Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 77 (MP3s)

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

So you're back again for more sonic insanity, eh? Well good for you! We here at the Motherlode are constantly scouring the most crucial music blogs for the best of the best free downloads so you don't have to. But if the handful of marvels presented in this space each week aren't enough, we're happy to share even MORE in a weekly newsletter for listeners of WFMU's new web stream Give the Drummer Radio (yeah, and everyone else, too). For regular updates on the stream, news of the radio show Give the Drummer Some (heard live on the stream every Friday 9-noon, ET) and, of course, more insane full-album downloads, be sure to get yourself on the mailing list pronto. Crazy!

Various  ~  "Psychedelic Portugal"
(Blog: Tyme-Machine)
From the album: O Homem Sentado     (mp3) by Fluido

Lisbon Goes Lysergic
Surf and garage rock from Portugal was highlighted in a previous installment of Mining the Audio Motherlode. In this fab comp, key moments in Portuguese psychedelia get the full Technicolor treatment. While Spanish rock of the '70s leaned heavily toward sunshine pop, the Iberian guitar heroes represented here seemed fully under the sway of the great god Prog.

K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas  ~  "K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas"
(Blog: Oro)

Accra Goes Groovy
Though the backing band hired for this date is billed as the Cubano Fiestas, the lads are none other than Ghana's grooviest highlifers Vis-A-Vis Dance Band! Top stars in their own right, vocalist Superstar Isaac Yeboah and guitar genius Sammy Cropper are merely playing in support of the mighty Alhaji K. Frimpong, the man behind "Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu,"—one of the most brazen acts of African funk ever recorded. The killer medley "Adam Nana" is not to be missed.

Charlie Haden  ~  "The Golden Number"
(Blog: The High Pony Tail)
From the album: Shepp's Way (mp3) with Archie Shepp

On a Need-to-Know Bassist
Known to recent generations (if known at all) as father to musical siblings Petra, Rachel, Tanya and Josh Haden, legendary bassist Charlie Haden is familiar to jazz lovers as a member of Ornette Coleman's early quartets. The four monumentally beautiful duets on this LP present Haden in symbiotic collaboration with fellow virtuosos Coleman, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry and Hampton Hawes.

Various  ~  "Zydeco Blues: Legendary Jay Miller Sessions"
Volume 1 | Volume 2
(Blog: Uncle Gil's Rockin' Archives)
From Volume 2: You Don't Have to Go (mp3) by Marcel Dugas

Louisiana Outback
Right around the mid-'60s as Crowley, Louisiana, record producer J.D. "Jay" Miller was producing some of the most crucial sides by the best black zydeco/blues artists in the region (Clifton Chenier and Rockin' Dopsie are well represented on these two volumes) he simultaneously formed Rebel Records and put out some of the most racist horseshit ever.

The Wooden Glass  ~  "Live"
(Blog: Holy Warbles)

No Nap in Naptown
Originally formed to be the backing band for guitarist Grant Green, this quartet, featuring the absolutely smoking vibes playing of Billy Wooten, recorded these tracks live one night during its memorable six-year run at the Indianapolis nightclub the 19th Whole.

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Comments

[chamblee54]

I saw Charlie Haden once, when he was playing behind Keith Jarrett.
I thought at the time he looked kinda odd...a bit pale, with his eyes trying to bug out. I read a few years later that this was during one of his periods of heroin addiction.

[martinf]

hmm, the mp3-links are missing ... ?

[Doug Schulkind]

Oof! Sorry about that Martinf (and everyone else). I will speak sternly to my summer intern. Wait a minute, I don't have a summer intern. MP3 links are now operational.