In The Big Apple tracking some new material until monday the 22nd. it was pretty short notice but i'm gonna try and get some digging in. Im staying in the lower east side and have packed my Serato , so if you want me to spin some soul/funk/golden age hip hop at you bar or club drop me an EMAIL or hit me on TWITTER.peace
The Bay Area's Dannie Belles blesses us with her heartfelt odes to the big guy upstairs.I picked it up after playing "No One But The Lord" which was obviously instant sampler food....OH SNAP! .... i dont think i ever even got around to sampling it!!
Check the going rate here,pick up a copy here and learn more about her life and career here.
Heres some dope private press jazz funk from Monmouth County New Jersy's own Minority Band. Pressed in a small batch of only 500 copies in 1980 , the back reads "JSR Records is a new company that helps working club bands that can sell their own records. JSR artists spend no money for recording or production costs, and there are no recording contracts. JSR Records is always looking for talented groups. (201) 810-2843" WORD!
Check the going rate here, pick up the excellent 2 track reissue here or get you E-dig on here
One of many dope finds from my march trip to Shibuya Japan. I Picked this up from the guy at Face Records, i highly recommend that place as they have a huge selection and dude was really helpful. The Lp is the soundtrack to Kohsuke Kindaich tv series about a detective in japan , penned by the late great Seishi Yokomizo. The soundtrack features slick mixture of synths and strings with some sleazy funk guitar thrown in for good measure .dont sleep on this one...IT DOES NOT TURN UP!!
Big thanks to Dr Malta and to Mista Donut for translating.
Check the going rate here, read about The Adventure of Kohsuke Kindaichi here and play detective here.
I'm going to be posting an MP3 a day on my Twitter (which you can see on the right of the page below the blog links). The usual rare soul, library, funk , psych and prog rock as well as some golden age hip hop, unreleased gems from all those dust zip disks in my lab and some beats fresh from the studio.
Brunswick's very own Artistics with the follow up to their 1967 LP "I'm Gonna Miss You" . If you liked The Ambassadors then this will be right up your street.
Check the going rate on their music here , pick up a copy on the Bay here and learn how to become articulate here
This dope slice of funky soul Isn't my rip, and i've never even seen it in the wild.but with a bunch of fellow diggers jonesing for it. i thought i should end the suffering.
Check what the latest auction ended at here, see what you could have picked it up before the buzz started here and pick up the 45 of "My Style/Julie" here.
Only stepped off the plane 24 hours ago and I'm already knee deep in gems ! Hitting Shibuya for 7 days of pure digging and DJing shenanigans. Any japanese readers who wanna buy me a saki or two ....hit me up!
When not hanging out playing keyboards for jazz legend Cal Tjader Lonnie Hewitt somehow found time to put together this soulful gem.It features bassist Paul Jackson of Headhunters fame, which is pretty unusual for a soul record.
Check the going rate here, buy yourself a copy here.... but dont dig to hard or you might turn into this guy.
Heres another gem from the seemingly bottomless crates of the mighty Paros. This time from an oklahoma based outfit dishing out funky covers of "Eleanor Rigby" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
check the going rate of an OG copy here, pick up an OG here and buy the rare but more reasonably priced Jap reissue here.
I haven't actually got a copy of this bad boy and chances are I never will. frankly I can think of much better things to spend $600 on. But King James Version's 1974 slice of gospel soul is a real treat.its got it all.. dope strings, a splash of wah wah and some beautiful harmonies Believe me ,if you ever find this in a dollar bin you might start singing the gospel too!
Check the going rate here, see if you can buy a copy here and check out what happened when the Buddha Brand threw "I'll Still Love You" in the MPC here.
Seasonal greetings everybody. I can assure you rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I have been knee deep in records since buying a serious collection in mid november, so between that and the beats i havn't had time to post. I'll rip something for the first week of january, until then have a great Christmas and a Happy new year.
I thought i should celebrate 100,000 unique visitors with something out of my "Stupid rare" pile. This Privately pressed LP by Canadian Conrad Benjamin is true rarity and is highly saught after by dj's and collectors alike. its so rare infact that one guy paid over $500 for a heavily warped copy. crazy. With classy production and some beautiful instrumentation it remains one of my favorite pieces of Modern soul.
check the going rate here, pick up a copy here and check out my second favorite canadian export here
After a few emails complaining about my lack of library and prog posts i thought i would switch it up a little. So here we have one of my favorite LP's by frenchman Morice Benin.Im pretty sure this albums is unknown outside of france, which is a shame as it has some great moments . Most notably the title track which wouldn't surprise me if turned up on the next Dusty Fingers compilation
Make friends with Morice here, Hunt (in vain) for this LP here and as its in french, check out a great translation service here
sorry for the lack of posts but my blogger account has been playing up. Don't worry ive managed to fix the problem and have a couple of fresh new posts on the way for this week.. so stay tuned!
Sorry for the wait for this one everybody. But its probably worth it as this is one of the best Lp's ive heard all year. The H. Andrews Congregation bless us with some amazing wah wah guitar work,beautiful harmonies and killer threads on their 1974 release. A BIG thanks to Paros for donating this rip of his own copy.
Check the going rate of this lp here see if you can pick it up here and find out how to start your own congregation here
This Lp is dumb rare! but strangely doesn't seem to command the huge prices you would expect. Similar to The Chosen Few The Guiness Cassanovas recorded west indian flavored funk and soul covers of songs like By The Time I Get To Phoenix and It's Your Thing.
Check the going rate of this Lp here and if your to lazy to get your fingers dusty search for a copy here.
O.V wright made some amazing records,unfortunately his love for the white powder ment he died aged just 41 and was burried in an unmarked grave. Mobb deep fans will recognise "Nickle And A Nail" as it was sampled on Prodigys "Nickle And A Nail" from his excellent "Return Of The Mac" album
Check the going rate on this LP here, make friends with O.V on Myspace here and donate to his memorial fund here.
Sorry about keeping you waiting for a new post, but i have been knee deep in a project the past two weeks. This may make up for it though....
Ive been looking for a copy of this record for about 10 years, but it changes hand for stupid money ,or at least stupid money for what i would call a one-tracker. Its definatly a slice of modern soul worth checking out, even if its just for the track "it takes a little time".
Manhattan's lower east side, the Mecca for hipsters, fixed gear bikes and african funk holy grails. 
