I haven't posted a new mix in a while so I figured that it might be a good time to post two mixes that I did for the world famous Jester Wild Show. One from early 2011, one from 2012. Both are of some of my favorite 45s and span the world of RnB, Soul, Popcorn, Exotica, Strip Teaze Instros and the usual unusual sounds that I dig. Check em out bellow. Also please check out all the other incredible mixes that have been posted there by world class record collectors and DJs from around the globe.
Tracklist:
Johnny Heartsman & The Gaylarks - Johnny's Thunderbird Dusty Wilson - Can't Do Without You Tal Miller - Only Sixteen Joe Perkins & The Rookies - How Much Love Can One Heart Hold Big Buddy Lucas - I Can't Go Timi Yuro - I Ain't Gonna Cry No More Mickey & Kitty - St. Louis Blues Emmett Lord - Women Eddie Kirk - The Grunt Jimmy Soul - Everybody's Gone Ape Joe Tex - Don't Play Carl & The Commanders - Hey Ludaway - The Pig Bill Doggett - Hot Fudge The Gum Drops - Natural Born Lover King Coleman - Crazy Feelin' Dee Dee Warwick - You're No Good Lou Rawls - When Love Goes Wrong The Scouts - The Mr. Custer Stomp Tony Harris J.J. Jones and Band - Try This Li'l Ole Heart Jeanette (Baby) Washington - Money's Funny Tic and Toc - Jibba Jab The Dyna-Sores - Jungle Walk Johnny Niles - Wig Job Lincoln Chase - Miss Orangatang The Crystals - Espresso
Gary Warren - Werewolf Gianfranco Intra Sextet - Hully Gully Tom Tom Betty Lavett - Witch Craft In The Air Ronnie Savoy - Big Hand Little Hand The Lollipops - Busy Signal King Coleman - Let's Shimmy Chip Allan - Summer Time Bell Jubilee Singers - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego Geoffrey Holder - Limbo Calypso Duke Jenkins - Mambo Blues J.J. Jackson - Oo Ma Liddi McKinley Mitchell - You're Not Gonna Break My Heart The Valentines - That's It Man Fred Harris's Red Top Organ Trio - The Bull Louis Jones - The Birds Is Coming Della Reese - It Was A Very Good Year Ken Williams - Trash Can Len Wade - Boss Beat The Tams - Take Away Sil Austin - Big Boss Man Dr. Feelgood - My Gal Jo Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry Lu Elliott - Big Joe Ernie Fields - Teen Flip Damal & Rasheed - Arriba
Cover Up Pitter Patter- Freddy Butler- M&M I Had A Dream- Nathaniel Mayer- Fortune Fire of Love- Bobby Lewis- Roulette Whole Lotta Woman- The Contours- Motown Your Love Keeps A-Working on Me- Lulu Reed- Federal I Love You Alberta- Drink Small- Sharp Hong Kong- The Calenders- Palace Going Home Baby- Big Maybelle- Savoy Crazy Feelin'- Roy Hamilton- Epic Each Day- Ann Cole- Baton A Little You- Dakota Staton- Capitol Jungle Bunny- The Fabulous Pearls- Dooto The Boogie Man- The Cadillacs- Josie Little Indian Girl- Billy and the Moonlighters- Crystal Ball Fire Water- The Premiers- Nu Phi Pao Pao- Monchito-Fiesta No Quiero Un Ride- Tito Bauche- Orfeon Wash Board Take 1- The Poor Boys- Apollo Oochie Coochie- Young Jessie- Modern River Rock- Froggy Landers- Ensign Didn't it Rain- Evelyn Freeman- United Artists Down to the River- Lester Young- Barry Move On- Jeanette (Baby) Washington- Neptune Tizzy- Jon Thomas- Juniour Dressed in Plaid- King Coleman- Kenco The Whip- The Frantics- Dolton
The Gospels Pearls were an incredible gospel group consisting of Delores Addison, Jerry Moss, Patricia Bryant, Felma Johnson, Thelma Lewis, Tony Harris, Marlene Gwynn, Joe Clayton on Congos, Eddie Kendrix on piano, Billy Preston on Piano and Organ, fronted by Bessie Griffin and produced by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell. I never post anything about LP's, but this lineup alone merits this post.
For those who don't know, Bumps Blackwell is truly one of the most important producers and performers in Rock n Roll history. He recorded for Specialty in the 50's, produced, arranged and co-wrote a bunch of Little Richards first hits, had a hand in the careers of Ray Charles and Sam Cooke as well as countless other rock n roll groups in the 50's and 60's. I knew nothing of Mr. Blackwell's connection to this group or this album before I bought it though. Instead I found this LP in a search that is still incomplete to find a single or EP by The Gospel Pearls called "Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread" which is one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard which you can listen two below (if you have a copy that you want to sell or trade for email me please!).
Anyway, I found this album hoping that "Two Little Fishes" would be on it, and it wasn't. But the songs that were were almost as good. Particularly "Lord Don't Move The Mountain" and "Children Don't Get Weary" which both have a killer RnB feel to them. You can also listen to these songs below. I suggest that you go find a copy of this album and play it loud.
So I went to a live record auction this weekend and it was quite an experience. Quite an experience as in forgetting that I'm a completely broke, complete fucking retard, and thinking that I was some sort of genius, I spent $100 on three lots of records, a 60's portable turntable and a vintage hi-fi cabinet that won't even fit in my apartment. Out of probably 300 records that I took home I think I found three that were of any interest. But, hey at least I got to listen to some guy say "5andanaandaanaandaanaandacanigettencanigettenigotfivedoiseetendoiseetenandana......" for two hours straight.
Anyway....of the three standout records here's my favorite, a frat-arded, fuzzed out, Diddley-Beat, dancer on the Veep label by Bobby Gregg and His Friends. Apparently Bobby Gregg was some sort of a drummer, who played with the Rolling Stones and had some connection to Simon and Garfunkel, luckily none of that shows on this fucked up slab of shellac. Make sure to check out the somewhat restrained, but still swinging tassel twirling flip, "Charly Ba-Ba" too!
Here's another new mix of RnB that I just put together and wanted to share with all you Slopoholics. So far, 2010 has been an ace year for finding records. I've found a ton of new discoveries and crossed a good number of records off of my wants lists. I'm not sure how many great records I've bought so far this year, but here's a mix featuring sixteen of my favorites. If you like it please leave a comment and if you want a playlist you'll have to do the same.
Download it here:
http://www.divshare.com/download/11322957-e96
Here's the tracklist:
Seven Day Fool- Etta James- Argo That's a Pretty Good Love- Big Maybelle- Savoy Only Sixteen- Tal Miller- Hollywood The Worm- Bill Doggett- Columbia Puppy Howl Blues- Big Moose- The Blues Stranger Blues- Elmore James- Fire Dragon Walk- The Nobelmen- USA They Just Rocking & Rolling- V. and B. B.- J&S Call Me Baby- The Happy Hoss- Stark Scorpion- The Carnations- Tilt Genevieve- Huey Smith- Ace Pass The Hatchet pt 2- Rodger and The Gypsies- Seven B I Don't Wanna- June Bateman- Sue Hey Lover- Gene & The Jeanettes- Fortune I Want To Know- The Extensions- Success I Got Loaded- Little Bob- La Louisianne
Woa, its been a while since I've posted something on the Slop and for that I do apologize! And while its been over a month since I posted anything, that does not mean that I haven't had the blog in mind. No, to the contrary, I've been digging for records like mad and finding tons of new treasures to post here in the future, its just my computer has been on the fritz and I haven't had a lot of time to scan and record records.
Excuses aside here is a new mix I put together recently that I hope you enjoy. Its chock full of rare and retarded 45s that should keep you dancing and romancing, only one new acquisition (the Jack Hammer record) but nothing I've posted before.
I hope you enjoy it, let me know if you do and I'll post the tracklist if folks want it, just leave a comment.
Alright as requested here is the track list:
I Want My Share
Miss LaVell- Stolen Love- Duke Jackie Shane- Sticks and Stones- Sue Crash Craddock- I Want That- Columbia Jack Hammer- Little-Bitty Goose Pimples- Kapp Baby Washington- I've Got A Feeling- Sue Billy Young- Glendora- Original Sound The Buttons- Poppey Does The Mashed Potatoes- Columbia Frankie Brunson- Ward 13- RCA Jack Harris and The Arabians- Dog Wild- Cortland The Chestnuts- Don't Go- Mercury Ruth Brown- Sweet Baby of Mine- Atlantic The Isley Brothers- The Snake- Wand Phil Flowers- The Cleopatra- Josie King Coleman- Down In The Basement- Togo Billy Boy- Prisoner's Plea- Vivid Cornell Blakely- I Want My Share- Rich Diane Maxwell- Love Charms- Challenge The High Keys- One Horse Town- Atco Gino Washington- Now You're Lonely- W.I.G. The Drifters- If You Don't Come Back- Atlantic Koko Taylor- Tell Me The Truth- Checker Betty James- Henry Lee- Chess Howlin' Wolf- Three Hundred Pounds of Joy- Chess
Here's a weird one. A screaming JD rocker about teenage emancipation from 1959. Totally stoopid. Apparently, in 1959 some DJ at a radio station in Portland Oregon played this song over 360 consecutive times in one day! Whatever you think of the record make sure you listen to the guitar break cuz its a motherfucker.
Hey everybody here is a mix of wild rock n roll, rnb, instromentals, garage and frat I threw together recently. Here's the instructions, download the file, burn it to cd, put it on yer stereo add drinks and there you go- the dance party will ensue. Enjoy. I'll post the track list in a few days if people leave comments.
http://www.divshare.com/download/10448208-7e1
Here's the tracklist:
Big Chief- The Motions- ABC Paramount
Don't Touch- Chico Holiday- RCA
Conservative Twist- JOey Vespo- Acetate
Shout Bamalama- Otis Redding- King Louie Louie- Travis Wammack- Atlantic
Little Joe- The Sounds- Sunglow
Damper Down- Bobby Davis- M-Pac
Have Love Will Travel- The Sharps- Jaimie
The Rooster- Gabriel and His Angels- Amy
Clyde Clyde The Cow's Outside- The Counts- Panorama Crossties- Dale Hawkins- Checker
Boogie Children- The Playboys- Jewel
Do Do Do- Commonwealth Jones- Columbia
Sweet Ruby Red Lips- Billy Boss and The Bosstones- Guyden
Chitlins, Etc.- The Counts- Panorama
Fat Back pt 2- Mr. Wiggles- Parkway
Funky Bull- Dyke and the Blazers- Original Sound
The Bull- Fred Harris' Red Tops Organ Trio- New Song
Today, I am posting a record that I really dig. I found this record among a bunch of other killer records in an antique store while I was in San Antonio and like a lot of great records I found down there, I know next to nothing about it. The limited info that I've found out about this record has been pretty useless- Jimmie Lee Gaston was a gospel singer and preacher from Dallas who recorded this record. Hmm. Well, thats all I got.
In spite of knowing next to nothing about Jimmie Lee Gaston, this record is a motherfucking killer. Both sides slay. Both sides start out a little slow with some truly beautiful guitar playing and then kick into a stomping gospel shuffle with incredible background vocals.
In my opinion, aside from the recordings of Rev. Louis Overstreet and Rev. Charlie Jackson, this is one of the greatest gospel records I have ever heard. Please if you know anything about this record post a comment. Seriously, do your self a favor and listen to these two sides and make sure you have a blessed day.
I think I'm going to have a great Valentine's Day this year, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the pain that love can bring. In that spirit I present you with my favorite of all heartache songs.
And ladies listen to the words on this one, as Billy says "I ain't never gonna cry, I've been a man since I was a child!"
In case you ain't heard, Baltimore and DC just got walloped by one helluva snowstorm. I've spent most of the weekend shoveling out but that don't matter too much cuz Baltimore city hasn't come near my neighborhood with a snowplow! Well that sucks for a lot of reasons, but it gives me a good opportunity to smoke a lot of cigarettes, drink a case or two of budweiser and most importantly share this record with you. In the words of my good friend Bazooka Joe Diddley, "I take novelty records very seriously," and creepy novelty records about monsters the more seriously still. Well in that spirit, this record that I have for you today is a real humdinger.
The Abominable Snow-Man by The Copycats on the Prince label is a record that is in a league of its own. A halloween record about a snow monster. Well it don't get better than that. At least not in the middle of a blizzard. Dig it here baby!
Here is a new acquisition that I really dig. The first side is a stomping jive talk tale of a hep rat that joins the army, travels the world and gets marooned in the jungle somewhere. The flip side turns into a wild jungle romp when Mr. Ratamacue is captured by cannibals travels to Arabia and becomes the "GI in the pot with the voodoo stew!" Dig it.
Alright everybody, I realize I haven't posted anything in a while, but that is all about to change. Thats right, The Slop is back and I'll be posting regularly again, well as regularly as I can at least. So sit back, relax and enjoy the records.
Here is a mix of sloppy RnB records I made quite a while back with some great 50's and 60's songles on it. In the last month I've left San Antonio, returned to Baltimore and been sent to Philadelphia to fight off a scab company union that is trying to divide workers who have been members of my union for the last three decades. So I've been pretty busy to say the least and I haven't been able to post many new blog entries lately.
I also believe that I have contracted swine flu and have been too sick to work for the last two days so here is a mix that I have posted in a few places before- so maybe you are one of the 15 people that has already heard it, but regardless I hope you like it. As usual if you like it post comments. I'll post the track list in a few days.
and if you want to download it just follow the link
I haven't posted anything for a while and figured I'd post some newly acquired RnB records that I've been into.
Billy Young- Glendora - Original Sound
This is a record that I have been searching for for years. The first time I heard the Down Liner Sect's rendition of the song I was completely blown away and couldn't believe a 60's British RnB band could come up with such a kick ass song! But it wasn't until years later when digging through records at a dealer's house that I discovered that a British RnB band did not come up with such a kick ass song, and the version done by the Sect had been pretty much stolen from this barely known RnB record by Billy Young. Unforetunately, at the time, the record in question was not for sale and from what I could gather very few copies were known to exist.
In the last few years it seems that a few more copies have surfaced but for the most part it is one of the greatest songs that no one has heard. I was super excited to find a friend selling a copy a few months back and bought it as quickly as I could. Enjoy it!
Also more can be read about the singer, Billy Young on the Georgia Soul blog here.
Lester Young- Down to The River- Barry
No not that Lester Young. This is another flea market find and a record that I had never heard before. Until I did a little research, I was under the assumption that this was some weird foray into the world of RnB by the accomplished tenor player. And while a weird foray into the world of RnB it most certainly is, the tenor player it is pretty certainly not. It turns out that that Lester Young died in 1959 and this record was recorded for Barry Records in 1961. This is none the less a super cool and strange record to my ear as it sounds like a Sonny Terry blues bopper with horns arranged by Charles Mingus! On top of all that, mister Lester Young does some serious testifying about getting the man who stole his woman! It might be an aquired taste for some, but for me this record is definitely a killer.
Billy Boss and The Bosstones- Sweet Ruby Red Lips- Guyden
This record is another one that I had never heard of before I found it. It starts out sounding like its gonna be an up tempo party record and then quickly turns into a down and dirty RnB grinder that really moves. The bass and drums on this record are out of control and who ever Billy Boss was he sure could belt out a song!
Lloyd Nolen- Fun Fun- King
I cannot find anything out about this record, which is a shame because this is exactly what an RnB record should sound like in my opinion. Unlike the flip of this record, "What's Happening in Here?" which is a bland Fats Domino type stoller, "Fun Fun" is a rocking and rollicking party record that is pretty unconventional. The guitar and drums (or drum?) are incredible to my ear and the entire "orchestra" that is backing up Lloyd sounds like its made up of cave men. Enjoy.
The Chestnuts- Don't Go- Mercury
This is a great vocal group record and here is what I have to say about it: I love this record and I love every record that sounds like this record. Chants. Primitive Drumming. A Pleading Man. No Strings. A record doesn't need anything else.
Let's face it, in the age of the internet, ebay and gemm it can be easy to forget how great digging for rare records can be. So I figured I'd put together a post highlighting some of the most unexpected, exciting and valuable records that I've come across recently for cheap in antique stores and flea markets.
THE OUTCASTS- I'm In Pittsburgh (and Its Raining)- ASKEL
I bought this record for $20 at flea market and though that seemed pretty pricey I thought the record sounded tough as hell so I decided to spurge on it anyway. As I said in my post on garage records I don't know too much about garage, but I like to pick up records that I think sound good. Well it turns out that this is an ultra rare garage single that has been comped on a bunch of 60's bootlegs including the legendary Pebbles series. Not only that, but after a search of popsike and call to a 60's collector friend of mine I learned that this record goes for between $800 and $1200! To say the least I flipped my wig! This is by far the most valuable record I own and although it is a tough as nails diddley-beat stomper if I can't pay my bills anytime soon you might just see it up on ebay!
THE MORNING DEW- Go Away- Fairyland
Here's another garage record. I got this one for 10 bucks at an antique store. I thought it sounded pretty good and was more than happy to find that it sells for close to $200!
BENNY JOY- Crash the Party- Antler
A few weeks ago I had some time to kill between meetings and was driving around looking for a spot to buy some fried chicken when I saw this small building that had a sign out front that said "Flea Market." I decided to check it out and went inside. I asked around to see if there were any records and when I found some I spent about 20 minutes looking through dirty, dusty boring 70's pop and 80's soul 45s. Then out of the no where I pull this legendary rockabilly stomper out of the pile. "What the fuck is this doing here?" I thought to myself. Well I figured if there is one rare rockabilly record in a pile of records there must be another one so I kept digging. After another 20 minutes of digging I had finished looking through all the records and did not find one other single that was not by a band like The Dazz Band or Three Dog Night from the 70's or later. So how the fuck did this piece of rockabilly goodness end up in a flea market in San Antonio amungst boring disco records? I don't know. Anyway I brought it to the owner of the booth and paid a hefty 50 cents for it! I had sold a completely beat copy on ebay for $75 a few years ago so I knew that I had done pretty well for my self, but after a search on popsike I learned that it goes for $150- $250!
TOM SWIFT AND THE ELECTRIC GRANDMOTHERS- Empty Heart/ Come On In- Sound Tex Empty Heart
Come On In
I know nothing about this record. I guess I'd describe it as folk-psych-garage. It is rumored to be a single by the group that went on to record under the moniquer of T. Swift and the Electric Bag who released one albumn- Are You Expirienced and then disapered for ever. But I can find out absolutely nothing about this record. I have a feeling it might be worth something, but who knows its cool to hear a snotty punk singing over a kazzoo solo none the less. If anyone knows anything about this record please let me know.
I've been wanting to do a post on Mexican Rock N Roll for a while and now seems as good a time as any. I've slowly been picking up some really cool Mexican records over the last few months at flea markets here in Texas and after a particularly good Sunday spent at the flea market I thought I'd put together a little something on some of the coolest Mexican Rock n Roll records I've found so far. Rather than just posting a mix though I'm gonna do something different and feature a label scan and whatever thoughts I might have on each of these records, you can also just download the mix that will have all these mucho cool selections on it too. These records span the gambit from rockabilly to rock n roll to garage and a lot of them sound like a wild mix of the three. I don't speak Spanish and can only understand a small amount so don't count on my comments being too enlightening. Also just so you know I haven't cleaned any of these records and so they all sound pretty scratched up.
LOS CRAZY KINGS- TWIST DE LA ABUELITA- AJUA! RECORDS
This might be one of the most bad-ass records I have ever found. Period. There a very few truly mind blowing 45s that I have discovered and have never heard before and this is definitely one of them. "Twist de la Abuelita" is undeniably not one of the most profound songs ever penned (for Christ's sakes even my guerro ass knows that the Crazy Kings are singing about doing the twist with their gandma!), but that only adds to the records appeal in my book! From the opening notes of the muddy out-of-tune bass line and then the distorted and completely fucked up guitar intro to the end of this 1 minute 20 second song this platter is a fucking winner! Records like this are meant to be played LOUD. Like most of these records I know nothing about Los Crazy Kings who the label lists as being Juan Jose, Canchola, Indalecio, and Anastasio. Any info on this forte four would be greatly appriciated.
LOS MONJES- JANKY PANKY- CBS
Here's another super-cool record. This one is by Los Monjes (The Monks) and while I can't turn up a whole lot of info on this group either (I can't say I've tried too hard) it seems that this band, like the other Monks, were a rock n roll-garage and later psyche group that dressed up like monks and put out a few insane 45s. This JANKY PANKY is pronounced Hanky Panky and as you might have already guessed is a cover of that ever loved American rock n roll standard. The record boasts a great Lucille inspired bass line, killer organ, fierce vocals and cave man drumming that just barely come together (and come close to falling off the track all together a few times) and that is really what makes me love this record. Again another one to play loud this time with lampshade on head.
LOS BLUE KINGS- GUERA TWIST/BAILA NENA BAILAR/ MUCHACHOS- ALEGRIA
Here are three songs from Los Blue Kings from an EP on the Alegria record label. There is some information on the internet about this group, but most of it is in Spanish so I really can't tell you much about them. Apparently Los Blue Kings first came on the scene in 1961 and later became Los Iracundos around 1963. I don't know anything about Los Iracundos, but if you use google and read spanish you might be able to gleen more than I could. Regardless, these three selections are all pretty squarely found on the rockabilly side of town and are all pretty solid in my opinion. Guera Twist which I'm pretty sure means "white woman twist" is great. The guitar solo is short and sweet and the lyrics are pretty straight forward. Baila Nena Bailar steps it up a bit with some snarling volcals and another great guitar solo. The last song on the EP, Muchachos, is equally rocking even though the call and response vocals about all the muchachos doing the twist are a little bit goofy, the guitar solos are once again priceless.
LUIS "VIVI" HERNANDEZ- CHIPI CHIPI/ YA VOY- CISNE
After digging through piles of moldy 45s at a flea market in San Antonio a few weeks ago, I walked outside into the 104 degree heat, bought a beer from a booth and sat down at a picknick table. I shuffled through some of my scores and finally put this record on my portable turntable. THIS IS THE FUCKING SHIT is all I could think. I have no idea who Luis "VIVI" Hernandez is or was, but in my humble opinion he must have been some sort of god.To me, both sides of this record embody everything thing that every rockabilly record should be (and too often is not). Senor Hernandez screams/shouts his way through these songs as every rockabilly performer should have and stops only for guitar solos which are completely retarded. Like I said- This is the fucking shit!
LOS REBELDES DEL ROCK- LA HIERDRA VENENOSA- DIMSA
Right here we have another solid sender from south of the border. I don't really have much to say about this kick ass cover of Poison Ivy except that it is excellent. Play it loud.
LOS ROCKIN DEVILS- BULE BULE- ORFEON
Los Rockin Devils- the name says it all. Well at least it says teenage boys making loud music and wanting to pick up chicks pretty clearly. And honestly isn't that what rock n roll is all about? This record is a pretty straight forward cover of Wolley Bully. Its wild and stomping and is definately worth playing real loud. Apparently Los Rockin Devils are still around and have been in a ton of movies and put out quite a few albums as well. You can find more on Los Rockin Devils on their website here: http://www.losrockindevils.net/.
Here are all the tracks put together and you can download them as well:
