I’m starting something of an organization of my record collection. First and foremost is weeding out all the shit that needs to be sold (something I highly recommend doing every few years as it becomes much more of a pain if you wait longer, especially if you have a lot of records), thus freeing up space. The process of going through my records to pull these out has unearthed records I didn’t even know I had and also confirmed the disappearance of some records I KNOW FOR SURE that I had. This post is about the former.
St. Etienne “Only Love Can Break Your Heart (MAW Dub)”
I’m not even 100% sure where this came from. Maybe a gift from my friend Eric Justin? Regardless, I knew I had the other St. Etienne with MAW mixes (“Nothing Can Stop Us” which did not survive the cull), but apparently I also had this. And it looked as tho it was never played before. A nice classic to just have now, lol. MAW took their nom de guerre very seriously, because they are masters and they put in serious work.
François K “Hypnodelic”
Another one that I have zero clue where it came from. I’m guessing maybe when I bought a bunch of records from an old friend back in like 07 or so? I can see why this didn’t really resonate with me at the time with the almost progressive sounding vibes. But the soul shines through for me now, and I dig it.
The B-52s “Tell It Like It I-I-is (MK Underground Mix)”
Now this one I do now recall getting. Years and years ago I went to a local shop with a huge unruly room full of 12”s armed with a list of MK remixes and tried find as many of them as I could, buying the best of the best. I’m still banging out some of my fav of the lesser known ones and I’m not gonna tell you about all of those. But this one somehow got in the bunch and never made it into my rotation or my discogs collection and then was trapped behind piles of records leaning against other piles of records. Anyway, this one isn’t super special but it’s a good version of that deep garage bump that MK is known for. This joint has now officially been welcomed into the collection.
France Joli “Your Good Lovin”
Now that I am thinking about it, I believe this came from a bit of vacation digging at a small lake town a few hours north of Pittsburgh. I came across an old shop that had a room full of 12”s and I cleaned out all the dope shit over a few hours and paid maybe $0.20 per 12”, including many rare and dope joints. I’m guessing I bought this on the strength of Darryl Payne and Eric Matthew’s names listed for production (no listening station at the spot unfortunately) and then missed that and listened only to the far weaker flipside when I got home. It immediately went into the discard pile. Thankfully I checked all those before getting rid of them. Really lovely sexy boogie shit right here.