The Clash
Live at Shea Stadium
2008 (actual concert, 1982)

This band photo is better than your favorite band’s photo. That is unless, your favorite band happens to be The Clash. In which case, HIGH FIVE!

Mr. Beast
Mogwai
2006

Album cover art: Milkbar by Amanda Church

Nina Simone Sings The Blues
Nina Simone
RCA, 1967

This is a great album.

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Tommy Gun 7” single
The Clash
1978

LL Cool J
Walking With A Panther
Def Jam, 1989

One day when I’m super rich and live in a giant palace and have an enourmous ego that goes with being super rich and living in a giant palace I will make sure to get several panther cubs and drape them with dookie rope chains to signify that I’ve officially made it. I would name them all after fallen Def Jam artists circa 1984-1995 and then record their growls and make beats out of them sort of like what Ratatat did but better. Let this be my new goal in life.

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Pimpin on wax

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Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 7”
Frank Wilson
Motown/Soul, 1965

This record was recorded back in 1965 on Motown. The story goes that after recording it Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown, ordered Frank to concentrate on writing rather than singing. The record never saw the light of day, because Gordy commanded to destroy all promo copies.

In 1977 Tom Dieperro, a Motown historian who worked for them in the mid 70’s, found a surviving copy and later Simon Soussan discovered it while perusing Tom’s record collection. Simon recognised this as being a perfect record for the Northern Soul scene where rarity was an integral part of the DJ’s attraction. Northern Soul DJ’s were constantly seeking new records that nobody else had. They even covered up the labels and changed the artist name to prevent other DJ’s tracking down the same title.

So, Frank’s one single, ended up getting credited to ‘Eddie Foster’, it became a huge hit in the scene, and it wasn’t until 1978 that the truth was discovered. The one known copy changed hands for increasingly high prices, whilst a second copy was discovered in 1990. In 1996 the record was bought by Kenny Burrel for 15,000 pounds - making it the most expensive record ever.

EDIT: one of the records fetched over £25,000 (aprox. $37,000) in May 2009 (wiki)

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It Ain’t Hard To Tell 12”
Nas

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Fuck Buttons
Tarot Sport
2009

This is playing very loud right now.

Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films (1968-1975)
Various Artists
Soul Jazz Records, 2009

Braindead / Dead Alive Soundtrack
Peter Dasent
1992

Giorgio Moroder
“Chase”
1978

Hell yeah I was just talking to my roommate about this soundtrack. This definitely needs to go in my Halloween mixtape.

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Bo Diddley
Chess, 1958

Luscious Jackson. Grand Royal records. The 90’s.

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Marlene Dietrich
“Die Antwort weiss ganz allein der Wind” (“Blowin’ In The Wind” cover)
Amiga, 1964