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How I Spend my Friday Nights

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

Hey look, it’s music on a Friday night/Saturday morning!

Blue Pearl
Alive (Goa Mix)
Alive (Radio Mix)
Alive (Organapella Mix)
Down To You (Massey Mix)
Last year much hoopla was made of Metallic Spheres, the new album by The Orb that featured Youth from Killing Joke and David Gilmour. The funny thing was that both of those guys already worked together at least once before.

Blue Pearl was a collaboration between Youth and female singer Durga McBroom, who worked as a backup singer for Pink Floyd in the 1980s. I guess she had a fan in David Gilmour, who contributed some guitar work to Blue Pearl’s only album, 1990’s Naked. According to Wikipedia Richard Wright from Pink Floyd also contributed on the album, but I don’t know if his work is on any of these tracks.

As for the songs themselves, they are very 80s house sounding, and pretty dated. Still, McBroom has a crazy amazing voice and the tracks are an excellent example of that kind of music.

Youssou N’Dour
Undecided (Deep 12” Dance Mix)
Undecided (12” Dance Instrumental)
Undecided (Deep Radio Mix)
I know nothing about Youssou N’Dour. Sorry. I bought this 12″ single on a whim and dug it for its Deep Forest-ness. Enjoy.

Soft Cell
Numbers (Extended Version)
Barriers
Now this is an artist I know about. I thought that by now damn near every obscure 80s track had been re-released on CD or digitally, but I guess I was mistaken. These versions of Numbers and Barrriers are not in print in any digital format (although the extended version of Numbers was on one re-issue of a Soft Cell album at one point, I can’t find that one anymore.)

Now look, I love me some Soft Cell. Tainted Love? Easily one of the top three songs of the decade. Sex Dwarf? Easily the best named-song of the decade. But these tracks? Well…I’m sure if you’re a devoted Soft Cell fanatic you’ll be very happy to find them here. Um, enjoy.

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Quack

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Just reposted albums and one really long track tonight. I might cancel the “my reposts are better than your reposts” item because I’m getting sick of typing the word “repost.”

Howard The Duck Original Soundtrack & Singles
Fuck yeah Howard The Duck! I just found out that this flick was released on DVD in the UK. We still can’t get it here in the states, once again proving that the English are far cooler than us in America. It also proves that me picking up an all-region NTSC/PAL DVD player was a very wise investment. The above zip file includes the complete soundtrack and score, as well as the remixes to the theme song that appeared on the 12” single. Many of these songs are surprisingly good and are actually some of Thomas Dolby’s highlights as a songwriter in my opinion.

On a sadder note, Steve Gerber, the creator of Howard The Duck (the comic, not the movie) passed away earlier this year. I’d like to remind everyone that the Howard The Duck comic book is one of the greatest pieces of subversive counterculture from the 70s and is a must-buy no matter what you thought of the movie.

Top Secret Original Soundtrack
To the dude that requested this, you made the most random request – congratulations you win an internet.

Berlin – Information
Someone requested this via email…a total violation of my reposting rules. Luckily for him I was planning on reposting it anyways. Synthpop fans should check this one out – it’s pre-Terri Nunn Berlin.

Soft Cell
Hendrix Medley
To the dude that requested this…you’re really going to be sorry. Easily one of the most retarded things I’ve ever put on this blog and that’s really saying something.

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