Of course Haiti will need a lot more than music to get through this tragedy. Which is why longtime friend of Good Records, Mr. Captain Planet, put together this mix.

Here’s a mix of great old school (60’s & 70’s) haitian records pulled from my crates. If you aren’t familiar with Konpa or other classic Haitian sounds, now’s the perfect time to get schooled. There’s some great tunes on here that you probably won’t find anywhere else. Donate at least $5 to Partners In Health and forward me the confirmation email that you get and I’ll give you a link to download the whole mix (broken into separate tracks for your listening enjoyment). Forward your donation receipt to this address: charlie@mixtaperiot.com

DONATE HERE: www.pih.org
more on my site: www.mixtaperiot.com

The mix is bad ass and I encourage everyone to donate and grab it.

I know it’s been a long time in the making. Delay has been playing bits and pieces of this project around the shop, causing the heads of many unwitting customers to snap around quizzically: “what is this track? I know it, but… wait, what?”

Well now it’s here.

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“I have no idea who this guy was. He arrived around 7:45 PM, ordered a beer, took a sip, and just sat there and let the beer turn to lawn water. That was it. He just sat and stared. He had on these dumb mirrored shades and wore a Dungaree jacket. He could have been 21, 41, I have no idea. He never talked to anyone. Everybody thought he was blind, but he never stumbled or fell or used a cane. Not in front of me at least.

At some point, when nobody else was using the jukebox, he went over and layed his hands on it. No—I got that wrong. He layed one hand on it and stuck out the other arm like he’s Trent Reznor reaching out to touch the black dragon. Some song I know we got on the jukebox, like “White Rabbit,” starts playing. Except it’s not that song. It’s that song plus The Police or something else from the radio. Most people liked it OK. People bought him beers, but he never touched them. This one guy gave him a twenty and the kid did nothing but stare at him. After he did his thing, he sat down and ordered another beer, took a sip, and then left.

I haven’t seen him since. I kinda liked that one with Yes and Lionel Richie. It was angry and sad. I think the kid had, like, a GPS in his coat to pick up radio signals but Pedro patted him down and all he had on him was a pack of those Christmas Trees you hang from your rearview mirror. Dude was somewhere else.”

- Bartender. Bill’s Bar and Billiards, Omaha, NE

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And be sure to check out both DJs’ blogs: www.docdelay.com and diamondsinthedust.blogspot.com for a ton of great music.

Here it is, at long last… the epic reggae session at Lost & Found. In two parts.

Strong shout outs to my man DJ Wicz, the venerable Mike Stanley, and our gracious hosts Jared, Chris, and Pablo.

Part One features (in order): JBX, DJ Wicz, myself, Mike Stanley, and Boogieman playing 30-40 minute sets of reggae each. Some deep, deep tunes were dropped this night! A set for the ages, no doubt…

Part Two soon to come.

Stream the whole damn 3 hour session here:

Download it separated & tagged HERE

Burn one, family! And enjoy…

Long-time Good Records NYC customer and homie Brian H. from California (and Philadelphia, briefly) has an awesome music & design blog that you should really check out called Dreams In Audio (www.dreamsinaudio.com) where his recent obsession with African music is getting represented lovely.

Brian has laced us with the following mix that is packing, well, a hell of a lot of that fire.

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Track list below the fold.

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