Jersey City Record Riot! Setlist - June 24th, 2011 12PM - 1PM

The Three Suns - "Volcano" (RCA Victor cat. 47-7416)
Moe Koffman Quartet - "Koko-Mamey" (Jubilee cat. 45-5324)
The Marketts - "Out Of Limits" (Warner Bros. Records cat. 5391)
The Pyramids - "Penetration" (Best cat. 13002)
The Hollywood Tornadoes - "The Gremmie - Part II" (Aertaun cat. 101)
Bobby Kool - "Mole Skin" (Expo Records cat. E-102)
Mr. D. & The Highlights - "Nose Full Of White" (JAS Records cat. JAS 316)
Chicago Cubs Clark St. Band - "Slide" (Chess cat. 2075)
La Bert Ellis - "Batman Theme" (A&M Records cat. 789)
James Brown And The Famous Flames - "I'll Go Crazy" (King cat. 45-6020)
The Ideals - "The Gorilla" (Cortland cat. C-110)
Chuck Danzy - "Git Down" (Nu-Tone Records cat. 532)
The Five Du-Tones - "The Chicken Astronauts" (One-derful! cat. 4824 / 3002)
The Rivingtons - "The Bird's The Word" (Liberty cat. 55553)
Eddie Long - "Mo Jo Workout" (Fun City Records cat. F - 100)
The Mighty Hannibal - "Jerkin' The Dog" (Shurfire Record Productions cat. Record No. 011)
Lowell Fulsom - "Funky Broadway" (Kent cat. K 4535)
Syl Johnson - "Going Back To The Shack" (Twinight Records cat. 118)
Dyke And The Blazers - "Let A Woman Be A Woman - Let A Man Be A Man" (Original Sound cat. OS - 89)
Pigmeat Markham - "Sock It To 'Em Judge" (Chess cat. 2059)
The Ambassadors - "Searchin'" (Sound Stage 7 cat. 45-2607)
Marlena Shaw - "Woman Of The Ghetto" (Cadet cat. 5650)
Marvin Gaye - "You're The Man (Part 1)" (Tamla cat. T 54221F)
Al Green - "Right Now, Right Now" (Hi cat. 45-2177)
Gil Scott - Heron - "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (Flying Dutchman cat. FD 26011)
Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - "Drinking Song" (Milestone cat. MS - 701)
Harold Alexander - "Mama Soul" (Flying Dutchman cat. FD 26016)
Buddy Terry - "Babylon (From Awareness Suite)" (Mainstream cat. MRL 5511)
Robert Lowe - "Back To Funk" (Eastbound Records cat. E 624)
Funk Inc. - "Bowlegs" (Prestige cat. Prestige - 754)
Scacy and the Sound Service - "Sunshine Part 1" (Scacy Records cat. HY 2200)
Parliament - "Red Hot Mama" (Invictus cat. Is - 9091)
Irish Coffee - "The Show" (Parrot cat. 45-356)
Hot Soup - "You Took Me By Surprise" (Rama Rama Records cat. RR - 7775)
Chimo - "In The Sea" (Epic cat. 5-10770)

Primitive Sound System and SANATON! all weekend Long...

Hello Y'all,
WOW, what a f@#! week I have! On Friday, June 24th from 10PM - 11:30PM I get to spin some Summertime goodness at the Bikini Beach Blowout! Of course I didn't take this gig because I get to play records. Any chance I get to put on a bikini… I AM THERE! Expect an hour and a half of some of my favorite records. After that tsunami I will need to get home and rest up for the Jersey City Record Riot! Yes, another event that must be shouted like Vavoom! I love the Jersey City Record Riot! I always come away with some really cool records and get to hang out with and meet like minded individuals with a serious addiction. Feed that habit. Life is too short to listen to shitty music so know what you like and find it on the ONLY format that maters…vinyl. The Record Riot! is Saturday, June 25th; doors open at 9AM for $20 and admission is FREE after 11AM. THEN, back home to rest up for a SANATON! show where we get to open for one of my favorite bands of the 90's, the Archers of Loaf. Pavement may own this genre but where they went from Progressive to Pop the Archers slowly worked their way from awesome aggressive Punk band to Progressive Pop geniuses. There is no wonder they were not everyone's cup of tea… they were genuinely great and bursting with creativity. Mark and I couldn't be more excited about this show.

- pat.

Primitive Sound System
VINYL RULES!
"Audio Visual Triumphs and Disasters" - http://primitivesoundsystem.blogspot.com

Records that should make it to the tables:
Chicago Cubs Clark St. Band - "Slide" (Chess cat. 2075)
The Joe Tex Band - "Chocolate Cherry" (Dial cat. 45-4079)
Moe Koffman Quartet - "Koko - Mamey" (Jubilee cat. 45-5324)
The Three Suns - "Volcano" (RCA Victor cat. 45-7416)
La Bert Ellis - "Batman Theme" (A&M Records cat. 789 (Promotional Copy / Not For Sale))
Robert Lowe - "Back To Funk" (Eastbound Records cat. E 624 (Not For Sale / Wht Label Promo))
Butch Cornell's Trio - Goose Pimples" (Ru-Jac cat. 45-RJ-09)
Renaissance Of Rhythm - "There Is No Time" (RMP cat. DP - 212)
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - "Too Much Time" (Reprise Records cat. REP 1133)
Sonny Crosby - "Smelly Feet" (Chimneyville Records cat. 10217)
Loyce Cotton - "Try It, You'll Like It" (Aquarus Records cat. 1003)
Lyn Tait And The Jets - "Bat Man" b/w "The Joker" (Merritone cat. DSR-FED7-003 (reissue))

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BIKINI BEACH BLOWOUT!

Friday, June 24th- 10PM - 4AM

all happening @
Big Sky Works
29 Wythe near N14th in crooklyn (L to Bedford, G to Nassau))
10pm-4am
$10

Google Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=29+Wythe+Avenue,+Brooklyn,+New+York,+NY&hl=en&sll=37.199452,-76.82098&sspn=2.609844,2.537842&z=17

$mall ¢hange and BAMiAM.tv presente - Bikini Beach Blowout!
Soul/Funk/Surf/Ska/Garage/Psyche sounds brought to you by ace selectros...

Young Chris
BoogieMan
$mall ¢hange
Primitive Sound System

Beachy-Keen projections by BAMiAM.tv

Aerial feats by T-Pow! (Tanya from the Wau Wau Sisters)

this is a flow-arts friendly, No Parking on the Dancefloor event...grab yer hoops/poi/staff/etc and get DOWN.

bring yer best bathing suit and check your pants at our CLOTHES check.

As much as I like electronic muzak, and hula-hooping, one thing I was missing at some burner type events etc was being able to jam out to 60s and 70s fuzzed out 45s. And considering the hula hoops origins go back to the late 50s/60s, it just makes sense. So me and my homegrrl B.A. aka BAMiAM.tv came up with this little shindig. Come escape to the 'beach' with us, right in the middle of hipsterburg! We welcome flow artists of all walks of life, hoop/poi/staff/etc, and of course if you just have your dancing feet that's all you need! And if you feel like stripping down, we'll watch your pants for you ;)

BAMiAM.tv will be mixing beach inspired visuals all night so you don't have to take the train to far rockaway.

As for the DJs, Young Chris and BoogieMan have been diggin' and droppin' heat for more then a wee minute in NYC, and were residents at the legendary Lost and Found party (RIP--my favorite Tuesday shindig for many years). They have crazy shit. Also on deck is Primitive Sound System aka Pat Longo, another reeediculous collector, DJ, and drummer. Come early to catch his ace sides before he heads back to the wife and kid. Of course between spinning I'll be spinning and then I'll be...spinning.

Should be very estupido. I expect my ninja ppls to be there, you know who you are!

rawk.

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JERSEY RECORD RIOT!

Saturday, June 25 · 11:00am - 6:00pm

Parlay Studios
161 2nd Street
Jersey City, New Jersey

The Jersey City Record Riot!!! Saturday June 25th at Parlay Studios, 161 2nd Street in the Powerhouse Arts District of JC.

35+ tables of great vinyl of all genres: punk, country, soul, jazz, rockabilly, hiphop, cds, 45s, memorabilia, everything under the sun and much more. Amazing dealers from NY/NJ/CT/PA, even Montreal. We feature a number of new dealers in this fourth edition of the JCRR, including one dude from Baltimore who is renting four tables! There will also be a few Jersey City locals liquidating their collections and a guy selling jewelry made from discarded records.

FREE ADMISSION starts at 11 AM and the show lasts until around 6PM. Early admission (for the hardcore collector) $20.00 at 9 AM. Plus great local DJs all day, including the infamous Pat Longo. Check out www.recordriots.com for more information or call 609-468-0885.

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I did a poster for the show despite it being SOLD OUT almost from the moment the show was announced:

http://www.gigposters.com/poster/142057_Sanaton.html

Archers of Loaf
Mr. Dream
SANATON!

Music Hall of Williamsburg
Saturday June 25, 2011
18+
Doors: 8:00 PM / Show: 9:00 PM
SOLD OUT! - $27.50 advance / $30 day of show
http://www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com/event/6354

Primitive Sound System spinning at The Jersey City Record Riot! - Noon to 1PM

Hello Y'all,
I am now as old as my favorite vinyl format is fast. I turn 45 this year. As always I will spend my birthday eating the one meal that will one day certainly kill me… FRIED CHICKEN and all the trimmings. My way, way, way better half either loves me more than I deserve or has devised the slowest and most delicious way in history to get rid of me. My actual birthday is Friday but we will be bellying up to the table Saturday. Speaking of Saturday, it is time for another installment of the Jersey City Record Riot. Last time out I picked up some great records including some long time want list items. I also spun a set and will be back at it again spinning some of those finds from the last Riot between noon and 1PM. For obvious reasons I will be spinning nothing but 45's. Who could blame me. The last Jersey City Record Riot! was great and seemed to have a lot more dealers than the previous one. All I know is I spent a lot of time digging and left very happy.

- pat.

Primitive Sound System
VINYL RULES!
"Audio Visual Triumphs and Disasters" - http://primitivesoundsystem.blogspot.com

JERSEY CITY RECORD RIOT!

Saturday February 26th
Parlay Studios
161 2nd Street
Jersey City
NOON-7PM - I will be spinning from Noon to 1PM

$3.00 admission
$20.00 early admission at 10 AM
40 plus dealers from NY/NJ/PA/CT!
Refreshments served.
Six live DJs.

VERY IMPORTANT:
They have a couple of tables available (and reserved) for "non-professional" dealers, record geeks who just want to sell some stuff and have fun. These tables go for the reduced rate of $40 for an eight foot table (dealers pay 80-90 bucks). Interested parties can email Steve at recordriots@gmail.com for info.

information: irisrecs@gmail.com

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D.C.'s TAVERN - First Thursday of Every Month:
I am putting together a list of, "45, 45's I Can't Live Without - Or, This Is The Greatest Song Ever… for now… Until I Tell You That THIS Is The Greatest Song Ever!" and will be spinning those during my set at D.C.'s Thursday March 3rd from 11:30 to closing following the always entertaining Bronco Billy Dolan.

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SANATON:
One other event I need to mention happens at the end of March. Mark Maloof and I have decided to step out of the rehearsal studio and play in front of living, breathing human beings. I think the walls and the other bands' equipment are getting pretty bored with us so it is probably about time. Mark and I have spent the past seven years just playing for our own enjoyment. If you ever saw Hippopotamus you may have thought then that we were only playing for our own enjoyment and that is not too far from the truth. Hey, if we wanted to sound like the music we like to listen to, we'd just stay home and listen to those bands' records. Or, as is now the case, steal the MP3's and tell everyone how much we love and support our favorite bands. Currently we have no MP3's for you to steal but we assure you if you like things left of center and sometimes discordant than you'll love us. If we do record before the show we will post them somewhere. Hope to see you there.

Poster for the show: http://www.gigposters.com/poster/138720_Sanaton.html

Sanaton - 10PM
Metal Mountains - 8PM
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Admission is $5 - (There are special admission rates for students and children)
The Stone - Corner of Ave C and 2nd Street

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45's at 45: (Some favorites that I have never written about)

Hunt's Determination - "I Need Love" (Ear Wax cat. W? - 005)
Don't let the title fool you, this is no ballad. I got this as a gift about twelve or fifteen years ago. It still stands as one of my favorite records in my collection. First off, it is one of the few Funk Instrumentals I own with a picture sleeve. From what I can tell that the band consisted of about fifteen or sixteen people. What is also obvious, looking at the photo on the cover, is that not only is winter in Flint, Michigan cold but when it snows even your giant ass station will get trapped. "I Need Love" opens with a weepy guitar followed by an aggressive introduction of the other instruments with some nice dynamics. Despite the cover photo the band seems to consist of Organ, drums, bass, guitar and percussion. The song is balls out and Funky as hell from start to finish. These mother-fuckers are attacking each beat and note yet move as one like a gracefully charging monster. Think of being chased by a Rhino and all the time you are in awe of his fleet of foot, gentle moves and focus; transfixed, mesmerized and motionless he runs right through you. This is all I know of Hunt's Determination. They assembled, created and left a deep groove wherever they played.

"Lil" Willie & The Rockin' Imperials - "A Man Don't Last Too Long" b/w "Tell Me Why" (Golden - Records cat. G No. 117)
There is something very Gospel about this track. The background singers open the track with a solo statement of the title, "A Man Don't Last Too Long!" It is chilling and a little spooky. It feels like they are talking to you but looking passed you. As if they know something you need to know but they know you are not going to listen. Over the raw funky backing bass, guitar, drums, horns and a tambourine they repeat this statement throughout the song, exactly the same each time . The tambourine rattles like the chains of a ghost and is unrelenting and repetitive. Lil Willie agrees with the ladies but pleads "man's" case. They state that a man don't last too long and he comes back each time with an observation of the plight of man. Sometimes his plea is a simple statement of fact, "One day he is here and the next day he is gone." Another time he asks us to look and see how hard it is just to be alive and survive, "Everything a man does is an awful big risk, you can see why it is hard for him to exist," And the closer is as finite as our own existence, "One day he is ill and the next day he is gone, that's why some men don't last so long." The ladies, like time, are never ending, they slow down for no one. They continue to repeat their statement and its inevitable conclusion as the song fades. They are the last word.

Busey's Soul Blenders - "Soul Power (Part 1)" (Busey's cat. 2485)
Basically an instrumental but a member of the band does an introduction at the beginning as well as a few geographical shout-outs throughout. Every time I hear this there is something so familiar to it but I can never place it. At first it doesn't seem like Busey and the Soul Blenders are going to pick up enough speed to make it to the top of the hill but suddenly they put a little more into and pick up the pace. Then, suddenly, they are off and BURNING. They state the theme, lean back and take control of the road. The drums command our attention breaking a bit but he is never alone. He is hitting hard and leaving space for the shout outs to be heard. Next the bass is featured and deservedly so. It is fast but not out of the pocket. It is thick and heavy as hell. Next up is the guitar and it takes us off the pavement and into the shoulder as rocks and dust go shooting everywhere before we right ourselves again. Side two tries not to be a fade in but is. It picks up at the end of the guitar freakout and the groove picks up the pace once again. My dreams come true as the Organ and drums get to showoff. Legitimize its massive size and spitting sound in 360 degrees the organ goes from high pitched to low in a very dramatic wave. The drums are pounding and filled with groove. Suddenly everything goes triple time and it's a Latin Groove via the mind of Bo Diddley. Our "singer" is shouting out everywhere the band has ever played when we slip back into the theme but only momentarily before everyone drops out but the kick and a final shout from our singer who reminds us what we have been experiencing…"Soul Power!"

The Mighty Groove Makers - "Let's Dance Some Mo (Part 1) (Peanut Country Records cat. PC 1003)
Another instrumental with some shouted out vocals. My favorite moment in the song happens just a full measure before the break. You can feel some of the players hesitate. It's the raw intensity that you get when a band is playing each take live. They are actually playing with and off of each other. Moving in unison and trying to predict what the other guy will do next. The pause doesn't sound like a mistake, it is barely even noticeable. But it is there, it is a feel and it is so perfect. The recording sounds like it may have been done in my dining room. Not even my kitchen where the acoustic would have been better. Maybe this was recorded in someone's living room which would make it that much more mindblowing to me. I can picture them crowded into a room, sweating and doing what they love, playing music. Recording live gives a presence to the kit which the drummer takes full advantage of at first but he quickly pulls back and allows the guitar and organ to breath. This gives the music a more laid back feeling than its initial upfront Funky one. After the band makes their mighty groove the singer comes in to command the band in a James Brown bag. He reminds the band, "Don't stop now, dance some more." Soon we are counting down to the break and it is at count of three that we get that brief but oh so beautiful pause. The band stops on the count of four on cue and at the break the singer shouts, "It sounded so nice let's do it some more…" And "do it" they do.

Playlist from the Jersey City Record Riot - December 4th, 2010

SATURDAY DECEMBER 4th 2010
Playlist from the Jersey City Record Riot!

SETLIST:

Bill Gibbs - "Orbit In Space" (Gibbs Records cat. 0012)
Al Casey Combo - "Doin' It" (Stacy Records cat. 956)
The Shades - "Skip It" (Joey Records Inc. cat. J-6206)
Thee Midniters - "Whittier Blvd." (Chattahoochee Records cat. CH-684)
Lenny Mc Daniel & The New Era - "Something Out Of Nothing" (Seven B cat. 7016)
The Sonics - "The Hustler" (Etiquette cat. ET-16)
The Moving Sidewalks - "99th Floor" (Mutt Records cat. M 1030)
The Juveniles - "Bo Diddley" (Jerden cat. 770 (Promotional Copy / Not For Sale))
The Pop-Ups - "Lurking" (HBR - Hanna Barbera Records cat. HBR 459)
Danny Freeman And The Soul Superiors - "Jungle Walk (do that jungle talk too)" (W.S.J. Sound Records cat. 102)
The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - "Mini, Mini, Afro Twist" (Forte Records cat. 1107)
Blue Rhythm Combo - Take That Funky Feeling" (Merry Disc cat. M-51)
The Unforgettables - "Sad Song" (Loadstone cat. 3954)
The Impacs - "Good Old Funky Feelin' (Part 1)" (Land cat. 141)
Betty Harris - "There's A Break In The Road" (SSS International cat. SSS-766)
Betty Davis - "If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up" (Just Sunshine Records cat. JSA-503)
Rocki Lane And The Gross Group - "Santa Soul" (Epic cat. 5-10556 / JZSP 152302 (Radio Station Copy))
Funk Machine - "Soul Santa - Part II" (Creative Funk cat. 12004)
Electric Jungle - "Funky Funky Christmas" (Nike Records cat. 1002)
SOD - "Too Loose To Get Tight (Part I)" (Decca cat. 32937 (Promotional Copy / Not For Sale))
Iron-Knowledge - "Show Stopper" (Tammy Records cat. T-1043)
Can - "Spoon" (United Artists Records cat. 35 304 (German with Picture Sleeve))
Banbarra - "Shack Up" (United Artists Records cat. UA-XW734-Y)
The Harvey Averne Barrio Band - "Para Ti" (Heavy Duty Records cat. HD 1)
Johnny Zamot & his Orch. (Vocal: Pee Wee Fernandez) - "I've Got The Feeling" (Gema Records cat. 1630)
Ray Rodriquez - "Workout - Part II" (Ghetto Records cat. G - 010)
U.S. Warren and The Genghis Pea - "Hard Headed Woman" (Chytowns Records cat. CHY - 213)
The Soul Machine - "Twitchie Feet" (Pzazz Records cat. 021)
James K-Nine - "Live It Up" (Federal cat. 12572)
Louis Chahere - "The Hen (Pt. 1) Paula Records cat. 321)
Gus "The Groove" Lewis - "Let The Groove Move You" (Tou-Sea Records cat. 131)


PURCHASES:
Eddie Palmieri - Molasses. (Tico cat. S LP 11148)
Hank Snow, The Singer Ranger - "The Reindeer Boogie" b/w "Christmas Roses". (RCA Victor cat. 47-5340)
Sweet Les and Joe Frazier's Knockouts - "Sweet Potatoe, Collard Greens" (Vocal b/w Instrumental) (p.i.p. Cat. PIP 8937 (Promotional Copy / Not For Sale))
Little Hooks with Ray Nato and The Kings - "Give The Drummer Some More" (United Artists Records cat. 50932)

Bronco Billy Dolan and Primitive Sound System at D.C.'s Tavern Thurs Dec 2 from 9PM to Closing

Hello Y'all,

I have spent countless hours looking through records over the years. Unfortunately due to price or condition not every record you want makes it onto your shelves. Of course this means even if you see a record you would love to bring home and listen to non stop it doesn't always come to pass. And that is what keeps collecting interesting, the thrill of the hunt. For me condition is everything and a major deciding factor to whether or not I will buy a record. If I think the condition of the vinyl will damage my needle in anyway I'd rather pass it up than risk the damage. I rarely do trades with other collectors for this exact reason and have been burned in the past. Other DJ's and collectors don't necessarily share the importance I put on condition so it is an impossible topic to get passed it when trading. The records I have passed up through the years would have made a collection equally as great as the one I enjoy on a daily basis (great because it is mine not because I think the records I own are better than the ones you have). This has meant that thousands of records that I would possibly only see that one time were placed back in a bin or put back up on a store's wall for someone less concerned with condition to have and enjoy.

About 20 years ago I became obsessed with Sonny Clark, the Jazz piano player best known for his Blue Note sessions. Along with Horace Silver and Booby Timmons, Sonny Clark is one of the players I feel is most responsible for bringing genuinely Soulful sounds to late 50's and early 60's Jazz. There were others, but to me it was obvious these musicians were combining 50's Hardbop with the current Soul sounds more than most and creating Soul-Jazz in the process. Over the years you develop an affinity with the stores (now online as well as off) that can satisfy your tastes as well as your quirks (condition being my fetish). One such store for me is the Jazz Record Center in NYC. For me walking into the Jazz Record Center is like entering a temple. This is one of the most focused collections of records for sale you will ever find and condition is everything to them so each record is meticulously graded. I have been a regular customer of the Jazz Record Center for more years than I can accurately remember (I know it was before they moved to the building on 26th Street). Every time I enter the open area where the LP's are, and before flipping through the "New Arrivals" I stare for a moment at the Sonny Clark Trio (on Time Records) LP cover that hangs from bull clips above the last row of records to the left. The cover has hung there for as long as I can remember. Sadly it is just the front cover panel of the LP's sleeve. The LP was obviously in such bad shape that not even the whole jacket was worth saving. Still, I would see it and it was a painful reminder of an LP I would never own or at least not for the price it commanded in any condition. At one point I did score a near mint stereo copy as well as a stereo copy of the Bennie Green session on Time that includes Sonny Clark on piano. But, still every time I went into the back room of the Jazz Record Center there it was, that reminder of the elusive OG Mono with the giant HIGH-FIDELITY printed along the bottom. Occasionally I would ask the owner if he had gotten a copy in and he would just smile and say, "No."

The other day we all decided we needed a day of rest. My son had a bit of a cold so we decided activity levels should be as close to zero as possible if we were going to be healthy for the upcoming Holiday season. Nothing relaxes me more than flipping through someone else's records so I figured an hour at Iris Records in Downtown Jersey City would be the best medicine. The store is housed in an old pharmacy so maybe there is something to its medicinal qualities. The always amazing little shop never fails to satisfy. After closing to the public for a few months they are back open Thursday through Saturday, cleaned up and the bins are full of new records. I went through the new arrivals and pulled out a Sandy Nelson record I don't have called "Soul Drums!" There are some really good versions of Soul covers ("I'll Go Crazy," "Groovin'" and "What'd I Say" are standouts) plus an amazing little instrumental called "Swap Beat" which isn't even listed among the featured songs on the cover since it is an original. This was an oversight on their part because it is easily one of the best tracks and how can you go wrong with a sound that is reminiscent of "Secret Agent Man." Not far behind that was Jack Costanzo's "Naked City" LP. There are no bad Jack Costanzo records, or at least I have never heard one. "Naked City" includes some fantastic Spy and Movie themes all done in Mr Bongos aggressive style. This is one of those records I wish I would have stumbled across years ago but I am just as happy to take it home today. After the new arrivals I always hit the Soul boxes and then the Jazz. There were definitely some choice gems in the Soul section and my pile began to grow. As I hit the Jazz boxes it became very obvious that all the priced bins were filled with newly found items and all were in great shape. About five records into the second box I saw the top of the "Sonny Clark Trio" Lp on Time. That cover is burned into my memory so I recognized it immediately. I know the record had been reissued a few times; the stereo copy I own, a Japanese pressing and recently, I assume, through Scorpio Records out of Trenton, New Jersey. As I pulled it from the box just the weight alone told me it was either the Japanese pressing or an original. As it cleared the other records I smiled from ear to ear. I pulled the record from the sleeve and inspected the vinyl. This was as close to NM as I was every going to get. The price… $15. MINE! Not only does flipping through records make me feel right but a find like this gives you that Christmas morning feeling when you were six. I am not exactly sure what the current value of this LP is but I know they have traded hands at over a thousand dollars.

Iris Records is located at 114 Brunswick Street, between 1st and 2nd Streets. Hours are Thursday and Friday 3-8PM and Saturday Noon-7PM. Gritzan is always seeking out record and cd collections and can be reached on 609-468-0885 or at irisrecs@gmail.com. Learn more about Iris and their upcoming Jersey City Record Riot (December 4th) at www.recordriots.com.

Since the recent acquisition of some drummer records and the loss of some fine drummers in 2010 (Ed Thigpen, (Gentleman) Albert "June" Gardner, Steve Reid (who was a regular at Finyl Vinyl), Richie Hayward of Little Feat and of course The Bedbugs (the Beatles-like band playing on the back of a wagon in an episode of F-Troop), the drummer from The Jaggerz - Jim Pugliano and Brian Damage of Misfits last show fame) I will be playing music featuring drummers drummers, some Christmas music because I figure why not and a ton of stuff I haven't gotten to spin this year.

- pat.

Primitive Sound System
VINYL RULES!
"Audio Visual Triumphs and Disasters" - http://primitivesoundsystem.blogspot.com

Bronco Billy Dolan and Primitive Sound System - "Doin' It In Your Earhole!"

Thursday, December 2nd - 9PM to Closing
D.C.'s Tavern
505 8th Street
Between Jefferson and Madison
BACK IN BACK
Hoboken, New Jersey
PH: 201-792-5550
http://www.dcstavern.com
http://myspace.com/dcstavern
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hoboken-NJ/DCs-Tavern/89733686005 <- Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dcs-Tavern/111745052195139 <- Facebook Local Business Listing
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27386563721 <- Facebook Group
http://foursquare.com/venue/34395 <- On Foursquare

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The Jersey City Record Riot!

Saturday, December 4th 2010
Parlay Studios
161 2nd Street
Jersey City
NOON-8PM

$3.00 admission
$20.00 early admission at 10 AM
40 plus dealers from NY/NJ/PA/CT!
Refreshments served.
Five live DJs. (I will be spinning one of these slots)

The Jazz Record Center
236 West 26th Street
Room 804
New York, NY
PH: 212-675-4480
10AM - 6PM Monday through Saturday
http://www.jazzrecordcenter.com

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CRACK:
The Sonny Clark Trio - "s/t" (Time Records Inc. cat. T / 70010)
Jack Costnzo And His Orchestra - "Naked City" (Liberty cat. LRP 3195)
Sandy Nelson - "Soul Drums" (Imperial Records (a product of Liberty Records) cat. LP-12362)