Booker T and Bob James

Booker T & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot

Stax classic, just a great track. Off the LP "Melting Pot"

http://www.mediafire.com/?7r140dqon1purw6

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Only 2 people downloaded my last post, the Maynard Ferguson version of Star Trek, that makes it one of the rarest mp3's out there. Only 3 copies exist. I bet you wish you would've downloaded it now that its rare, but too late.

For Bob James version, I'm keeping it at an edition of 5. After that I'm taking down the link, so get it quick.

http://www.mediafire.com/?m9zc7mm2lnjjekh

This is a great track to clear out a party. Gonna give Bob a pass on this one though, he did write Angela

Philippe Briche & Leoneud - Burble Pie

A short but sweet theme off of this Ovation / Freesound Library Record. The few that I have of the French based Freesound series have proved good investments. I Cant believe I passed this thing up a couple times, until one afternoon, I couldn't stand the fact it was there in that spot all alone, lost, lonely, in need of a home, so I bit the bullet and got my fingaz dirty! This particular album is mainly instrumentation scores without beats, but as soon as you take a bite of Burble Pie, your brain melts.
Dial up the Fat Heads you turkeys, can you even dig this!!!!????

PHILIPPE BRICHE & LEONEUD - BURBLE PIE

SEX O' CLOCK USA - GET IT UP BABY

Viagra, Cialis, Ground up Deer-Horn medicines, mystic spells and hypersensitivity surround the speakers when Sex O' Clock USA gets on the box. This smoothed out groove might just have been in the air when you were conceived.

SEX O' CLOCK USA - GET IT UP BABY

THE BARONET - CROCODILE DANCE

Don't know a whole lot about "The Baronet", but this B side to the Telephone 75 single is a funky disco style theme with some ritcheous moog throwdows through-out.

THE BARONET - CROCODILE DANCE

FRANCOIS DOMPIERRE - CLAUSTROPHOBEAT

I Couldn't not share this beautifully awesome-but-short breakbeat from French Canadian Orchestrator , Francois Dompierre. With a full orchestra and band Francois goes all-over the place on the self titled LP "Dompierre", but the most obvious choice for me would be this particular ode to closed quarters confinement.

FRANCOIS DOMPIERRE - CLAUSTROPHOBEAT

THE BOB BROOKS MUSIC CO. AND CHORUS - THE WINNIPEG CONNECTION

This Library-style soundtrack to the 1976 blockbuster movie, "To Keep This Land Alive" produced by the Reimer Company, intended for Big Rig employees and customers contains a hidden gem of sorts. At first glance this record might seem like some crappy country western twang type theme record, and in ways it sorta is, but Bob Brooks comes correct on a weird, synthed out theme for my home town called "The Winnipeg Connection". My copy even contains a personal hand signed message from Don S. Reimer himself to Barbra & Ray, that reads "I think about things that aren't and wonder how they would be if they were, then cause them to happen - DSR", words of a true long-hauler visionary. This revolutionist of film and transport must sit in his empty bath-tub and listen to these killer grooves all night long.
Tell 'em GEE DEE sentchya.

THE BOB BROOKS MUSIC CO. AND CHORUS - THE WINNIPEG CONNECTION

SOUL EAST - FUNKY LADY

The original King Label 45 press of Funky Lady (part 1) by Soul East.
A standard Funk / Soul classic for your crate, We only deal with strictly originals and not those re-pressed fakes!!!

SOUL EAST - FUNKY LADY (PART 1)

CHRISTINE PILZER - AH-HEM-HO-UH-ERRR....

So it's Ritualistic French chanting over a psyched out garage track you want eh?
Well you've come to the right corner of the Matrix friendo.
Either that or you've taken a completely wrong turn in your mystical journey, pop this Christine Pilzer 45 in your brain's Discman and cry your self to sleep in the deep dark woods of French Canadian experimental rock.

CHRISTINE PILZER - AH-HEM-HO-UH-ERRR...

SERGE GAINSBOURG - DISCOPHOTEQUE

I'll bet ya wish ya owned this one, it's the real McCoy, but you'll hafta settle for the counterfeit IPod melting mp3 instead. Coming off the original 1977 soundtrack of "Madame Claude", the genius of the immortal Serge Gainsbourg shines through with this beauty of an instrumental theme. Just wait till I drop some more Gainsbourg gemstones in the future, Bookmark us. I promise we're worth the click.

SERGE GAINSBOURG - DISCOPHOTEQUE

JIMMY McGRIFF - THE BIRD

I unintentionally have a lot of records with naked ladies on 'em, and they're usually useful for somethin'.
This poor record was sitting on the floor of DJ Kutdown's recording studio for atleast a year and a half, he no doubt made a killer beat out of it but had no use for it after that, so I finally said enough's enough playboy, hand over tha goods!
The only other Jimmy McGriff slice I have is the Canadian Sunset 45 single, which is a laid back, soft jazzy organ joint, but after peeping "The Bird" you'll be setting the musical score to your very own home-made porno flick with the greasy groove's that haunt this hallowed record sleeve.
Also shouts out to Birdapres.

JIMMY McGRIFF - THE BIRD

Maynard Ferguson - Star Trek

Only Maynard himself could turn the Star Trek theme into this. If you want a good gauge of how many nerds there are at a party, then throw this one on.

http://www.mediafire.com/?xh7sw3e23namgxo

Les Extremes - Un Fleur en Passant

Les Extremes - Un Fleur en Passant (1970)

EXTREME, eh not so much. This actually the b-side of this single, the other side (J'y crois encore) is pretty good too, I just like this one better. These guys only put out 2 singles, the other one J'ai rien à perdre / Je ne sais again on Vogue in 1969.

http://www.mediafire.com/?n6b33rbrk63p10k

Here's the cover for the single I found on the web:

Richard Hayman - Hare Krishna

Richard Hayman - Hare Krishna

Weird synthy production on this cover of the Hair musical. The b-side is a pretty good cover of magic carpet ride too.

http://www.mediafire.com/?v4bqcwmxfuv0wns

JOHN KLEIN & THE PAUL BAILLARGEON ORCHESTRA - EXPO 67 THEME SONG

This record is so damn dope, It is a 45 RPM single arranged by the Sun Life Centenary group and features a Carillon Player, playing the Sun Life Centenary Carillon, still with me? A Carillon is a big contraption with a series of bells placed along racks, they are large complicated structures and a primitive instrument mostly used in cathedrals and churches. In this case the above mentioned company, an insurance company, got behind the Montreal Expo 67 and rode the wave, Interestingly though the theme doesn't appear as official as it is nowhere mentioned on the Wikipedia site. A one, John Klein gets mad busy on the bell contraption while the Funk Orchestra of Paul Baillargeon cracks the universe in half. Big Drums, Big Grooves, Big Flutes, and a big crazy medieval bell system, I wish it was Expo 67 forever.

JOHN KLEIN AND THE PAUL BAILLARGEON ORCHESTRA - EXPO 67 THEME SONG

"MAD DOG" VACHON - LE RAP A' MAD DOG

Continuing with weird rap records, I bring to you this french Canadian gem stone. Now I don't speak the french language very well, or actually at all but I think I understand tha God Mad Dog to the fullest. Vachon  is a WWE Hall of fame inductee and part of wrestling royalty, and one day he got in a studio and felt the urge to purge a page of raps. At one point in the track he even takes a shot at Bruce Springsteen, some guy sings a chorus hook for Mad Dog in between verses, but he only corny's-up the track. Mad Dog Delivers the mail on his one and only attempt at rappin', he is 82 years old nowadays and still goes strong, running his own wrestling circuit and milking space cows, and I betchya he could tear up an Alchemist beat.

"MAD DOG" VACHON - LE RAP A' MAD DOG

THE RAPPIN' REVERAND, DR. C. DEXTER WISE THE 3RD - I AINT INTO THAT (SHORT VERSION)

Lemme start of by saying that a favorite thing of mine is finding weird rap on wax or cassette tapes, so expect it to pop up here from time to time, anyways I ripped my own personal copy for you people, no one really knows what  I'm on when I pull this out the crate but the heavily educated Dr Wise gives this funky  beat produced by Raymond Wise (who also plays the synthesizer) the business. This outta-sight rapmaster-throwdown-in-the-name-of-christ has a long and short version plus a wicked B side entitled "Original Rap". Dr. Wise is still spreading the good word to this day and is a fairly successful preacher man, so here she is in all her glory...

THE RAPPIN' REVERAND, DR. C DEXTER WISE THE 3RD - I AINT INTO THAT (SHORT VERSION)

Like a prize inside a cereal box.

LEE OSKAR - HAUNTED HOUSE 45 RPM SINGLE CUT

Some of you kids out there might know this, by some i mean not many, but Lee Oskar is, simply put one funky harmonican, who held it down for the legendary Group WAR, now this track isn't too rare, however I found the 45 at one of the local thrift spots and when i put it on i noticed that it's cut differently than the album version, the longer intro / outro version is probably my more favored but the 45 version has a nice solid break to start and a few more melodic breakdowns than the album version.
Dance with the ghosts in your bedroom to this one.

LEE OSKAR - HAUNTED HOUSE 45 RPM SINGLE CUT

Dynastie Crisis - Le Corbeau et le Renard

Dynastie Crisis - Le Corbeau et le Renard

Thats right, 1971. Turns out French Canadians invented hip hop afterall.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sw1jl97efrukpaw

LORD SITAR - BLACK IS BLACK

Ok, I'll just put it out there, if anyone has more info on the lord of ye olde sitar, come forward and put me on to him, on this cover of The Rolling Stones' Black is Black, the Lord goes off!!! absolutely rocks the twang till his fingers bleed, who needs that old windbag Jagger.

LORD SITAR - BLACK IS BLACK

THE POP SINGERS AND ORCHESTRA - THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN

Took a gamble on this Peter Pan Label compilation of TV show themes, and it paid off big time.
Initially I picked it up to peep the Police Woman and Bionic Woman themes, which I've never heard before, but the Pop Singers Orchestra comes correct on the Theme for the Six a Million Lira hombre.

THE POP SINGERS ORCHESTRA - THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN 

JOHN BLAIR Feat. GOOGIE COPPOLA - DON'T FEEL THAT WAY NO MORE

This is a selection off of the 1977 LP - We Belong Together on CTI Records.It is a ballad about the ups, downs and miscommunication in relationships and This could be one of my  favorite songs ever made, the spacey synths over the groovy guitars of Hiram Bullock, and the wailing vocals of John Blair and Googie Coppola, who sorta seems to be the ying to Blair's yang and appears on most of the songs and even the back cover. John also plays the Vitar on the whole album, the first 8 bars will let you know why this song causes cosmic freak-outs in the Grisly manor.

JOHN BLAIR Feat. GOOGIE COPPOLA - DON'T FEEL THAT WAY NO MORE

RODGER NIZNIK & RON GRECCO - LOVE'S THEME

This that sh*t right here. Rodger and Ron combine the forces of  keyboards and percussion on the Canadian masterpiece "Back to Back" LP, this is a dollar bin treasure as I've seen it around in various spots over the years appearing on the Yamaha Canada Music label, although This is the only album I've ever seen by these two brothas, its def worth a snatchin' if you spot it in the crate.

RODGER NIZNIK AND RON GRECCO - LOVE'S THEME

PIERRE HENRY - PSYCHE ROCK

some folks might know this one right off the hop, but for those of you that do not know anything about anything, I'll drop this bit of Interplanetary crazyness on your dome, I own both the LP and 45 and if your ever lucky enough to see this thing, snatch it up immediately and maybe Fry, Lela, The Professor and the rest of 'em can sign your copy.

PIERRE HENRY - PSYCHE ROCK

JOHNNY HAMMOND SMITH - N.Y.P.D.

You could probably guess how stoked I was to dig this thing out, Johny Hammond provides an electric theme to a short lived 70's era TV series on ABC, involving NY's finest, if this jawn doesn't instantly suck you back into the mean streets of Harlem in a seedy little pool hall then I don't know what would.
The flip side "Dirty Apple" is equally as awesome, I'll post that one up at another time.

JOHNNY HAMMOND SMITH - N.Y.P.D.

JELLY BEAN - THE MEXICAN

By now most of you are familiar with the classic break-beat, The Mexican by Babe Ruth, but have you dunked your head in a bucket of the super-hype-breaker's-delight-electro version by Jelly Bean?

JELLY BEAN - THE MEXICAN

HOT BLOOD - SOUL DRACULA

In my opinion, the pinnacle of Disco music right here in the flesh.
Sink your fangs into this rare French-Canadian masterpiece.

HOT BLOOD - SOUL DRACULA

DAVE GRUSIN - EITHER WAY

This un-assuming, leather-panted southwestern themed keyboardist, provides one of the illest of smooth melodies on this familiar, yet hard to train-spot groove.

DAVE GRUSIN - EITHER WAY

CAMEL - LUNAR SEA

This little gem is absolutely crazy, if your not drifting through the milky way by the time this joint plays out, then you did something wrong while consuming it.

Camel - Lunar Sea