Mining the Audio Motherlode, Vol. 23 (MP3s)

Give the Drummer Some's
10 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere
(see Comments, below, for helpful info about downloading)

Thanks to the good souls at the terrific blog Uncle Gil's Rockin' Archives, word is spreading about the poor health of original Sun Records rocker Billy Lee Riley. Riley, who's endured an awful string of medical problems is now battling stage-four bone cancer and is in dire need of financial assistance. (Follow this link for info on how you can help.)

Cancer seems to be more everywhere than ever before. Some say it's all due to the general aging of the population, but that doesn't make it any easier to stomach. The Miner just lost a friend in Chicago to cancer and skipped last week's post to spend time with his mum, who underwent cancer surgery. Talk about your Motherlode. Just be sure to take good care of yourselves and loved ones and don't forget to smell the audio roses along the way.

 

He's Made it Through Three Hip Replacements and a Quintuple Bypass
Billy Lee Riley  ~  "Rock With Me Baby"
(Blog: Free Rockabilly Music

This Pistol-Brandishing ex-Soap Star Is Now a Senator
Irma Serrano  ~  "Exitos de Siempre"
(Blog: Música Popular Mexicana)
From the album: La Martina (mp3)




Bailamos con Tito Nieves and Crew
Conjunto Clasico  ~  "Si No Bailan con Ellos, no Bailan con Nadie"
(Blog: La Musica Latina)



[7 more roses, after the jump]

I Got You, Jewell
Jewell "Babe" Stovall  ~  "Babe Stovall"
(Blog: Blues Everyday)

The Sound of Philly (in Paris)
Byard Lancaster/Keno Speller  ~  "Exactement"
(Blog: Ile Oxumaré)


 

Pre-Prog Debut, With Vinicius Canutária on Drums!
O Têrço  ~  "O Têrço"
(Blog: Abracadabra-LPs Do Brasil 2)
From the album: Antes de Você... Eu (mp3)




Great Nickname for a Man With no Front Teeth
Smiley Lewis  ~  "Caldonia's Party"
(Blog: Be Bop Wino)
[password=greaseyspoon]


 

I'll Have What She's Smoking
Janet Helms  ~  "Ship On"
(Blog: Classic and Rare Soul Sisters)
From the album: Bird Song (mp3)




Save the Wales
Meic Stevens  ~  "Ghost Town"
(Blog: Música Ácida)



Italian Jazzers Sizzle
Quintetto Santucci-Scoppa  ~  "Looking Around"
(Blog: Orgy in Rhythm)

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 engine Captain Crawl.

[jul talen]

i love your show, man - i actually have a more original mind than this thought expresses, but -- but -- well, woke up to you and that's the sentiment. may i say in my defense that i wrote my honors thesis at Brown on the invention of the long-playing record and the Battle of the Speeds? just heard you say - sign up for the extra playlists and now - probablbecause [you know, that should be one word] am not a morning person, at least not in the sense of morning being a time when it's light outside.
glimpseculture.com is my website, i make and write about split screens - @jultalen
well, i do love your show and now will listen fridays - THX especially for this nixon/jazz thing you got on now. funny.
do sign me up
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