SIFTING THROUGH THE DIRT....

IN PONDERING WHAT I SHOULD PUT ON MY VERY FIRST DIGGING BLOG I REALLY WAS STUCK..............EEERRR!!!........DO I JUST SMASH TONS OF RARE MODERN SOUL 45'S ON HERE AND SAY "HEY LOOK AT ME BILLY BIG BOLLOCKS", OR DO I BE A LITTLE MORE MODEST AND PUT A MIXED BAG OF ODDS AND SODS FROM THE COLLECTION.

IVE COLLECTED BREAKS SINCE ABOUT THE EARLY TO MID 80'S AND THROUGH THIS LOVE OF FINDING THAT KILLER BREAK IT HAS LED ME UP THE BLACK MUSIC PATH FROM JAZZ, LIKE MIKE WESTBROOK AND ROY HAYNES TO BRAZILIAN MUSIC FROM EDU LOBO AND MILTON NASCIMENTO AND MORE RECENTLY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BANK MANAGERS OFFICE WITH SOME OFTEN HEAVY HITTERS IN THE RARE SOUL GAME WITH THE LIKES OF ELLIPSIS AND CURTIS ANDERSON

MUST ADMIT IM NOT ALWAYS HUMBLE BUT HAVE DECIDED TO DROP SOME CHEESY FUNK 45'S, A JAZZ ODDITY LP, A POP PSYCH 45 WITH A TOUGH BREAK, AND SOME MODERN SOUL THROWN IN

HOPE THERES SOMETHING FOR ALL YOU B-BOYS ANS SOUL LOVERS IN HERE AND I'LL BE POSTING ON A REGULAR BASIS OF THINGS I DIG OUT!

INFINITY "PARTY MAN"/"PUT EVERTHING IN PLACE" WHITEHORSE

INFINITY FIRST STARTED OUT UNDER THE NAME OF EBONY DIAMONDS AND RECORDED A SINGLE ON THE LAMAR LABEL OUT OF VIRGINIA CALLED "FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE" BUT THE SUDDEN DEATH OF THEIR PRODUCER BERNARD SMITH MADE THEM CHANGE THEIR PLANS AND HAVE A RE-THINK BEFORE THEY EVENTUALLY CAME TO SIGN AND RECORD WITH THE WHITEHORSE LABEL.

THEIR ROOTS GO BACK TO VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE WHERE LIKE MANY LOCAL GROUPS THEY PLAYED ON THE COLLEGE AND LOCAL NIGHT CLUB CIRCUIT UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST

"PUT EVERYTHING IN PLACE" WAS PUT AS THE B-SIDE TO "PARTY MAN" BUT WHAT A QUALITY MODERN SOUL 45 IT TURNED OUT TO BE, A DISTINCTIVE RASPING BASS WITH GREAT HARMONIZING DOO WHOPS MAKE THIS A SORT AFTER 45 AROUND THE SOUL COLLECTORS FRATERNITY. I BAGGED MY COPY FROM ONE OF THE PRODUCERS WHO KINDLY SENT ME THE FLYER AS WELL,...I WAS WELL CHUFFED..

HEART "GIVE ME A HAPPY DAY"/"NOW"~LOOK

HEART RELEASED THIS LITTLE GEM IN 1969 WITH JOHN WAGNER BEHIND THE DESK.....WAGNER HAD HIS OWN GROUP CALLED THE JOHN WAGNER COALITION, CHECK "TICK-A-LOCK" BY HIM, ANOTHER FAT DRUMMING SESSION LURKS ON THAT 45, I DID HAVE IT BUT SHIFTED IT FOR SOME REASON..

ANYWAY THE BEAT HEADS AMONGST US WILL RECOGNIZE THE INTRO ON THIS 45 AS THE BASIS TO UGLY DUCKLINGS "EINSTEINS TAKIN OFF".......HEART ALSO RELEASED A SELF TITLED LP ON THE LOOK LABEL THAT IS A SUBSIDUARY OF STARDAY KING, NEED TO CHECK THAT ONE OUT!....

I GRABBED THIS 45 AS A BLIND BUY FOR ABOUT A DOLLAR,....ALWAYS A JOY WHEN THAT METHOD COMES UP TRUMPS!

JORCQUE AND LE SCOTT "THE ORNETTE COLEMAN SONGBOOK" THEATRE FOR THE EVOLVING ARTS

AMONGST ALL THE MUSICAL SUPERSTARS AND PUMPED UP EGOS PEOPLE WERE GOING DOWN TO THERE LOCAL DRAMA CLASS, GETTING ALL SEXUAL AND JAZZY AND MAKING FINE PEICES OF MUSIC

THIS QUIRKY DITTY COMES OUT OF THE WASHINGTON D.C AREA FROM 1978

HERE JORCQUE AND LE SCOTT GIVE A BRILLIANT SEXUAL STORY OVER A GIRL NAMED "LORRAINE" WITH A KILLER DOWNTEMPO LICK THAT KEEPS THE STORY MOVING ALONG NICELY

I SPOKE TO LE SCOTT AND HE TOLD ME HE ALWAYS NEW THIS MUSIC WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME AND WOULD COME TO THE FOR FRONT SOMEDAY......MOVE OVER SUNRA!!!!!!

THE LAST ONE OF THE DIG IS

PHOENIX 70 "I HEARD IT THROUGHT THE GRAPEVINE"/"GOIN ON" LHI

HERES A BIT OF A CHEESY EASY LISTENING 45 BUT ITS ARRANGED AND WRITTEN BY THE HAND OF JIMMY HASKELL WHO LIKE JOHN WAGNER AND AXELROD DEFINATELY HAD THAT HEAVY DRUMMING SOUL TOUCH.

THIS CAME OUT ON LEE HAZELWOODS, LHI LABEL AND WAS A ANOTHER BLIND BUY FROM A SNAIL MAIL AUCTION IN ABOUT 96 0R 97......ALSO ON THAT AUCTION WAS SAGE "IM ALIVE" HEAD BUT THATS ANOTHER POST!

CHECK THE INTRO ON THE 45 FOR SOME GREAT SAMPLE FODDER.

THATS IT FOR NOW, FIRST BLOG HAS TAKEN ABOUT 4 HOURS!!!...LETS HOPE MY I.T SKILLS IMPROVE.