Reviews
Ananda Shankar
Sitar Meets Moog
One of two notable releases from this nephew of the famed sitar god Ravi Shankar. This one obviously fuses the Eastern sitar styles with Western moog sounds that were…Filed under: Music, Electronic, Jazz, Soundtracks
Various Artists
Wheedle’s Groove
The copiously detailed liner notes on “Wheedles Groove” talk of a local flavor bubbling up in Seattle, percolating like so much coffee from the street level and…
Filed under: Music, Funk, Jazz, Soul, Soundtracks
Various Artists
DUSTY FINGERS VOLUME 11
Back with yet another volume of the crate staple “Dusty Fingers” compilation aimed at budding hip hop producers and avid beat fiends. The Strictly Breaks…
Filed under: Music, Funk, Soundtracks
Alan Tew / Bullet
Hanged Man OST
I can’t really get with these Euro soundtrack/library LPs like I used to. I’ve given up my dream of being the next Scott Storch and now it sounds…
Filed under: Music, Funk, Jazz, Soundtracks
GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS
Claudine OST
By 1974 Gladys Knight And The Pips had left Motown and signed with Buddah. One of their earliest releases for their new label was the soundtrack for Claudine, a movie…
Filed under: Music, Soul, Soundtracks
J.J. JOHNSON
Willie Dynamite OST
Getting this record should go down in eBay folklore. I bought this from an eBay dealer who didn’t really sell records. One day I got a small package in the mail…
Filed under: Music, Funk, Soundtracks
ROGER ROGER
Merry And Sad
Roger Roger was a pair of French composers who released a couple Library records. On Merry And Sad they worked with Nino Nardini to produce 16 mood pieces as the title…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
FRANK DE VOL
Choirboys OST
Choirboys was a movie about cops staring Charles During and Louis Gossett Jr. The soundtrack has your usual mood pieces along with some Dance tracks like Baby, You…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
HUGO MONTENEGRO
Hugo In Wonder-Land
Hugo Montenegro returns with Hugo In Wonder-Land, a collection of Stevie Wonder covers. Some of the songs come off like kiddy tunes with the tones on the keyboards…
Filed under: Music, Soundtracks
SOUL MANN & THE BROTHERS
Shaft
Why you would want to cover an entire album, and a soundtrack at that, is a bit confusing, but seeing as how Shaft was a huge hit I guess Soul Mann & The Brothers…
Filed under: Music, Soul, Soundtracks