The Ruts - Demo's & Rehearsal (77 to 80)

Here's a small collection of demo's and a rehearsal from The Ruts that were all recorded some time between 1977 and 1980. I was just going to post the Stepping Bondage bootleg (tracks 1 to 14) but I thought I may as well post up some extra bits. The download isn't in the best quality but I reckon you've heard all the studio stuff already so why not post up something you may not have heard before.

DOWNLOAD THE RUTS DEMO'S

Here's the tracklisting (160kbps)...
Demos 1978
01) Stepping Bondage
02) Rich Bitch
03) Out Of Order
04) Lobotomy
05) Criminal Mind
06) You're Just A
07) In A Rut
08) Babylon's Burning

Demos 1979-1980
09) Last Exit
10) Society
11) I Ain't Sophisticated
12) Give Youth A Chance
13) West One
14) Jah War (Live)

Rehearsal (Bethnal Green, London 1978)
15) You're Just A
16) Backbiter
17) Society
18) H-Eyes
19) Fanatical Fascists

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Afro Beat/Funk Collection (GTA IV)

This is another compilation that I took from a radio station (IF99) on Grand Theft Auto IV. This one is a collection of afro-beat artists and once again this download is the full tracks rather than the actual game version. This has tracks from all the main 'afro-beat' artists including Manu Dibango, Fela Kuti & Femi Kuti and it's interspersed with some of the more 'standard' funk artists. Not all the tracks are classics but all in all it's an excellent compilation.

DOWNLOAD THE AFRO BEAT/FUNK COLLECTION

Here's the tracklisting (Minimum 256kbps)...
01) New Bell [Manu Dibango]
02) Zombie [Fela Kuti]
03) Who Is He And What Is He To You [Creative Source]
04) You Can't Hide Love [Hummingbird]
05) Just Kissed My Baby [The Meters]
06) Truth Don Die [Femi Kuti]
07) Galaxy [War]
08) Home is Where The Hatred Is [Gil Scott-Heron]
09) Give The People What They Want [The O'Jays]
10) Livin' It Up [Mandrill]
11) Sorrow, Tears & Blood [Fela Kuti]
12) A Chance for Peace [Lonnie Liston Smith]

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Jazz/Funk Fusion Collection (GTA IV)

Here's a collection of jazz fusion tracks. I actually got the track listing from a radio station on Grand Theft Auto IV (Fusion FM) but this has the complete tracks (with none of the Fusion FM adverts etc.). If you don't know the originals then you'll probably recognise them as they've been sampled by bands like Massive Attack & Dr Dre. I got track 8 from the GTA IV soundtrack but I've done some editing and removed the DJ talkover.

DOWNLOAD THE FUSION COLLECTION

Here's the tracklisting (Minimum 256kbps except 192 on track 8)...
01) Stratus [Billy Cobham]
02) Stomp [Marc Moulin]
03) Heavy Tune [Gong]
04) Holy Thursday [David Axelrod]
05) Knucklehead [Grover Washington Jr.]
06) Funk In The Hole [Roy Ayers]
07) Sneakin' In The Back [Tom Scott & The LA Express]
08) Pokusa [Aleksander Maliszewski] (GTA IV Edit)
09) The Edge [David McCallum]
10) Raisins [Ryo Kawasaki]

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Aswad - Live And Direct

Here is another live show, this time from reggae masters Aswad. This show was recorded in 1983 at the Notting Hill Carnival and is from when they were at their very best, well that's what I reckon anyway. Though saying that I did see them play live a couple of years ago and they were still great and played a lot of the old classics. So even though the weather this summer was a washout, grab this and get yourself a taste of sunshine.

DOWNLOAD ASWAD - LIVE AND DIRECT

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Not Guilty
02) Not Satisfied
03) Your Recipe
04) Roots Rocking
05) Drum & Bass Line
06) African Children
07) Soca Rumba
08) Rockers Medley
     i) Ease Up
     ii) Your Love' s Gotta Hold On Me
     iii) Revolution
     iv) Waterpumping
09) Love Fire

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The Cravats - In Toytown & Bonus Tracks [New Links]

This download is the In Toytown album by The Cravats that was released on Small Wonder Records in 1980. The Cravats were a post-punk band from Redditch near Birmingham, England & played kinda experimental rock. This is a surprisingly good album & I've even included a couple of unreleased tracks at the end of the download. The two bonus tracks were produced by Penny Rimbaud from Crass & I got them from the excellent Kill Your Pet Puppy site.

[14 SEPT 2012] NEW LINK
DOWNLOAD THE CRAVATS - IN TOYTOWN

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Still
02) In Your Eyes
03) Welcome
04) Pressure Sellers
05) One In A Thousand
06) X.M.P.
07) All Around The Corner
08) Ceasing To Be
09) Gordon
10) Live For Now
11) Tears On My Machine
12) The Hole
13) All On Standby
14) Tripex Zone

BONUS TRACKS (128kbps)
15) Dregs (Penny Rimbaud Original Mix)
16) You Are Driving Me (Penny Rimbaud Original Mix)

[14 SEPT 2012] NEW LINK
DOWNLOAD THE CRAVATS - IN TOYTOWN

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