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Friday, February 15, 2008

Johnny Pate - Bucktown (1975)

1 - Main Theme
2 - Chase
3 - Love Theme
4 - Freeze
5 - Have a Good Time
6 - Check In
7 - Bar Fly
8 - Stepping
9 - Call It In
10 - Sneaking In
11 - Spin
12 - Tank Theme
13 - End Theme
14 - Chase (Part 2
15 - Love Theme (Reprise)
16 - Recon
17 - Fun for All
18 - Pay Off
19 - End Theme
20 - Dialogue

Funky music, dialogue and sound effects from the 1975 blaxploitation movie Bucktown starring Fred Williamson and Pam Grier. This is great for DJ/producers - with plenty of funky 70s music and dialogue to scratch or sample.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Various Artist - Rockers (1979)





1. We 'A' Rockers - Inner Circle
2. Money Worries - Maytones
3. Police and Thieves - Murvin, Junior
4. Book of Rules - Heptones
5. Stepping Razor - Tosh, Peter
6. Tenement Yard - Miller, Jacob
7. Fade Away - Byles, Junior
8. Rockers - Wailer, Bunny
9. Slave Master - Isaacs, Gregory
10. Dread Lion
11. Graduation in Zion - Kiddus I
12. Jah No Dead - Burning Spear
13. Satta Massagana
14. Natty Take Over

I'm sure you will enjoy this.

Mavis Staples & Curtis Mayfield - A Piece of the Action (1977)


1. Chocolate City
2. Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid
3. Orientation
4. Piece of the Action
5. Good Lovin' Daddy
6. 'Til Blossoms Bloom
7. Koochie Koochie Koochie
8. Getting Deeper




Blaxploitation.com
Not Curtis Mayfield's best, this album nevertheless showcases the great voice of Mavis Staples and contains several interesting, almost P-funk style, instrumentals.

Movie Review
A Piece of the Action (1977)

Isaac Hayes - Truck Turner (1974)





1. Main Title Truck Turner
2. House Of Beauty
3. Blues Crib
4. Driving In The Sun
5. Breakthrough
6. Now Were One
7. The Duke
8. Dorindas Party
9. Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile
10. We Need Each Other Girl
11. A House Full Of Girls
12. Hospital Shoutout
13. Youre In My Arms Again
14. Give It To Me
15. Drinking
16. The Insurance Company
17. End Theme

Blaxploitation.com
Once again Isaac Hayes produces a fine funk soundtrack. Surprisingly difficult to obtain on vinyl, this album contains the full nine-plus minutes of "Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile", as fine a funk instrumental as you'll find on any soundtrack album. The vocal tracks are strong, and there's an over-driven funk-rock instrumental "Breakthrough" that's worth the price of the album.