Bunch of 45s, Volume 2

I've been working on digitizing my 45 collection, and it's been a wonderful opportunity for spontaneous curation. Here's a few gems from the last batch of recordings. 

Tracklist

Donnie Elbert - I Got to Get Myself Together

Ray Charles & His Band - Green Backs

Carter Bros. - Booze in a Bottle

Tony Clarke - Woman, Love a Man

Arthur Alexander - Black Knight

Hot Sauce - I'll Kill a Brick (About a Man)

Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can 

Funkadelic - Biological Speculation

Okieextremist Moondog - Reefer Blues

The Temptations - Cloud Nine

Paul Humphries & His Cool Chemists - Detroit

Aretha Franklin - Rocksteady

James Brown - I Got Ants in My Pants

Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff

Brick - Push Push

Tony Camillo's Bazooka - Dynomite

Rick James - Hollywood

Lonnie Liston Smith - Space Lady

Windy City - Spank

Man Parrish - Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)

DL. 

A Bunch of 45s: Volume One

After going without records for a month or two during the process of moving to a new apartment, once we got settled, I had a renewed interest in digitizing my 45 collection. Here's a few gems I uncovered in the process. 

Tracklist:

Shirley & Lee - Let the Good Times Roll

39-21-46 - The Showmen

Little Junior Parker - In the Dark 

Toussaint McCall - Shimmy

Kasandra - Don't Pat me the Back and Call Me Brother

Undisputed Truth - Mama, I Got a Brand New Thing

The Emotions - Boss Love Maker

Louis Curry - I'll Try Again Tomorrow

Charles Brown - Just a Blessing

Candi Staton - Never in Public

Peggy Scott & JoJo Benson - Soulshake

Ronnie Dove - Cry

Teardrops - You Won't Be There

The Peppers - Pepper Box

Giorgio Moroder - Paul's Theme (Jogging Chase)

Billy Cobham - Bolinas

Yambu - Sonny

John Williams - Close Encounters Theme (Disco Version)

John & Ernest - Superfly Meets Shaft

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"Crush"

Rush Midnight, produced by Twin Shadow. Some deft electro-pop-disco-fonk.

Les Sins

Les Sins is a new side project by Toro Y Moi, who I like not only because he makes cool music, but additionally is from South Carolina, and it's always nice to see cool shit from the durrty Souf succeed, particularly when it comes from an area other than Atlanta. (I don't say that because I'm mad at Atlanta. It's simply nice to see forward thinking artists from the South succeed who aren't from cities with an established music industry component. It means that artist had to work a little harder to get to where they are. But I digress...)
 The Toro Y Moi stuff I posted last year was sort of spacey, psychedelic electronic pop. Pretty low key overall, if I remember correctly. The Les Sins material is a totally different deal - filters and heavy disco influence are being worn on Les Sins creative sleeve. The effects give make it slightly reminiscent of Justice aesthetically, but the minimal looping horn and pulsing bass probably make it more appealing to dance DJs than the casual listener. The track is hot though, so if you're playing for any dance floors this season, definitely give this a play.
  Les Sins "Youth Gone" by carparkrecords

Amplifya screws disco

Amplifya sent a copy of his Disco Screw EP, and it's pretty awesome. Download a copy here.

From the artist:

i've been sitting on these for a while without doing more so i wanted to put out my favorite ones...theyre not quite "songs" but more than "beats"...i just like it too much to continue to let it sit around without anyone hearing it.

The album is consistent, featuring, as advertised cut up disco laced via sampler (or FL Studio) into some nice beats. It's no stretch to imagine a good emcee ripping over most of these. The screwed part of the title is a little misleading, since none of these cuts are technically run threw the DJ Screw method, but they are definitely chopped up into some hot beats.

This is one of my favorite tracks off the EP, "This is Something New"