Medina Records

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Jamaica Band – Sticky Fingers

Bugs Bunny – The Bunny Hop

Ashton, Gardner, Dyke & Co – Delirium

If you’re familiar with Syl Johnson’s ‘Is It Because I’m Black?‘ (you really should be) then you should be familiar with this too. ‘Soul Heaven’ by E Rodney Jones & Friends was a spoken word tribute to deceased greats Sam Cooke, Nat King Cole, Roy Hamilton, Billy Stewart, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, which reused the Syl Johnson backing track. Whilst the a-side is interspersed with snippets of all the aforementioned artists music the b-side is an untouched ‘Is It Because I’m Black?’ instrumental.

Fairly tough to find on vinyl but available to all on Superfunk Volume 4 where you can find a considerably less battered version than mine.

E Rodney Jones – Soul Heaven (Instrumental)

Gilles Peterson has been over in Cuba to shine some light on the music scene recording a series of documentary shows for Radio 1 and putting together an LP of new music. Bonus-beats-wise you get footage of an excited Gilles digging in an unamed store in Havana. Memorise that store front.

Spine TV seems to come and go but when it’s there it’s definitely worth checking out. Lots of gems to be viewed in the current incarnation plus live streaming video of DJ MK, Harry Love and guests many evenings (UK time zone). Here’s a brief guided tour of some of New York’s record shops from a mixtape king and DJ Amir Abdullah.

In New York again this time focusing on A-1 Records and their overstocked basement.

Some fella digging in Mumbai. Bollywood scores aplenty.