From: De Angela Duff (deangela_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 2003-08-15 00:16:54
I have moved from NYC to Philly, and I was wondering is there a CD
shop(s) that sells broken beat releases and other music we discuss on
this list in Philly. In NYC, I frequented Other Music and Academy
Records like a crack fiend, and I was wondering if there are
comparable CD shops here.
Thanks for any help!
To contribute something to the list, I'm so happy that universal
finally released the deluxe version of Marvin Gaye's I want you. The
2nd disc includes alternate mixes of the entire album. (Now, I'm
waiting for a deluxe version of Here, My Dear). Of all the deluxe
versions that universal releases, the marvin gaye and bob marley
bonus material has always been superb. In particular, the deluxe
version of let's get it on. (They also just released a deluxe version
of diana ross' diana and donna summer's bad girls. The diana release
is interesting because they have the original mix by chic that had
never been released until now in addition to the released album mix
by Russ Terrana)
A great marketing ploy, Leon Ware's Musical Massage was released on
the same day as I want you. It contains 5 demos of songs that
eventually became Marvin Gaye's I Want You. A version of "come live
with me angel" originally titled "comfort" contains background vocals
by Minnie Riperton. The same musicians who worked on I want you play
on musical massage because it was basically recorded at the same time.
The new releases haven't been doing it for me. I've been digging in
the crates lately if you can't tell (Marvin, Minnie Riperton's Come
to my Garden, Ultra Nate's "Twisted", D'Angelo's "Cruisin", anything
Jeff Buckley, and everything the Mizell brothers produced). I keep
going back to the seventies. I always go back to the seventies. Even
D'Angelo's cover of Funkadelic's "I'll Stay" on Roy Hardgrove's The
RH Factor only got me wanting to listen to the original. Bring me
back to the new millenium; Can anyone recommend any new releases that
you are truly blown away by?
I was disappointed with Rima and Truby Trio's Elevator Music. Don't
get me wrong they are good, but not on my gotta listen to this every
hour list. Madlib's shades of blue is good, but not great; i was
expecting more obscure songs from the blue note catalogue. Dudley
Perkins is good, solid, but not wow! And I've heard snippets from the
upcoming Verve Remixed 2, and now i'm not even looking forward to
that. The Gotan Project's remix of Sarah Vaughan's "Whatever Lola
wants" is abysmal to me; I know someone else will disagree, and love
it, but that's my two cents. All I know is where is luke vibert when
you need him? He's way over due for an avalanche of new stuff under
his many monikers.