VA - PERCUSSION 6 ALBUMS: Black Earth Percussion Group w Irv Cottler - Around The World In Percussion LP 61 w Persistant Percussion All Stars w Provacative Percussion Vol. 3 LP 60 w Stanley Black AHO - Exotic Percussion LP 61 w The Frank Barber Percussion - Deep Percussion LP 70

                                        

REPOST and ADD ON:  HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!  Adding two really good percussion albums to these old posts with similar theme:  Frank Barber & the Irv Cottler releases in the top two pictures as they had some outstanding songs and of course the drumming to join in on all the parades and music during the fireworks.  

LINK REPOSTED 7-1-26 (correct Irv cover/back added--the REAL JULY 4TH cover!!!):

https://bestfile.io/RYSXIrmvwV6q9Kv/file

VA - COURT & CHAMBER MUSIC (18TH CENT) LP 58

 Another classical music selection sounding very good on vinyl with following composers:  Johann Friedrich Fasch [1688-1758], Johann Christian Bach [1735-1782] and Joseph Haydn [1732-1809].

https://bestfile.io/en/s6WyzxwdzFWpqD4/file

VA - THE SWING ERA 1938-1939 (WHERE SWING CAME FROM) 3LP 70

 Got to open the plastic on this one but what you see is a good vendor's perfect size sleeve for boxsets that they sent me with 100 white inner sleeves, however, once I put it on it was too hard to remove so you see the overlay text...oh well, I'm sure Discogs has it.  The real treasure beyond the 3 vinyl is the coffee table hard cover book that came with it.  More or less a continuation of my 'Duke vs. The Count' post that are currently at 5027 and 3749 downloads respectively (kind of feels like I'm Nathan Nothin with his Zoviet France vs. Rapoon March Madness competition he just finished so check it out1).  I say that because the book is like a continuation of Duke's Workshop which was one of the rips.  And all the Big Band stuff I've been flingin' at ya--BTW found a killer new vinyl boxset for Benny Goodman who is featured throughout this top shelf package from Goodwill.  Oh yeah, gotta say this is part two of the decades (30's) post from last week such that next week we can get into the 40's and continue on.  This is for all teachers!  Enjoy and Happy St. Patrick's Day (me namesake day).!!!

https://bestfile.io/en/kuQ3x3wGuf23eGV/file

The Roger Wagner Chorale, Vivaldi, Flor Peeters - Gloria bw Entrata Festiva LP 63

 Keeping on with the weekly classical as long as I can and a fine one here.  Per Discogs:  American chorus founded in 1947 by Roger Wagner, originally under the name of the Los Angeles Concert Chorale.  

https://bestfile.io/en/IlUwZN44IzopClR/file

VA - CLASSICAL HITS CD 01

 Pulled this one out from a Goodwill find and turned out it is classical which is O.K. but it was a super busy posting day today as next week it special posts for Valentine's Day and then the next week is Mardi Gras and I am backed up since last year right before that holiday my first ripping PC crashed.  Artists featured: Charlotte Church, Bond, Star Wars-Episode 1 Phantom Menace, Sarah Brightman, Titanic, Russell Watson, John Williams, Renee Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo (have an album in rip pile), Luciano Pavarotti, Joshua Bell, Andre Rieu, Hans Zimmer-Gladiator, Tan Dun-Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Boston Pops, Braveheart, Wynton Marsalis, Gil Shaham, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor.  Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/Bms9ZcOEEBEzyPl/file

ANTONIO VIVALDI, BONIFACIO BIANCHI & ALESSANDRO PITRELLI [Mandolins], PIERO TOSO [Violin], I SOLISTI VENETI, CLAUDIO SCIMONE [Conductor] LP 80

 Keeping with the classical posts while I got them and this is a fine sounding one.  Makes me think I should have kept more from the Goodwill but comforting to know they are always around.

https://bestfile.io/en/QhbnDMLQlpeFqlQ/file

DANZIG - st CD 88 w Danzig II - Lucifuge CD 90 w Danzig III - How The Gods Kill CD 92 w Danzig 4P CD 94 w SAMHAIN w MISFITS w reposts

HAPPY HALLOWEEN REPOST:  My very first rip for DU blog I specifically sent in to Mark U. a cassette rip from the very first DANZIG tour that I had got at the show. The rest I gathered recently from my files the first four releases before the black metal phase for this post.  This gave me a very good opportunity to organize quite a bit from the past like the Samhain and Misfits posts that I am leaving in place.  I added quite a few more bootlegs to the Misfits.  Then I picked out other artists that needed reposts and organizing so have at it!!!  A mega-super HALLOWEEN POST 2025,CHEERS!!! Through the millennium I was close friends with Raven Danzig who was a regular at least to 4P era big arena Danzig whereas I saw every Danzig regular Minneapolis’ First Ave shows U know Prince’s club at least one time after debut tour in like 2007 I wanna say but yeah she updates us on her private blogger that she recently left social media and has taken to classical music lately describing various Arias. 

DANZIG:  https://bestfile.io/en/Qjj4oaX42G2opwW/file

SAMHAIN:  https://bestfile.io/en/SudEZ6syGCCBM6E/file

MISFITS:  https://bestfile.io/en/MctR7EXy2Cp95ck/file

FAMOUS BOLLOCK BROTHERS (added first 10 issues of Famous Monsters magazine):

https://bestfile.io/en/4v6HNKlXCxIwPEG/file

CLEOPATRA RECORDS GOTH BOX:  https://bestfile.io/en/FSQT4XSQT8MS1hY/file

WEREWOLVES [AUSTRALIA]:  https://bestfile.io/en/ObXPEN0J9Y5mSIw/file

GOBLIN (more CD's added):  https://bestfile.io/en/Dq4UYjNrgGepG7s/file

THE ZOMBIES (all singles added):  https://bestfile.io/en/7XqHNkyk6aWaA83/file

THE MUNSTERS:  https://bestfile.io/en/Ejqdue7qdBfQlFZ/file

THE MUMMIES:  https://bestfile.io/en/PC2LRC4hP3j6nIn/file

THE MONSTARS (funk):  https://bestfile.io/en/0UkAWr4EeLedMlC/file

RATTLES (The Witch):  https://bestfile.io/en/llfGkcs5weYXHhU/file

BAUHAUS:  https://bestfile.io/en/PW4ngDeokGW3Iq4/file

BLUE OYSTER CULT:  https://bestfile.io/en/KrFlEAdyt6xCwqd/file

RICHARD STRANGE:  https://bestfile.io/en/i0tqGAfcuQIfCwp/file

THE DOCTORS OF MADNESS:  https://bestfile.io/en/EIxESrE8f3AlKDV/file

CHRISTIAN DEATH & SHADOW PROJECT:  https://bestfile.io/en/mq5WUvCargaYIKj/file

CHRISTIAN DEATH LIVE CD (new post):  https://bestfile.io/en/XV5POVOpkuJFXCi/file

ROZZ WILLIAMS & GITANE DEMONE:  https://bestfile.io/en/RZrNr8hWLNDlTWw/file

ROZZ WILLIAMS:  https://bestfile.io/en/FMxK5a6BA5IgMTZ/file

ROZZ WILLIAMS TRIBUTE: THE TONGUE ACHIEVES THE DIALECT:  https://bestfile.io/en/Yyc785D7cbrlcEF/file

BONUS MOVIES FOR HALLOWEEN THE DON'T titles (ripped from my old VHS to MP4):

Don't Go In The House 1979:  https://bestfile.io/en/mQh4QDbn6O7a5TH/file

Don't Sleep Alone 1997:  https://bestfile.io/en/RorlxAx0pG6dDJH/file

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark 1973:  https://bestfile.io/en/pRqLslFBNXHTORg/file

Don't Answer The Phone! 1979:  https://bestfile.io/en/UDbo74aIIzN8ox3/file

VA - UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD MPST by Wim Wenders CD 91 w THE ROMANTIC STRINGS ORCHESTRA - TILL THE END OF TIME 7LP 91

 I was a little short on Halloween stuff this year so I decided this was a scary enough theme in these two releases-one another Reader's Digest vinyl boxset to go with that ongoing theme and the other I discovered on a youtube/facebook reel that had a bunch of old artists covered by this blog in the past.  I remember as we collectively moved from the indoor clubs to the big outdoor festivals in the 90's, I always thought 1991 was a top year in music.  Artists featured:  Graeme Revell, Talking Heads, Julee Cruise, Neneh Cherry, Crime & The City Solution, Lou Reed, Can, R.E.M., Elvis Costello, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Patti Smith and Fred Smith, Depeche Mode, Jane Siberry with k.d. lang, T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Lanois and U2.

https://bestfile.io/en/54SjJlDET9CZvdi/file

VA - THE WORLD'S MOST UNFORGETTABLE MUSIC 9LP 62

 Getting back into the last of the vinyl boxsets and hey found some kids records (16 total) and so in two weeks will start the 16 weeks of Kids Music Christmas.  The cassette player took a dump on me after only a year as it was the same dual player I had before that broke so I had gotten the same brand.  Trying a single deck by next week for only thirty some dollars marked down from a hondo so I can continue the radio tape series again.  This classical stuff is super quiet in parts then goes into triumphant loudness!!!

https://bestfile.io/en/IlWoIIHm36oZ7NY/file

VA - MOJO Trash! The Roots Of Punk CD w MOJO Presents Blues Power CD w MOJO - PSYCHE OUT! CD w MOJO Swoons CD 19

REPOST Request and ADD ON:  Reposting the Trash! one shown for Oi! fan, then adding two more from my files with no covers and a new rip from 2019 for Swoon!  Includes:  John's Children, The Smoke, Tomorrow, The Attack, The Troggs, The Move, Gordon Jackson, Small Faces, The In Crowd, Donovan, Kaleidoscope, The Zombies, Procol Harem, Barclay James Harvest, Focus Time, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Little Willie John, T-bone Walker, Odetta, Howlin' Wolf, Guitar Slim, Freddy King, Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers, Son House, Lead Belly, Prefab Sprout, Orange Juice, The Kane Gang, Fantastic Something, Felt, Hurrah!, The Loft, The Monochrome Set, The Triffids, Microdisney, The Marine Girls, The Blue Aeroplanes, Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, Scritti Politti, In Embrace, New York Dolls, T-Rex, Hollywood Brats, Jook, Count Bishops, The Hammersmith Gorillas, Killburn And The High Roads, Dr. Feelgood, Eddie And The Hot Rods, Mott The Hoople, Hawkwind, Can, Be-Bop Deluxe, The Groundhogs and Iggy and the Stooges.  Top notch limited release tunes thoughout!!!

https://bestfile.io/Sf3oOl09Ws7bGgd/file

VA - IT'S YOUR CHOICE-UNRELEASED LIVE 2x10LP 91 w So Much Hate Your Choice Live Series CD

Got this double 10 inch smoker from a discogs seller who made a mistake as I was buying the 'So Much Hate" album from him overseas.  Oh well, this much rarer and I got the So Much Hate Your Choice from youtube and added it in per the comment left under the Scream post below.  Includes also:  Life-But How To Live It?, Verbal Assault, Ripcord, Raped Teenagers, Pullermann, Arm, Kina, Scream, Melvins, Target Of Demand and Nonoyesno.

LINK REPOSTED 5-27-25 (settings off this whole week): https://bestfile.io/aGwd9uxYzxUuF0p/file

VA - Rock Around The Rotor Platz LP 86

IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL:  A good and raw rawker!  Thanks to EricC for reminding me when I brought this in last week, I had discovered it was actually a compilation.  Here are the bands he pulled out for me: Autograph, EVM, Creators, Sofia Rotaru, Alla Pugachova, Forum, Bravo & Time Machine.

https://bestfile.io/a2pTdvZXyouBEyH/file

VA - MAGICAL WORLD OF MELODY 10LP 63

 Continuing on with the weekly vinyl boxset series we have yet another TEN record box which ties the record for most vinyl I know about in a box set.  However, I've been biting off a bit more than I can chew lately with little room for error but got a bit over my head on this one.  You see while labeling the songs yesterday on the work computer which just got new RAM added but still every time I highlight the song title and try to start to type it reverts back to all highlighted and erases the title I typed unless I zero it out and try to select the text again--eventually works--but had a stray instrumental track last night when I go home to convert the WAV to MP3 and only had a letter for the title so threw off the whole mess.  Also, my ripping computer which I keep offline and is way past it's prime but stores don't seem to sell PC's with sound cards anymore has developed a couple of 2 minute pauses when I use the media player but keeps it's place so far for ripping but can't really check each song while playing on the vinyl to figure it out as I look at groove spacing I guess some kind of chip stutter anyways made it hard to do the usual sorting out and so left as is.  Starting with the 'gay' french music by Offenbach, on record 10 then Chopin/Grieg/Strauss until Leroy Anderson when I can backtrack from a vocalist at some point I left with basic titles and no song titles.  It was all recorded in order so won't be hard for you(it's a do-it-yourself blog I've said many times in the past) except for that stray monkey wrench song 98=1 that I labeled and threw in randomly.  Will be glad to finish these Goodwill boxset finds with the rest being much smaller and easier.  I labelled 70% of it and will play in order except for track 98=1.

https://bestfile.io/en/1rgFbMIPYLMd6LX/file

VA - MOONLIGHT MOODS 8LP 75

 For the boxset of the week we have a fitting one for Valentine's Day and all instrumental as well.  The internal record-side themes include:  In A Moonlight Mood, In A Quiet Mood, Just You-Just Me, Listening & Dancing with Frankie Carle, Magical Movie Melodies, Love Songs From Broadway Shows, Tropical Serenade, Hawaii-The Sounds Of Paradise, Try a Little Tenderness, Candlelight & Wine, That Old Feeling, Raindrops Keep Fallin', Somewhere My Love Unforgettable Film Favorites, Remember-The Wonderful Waltzes of Irving Berlin, 'S Wonderful So Pianists Play Gershwin and With a Song in My Heart--Best of Rodgers & Hart.     https://bestfile.io/9v1eeiEPsBjcUYW/file

VA - ROCK OF 80s Vol. 1 CD 98

 IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL:  Was cramped this weekend for time again so pulling up a repost for this ongoing theme.  What I wrote before:  Haven't listened to this Goodwill CD yet but was impressed that the 77's, Da, Rez, Whitecross and Whiteheart are all on this and I have posted all of them in the past at DU blog here.  Other bands:  Allies, Stryper, Petra, Degarmo And Key, Mylon And Broken Heart, Charlie Peacock, Geoff Moore And The Distance, Rick Cua and Shout.

https://bestfile.io/OyndCl9P8VSp5dW/file

VA - VIACOMCMD RADIO K w INT'L COMP tape 97

 What a pleasant surprise to find this compilation I made from taping songs from my favorite AM radio station RADIO K on the back of one of the Prince bootlegs last week!  This one is the latest year so far I've found, 1997 which is interesting to me since back then I had said 1996 was one of my favorite years in music due to this stations many charms such as one mentioned within that they did a weekly top 12 countdown on international music with one played every hour.  I didn't have all the titles from the DJ banter between songs but damn a couple of these world music releases kick some major ass so all you Muslimgauze downloaders take heed!  Includes also:  Pavement, Blur, The Promise Ring (later morphed into Maritime who I have posted as well--both from WI), Morphine, Negu Gorriak, Shallow, Cornershop, Sleater-Kinney and some song starts I recorded then changed my mind either due to my having the band already or loss of signal or some other reason but they sure have those super catchy song parts that have stuck in my head all these years--simply incredible licks!!

https://bestfile.io/YKnsnesbmouXswE/file

VA - BIG BANDS' GREATEST HITS tape 70

Keeping with the Big Band mini-theme this year and obtaining the volume one of this series having posted the second one (on vinyl) a couple of weeks ago then having to get this one only available on cassette from Discogs.  Includes:  Ray Noble AHO, Count Basie AHO, Gene Krupa HDAHO, Charlie Barnet AHO, Duke Ellington AHO, Glenn Miller AHO, Woody Herman AHO, Les Brown AHO, Harry James AHO, Orrin Tucker AHO, The Modernaires, Lawrence Welk AHO, Benny Goodman AHO, Russ Morgan AHO, Bunny Berigan And His Boys, Clyde McCoy AHO, Claude Thornhill AHO Frankie Carle AHO and Eddy Duchin (remember that post this year?).

https://bestfile.io/PaTpK87qwTHRRLf/file

Halloween 2024 comp w Mort Garson w Raymond Scott Quintet - Microphone Music 1936-1939 w VA - Horror Show comp.'s (x2) w VA - Minnie The Moocher (me) At The Morgue

 Well I was a little low on posts this year for Halloween so I am going to pilfer and zip up SIX posts from the comment section from the regular posting at TWILIGHT ZONE blogspot called "....and now for something completely different" where a regular group fills in the gaps I leave posting all manner of things and the 2024 comp. was just posted by djmcblues2 who has focused on Halloween stuff there for years and would like to thank all of them for preserving the music we all love and working as a team!

https://bestfile.io/en/PRMpNjlBe82yKcU/file

VA - SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES tape 4 of 4 04

This isn't the cover but worked for now as this is a four cassette compilation but I only found tape 4 at Goodwill.  But that is O.K. because looking at the other songs this one has great coverage of the genre which I have been piecing together from old Good Will finds and an excellent grouping!  Includes:  Glenn Miller AHO, Tommy Dorsey AHO w Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes, Blue Barron AHO, Harry James AHO with Rosemary Clooney, Les Brown AHO with Doris Day, Sammy Kaye AHO with Arthur Wright, Lena Horn, Perry Como, The King Cole Trio, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin with Dick Stabile & The Easy Riders, Mario Lanza with The RCA Victor Orchestra & Jeff Alexander Choir, Bing Crosby with Lynn Murray AHO and Bob Hope & Rosemary Clooney.

https://bestfile.io/0FgwVN1pllX7nMF/file

VA - HEAR 'N AID LP 86 w BAND AID - U.S.A. For Africa (We Are The World) EP 84 w Save The Children 2LP 73 w The C.A.R.E. Session EP 85

 Growing up with MTV you will recognize all of these compilations but the one I am adding today, I had missed called HEAR 'N AID didn't quite make the USA for Africa release so they made their own.  Per Discogs:  On May 20 and 21, 1985, 40 artists from the hard rock music community gathered at A&M Records Studios to participate in the making of a record called "Stars" as part of a very special project known as Hear'N Aid. The "Stars" single, coupled with the album, a video documentary on the making of the record, and other ancillary products will release money for famine relief efforts in Africa and around the world.

40 artists and hundreds of volunteers donated their time and talent over four months to make Hear'N Aid a reality. "Stars" is a plea for unity in the fight against world hunger.

Features:  rare Jimi Hendrix version of hit tune, Accept, Motorhead (!!!!), Rush, Dio, Y&T, Scorpions, Kiss and USA for Africa has songs by:  Steve Perry, The Pointer Sisters, Bruce Springsteen & The E. St. Band, Northern Lights (Canadian All-Stars), Prince & The Revolution, Chicago, Tina Turner, Kenny Rogers and Huey Lewis & The News.  For Save The Children we have:  Jackie Verdell & The Push Expo Choir, Rev. Jessie Jackson, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, Nancy Wilson, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Roberta Flack w Quincy Jones, Sammy Davis, Jr., Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, The Temptations, The Main Ingredient, The O-Jays, Zulema, Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Rev. James Cleveland & The Push Expo Choir.  The other comp's have too many to list here so check out discogs:  

https://bestfile.io/JGVxOEwoPzuwCJ0/file