Just so we know

"Consumers have musical choice? What musical choice? In or society we choose only from what we are given to choose from, and that choice is determined by 5 major media corporations who control the exposure outlets that consumers depend on for their entertainment." -Christopher Knab

 "Record companies like to make money, and that is their only goal. They do not care about the content that they sell - they care about maximizing their profits. It is because of this that I hate record companies with the same passion that I hate venture capitalists. The record companies do not try to foster a creative environment which rewards musicians who serve their respective niche, but create an environment which attempts to market a small amount of music to the largest audience possible. It is more profitable for the record company to sell a few decent records in bulk than to have a vast array of cult hits that sell decently." -Numair Faraz

"This is all about greed, something the record/entertainment industry has honed to a science. Dusty LPs, the artists, they don't care! But if there's a nickel on the floor, look out; they'll cut your throat for it because they 'need' that nickel. Artists get paid a small sum, then the capital boys live off them like kings until the next big thing, then it's over. So it's not about the music you see it's about their nickel. That's why you can't have any sharing of long gone music, because there might be a nickel there and they want it. They wouldn't give to a charity if it wasn't showing them handing over a cheque or had a building named after them so why would they be charitable on long lost material. Strangely they even tried to stop resale of used CDs because there was that darned nickel they wouldn't get. May all the 'industry suits' have children who hate them." -Jannx




Thursday, November 13, 2008

SMOOTH DELIVERY - CONTRIBUTIONS (2008)

And as announced, this is the Smooth Special I told y'all about last week. As a lot of you already know, Smooth has his own specialized blog, where he focuses on Jazz, Fusion and related material. But since his and my collection have a lot in common when it comes to the funkier side of things, Smooth contributes those gems to my blog every now and then. And this time he has five hot rips for us, following the golden rule that we only post what is either out of print, impossible to find or simply too expensive for the average Joe.

Anyway, this post features something for everybody. Disco related material, Soul, R&B and of course Funk. Assuming that the majority of my visitors are well informed collectors of all these kinds of good music, I will not write an extensive article this time; it would make this post simply too long. The names speak for themselves in this case and for the younger cats and beat diggers this post will offer some hot stuff to check out.

These albums all deserve attention and various listening sessions, 'cause they are simply fabulous. Top notch producers, excellent session musicians; the whole nine. Of course all rips are delivered in pristine sound at 320Kbps. Thank Smooth for his lovely contributions. Enjoy, everybody!

(NOTE: for those that picked up the Roland Bautista album and noticed that track 8, "Night After Night" was missing, have a new chance to pick up the correct rip again. I contacted Smooth and he re-upped the proper version. Scroll down to Roland Bautista and go get it! Once again sorry for the inconvenience, folks.)


WILLY HUTCH - ODE TO MY LADY (1975)


Willy Hutch


PLEASURE - GET TO THE FEELING (1978)


Pleasure


MEMPHIS HORNS BAND - II (1978)


Memphis Horns Band


ROLAND BAUTISTA - THE HEAT OF THE WIND (1978)


Roland Bautista


SIDE EFFECT - ALL ABOARD (1982)


Side Effect


I am currently working on a few new rips myself as well again, so keep an eye on the blog people!

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