John Carraro's wall at the Roosevelt:pic courtesy of waxpoetics
While browsing a few online music mags the other day i came across this story of a recently departed New York record dealer and felt i must re-share it on here so as to get another side of the story about digging around for great music.
Create digging at the Roosevelt by John Carraro.
An eye opening story of a infamous record dealer at New York’s legendary record fairs that were held at Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel located at E. 45th Street in the 8T's, who came to influence a whole generation of music producers, especially the Hip-Hop community.
"This is the tale of a convention where for a few sacred seasons, a certain magic was in the air as dreams were realized and friendships made. The Roosevelt was much more than just a big room filled with people looking for what they wanted. It was a show that for a few seasons actually helped to influence people’s lives and the music that some would create. So let us wind up our metronomes and begin with how it all came to fruition."Read On
So it`s holiday season and what better way to while away the hours of rest & relaxation or partying on a beach somewhere to my August mixtape. A straight up deep & funky house mix....Enjoy!
Tracklist: 1. Omar-S - I Love U Alex 2. Bill Withers - Who is he and what is he to you-(Henrick Schwartz remix) 3. Afefe Iku - Mirror Dance 4. Oliver Koletzki & Roland Clark - Yes We Can (Enzo Elia remix) 5. Visti & Meyland - Yes Maam (All Nite Long) (Trentemoller remix) 6. James Brown - It's A Man's World ( Henrik Schwartz remix) 7. Thomas Schumacher – Sunset 8. Fred Trumpet - Retteketet (Feat. Ted Clarinet) 9. Marko Militano feat Sunny Kim - Lose Control (Frederico Todos remix) 10. Christian Fischer - Kolibri (Alex Young Dub remix) 11. Acumen – My Brother Craig (Original mix) 12. Claude Vonstroke - Storm On Lake Saint Claire 13. Spencer Parker - The Beginning (Michel Cleis remix) 14. Sideshow feat Paul St Hilaire- If Alone (Appleblim and Komonazmuk dub mix)
Tracklist: angelic symphony dub – iration steppas dem never know (sleeparchive remix) – rhythm & sound feat jah cotton why can`t we be friends – the dub project feat big youth anti war dub – digital mystikz feat spen g rocker 2000 (dreadzone remix) – sergeant steppas naff na na dub – hi-fi killers tabu riddim – 2 bad card hornsman skank – jah warrior dust out a sound boy (ring the alarm version)– super beagle sheperds bush – ranking joe hail the selector (dubhead mix) – zion train good sensimilla (sleng teng riddim)- kenny knots & bush chemists material man - gregory isaacs aphrodite`s shoe - loop guru
We have something a little bit special for your weekend and beyond. A Guest DJ mix with an eclectic overload of pure joys.....so get downloading and stick it on your ipod/zune or whatever tickles your earlobes!
The Ultimate Cookout mix is deliciously served up by an inspiring young gentleman from back in the UK, Jez Proctor...here`s what he says about himself.
"From early days hiding behind the sofa listening to 'A Day In The Life' with headphones on, to serving up Moodymann 12"s behind the record counters of many a central London record store, I have served a long a varied musical apprenticeship. Starting a blog at www.innersounds.co.uk to try and trace that journey, and share the contents of my record shelves with anyone who will listen; I have been playing at real and imaginary gigs all over the world for over ten years"
Jez`s view on the mix..
"With Summer peaking through the clouds in London I thought it was time to put together a little mix. This one is designed for driving around with the window wound down, for bumping along in your truck, or with friends around a pool or a BBQ. So get some ice in that glass and forget what is cool or rare or 'important' and just have fun, with a few tracks for Summer 2009, it might be your best Summer yet".
Tracklist 1. bobby konders & salaam remi - heads 2. man parrish feat. freeze force - boogie down bronx 3. mc lyte - i can't make a mistake (swing easy mix) 4. linkwood family - piece of mind 5. leo's sunshipp - i'm back for more 6. mega banton - sound boy killing (remix) 7. young mc - i come off (southern comfort mix) 8. asha puthli - right down here 9. bob marley - could you be loved 10. barrabas - woman 11. richard ace - stayin' alive 12. astrud gilberto - ponteio 13. don froth - foam (Innersounds exclusive mix)
Saturday I`m off on a little roadtrip for a week and i decided to knock up this jazznujazzdiscotasticdeepfunkyhouse mixtape for the journey...It`s inspired by the thought of driving along beautiful seacoast roads with the dusk sun setting and my mind taking in the stunning scenery of colour....so i thought I`d share with you, for all your roadtrips this summer...Njoy!
A bit busy over at mytea@om towers, due to the fact of organising another of our events, Club PI. But i thought a little happy birthday to the humble 45rpb vinyl single. who is 60 years young today..
With the onslaught of the digital world, pundits and commentators alike have reported the demise of vinyl records and especially the 45rpm single or 7" inch as we call it in europe, but the complete opposite is the reality. Since 2006 vinyl sales have been increasing as the new youth generation discover the joys of owning the warmth, hiss, crackle and pop of vinyl. There is a patten emerging that young people in their 20`s have had enuff of the clinical sound of digital and are returning to the retro treats of the original pop sound of their parents generation. Sure the vinyl renaissance will never outsell their digital formats any time soon, but it`s encouraging to see nonetheless.
I bought my first 7" inch in 1974.
In those days I used to work weekends on my cousins stall in Piccadilly Circus. After work on saturdays he would pay me and i would rush into SoHo, before the record shops would close and just love to see all the records hanging up around the walls and the punters busily digging through the racks. It would be 20 years later that I would open my own record shop `ATLAS` in Archer Street.
Even as I have embraced the digital era, djing with both CD and mp3`s and vinyl, I feel the future lies in a mixture of both analog and digital formats living side by side in a sort of unity of sound. What has become sad though is that whole genres of music could be lost to vinyl forever, please read the link below that tells the story of how Reggae on vinyl is becoming completely extinct.
The first ever produced 45 was released by RCA victor in 1949 by the country/western singer Eddy Arnold a track caled Texarkana Baby , pressed on green vinyl in line with RCA’s early plan to colour-code singles according to genre...which were as follows - Pop...black, Classical...red, Popular Classical..midnight blue, Children's...yellow, Country and Western...green, Rhythm and Blues...Cerise (LOL! not orange), International...sky blue.
The new format was too encourge the record buying public into a new era of hi-fidelity recordings on a nonbreakable vinyl with just 7 inches across and weighing 1.1 oz, compairing favorably with the older 78rpm`s which were much heavier and easily breakable. The reproduction quality of the 45 took 10 years research by the RCA engineers to develope. God bless `em. What they achived was to dominate the recorded music industry until the advent of the digital CD.
Beginning with the onset of Rock 'n' Roll the music brought the 7" its great success as the youth strongly favoured the format. Sales of 45`s overtook 78`s in 1958, this was the boom years of record sales. During the next few years the UK was to become a major source of popular recorded music with the advent of the British 'beat' groups, This was the 'golden era' for the 45, however by the end of the 1960`s sales of the 45 had begun to decline. While 12"extended singles were introduced for use by DJ`s in the disco`s of the 70`s, sales continued to decline until 2006.
John Carraro's wall at the Roosevelt:pic courtesy of waxpoetics
