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From: dsulliva@pearl.tufts.edu (DAVID B. SULLIVAN)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Can you name this song? (sounds like Prince, I thought)
Date: 25 Jul 92 05:13:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
Originator: news@jade.tufts.edu

The above may be fuzzed by my memory & I can't remember much else.
Anybody know this song?
DAVID SULLIVAN
From: mark@bilpin.co.uk (Mark Allerton)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Ornette's Funky Breaks
Date: 28 Jul 92 13:19:50 GMT
Organization: UK Mac DTS/SRL Data
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1

In article <22785@oasys.dt.navy.mil> Stephen Shapero,
sshapero@oasys.dt.navy.mil writes:
>drop their load if they heard it.  Pretty much anything by Ornette
Coleman
>can be made into a cool break.  Check out "Free Jazz".  It requires

Funny you should say that: over here last year, when Crystal Waters'
extremely irritating hit (the one that goes "La-da-de-da-da" etc, ad
nauseum) was going down really big on the dancefloors, it occured to me
that much the same effect (except better) could be achieved by looping
some Ornette Coleman stuff. Much of it wouldn't even need looping...

Interesting choice of breaks - thinking about it, the first part of  "A
Love Supreme" would make an excellent break.

BTW - all of you funky people should, as well as checking all this Acid
Jazz stuff, take a look at the real business - Coltrane, Miles, right on
through to M-Base...

Talking of (the late) Miles Davis - the new LP "Doo-Hop" is well worth
buying - I've lived with this LP for about a month now, and have to say
that this is some of Miles' best playing in years - and it's a real shame
he died before it was 100% finished. On this LP, produced by the man
Easy-Mo-B, M.D. plays over hip-hop backing tracks put together from a
whole  heap of old records - early Kool & The Gang, Pleasure, all sorts of
stuff. "Chocolate Chip" & "Blow" are just awesome dance tracks - but
through the whole LP it sounds like the sound of Miles *really enjoying
himself*, which is not something that really comes through on things like
"Aura", "Tutu" and "Amandla", great records though they are.

So, despite some not exactly stunning raps from Easy-Mo-B (I mean "The
legendary Miles Davis/Just My Favourite" - should the man who brought us
"Flamenco Sketches" and "Filles De Kilimanjaro" really go out like that? I
*love* rap - but surely someone could do better than this?) I'd recommend
this record to anyone...

Mark Allerton
mark@bilpin.co.uk
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
From: Brady_David@Tandem.Com (David Brady)
Subject: Re: PARLIAMENT/FUKADELIC
Organization: Tandem, Inc.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:10:56 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.100628.5692@matilda.vut.edu.au> jed@matilda.vut.edu.au
(Jed Bowtell) writes:
>In article <1992Jul20.120345.22400@pellns.alleg.edu> kougham@reis54.alleg.edu
(Michael Koughhan) writes:
>>IF YOU LIKE THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS AS WELL, which would surprise the hell out
of me, send  
>>info on them too.  As well as being a FUNKY CONCEPTUAL GROOVALISTIC BOMBHEAD,
I am also a  
>>proud BUTTHEAD, although I've only been to one show.  
>
>Yeah I like  Butthole surfers as well as Fishbone and CHili Peppers but
>I couldnt give you any info. Are Primus that good? Dont hear much about
>them in Australia.
>
>Jed
>

I like the Butthole Surfers (track down their double-cd live 'approved bootleg'
for a good experience), RHCP, Fishbone, and Primus (among others).

Primus is 'that good'!  They have a few albums - _Suck On This_ (first album,
live), _Fizzle Fry_ (second album, studio), and _Sailing the Seas of Cheese_
(latest album, studio).  Any album is well worth the money.  (They also have an
EP called _Misc. Debris_ with 5 different cover tunes on it.  Low cost way to
check 'em out.)

Also, while on the topic of Bay Area bands, check out the Limbomaniac's _Stinky
Grooves_.  Great, bass-guitar heavy stuff.  Very funky and funny.  (Bootsy
Collins helps out on some tracks.

Another band - Fungo Mungo - has an album out called _Humungous_.  Not *quite*
as funky as the above, but still funky and fun to listen to.

See ya.


Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
From: zrahd01@sunap1.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Daniel Haenle)
Subject: Who know's this song ?
Organization: Comp. Center (ZDV) U of Tuebingen, FRG
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 09:18:59 GMT

Some years ago I very often heard a funky track on the radio. It was a 
not too fast groove, the refrain goes something like "Double O Soul...",
and the singer has a very smokey low voice. 
Does anyone know the name of the group or the song ?

Another question: Booyaa-Tribe's "New funky nation" is my favourite album.
Does anybody know something about a new album or a group with a similar style ?

Thanx.

Daniel
From: jimh@ism.isc.com (jim hori)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Re: Talkin Loud Releases...
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:01:34 GMT
Distribution: world, rec, usa
Organization: SunSoft Inc., Los Angeles, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigboy

In article <36181@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> mcarlsso@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Mars) writes:
>Has anyone checked out the latest Galliano album on the UK Talkin
>Loud label???
>Also, what about his previous release and the Freedom album by the
>Young Disciples on the same label???
>Are these artists on the same tip as the Brand New Heavies or is it
>even more close to 70's jazz funk???  BTW, what happened to the live
>album by the Brand New Heavies featuring guest raps by TCQ, Main
>Source, De La Soul etc etc????
>

The Galliano has a couple of moments but the "rapping" is
more like mumbling. There is a new UK only Brand New
Heavies 12" with two tracks from the rap LP on the
b-side (not live). The first by Main Source is only
ok, not as good as their own stuff, because the rhythm
is weak, and the second, by Master Ace (I think) is even
weaker.








....
jimh@west.sun.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
From: bagchi@eecs.umich.edu (Ranjan Drzzzzt!  Bagchi)
Subject: funky latin grooves?
Organization: Recreational Creationists, Inc.
Distribution: rec
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 06:30:44 GMT

	Heya, folks..

	I've been finding myself listening to lotsa stuff from
Cuba and Brazil.   Mindblowing beats...rhythms.  Ooh!

	Anyway, I've also got a thing for the funky stuff...
lotsa G. Clinton -- Digital Underground -- 
Arrested Development (this one's new) -- stuff like that.  

	Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone's gotten into
mixing the two.. and I don't mean effin Gerardo! (gack!)

	Lemme know... 

	-rj with the movin' pelvis
--
Ranjan Bagchi:   Di.sigsgvirusuise                 Ranjan.Bagchi@umich.edu
oo   oooo  o oo   ooo oo oo   oo       o o  oooo ooo o       o        oooooooo
Xref: sparky rec.music.funky:1210 alt.music.alternative:8484 alt.rap:3961
From: mckinzie@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Mark McKinzie)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky,alt.music.alternative,alt.rap
Subject: Re: Body Count: "Cop Killer" removed from album
Date: 31 Jul 92 01:10:00 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin Dept. of Mathematics


Someone is making money off all this -- at the local cd shop, the
Body Count album (original) is selling for 15.99.  Funny, 'cause
I bought my copy there for 11.99 about two months ago.

If the police really think that people are going to listen to this
album and just go do what it says, then they ought to like the
chorus to cop killer:  FUCK THE POLICE!


-- 
Mark McKinzie          	|    We just won't eat on Sunday
mckinzie@math.wisc.edu 	|    Got to buy him a limousine
UW Dept. of Mathematics	|    Somewhere to live, somewhere to pray. 
Madison, WI 53706      	|               -RJD, "TV Crimes"-
From: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Is This Appropriate?
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 08:00:02 EDT
Reply-To: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca
Followup-To: rec.music.funky
Distribution: world
Organization: Vicuna Systems, Kingston, ON (613) 547-5066

Hi everyone:

I've been reading this group for a few days and have seen alot of UK 
groups being discussed.

I was just wondering, is this the appropriate group to be discussing 
"Caribbean" type music ala Raggae, Ragga (Reggae Rap), Dancehall, etc.?

I am really on the Ragga/Dancehall scene.  My favorites are Shabba Ranks, 
Nardo Ranks, Bunny Wailer, Beats Int'l, etc.  I am not really fanatical 
over Reggae, however I do enjoy UB40, J.C. Lodge, etc.

The reason I need to talk about this is that I'm new on this music scene 
(just over a month) and would like to get suggestions for album purchases 
in the vein of Ragga/Dancehall.  Nothing burns me more than buying an 
album for $15.00 CDN and getting it home to find it bites the big one.

Oh -- I am also looking for the Nardo Ranks album that has "Burrup" on it 
but can't find it anywhere around here.

If this is the appropriate group for this, please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

----------------------------------------------------
frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton)
Vicuna Systems BBS - 613/547-5066 [9600 v.32/.42bis]
From: dudley@treefort.Corp.Sun.COM (Dudley Gaman)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Re: Who know's this song ?
Date: 29 Jul 1992 17:35:35 GMT
Organization: The Treefort
NNTP-Posting-Host: treefort.corp.sun.com

In article <zrahd01.712401539@sunap1> zrahd01@sunap1.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Daniel Haenle) writes:
>Some years ago I very often heard a funky track on the radio. It was a 
>not too fast groove, the refrain goes something like "Double O Soul...",
>and the singer has a very smokey low voice. 
>Does anyone know the name of the group or the song ?

The Untouchables, "Agent Double O Soul".  I can't remember which album off hand,
but I'll try to find it tonight.

Dudley
.
Xref: sparky rec.music.funky:1169 alt.rap:3882 rec.music.bluenote:5876
From: mcarlsso@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Mars)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky,alt.rap,rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Talkin Loud Releases...
Date: 26 Jul 92 23:28:01 GMT
Followup-To: poster

Has anyone checked out the latest Galliano album on the UK Talkin
Loud label???

Also, what about his previous release and the Freedom album by the
Young Disciples on the same label???

Are these artists on the same tip as the Brand New Heavies or is it
even more close to 70's jazz funk???  BTW, what happened to the live
album by the Brand New Heavies featuring guest raps by TCQ, Main
Source, De La Soul etc etc????

mc




-- 
_______________________________________________________________
                   |   'What's up DOC?'
   mars@ucsd.edu   |  			Bugs Bunny
		   |
From: arf@otter.hpl.hp.com (Andrew Farmer)
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 22:52:05 GMT
Subject: Fresh Four/Smith and Mighty
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky


   Bristol's Fresh Four are still around, DJ'ing and stuff. I read
 that they will be (or are) recording again but under a new name. 
 Don't know if Smith and Mighty are involved. If you haven't already
 found Smith and Mighty's 'Stepper's Delight' 12" by the way....go
 find. It's a booming slab of dubby dance.
 	
	arf
From: mark@bilpin.co.uk (Mark Allerton)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Re: Soul II Soul
Date: 24 Jul 92 12:46:50 GMT
Organization: UK Mac DTS/SRL Data
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1

In article <1992Jul23.115715.9563@waikato.ac.nz> , pkingi@waikato.ac.nz
writes:
>Other albums that have a Soul II Soul sound :
>            - 'The Chimes' : The Chimes

Actually, I like the Chimes' LP better than I like any of Soul II Soul's
stuff - there's a lot more to the songs, it seems to me. I got a life
though, and I'm not dissing Soul II Soul. BTW, the Chimes were associated
with Soul II Soul before they became famous, and the track "1-2-3" was
produced by Jazzie B. Have you heard the outrageous remix of "Heaven" that
puts the song over Roy Ayer's "Love Will Bring Us Back Together"?
Serious...

>Question 2: Does anyone know if Mica Paris has any more albums coming
out. On
>            most of her 12"s she has new songs on the B-sides. On the
B-side of
>'South of the River' is song which is really hot. It's called 'Should've
known
>better' and is produced by Omar. I wouldn't mind getting this on cd.

I *think* "Should Have Known Better" was put out as an A-side in the UK,
sometime earlier this year - so it may well be on CD.

Mark Allerton
mark@bilpin.co.uk
From: yongseok@porpoise.ecn.purdue.edu (Yongseok Park)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Anybody know the title of the dance music in Basic Instincts ?
Keywords: dance music
Date: 31 Jul 92 19:26:33 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network


 I liked the dance music which was performed in a discotheque scene of
 the movie "Basic Insticts". Can anybody tell me the title of the music
 and suggest similar ones to me ? It will be appreciated so much.
 Thank you.

 Yongseok Park
.
From: mark@bilpin.co.uk (Mark Allerton)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Re: GEORGE CLINTONS BIRTHDAY
Date: 23 Jul 92 12:48:54 GMT
Organization: UK Mac DTS/SRL Data
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1

In article <1992Jul22.122745.29068@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Rob Dobson,
rwd4f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU writes:
>Anyway, everyone be sure to be extra funky today in his honor. And crank
up
>the Pfunk, uncut funk, the BOMB.

Yo! Make my funk the P-Funk... and make sure *you* don't fake the funk,
or your
nose is gonna grow, y'all...

Mark Allerton
North London Urban Dancefloor Guerilla Liberation Front
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Monday, 27 Jul 1992 22:12:39 EDT
From: Naz Reyes <NAZ@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky,
Subject: Kiss The Sky album?


After enjoying my cassette single of "Living For You" by Kiss the Sky
it got me wondering how the whole album (if there is one) by this band
sound like.  Is there an album?  Will there be an album?  If there is
one that exists right now could someone post a review?  Many thanks...

-Naz

P.S.  For those people looking for that Soul II Soul sound this is
      the single to get.  "Living For You" is kinda like a sequel
      to "Keep On Movin".

-Naz
Xref: sparky rec.music.funky:1175 alt.rave:1883
From: karty@cs.washington.edu (Richard Karty)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky,alt.rave
Subject: Shut Up and Dance
Date: 27 Jul 92 17:23:52 GMT
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle


Can anyone tell me about their album? I've read lots of vague hype
about it but I've never heard it and would like some details!

Are they like Massive Attack or something? Is it just more of that
good-but-nothing-worldshaking Soul II Soul-ish stuff? (Which I like
well enough, but...)

Saw one copy of it on 2x12" in a shop and I think I should move
quickly if I want to get it.

.
.
.
.
.
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From: zirk@celece.ucsd.edu (Karin Zirk)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky,alt.rock-n-roll,rec.music.industrial
Subject: Lallapalooza - Irvine Meadows
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:44:38 GMT
Followup-To: alt.rock-n-roll
Distribution: ca

HELP!!!

I need two tickets to any (or all) of the shows
at Irvine Meadows. 

Due to the reactionary forces at work in San Diego,
the Lallapalooze Tour will not be  coming our way.
Each time tickets went on sale, I have been
between 7th and 15th in line at my local ticketmaster
and both times the show sold out before I got tickets.

On Saturday, the only person who got tickets at my
outlet was the first person in line.  We were told
that Ticketmaster Los Angeles started selling tickets
at 8:50 am and San Diego didn't start till 9:05 am.
This was done to give LA folks first chance.  

So I am publicly begging for two tickets at or near
fact value to any of the three shows.  
Please send email to zirk@ece.ucsd.edu or via
the phone (619)534-3431.

Peace,

Karin
From: dsulliva@pearl.tufts.edu (DAVID B. SULLIVAN)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Name this song, 2nd try.
Keywords: Prince?
Date: 25 Jul 92 17:23:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
Originator: news@jade.tufts.edu

Anybody know this song?  Thanks.

DAVID SULLIVAN
dsulliva@pearl.tufts.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
From: ldormon
Subject: Re: Talkin Loud Releases...
Reply-To: ldormon@uk.oracle.com
Organization: Oracle Corp
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:17:19 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

I saw Galliano at the Town & Country Club in London a while back,
they're much better live, the album doesn't seem to have the life.

Lee

ldormon@uk.oracle.com
Xref: sparky rec.music.funky:1185 alt.rave:1915
From: mark@bilpin.co.uk (Mark Allerton)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky,alt.rave
Subject: Re: Shut Up and Dance
Date: 28 Jul 92 13:27:36 GMT
Organization: UK Mac DTS/SRL Data
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1

Subject: Shut Up and Dance
In article <1992Jul27.172352.3172@beaver.cs.washington.edu> Richard
Karty, karty@cs.washington.edu writes:
>
>Can anyone tell me about their album? I've read lots of vague hype
>about it but I've never heard it and would like some details!

Shut Up And Dance are a house/techno outfit - all very high BPM rates
and lots of samples. 

Nothing like Soul II Soul or Massive Attack *at all*.

Mark Allerton
mark@bilpin.co.uk
From: mark@bilpin.co.uk (Mark Allerton)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Re: Blakwatch Review: Soul II Soul
Date: 23 Jul 92 12:43:16 GMT
Organization: UK Mac DTS/SRL Data
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1

In article <1992Jul22.005732.21267@wam.umd.edu> E.O.T.,
alexees@wam.umd.edu writes:
>-Incognito : Kinda jazzier version of Soul II Soul. Jean Paul "Bluey"
Maunick
> (french?) is behind this project... Check out the album "Inside Life"
with
>the hit single "Always There". Nowadays, Europe is enjoying an Incognito 
> cover of a Stevie Wonder song, can't remember the title.

More like your basic jazz/funk band than Soul II Soul. Bluey, despite the
french
sounding name, definitely has a North London accent, and was one of the
founders
of Light Of The World (you may have heard their 1980 track "London Town")
who
went on to form Incognito in 1980, which later turned into The Warriors,
which
then sank without a trace until 1990, when Talking Loud came along and
gave Bluey
some money to turn the demos he was doing into reality. 

BTW the Stevie Wonder cover is "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing".

>Sounds of Blakness(remixes only)

Can't agree with the "(remixes only)" qualifier here. The Jam & Lewis
produced 
tracks off the LP are just amazing - though some of the rest sounds like
the wrong
band turned up for the session. All of the remixes I've heard of
"Optimistic" have
*ruined* it (I know, I forked out for all this stuff on US import last
year). 
Check the LP version and accept no substitute.

Mark Allerton
Whose opinions are his own, and not those of UK Mac DTS, who have no
interest
in funky music...
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
From: alexees@wam.umd.edu (E.O.T.)
Subject: Re:  Soul II Soul
Keywords: repost
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:57:32 GMT

On the Soul II Soul tip:

-Incognito : Kinda jazzier version of Soul II Soul. Jean Paul "Bluey" Maunick
 (french?) is behind this project... Check out the album "Inside Life" with
the hit single "Always There". Nowadays, Europe is enjoying an Incognito 
 cover of a Stevie Wonder song, can't remember the title.

-Massive Attack : This trio from Bristol is really massive! Having a good set
 of guest voices (Shara Nelson, Horace Andy, and others...did I say good? They
 are fantastic) plus their own hypnotic vocals on a set of tremendous dubs is
 giving the public a tremendous album called "Blue Lines". Check out their 
 maxis as well.

Other names you might hear are: Young Disciples, Brand New Heavies, Stone
Cold Boners, Sounds of Blakness(remixes only), UMCs, Ronny Jordan...

Request: Any info on FFF would be greatly appreciated... They're from
         France I think...

aLeXees            
.
.

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Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
From: rwd4f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Rob Dobson)
Subject: GEORGE CLINTONS BIRTHDAY
Summary: the bigger the headache, the bigger the pill, baby
Keywords: they call me the big pill
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 12:27:45 GMT

According to my calendar (Matt Greoning's Life in Hell Calendar) today
is the birthday of the man himself, George Clinton. In fact, its his 52nd
birthday. Damn! The man is older than Jerry Garcia.

Anyway, everyone be sure to be extra funky today in his honor. And crank up
the Pfunk, uncut funk, the BOMB.


not GEORGE bush for president
not bill CLINTON for president

GEORGE CLINTON for president!


Organization: Doctoral student, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 12:32:34 -0400 
From: Lael Schooler <ls2o+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Where is this from?



I don't remember the name of the song, but it was getting a fair of air play 
some months ago. It endend with the rapper beating up on the pavement. Anyway,
does anybody know from what album the main sample was taken from? 

thanks in advance,

Lael
ls2o@andrew.cmu.edu
From: renew@blade (Rene Walter)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Re: CHART: Dutch Dance
Date: 31 Jul 92 13:15:58 GMT
Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Yes, how fucking commercial can you go...
From: mark@bilpin.co.uk (Mark Allerton)
Newsgroups: rec.music.funky
Subject: Re: Blakwatch Review: Soul II Soul
Date: 23 Jul 92 12:42:05 GMT
Organization: UK Mac DTS/SRL Data
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1

In article <1992Jul22.005732.21267@wam.umd.edu> E.O.T.,
alexees@wam.umd.edu writes:
>-Incognito : Kinda jazzier version of Soul II Soul. Jean Paul "Bluey"
Maunick
> (french?) is behind this project... Check out the album "Inside Life"
with
>the hit single "Always There". Nowadays, Europe is enjoying an Incognito 
> cover of a Stevie Wonder song, can't remember the title.

More like your basic jazz/funk band than Soul II Soul. Bluey, despite the
french
sounding name, definitely has a North London accent, and was one of the
founders
of Light Of The World (you may have heard their 1980 track "London Town")
who
went on to form Incognito in 1980, which later turned into The Warriors,
which
then sank without a trace until 1990, when Talking Loud came along and
gave Bluey
some money to turn the demos he was doing into reality.

>Sounds of Blakness(remixes only)

Can't agree with the "(remixes only)" qualifier here. The Jam & Lewis
produced 
tracks off the LP are just amazing - though some of the rest sounds like
the wrong
band turned up for the session. All of the remixes I've heard of
"Optimistic" have
*ruined* it (I know, I forked out for all this stuff on US import last
year). 
Check the LP version and accept no substitute.

Mark Allerton
Whose opinions are his own, and not those of UK Mac DTS, who have no
interest
in funky music...