Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 33 (MP3s)

Give the Drummer Some's
6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere

Well looky here, goodies galore: (1) The #1 record on Rolling Stone Japan's 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums list just happens to be the Miner's #1 selection this week. (2) Speaking of Japan, flute-wielding hipster Herbie Mann was touring the island nation in '68 when four members his band—including the exalted Sonny Sharrock—cut this pair of avant-leaning 45s. (3) Buenos Aires in the '70s was a well-known prog rock hotbed, but some earlier Argentine bands, like Los Walkers, found inspiration in the Merseybeat scene. (4) Speaking of Liverpool, Paul McCartney's brother Michael performed for a spell in the musical comedy/poetry troupe the Scaffold with Roger McGough. The two released this album featuring a host of big-name backing talent (including bro Paul and Jimi Hendrix). (5) The pioneering early country duo of Darby (passable blues vocalist) & Tarlton (certified string genius) sold hundreds of thousands of records in the late '20s. By most accounts they hated each other. (6) Finishing with a flourish, the Miner serves up three dazzling collections of '60s rockers from Rio. (Huge thanks to Raphael Soulcialista at Teen Trash). Listen for covers of "Gloria," and "I'm a Believer" on Volume 1.

Being a rock-solid union feller, the Miner can't end this post without paying tribute to labor hero Crystal Lee Sutton, who died last week at 68. Sutton was the textile worker whose defiant crusade to unionize her plant was the real-life inspiration for the film "Norma Rae." Lesser known but no less a protaganist in this story is the former coal miner and labor organizer Eli Zivkovich, who originally enlisted Sutton's help. To get your union on, listen to this inspirational speech from "Norma Rae" (click here), delivered by Ron Leibman, who played the character based on Zivkovich

Greatest Japanese (Soft) Rock Album Ever?
Happy End  ~  "Kazemachi Roman"
(Japanese Rock for Fucks Sake)
From the album: Taifuu (mp3)

Going Inside Out (w/Sonny Sharrock)
Roy Ayers Quartet  ~  "Comin' Home Baby" and "All Blues" (Two 45s)
(El Goog Ja / Soundological Investimgations)




Argentine Popadelica
Los Walkers  ~  "Walking Up"
(Blog: Bomber Blog)
[Password = mza-acid]
From the album: Hasta el Fin de Mis Días (mp3)

Not Bad for a Bunch of Ex Art Students
McGough & McGear
(Blog: Ezhevika Fields)





Old-Timey Superduo
Jimmie Tarlton & Tom Darby  ~  "Darby & Tarlton"
(Blog: Friends of Old Time Music)




Fuzz and Farfisa Fest from Rio!
Volume 1  ~  "Selvagens: Brazilian 60's Punk Artyfacts"
Volume 2  ~  "Selvagens: 60's Wild Surf and Raw Instro from Brazil"
Volume 3  ~  "Selvagens: Obscure Brazilian 60's Garage Beat and Punk Groups"
(Blog: Teen Trash)
From the first album: Coração de Pedra (mp3) by Os Jovens

Listen for music from these and other incredible finds on
Give the Drummer Some, Fridays on WFMU, 9 to Noon (ET).

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Comments

[Doug Schulkind]

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 engines Captain Crawl and Chewbone.

[Ray Brazen]

Wow! I've been searching for that Los Walkers album for years! Thanks Doug!!!!!

[Me]

Files arent valid on the #1 Japanese album

[The Miner]

Friends, the download for the Happy End album IS active. First, click on the MEGAUPLOAD link. When the next page opens, click on SKIP THIS PAGE in the upper righthand corner. That will take you to the Megaupload page. Key in the text code provided in the white box, then click on the gray REGULAR DOWNLOAD bar and a folder with the 12 MP3s will begin downloading to your desktop.

[DumbAscii]

The link to the Happy End is valid, but the zip file is corrupt (tried it twice)

[The Miner]

Not sure what the problem is, but I just downloaded the file again and the zip opened fine. I dragged the MP3s into iTunes and they played perfectly. Using the blog search engine Chewbone, I found several other sites that point to a DL of that album. One that works (I just checked and it's fine) is NITROFILES. You can access that here.

[DumbAscii]

I got it to work. The problem is the character set used by the filenames. When trying to open it just as aregular zipped folder it shows as a blank folder. I opened it in winrar and was able to unzip the files and just rename them.

[Me]

Is there any way to open it using Powerzip thats the program i use.