Monthly Archive for February 2006

Ron Chrislock - Color Me a Thousand Rainbows Ron Chrislock - Color Me a Thousand Rainbows

Vadan Records, 1978
I was initially excited to pull this from the LPs stewing in my storage this afternoon. At first glance, the album looks to be a new age LP, perhaps played with synths or electronics. To my surprise, the LP is all solo guitar and solo vox, with a voice that is slightly reminiscent […]

William Eaton - music by William Eaton - music by

The only info on this one is that it was released in 1978. No liner notes, no record label, just a beautiful handmade looking sleeve, the design on the cover appears to have been done with a magic marker. If I was asked what the record sounds like I’d have to say it sounds somewhat […]

Various Artists - Electronic Music Various Artists - Electronic Music

Outstanding set of early electronics on the ever-popular Folkways label. It’s hard to imagine the nerdish looking dudes pictured in the included booklet would be the ones producing these totally bizarre sound structures.

Robert Rutman/U.S. Steel Cello Ensemble: Bitter Suites Robert Rutman/U.S. Steel Cello Ensemble: Bitter Suites

This is a recording of a concert by Robert Rutman and his steel cello’s recorded sometime in the late 70’s at a New York Art Gallery. If you are unfamiliar with the Steel Cello Ensemble, it’s basically a few people playing large sheets of metal which produce totaly amazing, spooky, droning outer-space sounds. Very much […]

Mossy Davidson - northwind calling Mossy Davidson - northwind calling

Here’s a double lp by Mairiis “Mossy” Davidson on the small label “north woods”. This was recorded in Anchorage, Alaska and Seattle, Washington. This is a nice rural femme folk lp with a really mellow vibe to it. Mossy’s delicate vocals and acoustic playing are accompanied by recorders, the homestead flute, piano and steel guitar. […]

The Links - s/t The Links - s/t

Here’s a hideous lo-fi lounge record featuring the usual “sweet caroline” cover tune and a Will Ferrell look alike. Goulet!

Pygmies of the Ituri Forest Pygmies of the Ituri Forest

I suppose that Pygmies, being so naturally small, have a bit of a head start when it come to “getting down”. Bad jokes aside, this is a pretty amazing record. The ambience is just awesome and on many tracks the jungle is as much a part of the music as the Pygmies. It is a […]

Perry L. Jackson: The Old Deer Hunter Perry L. Jackson: The Old Deer Hunter

9.7 out of 10 people would probably find it completely unlistenable, but in 10 years of collecting records this is perhaps the most fascinating lp I’ve found.

Richard Espino - A Place For God's Son Richard Espino - A Place For God’s Son

Richard gives me the “no” feeling. Yet, his face is so mesmerizing.

Chuito & the Latin Uniques: From the Street Chuito & the Latin Uniques: From the Street

Latin Soul from the street and from the heart …

David Kelsey - Flights of Fancy David Kelsey - Flights of Fancy

Private press pipe organ/sythnesizer instrumental lp with a subtle PNP vibe. Tracks include “The Man I Love,” “I’ve Got My Eyes On You,” and “Marijuana.”

Bobby Williams - funky superfly Bobby Williams - funky superfly

Hi, my name is Bobby. When I’m not climbing trees and posing in front of my copter, I make funk music that sounds just like James Brown. I also dress just like him, hell I even look just like him. File under: wanna be Godfather of Soul.

Jeff Moore - the youngest son Jeff Moore - the youngest son

Along with Bent Wind this is one of the most rare psych/folk lp’s outta Canada. It usually sells for over $1000 so I was excited when this was reissued in a limited print run of 300. From what I can tell it’s a high school record from 1974. It’s a nice mellow delicate folk/psych record […]

Dogs of War - S/T Dogs of War - S/T

Dogs of War bring the Québécois electro-disco on the space-tip. With songs like ‘Spaciula’, ‘Future Jungle’, ‘Intergalactic Tactic’, ‘Love Pirate’ (?), and ‘Space Conqueror’ it’s a wonder I’m not beating arcade games and getting recruited by aliens to fight space battles everytime I listen to this. Not only are the song titles spacey, but so […]

Andrew White - fonk update Andrew White - fonk update

This was recorded live in Washington D.C. at the “One Step Down” Oct. 12th-14th 1979. Side one starts off with the three part “who got de funk?” Some pretty swingin funky jazz, even starts off with a drumbreak if that’s your thing. Side two Andrew and the group do their take on John Coltrane’s “afro […]

Hansadutta Swami: Nothing To Lose But All To Gain Hansadutta Swami: Nothing To Lose But All To Gain

I was finding this record all over the place when I first moved to the bay area. I like it, but I once enthusiastically sent a copy to my friend Dan and he told me he was unable to listen to it because the cover frightened him. I guess it’s not for everyone.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. reads Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. reads Cat’s Cradle

Being a DJ that comes from a ‘turntablist’ (god I hate that word) background, spoken word records were the mother lode for me and my friends. Although I’m not as scratchcratchratchatch as I used to be, I still relish the oddball talkie record. I found this bad boy and scooped it up immediately because my […]

Cable Car Soundscapes Cable Car Soundscapes

This is the kind of record that brings joy to my life and reminds me of why I got into collecting oddball records in the first place. It’s a local bay area lp from the early 80’s of a guy who, just as the name implies, recorded the sounds of cable cars. Side A is […]

Tim Heintz: Plays the Yamaha Electone E-70 Tim Heintz: Plays the Yamaha Electone E-70

One of those records that keyboard companies used to fund to show off their new gear - in this case the Yamaha “Electone E-70″. This one is actually quite a fun listen if, like me, your idea of a good time is video-game-core versions of pop songs of the late 70’s. There is a pretty […]

Alexander Longrifle: Best Of Alexander Longrifle: Best Of

While there are plenty of examples of “why on earth wasn’t a record company interested in this?!?!” in the world of private press records, this is not one of them. Alexander “Chief” Longrifle is pretty much a textbook example of an artist who’s music would never have made it into the few homes it did […]

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