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10 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere
(see Comments, below, for helpful info about downloading)
Twenty-one years after having his prophetic auditory hallucination of William Blake reading "Ah! Sunflower" and "The Sick Rose" in his East Harlem flat, Allen Ginsberg recorded his own version of Blake's "songs" set to a dreamy score (with loving contributions from Peter Orlovsky, Don Cherry, Bob Dorough, Jon Sholle and others).
Today being Ginsberg's 83rd birthday, Mining the Audio Motherlode is celebrating by linking to a download of this 1969 album – along with nine other gems.
Holy Holy Holy!
Allen Ginsberg ~ "William Blake: Songs of Innocence and Experience"
(Blog: Music Musica Musique)
From the album: Laughing Song (mp3)
[Note: Follow link, then click on "Music Links" on the left-hand margin.] Some Outsize Entertainments
Various ~ "Tiny Topsy & Friends"
(Blog: Twilightzone!)
[Note: This appeared on the original Twilightzone blog, which got taken
down. The Rapidshare link, though, is still active. Click the above
link, then scroll down to find two-part download.]
Chevy Chase's Old Band
Chamaeleon Church ~ "Chamaeleon Church"
(Blog: Sir Psych's Psychedelic Shack)
From the album: Blueberry Pie (mp3)
[7 more mind-tongue moisteners, after the jump]
Highlife Kings Play Songs of Love
E.T. Mensah & Sir Victor Olaiya ~ "Highlife Giants of Africa
(Blog: Magic of Juju)
Songs by Eisler, Texts by Brecht
Heiner Goebbels & Alfred 23 Harth ~ "Goebbels Heart"
(Blog: Lucky Psychic Hut)
From the album: Kein Krigsspielzeug Fuer Jonathan (mp3)
Peruvian Maestro Goes to Colombia
Melochita ~ "Con Sabor a Pueblo"
(Blog: Global Grooves)
Keeping Hank's Flame Alight
George & Earl ~ "Going Steady With the Blues"
(Blog: Uncle Gil's Rockin' Archives)
From the album: I'll Keep Your Name on File (mp3) by George McCormick
Baudelaire Done Up Electronical
Ruth White ~ "Flowers of Evil"
(Blog: Different Waters)
[See Mining the Audio Motherlode, Vol. 4 for a vastly different treatment of Baudelaire]
Not a Toy Piano, a Pianist "Toy"
The Three Peppers ~ "1937-1940"
(Blog: Regálme Esta Noche)
From the album: Swing Out, Uncle Wilson (mp3)
Gimme a Head With Hear, Long Beautiful Hair...
Odair Cabeça de Poeta ~ "O Forró Vai Ser Doutor"
(Blog: Pense...Arte Pense...Brasil)
Listen for music from these and other incredible finds on
Give the Drummer Some, Fridays on WFMU, 9 to Noon (ET).
Check out every installment of Mining the Audio Motherlode
A brief note about Mining the Audio Motherlode: The main focus here will be on
posts of rare and out-of-print recordings, but the blogs themselves are responsible
for the content they are providing.
A few helpful words about the downloads:
Follow the links provided to blog pages offering the downloads. Look for the download link on the page. (Occasionally, the link is listed in the Comments section. Also, if the original download link is no longer active, check further down in the string of comments; a new download link may be posted there.)
Some downloads deposit a folder on your desktop; others leave an rar. file, which needs to be opened using special software. This software is FREE and available online. (If you use a Mac, I highly recommend UnRarx.)
Some blogs provide passwords, which then must be entered when opening the rar. file. The password is typically listed right next to the original download link.
Be sure to search the archived pages at each individual blogs to find more musical gems. Also, check the blog rolls at each blog for leads to other great blogs.
Searching for a specific artist or album? Use Google's BlogSearch or the terrific music blog search engine Captain Crawl.
Posted by: Doug Schulkind | June 03, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Chamaeleon Church sounds just like John Lennon. Txs for sharing!
Posted by: iRobata | June 03, 2009 at 02:59 PM
Everytime I complain, what a nuisance.
Well, you mixed track and album titles for the Goebbels/Harth: the track is called "Kein Kriegsspielzeug für Jonathan" ("No war toy for Jonathan"), and it's on the compilation-CD "Goebbels Heart". Originally it was issued on the 1981 LP "Der durchdrungene Mensch - Indianer für Morgen".
Salute!
Posted by: Lucky | June 03, 2009 at 04:39 PM
nevermind - i made the mistake! oversaw the colon after "From the album:", meaning the following title referring to the album, whereas it's vice versa. thx for the share, i shut up. :)
Posted by: Lucky | June 03, 2009 at 04:48 PM
Lucky,
It is my good pleasure that readers such as yourself care enough to offer corrections. So don't hesistate to jump in anytime!
Doug S.
Posted by: Doug Schulkind | June 03, 2009 at 04:58 PM
I just downloaded that Ginsberg LP a couple of months ago, very excited because Bob Dorough was coming to our town for a jazz & poetry festival and I figured with he, Don Cherry, and Elvin Jones on the record, it's got to be at least,..........something.
Ugh!
Posted by: djack | June 03, 2009 at 06:35 PM
Two more from my browsing...
Indonesia psycho-funkaliscious
http://madrotter.blogspot.com/2009/05/friendly-group-aria-bersemi-lagi.html
Savage Republic Spin-off
http://fritzdiesspinne.blogspot.com/2009/05/your-face-against-stone-is-warm.html
Posted by: icastico | June 03, 2009 at 08:07 PM
I am now a Highlife convert. Many thanks!
Posted by: Louisville Dan | June 05, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Where is the Download link for the three peppers? I cant find it anywhere onn the page.
Posted by: Sister Hairy Hymen | June 06, 2009 at 08:47 PM
For the Three Peppers link, click on the hypertext word "regálame" which appears immediately below the listing for track #24.
Posted by: Doug Schulkind | June 07, 2009 at 08:56 AM