Funkin' Fantastic

And now for something completely different... and this time it's a selection of some classic funk & soul. You may recognise the Tom Scott tracks from the Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat movie and if anyone has a copy of the soundtrack album Id love to get a copy (Addendum: Just did some searching and found that the album was never released and the two tracks here are the only items available - they were released on a single in 1974).


22 MARCH 2012 UPDATE: NEW LINKS...
DOWNLOAD FUNK COLLECTION PART 1 (Tracks 1 - 10)
DOWNLOAD FUNK COLLECTION PART 2 (Tracks 11 - 19)

Here's the tracklisting (All tracks are in 256kbps mp3 format)...
01) Low Rider (War)
02) Jump Back (Tom Scott & The LA Express)
03) The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott Heron)
04) Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba [12" Mix] (Harlem Underground Band)
05) Rock Creek Park (The Blackbyrds)
06) Pusherman (Curtis Mayfield)
07) Expansions (Lonnie Liston Smith)
08) Jungle Boogie (Kool & The Gang)
09) Dance To The Music (Sly & The Family Stone)
10) Brother's Gonna Work It Out (Willie Hutch)
11) Cross The Tracks (Maceo & The Macks)
12) Pick Up The Pieces (Average White Band)
13) Mr Big Stuff (Jean Knight)
14) Up For The Down Stroke (Parliament)
15) War (Edwin Starr)
16) Shotgun (Jr. Walker & The All Stars)
17) The Bottle (Gil Scott Heron)
18) TCB In E (Tom Scott & The LA Express)
19) Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)

22 MARCH 2012 UPDATE: NEW LINKS...
DOWNLOAD FUNK COLLECTION PART 1 (Tracks 1 - 10)
DOWNLOAD FUNK COLLECTION PART 2 (Tracks 11 - 19)

True Facts

I've been lazy putting up any music lately, the only excuse I have is that it was my birthday and there was vodka to be drunk... but I still haven't posted any music so in the meantime here's some interesting true rock facts...

THE DAMNED IN SCI-FI NERD SHOCKER
At the end of Smash It Up (Parts 1 & 2) by The Damned there is a voice that repeats to fade saying "Nibbled to death by an okapi". Turns out that this is a sample from The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy radio series. I only discovered this when I was listening to Hitch Hikers the other night and I heard it.

MOVE OVER ROVER AND LET JIMI TAKE OVER
During Fire by Jimi Hendrix he says "move over Rover and let Jimi take over". Apparently this phrase was first said by bassist Noel Redding's mum at her house in Folkestone on New Years Eve. Jimi asked her if he could stand next to the fireplace to warm himself, of course she agreed but her dog was in the way, hence the line, "Aw, move over, Rover, and let Jimi take over..."

LINK REMOVED - SMOKE ON THE WATER
Deep Purple were in Montreux, Switzerland to do some recording. On the eve of a recording session there was a concert in the Montreux casino's theatre by Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention. In the middle of Don Preston's synthesizer solo on "King Kong", the place suddenly caught fire. Somebody in the audience had fired a flare gun into the ceiling, at which point the rattan covering started to burn. The resulting fire destroyed the entire casino complex, along with all the Mothers' equipment. The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino as the members of Deep Purple watched the fire from their hotel across the lake.

Bet you didn't know all of them ;)

Anyway there is some funk on the horizon so check back if that's the bag you're into :)

60s Proto Punk Collection (ORIG POST)

This is a collection of 60's proto-punk/garage rock songs mainly taken from the albums Nuggets and the Pebbles Series. Not all the tracks are really proto punk, things like Indian Rope Man are just classic 60s psychedelia... which is no bad thing.

The Pebbles series describes the recordings on their albums as "Original punk rock and psychedelic rock from the fabulous Sixties." These recordings were primarily made by the numerous American bands that were formed in the wake of the British Invasion. Essentially referring to the young age and lack of sophistication of the musicians, the term "punk rock" was coined (or at least popularized) by Lenny Kaye, who was involved in compiling the original Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968.

[AUG 2012] NEW LINK (NETKUPS)
DOWNLOAD THE PROTO PUNK COLLECTION

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps mp3)...
01) Vox Wah Wah Ad (Electric Prunes)
02) Hey Joe (Golden Cups)
03) Bad Girl (The Zakary Thaks)
04) Louie, Louie (Swamp Rats)
05) Boys Are Boys And Girls Are Choice (Monks)
06) The Witch (The Sonics)
07) Matter of Fact (Unknown)
08) Indian Rope Man (Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity)
09) 7 And 7 Is (Love)
10) You're Gonna Miss Me (The 13th Floor Elevators)
11) Cracking Up (Wig)
12) Lost Innocence (The Buddhas)
13) I Can Only Give You Everything (The Little Boy Blues)
14) Maid Of Sugar Maid Of Spice (Mouse & The Traps)
15) Voices Green And Purple (The Bees)
16) Gone (Plastic Blues Band)
17) I Need You (The Rationals)
18) Hate (Stoics)
19) Story Of My Life (Unrelated Segments)
20) Beaver Patrol (Wilde Knights)
21) Searching (The Omans)
22) Run Run Run (The Gestures)
23) Flight (The Dearly Beloved)
24) Little Girl (Syndicate Of Sound)
25) Fight Fire (The Golliwogs)
26) Double Yellow Line (The Music Machine)
27) Dont Look Back (The Remains)
28) Who Do You Love (The Woolies)
29) That's My Girl (Monks)
30) Strychnine (The Sonics)
31) Wooly Bully (Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs)
32) Psycho (Swamp Rats)

[AUG 2012] NEW LINK (NETKUPS)
DOWNLOAD THE PROTO PUNK COLLECTION

Rudimentary Peni - Black Side Live

BEST. BAND. EVER. Well one of them anyway :)

Rudimentary Peni emerged from the British anarcho-punk scene in the early eighties as one of the most novel and recognizable acts of the era. Lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty macabre lyrics and dark pen-and-ink artwork, prominently featured on all of Rudimentary Peni's albums. Blinko is also rumored to have written the band's Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric album whilst resident in a psychiatric hospital. Bassist Grant Matthews has also written a number of songs for the band, though his lyrics primarily focus on sociopolitical themes.

In Maximum RocknRoll, issue #237 (February 2003), Matthews explains how he came up with the name of the band: "When I was at school studying biology, we were told that in the fetal stage the clitoris is a rudimentary penis." (text taken from Wikipedia)

This download is a live 7" bootleg from probably 81 or 82. All the tracks are 320kbps but it is a live show so don't expect studio quality.

Heres the tracklisting...
01) Cosmetic Plague
02) Blind Dogs
03) Dead Living
04) B-Ward
05) Zero Again
06) Inside
07) Media Person
08) Sacrifice
09) Only Human
10) Teenage Time Killer
11) The Gardener

DOWNLOAD RUDIMENTARY PENI - BLACK SIDE

The Bears

This is just a few tracks by a band called The Bears. Hailing from Watford around 1977 they only released a few singles and a live LP which was a real shame as they were a great band. They were formed by guitarist George Gill from Wire. The rest of the band comprised Kris Kershaw (again ex Wire), Ron West on Bass, Cally Cameron on Drums and Mick North on Vocals. This is a copy of their first single, On Me & another track from the second single.

Here's the tracklisting (All tracks are 256kbps mp3)...
On Me / Wot's Up Mate / Decisions
DOWNLOAD THE BEARS

Hard Techno Mix

Here's another techno mix. It's not one of mine but by a guy called Dave Elyzium so I don't have the tracklisting. It's full on classic hard techno and well worth a listen if you're into that kinda thing :) It's all in one big mp3 file with a bitrate of 320kbps.

DOWNLOAD TECHNO MIX

Old School Hip Hop Mix

Here's another mix I did a while back. This time it's a collection of old school hip hop. All the tracks are 192kbps mp3 files and there's also CD covers included if you want to burn it :)

DOWNLOAD HIP HOP MIX


Here's the tracklisting...
01) I'm Still Number One - BDP
02) I Come Off (Dub Mix) - Young MC
03) Strong Island - JVC Force
04) Pure Righteousness - Lakim Shabazz
05) Packet Man - Digital Underground
06) You Gots To Chill - EPMD
07) Freak The Funk (Dub) - Stezo
08) Straight Out The Jungle - Jungle Brothers
09) Get Stupid Fresh - Mantronix
10) Sons Of 3rd Bass - 3rd Bass
11) Touch Of Jazz - DJ Jazzy Jeff
12) Heed The Word Of The Brother - X Clan
13) The Humpty Dance - Humpty Hump
14) My DJ - Richie Rich
15) Black & Proud - Dismasters
16) Welcome To The Terrordome - Public Enemy
17) Style Wars (Instrumental) - Hijack
18) Doowutchyalike (Original) - Digital Underground
19) Black Is Black (Ultimatum Remix) - Jungle Brothers
20) Funkin' Lesson (Instrumental) - X Clan

DOWNLOAD HIP HOP MIX

Earth

Earth are an experimental drone/doom band from Seattle, Washington. I’d never even heard of them till a couple of months ago when my brother said I should give Earth 2 a listen... All I can say is that it’s like doing acid without any of the messy business of actually taking drugs. This isn’t music for playing at dinner parties or a friend’s wedding, think headphones, darkness, strangeness and otherworldly experiences. Highly recommended.

Earth have been around since 1990 and are led by guitarist Dylan Carlson. They are pioneers of Drone Doom (I know, I’d never heard of it before) – which, apparently, is an experimental offshoot of doom metal, characterized by droning, minimalistic, lengthy, and repetitive structures. Earth 2 appears to be the most challenging album as their style does appear to vary from album to album with some of the tracks from the latest CD sounding almost like Pink Floyd in places.

Official Website / Official Myspace Page

STUDIO DISCOGRAPHY
* Extra-Capsular Extraction EP (1991)
* Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version LP (1993)
* Phase 3: Thrones And Dominions LP (1995)
* Pentastar: In The Style Of Demons LP (1996)
* Legacy Of Dissolution (Remix Album) LP (2005)
* Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method LP (2005)
* Hibernaculum LP (2007)
* The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull LP (2008)

Here’s a collection of some Earth tunes (256kbps) PART 1 / PART 2
A Bureaucratic Desire For Revenge Part 2 (Extra-Capsular Extraction)
Seven Angels (Earth 2)
Tibetan Quaaludes (Phase 3: Thrones And Dominions)
Song 4 (Phase 3: Thrones And Dominions)
Thrones And Dominions (Phase 3: Thrones And Dominions)
High Command (Pentastar: In The Style Of Demons)
Charioteer (Temple Song) (Pentastar: In The Style Of Demons)
Coda Maestoso In F(flat) Minor (Pentastar: In The Style Of Demons)
Mirage (Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method)
Inquest Concerning Teeth (Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method)
Harvey (by Justin Broadrick) (Legacy Of Dissolution [Remix Album])
Ouroboros Is Broken (Hibernaculum)
Omens And Portents I: Driver (Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull)
Miami Morning Coming DownII (Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull)

DOWNLOAD EARTH SAMPLER PART 1 / PART 2

Th' Inbred

Here’s a band that never seemed to get the recognition they deserved, musically proficient with a sneering kind of Dead Kennedys feel to them. Coming from West Virginia in the US, Th’Inbred’s two albums & one EP consist of topical songs and instrumentals played in a disciplined form of sharply thrashed hardcore punk-jazz-rock which can turn tight melodic corners on a screeching dime and make abrupt rhythm shifts amid a hailstorm of free-fire guitar power. Very much in a Minutemen/Blind Idiot God vein the sharp-witted anarchists angrily attack Christianity, Satanism, hardcore ideologues, apathy, American policy, etc. and back it up with crisply organized noise. Unfortunately they folded at the end of 1987, just prior to the release of Kissin’ Cousins but the drummer (one of the best drummers I’ve ever heard btw.) Billy Atwell continued on making music and has worked with the likes of the Rhythm Pigs, John Zorn & The Kronos Quartet as well as producing film and theatre scores.

You can read an interview with the band (taken from Artcore #7) here.

DISCOGRAPHY
* Reproduction EP (Frozen Sound Studio, 1985)
* A Family Affair LP (Toxic Shock, 1986)
* Kissin’ Cousins LP (Toxic Shock, 1988)

Here’s a collection of tracks from each release (320kbps mp3). Ive also included the lyrics for the album tracks.

FROM REPRODUCTION EP:
Scene Death/eMpTyV/U $ Of A
FROM A FAMILY AFFAIR LP:
Exercise #1/Fools Paradise/Positive Song/Jesus Youth/Satan Youth
FROM KISSIN' COUSINS LP:
In The Woods/Baby Let’s Play Exile/Pisstest/Eleven Four

DOWNLOAD TH’INBRED COLLECTION HERE

Note: I can’t find anywhere to buy the albums so if you want me to post up an entire album just leave me a comment and I’ll upload it.

Doomriders

Another collection of stoner rock for you. This time it's Doomriders from Salem, Massachusetts. I saw them last year and a good time was had by all (How do you find Will Smith after an avalanche? Just look for the Fresh Prints). They've got a few releases out and are currently signed to Deathwish Inc., an independent label from the US.

DISCOGRAPHY
* Black Thunder (August 2005)
* Live from the middle east 7" (2006/2007)
* Not Of This World EP [Split With Coliseum] (2006/2007)
* Long Hair and Tights (2xCD) Split with Boris (2007)
* Tour 7" Split with Disfear (2008)
Note: All the above CD links are to Deathwish but the albums should be also available from Amazon.

Here's a collection of tracks from their Black Thunder album
(variable bitrate mp3 - approx. 256kbps)...
Black Thunder / Deathbox / The Chase / The Long Walk / The Whipcrack / Worthless

DOWNLOAD THEM HERE