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A cool compilation of rare disco,jazz and latin jams (1975-1987) Various - The Blank Generation: Blank Tapes NYC 1975-1987 (Strut/DJhistory.com)
Necessity might well be the mother of invention but poverty is the midwife of genius. New York in the 1970s was broke and broken, falling over and burning down, yet gave rise to one of the most creatively fertile periods in popular music. At the centre of much of the music made during this fruitful period was a maverick producer named Robert Blank. His studio, Blank Tapes, was at the centre of the downtown scene throughout much of the 1970s and ’80s, and acted as a busy crossroads for the disco, Latin, jazz and no wave scenes, among others. The Blank Generation this wildly diverse selection together for the first time, including previously unreleased mixes of Mikki's Itching For Love and Sun Ra's Where Pathways Meet. Other tracks include Bob's own Aural Exciters project with Emile (Night Rate), Wax The Van, his collaboration with wife Lola Blank and Arthur Russell and James Blood Ulmer's foray into funky harmolodics with Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher. ON CD & LIMITED-EDITION VINYL ONLY • Pre-order the album from DJhistory and get a FREE 60-minute DJ mix by Bill Brewster of Bob Blank classics (offer valid until end of February). Mixtape tracklist here >> • Includes two previously unreleased mixes (Sun Ra and Mikki). 
01. Debby Blackwell - Once You Got Me Going 02. Charanga 76 - Music Trance 03. Milton Hamilton - Crystalized 04. Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet 05. The Necessaries - State Of The Art 06. Lydia Lunch - A Cruise To The Moon 07. James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Is The Teacher 08. Bumblebee Unlimited - I Got A Big Bee 09. Mikki - Itching For Love 10. Fonda Rae - Over Like A Fat Rat 11. Gladys Knight - Its A Better THan Good Time 12. Lola - Wax The Van 13. Aural Exciters - Emile (Night Rate) Tracklist for the free mixtape that you get with this order: Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet ORS - Body To Body Boogie Instant Funk - I'll Be Doggone Lola - Wax The Van (Jon's Dub) Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Yolanda Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Adnaloy James Blood Ulmer - Jazz Is The Teacher Funk Is The Preacher Bumblebee Unlimited - I Got A Big Bee Archie Bell - Anytime Is Right Aural Exciters - Spooks In Space Gladys Knight - It's A Better Than Good Time Felix - Tiger Stripes Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Darrio The Kay-Gees -Tango Hustle Indian Ocean - Treehouse/School Bells Arthur Russell - Tree House James White & The Blacks - I Don't Want To Be Happy Order it here: http://www.djhistory.com/...-1975-1987 | |
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SoulAlive said: 06. Lydia Lunch - A Cruise To The Moon
Lydia Lunch made a disco record?  | |
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Oh snap, I thought I was the only one up on "Tango Hustle." That's my joint! | |
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So you guys know these songs? Most of them are rare to me."Over Like A Fat Rat" is one of the few selections that I know  | |
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Are you trying to be informative'or are trying to make me/us go broke? It's a fine line. i've pre-ordered. 
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TD3 said:
Are you trying to be informative'or are trying to make me/us go broke? It's a fine line. i've pre-ordered.
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