I sadly could not find any of these tracks in higher quality than 128kbps :(
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Peeping Tom Demo Tape (Fixed Tracklist) (MP3 128kbps)
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Frankie Jones: An Unknown Rapper (Rightfully Spoken FLAC/MP3 Download)
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| Frankie Jones |
Upon hearing "Man in the Mirror", I became very intrigued. The lyrics were very well written, and the beat was very catchy even if a bit odd sounding. The songs beat sounds to have been made using some form of MIDI? I cant tell, but I honestly love how it sounds. The website mentioned an album that Frankie released with this song on it, "Rightfully Spoken", which had absolutely 0 uploads anywhere online. Just "Man in the Mirror", only because of the low quality version uploaded to the website, but the rest of the album was completely lost. I wound up finding a very cheap copy of the album on eBay and bought it instantly and gave it a listen a few days after it was delivered.
Upon first hearing it, my first thought was that this album is pretty lo-fi in its production, and pretty unique in its own way. The lyrics are VERY much from the heart throughout, I was impressed by that honestly. It isn't the greatest album ever made or anything, but I very much respect it. In terms of the beats, in a lot of the songs, they drag on a bit, but it isn't a bad listening experience or anything in my opinion. Very interesting listen overall.
So, here is "Rightfully Spoken" in its full glory, in lossless FLAC and MP3.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17AtBwwiz1x_Cs0YZFd8t8cpe6jMB6ajO?usp=sharing
Friday, September 17, 2021
Brother Ali - Rites of Passage (CDQ Cassette Mix, Cassette Rip, CD Rip WAV/CUE/LOG) (WAV)
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| Original Cassette art, scanned from the insert |
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| Unused CD or Vinyl scaled version of the art from the Rhymesayers website |
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| 2004 CD remaster which did not come with any art |
CDQ Cassette Mix:
This version of Rites of Passage is a custom made version I put together that reverts the slight mixing change on the CD remaster and makes them identical to the original Cassette version. This change is "So Dearly" fading into the track after it, "Voices In My Head". This was done by finding where the outro loops and repeating it, and fading it out accordingly using Audacity's "Adjustable Fade" feature and comparing it with the original Cassette rip. This also fixes the outro from "So Dearly" being listed as a separate track. The intro to "Voices In My Head" was fixed by taking the intro from the Cassette rip, removing the noise, and splicing it back in.
Cassette Rip (24bit 192khz):
This is a rip of the original 2000 released Cassette done using a Technics M65 tape deck and a Schiit JIL Analog-->Digital converter. It sounds VERY good for a tape (especially one that's 21 years old) due to it being on chrome tape thankfully. Though, the CD remaster does sound better. More so uploaded due to it being a crucial part of the artist's discography in my opinion.
CD Rip:
This is a rip of the 2004 released CD remaster done using Exact Audio Copy. This CD has a few changes (some I mentioned above) but will reiterate.
- So Dearly fades out into Voices In My Head
- So Dearly's outro is split off into another track, "Music In My Head", but is not different musically in any way
- 2 bonus tracks are added at the end, "The Phoenix (feat. Musab)", and "Eighty-8 (feat. BK-One)"
No other changes are present in this remaster thankfully, Rhymesayers did an AMAZING job on it, I'm very surprised that they didn't like how it came out. Id go as far to say this deserves a Vinyl release at the very least.
TRACKLIST:
Intro
Whatever
Think It Through
Nine Double Em
Eye Of The Storm
We Will Always B (feat. Desdamona)
So Dearly
Voices In My Head
They're Finished
Tofuti (feat. Queen Aminah)
Ali Boombaye
You Never Know feat. Madson
Three Day Journey
The Session
CD BONUS TRACKS:
The Phoenix (feat. Musab)
Eighty-8 (feat. BK-One)
DOWNLOAD:
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SUPPORT THE ARTIST!!! This upload is in no way intended to screw over anyone involved with this artist's recordings, nor the artist himself. The CD of this was limited to 300 and has been out of print since 2004 with a limited cassette re-release in 2014.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
The Residents - Meet the Residents (Mono Fan Made "Definitive" Version) (FLAC)
FAN MADE "DEFINITIVE" VERSION
Source: 1988 TORSO CD FLAC/CUE/LOG, 1974 Vinyl FLAC
NEITHER OF THESE ARE FROM MY RIPS! TORSO CD sourced form rutracker, 1974 Vinyl sourced from soulseek. Special thanks to those who originally ripped these. Trust me, I wouldve loved to source from the 1974 vinyl, but theyre extremely rare.
EDITS:
1. "Smelly Tongues": This tracks intro (first 8 or so seconds) was a fold down of the stereo mix on the TORSO CD, this was fixed here by taking the rip of the original press vinyl, removing the noise using iZotope, and splicing its intro in. Unedited version included in a separate folder.
2. "Rest Aria": This track had some pops around 15 seconds in that last for a split second, these were also removed with iZotope.
3. "N-ER-GEE": This track fades out with a repeating section, the original version has 1 more repeat than the TORSO one, so I copy-pasted it one more time and lined it up+deamplified that last line accordingly. This track has some clipping on the TORSO version, but there isnt anything I could do about that sadly.
ALL tracks have fadeouts that vary slightly from the original press, but like the clipping, there isn't anything I could figure out how to do for that. Though, it isn't very noticable on my end.
The 1988 TORSO CD is slightly at the wrong speed compared to the 1974 vinyl. This has been fixed using Audacity.
This version is an attempt to get the TORSO version sounding as close to the original press as possible, but without all of the noise the original press rip has. Not sure if the vinyl just, sounds like that? Or if the person who ripped it just has a noisy copy. Not like I'd know, fuck trying to find one of those nowadays.
DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/folder/hVQSRBhJ#SugwG-fpEsJk7MH1SHYpNA
SUPPORT THE ARTIST! Buy the newer releases of the album (or their other releases) here:
EDIT (9/11/21 5:45pm EST): Reuploaded track "N-ER-GEE" due to an exporting error. Track should be fine now, sorry about that
Sunday, August 8, 2021
Scatman John - HQ Promotional Image Scans
Heres a collection of various promotional images ive stumbled across on eBay over the years. No interesting stories or anything outside of the first two. Full resolution images can be downloaded here:
These first two images were purchased on eBay. I saw someone in the UK (from what I remember) who was selling a copy of the Scandinavian Popstar promotional CD. I was a bit surprised that the CD ended up in the UK, so I contacted the seller asking them if they had any other Scatman related promotional items. They told me they had a family member who worked with John and would be contacting me through their account. Low and behold I get a message from them, and they were selling these 2 framed promotional images, neither of which I had. We decided to have the images shipped out of the frame as they could get damaged a lot easier in post, especially as it was being imported. I have seen these images online in OK quality, but never had the actual promo prints myself. Both people were extremely friendly, very thankful they were willing to sell these images. The images had phone numbers for management, which are blurred out for privacy reasons. Both images were used on the packaging for the album "Everybody Jam!"
These next two were purchased from an eBay seller who seems to have gotten a fair collection of promotional images for magazines, newspapers etc. The first image was used on the cover of "Scat Paradise", and the 2nd image was used on the packaging for the album "Everybody Jam!"
This last one was a poster originally bundled with a magazine (I did not get the magazine with the poster, not sure if it had anything of interest in it anyways aside from the poster). There is a fold line sadly, but still a nice image.
Scatman John - Hitkrant Interview (Dutch+Google Translated English) (September 1995)
Bought this magazine on eBay a while back for a little under $20 USD. Has a pretty good amount of unseen images and an interview with Scatman John. Some great stuff here, though sadly I can't speak Dutch so I do not know what is being said in the interview. If anyone here is able to translate this please leave a comment below. Download link to the full resolution scans+cleaned up versions of the pictures also available here:
Page 1
"A ball can roll strangely (?). Until six months ago, no one had heard of Scatman John, while the good man had been making a living as a musician for about thirty years. In the meantime, The Scatman (real name: John Larkin) already has two world hits to his name, Scatman and Scatman's World, and as a big earner he has also started living a bit bigger. We visited the Larkin family in their new home in sunny California. Welcome to Scatman's World!"
Page 2
(Advertising a compilation that features "Scatman's World")
Images:
Immediately upon entering, we enter the hall where all prizes, awards, gold and platinum records that Scatman John has collected in the last six months are displayed, lying and hanging. "This is the sanctuary of The Scatman," John says solemnly. 'This is where I get my inspiration for my hits.'
We meet Scatman John outside his brand new house on Riverside Drive in Los Angeles. The 53-year-old singer is very proud of his place, and also immediately shows his new Mercedes. “Nice, huh?” he beams at us. “All bought with the proceeds from the sale of my “Scatman's World” CD. Yes, really!”
In the living room we meet his other housemates, the backing vocal group The Scatters. Gosh, nice housekeeping. More like a shooting range.
In the meantime, John's 23-year-old daughter Jane has also arrived, and the entire Scatman family, sorry Larkin, can be photographed. Anyway, for the family album? 'Can you order this photo for us?' they exclaim enthusiastically. Sure, for you always.
Scatman John - Newspaper Clipping (French Only)
Found this newspaper clipping on eBay a while back for very cheap and grabbed it instantly. Though, sadly I am only fluent in English. Anyone here able to translate this? Please leave a comment if so. Download for the full size image below.
The Mix - 95. Lost Interviews from Scatman John, Sepultura, and Tina Arena. Live stuff (maybe lost?) from Tricky, Eric Clapton, and George Harrison (FLAC)
A while back I found this CD while doing some research on Scatman John on Discogs. This CD contained lost interviews from Scatman John, Sepultura, and Tina Arena (I know for a fact the Scatman John one was lost, but I do not know anything about the other two artists, so please let me know if they were already out there prior to this upload.). There's also some live stuff on here from Tricky, Eric Clapton, and George Harrison which may or may not also be lost. Download link is below, again please let me know if any of this stuff was NOT lost and I will update the post. I will say, this CD was NOT cheap. It came out to around $120 USD. Crazy, but worth it to me. Please don't pay this much for a CD unless you're a die hard collector or something haha.
Scatman John - Scatman's World Flyer (Japanese Only)
Found this flyer for sale on Yahoo Auctions a while back for a good price and grabbed it. Japanese only, if anyone has an English translation please leave a comment. Full size images in the link below:
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