I was given a disk called “Music De Wolf Vol 1.” the other day. It is fantastic. Basically, it is a collection of in house tunes recoded in the 1970’s for De Wolfe Sound Library in the 1970’s. The tracks are the kinds of tunes you hear in car-chase scenes, fights, and commercials. Funky beyond belief and just slightly generic and a little cheesy. Hard-Hitter, the 1st tune is a staple for Baltimore house DJ’s. Since damn near no one has heard this collection, or has access to it. I have made it available here as a rapidshare download. Enjoy.
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Get your 70’s Brit Groove on
Posted in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Music, Rock, Soul with tags Music De Wolfe Vol. 1 on November 27, 2008 by spragerNina Remixed
Posted in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Music, Soul with tags Nina Simone, Remixes, Verve on June 27, 2008 by spragerI have been working my way thorugh the various volumes of the Verve Remixed albums. The first of these albums was released in 2002, with follow ups in 2003, 2005 and this year. Each of these albums essentially works the same way. A bunch of old Verve material is provided to various DJ’s, remix masters, and electronic artists to do their best (or worst) with. Overall these albums are spotty, some tracks work great, others are simply horrid. However, I noticed two things while listening to these. The first is a surpringly high proportion of tracks based around Nina Simone, and the second is that the track that works best is one of these Nina tunes (Mike Mangini’s mix of “Gimme Some”), and in fact most of the Simone tracks work. So, to that end, I have collected those tracks here. I have also included an extra Nina Simone remix, the version of “Ain’t got no, I got life” from the Very Best of Nina Simone.
Walkin
Posted in "World", Country, Cover Songs, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Music, Reggae, Rock, Soul with tags Aretha Franklin, Bruce Sprinsgteen, Creedance Clearwater Revival, DIon Warwick, Grant Green, Jackie Mitoo, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, Rufus Thomas, Sister Rosetta Tharpe on May 13, 2008 by spragerSince I posted a collection of struttin songs, I thought I would follow up with Walkin’ tunes. So here is the “Walking Collection.” This is a large collection of songs featuring some variation of the word “Walk” in the title. It spans country, blues, rock, R&B, Soul, Jazz and Gospel…so basically everything. Included artists are Johnny Cash (obviously), Rufus Thomas, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Sprinsgteen, DIon Warwick, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Grant Green, Lou Reed (with and without the velvets), Jackie Mitoo and plenty more. Enjoy.
