I secretly like the 6 minute edit of Kiss Me Again that appears on Disco Not Disco better then the 12/13 minute full length and dub versions, but of course all 3 are better then anything else ever recorded in the history of music.
The SBS comp has a version of Go Bang that's never been released, the fabled Walter Gibbons mix.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 30 April 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
really??? i way prefer the longer versions.
― autogucci cru (deej), Thursday, 30 April 2009 06:49 (fifteen years ago) link
same. dub is my fav
― just sayin, Thursday, 30 April 2009 07:41 (fifteen years ago) link
The Walter Gibbons mix of Go Bang has become my favourite.
I think Stirmonster has also done a re-edit of Kiss Me Again which he linked to on an Arthur Russell thread before.
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:47 (fifteen years ago) link
it's really just a "radio" edit of the b-side to the original 12" version that cuts out 5 minutes of it as i couldn't fit the full version onto our "psyche out" mix. it's also useful for when it's hard to fit the full length version in a set but in an ideal world, i'd go with the full length version every time.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 30 April 2009 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
The Soul Jazz Arthur Russell comp is back in print on CD and LP as of a month or so ago, so pick it up if you haven't got it, it's great.
― CosMc (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 30 April 2009 11:16 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, really...I heard the edit first and it's just got this harder edge to it.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah the soul jazz comp is so much better than the sleeping bag sessions, walter gibbons mix aside and was my gateway to the man really. just listening to tell you on youtube and i need it baaad
― straightola, Thursday, 30 April 2009 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I secretly like the 6 minute edit of Kiss Me Again that appears on Disco Not Disco better then the 12/13 minute full length and dub versions
Cosign (minus the secretly).
This Sleeping Bag thing is a mess, obv. I like how Bonzo Goes to Washington, which is essentially Bootsy Collins and Jerry Harrison's record, is now being claimed as a Russell creation. (He mixed it.)
― Matos W.K., Thursday, 30 April 2009 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
"Chill Pill" on the Sleeping Bag Sessions is cool.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 30 April 2009 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
ye, besides the gibbons mix "chill pill" is my favorite on the sbs record
― i am the eye in the sky... (psychgawsple), Thursday, 30 April 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
the world always needs more trippy, dubbed out kid-rap
― i am the eye in the sky... (psychgawsple), Thursday, 30 April 2009 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
the seven inch version of "Pop Your Funk" that Toop described as "one of the craziest 45s ever released."
wow, it really is
― like i read your blog (braveclub), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Where did you hear it, Beats in Space?
― I am using your worlds, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i downloaded it from a blog
― zone 1 penguin (braveclub), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
link?
― elan, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
link
― zone 1 penguin (braveclub), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
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― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
why the sadface
― zone 1 penguin (braveclub), Thursday, 21 May 2009 09:00 (fourteen years ago) link
said it was deleted earlier, workin' fine now!
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Thursday, 21 May 2009 09:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Yo my blog!
That mix of Pop Yr Funk IS nuts. Someone needs to reissue it as a seven inch.
― CosMc (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 21 May 2009 10:29 (fourteen years ago) link
a friend assured me that the a-side of that 7 inch is even more killer.
― beta blog, Thursday, 21 May 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
great article. it also mentions the pop yr funk 7" (to bridge the thread from may to september ;-)
― willem, Friday, 11 September 2009 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks Willem, that is a great read.
Also, I'm very pleased to hear about
long awaited in depth biography Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973–92 is due out this fall from author of the disco history Love Saves The Day Tim Lawrence. Lawrence confirms – “The book is going to be about 400 pages long”
― OCD Scrobbles (I am using your worlds), Friday, 11 September 2009 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah thanks for the link Willem, great article.
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 11 September 2009 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
have people talked about this album of covers coming out soon?http://www.myspace.com/electricmindsrecords
― jaxon, Monday, 12 October 2009 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
'New' track Come To Life streaming http://www.myspace.com/audikarecords7" single released via Terrible Records today.
― bertie, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
excited about that 7' but for some reason not so excited about the covers album though i will no doubt check it out. there aren't many arthur russell covers i've heard that can touch the original.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
God, what a fantastic track. Russell just seemed to accidentally create whole genres nobody else has even thought of--I mean, really, at what point in history would that music have made sense? 60s? 70s? 80s? 00s? None, to my ears--but it's great nevertheless. Wow. Really should have been on 'Love Is Overtaking Me'.
― Soundslike, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Anybody go to the October 10 panels in NYC at NYU?
Arthur Russell
conference at NYU -- "kissme again: the life and legacy of arthur russell," organized in conjunctionwith the publication of tim lawrence's new book, "Hold On to Your Dreams:Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene" (duke university press). Fullschedule at http://arthursymposium.blogspot.com/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, October 8, 2009
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Second the love for "Come to Life."
― Douglas, Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Always surprised I never hear anyone mention More Real off Event Horizon by The Necessaries. Pop/rock Arthur in fine form. The Finish Line is pretty cool too.
― bertie, Thursday, 22 October 2009 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
"More Real" has long been one of my Russell faves, definitely. Put it on my '1981' mix even though that's a slight fib--I believe it was only on the 2nd version of the album, which wasn't 1981, I think.
― Soundslike, Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Does anybody know what the original tracklist for the "Corn" album was supposed to be? I've read there were multiple versions, but I've never seen any of them.
― J. Sam, Sunday, 22 November 2009 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
ok half way through tim lawrence's "hold on to your dreams" which is all and more than i hope it would be.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 26 November 2009 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
ohhh, did you get a pre-release copy or is it available?
― jed_, Thursday, 26 November 2009 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
it's been out a couple of weeks. i had it on pre-order from amazon so got it right away.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 26 November 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
cheers, will seek!
― jed_, Thursday, 26 November 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
ah neat, I thought this was still something for the distant future. I've been meaning to read the thing he wrote on AR and Deleuze & Guattari for ages (since I stopped being annoyed that it existed when I had planned on doing something similar myself), so I have to get that out of the way first...
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 26 November 2009 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone know why the "Arthur Russell - See Through (Walter Gibbons Remix) (3:44)" unreleased track was removed form the "Jungle Music" comp on Strut when it seems it was on promo copies?
― crispyben, Saturday, 4 September 2010 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I asked Strut not to release it as it's not a remix nor does it have anything to do with Walter Gibbons. It's part of one of Arthur's own work tapes, and best remains unheard. I was very unhappy that they actually sent out promos without the actual approval.
― Steven Knutson/Audika Records, Saturday, 4 September 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks for the insightful answer, I thought it might have something to do with that, as it is mentioned as an unfinished work in the liner notes...
― crispyben, Saturday, 4 September 2010 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a new Arthur Russell and the Flying Hearts single on iTunes: "Ballad of the Lights", featuring Allen Ginsberg.
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 21 October 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
there's no way this is real, right?
http://soundcloud.com/garylucas/second-edition-vin-diesel-vs
― jaxon, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
OMG
― if hongroes could fly this place would be a geirport (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
i think that is real. their collab is mentioned in the a. russell book
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
Yep it is! Ha.
― the crap gig in the sky (MaresNest), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
wowowow I've wanted to hear this since reading Hold On To Your Dreams...here's hoping for the (phonetically learned) Japanese version of "Kiss Me Again" next!
― Lidl Monsters (seandalai), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
wowwww this is awesome!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
Oh my!Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again (Unreleased Japanese Vocal Mix)This is so good.― arghkaybee, Friday, October 31, 2008 9:52 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again (Unreleased Japanese Vocal Mix)
This is so good.
― arghkaybee, Friday, October 31, 2008 9:52 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark
Does anyone have this? Anyone heard it?
― Lidl Monsters (seandalai), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link