I bought another Hulk Hogan album. At least, he’s on the picture disc. Stay tuned for the horrors I might find within.
Prince
Mountains (Extended Version)
Alexa De Paris
Whenever I buy a Prince single I end up being entirely blown away by the everything of everything on it. I really need to buy more Prince albums.
This remix of “Mountains” is ten freaking minutes long. That’s 10 minutes of Prince at peak funk. Be careful while listening to it, that much Prince peak funk has been known to cause injuries.
“Alexa De Paris” is a guitar solo by Prince. If you need more information that to download it then I don’t know what the fuck is wrong with you.
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Robin Scott
The Left Bank
The Arrangement
Just About Enough
Once In A Lifetime
I’ve talked at length about Sakamoto on this blog before, so I’m not going to say anymore about him. But I assume most of you don’t know who Robin Scott is. At least, you probably don’t know him by his actual name.
Robin Scott is the dude behind the group M, meaning he is the person who brought us “Pop Music.” And now that song is stuck in your head and I apologize.
I don’t know how this collaborative effort with Sakamoto came to be, but I do know that it birthed a complete album, and not just the 12″ single from which I grabbed these tracks. I’ll have to find that sometime, as these songs are quite good. They kind of sound like mid-era Japan, which is not surprising at all, as Scott is doing his damnedest David Sylvian/David Bowie impression on these tracks.
The album that followed the Robin Scott single with Ryucihi Sakamoto is this one:
http://www.discogs.com/Ryuichi-Sakamoto–Robin-Scott-The-Arrangement/release/448069
and I am fairly sure that the mixes of the songs on the single are superior to the album ones. It’s been a few years however if my memory is right I bought that single first and loved it. Then acquired the album in a Sakamoto box and figured oh, these tracks are all on the cd and sold the 12” only to learn that the album mixes are quite inferior.
Such a lonnnnng time, good to see you’re good. High internet five! Thanks for the heads up ’bout PlectrumElectrum — I know nought of Prince and your recommendation made me look like a hero to Mrs. 🙂 She/we enjoyed the platter very much.
Thanks for that heard this ‘M’ track just about enough ages ago
I’m fortunate enough to have the P tracks on the best 10″ white vinyl in my collection-
-but desolate enough to being between turntables. Thanks for posting.