A new shipment just arrived from Lagos. The first from a new connection that will bear fruit for a long time… assist courtesy of a certain Franc O of Voodoo Funk

Deep highlife, afrobeat, boogie and funk pieces from the motherland. Collectors, come see me in the shop or hit me up via email. These will move quickly!

Additionally, an eBay list will be up, like, Tuesday and sh*t… stay tuned.

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Interested parties can email me to offer on the actual LP (which *is* for sale)…
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Happy New Year!

Jonny & The Good Records NYC Players

Two for your soul from The Gospel Storytellers, out of Bloomington, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. Rare LP that recently graced the confines of this shop (thanks to Carfagna for the hat tip). Word on the street is there might be a spare or two in the offing…

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Be well family.

Jonny

Records That Blow My Mind V. 2… live and direct from my walkman, circa 1997 at Cordonices Creek Berkeley California.

Here we have Abstract Tribe Unique’s Underground Fossils. ATU was headed by the charismatic and capable Project Blowed affiliate Abstract Rude, backed with beats by FatJack, and Ebony Prince danced on the ceiling.

This wasn’t my first exposure to the group, who I think at this point I had seen live once or twice on jaunts up north from their native Los Angeles. It was the first collection of songs I could stick in my walkman, and I broke that shit. Now I have the vinyl, thankfully. It’s an EP - 5 full songs, several interludes, and a long 2-part instrumental, part 1 of which backs the entirety of Gil Scott-Heron’s epic poem “Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon)”. Part 2 is pure psychedelia.

In retrospect, Underground Fossils is a little uneven - there are better Blowed workouts than “Who’s Mic Is This”, and the homophobia of “Looking Glass” is pretty unlistenable. Having said that, this record is filed in the collection forever based on its considerable strengths: “These Lions” and “Slow Lights”.

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Man, this looks ILL!

Anyone let me know if you have this… might be rarer than Boscoe or the Sabata LP.

Packed, diverse list this time around… in no particular order so don’t go rushing through forgetting stuff!

As always, first come first serve and no long holds. Lurkers can email goodrecordsnyc@gmail.com. Grading is Jacket/Vinyl and the key is below the fold.

Happy Holidays!
Jonny

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Taking it to the west coast.

Da-dum-dwee, da-dum-dwee, da-dum-dweeeyeee… this was my shit.

Alright now here’s one even some of my young Bay cutties don’t know (for shame!)
Peep the early E-40 work. And HUGE cellular phones. And so much more.

A quick word - this poast marks the beginning of a new weekly (I promise!) series just highlighting records that I’m digging. There are no guidelines - any era or style, rare or common, critics’ darling or constant passover. With that said, let us begin…

Jon Lucien - Rashida - RCA

Funny story about this record. Back when I was a young youth (all of 7, 8 years ago) I brought a copy of this LP from its prior home at Mercer Street Books to trade in at The Sound Library. Rob admonished me for not listening to the album, and I think I replied something to the effect of “I am not down with this sensitive jazz scatting acoustic guitar strumming negro.” Rob then stated that this was grown folks’ music and that when I was old enough I would appreciate it. Well, he was right, and so here we are.

If I think back to a 20 year old me, I would’ve been impressed (had I listened at all) to the funky soul of “Would You Believe In Me”. But the album’s real beauty is in the deep, meandering ballads and songwriting that won Lucien 2 grammys, one for “Lady Love” and one for the title track. Peep game:

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“Darling, how can you stay away so long?
Many roses have died since you’ve been gone.”

Wow.

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In this blog’s quest for its own identity, we’ve experimented with several different styles. Olde soul, nu funk, Afro-disco, spiritual jazz. This time we are just on some straight up hip-hop goodness. Proof that hip-hop didn’t die with Paul’s Boutique or Donuts or Hell Hath No Fury or whatever you goatee’d tight-sag hosers are claiming is The Last Great Hip-Hop Record this week. It flows from commercial to underground, south to north, east to west and so on. Snakes keeps it enjoyable and takes no shorts in the meantime.

I don’t even know this cat but I bumped the mix and trilly enjoyed it. And those that know me know: I’m not one to take 2 and not pass. Enjoy.

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Track list below the fold.

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55 jazz LPs up now on eBay…

Straight ahead bop titles ending in just a couple hours, but behind those are 30 LPs ranging from experimental free stuff to funky fusion, beats, fuzz, and  la-la vocals.

Lots of fun for the whole family. Some nice ESP titles, privates, and an original of Sun Ra’s The Other Side Of The Sun LP on Sweet Earth.

Check it out here:

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/goodrecordsnyc

Thanks for looking!
Jonny