Yeah, a mystery is one word for it. There is something fishy with the Black Jazz back catalog — allegedly, somebody had all their master tapes up on Craigs List earlier this year. I looked at the add, and they were all 1/4-inch reels — Good gawd, I sure HOPE somebody didn't by them believing them to be original masters. Production working copies or something somebody taped for home use, but not masters. Anyway, some of the CD reissues sound quite nice (the Doug Carn albums for example), others not as nice.
And as for why this is mono, no idea – the album covers for a few of the reissued CDs and vinyl boast quadrophonic sound which, um, is obviously going to be the case.
I owe a lot to this record. Released in the Fall of 1994, effectively soundtracked the next six months of my life, turning me on to a whole new cast of heroes — namely, but not limited to: Grant Green, Shuggie Otis, etc. If the group’s debut,, led to my raiding and recontextualizing my father’s jazz/soul collection at age 17, then Blowout only upped the ante two years later. Synthesizing and re-purposing the past few decades of soul, jazz and funk, the rabbit hole was blown wide open. Pun very much intended. In typical grand fashion, Light In The Attic Records last month. For those interested in the album’s source material, here’s something I picked up in a cardboard sleeve a few years back — DJ Jedi’s mid ’00s 70 minute compilation of samples, Blowout Breaks.
Download: 01. Hamilton Bohannon – Thoughts & Wishes 02. Lonnie Liston Smith – Devika (Goddess) 03. Kool & The Gang – Summer Madness 04.
This is the original soundtrack for the movie 'Blow-Up', A surreal whodunit that captures the flavor of Swinging London as seen through the eyes of a character. Herbie hancock, Herbie Hancock - Blow-Up: Original. Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964). Herbie Hancock - Monster Remastered.
The Ohio Players – Funky Worm 05. Eddie Harris – Superfluous 06. The Crusaders – Mystique Blues 07. Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man 08. The Last Poets – Black Is – Chant 09. The Crusaders – Lilies of the Nile 10.
Guitar Chords Laboratory 1.53 Serial. Bobbi Humphrey – Blacks and Blues 11. Herbie Mann – Push Push 12. Edwin Starr – Easin’ In 13. Curtis Mayfield – Give Me Your Love (Love Song) 14. Tavares – Bad Times 15.
Eddie Harris – Get On Up And Dance 16. KC & The Sunshine Band – Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong 17.
The Crusaders – Listen And You’ll See 18. Roy Ayers – We Live In Brooklyn, Baby 19.
Digable Planets – May 4th Movement Intro 20. Motherlode – Soft Shell 21. The Meters – Here Comes the Meter Man 22. The Headhunters – God Made Me Funky 23.
Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s – Blow Your Head 24. James Brown – Soul Pride (pt. Roy Ayers – Ebony Blaze 26. Shuggie Otis – Island Letter 27. Skull Snaps – It’s A New Day 28. Matlab Program For Dolph Chebyshev Array Worksheets.
Bob James – Blue Lick 29. Bobbi Humphrey – Jasper Country Man 30. Herbie Hancock – Rain Dance 31. Sonny Rollins – Mambo Bounce 32.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Stretchin’. 13 Responses to “Digable Planets: Blowout Comb (The Blowout Breaks)” • the vinyl sounds amazing. A timeless album. theMike July 10th, 2013 at 12:14 pm • [] Digable Planets: Blowout Comb (The Blowout Breaks) [] July 10th, 2013 at 12:34 pm • When I first listened to this I was dissapointed. Expecting reachin part 2.after listening to some more it became the most consistent album in my rotation for the next 10 years. Roy Ayers became a hero of mine as well. July 10th, 2013 at 12:52 pm • denied! July 10th, 2013 at 2:47 pm • this is fucking great.
Thanks billyzoom July 10th, 2013 at 4:07 pm • It’s working for me. dominostav July 10th, 2013 at 4:16 pm • This is really cool, thanks for sharing! July 10th, 2013 at 5:02 pm • times passes but still gr8 things to remember thanks to AD July 11th, 2013 at 12:55 am • this is going to get me through summer. Yes, and thank you. July 11th, 2013 at 10:44 pm • too dope!
Heavy rotation this summer nomdutilisateur August 25th, 2013 at 3:14 pm • Outstanding and inspirational. Thanks, Justin. Now I’m going to try and track down the albums. July 24th, 2014 at 1:34 pm • While listening to this album for the first time, i was already praying for someone to have “the source material” like you call it. Thanks a lot easy-p April 27th, 2015 at 1:57 pm • [] helps connect disparate threads: Afro-centric “hippie rap from the ’90s” like Digable Planets, free jazz, electronic dub, blossoming space [] March 29th, 2016 at 9:32 am Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website XHTML: You can use these tags.