Great Lost Records

[Woebot]

Pending actually having something sensible to say:

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This, which I'd dismissed out of hand at the time, is pretty excellent. May be Bill Laswells ONLY good record No thats a little harsh (Deadline "Doo Root" and Material "Ciguri")

 

[blissblogger]

synchro

that's pretty eerie, just literally put on Rammelzee 'Beat Bop' (cos reworking the basquiat bit of my mutant disco/ny downtown chapter)

Laswell--what about "Bustin' Out" then?

 

[Hadean]

or Seven Souls, an album I liked a lot at the time

Basslines has its moments too, though suffers from the usual dryness (arguably the point on that one)

 

[carlos]

never been able to get into Laswell's work

i do have a 12" credited to Deadline from 1985- which is Laswell, Manu Dibango and Philip Wilson doing "makossa rock" on the a-side. but the flip titled "Gammatron" is a monstrous sliced-up funk/hiphop instrumental-

 

[mms]

material did some smashing discoey electronic records i think

 

[polystyle]

Laswell's just lucky he caught Rammellzee with DCC @ Danceteria in '84 when he did ,
same night he heard us do our shambolic version of "Mr.Freedom X"

"Basslines" ? did BL have more then one ?


"Beat Bop" was a funny record , guess who thought HE was gonna be the MC ?

 

[Jazzbo]

'Ask the Ages' by Sonny Sharrock

'Rockit' by Herbie Hancock

Both worth rescuing from the Laswell bonfire, I reckon

 

[puretokyo]

I'm with Lemmy from Motorhead, as far as Bill Laswell is concerned.

But Beat Bop fucking kills.

 

[Rachel Verinder]

The first Last Exit album would have been the greatest record ever made had it not been for Laswell mucking it up with his ploddy and far from nimble basslines. Couldn't they have hired Jah Wobble instead?

 

[craner]

I thought everybody was going to reveal their favourite obscure records on this thread, with nice pictures of sleeves like Matt does, not bang on about boring Bill Laswell. What a let down.

 

[owen]

ok then here is my favourite great lost record, i may explain why in my lunch break]
(the picture may not work i am dim with this stuff)

 

[ladyboygrimsby]

Gary Wilson

My great lost album is Gary Wilson's You Think You Really Know Me. He looks like a weirdo new waver, but sounds like a bonkers white version of Shuggie Otis. The album was privately pressed, but reissued about 7 years ago by Motel Records. Beck namechecks Wilson on one of his early songs.

PS Reduction by Material is great. It's on one of those early Temporary Music EPs.

 

[john eden]

Laswell's stuff on the Crooklyn Dub Consortium compilations on Wordsound are alright, iirc!

 

[xero]

laswell exceptions

this isn't bad at all but not quite as good as its cover. Another good material one is secret life that got reissued on tigersushi. I think main source's fuck what you think is a pretty good lost album, not in comparison to breaking atoms but if you consider it as pretty much a new group - I think it did get a proper release eventually but mine is a bootleg copy from when it was supposed to come out but didn't for some reason I never fathomed. Bill that Gary Wilson album looks awesome, wonder if I can still get hold of it?

 

[Woebot]

laswell hata

heres another lost classic! i thought this record deserved to have been MASSIVE. it even had the old coffee-table crossover thing going for it, i suppose it must have fallen in the gaping cavern between The Wire and Jockey Slut

laswell (sighs) the man who can do no right. how many records has he screwed up?

• Fela's Army Arrangement (everyone knows the anecdote of how he waited till Fela was in jail and then deleted the Saxaphone part) Incidentally "Perambulator" is the only other decent Egypt 80 record...

• Massacre (upthread, that was a new one on me)

• Motorheads "Orgasmatron" (classic Lemmy anecdotes etc)

Material? Aw c'mon! I've spent 15 years nearly-but-not-quite shelling out for those Secret Life records......

 

[Chef Napalm]

... or not.

I've always thought that the Sloan's Peppermint EP was one of the forgotten gems in my collection. Locally produced, indy label, limited run; perfect right? Obviously not.

 

[DigitalDjigit]

What about that Bob Marley remix thing Laswel did, Dreams of Freedom or someting? I really like that one.

 

[AshRa]

My great lost album is Gary Wilson's You Think You Really Know Me. He looks like a weirdo new waver, but sounds like a bonkers white version of Shuggie Otis. The album was privately pressed, but reissued about 7 years ago by Motel Records. Beck namechecks Wilson on one of his early songs.

He put out a record on Stones Throw a few months ago "Mary Had Brown Hair" which I really liked (but the video was scary!) - i'd love to check out the first album though... GOTTA KEEP DIGGIN'!

http://www.stonesthrow.com/garywilson/index.html

I'll second the Laswell Bob Marley remixes LP too! I was supposed to be putting it on eBay for my brother but it's found its way into my listening pile (along with all his Alice Coltranes! *evil laughter*)

 

[ladyboygrimsby]

He put out a record on Stones Throw a few months ago "Mary Had Brown Hair" which I really liked (but the video was scary!) - i'd love to check out the first album though... GOTTA KEEP DIGGIN'!

http://www.stonesthrow.com/garywilson/index.html

Yeah, not had chance to listen to that yet. I gave up years ago trying to find the OG of that album. Bit the bullet and bought the CD. Unless you live in the States, I don't rate your chances and, even then I'd say they're slim.

 

[cortempond]

Pale Fountains, Chameleons, The Gist, etc.

Here are a few -

Pale Fountains - Pacific Street
Chameleons - Sign From The Bridge
The Gist - Embrace The Letter (Stuart Moxham from Young Marble Giants)
And Also The Trees - Virus Meadow

And out of left field -

Couch Flambeau - The Day The Music Died
Happy Flowers - I Crush Bozo
No Means No - Wrong

Re: Bill Laswell - most of his stuff sounds flat as hell. For a bassist, he has no concept of bottom. The Robbie and Sly Rhythm Killers album was probably his best overall. Second would be Orgasmatron by Motorhead. Yes please more Jah Wobble!