Skyy – Skyyport
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I bought two Skyy albums that weekend. This album cover is so unnecessary I love it. I love that everyone is having the best time in their matching outfits and batons except for guy second in on the right.
The seller was chuffed I was buying some Skyy telling me they were his fave Salsoul band.
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Skyy – Skyline
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It was my partners birthday day prior and they wanted to pop down to the interstate seller record fair. There seems to be a record fair on almost every weekend these days.
Picked this up, still sealed but not warped after finding all the right band wrong albums.
Today whilst reading about Skyy I read the Dunning sisters in 2007 tried to set a Guinness World Record for the largest kazoo band. Can you fucking imagine!?!
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Sister Sledge – We Are Family
Another pick up from today. I do love a girl group and I’ve been meaning to grab a copy. This one was cheap, bit worn and the the cover is falling apart but it plays ok. He's The Greatest Dancer has to be up there with some of the best intros IMHO. When I hear them sing about Fiorucci my mind goes to the 90’s angel T-shirts that were all the rage. To be honest I didn’t realise the brand still existed until I looked it up whilst playing this.
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Diana Ross - The Boss
Last year at a house warming, my friend was pumping Diana Ross. In that same week my hairdresser salon was also spinning some Ross. Gosh it was good. It prompted me to go through her solo albums as I'd only ever considered her as a singles artist. I picked this up at Rocktherapy Records last weekend. A store I use to frequent a lot in my early uni days but not so much now. This album is probably my favourite of my back catalogue listens.
I did my best kitchen sock slides whilst dancing to this. Ru Paul would have been horrified at my lip sync.
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Soul Jazz - Disco Reggae Rockers
We were woken at 3am ish by a giant hailstorm so it's slow Sunday morning vibes here today. If you'd met me 10 years ago and said "hey listen to this reggae disco covers album it's really good" I would have passed. This album reminds me of being on holidays. Maybe to some this is a cheesy covers album but to me it's wicked and now one of my favourite go to records to pop on. The first disc is stronger imho.
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Teena Marie - Wild and Peaceful
Picked this up yesterday at the paradise loft sale. The hour I was there, I was only one of two women browsing and the other appeared to be looking to kill time whilst their partner looked. It's not an uncommon experience. But yesterday was a weird bro vibe. I hate that about record culture sometimes. Possibly the eve of the election put me in a mood.
I've noticed many DJ copies seem to still have the plastic on them. Normally I take it off. But I love the stickers on this. Google tells me this might have come from Strawberries Records in New England.
A well known album by two power houses. I don't need to say much more. Side two is a debbie downer like me yesterday. Thankfully the first half is killer and so was the election result.
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Sylvia Robinson - Lay it on Me
Somehow, I missed the fact that Sylvia Robinson had her own music career in addition to running Sugar Hill records. I was reading an interview with a female DJ (can't remember who now and that's going to bother me) and they talked about loving Sylvia and always picking up a Sylvia record when they see them. After a bit of a listen online I decided I'd keep my eyes out.
Picked this up for 15 at the local Easter record fair. It's great! Mix of disco /soul / bit of a dabble in some reggae.
Google tells me it wasn't until 2022 she was inducted into the hall for fame. Nuts.
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Numero Group did a stellar job of this re-release. It sounds incredible compared to the shitty rips I had when we use to play this on the radio. It's heart warming to see an artist enjoy the success of their rediscovered gems - rare these days. This repress has been made in collaboration with Rupa, producers and other contributors. With so many reissues coming out, Numero Group do some of the best in terms of working with artists and quality.
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Picked this up from the paradise loft record fair couple of years ago. It's well worn and crunchy but I don't mind cos it was $10. Ends with a Giorgio Moroder sounding track which kinda comes out of leftfield. I love the album art by Greg Porto who I realised when looking him up designed the album covers for Grace Jones. Cool!
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