Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 51 (MP3s)

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

Sandra Wright passed away last week at the age of 61. A classically trained vocalist, she came up in a Tennessee family rich with singers—one cousin was a member of the Spirit of Memphis gospel quartet, another was the blues icon Memphis Slim. Singing in church from the age of 4, Sandra graduated from Tennessee State with a degree in music. When her mother refused to let her travel to Europe with an opera company, Sandra connected with a local R&B group, Canned Souls, and recorded several singles, all before her 21st birthday. In 1974 Stax launched its subsidiary label Truth with Sandra's soulful "Wounded Woman," which was recorded, along with a handful of other numbers at the Muscle Shoals studio Broadway Sound. Sandra's records received no support from the floundering Stax, which wound up in IRS receivership a year later. (In 1988, the UK label Demon released Sandra's Truth singles on one LP. Find it—and two of her '60s tracks—below.) Forsaking the capricious life of touring and recording, Sandra settled into a 17-year run performing in regular rotation at Nashville's famed New Era Club. In 1992, a few years after forming her own group, Sandra rented a place in Vermont to be closer to her new production company and the New York studios. Sandra, who'd been raised in the Memphis projects, was taken with the natural beauty of the Green Mountains and decided to stay. Buoyed by enthusiastic audiences across the Northeast, Sandra became a fixture at festivals and benefits and developed a devoted following that now grieves her loss.

I never did see Sandra perform, but knew her as a beloved member of a circle of friends who, for the past two decades, have gathered in the Vermont woods for a wonderful pot-luck Thanksgiving. Her easy laugh, sardonic cheer, and outrageous deviled eggs will eternally be missed.

Sandra's friends have established a fund to help carry on Sandra's legacy: Please donate

Dearly Departed
Sandra Wright  ~  "Wounded Woman"
(Blog: Disco Soul Funk)

Bonus: Two singles not on the album:
Unbelievable ('68) (mp3) | Gotta See My Baby ('69) (mp3)

Conscientious Objections from Blues King
Willie Dixon  ~  "Peace?"
(Blog: Uncle Gil's Rockin' Archive)
From the album: I'd Give My Life for You (mp3)

Very Extremely Tight
Various  ~  "Tighten Up" (all eight volumes)
(Blog: You & Me on a Jamboree!)

Sagebrush on the Sertão
Moreno e Moreninho  ~  "Capelinha de Santo Reis"
(Blog: Exp Etc.)
From the album: Deus Menino (mp3)

 

Dangerous Blues
Various  ~  "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"
(Blog: Twilightzone!)

Swinging Free and Glorious
Paul Bley  ~  "Mr. Joy" (see below*)
(Blog: Lucky Psychic Hut)
From the album: Mr. Joy (mp3)

*This fidelity of this is warm but quite crackly. For a muddier but cleaner version, go here.

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

[icastico]

Some of my finds.

DIY minimalism
http://deadblackhorse.blogspot.com/

Odd but catchy
http://dogscanreadyourmind.blogspot.com/2010/01/weird-ribs.html

And of course, asynchronic by aboombong
http://aboombong.bandcamp.com/album/asynchronic

[Name is required.]

Not your fault, of course - but everyone is tired of seeing:

ERROR

You want to download the following file:
http://rapidshare.com/files/....

Unfortunately right now our servers are overloaded and we have no more download slots left for non-members. Of course you can also try again later.

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Music blogs that use rapidshare need to start reconsidering.

[Dave B]

Too bad the "Tighten Up" collection is on a site with a bunch of JS Exploits. Fortunately McAfee stomped the would be evil doers...

[Me]

Wow Sandra! Tennessee's talented even in obscurity.

[Me]

How do you download the Willie Dixon?

[Doug Schulkind]

To snag the Willie Dixon, click on the five underlined asterisks appearing below the album's back cover art.

[Sister Hairy Hymen]

I heard Sandra Wright At a concert at a small club In Killington Vermont a few winters ago, I was blown away. thanks for the post.

[Me]

WOW! Have you ever heard of Donnie and John Emersons Dreamin Wild album? Its one of the best things ive heard in a long time its described as if Shuggie Otis and Roy Orbinson had a baby together. I looked on Captains Crawl and couldnt find it, if you could find that you would be a golden god. This is all i could find of the album 3 songs.

here

http://soul-sides.com/2010/01/donnie-and-joe-emerson-livin-dream.html

[Sister Hairy Hymen]

Well I have been trying to download the sandra wright album for the last few days but I can not as I keep getting Error blah blah blah. I would love to sign up for rapid share however I am afraid of using a "reseller" IS there a way I can just use my credit card and pay for it?

[Doug Schulkind]

Apologies for the messed-up Sandra Wright link. I have switched to a new blog and link for that album. The "Wounded Woman" LP should now be accessible. Give it another try, above.

[SIV]

A rapidshare link is always a dead link.Don't waste your time.

[Sister Hairy Hymen]

Thank You for the change! I got it. Its not your fault that the link didnt work, I found a way to to join rapid share w/o giving my credit card over the net. So all will be good in a few days.
Thanks again!

[loaded down]

Boy Doug I sure feel your pain here. These damn kids cant figure out nothing about these Intertubes:

If you use a better browser and the correct plug-ins your Macafee scary internet advisor will not go off. There is nothing bad on the Jamboree website.

You think Uncle Gils site is hard for finding links? I go to some places and you have to search for the right *letter* in a random word to find the link. That keeps the kiddies guessing.

And if you are too cheap to pony up for a month's worth of Rapidshare does not make you a fucking genius. Every other month I do get one - I use Paypal for all you chickens out there. In the course of those thirty of so days I probably acquire more stuff that you have on your whole lil' ipod. And lastly, if you know anything about Rapidshare: their history, their massive storage capacity and their staggering audience size, you will come to see that coincidentally their US download restriction times roughly correspond to our daytime business day hours. So kids, you gotta do this on your OWN time I suppose.

RTFM