eMusic June/July Downloads By Amanda on July 18, 2008 7:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)
Combined June/July eMusic downloads list, over the fold.
Country and Folk and Blues and Rock etc
Essential Country Masters -- Billie Joe Spears
Don't know really where all these come from or even when but it's a very nice collection of her sass- and sometimes pop- tinged country. An easy listen.
Hand Me Down My Moonshine -- Luther Allison
Luther is an axe man, a 'lectrified axe man but this is his acoustic Delta blues album. Hot and raw. Highly recommended.
Vuelta -- Richard Shindell
The Nashville Acoustic Sessions -- Raul Malo
All of this is quite pleasant, some of it is excellent, "Early Morning Rain", "Hot Burrito #1" Bit disappointed in the cover of You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, bit languid.
This is My Country -- Ivory Joe Hunter
This guy is interesting. This is a solid Nashville sound country collection but he was also a big R&B singer . I also got "Waiting in Vain" from this jazz vocals comp, which shows of his croonery side.
Tear Chicago Down -- The Killborn Alley Blues Band
Really love this album, they combine some blazing blues with a wonderful soul infusion.
Jazz and Soul and Funk and "World" etc
Daptone 7 inch Singles Collection, Vol. 2 -- Various
Daptone is the label fo Sharon Jones etc leading the retro soul revival -- the serious heavy stuff, not the watered down versions currently hott in teh charts. Excellent new sampler.
Prestige/Rudy Van Gelder Sampler -- Various I got this when it was free, which it isn't now but would still be worth the downloads.
Mex-icodelico - Various
Can't really find out a lot about this release, but it's Mexican acts apparently. A mixture of the more intense edge of traditional music fused with jazz, a bit of rock (the Quinn the Eskimo cover), other Latin traditions. All good!
Soul Makossa -- Lafayette Afro Rock Band
Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes
Not really my type of music but it's an important stop in my Stax exploration trip. You probably need at least a few Isaac Hayes booty call tracks on your iPod -- just in case! -- and the intro to "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" is pretty classic.
World Psychedelic Classics, Vol. 3: Love's a Real Thing -- Various
70s African collection. Grooving, no weak spots.
Beleza Tropical Brazil Classics 1 -- Various
Sweet, melodic, 70s era, Brazilian.
The Roots of Chicha -- Various
To quote: "Chicha is the inexpensive fermented corn drink that's been an alcoholic staple of Andean life for millennia. It also signifies Peruvian cumbia, the South American nation's version of an irresistibly upbeat rhythm of infinite adaptability that originated in coastal Colombia." This is also 70s stuff so has added elements of rock, psychadelia. particularly cool organ work etc. It is indeed irresistable.
Chronicle: Greatest Hits -- Eddie Floyd
Just cleaning up the album I already had half off, excellent nd I'm still annoyed I missed his one Australian show. Stupid Melbourne.
Funk Overload -- Maceo Parker This is the kind of funk I really like, that with serious jazz roots.
Gilles Petersen Digs America Vol. 2 -- Various Collection by (so I'm told) legendary "crate digger", vol. 1 not available or at least not available in Oz. I included two of my favourite songs from it on a recent muxtape, Irene Kral "Going to California" and Al Jarreau "My Favourite Things." Ecelectic collection of crooners and weirdos. While looking for Al on YouTube I came acroos Claudine Longet and Andy Williams doing My Favourite Things. A Claudine post I did was one of the most visits, maybe THE most visited, at my old blog just from Google traffic. Dear reader, there are A LOT of Spider Sabich fans out there still.
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself -- The Staples Singers
Gimme A Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) -- Nina Simone
By Shaun
on July 18, 2008 11:32 PM
What plan are you on again?
I never get this many albums when my account rolls over.
By Amanda
on July 19, 2008 6:33 AM
I have two accounts, 90 and 100. Well actually I just got a third (50) this week but only two got all this. And the Gelder sampler cost none.
AND this is 1 and a half months worth of stuff because I didn't have a computer all June.
You have a baby to feed, I have eMu. ;-)
By Francis Xavier Holden
on July 19, 2008 8:40 PM
Consumerism.
I'm emailing Clive Hamilton right now..
Surely one song is enough to hum all day.
By Shaun
on July 19, 2008 10:37 PM
Oh, yes. That is where my money is going. For a moment I though it was the Faberge Egg addiction again.
Today's shopping the Little One got a Miffy book, Daddy a few CDs.