THE MUSIC CLASSIC INFO

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Nirvana’s third album "To Markos III" was originally slated for release on Island records but label boss Chris Blackwell wanted a singles band not an Island version of the Moody Blues and gave Patrick Campbell-Lyons & Alex Spyropoulos free reign to take their tape elsewhere.
This they duly did, writing the caustic "Christopher Lucifer" in barbed tribute to Mr Blackwell along the way. Funding for the as yet nameless project came in the form of financial aid from Spyrppoulos's uncle Markos III and a deal was put together with the US based Metromedia label.The album is full of some of the most lush and beautiful songs that the duo ever wrote.The real strength comes from songs like "Black Flower" and "Illinois" (covered by The New Seekers).
Alex Spyropolous left after this album and the bands recordings arguably never reached these standards again.If you liked the first two albums you will probably like this. -- courtesy of Dj Fanis over at HippyDjKit

Thanks to my man FRAYKER BREAKS for directing me towards this one... Do some research, it contains the famous Dj Shadow drum break from "Drums of Death" off the UNKLE Lp. Enjoy. This shit's hot.

sorry guys... the password is: for_music_pleasure
it's actually impeded into the link name. smart, huh!?!

Interesting find.

1. Entropy (Part C - Count And Estimate)
2. Six Days (DJ Shadow Remix)
3. 89.9 Megamix
4. Drums Of Death
5. Midnight In A Perfect World (DJ Shadow Remix)
6. The Good The Bad And The Chutney
7. Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
8. Meiso (DJ Shadow Remix)
9. Hardcore (Instrumental) Hip Hop
10. Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)
11. Waiting List (DJ Shadow/Automator Mix)
12. The Gloaming (DJ Shadow Remix)
13. Zimbabwe Legit (Shadow's Legitimate Mix [199])
14. Hot Breath
15. Lonely Soul

Special Thanks to All The Breaks Contributors on Solesides. You Know Who you Are!!!!
The Last in the Series Of Shadow Breaks. Rather than promote this as part 3 i decided to cut it short to just around 20mins as i coudn't be bothered anymore so not really a 3rd part but just as enjoyable as the previous efferts, i am running out of breaks and didnt want to spoil it with obvious popular samples that everyone has heard a million times over unless edited in a way to fit the mood, i done this real quik so there is alot fried chicken pops and destortion in places, but hope you all enjoy - Courtesy of Fraykerbreaks Blogspot

Watch out, y'all, here's part 2. I'm about 25 minutes deep right now, and I'm already happy Maxime took a minute to leave me a comment. Good work y'all! Let's keep this thing going, and share the love... Pay Fraykerbreaks a visit and drop a comment or two. Thanks. Peace!

Surprised these links're still around. Here & here.
Thanks again to Maxime for bringing these to light for us, and reviving an old fire. This set got me thru a lot of hard times, and I'm glad to see that there're more to it. Thanks again. Peace! And don't forget to check out the new live spot @ Fraykerbreaks.

That's right! I was finally able to score a reasonably priced copy of the "out of print" LP single of "Midnight In A Perfect World." I always loved these versions of this song because of the subtle little differences, for instance: the little dialogue in the Radio Version, and the calming Sax solo in the Extended... And now, I'm proud to present to you:

A.1 Midnight In A Perfect World (Radio Vision)
A.2 Midnight In A Perfect World (Gab Mix)
B.1 Midnight In A Perfect World (Extended Vision)
B.2 Mutual Slump (Album Version)

Enjoy!

No more then two tracks. Not the highlight of both Shadow, or Gift of Gab's career, but good for all you DJ Shadow completists out there. Grab it up, and let me know what you all think. Back soon. Peace!

Okay, so I've spent the better part of the month compiling various DJ Shadow samples to bring to you guys. And here is my first selection. I don't know how frequent I'll be able to be on, since "Safari" seems to be having a problems logging into BLOGGER; anyone else having issues? Anyways, here goes nothing... And by the way, every song below has a link, you just have to find 'em...

Tracks
1. "Intro" by DJ Shadow
2. "High Noon " by DJ Shadow
3. "Devil's Advocate" by DJ Shadow

Samples
1. "The Answer Is No" by Giant Crab (Main Guitar)
2. "Flashing" by Jimi Hendrix (Drum Break)
2. "Airborne" by Michael Garrison (Chorus)

If you have anything to add... Please, feel free! Back soon. PEACE!!!

Is this for real!?! I don't know. Sounds very old, and to me, it does very much sound like a fledgling producer gettin' busy on the wheels of still with a few of the homies freestyling over it. But, I could be wrong. Enjoy it though. Peace!

Don't know what this is, or where it's from, or when it was released, and actually, I don't really care, but it contains one of DJ Shadow's rarest tunes: "War Is Hell." Get it here, here, here and here. Leave comments and info. Thanks. Back soon. Peace!

Something else I came across... I believe this gentleman has made it his life pursuit to track down Shadow's breaks and samples. This is an outstanding mix, and I don't think Shadow himself could've done a better job. Split into two files, here & here, you should be able to expand them using "Split&Concat." If anyone else has anything better, or recommend a "rar" splitter, please don't be shy. Tracks include:

01 = Baraka – Sower of Seeds {Midnight In A Perfect World}
02 = Dennis Olivieri – I Cry In The Morning {6 days}
03 = (George Marsh = Interview on Percussion) {Building Steam}
04 = Alan Hawkshaw – Countdown
05 = Roy Wood – Get on Down Home
06 = Ron Geesin – Slow Song
07 = Sensations Fix – Strange About your Hands
08 = (Snippet from the Starwars Holiday Special)
09 = The Eclectic Mouse – Pre-Dawn Reprospective Chant
10 = Chaffey College Jazz Ensemble – Imagination Flight
11 = Stardrive – Stardrive
12 = Flying Island – The Vision And The Voice
13 = David T. Walker – Never Can Say Goodbye {In/Flux}
14 = (Snippet from the movie Prince Of Darkness)
15 = The Salvation Co – The Revival
16 = The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Drummer?s Salute
17 = Leroy Vinnegar – Reservation
18 = (Snippet from the movie Jacobs Ladder)
19 = Marc Z – Its Easy
20 = Sensations Fix – She’s Gonna Grow on you?
21 = John Cage – In a landscape (for Harp)
22 = Dexter Wansel – A Prophet Named KG
23 = AB Skhy – Trackin? Shoes
24 = Marcus – Million Grains of sand
25 = The Stories – Brother Louie
26 = The New Mastersounds – Drop it Down
27 = The Daly Wilson Big Band – 2001 Space Odyssey
28 = BeBe K?Roche – Alone
29 = Jo Ann Garrett – Walk on By {Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain}
30 = Ron Geesin – Concrete Line Up {The Insider}
31 = Brother Jack McDuff – Jelly Jam
32 = Los Incas – El Condor Pasa {Can’t Go Home Again}
33 = The Dave Pike Set – Ritmos Do Bahia
34 = Tony Church & The Crusade – Love Trip
35 = Giant Crab – The Answer Is No
36 = Spindrift Libarate – With Cat like Tread

Ouch! Peace!

Let's close out 2007 with something that's well worth a listen to as the clock ticks down to a new year. Stumbled across this last night over at our good neighbors spot: Turbo City. Don't know if it's an offical release, but it does contain some rare versions of tracks that I don't even have. Get it while you can. Happy New Year! Peace!