Covid-19 Music… part 50… The Stone Roses, Made of Stone
The Stone Roses, Made of Stone, SilverTone… I have to thank my friend Bill to get me into this band. It’s always a fun time to listen to them and look at Ian Brown’s haircuts. I found this record in a great record store in Detroit. It was one of my favourite stores ever since …
Covid-19 Music… part 49… Roy Ayers, Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Roy Ayers, Everybody Loves the Sunshine… I like going to certain record stores that get confused with knowing how to properly price various records that are outside of the domain of what they specialize in. I was lucky with this one and got it for $3. This album has some classic tracks, but the title …
Covid-19 Music… part 48… Lady Saw, Best of
Lady Saw, Best of Lady Saw… I really like classic 70s and 80s reggae. Every so often I like some dancehall is also a good time. So I woke up today with this one Lady Saw song in my head. I don’t know how this sometimes happens. It’s the not the worst problem to have, …
Covid-19 Music… part 47… Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain, Columbia Records… I don’t remember where I found this record, but I found it used for like $7. Original 6-eye in quite good condition for a great price. This used to be one of the songs I listened to while waiting for the subway. I felt kind of sneaky listening …
Covid-19 Music… part 46… Yussef Kamaal, Black Focus
Yussef Kamaal, Black Focus, Brownswood Recordings… One day I was driving on the Lodge in Detroit and ‘Yo Chavez’ came on the radio. When I parked my car I had to stay in and listen to the reset of the song. I bought this album as a ‘birthday treat’ for myself a few years ago. …
Covid-19 Music… part 45… Nice Up the Dance, Studio One Discomixes
Various – Studio One, Nice Up the Dance… I found this record used a while ago when I was in a 70s reggae phase. It’s always a great record to play when relaxing. Anyways, the title track is a classic. This is the extended ‘discomix’, so it might be a bit longer than the original …
Covid-19 Music… part 44… Sun Ra, Nuclear War
Sun Ra, Nuclear War… I came across this from looking at recommendations from this list of foreign record stores. I used to listen to a wide variety of radio and for some reason they never played anything like this before. I bought this one online using some gift card money that I won from some …
Covid-19 Music… part 43… Colin Stetson, New History of Warfare vol 2.
Colin Stetson, New History of Warfare vol. 2, 2011… A while ago I was shopping at home depot and was buying some wood to make a cabinet. It was a slow moving day since it was the middle of summer and I was melting from trying to put some large pieces of plywood into my …
Covid-19 Music… part 42… Soul Jazz Records, Studio One Djs
Soul Jazz Records, Studio One DJs… For me, reggae from the 70s and 80s still is quite relevant. Some people I know think if it’s not Bob Marley it’s not reggae, and the new generation only listen to crazy dance hall. This album is a good mix of some classics from a long time ago. …
Covid-19 Music… part 41… Jazz Crusaders, Lookin’ Ahead
Jazz Crusaders, Lookin’ Ahead, Pacific Jazz… Years ago I met this crazy guy who ran a restaurant. At 7pm he would change the radio station over to WDET for the Ed Love program. The overall business plan was sell cheap Chinese-like stir frys, use the radio as entertainment, and make up for everything with expensive …