Day 134: It's happening again...

Album 418/1031

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (1996)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Sample(s)	Length
1.	"Best Foot Forward"	Josh Davis		0:48
2.	"Building Steam with a Grain of Salt"	Davis Jeremy Storch	Contains samples of:[show]	6:41
3.	"The Number Song"	Davis	Contains samples of:[show]	4:38
4.	"Changeling" / "Transmission 1"	Davis Peter Baumann Christopher Franke Edgar Froese	Contains samples of:[show]	7:51
5.	"What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)"	Davis Ray Smith	Contains samples of:[show]	5:08
6.	Untitled	Davis	Contains samples of:[show]	0:24
7.	"Stem/Long Stem" / "Transmission 2"	Davis Patrick Campbell-Lyons Alex Spyropoulos	Contains samples of:[show]	9:22
8.	"Mutual Slump"	Davis Björk Guðmundsdóttir Paul Andrew Hooper Marius van Wyk de Vries	Contains samples of:[show]	4:03
9.	"Organ Donor"	Davis	Contains samples of:[show]	1:57
10.	"Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96"	Davis	Contains samples of:[show]	0:41
11.	"Midnight in a Perfect World"	Davis Baraka Pekka Pohjola	Contains samples of:[show]	5:02
12.	"Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain"	Davis	Contains samples of:[show]	9:23
13.	"What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 – Blue Sky Revisit)" / "Transmission 3"	Davis Jimmy Heath Shawn Phillips	Contains samples of:[show]	7:28

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endtroducing.....

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Do you believe in serendipity ('fortunate happenstance')? We have recently started to re-watch the original Twin Peaks series (very enjoyable) in preparation for the new David Lynch-directed limited season return which premiered on NZ TV last night. This great album (chosen by random for playing today remember), made entirely from samples, closes with a line taken from the show, delivered by the Giant of the Red Room: "It's happening again..." Coincidence? Conspiracy? Something else? 😉

Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! I really surprised myself by loving this. I may have to listen to it again to see if it was due to a lack of sleep.

Album 419/1031

LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Boomin' System"	Marley Marl LL Cool J	3:41
2.	"Around the Way Girl"	Marl LL Cool J	4:07
3.	"Eat 'em Up, L Chill"	Marl LL Cool J	4:37
4.	"Mr. Good Bar"	Marl LL Cool J	3:42
5.	"Murdergram (Live at Rapmania)"	Marl LL Cool J	3:53
6.	"Cheesy Rat Blues"	Marl LL Cool J	5:06
7.	"Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)" (featuring Big Money Grip, Bomb, HIC)	Marl LL Cool J	4:26
8.	"Mama Said Knock You Out"	Bobby "Bobcat" Erving Marley Marl	4:50
9.	"Milky Cereal"	Marl LL Cool J	3:54
10.	"Jingling Baby (Remixed but Still Jingling)"	LL Cool J	4:57
11.	"To da Break of Dawn"	Marl LL Cool J	4:32
12.	"6 Minutes of Pleasure"	Marl LL Cool J	4:34
13.	"Illegal Search'"	Marl LL Cool J	4:31
14.	"The Power of God"	Marl LL Cool J	4:21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_Said_Knock_You_Out

Golf's verdict: Other than the title track, this was eminently forgettable.

Maire's verdict: He said it himself in 'Cheesy Rat Blues': he's "so corny". 

Album 420/1031

Duke Ellington - At Newport (1956)

Original 1956 LP: Ellington at Newport

Side A

1. "Festival Junction" - 10:08
2. "Blues to Be There" - 8:04
3. "Newport Up" - 5:33

Side B

1. "Jeep's Blues" - 5:12
2. "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" - 14:56

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellington_at_Newport

Golf's verdict: Proper 'big band' style jazz, in the vein of Count Basie (and even reminding me of The Glenn Miller Orchestra at some point). I doubt I will ever be a huge fan of this genre, but my reaction to it is usually relatively positive. My wife on the other hand...

Maire's verdict: I keep being told I should appreciate / love jazz. There's obviously something wrong with me as still not seeing the attraction; in fact, it just winds me up.