Hello out there from the universe of the Donut. I’ve been instructed to inform the people of earth about the sacred re-issues and compilations that graced the airwaves in 2013. Here’s a lil taste of 30 of the most killer comps from last year…
Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minnesota Sound (Numero Group)
Lee Hazlewood Industries-There’s A Dream I’ve Been Saving 1966-1971 (Light In The Attic Records)
The Woodchucks-Angry Generation
Choubi Choubi Vol. 2-Folk and Pop Sounds from Iraq
London Is the Place For Me Vol. 5-Latin, Jazz, Calypso, and Highlife From Young Black London
Buddy Pipp’s Highlifers-Ghana Special
Lord Kitchener-Cricket Umpires
Sorrow Come Pass Me Round-A Survey of Rural Black Religious Music
A re-issue of a re-issue of a re-issue. This is like the inception of compilations.
Babe Stovall-When the Circle Be Unbroken
Willard Artis “Blind Pete” Burrell-Do Remember Me
Grime 2.0
Dabke: Sounds of the Syrian Houran
…soon you will be able to tell the difference from Iraqi music and Syrian music…
…here’s some tunes from this killer Dabke comp…
Ahmad El Kosem-Love Is Not a Joke
Book A Trip 2-More Psych Pop Sounds from Capitol Records
review of this comp here…
Shik Shak Shok: Psychedelic Music For Belly Dance, Lebanon 72-85
Daniel Dar Sahakian-Raksat Baladi
Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie Pop 80-89
here’s a lil music from disc one…
The Nightingales-Paraffin Brain
The Dolly Mixxtures-Everything and More
and some info about this huge collection…
Eccentric Soul: the Forte Label (Numero Group)
James Whitney-With Fun In My Life
Punk 45: Kill the Hippies, Kill Yourself-The American Nation Destroys Its Young, Underground Punk in the US vol. 1
The Electric Eels-Agitated
The Deadbeats-Kill the Hippies
Acid: Mysterons Invade the Jackin’ Zone-Chicago Acid and Experimental House 86-93
Cool McCool-World Turns Around
Change The Beat-The Celluloid Records Story 79-87
Music For Dancefloors: The KPM Music Library
Duncan Lamont-Funky Express (Re-Edit)
Barry Morgan and Ray Cooper-Samba Street
Keb Darge and Little Edith’s Legendary Wild Rockers Vol. 3-a Collection of Rare Rockabilly and Surf From the 50s and 60s
Joe Lee and His Orchestra-Hang Out
Greek Rhapsody-Instrumental Music From Greece 1905-1956
Stand Up, People-Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito’s Yugoslavia 64-80
Enjoy the Experience-Homemade Records 58-92
Mirror To the Soul: Caribbean Jump-Up, Mambo and Calypso Beat 1954-77
The Fabulous McLeverty’s-Don’t Blame It On Elvis
El Gran Combo-Baila Mi Shing A Ling
Jerome Derradji Presents: Kill Yourself Dancing-The Story of Sunset Records Inc. 1985-89
Modern Mechanical Music-Persia
Mutazione: Italian Electronic and New Wave Underground 1980-88
Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings From the 70s and 80s
The Rift Valley Brothers-Mu Africa
New Breed Blues With Black Popcorn
a review of this one here.
Trevor Jackson Presents: Metal Dance 2-Industrial New Wave EBM Classics and Rarities 79-88
New Orleans Funk 3: Two Way Pock A Way, Gumbo Ya-Ya and Mardi Gras Mambo
The Dixie Cups-Two Way Poc A Way
The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-32
Now this one took some dedication, thanks to Jack White’s Third Man Records…
Philly Regrooved 3: Tom Moulton Remixes-From The Master
New York City-I’m Doing Fine Now
Philly Devotions-I Just Can’t Say Goodbye
Movements Vol. 5
Jimmy Gilford-Nobody Loves Me Like My Baby
Lil Buck and The Top Cats-Monkey In A Sack
Vol. 6 is out now
Fading Yellow Vol. 15: Sunshowers-US/Canadian Popsike and Other Delights
find out all about these comps on their tumblr…
and a bunch more re-issues and cool releases from last year, here…
also check this comp. out, its only available on vinyl…I Need You Bad it documents the current sound of Bay Area rockers.
…another dude’s lists here.
and a little taste of a new comp from 2014.
Soul Donuts 