Dedicated to my man Bret, who’s going through it…

A personal favorite, deep gospel on a Sunday night.

The Art Reynolds Singers - Long, Dusty Road

I was drinking whiskey last night, and this is normally the time that I decide to call the homie Aaron “Breakself” Anderson. Anyway, we talked about the world, the sun in the sky, and why there is not a bean in a bean pie, and I asked him to bless my site with this mix. He berated me for only drinking a half pint of Jameson (”that’s why it’s called ‘half’ - you gotta drink another one!”) but reluctantly granted my wish, grumbling the whole time that record dudes used to be able to toss back a drink or three.

Anyone who knows anything knows Aaron has all kinds of heat in his collection and he’s slapping us silly with it here. So put a Frickin’ Gerbil on your Christmas list because even Santa can’t find these records.

Enjoy!
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An excellent list of 70s and 80s soul, including Casual-T, Betty Padgett, Trilark, sealed Marvin Gaye, sealed Foster Sylvers, Lim Taylor, Clyde McPhatter, Pure Gold, CLICK HERE FOR MORE

So for today’s guest mix I am proud to give you all the following from Great Collectro, Part Time Good Records NYC Employee, and Great Friend… Simon “Scrappy” Greenberg. It is titled “Slow Music From West Africa” and while the tempo is generally as described the mood varies from mellow, to jubilant, to mournful, to absolutely facemelt trippy… I live for this kind of stuff. Some tunes here have turned up in the shop but you might as well forget trying to get your hands on most of it.

Simon has been traveling in Africa for most of the past couple months but he sent me the flicks you see above, and I was able to persuade former Turntable Lab reviewer Bob Bannister to come out of cushy retirement and write the following review of this mix:

“I’ve only ever been to Africa in a haze of misappropriated Counting
Crows-soundtracked shwarma stands and faceless shiny heads singing Sinead O’Connor in decapotable Frankenstein locomotives. That may or may not apply to this mix and its syrupy, hammock induced nostalgia for things I may or may not have experienced… but I think it does. Everything I’ve ever seen in Africa is ambiguous, and this mix is no exception. Even listening to it in a basement that smells faintly of acetylene, all i can really feel is thick air and wet cash from the ‘pockets’ under a boubou.”

That about sums it up… enjoy.

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Tagged d/l: Slow Music From West Africa

Good morning my people, or good afternoon if you are like me and you are rising a bit late from an evening of revelry. I spent last night with friends at Bumpshop, a monthly funk & soul party on the west side where residents Chairman Mao, Finewine, Jared Boxx (Big City Records) and David Griffiths hosted the legendary Kenny Dope of Masters At Work. We got it in, to be sure. Shout outs to Mao, Matt, Jared, Kenny, Mike, Daniel, Josh, Ari, Ritchie, Osore, Asaf, Mark, Dave, and all my weoples that I got to chop it up with.

Now on this Sunday I find that I am not scared, therefore I did not go to Church. But what I did do was upload one of the most sublime and touching gospel LPs I own… it’s a completely unknown 4 man group from Connecticut (Stamford and Bridgeport, to be precise) and if you are into lo-fi, sounds-like-it-was-recorded-in-a-tin-can private issue soul music this is for you. There’s a full band, so it’s not exactly like Otis G. Johnson or what have you but… well let’s just say that the spirit shines through on this one. You can find the funk on “Wade In The Water” but my personal favorite is “His Eye Is On The Sparrow” which is simply heartbreaking. Enjoy.

The Gospel Creators - Wade In The Water

btw, I’ll work on getting some cover art up tonight.

What’s up family, I’m introducing another institution here at goodrecordsnyc.com (man, when it’s this brand new everything’s an introduction!) which is the Wednesday Humpday mixshow. I’m not the first man to poast a mix on my blog and not even the first man to do it on Wednesday, but never the less I think it’s a good way to pass the slowest day of the work week. So, without further ado, let me hip you guys to a mix I threw down a couple months back on the WNYU show Rotations (shout out to Alex & Mike) which languished in obscurity… that is, until now. I edited out most of the banter because I was off that Jameson and you don’t want to hear me babble like that even if youse my best friend. Enjoy! - Jonny

Jonny Paycheck at WNYU’s Rotations, Live on the Seratobox

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Presenting my mans and them Justin Torres and Matt Webb on a mix they hit me with way back… an hour and change featuring nothing but funky, soulful, deep gospel… some rarities in there but a lot of stuff you might be sleeping on in the cheap bins. Peep game…

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Peace,
Jonny

Well I guess I should unveil the official Good Records NYC endorsement of BARACK OBAMA for President of the United States. I know, I know… it’s a heavy, sought after, fight-tooth-and-nail-for endorsement… what can I say? I hold a lot of weight. But I wield my power justly and with much restraint. And I feel at this time that I have to go on record and speak my heart. Just like your boy Cutty going jogging before the Baltimore primary, I woke up this morning with a feeling that this just might be a new day… a feeling that resonated in two albums, both of which are out of The Windy City just like our boy Barack.

First up, an inimitable classic… easily the best soul LP out there and if it ain’t in your top five you ain’t talking dollars or making sense. Curtis Mayfield’s solo debut, “Curtis”. Full of majestic arrangements but vocals so tender they could caress the cheek of the most hardened criminal… and a lyrical statement that framed the struggles of a generation.

Second, Chicago rap vet Common’s classic LP from 1994 “Resurrection”. This has been a favorite of mine since it came out, and even though Common has become a sensitive yet strong Old Head Voice in the rap game… this album captures a whistful, reflective, aimless yet curious young adult who is not much different from the folks that are casting their votes - often, for the first time - for Our Black President (no disrespect to Fela).

Here’s an early Christmas present for everybody. Check the Impalaville mixtape I put together back in 2005. This was a big hit when the store opened, people seemed to dig it and it sold out quickly. Later on it was poorly booted… anyways, it’s still available somewhere but in the spirit of The Holidays I would like to give it away for free. Oh yeah also I can promote IMPALAVILLE VOLUME 2 that when I get off my tuchus will be finished and on its way soon. For those who don’t know, this is all old school lowrider oldies, some of which I grew up listening to on the radio and some of which I discovered later on. It’s all done in a classic radio show format — not showing off the raers here, it’s about the jams you forgot you loved, the jams you remembered, and some you’ve never heard before. Tough-as-nails cover artwork by the big homie El Drez (DCV/VOB)

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Hi-Res Front Cover and Back Cover

O-Dub’s Review on Soul Sides

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Here’s a new section we’re going to start doing about great collections that have passed through the store. Sort of like our wall at the shop with pricier and rarer stuff, this is going to be a photo record of favorites. I’ve got buckets worth of pictures and I figure hey, what do people like doing best? Looking at records! Warning: most of these records have been sold or filed… this is not a sale post. Just some of the finer thangs.

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More to come…