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all tapped out

Musical mix numbered seven - and the last (I promise!) for a long-ish while:

mixtapeworm

Kneel before your miniature-spooled magnetic tape overlords!

mixxety doo dah

I've got a fever, and the only cure is more mixbell!

The Compilationist Manifesto

I had one more mix inside me, so I had to let it out.

The Mixtape Revolutions

They say that two is company, but three's a crowd. They also say that the third time's a charm. I say that three mixtapes in less than a week is plenty enough for a long while.

Curses! Mixtaped again!

I was in a mixing mood, so here's another compilation hot on the heels of the last:

mixtape

This has been a Saturday both lazy and hazy and one during which I elected to waste an hour or so creating an audio comp. I hunted down the tunes, but it was Mixwit who kindly spooled them onto a cassette. I was given the option to add my own art to the tape, but the old AGFA label seemed to me just too beautiful to tamper with. I just love all the interwebular toys the wizkids are building these days! As if the spinning spools weren't nifty enough, keep your eye on the magnetic tape as the music progresses. Rock on!

soundtracks, pop instrumentals, and incredibly strange music

The cries of the hipster masses have not fallen on deaf ears! Basic Hip Digital Oddio was slated for dismantling at the end of 2007, but after receiving "cards and letters" (which were, I imagine, filled with shock, dismay, and grief) the proprietor has changed his mind. Lay the needle on a longplay and celebrate!

pachyderm music

It never ceases to amaze me how many fantabulous record albums have yet to be transferred to CD - whether digitally remastered by a crack team of lab-coated audio scientists or not. Thank heaven for vinyl rippers!

Since I've never seen the unofficial sequel to the film Born Free it's probably best if I allow the insightful customers at Amazon to supply the DVD details. But what I can say authoritatively is that the soundtrack, which can be snagged via Basic Hip Digital Gold, is whimsical cinema funkiness. You're one groovin' elephant, Slowly.

Howard Blake - An Elephant Called Slowly

all killer, no filler

There was once this guy named Jack Diamond who ran an online record store named, appropriately enough, Jack Diamond Music. As I perused his stock of CDs (he also featured vinyl, but I have no turntable) I noticed a lot of fascinating stuff that seemed to be available absolutely no place else. After placing an order I figured out why. Those obscure CD albums turned out to be homebrewed bootleg discs ripped from vinyl LPs. As a bonus, opening the box unleashed the unmistakable olfactory evidence of ol' Jack being a chain smoker. But despite the slight negatives of the purchasing experience I did get my hands on some sounds I'd never have heard otherwise. We miss you, Jack.

Jack described BUG-IN as the soundtrack to a 1970s TV documentary about dune buggies. However, I recently read someplace else that it's a concept album and that The Inter-Urban Electric A&E Rhythm and Pit Crew Band is actually Shorty Rogers. Whatever. Enjoy a funky track:

The Inter-Urban Electric A&E Rhythm and Pit Crew Band - Lousiana Tow'd