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album cover MORRIS, CHRIS Blue Jam (Warp) cd 17.98
I have become completely obsessed with Chris Morris. He makes me sad. Sad that we don't have anyone nearly as funny in the United States.
He's been a staple of British radio / television for years now. And it seems like since day one, he's been trying to get himself blackballed. Or killed. His BBC program The Day Today, was a Today Show parody. Complete with a washed up, neurotic weatherman (the also amazing Steve Coogan), a narcissistic and completely cruel host (Morris), and a gorgeous and ice cold business reporting babe that spoke in complete gibberish. After The Day Today was cancelled, came Brass Eye, one of the funniest shows I have ever seen. This time a parody of evening news programs like 48 Hours or 60 Minutes, taking things even further. The goal of this show seemed to be to publically humiliate trusted government officials and public figures (quite successfully we should add) and contributed to Brass Eye's rather brief run. Then came Blue Jam, a totally surreal and unstructured radio show. featuring bizarre (and often offensive) free association / high (low) concept skits over music from a who's who of modern electronica / trip hop (Later turned into an even more unstructured television program called Jam. loosely adapted from the radio show). The Blue Jam cd is basically the best bits from the Blue Jam radio show, featuring Chris Morris and a few other folks, eating and killing and arguing and shitting off their limbs (?) over music from Labradford, Propellerheads, Amon Tobin, Funki Porcini, Herbaliser, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, Fila Brazillia, 9lazy9, Clifford Gilberto, Jimi Tenor, and more. Until we can get Brass Eye over here, Chris Morris comes to you only via Blue Jam, quite possibly the funniest headphone mindfuck ever.
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"Blue Jam 05"
RealAudio clip: "Blue Jam 07"
RealAudio clip: "Blue Jam 12"
RealAudio clip: "Blue Jam 16"
RealAudio clip: "Blue Jam 20"

album cover V/A Darker than Blue: Soul from Jamdown 1973-1980 (Blood & Fire ) cd 19.98
THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE MOMENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ORDER IT. SORRY.
Soulful, funky reggae trax from Jam-aica circa the mid to late seventies. Most of the cuts here are covers of R&B or funk hits, stuff originally by Curtis Mayfield, Kool & The Gang, War, Bobby Bland, Isley Brothers, and others -- even Randy Newman (by way of Nina Simone). There's even a Sugarhill Gang inspired rap track! Needless to say, in the hands of Alton Ellis, John Holt, Ken Boothe, Lloyd Charmers, and the others on this comp, these are killer, reggae-fied versions, mostly down-tempo and emotion-filled. The Blood and Fire label did a handsome job compiling this, and with the packaging too: the thick booklet not only includes commentary on every artist/track but is also full of beautiful, evocative black and white photos, courtesy the Magnum photographers collective. This has simply been flying out the door (even before we put a tag on the display copy). Recommended! (If you dig that Studio One Soul comp, doubly recommended!)
RealAudio clip:
CARL BRADNEY "Slipping Into Darkness"
RealAudio clip: KEN BOOTHE "Is It Because I'm Black"
RealAudio clip: IN-CROWD "Mango Walk"
RealAudio clip: DELROY WILSON "Get Ready (12" mix)"

V/A Darker than Blue: Soul from Jamdown 1973-1980 (Blood & Fire ) 2lp 29.00
THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE MOMENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ORDER IT. SORRY.
We finally got some of these in on LP. Nice, thick slabs of vinyl. The cover art looks really nice also -- they chose not to use the blue filter, and left off all the text, which makes the photo much more impressive looking. Here's the description again from when we listed the cd: Soulful, funky reggae trax from Jam-aica circa the mid to late seventies. Most of the cuts here are covers of R&B or funk hits, stuff originally by Curtis Mayfield, Kool & The Gang, War, Bobby Bland, Isley Brothers, and others -- even Randy Newman (by way of Nina Simone). There's even a Sugarhill Gang inspired rap track! Needless to say, in the hands of Alton Ellis, John Holt, Ken Boothe, Lloyd Charmers, and the others on this comp, these are killer, reggae-fied versions, mostly down-tempo and emotion-filled. The Blood and Fire label did a handsome job compiling this, and with the packaging too: the thick booklet not only includes commentary on every artist/track but is also full of beautiful, evocative black and white photos, courtesy the Magnum photographers collective. This has simply been flying out the door (even before we put a tag on the display copy). Recommended! (If you dig that Studio One Soul comp, doubly recommended!)
RealAudio clip:
CARL BRADNEY "Slipping Into Darkness"
RealAudio clip: KEN BOOTHE "Is It Because I'm Black"
RealAudio clip: IN-CROWD "Mango Walk"
RealAudio clip: DELROY WILSON "Get Ready (12" mix)"

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