Arthur Russell Appreciation Thread (2 Viewers)

[Wobbler]

Yeah, mix looks great.

 

[coast to coast]

great show this week on Beats In Space with Steve Knutson, the guy behind Audika who are doing all the Arthur Russell re-issues. Lots of rare gems, in fact i would guess he has the only copy of some of the tunes played:

http://www.beatsinspace.net/audio/2008/oct28/bis102808part1.mp3

tracklist:
1. Loose Joints - Pop Your Funk (7"Mix) - West End
2. The Sounds of JHS 126 Brooklyn - Chill Pill - Sleeping Bag
3. Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again (Unreleased Japanese Vocal Mix) -
4. Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (Unreleased Full Length Version) -
5. Dinosaur L - Go Bang (Walter Gibbons Unreleased Mix) -
6. Arthur Russell - Live on WNYU from April 28, 1987
7. Arthur Russell - Planted A Thought - Audika

Thanks for this! Some great stuff here.

 

[krossie]

Class radio show - btw - no doubt this has already been mentioned but has the country and western comp any distro here - or is it the internet for me!

kp

 

[shitepipe]

Class radio show - btw - no doubt this has already been mentioned but has the country and western comp any distro here - or is it the internet for me!

kp

its on order at road, they should have it in next week. and the dvd...

 

[krossie]

Aha saw it in Tower too and would have got today but an mf doom double album (nostrodoomus!!) intervened - will grab next week hopefully!

kp

 

[oh shit]

anyone heard the new one- Love is Overtaking Me?

There are also some surprisingly lame tracks on this. good to know it really is 99% perspiration after all. the film is fantastic. he seemed like a bit of a moody fucker, like all proper geneiiiiii

 

[quasiquasi]

Interesting article: Top 10 Arthur Russell songs you will never hear

I wonder how many releases can still appear. The latest one makes sense as a coherent idea, and I'd like to hear more Flying Hearts tracks, but I fear we're not far off a slide into J Dilla territory (Tupac land is still a way away, thankfully).

 

[quasiquasi]

Yet another compilation on the way, this time courtesy of Sleeping Bag and accompanied by the sweet sounds of barrel-scraping:

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/Arthur-RUSSELL-VARIOUS/The-Sleeping-Bag-Sessions/345586-1/

Bonzo Goes To Washington - "5 Minutes" (B-B-B Bombing mix)
Felix - "Tiger Stripes" (extended version)
Felix - "You Can't Hold Me Down" (extended version)
Clandestine - "Radio Rhythm (SIGNALSMART)" (feat Ned Sublette - Extra Cheese mix)
Sounds Of JHS 126 Brooklyn - "Chill Pill" (Underwater mix)
Indian Ocean - "School Bell/Tree House" (original 12" version)
Indian Ocean - "Treehouse" (extended bootleg edit)
Dinosaur L - "Go Bang!" (Walter Gibbons mix)
Bonzo Goes To Washington - "5 Minutes" (R-R-R Radio mix)
Clandestine - "Radio Rhythm (SIGNALSMART)" (feat Ned Sublette - dub mix)

 

[Wobbler]

Great news

 

[cletus_buckley]

Wonderful cover of "Arms Around You" by A Faulty Chromosome, who produced one of my favourite albums of last year. You can get it and other sweet cover songs from them here for free.

http://www.last.fm/music/A+Faulty+C...to+be+smothered+under+120-thread+count+covers!

oh ruby suns do a cover of the same song also

 

[Wobbler]

Just finished the bus. Really worth a read, also encouraged me to a lot of Arthur Russell while reading. He dies at the end, which is very sad. Made a spectacle of myself on the tube reading it.

 

[shitepipe]

Just finished the bus. Really worth a read, also encouraged me to a lot of Arthur Russell while reading. He dies at the end, which is very sad. Made a spectacle of myself on the tube reading it.

finished it a couple of weeks ago as well. excellent stuff, everyone had a good word to say about him even though he was no doubt as frustrating as fuck to work with.

 

[coast to coast]

sorry what are you guys talking about? is there an arthur russell book?
i've been digging the Instrumental Vol 1 on First Thought Best Thought a lot recently. And Arm Around You

 

[tim]

What's "the bus" ?

 

[shitepipe]

i was assuming he meant 'the book'. and yes, there is a book- Hold On To Your Dreams: http://www.timlawrence.info/arthur_russell/2009/Arthur_intro.php

 

[Wobbler]

Fuck, I meant book. Must have been thinking about busses at the times. I do that some under-age boys

 

[coast to coast]

Would this book be available in town if I go look for it tomorrow or is it an Amazon job?

 

[shitepipe]

Ummm, i got it in London so no idea if you'll get it in shops here. Does Tower have books?

 

[Wobbler]

I got it in Rough Trade. I know that's no use to you. I was just boasting about how I can afford to buy their overpriced stock.

Surely it's available in town though

 

[Reets]

I looked for it in town today and couldnt see it.