Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969) (@256)

Isaac Hayes is simply among the major contributors in the development of soul music. C0-composer of colossal songs for Stax, responsible for one of the best blaxploitation soundtracks and for... Hot Buttered Soul, the album that as Jason Birchmeier notes in allmusic "transformed Hayes into a lifelong icon".

album review link (allmusic): here

download link: here (link removed)

P.S. For those interested there is also an older post that compiles some of the songs from the Stax label.

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1958) (@256)

This is the first lp release of the man who not only was a cornerstone of the rock'n'roll era, but also had an absolutely dominant guitar playing style that can still be heard in recent releases. Bo Diddley passed away at the beginning of last June. RIP

album review link (allmusic): here

download link: here (mirrorcreator) and here (rapidshare)

Re-up

All uploads here, are @256, with the sole exception of Zounds' "The Curse of Zounds" which was significantly inferior. Well, not any more...
original post (for artwork, info, links etc.)
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Various Artists - Tibetan Freedom Concert (1997) (@256)

This one comes as a gift to the Chinese governors for their fantastic work for the opening day of the Olympics. Unfortunately, it is only to the governors that I can send a message through this blog, since its access is banned for the vast majority of the Chinese citizens.

Tracklisting:
part1:
New York City, June 7, 1997
A01-Monks - Opening Prayers
A02-Ben Harper - Ground On Down
A03-Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Blues Explosion Man
A04-Yungchen Lhamo - Om Mani Padme Hung
A05-Patti Smith - About A Boy
A06-Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
A07-A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God
A08-U2 - One
A09-Noel Gallagher - Cast No Shadow
A10-Sonic Youth - Wildflower
A11-Porno For Pyros - Meija
A12-Nawang Kheehog - The Celebration
A13-Foo Fighters - This Is A Call
A14-KRS-1 - The Bridge I Over... Black Cop... South Bronx Medley
A15-Biz Markie - Star Spangled Banner... Nobody Beats The Biz
A16-Monks - Closing Prayers

part2:
New York City, June 8, 1997
B01-Monks - Opening Prayers
B02-Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready - Yellow Ledbetter
B03-Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Noise Brigade
B04-Pavement - Type Slowly
B05-Dadon - Gyi Ma Gyi
B06-Lee Perry feat. Mad Professor & Robotiks Band - Heads Of Government
B07-Taj Mahal and The Phantom Blues Band - She Caught The Katy
B08-Blur - Beetlebum
B09-Michael Stipe & Mike Mills - Electrolite
B10-Chaksam-pa - Ajo Sotop
B11-Alanis Morissette - Wake Up
B12-Bjork - Hyper-Ballad
B13-Rancid - The Harder They Come
B14-Beastie Boys - Root Down
B15-Monks - Closing Prayers
San Francisco, June 15 & 16, 1996
C01-Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake
C02-Beck - Asshole
C03-De La Soul - Me, Myself & I
C04-Fugees - Fu Gee La
C05-Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade

Here is some info about the Tibet Independence Movement. Check also this older post, to find out the secret meaning of the 2008 Olympics logo, as well as this very informative site.

download links: part 1, part 2

OST - Batman Original Television Soundtrack (1966) (@256)

There are some light years distance between the current dark version of Batman and the somehow cartoonistic (if not ridiculous in case someone wants to be nastier) tv series of the 60's, with Adam West in the main role. Nevertheless, the television soundtrack offers more-than-decent scoring by Nelson Riddle with adaptations of Neal Hefti's 'Batman Theme'. The extended dialogues of the tv characters which are also included add a camp (but at the same time nostalgic) note to the whole project.

download link: here

Various - Sub Pop 100 (1986) (@256)

Now, there is not much to add in my posts from early this year where we celebrated 20 years from the first non-compilation Sub Pop release. Here you can find a Sub Pop compilation where the old as well as the new generation of the company's groups are represented, while here is the company's first non-compilation release.
Mojo's latest issue (n. 177), apart of a (superb) Sub pop article, gives as a premium the compilation 'Sub Pop 300', continuing the company's series of Sub Pop 100 and Sub Pop 200.
Sub Pop 100, which is uploaded here was the first vinyl release of Sub Pop, after nine issues as a fanzine, where six of the volumes where magazines and three where cassettes (the fifth, seventh, and ninth issues).
To dig deeper, apart from Mojo, there are also the relevant articles Sub Pop 20 from Seattle Weekly and Sub Pop turns 20 from Guardian.

Tracklisting:
A1-Steve Albini - Spoken Word Intro Thing
A2-Scratch Acid - Greatest Gift
A3-Wipers - Nothin' To Prove (live)
A4-Sonic Youth - Kill Yr.Idols
A5-Naked Raygun - Bananacuda
A6-U-Men - Gila
A7-Dangerous Birds - Smile On Your Face
B1-Skinny Puppy - Church In Hell
B2-Steve Fisk - Go At Full Throttle
B3-Lupe Diaz - Itsbeena
B4-Boy Dirt Car - Impact Test
B5-Savage Republic - Real Men
B6-Shonen Knife - One Day Of The Factory
B7-Barry White ending (endless!!!)

download link: here

P.S.1 What is still not clear to me is in what sense July 1988 is Sub Pop's birthday, when their first release had been back in 1986.
P.S.2 Fleet Foxes is the latest treasure of Sub Pop; their s/t album is already a landmark for 2008. A relevant upload is on the way.

Buddy Miles - The Best of Buddy Miles (@256)

Another great loss, criminally neglected by this blog (up to now). Buddy Miles was one of the best drummers of the late 60's-early 70's era. Although he is best known as a member of the Electric Flag, for the collaboration with Carlos Santana and most notably as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, the work with his group Buddy Miles Express as well as his solo albums should not be overlooked.
The current upload is a retrospective (with the front and back cover reminiscent of his best solo work "Them Changes" and of "A Message To The People" lp respectively) of all three albums he released with the Buddy Miles Express and of the first three (two studio and one live) albums as solo artist. The music is a mixture of funk, Stax soul and psychedelia, with his awesome drumming in the frontline.

Independent's obituary: here

album review link: here

download link: here

P.S. Along with Klaus Dinger (see the related upload here) we count two seminal drummers that left us this year. An appropriate compilation for the (usually) men (usually) at the second row of the stage is on the way.