London
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009I just got home from a weekend+ in London, my fourth time there and still I haven’t managed to visit the Rough Trade music store, or the now reopened Sound 323. However I did pick out a few records from the HMW’s jazz selection: Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda, George Lewis’ Sequel and a new Rune Grammofon release from Bushman’s Revenge lovely titled You Lost Me at Hello. The latter two I am still to hear.
However it was something entirely different that bears the legacy from this trip. Florent, my friend Denise’s friends at whos house we stayed played me this eighties disco track to me from Sheryl Lee Ralph, and for the first time triggered my interest in this/these genres of this period.
After two days of intense youtubing I have found a lot of wonderful gems mostly with the help of one fantastic channel held by the guy under the Chicagomack1 moniker – he has a huge treasure chest that I am still not even halfway through. Here are a few teasers, enjoy and go look for yourselves.