"the 100 - 500 % Dynamite selection certainly has a few over-played anthems for my likings."
Talk about missing the point.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 3 February 2007 18:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― am0n (am0n), Saturday, 3 February 2007 19:03 (seventeen years ago) link
Generally I find that I enjoy Trojan's reggae compilations more than Soul Jazz', although SJ's feel incalculably more nutritious.
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Saturday, 3 February 2007 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link
I disagree!
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 3 February 2007 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Well "5:30" is a personal fave -- what's yours?
― ersatz (ersatz), Saturday, 3 February 2007 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link
i disagree 2.
i still find it off that they didn't put 'us millie' on.
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Saturday, 3 February 2007 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Saturday, 3 February 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
I haven't heard much of anything else they've put out, besides spinning Saturday Night Fish Fry at HMV one night when the shift was winding down and the manager was out.
― MacDara Conroy (MacDara), Saturday, 3 February 2007 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 3 February 2007 21:40 (seventeen years ago) link
But "Can't Be Funky" over "TooManyCreeps" was a good call.
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 3 February 2007 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link
*not as salacious as it sounds.
― from The ends of your fingers (prosper.strummer.), Sunday, 4 February 2007 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Track Listings 1. Boredom - Buzzcocks 2. Ain't You - Kleenex 3. All Your Life With Me - APB 4. Everything's Roses - Fire Engines 5. Slice 1 - Naffis 6. Let's Build A Car - Swell Maps 7. Tight As A Drum - Leer, Thomas 8. Spirit Of Youth - Last Gang 9. Babysitter - Fitzgerald, Patrick 10. Shake (The Foundations) - Glaxo Babies 11. Love And A Molotov Cocktail - Flys (1) 12. Fish Needs A Bike - Blurt 13. Skank Bloc Bologna - Scritti Politti 14. Every Day I Die - Frantic Elevators 15. Fight For Peace - Radical Change 16. Slide - Artery 17. Distant Dreams - Throbbing Gristle 18. Creation Rebel - Windows 19. Paris France - Lucy, Tom & Wasted Youth 20. Paint Your Wagon - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 21. Wolf - Prag Vec 22. Looking For The Cooking Pot - McDonald, Russ
― minerva estassi (minerva estassi), Sunday, 4 February 2007 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Soul Jazz is quite classic with the only real mis-fire being the Chicago Soul compilation, but even that has some choice Rotary Connection tracks.
US Millie might have been left off because it's been re-issued several times before. Also, I vaguely remember there being some type of copyright dispute between Glenn Branca and Jeffery Lohn over old Theoretical Girls material. Dan, I’m sure, would have more info on that.
― Ice Cream Electric (Ice Cream Electric), Sunday, 4 February 2007 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link
US Millie had only been reissued on the ROIR NY Singles Scene CD on Danceteria which is a pretty forgotten (and slept on) release. I think it's a stronger song and judging from reviews at the time, was seen as the A-Side. You Got Me had been reissued as well on the Songs 78-79 CD.
No copyright disputes though, Glenn's basically controlling the songs he wrote, and Jeffrey his.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 4 February 2007 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link
Haven't investigated further, as may lead to expensive expansion of musical taste.
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Sunday, 4 February 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― todd (todd), Monday, 5 February 2007 02:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 5 February 2007 02:48 (seventeen years ago) link
The Tropicalia one is worth it for the liner booklet alone. Informative and beautifully presented.
Just bought the Studio One Rude Boy album. the concept is interesting but the record doesn't really knit together musically, despite some belting good songs e.g. Mr Kiss A Bang Bang.
― Daniel Giraffe (Daniel Giraffe), Monday, 5 February 2007 14:22 (seventeen years ago) link
I know there's more, anything of note?
― the kwisatz bacharach (sanskrit), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― jonviachicago (jonviachicago), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 5 February 2007 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link
too much cool shit coming out at the moment.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
heard this on the radio over the weekend (specifically the opening track, an amazing version of "Ring My Bell") and bought it when I saw it in the record store Monday. So, so good.
― decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
Love that comp. This also looks great: http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=27099
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
gotta hand it to them, the new ACID comp is pretty sweet, much better imo than the first one
― the late great, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
I am head over heels for the two Krautrock compilations they've put out.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
I love 90% of what this label has released. If I only owned their Studio One and Dynamite comps and nothing else by anyone I would probably be happy for a long time.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
one of the main things not on Spotify that I really wish was
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
So, that Fashion Records comp. I'll admit I'm not the hugest Jungle head anyway, but throwing in random jungle remixes into a selection of early 80's Dancehall and trad Reggae is not the best way to enjoy those, right?
A lot of Soul Jazz stuff feels poorly sequenced to me, tho much the Brazilian and Venezuelan stuff flows very nicely...
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 15 April 2019 11:39 (five years ago) link
bunch of their comps now ARE on spotify, apparently. Also helpful users have reassembled some of the others (e.g. the dynamite comps) as playlists.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
The new Cuba compilation is predictably great - lots of salsa of course (though Cuba rejected the term) but also acid rock and stuff that sounds more MPB or at times even Morricone - there's a few tracks by the Cuban Film Institute house band that should appeal to library music fans. Very much in the same vein as their Venezuela comps.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 26 February 2021 13:42 (three years ago) link