This is the last post for Alex Chilton. As with the Gories, he was the man behind the console and obviously a key person in this historical album.
review link: here
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PS For those that found this post interesting there is also an older post with a Cramps bootleg.
This is an album that surely paved the way to the whole infamous Detroit scene of the 00's that is brilliantly captured, (among many others of course) in the compilation Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit, posted earlier in this blog. But, apart from the group members, it's for sure that Alex Chilton (as the producer) played a vital role to the creation of this primitive garage dynamite.
An interesting trivia, is that since the Gories included in their album a cover of the Suicide's "Ghostrider", the connection between the previous and this post is Alan Vega as well.
review link: here
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This is the second post dedicated to Alex Chilton; here he is one third of an all-star line up.
review link: here
download link: here (studio) and here (live) (mirrorcreator) or
here (rapidhsare)
It's been some time since my latest post, but some occupational obligations kept me away from blogging. Now, I'm back for good with a home-made compilation of Big Star, who, although they never achieved stardom, proved extremely influential for many indie artists, including R.E.M and the Replacements. The compilation is based on a concert that was orginised to pay tribute to Alex Chilton who passed away recently. The concert took place at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, on March, 20, three days after Chilton's death. It was originally scheduled as a reunion show for Big Star, but Chilton's tragic absence from the group's line-up led it to become a tribute show to his memory with the participation of artists such as M Ward, Mike Mills, Kurt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets), Evan Dando, Chuck Prophet and The Watson Twins, among others. The setlist of that night (minus the Chris Bell song "I Am The Cosmos") was followed to create this decent Big Star compilation.
Check also:
Spin's tribute to Alex Chilton
Guardian's obituary
Paul Westerberg's article in the New York Times for Alex Chilton
Alan McGee's article in Guardian for Alex Chilton
Tracklisting:
Back Of A Car (from Radio City, 1974)
Don’t Lie To Me (from #1 Record, 1972)
In The Street (from #1 Record, 1972)
When My Baby’s Beside Me (from #1 Record, 1972)
Big Black Car (from Third/Sister Lovers, 1978)
Way Out West (from Radio City, 1974)
Daisy Glaze (from Radio City, 1974)
Jesus Christ (from Third/Sister Lovers, 1978)
For You (from Third/Sister Lovers, 1978)
I’m In Love With A Girl (from Radio City, 1974)
Ballad of El Goodo (from #1 Record, 1972)
Thirteen (from #1 Record, 1972)
Feel (from #1 Record, 1972)
Thank You Friends (from Third/Sister Lovers, 1978)
Night Time (from Third/Sister Lovers, 1978)
Try Again (from #1 Record, 1972)
September Gurls (from Radio City, 1974)
Three more posts will be dedicated to Alex Chilton. Stay tuned.
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Teddy Pendergrass, a beloved figure of the Philly sound died at the age of 59. The upload (offered for the first time in this blog in the lossless format flac and in the best possible mp3 quality (320 kbps)) offers an enjoyable (for me at least) mix of songs with lavish instrumentation and the forceful, baritone, erotic but never explicit, equally gruff and silky voice of Pendergrass.
Tracklisting:
01-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - I Miss You
02-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now
03-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
04-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Where Are All My Friends
05-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Bad Luck
06-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
07-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody
08-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way
09-Teddy Pendergrass - I Don't Love You Anymore
10-Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door
11-Teddy Pendergrass - Love T.K.O
download link
mp3 320 kbps: here
flac: part1 here and part2 here
Today, we pay tribute to Kate McGarrigle who left us recently. Along with her sister Anna, they gave us a series of stunning melodies where their voices seemed to be coming from a chorus of angels.
Kate was the mother of Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright from her marriage to Loudon Wainwright III.
Read also the New York Times obituary
review link: here
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For those interested the sisters' first release has been one of the early posts of this blog and can be found here. Loudon's release of the same year was the subject of the consequent post and can be found here.
This upload is dedicated to Willie Mitchell, who passed away recently. His contribution to the evolvement of soul music, through a bunch of releases for Hi Records is enormous. By establishing a house band of extremely talented musicians, he managed to create a unique sound which is easily recognisable in his productions for Al Green, Ann Peebles and Syl Johnson, among others. "It’s the laziness of the rhythm. You hear those old lazy horns half a beat behind the music, and you think they’re gonna miss it, and all of a sudden, just so lazy, they come in and start to sway with it. It’s like kind of shucking you, putting you on." That's the way he beautifully defined it in Peter Guralnick’s book "Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom".
Read also the New York Times obituary
review link: here
download link: here (mirrorcreator) or here (rapidshare)
