Liters - Afro Strut*
3. The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
4. Weldon Irvine - We Getting Down*
5. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Expansions
6. Gil Scott-Heron - Home is Where the Hatred Is
7. Queen Esther Marrow - Mama
8. The Loading Zone - No More Tears*
9. Nina Simone - Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter
10. Harold Alexander - Tite Rope*
11. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - A Chance For Peace
12. Richard 'Groove' Holmes And Brenda Jones - This Is The Me Me (Not The You You)
13. New Birth - Got To Get A Knutt*
14. The Main Ingredient - Happiness Is Just Around The Bend
15. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - What's Going On?/Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone*
16. Johnny Griffiths - Plane of Illusion*
* Reamstered 2002

22 High-Ballin' Hits 1976

2011-08-14T11:11:00.009-05:00

True DJ's know sucker MC's break bad but old school truckers move mad weight.

1. Red Sovine - Phantom 309
2. Webb Pierce - Truck Driver Blues
3. Connie Eaton and Dave Peel - Hit the Road, Jack
4. Johnny Dollar - Big Rig Rollin' Man
5. Jim Gately - I Sure Like Your Truck
6. Roger Miller - King of the Road
7. Dave Dudley - Six Days on the Road
8. Conway Twitty - Truck Drivin' Man
9. Roy Drusky - White Lightnin' Express
10. Bob Wills - I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels
11. Jimmy Dean - Bumming Around
12. Jack Reno - Hitchin' a Ride
13. Michael Parks - Long Lonesome Highway
14. Ray Pillow - The Waitress
15. Henson Cargill - Take Me Home Country Road
16. Kitty Wells - My Big Truck Drivin' Man
17. Jim Nesbit - Tiger in My Tank
18. Hank Williams - Lost Highway
19. Johnny Exit - Dedication to the ATA
20. Tom T. Hall - A Piece of the Road
21. Bobby Edwards - Me and Old C.B.
22. Clay Hart - Another Day, Another Mile, Another Highway

Boulevard Nights - Lalo Schifrin 1979

2011-07-28T11:11:00.008-05:00

Nonchalant laughin at you non-factors chatterin. Thank you for speakin & keep up my name travelin. They say no comparison without bein arrogant. A rare combination... - Geologic

1. Street Tattoo
2. Dimelo
3. On the Boulevard
4. Take Another Chance
5. Chile Caliente
6. Chuco
7. Boulevard Nights
8. Dolor
9. Last Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard_Nights

Living Chicago Blues Volume 6 - 1980

2011-07-06T11:11:00.004-05:00

It's been a rough month at the compound. First I had to lay off the quality control department then the fact-checkers all quit en masse. As a result all future posts will happen with 25% less facts and 50% less quality. This LP is one of six that were later packaged as four CD's.

1. If I Hadn't Got High - Detroit Junior
2. Some Nerve - Detroit Junior
3. Somebody to Shack - Detroit Junior
4. I Got Money - Detroit Junior
5. Somebody Have Mercy - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
6. Got to Have Money - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
7. Just Like Mama Said - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
8. Look What You Done - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
9. Going Upstairs- Queen Sylvia Embry
10. Blues This Morning - Queen Sylvia Embry
11. Tired of Being Pushed Around - Queen Sylvia Embry
12. Please Let Me Stay - Queen Sylvia Embry

Jerry Fielding - The Gauntlet 1977

2011-06-01T23:11:00.002-05:00

If it seems like you're seeing the same old crap from Hollywood this summer try something from back when you thought they at least tried.

1. Bleak Bad Big City Dawn
2. The Pickup
3. Exit Tunnel Roaring!
4. The Gauntlet
5. The Box Car Incident
6. Closer Look at a Closer Walk
7. The Black Sedan
8. Manipulation on the Center Divider
9. The Delivery
10. Postlude

Stuff - Stuff 1976

2011-05-15T15:00:00.011-05:00

Cornell Dupree - guitar; Gordon Edwards - bass, percussion; Stephen Gadd- drums, percussion; Eric Gale - guiter; Christopher Parker - drums, percussion; Richard Tee - piano, electric piano, organ

Produced by Herb Lovelle and Tommy LiPuma

RIP Cornell Dupree December 19, 1942 - May 7, 2011

1. Foots
2. My Sweetness
3. (Do You) Want Some of This
4. Looking for the Juice
5. Reflections of Divine Love
6. How Long Will It Last
7. Sun Song
8. Happy Farms
9. Dixie/Up On the Roof

Eloise Laws - Eloise 1977

2011-03-31T03:31:00.001-05:00

1. Baby You Lied 2. His House and Me 3. 1,000 Laughs 4. Someone Who Still Needs Me 5. Love Is Feeling 6. Number One 7. You're Incredible 8. Love Comes Easy 9. Forever Now

Lena Horne - Swinging - Coronet Records CX-165

2011-03-23T23:23:00.016-05:00

Preparing to attend The 10th Texas Pinball Convention in Grapevine & just wanted to give some love to all the female MC's. Why? Well, to be honest we'll be lucky to get 5% female turnout. Pinball seems to be one of those things (kind of like crate digging) that's wired into the male psyche just a tad harder than the female one. Corrections welcome. Anyway, look for some female lovin' posts for the next two weeks or so. As Alicia Keys said when she was here at last year - THANK YOU ALL STAR.

First up on the musical menu is Lena Horne - you've heard her live from 81 now reach back to the 50's ?? to hear some studio work from a top five MC of her era. For those that don't know, Lena set the standard & raised the flag in her day and beyond. RIP Liz Taylor.

1. More Than You Know
2. Squeeze Me
3. Beale street Blues
4. At Long Last Love
5. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
6. The Blues
7. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
8. Frankie & Johnny

Don "Jake" Jacoby - Jacoby Brings the House Down 1968

2011-03-15T15:15:00.016-05:00

All arrangements by Larry Muhoberac, recorded at IRI Studio, Dallas, TX

Don Jacoby was born in York, Pennsylvania. He began playing the trumpet at age 6 1/2. His uncle, Arthur Ansorg, was his teacher. He became a soloist with the Spring Garden Bank in York at nine and continued to play there until he graduated from high school at 16. During this time he played for the Horn and Hardart Children's Hour on the radio station WCAU Philadelphia, then one year with the "Tasty Yeast Youth Pageant" over WJZ in New York (Don was selected from a group of 3,000 young entertainers). He then entered the Ernest Williams School of Music of Brooklyn, New York. During this time he soloed at Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. He graduated from college at 19 and entered the pop music field.

Don joined the Milt Britton Band at Loew's State Theater, Times Square, New York. He played for Van Alexander, Claude Thornhill, and in May of 1941 he joined Les Brown. Don remained with Les Brown until January of 1942 at which time he entered the Navy. He was stationed at Great Lakes Naval Station for two years. During this time he led his own band and performed with such noted artists as Andre Kostelanetz, Lily Pons, John Charles Thomas, Vladmir Horowitz, Nathan Milstein, Fritz Kreisler, Ferde Grothe and many others. While at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Jacoby was chosen as the "Star in Uniform" to perform with Tommy Dorsey on the Raleigh Cigarette program. In December of 1943 he married Doris Robinson of Waukegan, Illinois. He was with the Sam Donahue Navy Bank in the European Theater of operations for 13 months during which time his first son Mike was born.

Upon returning to the States, Don went to California with the Sam Donahue band to record "Command Performance", "Mail Call," etc. for airing to the troops overseas. With the advent of VJ Day, he was discharged from the Navy in Washington, D.C. and returned to Chicago to rejoin Les Brown. During this time he also worked for Benny Goodman. Jacoby decided to settle in Chicago and went on staff for ABC performing on first trumpet with the Don McNeill Breakfast Club for 9 1/2 years. Soon after joining ABC, Don's second son John was born, and then Bill, his third son. While in Chicago, Jacoby did many TV shows, including the Martin and Lewis Comedy Hour, the Ed Sullivan Show and numerous local shows: the Bob and Ray Show, the Danny O'Neill Show and the Tom Duggan Show.

Jacoby then worked for NBC and finally CBS. During the time he was at CBS he was associated with the Conn Band Instrument Co. He performed hundreds and hundreds of clinics and concerts with high schools and university bands in 49 states, Canada and Mexico. After doing the clinics and concerts for ten years, Don formed his own group and went on the road. While on the road the group performed at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, the Theatrical Grill in Cleveland, the Statler Hilton in Dallas, the Tidelands Hotel in Houston, the Cabaña in Dallas, Pier 66 in Fort Lauderdale, the Mike Douglas Show and the Ruth Lyons Show in Cincinnati. He also did a concert tour with Bob Newhart, and made numerous concert appearances at universities with big stars. While at the Cabaña in Dallas, Don became very fond of the city and decided to move his family there and settle down. He appeared at the Executive Inn in Dallas for one year, and has just completed two years at Dallas' Village Club. During the last three years, Jacoby has done countless radio and TV commercials, jingles and commercial records. "Jacoby Brings the House Down" is his latest venture and everyone associated with the album believes it to be his greatest.

1. By The Time I Get To Phoenix
2. The Eyes Of Love
3. Theme From Elvira Madigan
4. The Heat Of The Night
5. Doo Dah
6. Jacoby's Theme
7. Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
8. (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
9. Chain Of Fools
10. Sunday Best

Boots Randolph - Boots Randolph Puts a Little Sax in Your Life 1978

2011-03-10T11:13:00.000-06:00

1970's Boots > 1960's Boots

1. Movin' On Up (Theme from "The Jeffersons")
2. Relaxin'
3. Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree
4. You Light Up My Life
5. Feels So Good
6. Love Will Keep Us Together
7. Southern Nights
8. Sanford & Son Theme
9. Fred
10. All the Things You Are

Alphabet and Counting Songs - Happy Time Chorus 1963

2011-03-03T03:33:00.007-06:00

It's been a season since I kicked it for the children. Now kids, I'm a counter; but make no mistake, alphabetizing is essential in taking reading and spelling abilities to the next level -mastering file creation and retrieval! Warning - Any griping about sound quality will trigger hours of film strip & VHS tape review. I would start with side one as Happy Time's side two starts to discuss what comes next - old age, traffic, clock watching and calendar page turning.

Added bonus to this lecture is the below transcription for Fork, Knife and Spoon. Little DJ's can chop up phrases like "got something to cut" or "my sharp edge cuts right through." Adults watch out for Mr. Fork, though. He seems to have a hidden agenda. Having said that, if anthropomorphic silverware can prevent one child from developing an eating disorder our children really will win the future.

1. The Alphabet Song
2. The Counting Song
3. Rockabye Baby
4. Alphabet Zoo
5. Hush Little Baby
6. Fork, Knife and Spoon
7. Time to Tell Time
8. How Many Days in a Year
9. Be Kind to Your Parents
10. Happy Do-Right
11. Do My Dolly

Now gather round children meet three friends of mine
Who will always be with you when you go to dine.
Just look on the table for a fork, knife and spoon.
Now they're gonna sing you ... The Table Manners Tune!

I'm Mr. Fork with points so sharp. I'm good for holding meat.
And if you handle me just right I'm sure to help you eat.
You first take me in your right hand just like you hold a pen.
And turn me til my points are up and stop try that again.
This is the way you should hold me for food like peas and rice
But please don't overload me cause it isn't very nice.
Now put me in your left hand. Turn my points down toward the plate.
And if you've anything to cut I'll keep it firm and straight.
Don't use me like a shovel. Never grab me like a ball.
And one thing more the back of me is never used at all.
If you'll remember what I've said you'll eat with ease and grace.
And Mom and Dad won't be ashamed to take you any place.

Now I am Mr. Knife and I'm might handy, but
I'm only used at mealtime when you've got something to cut.
Whenever you're not using me against the plate I'm laid.
My handle on the table thats for balancing my blade.
You hold me in your right hand with fingers wrapped around.
The finger that you point with along my back is crowned.
You never have to use me when you're eating corn or stew
But when it comes to meat you'll find my sharp edge cuts right through.
I'm only used for cutting food. I never pick it up.
You wouldn't want me in your mouth and then have to hiccup.
If you use me as I've told you my edge both sharp and keen
Will cut your food so neatly that your chin will stay quite clean.

I am Ms. Spoon and I come in two sizes

For soup, for dessert, and all sorts of surprises.
Like my brother the fork hold me in your right hand

Dip me gently in liquids. Now isn't that grand?
I'm built with a ball either oval or round

Which you place in your mouth never makin' a sound.
You can use me for stirring or eating ice cream
I'll pick up every drop and I'll leave your plate clean.

Now that is all that there is to it.
We all know that you can do it
We'll help you morning night and noon
I'm Mr. Fork... I'm Mr. Knife... and I..., I am Ms. Spoon.

Brass Fever - Time Is Running Out 1976

2011-02-22T14:22:00.001-06:00

1. Time Is Running Out
2. Takin' It To The Street
3. Boogie On Reggae Woman
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Dancing Machine
6. Pressure Drop
7. Summertime
8. Funky Carnival

Petula Clark - I Couldn't Live Without Your Love 1966

2011-02-14T11:11:00.001-06:00

1. Strangers in the Night

2. A Groovy Kind of Love

3. Rain

4. Wasn't It You

5. There Goes My Love, There Goes My Life

6. Monday, Monday

7. Bang Bang

8. Homeward Bound

9. Two Rivers

10. Come Rain Or Come Shine

11. Elusive Butterfly

12. I Couldn't Live Without Your Love

Dr. Hook - Pleasure & Pain 1978

2011-02-02T23:22:00.002-06:00

ATTN: 2011 Macks looking for new moves - Incorporate some Dr. Hook into your repertoire. When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman is more advice for those who didn't believe Jimmy Soul. Clyde is recommended listening for bass players worldwide. Shel Silverstein count on this is five.

1. Sharing the Night Together
2. Sweetest of All
3. Storms Never Last
4. I Don't Want To Be Alone Tonight
5. Knowing She's There
6. Clyde
7. When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
8. Dooley Jones
9. I Gave Her Comfort
10. All The Time In The World
11. You Make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance

Ike & Tina Turner - Workin' Together 1971

2011-01-23T23:23:00.003-06:00

1. Workin' Together
2. (As Long As I Can) Get You When I Want You
3. Get Back
4. The Way You Love Me
5. You Can Have It
6. Game of Love
7. Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter
8. Ooh Poo Pah Doo
9. Proud Mary
10. Goodbye, So Long
11. Let It Be

Doo-Wop Gold Volume One 197x

2011-01-11T23:11:00.015-06:00

Can I help you?
Sure. I'm looking for doo-wop records.
Hip-Hop?
No. Doo-Wop.
Do What?
No. Doo-Wop.
Let me ask someone else.

1. The Five Delights - There'll Be No Goodbye
2. The Willows - Church Bells May Rang
3. Don Julian & the Meadowlarks - Heaven and Paradise
4. The Genies - Who's That Knocking
5. The Crests - Guilty
6. The Pesters - I Laughed
7. The Paragons - Blue Velvet
8. The Scarlets - Dear One
9. The Jesters - So Strange
10. Shirley & Lee - Let the Good Times Roll
11. The Untouchables - Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight
12. Blue-Notes - A Good Woman
13. Blue-Notes - My Hero
14. The Hearts - Lonely Nights
15. The Valiants - This Is the Night
16. The Quin-Tones - Down the Aisle of Love
17. The Penguins - Earth Angel
18. The Moonglows - Sincerely
19. The Spinners - That's What Girls Are Made For
20. Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs - Stay
21. Crests - 16 Candles
22. Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love
23. Classics - Till Then
24. Bobby Lewis - Tossin & Turnin
25. Angels - Till
26. Maxine Brown - All in My Mind
27. Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song
28. Harptones - Sunday Kind of Love
29. Mello Kings - Tonite, Tonite
30. Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain
31. Ike & Tina Turner - It's Gonna Work Out Fine
32. Five Satins - In the Still of the Night
33. Gladys Knight & the Pips - Every Beat of My Heart
34. The Channels - The Closer You Are
35. Dobie Gray - In Crowd
36. Jerry Butler - Moon River
37. Dee Clark - Raindrops
38. Belmonts - Tell Me Why
39. Terry Statford - Suspicion
40. Capris - There's a Moon Out Tonight

The Versatile Burl Ives! 1961

2011-01-02T11:21:00.001-06:00

Versatility is underrated - never turn down a 1$ Burl Ives LP.
Burl was so OG he could turn any song into a classic. Burl Ives is hip-hop.

1. Mockin' Bird Hill - nature
2. The Long Black Veil - death
3. Delia - murder
4. Forty Hour Week - labor
5. I Walk the Line - love
6. Royal Telephone - religion
7. Shanghied - kidnapping
8. Lenora, Let Your Hair Down - lust
9. A Little Bitty Tear - breakup
10. Oh, My Side - pain
11. Mama Don't Want No Peas and Rice An' Cocoanut Oil - booze
12. The Almighty Dollar Bill - money

An Austin Rhythm and Blues Christmas 1983/1986

2010-12-24T11:11:00.007-06:00

Out 'til 2011 with 2010 post #40.
Remember it's never too early to work on next year's list of grievances for Festivus.
Locals don't forget to hit up Half-Price Books after Christmas for 20% off vinyl etc.
Be safe everyone. Back soon, Blogger willing.

1. Angela Strehli - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
2. The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Merry Christmas Darling
3. Lou Ann Barton - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
4. Sarah Brown - My Christmas Tree Is Hung with Tears
5. Paul Ray - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
6. The Kaz Jazz Quartet - The Christmas Song
7. The Fabulous Thunderbirds - (Rockin') Winter Wonderland
8. Lou Ann Barton - Please Come Home for Christmas
9. Charles Sexton - Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me
10. Angela Strehli - Sweet Little Baby Boy
11. Paul Ray - Let's Make Everyday a Christmas Day

Super Soul Blues Volume II 1991

2010-12-18T04:44:00.000-06:00

1. Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is
2. Cookie & The Cupcakes - Matilda
3. Little Johnny Taylor - Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
4. B.B. King - Recession Blues
5. Peppermint Harris - Bad Bad Whiskey
6. Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City
7. John Fred & His Playboys - Boogie Children
8. Toussaint McCall - Nothing Takes The Place Of You
9. Clarence Carter - Can We Slip Away Again
10. Montclairs - Dreaming Out Of Season
11. Ernie Johnson - Party All Night
12. Na Allen - Bring It On Home
13. Tommy Young - That's How Strong My Love Is
14. Bobby Patterson - How Do You Spell Love
15. Louis Villery - Making Nassau Fruit Drink
16. Little Johnny Taylor - Open House At My House (Pt. 1)

The Studio Band of the United States Army Field Band of Washington D.C. - The All Army Composers-Arrangers Showcase 196X

2010-12-09T12:09:00.006-06:00

The story of where I found this can wait as the ten tracks on this are pure heat. They are so delightful I am prematurely calling this my best post of 2010. New entries can no longer be accepted. The last cut took some time to get straight but now the story can be told. Anyone w/ info on the artists let me know in the comments.
From the OG liner notes...
Three of the Army-wide music competitions have been conducted in recent years. The works recorded on this album were selected from entries in the three competitions.
Selections presented demonstrate the wide variety of styles employed by Army composers and arrangers in this event and provide "something for everyone" in listening enjoyment.

1. Another Day Without Sunshine - Original composition and arrangement for full stage band by SP4 George A. Bold, III
2. Oblitherated -Original composition and arrangement for full stage band without doubling by SP4 Joseph H. Percy, Jr.
3. Ordinalis - Original composition and arrangement for full stage band with doubling by SP4 Joseph H. Percy, Jr.
4. Why? Well...... - An experimental work by CW2 William E. Bowden
5. Dawn on Rigel V - An original composition and arrangement for full stage band without doubling by CPT Richard B. Wallick
6. Two Lost Children of Cumberland County - Original song with lyrics by Major Herbert R. Metoyer, Jr.

7. Stephanie - An experimental work by CW3 Robert E. Edmonds, Jr.
8. Waltz for Judy - Original composition and arrangement for full stage band by SP4 Martin Krupp
9. Excursion - Original composition and arrangement for full stage band by SP5 Joseph A. Belcastro
10. Macarena - Special arrangement of an existing work by SP5 Lynn T. Hutcheson

The Best of Doc Severinsen and His Orchestra - 1982

2010-11-26T04:20:00.001-06:00

1. Blues in the Night

2. And the Angels Sing

3. Cry Me a River

4. Bluesette

5. My Funny Valentine

6. I Can't Get Started

7. Sleepy Lagoon

8. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

9. Ja-Da

10. Stormy Weather

11. St. Louis Blues

12. Don't Worry 'Bout Me

13. You Made Me Love You

14. The Sidewinder

15. Lonesome Road

16. Sugar Blues

17. I Cried for You

18. Stardust

19. Love for Sale

20. A Night in Tunisia

Johnny Cash - From Sea to Shining Sea 1968

2010-11-11T23:11:00.005-06:00

1. From Sea to Shining Sea
2. The Whirl and the Suck
3. Call Daddy from the Mine
4. The Frozen Four-Hundred-Pound Fair-to-Middlin' Cotton Picker
5. The Walls of a Prison
6. The Masterpiece
7. You and Tennessee
8. Another Song to Sing
9. The Flint Arrowhead
10. Cisco Clifton's Fillin' Station
11. Shrimpin' Sailin'
12. From Sea to Shining Sea (Finale)

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
Carl Perkins, Luther Perkins - Guitar
Bob Johnson - Guitar/Banjo/Dobro
Norman Blake - Dobro
Marshall Grant - Bass
W.S. Holland - Drums
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
The Carter Family - Background Vocals

The Globetrotters - The Globetrotters 1970

2010-11-07T11:07:00.003-06:00

So I got this LP in great condition except the gatefold was missing. My rip was average at best so I retagged one from elsewhere to get more ears listening to this transcendent slice of 100% uncut bubblegum funk. I'm partial to House Party, Gravy & the ode to promiscuity called Bouncin' All Over the World. Your results may vary. Tracks 1-13 are from the OG LP. More info here
1. The Globetrotter's Theme
2. Globetrottin'
3. Bouncin' All Over the World
4. Sneaky Pete
5. Marathon Mary
6. River Queen
7. House Party
8. Gravy
9. Meadowlark
10. Lillia Peabody
11. Put a Little Meat On Your Bones, Lucinda
12. Rainy Day Bells
13. Cheer Me Up
14. Duke of Earl
15. Sweet Georgia Brown - Brother Bones and His Shadows

Ode to the Texas Rangers - Mark Singletary Band 1975

2010-10-22T23:55:00.007-05:00

Back to vinyl reality shortly. For now I must write that which could never be transcribed before today. The Texas Rangers are going to the World Series. Game on...

Pearl Bailey - The Risque World of Pearl Bailey - 1964

2010-10-08T10:08:00.004-05:00

1. Since I Became a Hussy for My Husband
2. Westport
3. Not Now John
4. A Woman's Work Is Never Done
5. A Lady Never Forgets That She's a Lady
6. Love for Sale
7. The Great Indoors
8. Josephine
9. She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor
10. My Handy Man
11. The Physician
12. Mr. and Mrs. Fitch

Kimball Knight Beats - Some Knights to Remember 1965

2010-09-22T21:22:00.002-05:00

Only in Oak Cliff...

Side one - The 1965 Brownwood Presentation
A1. Opener
A2. Stompin' at the Savoy - Bill Holman
Solos: Larry Adair (Bass) Don Sperry (Guitar) Mike Bankston (Trumpet) Tommy McKenny (Tenor Sax)
A3. People - Bob Farrar
Soloist: George Hummel (alto flute, vibes)
A4. Goldfinger - Don Sperry
A5. Old Black Magic - Billy May
A6. Samba - Bob Farrar
Solos: George Hummel (Flute), Lynn Glasscock (Drums), Mike Alexander (Trombone)
A7. Chaser

Side Two
B1. The Girl from Ipanema - Glenn Osser
Solos: Mike Alexander (Trombone) Sam Evans (Trumpet)
B2. Dear Heart - Henry Mancini
Solos: Mike Bankston (Trumpet) Tommy McKenny (Tenor Sax) George Hummel (Alto Sax)
B3. Taste of Honey - Bernell Whibley
B4. Charade - George Hummel
B5. Shot in the Dark - Henry Mancini & Johnny Richards
Solos: Mike Bankston (Trumpet) Tommy McKenny (Tenor Sax)
B6. Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
Solos: Mike Bankston (Trumpet) Tommy McKenny (Tenor Sax)
B7. The Stripper

Personnel
Saxophones: George Hummel; Alto Sax, Flute Vibes: David Dixon; Alto Sax: Tommy McKenny; Tenor Sax: Jimmy Fallis; Tenor Sax: Mike Collier; Baritone Sax (All Saxophone Players Doubling Clarinet).
Trumpets: Mike Bankston; Sam Evans; Randy Bates; Mike Howell; Terry Prichard
Trombones: Mike Alexander; Rickey McCrary; Ronnie Hawkins; Jimmy Evans; Glenn Tucker
Piano: Kenny Driggs; Bass: Larry Adair; Drums: Lynn Glasscock, Gary Forsythe
Guitar: Don Sperry; Electric Bass: Sam Evans; Tuba: Steve Huffstutler
Organ: Larry Adair; Master of Ceremonies: Bryan Maupin; Managers: Chuck Pafford; Ronnie Harris

The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street 1979

2010-09-15T11:11:00.010-05:00

This LP previously suffered from not being in my Sesame Street collection. Now that it is in my collection I find it ranks higher than it did when it was not around for me to play yesterday, today and tomorrow.

1. Wonder Child -- Helen Reddy
2. Nasty Dan -- Johnny Cash with Oscar The Grouch
3. Yes We Can, Can -- Pointer Sisters
4. One Thing Leads To Another -- Judy Collins with Biff
5. Sing After Me -- Madeline Kahn with Grover
6. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow -- Judy Collins with the Sesame Street Kids
7. Oh What A Beautiful Morning -- Ray Charles
8. How Do You Do -- Lena Horne with Grover
9. Five Feet High And Rising -- Johnny Cash with Biff
10. A World Without Music -- Jose Feliciano with the Sesame Street Kids
11. I Make Up Songs -- Helen Reddy

Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Whether they bring pleasure or sorrow.
Time is something no one can borrow. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Yesterday is gone. It's all "Remember when?" Yesterday is passed. It never comes again
Yesterday was bright or yesterday was gray; but all I know is how I feel today.

Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Whether they bring pleasure or sorrow.
Time is something no one can borrow. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Tomorrow never comes. It's always on the way. For yesterday's tomorrow has become today.
We miss what's very close by looking off so far. We all can learn. Today is where we are.

Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Whether they bring pleasure or sorrow.
Time is something no one can borrow. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Today is all there is. Today is not too late. Today's the only day we have to celebrate.
For yesterday is gone. Tomorrow's far away. And everyone is living in today.

Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Whether they bring pleasure or sorrow.
Time is something no one can borrow. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Alphabet Soup - Layin' Low in the Cut 1995

2010-09-01T13:09:00.005-05:00

1. Oppression
2. Take a Ride
3. First Day, Last Night
4. What I Am
5. Meditate
6. For Your Conscious
7. Walkin' Roots
8. Zone
9. Year 2000
10. Streets
11. Music in My Head

Johnny Otis Presents: the Best of Rhythm and Blues, Volume 4 1993

2010-08-19T14:22:00.001-05:00

Baseball can be great at 100 F or 38 C but you always need some tunes.

1. Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry
2. Johnny Otis - Harlem Nocturne
3. Big Joe Turner - Honey, Hush
4. Gatemouth Moore - I Ain't Mad At You, Pretty Baby
5. Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers - The Honeydripper (Part 2)
6. Charles Brown - Merry Christmas, Baby
7. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Kidney Stew Blues
8. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues In The Ghetto
9. Richard Berry - Doin' It
10. Amos Milburn - One Hour Past Midnight

Joe Tex - Bumps & Bruises 1977

2010-08-05T08:05:00.006-05:00

1. Ain't Gonna Dance No More (with No Big Fat Woman)
2. Leaving You Dinner
3. Be Cool (Willie Is Dancing with a Sissy)
4. I Mess Up Everything I Get My Hands On
5. We Held On
6. I Almost Got to Heaven Once
7. Hungry for Your Love
8. Jump Bad
9. There's Something Wrong

March into 1985 - 1985

2010-08-01T14:22:00.003-05:00

Here's to band geeks and sports mascots of the future.

A1 - Artistry in Rhythm A2 - Another Star
A3 - What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? A4 - The Chase
A5 - The Greatest Love of All A6 - Sing, Sing, Sing
A7 - Hard Habit to Break A8 - You Are the Sunshine of My Life A9 - Entrada
A10 - For Once in My Life A11 - Classical Gas A12 - Oh! Those Beautiful Girls
A13 - We've Only Just Begun A14 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
A15 - Playin' with the Power A16 - Thanks for the Memory

B1 - The Heat Is On B2 - Theme from Star Search
B3 - Born in the U.S.A. B4 - What About Me
B5 - All I Need B6 - Cool It Now B7 - Remington Steele
B8 - I Just Called to Say I Love You B9 - California Girls
B10 - Desert Moon B11 - Movin' On Up B12 - Misled
B13 - The War Song B14 - What's Love Got to Do with It
B15 - Solid B16 - Theme from "Paper Dolls"
B17 - You're the Inspiration

C1 - Granada C2 - ABC Monday Night Football
C3 - America - Taps C4 - "Show Biz" Chasers and Tags
C5 - The Trolley Song C6 - Conquest-Entry
C7 - American Prelude C8 - Tu-ba or Not Tu-ba
C9 - Dancing in the Dark C10 - Oye Negra C11 - Not from Dixie
C12 - Auld Lang Syne - Farewell C13 - Love Light in Flight
C14 - Loverboy C15- Power C16 - Courtship
C17 - Grace C18 - Junku

D1 - El Toreador D2 - That's Dixieland
D3 - The Warrior D4 - Stars & Stripes Forever
D5 - There's No Stopping Us D6 - Takin' Off
D7 - Marche Slav D8 - Blues for Willie
D9 - Good Swing Wenceslas D10 - Parade of the Centurions
D11 - St. Elsewhere D12 - Pigskin Polka
D13 - Bill Bailey D14 - Entry of the Roman Soldiers
D15 - La Paloma D16 - America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)
D17 - Run to You D18 - 20/20
D19 - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) D20 - Peter Gunn
D21 - Clownin' Around D22 - The Pink Panther
D23 - The Lavender Centipede D24 - Baby Elephant Walk

Secret Agent File - 1984

2010-07-24T19:24:00.007-05:00

This 1984 rerelease of a 1960's compilation w/ Billy Strange, Neil Norman, Les Baxter, and Hall Daniels makes me appreciate how many times the world has been saved at the beach.

Alas, the reviews were not as good south of here. To quote this poor misled reviewer - "I was all ready to enjoy these 'blasts from the past.' Then they arrived, and what a let down! Only one of these cuts is an original, and that's 'Reilly, Ace of Spies' -- probably not what you bought the disc for. The others are covers, and don't sound like the unmistakable originals. So, be fore-warned. If you are looking for 'interpretations,' then go ahead. But if you are looking to purchase the real thing, you will need to go elsewhere."

Some classes can't be taught. Some lessons can't be learned.

1. Octopussy performed by Neil Norman and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Charles Faris and Neil Norman
2. I Spy performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
3. Reilly: Ace of Spies (original soundtrack) performed by the Olympic Orchestra - arranged by Harry Rabinowitz - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
4. Casino Royale - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
5. Ipcress File (A Man Alone) - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
6. Thunderball - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
7. Man from U.N.C.L.E. - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
8. The Prisoner - performed by Neil Norman and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Charles Faris and Neil Norman
9. The James Bond Theme - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
10. Our Man Flint - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
11. Moonraker - performed by Neil Norman and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Les Baxter and Neil Norman
12. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
13. Run Spy Run - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
14. Get Smart - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
15. You Only Live Twice - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
16. 007 - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
17. Goldfinger - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman
18. The Rockford Files - performed by Billy Strange and orchestra - arranged by Billy Strange, Les Baxter, Hall Daniels and Neil Norman - produced by Billy Strange and Gene Norman

Gloria Lynne - Gloria Lynne - 197x Up Front 146

2010-07-12T11:11:00.008-05:00

Four love songs + four makin' love songs & one fun to do bad things song = nine sultry slices of soul

1. How Did You Make Me Love You
2. Can You Take What I'm Gonna Do
3. If You Don't Get It Yourself
4. I've Just Gotta Tell Somebody
5. Love Finally Found Me
6. Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong
7. Don't Tell Me How to Love You
8. I'm So in Love
9. I'll Take You All the Way There

Another day has come and gone in a world where I don't belong.
Another week has passed me by. It's not because I didn't try.
Nobody saw me walking and nobody heard me talking.
Seems like I gotta do wrong, gotta do wrong, gotta do wrong before they notice me.
Another job that I can't get. Nice apartment that the landlord won't rent.
I go to bed but sleep won't come. My belly's empty and my brain is numb.
Nobody saw me walking. Nobody heard me talking.
Seems like I gotta do wrong, gotta do wrong, gotta do wrong before they notice me.
The Whispers

He ended up on the block with kid scooters and ice cream but ended out of foster homes until he was 19.
Stealing for food he didn't do for enjoyment at the time a lay off, shut down & unemployment.
He moved into a new world & seeked his fortune & suited himself to the times with extortions.
A hustle that was ruled by men and murder; he earned enough for his daily bread & wanted to move further.
He knew no good could come from such a sin, had issues as a kid, so he held it all but did.
And he pursued the game so hotly, on a path of destruction even though the road was rocky.
Very caught up in his own drive for dominance & to know that he would pay in the end was common sense.
Some say he had long deserved death & many felt relieved when they were told he left.
Path of Destruction - GZA

Bill Riley - Harmonica and the Blues - 1962

2010-06-24T11:11:00.003-05:00

1. South Bound Train
2. Saints
3. Busters Theme
4. Rollin' River
5. Red River
6. Long Gone
7. Memphis Blues
8. Arkansas Traveller
9. Willie's Tune
10. Honey Girl

Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music 1981

2010-06-20T11:11:00.001-05:00

Side One
1. Overture
ACT 1
2. From This Moment On
3. I Got a Name
4. I'm Glad There Is You
5. I Want to Be Happy
Cotton Club Revue:
6. Copper Colored Gal 7. Raisin' the Rent
8. As Long As I Live 9. Lady with the Fan
10. Lena's Dialogue ("Cotton Club to Hollywood")
11. Where or When (Hollywood Sequence)

Side Two
12. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
13. Lena's Dialogue ("Hollywood")
14. Just One of Those Things
15. Stormy Weather (Part 1)
16. Love
17. Lena's Dialogue ("Broadway")
18. Push De Button
19. The Lady Is a Tramp
20. Yesterday When I Was Young (Hier Encoré)

Side Three
21. Deed I Do
22. Life Goes On
Intermission
ACT II
23. Watch What Happens
24. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
25. Fly
26. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Side Four
27. A Lady Must Live
28. Lena's Dialogue ("Love This Business")
29. That's What Miracles Are All About
30. Lena's Dialogue ("Early Career")
31. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
32. Stormy Weather (Part II)
33. If You Believe
34. Curtain Music (Stormy Weather, bows)

Erroll Garner - Feeling Is Believing 1970

2010-06-08T02:04:00.002-05:00

1. For Once in My Life
2. Yesterday
3. The Look of Love
4. You Turned Me Around
5. Mood Island
6. Spinning Wheel
7. The Loving Touch
8. Strangers in the Night
9. Feeling Is Believing
10. Paisley Eyes

Duke & the Drivers - Cruisin' 1975

2010-05-24T11:11:00.000-05:00

1. Rock 'n' Roll High
2. I Got the Will
3. Slow Motion
4. Ain't Nothing a Young Girl Can Do for Me
5. What You Got
6. Dr. Rock and Roll
7. Lovebones
8. Joey
9. Like I Want It
10. Too Much Woman for a Henpecked Man

Ronnie Kole Trio - New Orleans ... Today 1970

2010-05-19T09:30:00.006-05:00

1. (They Long to Be) Close to You
2. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
3. Love Story
4. Yellow Bird
5. My Rhapsody
6. Exodus
7. Secret of My Soul
8. Great Stone Bottle
9. Sesame Street
10. He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
11. Tennessee Waltz
12. My Sweet Lord

Boots Randolph - Hip Boots 1970

2010-05-15T17:15:00.008-05:00

Its hard having an existential crisis at the same time your laptop turns against you. My loss is your gain. I'm back for more lectures. Wax on. Wax off. Time to pick up the pace.

1. Those Were the Days
2. Proud Mary
3. Both Sides Now
4. Aquarius - Let the Sun Shine In
5. Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water
7. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
8. Rainy Night in Georgia
9. Love's Been Good to Me
10. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
11. Without Love

New Orleans Home of the Blues Vol. 2 1963

2010-04-16T08:02:00.000-05:00

Don't forget the third annual Record Store Day is this Saturday!!

1. Irma Thomas - Ruler of My Heart
2. Irma Thomas - I Done Got Over It
3. Irma Thomas - Cry On
4. Irma Thomas - It's Raining
5. Benny Spellman - Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)
6. Benny Spellman - Fortune Teller
7. Ernie K-Doe - Mother-in-Law
8. Ernie K-Doe - Wanted, $10,000 Reward
9. The Showmen - It Will Stand
10. The Showmen - Country Fool
11. Irma Thomas - Gone
12. Irma Thomas - I Did My Part

King Of Stride Piano (1918-1944) - James P Johnson 1998

2010-03-31T15:31:00.004-05:00

What we're gonna do right here is go back... WAY BACK... back into time.

1. Carolina Shout
2. Squeeze Me
3. Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You)
4. Snowy Morning Blues
5. Honeysuckle Rose
6. Keep Off The Grass
7. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
8. Riffs
9. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
10. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
11. My Fate Is In Your Hands
12. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
13. Blue Turning Grey Over You
14. Over The Bars
15. A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid
16. Jingles
17. What Is This Thing Called Love
18. You've Got To Be Modernistic
19. Crying For The Carolines
20. Eccentricity
21. The Down Home Blues
22. Runnin' Wild Medley: Charleston/Old Fashioned Love/Open Your Heart/Love Bug

Adam Stag Party Special Number 2 - Terri "Cup Cake" O'Mason 1960

2010-03-03T03:03:00.000-06:00

1. Introduction/Cup Cakes
2. My First Piece
3. I Believe
4. Three Little Sisters
5. Boogie Woogie
6. Hangover Blues
7. Introduction/I'm Late
8. Horse Sense
9. I'm a Lady
10. Makin' Whoopee
11. The Biggest Man in Havana
12. House of Ill Repute

Grover Sings the Blues

2010-02-16T02:16:00.009-06:00

1. What Do I Do When I'm Alone?
2. Name the Animal
3. Grover Takes a Walk
4. Has Anybody Seen My Dog? (with Marty)
5. Four Furry Friends (with Oscar, Herry & Cookie Monster)
6 Still, We Like Each Other (with Little Boy)
7. I Am Blue
8. The Two "G" Sounds (with George)
9. Me
10. I Stand Up Straight and Tall
11. The Question Song (with Little Girl)
12. Over, Under, Around and Through
13. Just Because (with Little Girl)
14. Near and Far

Back in March...

Hot Moves 1989

2010-02-14T02:14:00.003-06:00

Happy Valentine's Day ladies...

1. Paula Abdul - Straight Up
2. Sweet Sensation - Never Let You Go
3. Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
4. L'Trimm - Cars With The Boom
5. Salt-N-Pepa - Push It
6. Pebbles - Mercedes Boy
7. Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
8. Ten City - That's The Way Love Is
9. Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
10. Erasure - Victim Of Love

Pimps & Players 2002

2010-02-12T02:12:00.007-06:00

1. Michael Sean - Michael Sean Intro
2. Ice T, Smoothe da Hustla, Positive K - Getting It On
3. Michael Sean - New DJ Skit
4. Kym Rae, Brand Nubians - Ease Your Mind
5. Niyabingy - One Two
6. Stereo - Summertime
7. Style Skillz - Run That
8. O' Rockin - Rockin All Minds
9. Melange, Father MC - Who Got It?
10. Brenda K Starr - Feels So Good
11. Sho Nuff - From Da Souf
12. Mytee G, Poetic - Discovery Zone
13. Axcion - Limbo
14. Michael Sean - Big Dick Skit
15. KRS-One, Mad Lion, Channel Live - Happy Verse Day
16. Michael Sean - Michael Sean Poem

I Ain't into That - The Rappin' Reverend 1987

2010-02-10T02:10:00.007-06:00

1. I Ain't into That (Extended Version)
2. The Original Rap (Extended Version)
3. I Ain't into That (Short Version)
4. The Original Rap (Short Version)

Wall of Sound Presents Bustin' Loose 1998

2010-02-08T02:08:00.008-06:00

1. Propellerheads - Dive!
2. Mekon - Skool's Out Featuring Schooly D. (Original Mix)
3. Dirty Beatniks - Latinhead
4. Les Rythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
5. Artery - The Dollar
6. Zoot Woman - It's Automatic
7. The Wiseguys - Ooh La La
8. Wreckage Inc. - Chase
9. Ceasefire - Cruising
10. E-Klektik - Maracana Madness (Macumba Da Coca)
11. Akasha - Crazy Baby

24-7 Spyz 6 1996

2010-02-06T02:06:00.005-06:00

1. Spyz In Da House
2. Love And Peace
3. Yeah x 3
4. If I Could
5. Burned
6. Simple-Minded Simon
7. Eyes Don't Lie
8. Interlude
9. El Lame
10. Free To Be
11. Let Your Fancy Flow
12. Crushonya
13. No Hope For Ni**az
14. Love For Sale
15. Clique
16. 7 And 7 Is
17. Along Comes Mary

The Temple of Hip-Hop Kulture Criminal Justice: From Darkness to Light - 1999

2010-02-04T02:04:00.007-06:00

1. KRS-One - Intro
2. Sianhide - We Gon' Ride
3. Xzibit, Ras Kass, Mad Lion, KRS-One - Up From Da Undaground
4. United Crowns - The Odyssey
5. Prof. Z - Live Efx
6. Thor-El - Patiently
7. Mad Lion - Yeh Yo
8. Scaramanga - Alphabetic Hammer
9. Prof. Z - Welcome To The Temple
10. Big Daddy Kane - Live At The Temple
11. I Born - Born To Win
12. KRS-One - Temple Of Hip Hop Kulture
13. Tommy Gibbs - Hate Or Love
14. Homeless Nation featuring Toofpic - Cali Livin'
15. Hobo Junction - Bangin' Theory
16. Scaramanga - 7 Eyes 7 Horns
17. The Chemists - Platform Rapform
18. KRS-One & Smooth B - The Refinitions

Back 2 Back Hits - 1974 to 1978

2010-02-02T02:22:00.006-06:00

2$ CD for 2/2

1. Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part One)
2. Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute
3. Tavares - Remember What I Told You To Forget
4. Tavares - Whodunit
5. Tavares - My Ship
6. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
7. Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner
8. Hot Chocolate - Disco Queen
9. Hot Chocolate - Emma
10. Hot Chocolate - So You Win Again

February 2010 Forays

2010-02-01T10:02:00.004-06:00

Trying something different this month - look for some scheduled posts through the 16th but not much after that until March. I started slow last Record Store Day but recently picked up the pace on my crate-digging. There's just still too much vinyl out there that needs to be rescued from oblivion. I've ripped some of it, but no, I'm not cleaning the rips any further. DIY. If you want too see cleaner rips there's a whole host of links to your right. I also won't be scanning any LP covers - this blog is for your education not mine. While I'm away honing my skills for the 2010 Texas Pinball Festival I lined up some rare & cheap finds to bust out for all. If I don't make it back from the NBA All-Star Game just keep providin' music for the masses fellow blog-travelers. Peace.

Steel Pulse - Earth Crisis 1984

2010-01-30T01:30:00.003-06:00

Cause death is just a moment when the dyin ends. - Ed O.G.
Cause life is too short, and it just gets shorter. - Special Ed

1. Steppin' Out
2. Tightrope
3. Throne of Gold
4. Roller Skates
5. Earth Crisis
6. Bodyguard
7. Grab Education
8. Wild Goose Chase

Sound Bites from the Counter Culture 1990

2010-01-21T23:21:00.002-06:00

Warning: May contain explicit lyrics descriptive of, advocating, or encouraging one or more of the following: sodomy, incest, bestiality, sadomasochism, adultery, any form of sexual conduct in a violent context, nudity, satanism, murder, morbid violence, the illegal use of drugs, or the use of alcohol.

1. Hunter S. Thompson - Fear And Loathing
2. Eugene McCarthy - The Big Three
3. Bob Guccione, Jr - We Did It
4. Dr. Timothy Leary - Think For Yourself
5. Abbie Hoffman - Just Say No!
6. Henry Rollins - The Virtues of Black Sabbath
7. Jello Biafra - Excerpts From Tales From The Trial
8. Danny Sugarman - On Jim Morrison
9. Jim Carroll - Guitar VooDoo

The Unknown Rapper - Election 80 Rapp - 1980

2010-01-19T11:11:00.002-06:00

Remember when rap was spelled with two P's? If so then maybe you can explain how happenin' this party was that The Unknown Rapper describes.

1. Election 80 Rapp
2. Election 80 Rapp (Instrumental)

Geto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level 1989

2010-01-15T01:15:00.004-06:00

1. Do It Like A G.O.
2. Gangsta Of Love
3. Talkin' Loud Ain't Sayin' Nothin'
4. Read These Nikes
5. Size Ain't Shit
6. Seek & Destroy
7. No Sell Out
8. Let A Ho Be A Ho
9. Scarface
10. Life In The Fast Lane
11. Trigga Happy Ni**a
12. Mind Of A Lunatic

Playing God 1997

2010-01-12T19:20:00.002-06:00

1. Propellerheads - Spybreak
2. Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie
3. The Angel Feat. Angie Hart - Anything
4. Richard Hartley - Doctor...You're In Trouble
5. Willie Dixon & The Big Three Trio - If The Sea Was Whiskey
6. Joey Altruda and the Cocktail Crew - Apt. 8C
7. Richard Hartley - Classic Cars In Motion
8. Ganjah K - Redrum
9. LTJ Bukem - Doc's Groove
10. Richard Hartley - A Seedy Rom
11. The Family Of God - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
12. Richard Hartley - ...Not Quite The End

Surf or Die - Surf MC's

2010-01-02T22:02:00.001-06:00

1. Surf or Die
2. Surf or Die (Dance!)
3. Surf or Die (Rock the Beach-Def!)

Kid Creole and the Coconuts - Kid Creole Redux 1992

2009-12-28T00:28:00.002-06:00

You who do not know the legend of Kid Creole please read up on the 1980's. The origin of King Creole by way of Harold Robbins then Elvis Presley does not prepare one for the innovative style of Kid Creole and the Coconuts. This 1992 overview is a good contribution to your education.

1. I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby
2. Endicott
3. There's Something Wrong in Paradise
4. If You Wanna Be Happy
5. Stool Pigeon
6. Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy
7. Yolanda
8. It's a Wonderful Life
9. Dancin' at the Bains Douches
10. In the Jungle
11. Animal Crackers
12. Part of My Design
13. Call It a Day
14. The Lifeboat Party

Muddy Waters - His Best 1956-1964

2009-12-12T18:00:00.005-06:00

1. All Aboard
2. Forty Days and Forty Nights
3. Just to Be with You
4. Don't Go No Farther
5. Diamonds at Your Feet
6. I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love
7. Rock Me
8. Got My Mojo Working
9. She's Nineteen Years Old
10. Close to You
11. Walkin' Thru the Park
12. She's Into Something
13. I Feel So Good
14. You Shook Me
15. You Need Love
16. My Love Strikes Like Lightning
17. My Home Is in the Delta
18. Good Morning, Little School Girl
19. The Same Thing
20. You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had

Sesame Street - Sing the Alphabet 1996

2009-11-20T02:11:00.000-06:00

F is for 40, and this should help set off any alphabetizing sessions.

1. ABC-Def-Ghi
2. A-The Sound of the Letter "A"
3. B- Oscar's "B" Sandwich
4. C- "C" Is for Cookie
5. D- Dee, Dee, Dee
6. E- What's My Letter?
7. F- Four Furry Friends
8. G- Two "G" Sounds
9. H- Ha Ha
10. I-I Stand Up Straight and Tall
11. J- "J" Friends
12. K- Herb's Silly Poem
13. L-La La La
14. M-MMM Monster Meal
15. N- The Noodle Story
16. O- Would You Like to Buy an "O"?
17. P- My Favorite Letter
18. Q- The Question Song
19. R- The "R" Machine
20. S-Sammy the Snake
21. T- The Tale of Tom Tattertall Tuttletut
22. U- "U" Lecture
23. V- Very, Very Special Letter
24. W- The National Association of "W" Lovers
25. X- "X" Marks the Spot
26. Y- Just Because
27. Z-The Zizzy Zoomers

The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul: Complete & Unbelievable 1966

2009-11-11T11:11:00.002-06:00

1. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
2. I'm Sick Y'All
3. Tennessee Waltz
4. Sweet Lorene
5. Try A Little Tenderness
6. Day Tripper
7. My Lover's Prayer
8. She Put The Hurt On Me
9. Ton Of Joy
10. You're Still My Baby
11. Hawg For You
12. Love Have Mercy

Material Hallucination Engine 1994

2009-10-31T10:31:00.002-05:00

1. - Black Light
2. - Mantra
3. - Ruins (Submutation Dub)
4. - Eternal Drift
5. - Words Of Advice
6. - Cucumber Slumber (Fluxus Mix)
7. - The Hidden Garden/Naima
8. - Shadows Of Paradise

People Under the Stairs - Trippin' at the Disco

2009-10-18T07:07:00.002-05:00

Back on the grind soon enough. Real life has been intruding far too much for an October. Nothing PUTS LP #7 & some live music won't fix.

The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Bap-Tizum 1972

2009-10-09T10:09:00.006-05:00

It will be a special Columbus Day in North TX this year with both Oprah and U2 in the metroplex on the same day. Since the state prohibits me from parade planning anymore I'll just be listening to some old records.

1. Nfamoudou-Boudougou
2. Immm
3. Unanka
4. Oouffnoon
5. Ohnedaruth
6. Odwalla

Mark Ronson - Here Comes the Fuzz 2003

2009-10-01T10:01:00.003-05:00

Caught sleepin when this came out but found it for 4$ last weekend. For promotional use only, natch.

1. Mark Ronson - Intro
2. Anthony Hamilton/Mark Ronson/Nappy Roots - Bluegrass Stain'd
3. Ghostface Killah/Mark Ronson/Nate Dogg/Trife & Larceny Of The Snakes - Ooh Wee
4. Aya/Mark Ronson - High
5. Mark Ronson/Rivers Cuomo - I Suck
6. Mark Ronson/Sean Paul/Tweet - International Affair
7. Mark Ronson/Saigon - Diduntdidunt
8. M.O.P./Mark Ronson/Mos Def - On the Run
9. Mark Ronson - Here Comes the Fuzz
10. Anthony Hamilton/Mark Ronson/Rhymefest - Bout to Get Ugly
11. Daniel Merriweather/Mark Ronson - She's Got Me
12. Debi Nova/Mark Ronson/Q-Tip - Tomorrow
13. Mark Ronson - Rashi (Outro)

Steel Pulse - Vex 1994

2009-09-09T09:09:00.002-05:00

1. Bootstraps
2. Back to My Roots
3. Islands Unite
4. Better Days
5. In My Life
6. Endangered Species
7. New World Order
8. X Ressurection
9. Whirlwind Romance
10. No Justice, No Peace
11. Dirty H20
12. Dub to My Roots
13. Dubite

Street Jams: Electro Funk Part 1 1992

2009-09-04T16:09:00.000-05:00

1. Various Artists - Skanless Electric Funk Mega-Mix
2. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
3. Twilight 22 - Electric Kingdom
4. Planet Patrol - Play at Your Own Risk
5. Reggie Griffin - Mirda Rock
6. Guru - Who You Stealin' From
7. Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)
8. Cybotron - Clear
9. Aleem - Release Yourself
10 Herbie Hancock - Rockit
11. Grandmixer D.ST - Megamix II: Why Is It Fresh?
12. Newcleus - Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)
13. Bernard Fowler/Grandmixer D.ST - Crazy Cuts

10cc - Sheet Music 1974

2009-08-29T11:11:00.000-05:00

Tracks #1-10 are from the OG release. Track #11 was the first song 10cc ever recorded.

1. The Wall Street Shuffle
2. The Worst Band in the World
3. Hotel
4. Old Wild Men
5. Clockwork Creep
6. Silly Love [Long Version]
7. Somewhere in Hollywood
8. Baron Samedi
9. The Sacro-Iliac
10. Oh Effendi
11. Waterfall

Michael Franks - Sleeping Gypsy 1977

2009-08-20T20:20:00.000-05:00

1. The Lady Wants to Know
2. I Really Hope It's You
3. In the Eye of the Storm
4. B'wana-He No Home
5. Don't Be Blue
6. Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)
7. Chain Reaction
8. Down in Brazil

kc Flightt - In Flightt 1989

2009-08-12T20:12:00.003-05:00

1. Planet E [House Mix]
2. Let's Get Jazzy
3. Summer Madness
4. Bass Line
5. Let's Go
6. Jazz Player
7. Fantasy
8. She's Sexxy [Fantasy Mix]
9. Your Place or Mine
10. It Goes Like This
11. Africa
12. Let's Get Jazzy [Dope Mix]

Randy Brecker - 34th and Lex 2003

2009-08-08T08:08:00.001-05:00

1. 34th N Lex
2. Streeange
3. Shanghigh [Live]
4. All 4 Love
5. Let It Go
6. Foregone Conclusion [Live]
7. Hula Dula
8. The Fisherman
9. Give It Up
10. Tokyo Freddie [Live]
11. The Castle Rocks

Wilson Pickett - The Very Best of Wilson Pickett 1993

2009-07-30T07:30:00.003-05:00

1. In the Midnight Hour
2. 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)
3. Land of 1000 Dances
4. Mustang Sally
5. Funky Broadway
6. I'm in Love
7. She's Lookin' Good
8. Hey Jude
9. Sugar, Sugar
10. Engine Number 9
11. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
12. Don't Knock My Love, Pt. 1
13. Fire and Water
14. I'm a Midnight Mover
15. I Found a Love, Pt. 1
16. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

Highes of the Sixties 1986

2009-07-25T19:25:00.005-05:00

1. The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
2. Love - Seven & Seven Is
3. The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
4. Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
5. Shadows of Knight - Gloria
6. The Young Rascals - I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
7. The Marketts - Out of Limits
8. The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
9. Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully
10. The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard
11. Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On
12. The Knickerbockers - Lies
13. The Association - Six Man Band
14. The Swingin' Medallions - Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)
15. The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
16. The Beau Brummels - Laugh, Laugh
17. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
18. Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law
19. The Yardbirds - I'm a Man
20. The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie

Johnny "Guitar" Watson - What the Hell Is This? 1979

2009-07-18T08:20:00.002-05:00

U.S. Energy prices climb 6.6% in June - thousands seek solace in the words of prophet Johnny "Guitar" Watson
1. What the Hell Is This?
2. In the World
3. Proud of You
4. Cop & Blow
5. I Don't Want to Be President
6. Mother in Law
7. Strung Out
8. The Funk If I Know - bonus track
9. Watsonian Institute - bonus track

Fresh/Music Inspired by the Film 1994

2009-07-12T23:07:00.004-05:00

Summer madness...

1. Genius - I Gotcha' Back
2. Raekwon [featuring Ghost Face Killer] - Heaven & Hell
3. Wu-Tang Clan - Can It Be All So Simple [Remix]
4. Fresh 3 MC's - Fresh
5. Whodini - Freaks Come out at Night
6. Masterdon Committee - Funk Box Party
7. Cold Crush Brothers - Fresh, Wild, Fly and Bold
8. The Fearless Four - Rockin' It
9. T-Ski Valley - Catch the Beat
10. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - It's Nasty
11. Funky Four And 1 More - Do You Wanna Rock
12. Spoonie Gee - Spoonin' Rap

24-7 Spyz - Strength in Numbers 1992

2009-07-01T11:11:00.002-05:00

Contributed by anonymous - third LP by the legendary group.

1. Break the Chains
2. Crime Story
3. Judgement Day
4. Understanding
5. Got It Goin' On
6. My Desire
7. Purple
8. Stuntman
9. Earth and Sky
10. Room #9
11. Sireality
12. Last Call
13. I'm Not Going
14. Traveling Day

Tone Loc Cool Hand Loc 1991 (2)

2009-06-20T00:45:00.004-05:00

Reups will be slow and rare but will occur before the Texas heat melts any files. Reminded that this went gold and only got one single. The game changed between '89 and '91. The label didn't ask for album #3. Since the game changed, Tone Loc changed his game and went into acting and voicework. Tone Loc is currently heard as Chestnut on the animated show Chowder.

1. Kenyatta/Tone-Loc - Funky Westside
2. Scott Mayo/Tone-Loc - Pimp Without a Caddy
3. Dave Forman/Jason White/John Rogers/Tone-Loc/Val Young - I Adore You
4. El DeBarge/Howie Robbins/Kevin O'Neil/Scott Mayo/Tone-Loc - All Through the Night
5. Jazmine Vega/Leslie McCracken/Ronald Jeffreys/Tone-Loc - Fatal Attraction
6. Tone-Loc - I Joke But I Don't Play
7. Kenyatta/Tone-Loc - Freaky Behavior
8. Donna Simon/Ron Jeffrey/Stuart Wylen/Tone-Loc - Mean Green
9. Herman Jackson/Kevin O'Neil/Phillip Gordy/Tone-Loc - Why
10. Kevin O'Neil/M. Walk/MC Wink dog/Tone-Loc - Hip-Hop It Is Kinda Different
11. Tone-Loc - Funky Westside Reprise

Little Milton - Friend of Mine 1976

2009-06-10T06:10:00.002-05:00

"Any category they want to put me in is fine with me as long as they accept what I do." - Little Milton

1. Friend of Mine
2. You're Gonna Make Me Cry
3. Baby It Ain't No Way
4. Mis-Using My Love
5. Don't Turn Away
6. It's All Bad News
7. Bring It on Back
8. Sundown /Sundown [Monologue]
9. I'm in Love with My Best Friend's Wife

H.E.A.L. Civilation Vs. Technology 1991

2009-06-06T06:00:00.004-05:00

1. Big Daddy Kane/Freddy Foxx/Harmony/Kid Capri/KRS-One/LL Cool J/
MC Lyte/Queen Latifah - Heal Yourself
2. Sister Carol - I Am What I Am
3. Ms. Melodie - Anti-Ho
4. Skadanks - Whole World African
5. Heather B. - Don't Hold Us Back
6. Bigga Don/Kevin B/Mickey Jarrett/Reverend Badoo/Shabba Ranks/Shell Thunder/Sleepy Wonder - Know Your Culture
7. Kushite/Musik G./Sky High & Mau Mau - O' Freedom
8. Melody Makers/Ziggy Marley - One Bright Day
9. DMC/Grand Daddy I.U./Kid Capri/Kool Moe Dee/KRS-One/Ms. Melodie/
Salt-N-Pepa/Ziggy Marley - Family Got to Get Busy
10. Ready Z - Correct Education
11. Simone - Family
12. Harmony/KRS-One/Michael Stipe - Civilization Vs. Technology
13. Billy Bragg/DJ Woody Dee/The Athenians - Tighten up Your Wig

Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce 1995

2009-05-24T21:11:00.001-05:00

1. All Balls
2. Anywhere You Go
3. Deep and Wide
4. Mr. Outsider
5. Annallillia
6. Knownots
7. Arythamaticulas
8. Greatest Show on Earth
9. Mic Check
10. Call It Cali
11. Headaches & Woes
12. I Think
13. Makeba
14. B-Boy Kingdom
15. Keep It True

Bessie Smith - Beale Street Mama 1996

2009-05-21T17:21:00.001-05:00

The same advances that make life better usually make the heartache worse. I've been enjoying these remastered tracks from the 1920's and wondering who had it worse - Bessie or Lauryn Hill. 21 Adjectives to describe Bessie Smith's style - Distraught, Gutsy, Dramatic, Weary, Reflective, Intense, Passionate, Organic, Intimate, Earnest, Melancholy, Cathartic, Angst-Ridden, Carefree, Earthy, Confident, Rousing, Boisterous, Raucous, Sexy, Irreverent

1. Downhearted Blues
2. Gulf Coast Blues
3. Beale Street Mama
4. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
5. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
6. Bleeding Hearted Blues
7. Midnight Blues
8. Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
9. St. Louis Gal
10. Graveyard Dream Blues
11. I'm Going Back to My Used to Be
12. My Sweetie Went Away
13. Any Woman's Blues
14. Frosty Morning Blues
15. Haunted House Blues
16. Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
17. Rocking Chair Blues
18. Sorrowful Blues
19. Bo Weavil Blues
20. Hateful Blues

Multiplication Rock 1973

2009-05-09T04:00:00.009-05:00

To lighten things up here's something to help the children of today. Don't think I forgot you kiddies but please stop asking if the long-promised kid's blog will ever see the light of day. Everything in time. For now, practice counting. There's still only eight of us http://www.blogger.com/profile-find.g?t=o&q=Counting left including one known clone. Back in the day you couldn't get this funkin lesson until Rhino released the lot on CD in 1997. Let me just add that if anyone ever thought Electric Company would be better as a disco/vocabulary/Heroes style show, well then, your time is now. Free Letterman & RIP Blossom Dearie ...

1. Lynn Ahrens - Schoolhouse Rocky
2. Bob Dorough - Elementary, My Dear
3. Bob Dorough - Three Is a Magic Number
4. Bob Dorough - The Four-Legged Zoo
5. Bob Dorough - Ready or Not, Here I Come
6. Bob Dorough - My Hero, Zero
7. Grady Tate - I Got Six
8. Bob Dorough - Lucky Seven Sampson
9. Blossom Dearie - Figure Eight
10. Grady Tate - Naughty Number Nine
11. Bob Dorough - The Good Eleven
12. Bob Dorough - Little Twelvetoes

Image jacked from Soul Strut - original LP cover. Two tracks, "My Hero, Zero" and "Three Is A Magic Number" had been edited for TV to keep each video within three minutes. The LP featured both songs in their full, unedited forms. The LP version of "The Four-Legged Zoo" has a slightly different ending than the television version.