Comments on: na: ace records http://17dots.com/2008/07/21/na-ace-records/ notes from the digital underground Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:06:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tom Hilton http://17dots.com/2008/07/21/na-ace-records/#comment-21659 Tom Hilton Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:25:28 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=965#comment-21659 3 Mustaphas 3! No, wait--make that <i><b>3 MUSTAPHAS 3</B></i>!!!! They're the most welcome addition to eMusic since y'all added Shonen Knife. Great post-modern multi-ethnic quasi-Balkan mix-ups, performed with impeccable musicianship and a healthy dose of goofy humor. Gogol Bordello wouldn't exist if 3 Mustaphas 3 hadn't paved the way for them. Check it out. 3 Mustaphas 3! No, wait–make that 3 MUSTAPHAS 3!!!! They’re the most welcome addition to eMusic since y’all added Shonen Knife. Great post-modern multi-ethnic quasi-Balkan mix-ups, performed with impeccable musicianship and a healthy dose of goofy humor. Gogol Bordello wouldn’t exist if 3 Mustaphas 3 hadn’t paved the way for them. Check it out.

]]> By: alex http://17dots.com/2008/07/21/na-ace-records/#comment-21024 alex Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:57:19 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=965#comment-21024 Wow, I definitely need to check out that Damned record then. Thanks for the heads-up, Eric! Wow, I definitely need to check out that Damned record then. Thanks for the heads-up, Eric!

]]> By: Eric H http://17dots.com/2008/07/21/na-ace-records/#comment-21017 Eric H Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:13:55 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=965#comment-21017 Good to see you noted the "Black Album" by the Damned, but the real bonus is the availability of their classic "Machine Gun Etiquette". Not only is this one of the finest punk albums, but I feel it is one of the greatest rock albums of that decade. Good to see you noted the “Black Album” by the Damned, but the real bonus is the availability of their classic “Machine Gun Etiquette”. Not only is this one of the finest punk albums, but I feel it is one of the greatest rock albums of that decade.

]]> By: DJ Wren http://17dots.com/2008/07/21/na-ace-records/#comment-20868 DJ Wren Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:39:19 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=965#comment-20868 I went with my first notion to download the first volume in the Dave Hamilton's Detroit Dancers series, having been turned on to his Detroit City Grooves Featuring "Soul Suite" release by Dave Marsh, and it's great stuff. Also found this in depth website about soul music coming out of Detroit in the 60s. Found out that Dave Hamilton helped write two of my favorite Marvin Gaye songs the holiday themed "Purple Snowflakes" and "Pretty Little Baby". Those songs are one of the instances where they used the same musical tracks with different lyrics. Hamilton continued to work with Gaye in the studio and live even after he left Motown. http://www.sixtiesdetroit.com/index.htm I believe Kent/Ace has compiled releases from some of the other artists and labels active in Detroit during the 60s. I went with my first notion to download the first volume in the Dave Hamilton’s Detroit Dancers series, having been turned on to his Detroit City Grooves Featuring “Soul Suite” release by Dave Marsh, and it’s great stuff.

Also found this in depth website about soul music coming out of Detroit in the 60s. Found out that Dave Hamilton helped write two of my favorite Marvin Gaye songs the holiday themed “Purple Snowflakes” and “Pretty Little Baby”. Those songs are one of the instances where they used the same musical tracks with different lyrics. Hamilton continued to work with Gaye in the studio and live even after he left Motown.

http://www.sixtiesdetroit.com/index.htm

I believe Kent/Ace has compiled releases from some of the other artists and labels active in Detroit during the 60s.

]]> By: Daniel, Esq. http://17dots.com/2008/07/21/na-ace-records/#comment-20762 Daniel, Esq. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:32:26 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=965#comment-20762 Two more great Ace discs: John Lee Hooker, The Legendary Modern Recordings (http://www.emusic.com/album/John-Lee-Hooker-The-Legendary-Modern-Recordings-MP3-Download/11249278.html) Sniff 'n The Tears, Fickle Heart (http://www.emusic.com/album/Sniff-n-The-Tears-Fickle-Heart-Plus-Two-Bonus-Cuts-MP3-Download/11250486.html) (see, e.g., Driver's Seat, which was used in the Boogie Nights movie) Two more great Ace discs:

John Lee Hooker, The Legendary Modern Recordings (http://www.emusic.com/album/John-Lee-Hooker-The-Legendary-Modern-Recordings-MP3-Download/11249278.html)

Sniff ‘n The Tears, Fickle Heart (http://www.emusic.com/album/Sniff-n-The-Tears-Fickle-Heart-Plus-Two-Bonus-Cuts-MP3-Download/11250486.html) (see, e.g., Driver’s Seat, which was used in the Boogie Nights movie)

]]> By: Daniel, Esq. http://17dots.com/2008/07/21/na-ace-records/#comment-20754 Daniel, Esq. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:14:19 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=965#comment-20754 "Champion Jack Dupree with TS McPhee, Dupree n’ McPhee: The 1967 Blue Horizon Session: Atypical Dupree in that there is ZERO piano here — Dupree n’ McPhee is all skeletal (but surprisingly well-recorded) folk-blues. A welcome curiosity." I downloaded it this weekend, and it's great. I love the clean and inventive rock feel of McPhee's guitar undergirding these blues songs. A *very* welcome curiosity. “Champion Jack Dupree with TS McPhee, Dupree n’ McPhee: The 1967 Blue Horizon Session: Atypical Dupree in that there is ZERO piano here — Dupree n’ McPhee is all skeletal (but surprisingly well-recorded) folk-blues. A welcome curiosity.”

I downloaded it this weekend, and it’s great. I love the clean and inventive rock feel of McPhee’s guitar undergirding these blues songs. A *very* welcome curiosity.

]]> By: Rob G. (Captain Wrong) http://17dots.com/2008/07/21/na-ace-records/#comment-20752 Rob G. (Captain Wrong) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:43:56 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=965#comment-20752 Well, you covered most of my favorites. The others would be the Goldwax Story comps and some Joe South. As I mentioned on the boards, if any of the King comps (King Funk, King Deep Soul) show up, download them without question as they are solid good all the way through. The missing tracks thing is a cruel joke though. (Not eMusic's, mind you.) Bad enough we lose out on the always excellent liner notes, but to then chop 3-14 tracks is a real kick in the nuts. Better than nothing, I guess. Well, you covered most of my favorites. The others would be the Goldwax Story comps and some Joe South. As I mentioned on the boards, if any of the King comps (King Funk, King Deep Soul) show up, download them without question as they are solid good all the way through.

The missing tracks thing is a cruel joke though. (Not eMusic’s, mind you.) Bad enough we lose out on the always excellent liner notes, but to then chop 3-14 tracks is a real kick in the nuts. Better than nothing, I guess.

]]> By: Douglas http://17dots.com/2008/07/21/na-ace-records/#comment-20750 Douglas Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:36:05 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=965#comment-20750 "Caught Up" is great--and so is its sequel, "Still Caught Up"! “Caught Up” is great–and so is its sequel, “Still Caught Up”!

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