Thursday, November 8, 2012

michael - gotta make my heart turn away

"Can't get enough of this 1967 track out of Corpus Christi, Texas."

the victorians - c'mon dream (1964)

this sweet track comes courtesy of blacflag, who is known throughout the land of youtube vinyl for putting together rare songs and clips from old movies into tasty little youtube morsels

here's a bit of info about the band -- yet another "one single wonder"!

Thursday, October 18, 2012

lost women

1. susan lim & the crescendos - silver threads & golden needles
2. little frankie - i'm not gonna do it
3. yvonne carroll - please don't go
4. christie - make me belong to you
5. wendy rene - what will tomorrow bring?
6. doris duke - ghost of myself
7. little janice - i am a soul
8. tammi terrell - my heart
9. gribouille - j'rai danser quand meme
10. patsy cline - crazy
11. timi yuro - hurt
12. linda van dyck - unlock my door
13. the feminine complex - the warmth of your smile
14. cass elliot - good times are coming
15. broadcast - papercuts
16. linda perhacs - chimacum rain (demo)
17. sibylle baier - remember the day
18. molly drake - try to remember
19. connie converse - man in the sky
20. two gospel keys - if i never see you anymore
~1 hour, DL here

cover photo is of patsy cline -- some info about these tracks below --

1. susan lim & the crescendos was a popular singaporean pop band in the 1960s. in 1966, at the height of their popularity, the band decided to take a break from recording while susan pursued studies in political science and sociology at the university of singapore.
in 1970, susan lim was 22 years old and engaged to be married to john chan york lee. after completing her final university examinations, susan went on a holiday to malaysia with her fiance and some friends and relatives. on february 8, 1970, while at a beach in kemaman, trengganu, she was swept away by strong waves despite attempts by her fiance to hold on to her. the body of lau kheng khuang, another member of the party killed in the accident, was recovered, but susan’s body was never found. shortly after the accident, the national university of singapore awarded susan lim a bachelor of arts honours degree in absentia. http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1155_2010-06-10.html

5. wendy rene recorded a handful of songs at a young age, then retired from music and retreated from the public eye around the age of 20. other music nerds have noted that her voice is "remarkably mature" for her age; i just think it's good, period. i've often wondered what happened to her after she retired.

6. doris duke had a tremendously unsuccessful recording career; especially hard on her as she went through a handful of divorces and tried to raise her kids alone + with very little money. the re-release of her 1969 album "i'm a loser" in 2005 brought her to the attention of a handful of people, but despite the beauty and sorrow in her voice, she's still not very recognized.

8. tammi terrell...

9. gribouille...

10. patsy cline...

11. timi yuro was a powerful pop singer of the early 1960s. her career declined in the late 1960s; so she settled down and became a housewife. she attempted a comeback in the 1980s, which was abruptly cut short when she developed throat cancer and her larynx was removed. "hurt" was her biggest single, and with good reason.

14. cass elliot...

15. trish keenan, lead singer of broadcast...this song off their 2000 debut album always struck a chord with me

16. linda perhacs recorded one album in 1970 and no one listened to it until very recently. the songs on this album, parallelograms, are beautifully written; this one especially (album version here)

17. sibylle baier -- almost the same story as linda perhacs -- an actress who recorded songs in the 1970s, and they only saw the light of day in 2006

18. molly drake was nick drake's mother. she played the piano at home and wrote small songs in her spare time. never recorded any songs professionally, but "family tree" collected some of her home recordings along with some unreleased songs of nick's. i love the image of a dedicated housewife running her fingers over the keys softly on weekend afternoons, while everyone else is napping.

19. connie converse made some home recordings in the 1950s through 60s, then disappeared completely in 1974. no one knows what happened to her. (luckily, there appears to be some kind of indie documentary in the works). download her album, it's great.

20. recorded july 1948, in new york city. the two gospel keys were two women, emma daniels and mother sally jones. their song "i don't feel at home in this world anymore" is the title track of this great compilation.


the other artists -- it's just really hard to find any information about them; most of them recorded a few songs or EPs then just seem to have disappeared.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

the adorables & ercel jones


the adorables - baby come and get it (1963)


ercel jones - that's my man

a quick search reveals almost NO information about either of these!! would love to know more about these singers and if they did anything else. both were uploaded by cadlagh1, a northern soul guy who collects + uploads a lot of old rare r&b vinyl.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Mavi Işıklar - Helvacı (1965)



i've featured this turkish band in a mixtape before! the haunting "iyi dusun tasin," which i only today found out was a cover of a song called "for your information" from a lebanese band, the sea-ders*. here's a few other amazing songs by the sea-ders. great guitar work.



anyway, this post is also about mavi işıklar**, because that video is cute.

*later changed to "the cedars" to avoid confusion
**roughly translates to "blue lanterns"

the luv'd ones


i'm leaving you


stand tall

here's a GREAT weird song that cannot be embedded!

here's more info about them!

bonnie st claire

a fun song + a melodrama ballad


tame me tiger (1967)


i won't stand between them (1970)

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

monguito santamaria - groovetime



ヽ(○´∀`)ノ♪

rita chao & the quests - koo ching hua



rita chao did a lot of go-go fun music, which really makes this one stand out

pancy lau! 1970s hong kong sensation


 劉鳳屏-水長流 ("flows")


經典金曲 - 快回頭望一望 197x (劉鳳屏) ("quick look at this room"?)


劉鳳屏 - 願花常好月常圓 1974 ("chang yuan is willing to spend often"?)
(love the xylophone)

very peppy and bright, like a morning bird

Friday, September 21, 2012

getting ready for a party


1. katie kissoon - you're the one
2. cyber people - polaris (club version)
3. kano - i'm ready
4. phoenix - if i ever feel better
5. azealia banks - p-u-s-s-y (ft. 77klash)
6. big freedia - feelin myself
7. rihanna - only girl (irresistible jersey remix)
8. nightcrawlers - push the feeling on (2003 mix)
9. miguel - adorn
10. howard johnson - so fine
11. cherrelle - saturday love ft. alexander o'neal
12. scotch - take me up
13. vicky d - this beat is mine
14. teka munike - revolution ft. rubygold
15. shakira - she wolf
16. gloria gaynor - never can say goodbye
17. alicia bridges - i love the nightlife
18. cheryl lynn - shake it up tonight
19. baccara - yes sir i can boogie
20. stephanie mills - never knew love like this before
~1.3 hrs - DL here

this mix is as relentless as the first dance mix that i made. it's almost painful!! nonstop dance, disco, 80s funk

album art: alicia bridges at a party; i googled a few of the artists and she was the only one i could find in a party setting. hardly a justification, as i am a mega-fan of her single. have you seen her performing it?



luv u alicia bridges

L'AMOUR - Let's Make Love Tonight



 broccoli babes heh heh

theo vaness - no romance, keep on dancing (1979)



 this dude made a lot of secret gay anthems for disco dancefloors

delroy wilson - i want to love you (1968)

Friday, September 14, 2012

lavender hour --> the clique



lavender hour was a tiny 60s garage project that recorded a few songs in 1967 before disbanding and reuinting as the clique. here's a couple of songs from the clique, who i spent a lot of today learning about:


splash 1


superman


sparkle n shine

it seems like there was a core group of guys that just morphed constantly from 1966-1972 (the last group was brandy). and i'm sure these guys kept playing and morphing into other things...i really like the "where are you guys now?" tidbit in this interview. and the picture of 11 of the rotating members all in one pic, all in their 60s-70s and doing other things!!

ANYWAY that first song is SUCH HEAVY FUZZ i love it and think it really ties in with the song "justine" that i posted earlier vvv

the rangers - justine (1964)



JAM!!

oscar and the majestics - got to have your lovin (1967)



JAM!

Monday, August 27, 2012

the smoke - high in a room + waterfall





the band name and these song titles make it almost impossible to search for any info on them -- it's just pages and pages of weed message boards. but i have it on authority that they are a 60s garage pop band, that waterfall is a '67 b-side, and also that the drummer's son listens to them on youtube and gives shout-outs to his dad and his dad's old friends

della reese - someday (you'll want me to want you) (1960)

syd tha kid - flashlight

Friday, August 17, 2012

rope chain spiller kidz - do it like me



uploaded feb 12 2010? only 3000 views???? i don't understand...

dominique young unique - going in hard (french fries remix)

dan deacon - true thrush



"'True Thrush' is from Dan Deacon's new album, America, out August 28...

The video co-directed by Ben O'Brien and Dan Deacon is based on a drawing game popular in the Baltimore art collective Wham City, which is in turn based on the game 'telephone.'

For the video, Dan and Ben filmed a simple 13-second scene. That scene was then shown to the next team. After seeing the video that team had 1 hour to recreate it -- characters, props, set, costumes, and actions -- as close to exactly as possible from only their memory."

:')

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

alicia bridges - i love the nightlife

mary mccreary - soothe me (1974)



"WOW. Lost classic. What a cool groove! Mary McCreary Russell Rand, as she is known. Former back up vocalist for Sly And The Family Stone. Former wife and musical partner of Leon Russell (their pair of albums together have been reissued on Wounded Bird), mother of Teddy and Tina Rose; excellent singer/songwriter!"

that voice!

Friday, August 10, 2012

extra classic - give me your love


"Give Me Your Love" by Extra Classic - Nopal Records - (MANI-032) from PrescribedVinyl on Vimeo.

can you believe this was recorded in 2011?

i dislike a lot of throwback stuff, but my bf's older brother can dig out some good ones

Thursday, August 9, 2012

shirley kent - hearts and flowers (1970)

the walker brothers/scott walker - orpheus



"Scott wrote this song in 1967, at age 24, for the Walker Brothers' "Images". With such a clear departure from the band's pop material, it's no wonder that a few months later he would leave the group and release his debut album."

baby x__x ~~♥

the floaters - float on (1977)



fiiiirme classic

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Monday, August 6, 2012

todd rundgren - hello it's me (1973)



"Todd once said in an interview that his hair is colored the way it is because he wanted to replicate the way his hair looked under multicolored stage lights when he played live... He wanted it to look that way when he went anyplace around town in NORMAL light, so he put several different color dyes in his hair. Very creative."

Friday, July 6, 2012

cerrone - love in c minor (1976)



WOW this takes me back!! i played this one on my college radio show a few times. it can't take me back to 1976, because i wasn't alive then, but it certainly takes me back to 2008 8)

just jammed out to this while cutting up vegetables and throwing them in a pot. it set the perfect ambiance

Friday, June 29, 2012

holysoul

holy soul's top 100 soul songs

this tumblr is fantastic, and a regular source of inspiration and tunes. they've compiled a pretty good definitive list of soul songs, with a wide range of years & artists. i was toying with the idea of making a definitive soul mix, but that's hella presumptuous of me! i'm glad holy soul has this list out there instead. each title is a link to a youtube or tumblr post where you can listen to the songs...so get to it!

Thursday, June 28, 2012

FIRME SUMMER - GOLD CADILLAC EDITION


1. cali life style - lost
2. lala ft. mr. capon-e - summertime anthem
3. zapp & roger - be alright
4. black moon - i got cha open
5. salt - hung up
6. roadway - let's go for it
7. master p - ice cream man
8. cameo - candy
9. proper dos - something to bump
10. parliament - flashlight
11. jae-p - perdoname ama
12. bloodstone - natural high
13. ms. sancha - try me
14. ciara - ride (remix) (ft. andre 3000, ludacris, bei major)
15. lil rob - ooh baby baby
16. akwid - pobre compa
17. jean p - de sol (ft iz)
18. malo - pana
19. joe bataan - es tu cosa
1.3 hrs, >>DL here<<

this...is heavy...on the firme...so heavy...can't...move...

latina rappers, older y mas nuevo tambien


arianna puello - "las cosas son como son"


mala rodriguez - "tengo un trato"


indee styla - "un punto de luz"

Friday, June 22, 2012

neneh cherry & the thing - accordian



madvillain/mf doom cover off her new album "the cherry thing"

see also: dream baby dream, which also builds up in an odd and delicious way

i'm pressed for money, but this is one of those albums that would be great to buy. for physical comfort + supporting the artist...give neneh your money !!

Friday, June 8, 2012

proof of the puddin' - color wheel (1966)



i was struck when i found this tune nestled among the usual 60s sunshine pop with beach boys vocals. it sounds like stephen sondheim had a garage-psych band!

but they're just a group of kids from indiana that got a chance to record one single in 1966. this is the flipside of it (side A is here and pretty fun)

r. stevie moore is a fan, and he's put up a little page for the band on his website. if you search for this band you'll also find a note of appreciation from the bandleader's wife, saying that she can't believe that people born after 1967 can listen to this and enjoy it. i love stuff like that. the idea of ordinary people getting together, working on a project, producing something beautiful and fleeting, then raising families while working on their talents on the side; there's nothing greater

Friday, June 1, 2012

june jams



1. the jesus and mary chain - happy place
2. skywave - got that feeling
3. x - the world's a mess, it's in my kiss
4. felt - sunlight bathed the golden glow
5. the sunrays - i look, baby, i can't see
6. the mike sammes singers - youth: just like swingles*
7. daedelus - fair weather friends
8. young gunz ft. juelz santana - $$$ girlz
9. elle varner - refill
10. grass widow - milo minute
11. the tempters - kamisama onegai
12. the nevegans - surfbound
13. the royaltones - flamingo express
14. ike & tina turner - anything you wasn't born with
15. hep stars - cadillac
16. wanda jackson - tongue tied
17. ken lazarus - tonight
18. major lazer ft. amber coffman - get free (bonde do role remix)
19. kylie minogue - can't beat the feeling
20. b.w.h. - stop
21. dazz band - let it whip

~1 hr, DL >>here<<

there's a little bit of something for everybody in this one

photo credit: i took the pic last summer ( ̄ー ̄)

*this comes from this bizarre little compilation called "music for biscuits." i found it at amoeba records a couple of years ago and it's worth the bucks

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

the spirits - almost there



i love love simple build-ups like childhood chants

this one's way more simple, but along the same lines:


pb & the staunchmen - "mean willie"

both tracks from "garage punk unknowns volume 8" by way of itsthemoj, one of my youtube garage vinyl detectors

ROB - your kiss stole me away



a song like honey from a very rare ghanaian afrobeat/funk record

Friday, April 27, 2012

little richard - i don't know what you've got, but it's got me (1965)



"the Hendrix bio 'Becoming Jimi Hendrix' says Jimi played the opening lick, Don Covay sang the backup, and Billy Preston played the organ"

awesome !!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

horace silver - gregory is here



"A great song from Horace Silver's 1972 album 'In Pursuit of the 27th Man.' Silver wrote this tune after the birth of his first son."

this is my favorite kind of jazz, swinging 60s and early 70s jazz sets

been listening to horace silver today after i heard this on the radio this morning:

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Friday, March 23, 2012

rockabilly/country girls of the 1950s

margie rayburn - oooooh what a doll (1958)

(i get such a kick out of arpeggios)

margie rayburn - "freight train" (1957)


bonnie guitar "love is over, love is done" (1958)


patty prater "no substitute for love"

can't find any info for this song or artist, but i like it a lot

Friday, March 16, 2012

firme tracks vol 5

1. empresarios - cumbia salvaje
2. al castana & the precisions - i need and love
3. don julian & the larks - te amo
4. kase-o - boogaloo (aka tarantula)
5. souls of mischief - from '93 til infinity
6. cortex - i heard a sigh
7. big lu & los muchachos - foolish things
8. rocky gil & the bishops - me & you
9. glen miller - where is the love
10. cuarto poder - 8 grados
11. warren g - this d.j.
12. brown pride riders - cruisin remix
13. rosie & ron - bring me happiness
14. lloyd price - just because
15. pepe hernandez - having fun
16. sunny ozuna - runaway
17. brothers seven - evil ways
18. the brilliants - what you gonna do
19. nine - whutcha want?
20. lowrell - mellow mellow right on

1 hr (as always!), >>DL here<<
(once again, some of these songs have dead air for a few seconds at the beginning...this can be fixed in itunes options for individual songs ("start time") and/or you can add some crossover fade in itunes preferences. or however you wanna deal with it in your audio program of choice)

i picked a cactus for the cover because it's march and that means st. patrick's day and the onset of spring -- green things abound! cactus is one of my favorite plants, and i think it's pretty firme. tough on the outside, soft inside...and they grow flowers too...como la masculinidad !

Monday, March 5, 2012

will it go round in circles

a jangly piano, tambourine and brass driven mix:
1. sons of moses - soul symphony
2. nina simone - my sweet lord
3. joe cocker - the letter
4. wendell stuart & the downbeaters - my world is empty without you
5. carla thomas - it ain't no easy thing
6. jean dushon - plaything
7. artrud gilberto - stay
8. francois de rubiaux - dernier domicile connu
9. the monkees - valleri
10. billy preston - will it go round in circles
11. banny price - you love me pretty baby
12. ike & tina turner - flee flee fla
13. ray charles - what'd i say
14. the kickin mustangs - kickin
15. marsha gee - baby i need you
16. the crystals - i got a man
17. the undisputed truth - smiling faces sometimes
18. jae mason - lady jane
19. irma thomas - time is on my side
20. west coast revival - feelin alright

1 hour, >>DL here<<

this mix is relentless. it slows down sometimes into bossa nova or moody 50s r&b, but that's only to give it an uphill momentum to come swinging back down again

of all the mixes i've done, this one might have my favorite three opening songs + three closing songs!

[some of these tracks have some dead air for a few seconds at their beginnings or end, so if you want a smooth playback, try going to your itunes > preferences > playback and adding some crossfade (if you're picky like i am)]

cover: billy preston surrounded by organs!!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

beautiful baby nilsson



rare clip of a tv performance of "don't leave me"

edit: clip is no longer available :( here's the album version of the song:

Monday, January 30, 2012

the gants

"60s frat group from mississippi"


crackin up


i want your lovin


six days in may


smoke ring

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

winterlong

we need to push through the winter! we need to lean on each other!



1. the escorts - look over your shoulder
2. the angels - i adore him
3. flowers - confessions
4. alibabki - to ziemia
5. gribouille - a courte paille
6. broadcast - long was the year
7. young tigers - i have nothing
8. kleenex/liliput - madness
9. julia holter - goddess eyes
10. mikal cronin - give it to me (troggs cover)
11. junior parker - tomorrow never knows
12. pool-bah - laughter and pain
13. silver apples - i have known love
14. shuggie otis - aht uh mi hed
15. george harrison - if not for you
16. gloria lynne - you don't have to be a tower of strength
17. letta mbulu and the honeybees - umaradebe
18. neil young - winterlong
19. the clean - anything can happen

1 hour, >>DL here<<

a nice little collection, like a candle

[source for pup]

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

the electric prunes - holy are you



wowowow

found this on the youtube playlist i posted yesterday

Letta Mbulu - What's Wrong With Groovin'



this is exactly the kind of song i would sing when no one was home and i had the house’s big ceiling and echoey acoustics all to myself

ahhh so weird that a song i’ve never heard before can bring home that feeling of being a 14-year-old high-femme diva trapped inside an awkward tomboy