Saturday, April 26, 2008

Record Blog Appreciation

In the last few months since I got my new computer, I have been lurking music blogs pretty much constantly and I am truly amazed at the amount of them dedicated to rare soul, jazz, rock and whatever else. Yes, I am way behind.

These people are doing high quality rips of records that are not cheap or easy to acquire, and posting them for anyone to take. Talk about generous! Some places are more adamant about leaving comments than others, and honestly, it never really occurred to me until one blog in particular made it very clear that it is only polite to at least say thanks. Put in that light, I've since made it part of my download process to pop in and say something, anything...but most times I'm genuinely thrilled to be getting what is being offered so it ain't no chore to say something nice.

Anyway, I was just marvelling at the wealth of music I've downloaded courtesy of these blogs and wanted to make a post to say:

Thank you! All your work is truly appreciated!

Friday, April 25, 2008

Spring Feva

I recorded this a few weeks ago after coming home with a pile of new records. Spring was definitely in the air and I think that really comes through in the selections. There's a couple supremely shitty mixes but I didn't want to re-do it so please excuse. I thought about not sharing because it turns out I don't really like one of the new acquisitions...but whatevs, it's 90% good. Hope ya dig.

Tracklist
Wings - Tomorrow
Booker T & The MG's - Chicken Pox
Otis Redding - Happy Song
Candi Staton - Heart On A String
Ann Peebles - Come To Mama
Bobby Womack - Woman's Got To Have It
Ayatolla - Lonely
Madlib - Steppin' In To Tomorrow
Jaylib - Starz
Toni Braxton - Let Me Show You The Way
Skillz - Off The Wall (inst)
Rebtuz - Merenda
Charles Wright & The 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Must Be Your Thing
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
The Dells - Hallways Of My Mind
Sandra King - Leave It Up To The Boys
Mar-Keys - After The Affair
William Bell & Mavis Staples - Strung Out
Aretha Franklin - A Change Is Gonna Come
Al Green - Have You Been Making Out Ok
Otis Gayle - I'll Be Around

Check it!