Let’s Work Together by Wilbert Harrison
Timeless hippy stomp dug up on a beautiful Sue Records Inc. reissue with an even nicer label than the original! “Working together” (Ike & Tina Turner in 1971) or “coming together” (Beatles in 1969) or “sticking together” (Brian Ferry in 1976) was very important theme of the early 70s hippy movement and, for me, epitomises...
Shake Your Hips by Slim Harpo
What an infectiously sly rythm he has going on that guitar, underpinned by some really sleazy, but sweetly and honestly sung vocals, aided by Harmonica and some Spoons: That’s the way i like it! A beautiful example of Jump Blues: infectious! The Stones thought so too, and they covered this, as they did with countless...
Skylarking by Horace Andy
The man, the voice – the living legend that is Horace Andy here on one of his most infamous and rare outings: Skylarking on Bongo Man! This rare label is of course a Studio One imprint and ,contrary to other claims or credits, would have been a production of Clement “CoxSone” Dodd This 45 was...
A Glorious Dawn by Carl Sagan ft. Stephen Hawking
Welcome to the future and welcome in 2012! I guess it’s just in time for the Glorious Dawn of our Space Issue, that i dug deep and came up with the most fitting 45 on this anti-matter … First of all though: here is my own feeble attempt at “photoshopping” a “spacey” little picture to...
Funky Drummer by James Brown
Here is the Original Extended Unedited Studio Cut, as released on the “In The Jungle Groove” Lp at the beginning of the nineties to satisfy the hip-hop generations huge demand or material by the Soul Brother No. 1: Unfortunately the Original Single Edit is withheld from view due to copyright restrictions on Youtube. Pay close...
“Santa’s Rap” by The Treacherous Three
Christmas never goes by unnoticed and neither do Atlantic promo 45′s – and this one 7-89593 from 1984 by Legendary Rap trio The Treacherous Three coupled with a 1976 release by Luther Vandross entitled “Christmas Time” certainly caught my eye. The A-Side features the quirky “Santa’s Rap” unfortunately without the revolutionary Beatboxing by Doug E....
“I Wanna Know” by Sylvia & Bobby!
This weeks dig is a truly beautiful duet cover version of the Sugarpie Desanto hit from 1961. “I wanna know” performed here by the late Svlvia Robinson & Bobby “Sunny” Hebb from 1962. This should be classed as an answer record as it goes into a lot more detail on the subject of “what” is...
Mary Don’t Take Me On No Bad Trip by Fugi
This weeks dig will be more of an obituary to my copy of “Mary” by Fugi. The backing band here is Black Merda, who also supported Edwin Starr under the guise of The Soul Agents, who were joined here by Ellington “Fugi” Jordan on vocals and, IMO, scored theyre most memorable hit with this weeks...
Rhythms And Dances Of The People Of Jugoslavia – Calig 17701
Rhythem Und Tänze Der Völker – Jugoslawische Tänze is the Original title of this German Vinyl Ep: Calig 17701 This week’s Dig is like a documentary recording. This was produced in order to preserve the music of ancient Jugoslavia and is part of a series of recordings documenting the music and dances of the Balkans...
Lerchengesang by Noucha Doina Mit Bela Sanders Orchester
The immitated Chant of the Lark ,or “Lerchengesang” in German, is a traditional romanian improvisational theme which any gifted musician will call their own as it leaves plenty of room for interpretation. This track performed by a lady named Noucha Doina seems to have been -or still is- an absolute virtuoso on violin and carries...
Balkanton 5571
This Week i dug up a little Balkan Gem EP on the former Bulgarian state-owned Balkanton Label. As i think of a hurricane when somebody mentions the word cirrylic > in other words I simply don’t have a clue about what is written on this label… apart from the labels name and the release number:...
A Message To You Rudy by Dandy
Dandy aka Robert Linval Thompson has been a very important in the development of reggae as we know it today, having started his musical career learning in the same Alpha Boys School in Kingston,Ja. Bob Marley and Peter Tosh attended. Performing on numerous UK releases on Blue Beat and Ska Beat etc. since 1965 and ...
