A great closing track to a great record — School’s Out by The Alice Cooper Band, 1971.
These guys were one of the finest garage rock bands ever: Dennis Dunaway, Neil Smith, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce and of course … Read the rest
rock
got to get it hard and loud
Prince Does 24bit
The genius of early Prince is finally available at full quality digital. Check out ponomusic’s Prince page for his first 8 albums at 24/192!
- For You – 24/192
- Prince – 24/192
- Dirty Mind – 24/192
- Controversy – 24/192
- 1999 –
The Funk Professor – Bootsy Get Live
Believe it or not Bootsy is touring the states and you gotta see the man to be the man. Check your local listings and don’t miss this show if it comes within 400 miles of you.
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A Funk Diamond
Holy hell – outstanding footage of Sly & The Family Stone version II from 1973. This is like pure mineral right here, a funk diamond.
He’s A God In An Alcove
Wanna mess with these guys?
Great song from their first album:
8:00 in, God In An Alcove is awesome.… Read the rest
Gonna Be A Gunfight Like You’ve Never Seen Before
Super groups are tricky. Bands I grew up with are now old enough to be reforming into super groups I couldn’t have imagined back then. But why not, let’s make music together, what can go wrong?
This one is strangely … Read the rest
Tribute Time – Sheehan Plays KX on Bass
Kings & Queens & Guillotines
More old guys still rocking – here’s Aerosmith doing one of their great songs from almost 40 years ago, with Steven Tyler still hitting those notes, damn!
24bit or Bust: Bill Withers & Led Zeppelin
They trickle out slowly but at least they are finally coming: 24bit versions of classic albums by classic artists, ready for purchase for under $20. This is the full-quality studio master for your library so don’t pass up these opportunities.… Read the rest
That Is Something Almost Done
Morcheeba and the 90’s mellowness:
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Witness Funkadelic doing their thing to your earholes:
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Great band, great year for music, you are in New York boys, play your ass off!
Rather Die On My Feet Than Live On My Knees – 24/7 Spyz
One of my favorite bands ever. This is a nice little jam from their first album, 1989’s Harder Than You.… Read the rest
Praxis Power
Ladies and gentlemen….. Enjoy the mighty mighty Praxis … live in Poland … Buckethead on guitar, Brain on drums, Bill Laswell on bass, and a slew of turntablists including Disk, DJ Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, Short Cut, and DXT. Ma zabawa!… Read the rest
FUNK @ 24/192: Oh My!
But of course, why did I ever doubt it?
I worry. More than my cool attitude allows.
I worry about incompetence and greed getting in the way of a good time.
I worried that the high resolution thing would pass … Read the rest
Hit It & Quit It
For sure, think about that and think on that a little more. Don’t go negative unless you lean that way. We must always learn and pace ourselves.
This is one my favorite jams of all time, monster early Funkadelic with … Read the rest
That’s How You Do It
Ozzy and his classic “Blizzard of Oz” band did a little set for music TV show in Rochester NY in 1981. This is how it’s done – 4 dudes rocking it. The band was one of the best hard rock … Read the rest
Everybody Do It Your Own Way
Great live found funk from Ohio’s SHAG outfit, mid-90’s. So many great parties courtesy of SHAG!
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