I am more than a little slow on the uptake. I may have a lot of music in my collection, but a huge chunk of my 85,000 tracks (probably 75%) were recorded before 1980. Getting me to buy a post-1980 record is about as easy as getting me to go to the dentist. I figure if its new it'll be around. Even with folks I admire like David Axelrod, I was slow to pick up his 2001 "comeback" record and its b...
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And here I thought he was just an awesome music maker!
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Bummer news - the Axelrod anchor leg of the incredible Timeless series has been called off.
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Bennet, Roger, and Josh Kun. And You Shall Know Us By the Trail of Our Vinyl (Crown, 2008) I should have blogged about this prior to last night, when there was an event and book signing in Santa Monica around the above book but hey, you still have a few days to Hanukkah/Xmas/Kwanzaa to cop this tome . I should first include the following disclaimer: Josh Kun, one of the co-authors, is on...
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Jazz Beau says: A live version of the classic Axelrod tune from Capital Record's 1968 release "Songs of Innocence". Over the last 20 years David has seen his popularity grow in the modern music amalgam with some of the greatest producers in the hip-hop and electronic genres praising David's work. I couldn't agree more. And after 20 years I'm still amazed at the complexity and downright funky na...
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