Ahh, i love going on records shop tours. I was up in NYC briefly and just stopped in for a minute at Good Records. That link takes you to their blog, which is worth checking from time to time as they post downloads of rare albums that they actually have hanging on their walls. The store is well curated, they have a man on the ground in Nigeria sending crates of LPs to stock their shelves. Only downside is the prices. They know how rare stuff is and how much they can get for it on the internet. Good news is if you talk music with them for awhile they might knock off ten percent and throw in some of the dollar bin albums that line the floor. Solid collection of global releases, and most of the albums were in great condition. Worth noting the disco and hip hop 12"s and soul/funk sections as well (they also had a fair number of 45s that were deep cuts). Plenty of gems to be had, the best stuff ranging from $8 to $150.
My friend has a turntable that can digitize LPs, so I'm going to either upload the LP rip or the digital version of the records I snagged this morning. Finds include Blo (phase iv), Z for Zafra (wait till you hear this!), Quarteto Em Cy, Melvin Ukachi (bring back the ofege beat!!!), and Los Bravos. So check in later this week for some uploads.
Until then, here is a promo mix that Good Records put out called "Fire Keep on Burning: Afro Caribbean Funk & Deep Disco Heat."
hi from france!i am searching for the blo phase 4 and it seems that you put your hands on it in this new york city shop.as you are talking about ripping from vynil i wonder if you already started the work??but maybe not,for sure it's a hard to rip from vynil...anyway thanks for your blog and for this download.
ReplyDeleteI'll be posting this within another week. I am waiting to get access to a friend's turntable and I have been extra busy. Check back again after the weekend. The condition of the album is G to VG.
ReplyDeletethis place sounds raddd
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