Revisiting & Sharing Retro Eclectic Music

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

**Bostonians Are Trippy Too**

I've had this 7'' of a while. The feature song I dig on this is called "K One Hour" released in 1993 on Lunar Rotation Records out of Boston.
It's trippy, errie & yet beautiful.
Recorded at Vortex Studios, Vermont: Oct '93
::Cul de Sac, a band whose name was taken from a Roman Polanski film, is Boston's original post rock granddaddy formed in 1989. They continue to record, release music & tour.
song: K One Hour by: Cul de Sac
download & share link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?0nh3tyw0wyt
Cul De Sac

Sunday, March 21, 2010

*Dick Beats & Hard House Bootlegs*

I've been a on a steady vinyl archiving pace over the past few weeks & I keep coming across these early house bootleg comp 12''s with songs I know I will never hear anyone play.
Here's one of the records. I like the entire side & of course 4am is a very under rated classic.
This particular song is called
"Dick Beats" produced by Techno & Datboy on Tech Grooves Vol. 1..
Song Link
http://www.mediafire.com/?mmgiuxytjyz
Dick Beats

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

**She-Rockers Jams, Professor Griff Samples, Carly Simon Just Stands There**

English Hip-Hop duo She-Rockers made a string of 12'' singles for Jive records & Music of Life label in the early 90's. One of their bigger songs (Give It A Rest) was produced by Public Enemy's former lead S1W & controversial figure Professor Griff.
The thing about this song is that he jacked Carly Simon's early 80's hit "Why" which at the time was remixed by Chic band members & writers Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers. It eventually became a Paradise Garage classic after Larry Levan started throwing the remix as a part of his dj sets..
link Song::
Give It A Rest" :: She-Rockers
http://www.mediafire.com/?jlyyy1dyiyn
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Original Version & Video for "Why"

Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers Dance Version

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

*One of Many 12'' Bootlegs From Brooklyn's Beat Street Records Store*

Disco Dub is a bootleg 12'' I got in the early 90's & I still love it. If you're a head or a dj that buys re-issues or still goes to NYC's Rock & Soul Records store to get 12''bootleg disco/funk/NYC party thrown down singles then you own this 12'' with the green label, I got mine from the legendary but now defunk Beat Street Records.
Disco Dub:: On JD Records ...
song link: http://www.mediafire.com/?hjrrmmgzeyt
disco dub
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

*DanceCamp* Presents:: Retro-MPC Beat-Strumentals Lp..

This is a compilation of 19 homemade hip-hop tracks from Alfonzie's hefty stack of 3.5 floppy disks. Mostly based around funk/jazz record samples with an occasional sci-fi twist accompanied by audio clips & b-film dialogue. All tracks were made mostly during 2005-2009 on the classic Akai MPC 2000XL drum machine sampler along with sprinkles of live instrumentation.
DanceCampMusic.com
Download link..spread it...
http://www.mediafire.com/?0ejojhyuymn
alfonziebeats

Thursday, January 14, 2010

*Tierra Disco's Answer To A Ship Cruise Lounge Cover Band*

I've always enjoyed the Latin influenced disco music, lots of horn arrangements ect...but never the less exciting & pulsating!
Tierra is an early-'70s spin-off group from El Chicano, Tierra kept plugging away until 1980, when they scored some brief success on the R&B charts doing Afro-Latin-flavored soul covers...
Here's one of the more uptempo selections:: Latin Disco
Download it..
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ji0zmom0mzk/LatinDisco.mp3
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

**New Podcast + Pal Joey & Alfreako Wish You A Happy Thanksgyrate!!**

I wanted to share this new radio show podcast that I recorded for the fine folks at WTNR: We Take No Request Radio. Download it now & soak in the grooves while feastin' on your feast!!!
Happy Holidays to you all from *DanceCamp* headquarters!!!
Download link:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/689580992e7612e7/

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here's the playlist!
WTNR-DC#001

As a bonus here's a song that NYC Darling Pal Joey & Alfreako made last Thanksgiving(2008) called "Thanksgiving"...Enjoy!

Monday, November 16, 2009

*Billy Preston=Mr. Outer Space Collaborator*

Billy Preston's music has been a part of just about everyone's world whether they know it or not. He was a well accomplished piano/organ keys player who sowed his oats early on by playing organ for such figures as Ray Charles and Little Richard.
Shortly after he worked on a bunch albums with bands that rocked the 60's & early 70's. He played keys on records for Sly Stone, The Rolling Stones, Quincy Jones, The Beatles and pretty everyone in the spectrum of the music scene at the time. He also wrote the now standard "You Are So Beautiful" which his homie Joe Cocker ended up singing.
He eventually got to doing his solo thing which scored him a string of No.1 singles, he even won a few coveted Grammy Awards for "Outta Space" and "Space Race" to name a couple.
He lived right up to 2006 actively touring & making records.
This one is "Sock it Rock It"
http://www.mediafire.com/file/nzdomwmm5f3/Sock it Rock it.mp3
Billy Preston Sock It Rock It
Here he is rocking the Hammond B3

Sunday, November 8, 2009

*Ralph MacDonald Is More Than A Calypso Breakdown!*

Ralph MacDonald biggest pop record came in the form of Calypso Breakdown which was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. If you're a Dj it's a mandatory piece of vinyl in your collection or if you're a 70's child you had the poster hangin' on your wall & the cassette in your parents stereo annoying the crap out of them with your newly found fancy gyrating disco moves..
Anyways for the eclectic heads that know of MacDonalds discography he's an all around maverick and in my eyes is the father of "Calypso Disco Funk".
He still tours to this very day as a matter of fact he's playing Madison Square Garden w/ Jimmy Buffet Nov.24th 2009...Boooom there you go!!
http://www.ralphmacdonald.com

This song is called "It Feels So Good" from his Lp called "The Path"
:Link below:
http://www.mediafire.com/?yonvj1zd2hy
Ralh Macdonald
Here's Calypso Breakdown from Saturday Night Fever::

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

*The Catherine Wheel Rotates*

The Catherine Wheel is a fantastic album by the one & only David Byrne. He was already well into his solo career when this Lp was released in 1982. It was the recorded soundtrack for Broadway production under the same title. The Catherine Wheel was recorded with a number of musicians from the Talking Heads' then-current touring band Adrian Belew, Bernie Worrell & Steve Scales.
"The Catherine Wheel" premiered September 22, 1981 at the Winter Garden Theater in New York City
This song is called::The Red House

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He's an interesting project David Byrne is working on called "Playing The Building"