Champaign - How 'Bout Us? + Can You Find The Time?

Champaign likes to ask questions. Here's a couple of them. The answer? Champaign rules.


Can You Find The Time?


How 'Bout Us?

(Both Tracks from How 'Bout Us, 1981 Columbia/CBS; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

Meco - Star Wars and Other Galatic Funk

In anticipation for the new Star Wars film that will most likely suck, we take a trip back to 1977 when Star Wars was awesome and people made 15 minute long disco songs based on it. This is a rip of the entire first side, the track list is below.

Everything about this record is a trip. Obviously the music is awesome but the cover does wonders too. You gotta love the two pretty run-of-the-mill 70's astronauts bumping asses, presumably on the roof of some anonymous utopian metropolis. The liner notes are pretty funny too. It lists all the musicians from the "CorMar Galaxy" including the "Clomatron" player. The thank you messege from Meco is pretty tongue-in-cheek as well.

The logistics of teleporting all the musicians from their home planets, the Translating Computers, the Laser Engergisers and the Photron System courtesy of TELE-CON Ptz 88.4 (Earth Rep: Tony Blancca). I wish to acknoledge the unfailing cooperation of the Galatic Council, in particular: Neil Bogart, Irv Biegel and Jimmy Lenner
-Meco

The record is from another mystery donater akin to Nandy. Her name, Christy Block, is written on the front cover in pen.

Tracklist:

Title Theme
Imperial Attack
The Desert and The Robot Auction
The Princess Appears
The Land of the Sand People
Princess Leia's Theme
Cantina Band
The Last Battle
The Throne Room and End Title


(From Star Wars and Other Galatic Funk, 1977 Millennium/Casablanca; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

Isaac Hayes R.I.P.

This is hardly a fitting monument to Isaac Hayes, but my less than robust Isaac Hayes record collection limits my song choices. These are a couple of songs I dig from the records I have.

"Do Your Thing/End Theme" from Shaft

(From The Shaft OST 1971 Enterprise/Stax/MGM; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Curry Ford location for $1.00)

"Good Love" from Black Moses

(From Black Moses, 1971 Enterprise/Stax; On 12" vinyl; Found at Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

May he rest in peace.

People's Choice - You Ought To Be Dancin'

Another disco track (surprise!) from Nandy and the greatest disco record company ever, Casablanca Records.


(From People's Choice, 1979 Casablanca/Tom and Jerry; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses

I've been pretty lazy lately; Not much thrifting and even less desire to borrow a computer to post with. So rather post something that I think most people who read this blog haven't heard, I'm going to post something that most people who read this blog probably have heard. Why? Well, because I've been a long time fan of Echo and the Bunnymen, since I was a frail goth kid in high school so there's that. But also because this is just a really pleasant song. I love disco, soul and the cheesier side of new-wave a lot, which is why that is the majority of the stuff that ends up here. But the roots of my musical taste reside in the realm of goth, post-punk and the more serious side of new-wave. So this week, I'm going to go back to my roots, as I did in the Xymox post and post something that helped shape my taste. And like always this record is from a thrift store so I'm not just posting something off my iPod.

Enjoy.


(From Songs to Learn and Sing, 1985 Sire/Korova; On 12" vinyl; Found at Community Thrift on Orange ave. for $1.95)

Change - Lover's Holiday (Jim Burgess mix)

This whole album is good really. I wish I could post the whole thing, which I might do, I dunno. But for now, here is the track that Nandy highlighted in pink on the back sleeve. Every track has a star next to it on the label.


(From The Glow of Love, 1980 Warner Bros./RFC; On 12" Vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 45 RPM

You may know "And The Beat Goes On" as a sample from Will Smith's "Miami" better than you know it as a song by The Whispers. Which is a shame because it's a much better song than "Miami". Also, "Can You Do The Boogie" was co-produced by Carrie Lucas who was featured last month.


"And The Beat Goes On"


"Can You Do The Boogie"

(Both tracks from And The Beat Goes on 45 RPM Single 1979 Soar; On 45RPM vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Curry Ford location for $1.00)

Time Bandits - Live it Up

Ok, so it's time to come clean about the lack of posts lately. I don't really like to talk about personal hardships, but my computer got struck by lightning about 3 weeks ago. I've been trying to post when I can get a hold of a computer so it might be like this for a bit until I can get a hold of a permanent computer. But I do promise to update at least once a week every week so don't be a stranger to the site.

I couldn't get an image for this one or scan it in because this laptop isn't cooperating with my scanner but the cover isn't really what it's all about anyway. Standard Nandy markings throughout: an ND written on a yellow sticker on the cover and a big asterisk on the b-side label. Music-wise it's a little bit of everything that Nandy and I dig: disco, funk and new-wave. Enjoy.


(From Live it Up 12" single, 1982 CBS/Columbia; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

Sa-Fire - Boy, I've Been Told

In anticipation of Sa-Fire's performance at Club Tabu this Wednesday, July 16th, I'm here with a couple of cuts off of her 12" single "Boy, I've Been Told". Nandy had two copies of this one at the thrift store but I only took one. I think the other is still there if you guys are looking to get a piece of the Nandy collection (also there is a copy of the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack that Nandy donated that I haven't been able to get a hold of so I think that is floating around in the world too).

But I digress. If you dig these tracks, make it out to the show on Wednesday. It's free for 21 and up so what do you have to lose?


Club Mix


7" Mix

(Both tracks from Boy, I've Been Told, 1988 Mercury/Cutting/PolyGram; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

More Sa-Fire:




The original video

Shalamar - Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo

Sorry again for the delayed posts. Hard times here at Found Vinyl. Know what can cheer us all up though? Some disco from the height of disco ketch, "Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo" by Shalamar. Again, from Soul Train records. Those guys can do no wrong.


(From Uptown Festival, 1977 Soul Train; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Curry Ford location for $1.00)