Soul Strut 100: # 2 - 24-Carat Black - Ghetto: Misfortune???s Wealth
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Big_Stacks said:Jonny_Paycheck said:I dunno man. lyrical deficiencies aside, the ambition and scope of that record is pretty damn impressive. Who the fuck was trying to do that shit, aside from established artists like Marvin or Stevie? Shit got a lot more going for it than funky soul and breaks.
This LP is a favorite and definitely deserves recognition on the Soul Strut 100. "Poverty's Paradise (Parts 1 and 2)" alone are worth the price of admission.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
This record's
:hard_as_fuck: :goat: :hard_as_fuck: :goat:
first heard it on an nineties luv'n haight soul jazz comp w/ Leon Spencer and such I think. The thing flows from run in to run out, beautiful stuff. One of the first big pieces I ever ponied up for: 50$ in Mtl in '99, Thanks Edouardo.
This LP is a favorite and definitely deserves recognition on the Soul Strut 100. "Poverty's Paradise (Parts 1 and 2)" alone are worth the price of admission.Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
This record's
:hard_as_fuck: :goat: :hard_as_fuck: :goat:
first heard it on an nineties luv'n haight soul jazz comp w/ Leon Spencer and such I think. The thing flows from run in to run out, beautiful stuff. One of the first big pieces I ever ponied up for: 50$ in Mtl in '99, Thanks Edouardo.
i love this record and got no problem with it being so high on this list. it pretty much epitomizes 90s wall of fame, which this list is, for better or worse, definitely a reflection.
i can understand the vocals getting a little contrived in some parts, but there is enough great instrumentation and feeling overall to make this a record i still listen to often.
i found this by accident in '95 (along with Ernie Hines and a grip of old Roy Ayers joints) in a Portland store where every record was $1.25. i biked over to the spot, about fifty blocks, and it started pouring halfway there. i was the only person in the store and my sneaks were saturated sponges, squishing with every step i took. the old owner guy was visibly annoyed. regardless i bought 40 records, some guesses, some not, and this was in there. definitely my first digging score, although i didnt realize i came up for several weeks. or maybe until dan from jumpjump offered to trade me something for it!
i can understand the vocals getting a little contrived in some parts, but there is enough great instrumentation and feeling overall to make this a record i still listen to often.
i found this by accident in '95 (along with Ernie Hines and a grip of old Roy Ayers joints) in a Portland store where every record was $1.25. i biked over to the spot, about fifty blocks, and it started pouring halfway there. i was the only person in the store and my sneaks were saturated sponges, squishing with every step i took. the old owner guy was visibly annoyed. regardless i bought 40 records, some guesses, some not, and this was in there. definitely my first digging score, although i didnt realize i came up for several weeks. or maybe until dan from jumpjump offered to trade me something for it!
LaserWolf said:I remember when you came in with it. First copy I had seen. I think the condition was too rough for me.
I did get some sealed copies later. Every copy I have had has a pressing flaw. A good portion of one side wooshes.
No one else have that problem?
My copy plays clean without any pressing flaws, must have been one of the runs that was off
I did get some sealed copies later. Every copy I have had has a pressing flaw. A good portion of one side wooshes.
No one else have that problem?
My copy plays clean without any pressing flaws, must have been one of the runs that was off
my copy and subsequent ones ive had over the years havent had the woosh. that first copy did have some of the "atmospheric" background noise of a vg copy, of course. 
dan, you should share some find stories from that spot (was it JJs?) and ripcity.
dan, you should share some find stories from that spot (was it JJs?) and ripcity.
Long ago there was a place at about NE Glisan and 80th. Junk shop with mostly lps piled every which way. Dollar each. I got Little Willie John Fever there. Very rare and great R&B record. There was a Harlem River Drive with just the jacket I would see every time.
2 young go getters took the idea and ran with it. They opened a store on NE Hawthorne at about 35th in a warehouse space. Named it Rip City. They may have started with the other stores stock. Their business plan was simple, buy records for .10c sell for $1.00. They had a great location on record row and managed to buy hundreds of records every day. I tried to get there at least 3 times a week. This was mid 90s, so I needed all the CTI, Christie McVie, Mountain, Roy Clark, MJ, Heatwave... I could get. I don't remember pulling anything amazing there, but I am sure I did. A local store started "helping them out" by sorting the records before hand and paying a premium. That killed the store and the young go getters opened a hair salon.
When Rip City started going down hill a guy thought he could do the store one better, he bought for .05c and sold for $1.25. I think that was JJs. He was on Sandy Blvd not far from me. I went through the whole store when he opened. I bought a lot of records that first time. Only one I remember now was a PR&TR; Like Long Hair, which is a big deal local garage rock record. It was clean. He didn't last long because not many people were selling or buying from him. Plus he was kinda unpleasant.
32, I thought you got the 24CB at the place on Glisan.
I don't remember any of those places having 45s. Maybe I just missed it because I didn't care about 45s that much then.
The other place, or places, I hit multiple times a week back then was EM. They were an offshoot of Cheapos in Minneapolis. Nothing was more than $3.60. I got all the good lesbian records every week, Baba Yaga was $100.00 record then, I probable found one a month at EM, also Linda Tillery, Alive... One time I was at the downtown store. The Roots had played across the street the day before, so I thought about not looking through yesterdays new arrivals, but I can't stop digging. Found a nice clean copy of Carl Sherlock Holmes.
I picked up a children's record there that is still largely unknown. It's on Peter Pan and the music is by Gershon Kingsley. Very good record.
2 young go getters took the idea and ran with it. They opened a store on NE Hawthorne at about 35th in a warehouse space. Named it Rip City. They may have started with the other stores stock. Their business plan was simple, buy records for .10c sell for $1.00. They had a great location on record row and managed to buy hundreds of records every day. I tried to get there at least 3 times a week. This was mid 90s, so I needed all the CTI, Christie McVie, Mountain, Roy Clark, MJ, Heatwave... I could get. I don't remember pulling anything amazing there, but I am sure I did. A local store started "helping them out" by sorting the records before hand and paying a premium. That killed the store and the young go getters opened a hair salon.
When Rip City started going down hill a guy thought he could do the store one better, he bought for .05c and sold for $1.25. I think that was JJs. He was on Sandy Blvd not far from me. I went through the whole store when he opened. I bought a lot of records that first time. Only one I remember now was a PR&TR; Like Long Hair, which is a big deal local garage rock record. It was clean. He didn't last long because not many people were selling or buying from him. Plus he was kinda unpleasant.
32, I thought you got the 24CB at the place on Glisan.
I don't remember any of those places having 45s. Maybe I just missed it because I didn't care about 45s that much then.
The other place, or places, I hit multiple times a week back then was EM. They were an offshoot of Cheapos in Minneapolis. Nothing was more than $3.60. I got all the good lesbian records every week, Baba Yaga was $100.00 record then, I probable found one a month at EM, also Linda Tillery, Alive... One time I was at the downtown store. The Roots had played across the street the day before, so I thought about not looking through yesterdays new arrivals, but I can't stop digging. Found a nice clean copy of Carl Sherlock Holmes.
I picked up a children's record there that is still largely unknown. It's on Peter Pan and the music is by Gershon Kingsley. Very good record.
awesome!! what was rip city's life span? it sounds like it wasnt long.
i found those records at JJs. the dude was definitely unpleasant. i brought about 70 records to the counter cause he was harassing me about closing on time. i asked if i could just have them for the $50 i had on me. nope. so i had five minutes to sort through and pick 40 albums.
i never checked the glisan spot out. but i remember you mentioning your love for EM.
Records everywhere those days!
i found those records at JJs. the dude was definitely unpleasant. i brought about 70 records to the counter cause he was harassing me about closing on time. i asked if i could just have them for the $50 i had on me. nope. so i had five minutes to sort through and pick 40 albums.
i never checked the glisan spot out. but i remember you mentioning your love for EM.
Records everywhere those days!
I bought this album a few years ago and it never made a big impact on me at that time. After seeing it so high on the list, I decided to pull it out again and I've been listening to it the past few days...really digging it, I can't believe it didn't hit me the first time.
Casteneda said:I bought this album a few years ago and it never made a big impact on me at that time. After seeing it so high on the list, I decided to pull it out again and I've been listening to it the past few days...really digging it, I can't believe it didn't hit me the first time.
That's why I grip certain albums that didn't move me at first listen.
That's why I grip certain albums that didn't move me at first listen.
i bought the re of this few years ago and never got into, wouldn't mind having another listen now but gave it too a mate who really dug it for his 40th birthday. ah well
I was with the one Bambouche at Sound Library a few years ago and they had it on the wall for $75, couldn't bring myself to do it. I like the album, but not that much.
I came across another copy for sale last year and listened to an online version in case my mood had changed....it hadn't. It lacks a certain...warmth? Depth? Is it the recording? Or is it my cold cold heart and the ice cubes that are my eardrums?
I am also surprised at its standing on the list.
I came across another copy for sale last year and listened to an online version in case my mood had changed....it hadn't. It lacks a certain...warmth? Depth? Is it the recording? Or is it my cold cold heart and the ice cubes that are my eardrums?
I am also surprised at its standing on the list.
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