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10 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere
(see Comments, below, for helpful info about downloading)
What the heck are you doing reading this intro? Sure, my intro-writing prowess has been known to cause IQs to spontaneously combust, but nothing I could say here could possibly worth the precious time you're wasting instead of following the links provided below. Boom!
Highlights this week: a raga-accompanied movie starlet reading Baudelaire (Yvette Mimieux), pub-worthy incantations of a Calcutta-born Scots warbler (Hamish Imlach) and an astounding collection of blues, gospel, country and other roots performers recording in Richmond, VA, two weeks before the great crash of '29.
Guitar Hero with the 5 Royales
Lowman "Pete" Pauling ~ "El Pauling"
(Blog: Blues & Rhythm)
[Look for DL link in comments; password = bluesandrhythm.blogspot.com]
From the album: Soul House (It Won't Be Long) (mp3)
Japanese Protest Rockers
Zunou Keisatsu (a.k.a Brain Police) ~ [first album]
(Blog: Time Has Told Me)
From the album: Sayounara Sekai Kifujinyo (mp3)
Improbable Duo Does Baudelaire
Yvette Mimieux & Ali Akbar Khan ~ "Flowers of Evil"
(Blog: Martian Shaker)
[7 More mind-blowers after the jump]
Scottish Folk Raconteur
Hamish Imlach ~ "Definitive Transatlantic Collection"
(Blog: Honeybean)
From the album: The 37 Bus (mp3)
Sunny Mexican Hard Pop
Bandolero ~ "Bandolero"
(Blog: Mustang Hard Rock)
Like a Time Capsule from '29: Old-Time Bonanza!
Various ~ "Virginia Roots": Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
(Blog: El Diablo Tun Tun)
[pw = eldiablotuntun.blogspot.com]
Titanic Free Jazz Trio
Revolutionary Ensemble ~ "The Psyche"
(Blog: Jizz Relics)
Swaggering Brazilian Funkateer
Toni Tornado ~ "Toni Tornado (1972)"
(Blog: Somewhere I Have Never Travelled)
[Look for link in comment made by Black Moses: "Toni Tornado (1972)"]
Dylanesque Brit's '65 Debut
Mick Softley ~ "Songs for Swingin' Survivors"
(Blog: Merlin in Rags)
Kazoos, Mouthharps and Sass
Various ~ "Spivey's Blues Parade"
(Blog: Cousin Mike)
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Doug, so far i'm not havin' a whole lot of luck finding the links to these treasures you've discovered. i'm eager to check out the Swaggering Brazilian Funkateer, yet alas, there seems to be no link. little help?
Posted by: spaceboy5367 | February 18, 2009 at 04:28 PM
The link for Toni Tornado is in the comments section. (Look for hyperlink under comment by Black Moses.)
A lot of these blogs tuck the download link in the comments section. If you can't find the link in the body of the post, go look in the comments. Otherwise, poke around on the text until you find a link to Rapidshare, Megaupload, Sharebee, DivShare, or some other upload hosting site. As always, don't hesistate to ask if you can find the link.
Posted by: Doug Schulkind | February 18, 2009 at 04:45 PM
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 try Captain Crawl.
Posted by: Doug Schulkind | February 18, 2009 at 10:13 PM
We mine in the same neighborhoods, but you are finding some gems I miss...great stuff. A recent find: http://yawningandbalafon.blogspot.com/ lots of gems.
Posted by: Icastico | February 19, 2009 at 02:28 AM
The 1929 Time Capsule discs are amazing. I can't get enough pre-War recordings in my life.
Posted by: Joe | February 20, 2009 at 05:16 PM
You sure know how to keep my ears full. This pre-digging does help me, I have my hands full just processing the download piles that I do uncover.
Toni Tornado--- quite lovely, and with that cover it sort of cries out to be played. The Flowers of Evil record I'd seen around and was glad to finally hear a bit. I'm looking forward to the 1929 stuff- I also can't get enough song-mining for my songbook from the early 20th century. 'Preciate it.
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Posted by: Alessandra | February 24, 2009 at 04:23 AM