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Robo Arigo Sexy Thing Nigerian funk from 1982. Check out Comb and Razor – a cool music site which has done posts on this and other rare grooves.
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(48 votes, average: 3.44 out of 5) Loading ...Happy Birthday Brothers Ray and Trane!
In honor of Ray’s 80th Birthday and John Coltrane’s 84th Birthday on September 23rd!
Ray Charles At Newport Atlantic Records. Newport, Rhode Island, July, 1958 — The Newport Jazz Festival was Ray’s initiation into the jazz circuit. Even though he was slated to play on the Festival’s first “Blues Night,†the concert was recorded “live†on July 8, 1958. The young boppers flocked to Ray who started out the set with jazz, moved onto his R&B hits and closed with the rockin’ “I’ve Got A Woman.†Many felt that Ray’s Newport appearance helped move jazz towards a “back to roots†movement. At the end of 1958, Downbeat Magazine named Ray Charles their “Best Male Star – New Singerâ€.
Ray Charles – keyboards, vocals, alto saxophone; Marcus Belgrave – trumpet; Lee Harper – trumpet; David Newman – tenor saxophone; Bennie (Hank) Crawford – baritone saxophone; Edgar Wills – bass; Richie Goldberg – drums; Marjorie Hendricks – vocals; The Raelettes – vocal group
(Night Time Is) The Right Time; In A Little Spanish Town; I’ve Got A Woman; Blues Waltz; Hot Rod (The Spirit – Feel); Talkin’ ‘Bout You; Sherry; A Fool For You
“New Thing at Newport” Impulse Records (1965) John Coltrane at the Newport Jazz Festival. The title, “New Thing at Newport” refers to the avante garde style of jazz Coltrane and Shepp unleash throughout their sets. The first two tracks “One Down, One Up” and “My Favorite Things” features Coltrane’s “classic” quartet of McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums, and Jimmy Garrison on bass. The second section features Archie Shepp, who managed to do something few tenors of the era did, develop his own sound outside of Coltrane’s influence. The group Shepp fronts consists of the distinctive vibeist, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers on drums, and Barre Phillips on bass.
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Enoch Light Orchestra Presents “Spaced Out” “Exploratory Trips Through the Music of Bach, Bacharach, The Beatles Integrating the Moog, The Guitar Scene, Electric Harpsichord, French Horns, Etc.” EMI / Columbia UK
The Ted Heath Orchestra Plays Beatles, Bach & Bacharach Phase 4 Stereo Decca Records Why the same three “B”s?!
Ron Goodman and His Orchestra ….Play Burt Bacharach EMI/Columbia UK
Lennon & McCartney GO LATIN with Tony Osborne
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The Temptations “I Wish It Would Rain”/”I Truly, Truly Believe” Tamla/Motown The last of the classic lineup of David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams (1968) Produced by Norman Whitfield Check out this performance clip with David Ruffin upfront. Bass Melvin steps up to the mic on this single’s B-Side “I Truly, Truly Believe”
(38 votes, average: 3.18 out of 5) Loading ...Q: John Turturro played whom in the Big Lebowski?
Evangelist Lottie Adams “Jesus is the Answer” This looks almost like a rockabilly record. It’s not.
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Bob Dylan “Oh Mercy” Columbia Records (1989) Produced by Daniel Lanois Street Art by Trotsky; Album Design by Christopher Austopchuk; Type Design by Mark Burdett; Photo: Suzie-Q
Bob Dylan — Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Daniel Lanois — Dobro
Malcolm Burn — Tambourine
Tony Hall — Bass
Willie Green — Drums
Brian Stoltz — Guitar
Daryl Johnson — Percussion
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“I’d Rather Be Blind (In My Eyes Than In My Soul)” Benny Dean Erin Records
(50 votes, average: 2.54 out of 5) Loading ...Geno Washington vs. Gino Washington
Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band PYE Records UK (1966) Here’s one by the OTHER Gino Washington that’s not on this 45 … but I really like it:
(41 votes, average: 2.71 out of 5) Loading ...Walk like a man
“The Next Step….” by Darrell Bledsoe RAINBOW RECORDS “…is it directed toward an eternal life with God the Father in Paradise; or is your soul bound for endless torment in the firey depths of hell? This is the Searching question for which these songs of the times are directed.”
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“I Am An Ex-Convict From A Florida Chain Gang” All songs written and sung by Floyd McClellan Sagitario Records (1978) Side One: Title track and “Last Train to the Gallows” Side Two: “Toll Bridge of My Heart”, “Moon Intrigue”, “Highway of Loneliness”, “If I Owned the World”, “Truckdriver’s Prayer”, “Rebel Superstar”, “Ironworker” and “I just Closed the Door on Love”
From the Liner Notes:
“This record album tells the true story of my prison life in the Florida State Penitentiary in the late ’40’s. Convicted for the crime of armed robbery, I was sentenced to serve seven years in a Florida Chain Gang. The songs that you will hear in this album are some that I wrote while I was in prison. They portray the brutalities and atrocities that I endured during that time.
I was born in the state of Florida and was in the United States Army and the U.S. Merchant Marines during World War II. At this time I am married to a lovely woman, Carol, and have a three year-old son David.”
– Thank you, Floyd McClellan (Ex-convict)
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