Prince – Originals
A fantastic collection of unreleased material from Prince –
not spare demos or home recordings, or studio snippets either – but instead
some fully-formed songs that come right from the glory days of the singer's
career! Almost all the material here is from the early 80s – and most tracks
were later recorded by other artists in the Prince spectrum – including The
Time, Apollonia 6, Mazarti, The Family, Jill Jones, and Sheila E – but are done
here by the man himself, with all of the slinky, funky qualities that he
brought to his own music at the time – qualities that are especially well-noted
on some of the other cuts that were recorded by The Bangles and Kenny Rogers –
which really feel different in the hands of Prince. Titles include "Love
Thy Will Be Done", "Nothing Compares 2 U", "Baby You're A
Trip", "Manic Monday", "Jungle Love", "Sex
Shooter", "Noon Rendezvous", "Make Up", "The
Glamorous Life", "Holly Rock", "You're My Love",
"100 MPH", "Dear Michaelangelo", "Wouldn't You Love To
Love Me", and "Gigolos Get Lonely Too". ~ Dusty Groove
Far Out
Recordings is releasing the first and only album from the mysterious Brazilian
vocal sensation Dila (pronounced “Jee-la”). Having reportedly died in a car
crash shortly after the album’s release in 1971, there is very little known
about the woman behind the voice. But the joyous music Dila left behind, gives
us a picture as good as any, of a powerful feminine soul at the top of her
game. The liner
notes on the elusive original LP, written by composer Arnoldo Medeiros attest:
“Friend, look out! Because when this girl starts to sing, you’re in trouble.
Hold the railing so you don’t fall down the stairs, because she’s coming this
way and shaking up everything.” Arranged
and produced by Durval Ferreira, alongside his studio band affectionately known
as “Os Grillos” (The Crickets), Dila (1971) is a rare glimpse into the
authentic soulful Samba sound of Rio’s favelas in the late sixties and early
seventies. A blast of
funky, percussive Brazilian breaks, scorching hot brass and swing-laden piano,
the music is as iconic as the album’s stark cover, as is clear on opener
‘Inez’, composed by The Crickets’ bassist Romildo. There’s a fantastic
interpretation of the Ivan Lins classic ‘Madalena’ (made famous by Elis
Regina), a moving version of the Tom Jobim and Vinicius De Moraes classic ‘O
Morro Não Tem Vez’, and a number of sunny original compositions by Arnold
Madeiros, who’s other writing credits include music for Marcos Valle,
Wanderlea, Evinha and Dom Salvador. With
original LPs extremely hard to come by, this rare treasure of Brazilian soul,
which fans of Gal Costa, Celia, Evinha and Elis Regina will love, gets a
much-deserved official reissue: remastered and pressed to 180g vinyl.
Timo Lassy & Teppo Makynen - Timo Lassy & Teppo Makynen
Music that you'd hardly expect, if you only know the more
groove-oriented side of saxophonist Timo Lassy – the sounds he's given us from the
Ricky-Tick years onwards – because this album is straight jazz overall, and a
relatively improvised one at that! The album shows off a whole different side
of Timo's talents – one we didn't know he had at all, and which really shine
out here a lot more strongly than on some of his records with more programmed
rhythms – thanks in no small part to the really creative efforts of drummer
Teppo Makynen, who duets here with Lassy on tracks that really run the gamut –
not free jazz overall, but certainly with a similar spirit – all inside, often
rhythmic, but with much looser, more open, and wonderfully expressive solos
than we've ever heard from Timo. Teppo's great, too – very creative on the drum
kit as a whole, with lots of cool percussive effects – on titles that include
"Fallow", "Goldenrod", "Aero", "Kobi",
"Heliotrope", "Dark Cyan", "Firebrick",
"Resolution Blue", "Catawba", and "Liberty (part
1)". ~ Dusty Groove,
Inc.
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