Fonds de tiroir

That was a pretty long break, wasn’t it?
Alright, folks, here is the deal:
It all started when megaupload was being a pain and kept disconnecting uploads every time I’d try to.

And I am not the patient type.

Maybe some of you would have guessed that.

So at the same time, I quitted my job.
Felt soooo good. I didn’t find another one, my wife did!
So it was my turn to look after my son and all of a sudden the world was such a better place.
Especially when you play a little James Brown or The Embrooks or whatever I was obsessed at the time.

By the way, it’s not a joke, The Embrooks are a pretty awesome bunch of freakbeat makers. I discovered them because RYP from Twilightzone offered the album “Yellow Glass Perseptions” in November – or was it October? Anyway, I haven’t stopped listening to them since. I got the others albums. They’re good. I’m a happy little freakbeater these days.
And also, I don’t know if you’ve noticed but Twilightzone offers the best selections these days: Buddy Holly, The Embrooks, The Fleshtones, some amazing obscure garage comps, man, try not to miss that, it’s pretty funky.

So after a while, it’s like it’s been too long to write on the blog again, see?
I’m sorry, I thought I would be a little more consistent than that.
But it is just not there anymore.
The will is not there.
So I don’t know. I think I’m going to go more or less quiet for a while.

Anyway, I’m not going to go like that.
Especially since after trying now and then to upload something on megaupload, the other day, I got fucking lucky. After a couple of trials, I got up to four uploads. Yeah, baby.

So I’m going to post what was already on my computer and maybe a couple of cool more things that I get in the meanwhile. Because, oh baby again, I got tons of good shit the past few months. I had what my friend Sylvain and I call a “bon pétage de plombs”: kinda when you loose control and start to buy everything that sounds good and not so expensive.

From a 1cent CD – Tee and Thee Crumpets on Amazon, you can check, it’s still there – to a 32euros 8 CDs boxset Atlantic Records 1947 to 1974. And put about a good 3 or 4 dozens of CDs in between.
I got lucky, crazy, I needed it, call it whatever, my ears are clear and ringing from all these good sounds. So the Embrooks. That’s one. Grinderman. Tom Waits (Alice, Blood Money, Frank’s Wild Years), Led Zeppelin (Physical Graffiti, the japanese vinyl replica double for 11 euros, how could I resist?), etc, etc.

So here it is, folks, months after, when it doesn’t really mean so much anymore but I am having fun anyway, some stuff I uploaded on my computer some months ago and I hate a waste job.
Plus you know, I still have tons of stuff to tell you so:
a) I’m going to finish posting the good dozen and a half albums I uploaded for you.
b) Maybe I’ll throw in a new thing or two that I found too cool to pass by without sharing it AND TELLING THE FUCKING WORLD HOW FUCKING MUCH I LOVE AND WORSHIP THIS GODDAMN MUSIC THAT CARRY ME, LIFT ME UP, AND KEEP ON INSPIRING ME EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE. (I guess I had to say that. Sorry.)
c) And then, I won’t close it. I’ll let the links die one after another (wow, that’s sounds not cheerful all of a sudden). Okay, here is the deal: anytime someone encounters a dead link in the right column, please let me know and I’ll revive it. You know, some kind of cool haunted dead blog where the roots of it are kept alive, the minimum I can keep on giving to the world all the time. Putting some really good music out there. You know, it sounds a little stupid written like that but I bet it is still more than a lot of people out there. Like right now, I leave in New Jersey, right? And I have to talk
d) Sarkozy is dying by his own hand. I hated him so much that I was too blinded to see it coming. I live, again, very happy times. He is sooo perfect. I almost love him now, of course. I am a sick motherfucker, ain’t I?
e) And if Life keeps on being slightly better every day or so, the feeling to be on the right track stays around, maybe I’ll find the time and the want from time to time to give you news.

Of course, a lot of other things happened to me but unfortunately, we don’t have time to go any further into details. Maybe another day.

So let’s go: music, Maestro!

The Mike

Ruth Brown – Teardrops from My Eyes

This is a compilation. I know, it’s not my style usually but it seems that Ruth Brown was one of these artists who recorded in sessions and then released the results in singles or EP format.  But this, my friends, is a “proper” compilation. (I don’t know if you know that label, Proper, which releases “Proper introduction” to artists – I like the pun.)

 

Anyway, I got to find out about Ruth Brown when Ahmet Ertegun died last year. There was a very good paper in Mojo and they wrote about Atlantic, “the house that Ruth built”. So of course I got curious. And I wasn’t disappointed. Amazing artist, great choice of songs, the lovers of warm, sexy but also strongly opinioned feminine voice will be in a little paradise while listening to her majesty Ruth Brown.

 

The titles are eloquent: “Mama, he treats your daughter mean”, “I’ll get along somehow”, “Teardrops from my eyes”, this is rhythm & blues just because of its recording dates, because we are clearly in Deep Soul territory… for our greatest pleasure.

 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XNS9B256

 

Enjoy,

 

The Mike

 

PS: And she plays Mabel in the original Hairspray! I love that movie a little more now that I know that.

Lori Burton – Breakout

I bought that CD only after reading an article. Well, the article was by Nicolas Ungemuth who has a real talent to share his devotion towards talented 60’s female singers, especially if they sound a little like Dusty Springfield.

 

Lori Burton doesn’t sound much like Dusty but she is indeed talented. She has a powerful voice and the songs that she wrote are what the tradition to call great “stompers”. “Gotta make you love me baby” or “There is no way (to stop lovin’ you)” will get you to dance around frantically and there is nothing you will be able to do about it.

 

Interesting enough, the CD includes a single that has nothing to do with these recording sessions: “Nightmare” by the Whyte Boots. When girl groups were one of the major sounds around and death songs were fashionable, Lori and her writing partner, Pam Sawyer, penned this creepy tale of death which is still one of the greatest death songs around, along with “Terry” and of course “The Leader of the pack”.

 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AJEL74E4

 

Enjoy

 

The Mike

Joey Heatherton – s/t

Alright, this album… is clearly here for its cover.

I’m sorry, I’m a machist pig and all that sort of things… but I definitely got my eyes caught by Joey Heatherton’s beautiful figure… and I haven’t listened twice to the album.

Ok, I don’t own it so I’m not super drawn to it. But the impression I got was waaaayyyyy too “sugary” for me.

And you know me, I have a sweet tooth alright, whether it’s for food or music. I like the Carpenters or Abba as much as the next guy.

But seriously, here I don’t know, it’s just too much.

So why posting it?
Well, like I said, it’s on my computer and maybe it will make some crazy freak happy out there… and there is nothing wrong with that.

And I really really like the picture on the cover.

 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TY57R3JK

 

Enjoy

 

The Mike

The Gore Gore Girls – Get the Gore

The third album of these crazy chicks is an unbalanced one but a good one.

For those who don’t read the precious posts on this blog, you don’t know that I was obsessed with their first album. It sounded like a wild cat fight recorded with a 1930 tape recorder but, hey, isn’t that the exact definition of a GOOD punk record?

 

So I bought the second one but I wasn’t convinced: too slow, not enough screaming and even the songs weren’t catchy or wild enough or…

 

Anyway, this one shows the girls back in full form: songs like “Pleasure unit” (my favorite), “Loaded heart”, “Don’t cry” or “Fox in a Box” will get you wild alright while the great covers of “All Grown Up” or “Where evil grows” (second favorite – and if anybody knows who sung the original and where to find it, I’d appreciate the infos a LOT) are impressive and sung with the perfect attitude. Because if there is one thing those wild gals have plenty of, it’s attitude alright. And it’s so perfect that it balances anything you’d think this album lacks of!!!

 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DHIWKL04

 

Enjoy (or make way for the Gore Gore Girls! They mean business!)

 

The Mike

Gladys Knght and the Pips – Everybody needs love + Feelin’ bluesy

I started to buy these CDs, twofers of Gladys Knight Motown albums, and I can’t help but feeling a little disappointed.

There are some great songs here and there but these albums don’t stand as strong as some of Motown’s productions at the same time.

 

Again, it was on my computer… as complementary program for another post. So there it is. And I am sure that some Motown worshippers will be happy to find it here. But if some of you are disappointed, you can’t blame me, I will have warned you.

 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0WJQ0MT2

 

Anyway, enjoy.

 

The Mike

 

PS: No Dusty Springfield this time but Megaupload made it very clear, no more upload this time. Maybe next time? And when will that next time be? Only time will tell.