Ok . MORE Arthur Russell (But This Is Great)

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.

yeah, really...I heard the edit first and it's just got this harder edge to it.

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

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.)

"Chill Pill" on the Sleeping Bag Sessions is cool.

ye, besides the gibbons mix "chill pill" is my favorite on the sbs record

the world always needs more trippy, dubbed out kid-rap

the seven inch version of "Pop Your Funk" that Toop described as "one of the craziest 45s ever released."

wow, it really is

Where did you hear it, Beats in Space?

i downloaded it from a blog

link?

link

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why the sadface

said it was deleted earlier, workin' fine now!

Yo my blog!

That mix of Pop Yr Funk IS nuts. Someone needs to reissue it as a seven inch.

a friend assured me that the a-side of that 7 inch is even more killer.

great article. it also mentions the pop yr funk 7" (to bridge the thread from may to september ;-)

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”

Yeah thanks for the link Willem, great article.

have people talked about this album of covers coming out soon?
http://www.myspace.com/electricmindsrecords

'New' track Come To Life streaming http://www.myspace.com/audikarecords
7" single released via Terrible Records today.

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.

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'.

Anybody go to the October 10 panels in NYC at NYU?

Arthur Russell

conference at NYU -- "kiss
me again: the life and legacy of arthur russell," organized in conjunction
with the publication of tim lawrence's new book, "Hold On to Your Dreams:
Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene" (duke university press). Full
schedule at http://arthursymposium.blogspot.com/

― curmudgeon, Thursday, October 8, 2009

Second the love for "Come to Life."

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.

"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.

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.

ok half way through tim lawrence's "hold on to your dreams" which is all and more than i hope it would be.

ohhh, did you get a pre-release copy or is it available?

it's been out a couple of weeks. i had it on pre-order from amazon so got it right away.

cheers, will seek!

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...

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?

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.

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...

There's a new Arthur Russell and the Flying Hearts single on iTunes: "Ballad of the Lights", featuring Allen Ginsberg.

there's no way this is real, right?

http://soundcloud.com/garylucas/second-edition-vin-diesel-vs

OMG

i think that is real. their collab is mentioned in the a. russell book

Yep it is! Ha.

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!

wowwww this is awesome!

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

Does anyone have this? Anyone heard it?

it'll prob still be available on the beats in space website

Vin is really influenced by Schooly D

xp - Brilliant, thanks for the pointer! I had missed the context that it was on BIS.

Has anyone heard the 7" mix of Is It All Over My Face?

Guy on discogs claims it's the best male version and i seem to have a vague recollection of Mike Simonetti mentioning it being a totally different mix on his twitter. Was listening to what sounded like another alt mix on an old live Larry Levan mix and its got me wondering about what other versions are kickin around.

Speaking of alternative Russell tracks, theres a version of Calling All Kids tucked away at the very end of this Walter Gibbons tape. Don't recognise the vocals though, anyone know?

a music video (made by walter gibbons in 1986) for 'let's go swimming'. i didn't know this existed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM5S2T9xZ6A