Dub Syndicate - Live at the Maritime Hall

Poking around online I saw that a lot of folks either hate Dub Syndicate passionately or even if they do like them, dismiss this record...not being a purist I am free to cherry-pick and there is enough on this record to like to make it worth a listen...a purchase? I don't know...but certainly a listen...from AMG:

"Dub Syndicate played at San Francisco's Maritime Hall in early 2000 as part of an ongoing series of reggae concerts at that venue by top international artists...The Maritime Hall set features tunes drawn from Dub Syndicate albums recorded close to the performance, notably Echomania, Ital Breakfast, and Stoned Immaculate...It's also significant that the live mix at Maritime Hall was realized by Boots Rolf Hughston, rather than Adrian Sherwood...Hughston does a fine job at the board, but that special touch of Sherwood magic -- the feeling of control being gracefully held in the face of encroaching chaos -- is missing...The two highlights of this program, not surprisingly, are the two tracks that sample vocal parts by the late Prince Far I: "Wadada (Means Love)" and, especially, "Glory to God."..."

Download the absolutely sublime Glory to God by Dub Syndicate from Live at the Maritime Hall

Cover Freak

Expanding on last week's theme, today's addition to my blog roll is another cover blog: Cover Freak - Songs that don't sound like you remember.

The latest post over there gathers up some interesting cover of Clash tracks...

Dig Cover Freak

Kingdom

This record just sounds like the 70s...

Info from All Music Guide:

"A West Coast psychedelic band in the heavy Iron Butterfly tradition, Kingdom combined hard guitar riffing, dramatic organ sounds, prog rock soloing, and gruff vocals from the group's frontman, organist and guitarist Jim Potkey. The group, which also included guitarist John Toyne, bassist Ed Nelson and drummer Gary Varga, was playing the California circuit as Parish when they were discovered by DJ Dr. Demento (Barry Hansen), who was then working as a director of product development at the Fantasy-associated Specialty Records. The band signed with Specialty and changed their name to Kingdom. Their self-titled debut appeared in 1970. Going out of print soon after its release, the album became a rare find for prog rock and acid rock collectors until 2001, when the Akarma label reissued it on 180-gram vinyl. Akarma issued a CD version of the debut in early 2006."

Two tracks for download here.

Kenny Segal: Ken Can Cook

This is my first favorite hip-hop CD of the year, not that I am anywhere near an authority or totally up to speed...Here's a little summary from undergroundhiphop.com:

"Los Angeles based Kenny Segal has been making beats for some of the West Coast's most beloved rappers (Haiku D’Etat, Abtract Rude, Juice and more). Now he's releasing his first full-length album on Project Blowed / Decon, combining his love for the kitchen with his talent for beat making. Kenny serves up 16 dishes of home style cooking on his solo debut. Featuring Abstract Rude, Aceyalone, Busdriver, NoCaNdo, P.E.A.C.E. and Micah 9, Ken Can Cook brings the listener on a journey through dusty loops, jazzy keys and lush strings."

Dig four tracks from Ken Can Cook by Kenny Segal

Horace Andy - In the Light/In the Light Dub

From reggae-reviews.com:

"Horace Andy has remained a popular reggae singer for decades -- traveling through rock steady/early reggae, lovers rock, and dancehall -- due to his likeable helium-filled vocals and catchy songwriting skills. In the Light is generally considered one of his best albums, and anytime you can get a dub of an album thrown in, it's a good thing...Accentuated percussion and bass, crashing cymbals, and echoing horns propel these dubs into your psyche..."

Discography details from Roots-archives.com:

"Engineer: Major Little & Dennis Thompson & Sylvan Morris
Mixing Engineer: Prince Jammy

Producer: Horace Andy & Everton Da Silva

Backing Vocals: Wayne Jarrett & Janice
Drums: Horsemouth Wallace & Jah Malla
Bass: Michael Taylor & Leroy Sibbles
Lead Guitar: Andy Bassford
Rhythm Guitar: Horace Andy & Privy Dread
Keyboards: Touter Harvey & Augustus Pablo & Bobby Kalphat
Horns: Dirty Harry & Tommy McCook & Vin Gordon & Charles Bashford
Percussions: Clayton Downie & Horace Andy & Sylvan Morris & Everton Da Silva & Skully"

From me: I love this song!

Horace Andy - Fever Dub from In the Light/In the Light Dub

Copy, Right?

Man, I been outta commission all week...longest blogging dry spell in some time...traveling a bunch for work - Nashville and Miami this week, so please forgive me...

I'm picking a low-impact way to get back in the swing of things...a highlight of another cool blog I found over the last month or so: Copy, Right?, which describes itself as, "An MP3 blog dedicated to cover songs, good and bad."

"Cover blogs" as a genre is a totally new thing to me...there are tons of sites that do this stuff...mostly all fun.

Visit Copy, Right?

Burning Dervish eBay Auctions

Another small batch of random CDs that have piled up on my shelf are up for auction this week...sold a ton last week, thank you very much...I can fuel my emusic addiction a while longer I suppose...

The Burning Dervish eBay auctions are here.

A Closet of Curiosities

Another blog I recently started following: A Closet of Curiosities...this site is a collaborative effort from three writers, each of whom also keep other blogs. Closet carries a lot of posts covering modern composers and electronic music (amongst other stuff).

I like this blog because it exposes me to music I don't normally encounter through my own looking and listening. I especially like the fact that I don't love everything they post, I enjoy the challenging aspect of the music they feature.

Dig A Closet of Curiosities.

Burning Dervish Vol 19: The History of Metal pt 1

Here we have it - part one of the who knows how many parts or when I'll get around to them History of Metal project I've had going on the past several weeks...

I nominated the songs from a variety of metal subgenres and you voted...here is what you came up with for the final mix:

01 Sweet Wine by Cream
02 I'm Eighteen by Alice Cooper
03 Into the Void by Black Sabbath
04 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll by Blue Oyster Cult
05 Victim of Changes by Judas Priest
06 Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones
07 Neat, Neat, Neat by The Damned
08 Ace of Spades by Motorhead
09 The Zoo by The Scorpions
10 Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden

Great work!

Download Burning Dervish Vol 19: The History of Metal pt 1

Dewey Redman - In London

This is an interesting record. I fully expected it to be a lot more "out" but there is a surprising amount of delicate, romantic playing throughout. One track, though, encompasses all sides of this avant tenor, and I am including that track here...

The other musicians on this date, recorded by the BBC at Ronnie Scott's in 1996, are Cameron Brown on bass, Rita Marcotulli on piano, and Matt Wilson on drums.

I-Pimp from Dewey Redman In London

Need help finding a track

I need help finding a track from the record Permanent Damage by the GTOs. To quote Wikipedia:

"The GTOs were a "groupie group" that consisted of Miss Pamela (Pamela Des Barres), Miss Sparky (Linda Sue Parker), Miss Lucy, Miss Christine (Christine Frka), Miss Sandra (Sandra Leano), Miss Mercy and Miss Cynderella. The group hailed from the area around Los Angeles in the late 1960s, with most of the girls being denizens of the Sunset Strip scene...Originally known as "The Laurel Canyon Ballet Company", they changed their name to The GTOs on the advice of Frank Zappa, their financial supporter and producer. "GTOs" was an acronym for the full band name "Girls Together Outrageously"...Their only album, Permanent Damage (Straight Records), was produced in 1969 by Frank Zappa and Lowell George...."

The track I need is "Do Me In Once And I'll Be Sad, Do Me In Twice And I'll Know Better (Circular Circulation)". Can you help? If so, would you upload the track to me here?

2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

The 23nd annual induction ceremony took place at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City on March 10, 2008. The inductees and their performances (or artists who performed for them) included:

• Gamble & Huff, who were inducted and represented in performance by Jerry Butler
  
• Little Walter, inducted by Ben Harper who then performed with James Cotton
  
• Leonard Cohen, inducted by Lou Reed with Damien Rice performing
  
• The Ventures, inducted by John Fogerty, who also played with them
  
• Madonna, inducted by Justin Timberlake and represented musically by The Stooges...see above...
  
• John Mellencamp, inducted by Billy Joel and represented himself musically
  
• The Dave Clark Five, inducted with feewing by Tom Hanks and represented sonically by Joan Jett

It was such a treat to go to this show, so much more enjoyable than the Grammys. I realized why: the Grammys are a celebration of the flavour of the day, the Hall of Fame (supposedly) represents that music that stood the test of time.

And I don't care, I thought the Madonna/Stooges thing was brilliant.

French Talent 08

Man, there is some great music coming out of France right now...The songs offered up today are from a sampler that was included for free with the UK-based music industry trade magazine MUSICWEEK called, aptly enough, French Talent 08 (sounds mildly pornographic to me...).

Lots of good "experimental" pop with psych overtones...little dash of Middle Eastern sounds, even a jazz cover of Britney Spears' Toxic!

I picked a few of my favorites from the sampler (and am including links to a web or MySpace page for each artist so you can learn more).

Download a subset of French Talent 08 here, featuring:

Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free by Zombie-Zombie
Ikalane Walegh by Toumast
The (Over) Song by Nelson
Laisse Aboyer Les Chiens by Benjamin Biolay
Toxic by Yaron Hermann

Burning Dervish eBay auctions

The spring cleaning is starting a little early...as of right now just shy of 20 CD auctions up and running...if I can get the other things on my "to-do" list done today I will post some more...Some independent hip-hop, some straight up pop and a few great jazz discs...

The Burning Dervish eBay auctions are here.

Updated: Managed to get several more discs posted...some interesting stuff, too.

Burning Dervish on imeem

I just set up an account on imeem a few minutes ago...not entirely sure the best way to get started on the site...if you have a profile would you please consider adding mine as a friend so I can start digging into the features?

Here is my imeem profile.

Would also love to hear about your experiences over there.

Thanks!

ChrisGoesRock

Here is a blog that I have been downloading a bunch of stuff from lately.