http://www.wxdu.org/blog/216 en http://www.wxdu.org/node/106 <a href="/node/106"></a><a href="/node/106"></a><p class="rteleft">I like my music old and crusty.&nbsp; Layers of dirt over scratched black vinyl only makes me want to play it more.&nbsp; Small obscure labels with unknown bands etched into that vinyl makes me excited.&nbsp; What does it sound like, how was it recorded.&nbsp; Sometimes the sounds coming off the vinyl makes me cringe but sometimes this atheist finds heaven.</p> <p class="rteleft">Regular listeners to my show (Tuesday 09:00 - 12:00 am) will know the section I play thrift store finds.&nbsp; The sound quality may not be crisp and clean but the emotion expressed is the thing for me.&nbsp; The sound of some spotty youth crying their heart out whether in anger or love, I don't care.&nbsp; Raw, nasty and ugly is beauty to me.</p> <p class="rteleft">So the day I found the huge boxes of 60's soul 45's was a good day for me.&nbsp; Hidden amongst the Motown and Stax I picked up all the small independent labels releases.</p> <p class="rteleft">- The Falcons (with The Ohio Untouchables) made me cry... seriously, tears fell.&nbsp; Little did I know the voice was a very young Wilson Pickett doing one of the earliest soul releases in a gospel style.&nbsp; &quot;I Found Out&quot; &amp; &quot;Swim&quot; on Lu Pine records out of Detroit was a ground breaker.</p> <p class="rteleft">And yikes the rest of the pile was great too.....&nbsp; listen for more.</p><p><a href="http://www.wxdu.org/node/106" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:19:06 +0000 gwissen 106 at http://www.wxdu.org