The Flakes - Straight Jacket 7" (2004)

in honour of my favourite website, here's a 7" release from The Flakes // Drummer. kbdrecords was the site that influenced me back in high school to make my own site and talk about/rip my own records. sadly the site is gone now, at least you can still see it on the wayback machine. when Peter posted this on the site, only the first track was available, and everyone said it wasn't for them. me being 15 at the time i went along with that, even though i loved it. i secretly liked it the whole time and wish i had the courage back them to say it. anyway i'm saying it now, what a great record! never heard the b-side until i bought it, and was delightfully surprised how good it was. just some great driving power pop! rip kbd!

Country: Sweden 

Year: 2004 

Label: Black Juju/Evergreen Terrace

Format: 7″ 

Songs:

She's So Natural

Acquired Taste

Straight Jacket

Sonoton - Disco (1980)

     always forget about Quango & Sparky, can't really say i've listened to that many Sonotons really. i do like Narholz and Fiddy a lot though. this is great, just a bunch of disco as the title suggests. favourite track is definitely 'Never Say Forever', which brings back memories of Seka for Christmas. 'Gogo West' and 'San Fran Jubilee' are really good too. a couple clunkers, the rock ones, but overall it's a winner.

Selected Sound - Match-Ball (1981)

     might be my favourite library record, this thing is amazing. the polish library stuff is always my favourite. Zbigniew Gorny and his orchestra really killed it. it's hard to imagine a more perfect song then 'Magma'. that minute long buildup intro, then dropping the funkiest damn thing i've ever heard. not far behind is the title track, then 'Oversea Flights', 'Newport' and 'Net Service'. all of them funky disco dreams. i bought this thing in 2014 for 6 euros, what bang for your buck, and it still looks to be as affordable as then. bury me with this record.

Bruton Music - Disco Happening (1978)

     after shovelling snow all day in this terrible weather, it's time to relax with a record. looked at the shelf and thought oh yeah this is a great one, gotta play this. always liked stuff from the Bruton library, and this one was solid enough throughout for me to buy. a lot of library records feel disjointed with differing styles, but this one flows very nicely. a classic porno record, always hearing stuff from this. funky disco all over. it's hard to pick a favourite, 'Disco Partners', 'Disco Stepping', 'Itchy Funk' and 'Soul Stomp' are all so good!

Music for Dancefloors: The KPM Music Library (2013)

     just pulling some records off the shelf. first it's a 2-LP compilation of kpm, Themes and others. i got this for christmas at the time mostly for 'Funky Express' as i couldn't afford the original kpm record. i think it's a good collection of tracks but half of it isn't really my taste. starts off strong with three great tracks. 'That's What Friends Are For (vocal version)', then possibly my favourite in 'Unlimited Love', and then 'Funky Express'. i wish there there were a couple other disco tracks on here but it's really just the one.

      the real clunkers on here for me are the latin and reggae tracks. and outside of 'Crash Course' the whole d-side is a pass for me. 

     i completely forgot that this thing comes with CDs too. the one disc is live versions from a jazz club. while it was fun to listen to once i doubt i'd ever listen to those again.

End of Another Year

     well another year has passed, time to add a post to the blog. time really flies eh? happy holidays everyone!

The Best Of Celeste Records

 

     popped into a used store the other week looking for some Deep Space Nine books, and came across some quality records. i haven't ripped any doo wop in about ten years, but this comp got me to whip out the sound card. was most excited to check out the vocal only trail session that resides on the b-side of this. instantly fell in love with Sweet Lorraine. was excited to flip it over and hear the version with the band, but it just doesn't deliver like the acappella version. some others on that b-side, Lucky Guy and I Call To You, are also great uptempo vocal only cuts. good stuff!

Scuba in the Buff (1991)

     christmas time again! been on the hunt for Scuba in the Buff ever since i saw a preview for it at the beginning of another similar style tape. finally got the tape not too long ago and it did not disappoint! i was surprised to hear a bunch of library music, but i guess i shouldn't have been. i chopped up the tracks and threw them up on youtube to see if they recognized em, and they did.

     late 80s library is not my forte, so i'd never heard these tunes before. the soundtrack all comes from the De Wolfe library. three different records, '86, '87, and '88 releases. upbeat in-your-face, and laid back tunes. had to upload the video to get it out there too. tasteful nudity included of course so click at your own risk. happy holidays, enjoy!

our little set-up this year in our new place.