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Mojo Music Newsletter Vol 8 No1 March
2010
Here's what will be available during the next few weeks at
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Shindig!
Various Artists
30 DVDs
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Kraut Rock
Various Artists
6 DVDs
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Yes, it's the complete series of Shindig ! on 30 DVDs. All 87 episodes for only $200. Essential !!
Packaged as 3 x10 DVD boxes.
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3 Double DVDs , over 9 hours of every Krautrock artist you can think of. 116 clips for a ridiculous $90
for the set. |
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Steely Dan
Alive and Kickin'
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Mahavishnu Orchestra
BBC 1972
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Over 2 1/2 hours of concert footage from both their most recent world tour and 1993.
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BBC concert from 1972 plus concert performance from Munich from the same year. |
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James Brown
On TV: The 60's
DVD
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Aretha Franklin
TV Compilation
2 DVDs
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Over 2 hours of " non stop heavy funk to put the glide in your stride and the dip in your hip ".
Featuring performances from Hollywood A Go Go, Shivaree !, TAMI Show, Where The Action Is, Ed
Sullivan, Music Scene, Hollywood Palace and Mike Douglas Show. |
137 minutes of incredible TV performances by Aretha including Hollywood A Go Go ( 1965 ), Shindig
( 1965 ), Respect Promo Film ( 1967 ), Swedish TV 1969, BBC 1970, Flip Wilson Show, Soul Train
1973 and 1973 and Midnight Special 1975 - 76. |
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The Move
Video Anthology
DVD
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Bubblegum Music
The A-Z of Bubblegum
DVD
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The definitive Move DVD with best ever 1968 session from the BBC plus 11 bonus tracks from Beat
Beat Beat, Top Of The Pops, Beat Club and Promo clip for "Flowers In The Rain". Simply mind-blowing
stuff from one of the greatest and most under rated UK 60's outfits. |
90 minutes of classic bubblegum tracks from 1910 Fruitgum Company, American Breed, Tommy
Roe, Partridge Family, Lemon Pipers, The Monkees, Boyce & Hart,The Ohio Express, The Troggs,
Shadows Of Knight, The Archies, Lemon Pipers, Tommy James, Cowsills & more. |
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Iggy & The Stooges
Death Trip
CD
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Small Faces
Rollin' Over
DVD
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Blistering 19 song set from reunion tour with James Williamson from Sao Paolo , Brazil, Planet Terra
Festival, July 2009. For review by Bob Short check out I-94 Bar. |
35 Tracks from Dutch TV, "Popside", Promos, "Beat Club", "Morecambe & Wise", "Beat Beat Beat",
& "Where The Action Is". Quite simply the best Small Faces compilation DVD.
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The Electric Prunes
DVD
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Dutch Treats
Rare Dutch Rock 'n Roll
Various
Artists
DVD
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| Compilation of TV performances from Bandstand , Bouton Rouge (France) , The Hy Lit Show
(Philadelphia), Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , Dim Dam Dom (France) , Mike Douglas Show and
Cyd Charisse's Something Special. |
Great compilation of 60's and 70's Dutch Beat Music. Includes - Les Baroques, Le Zipps, The
Dukes, Q 65, The Outsiders, Wally Tax, The Ro-d-y's, The Motions, The Shoes, The Golden Earrings,
Shocking Blue, Mouth and MacNeil and more. |
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Jimmy Smith
Midnight Special
CD
When he was at Blue Note, Jimmy Smith would be billed on his albums as "The Incredible Jimmy Smith" - as he was considered the master of the Hammond B3 organ. This album was recorded with the stellar combination of Kenny Burrell (guitar), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), and Donald Bailey (drums).
The band cooks up a fabulous brew of soul-jazz / blues-jazz instrumentals that stills sounds good 50 years later. Highlights include the title track, "One O'clock Jump"and "Jumpin' The Blues"- though the remaining tracks are also of a high standard. Furthermore, this album was done at the same sessions (with the same combo) as Back At The Chicken Shack - another classic album. Both albums sport great covers (Jimmy holding a chicken on " Chicken Shack", and Jimmy ridin' a freight train on Midnight Special) as well as superb sound from the grand audio master Rudy Van Gelder.
Anyone wanting to get into Jimmy Smith should start with these two albums than grab nearly any of his Blue Note albums including Home Cookin', The Sermon, House Party, Prayer Meetin' and Rockin' The Boat. Then proceed to pick up some of his Verve catalogue including the highly influential Root Down, which is a down and out funk classic.
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Nev's Nuggets
Over the summer break I've been diggin' round to find some more blues "nuggets" - and this is what I uncovered:
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes CD
Elmore James recording sessions for Chess are all collected on this CD which includes a bonus
alternate take of "The Sun Is Shining," - which can be interpreted as a precursor to his
later hit "The Sky Is Crying". This 1960 session produced classics like "Talk to Me Baby," "Madison
Blues" and a powerful reading of T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday."
In addition, there are a half-dozen gems by the highly underrated John Brim, some of which include stellar harp work by Little Walter ("Rattlesnake," "Be Careful" — on
which Walter stops playing in several spots to become an ad-lib backup vocalist — and "You Got
Me"), as well as the original version of "Ice Cream Man.
Magic Sam - WEST SIDE GUITAR CD
Another rare glimpse of Magic Sam hard at work - this time at another fabled West side haunt,
Sylvio's, in 1966. No saxes this time, but uncle Shakey Jake was around for a few guest shots, while
bassist Mac Thompson and drummer Odie Payne provide supple backing as Sam launches into
another terrific set of numbers that for the most part he never recorded in the studio.
The set includes well chosen songs by Freddy King, Albert Collins, James Robins, Junior Parker, and Jimmy McCracklin that
suited Magic Sam's soaring vocals and singular guitar style.
J.B. Lenoir - Mojo Boogie CD
This is pretty close to being the "Essential Collection". J.B. Lenoir was a consummate bluesman who
walked the line between R&B, electric Chicago blues, and early rock & roll. His music was
house-rocking, boogie-heavy. John Mayall's entire career has been influenced by Lenoir's singular if
somewhat obscure mark.
This collection features 11 tracks and nine alternate takes. They add up to a
diverse portrait of a highly accessible blues talent. Here are his early-'50s hits, such as "Let's Roll"
(plus an alternate version) and "Mojo Boogie" But there is also the strolling "I Feel So Good," a
couple of versions of "Slow Down Woman," and many others that offer an accurate, if not a
revelatory, portrait of the artist in his prime.
Champion Jack Dupree - Shake Baby Shake CD
This great album features all 17 songs recorded by Jack Dupree for Vik and Groove in 1956 and '57
including eight songs not originally issued plus five alternate takes. These are some of his most
energetic performances - in addition to his great vocals and powerhouse piano he is joined by the
brilliant Larry Dale on guitar, Al Lucas on bass, Willie Jones or Gene Moore on drums. Pete
Brown also appears on a few cuts. The songs are mixture of slow intense blues (Down The Lane/ Story Of My
Life/ My Baby's Like A Clock, whimsical semi novelty items (Just Like A Woman/ Woman Trouble
Again/ Rocky Mountain) and a lot of hard driving rockers (Old Time Rock 'an Roll/ Shake Baby Shake/
You're Always Crying The Blues/ The Wrong Woman).
On a couple of the cuts he is joined on vocals
by the gruff voiced "Mr. Bear "(Teddy McRae) for some witty repartee. Great music, excellent sound
Nev
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The Mojo Playlist
Charile Parr - Roustabout
Tim Buckley - Live 67
Sonnyboy Williamson with Auger and Page
Canned Heat - Boogie House Tapes
JB Lenior- Parrot Sessions
Daptone Label - Various
Emitt Rhodes - 69-73
My Guitar Wants To Kill Yo Mama - Various
Mike Bloomfield - Live at The Waldorf
The Yardbirds (with Jimmy Page) - Live! 1968
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