This month, the Cratery crew decided to embark on a journey to Montreal for the f*ck of it. Heat was copped, food was eaten and in less than 12 hours later we were back on the road. I can say from the bottom of my heart that I love that city.The city is great beyond measure and every time I go I have immense fun. This visit was no exception. Shouts to Arcee and Serious and the various vinyl vendors that made this trip both fun and worthwhile. We owe this edition of Cratery to y’all…
good food. good times
the homie Sipreano brought me to this spot. the tacos were DOAP.
“Both the hommie Kaewonder and I recently spent some time on the left coast. This month’s Cratery represents the fruits of our visit. I love shopping for records in a different town. Especially when that town is Vancouver. I was fortunate enough to stumble across a copy of J.R. Bailey’s “Just me and you”, Nina Simone’s “Is it Finished” LP, Bad Medicine’s “Trespasser” 45 and a copy of Marlena Shaw’s Spice of Life LP to name a few. There are definitely some records in Vancouver. And no one knows that better than the big hommie Sipreano, record guru extraordinaire. Thank you sir. For your hospitality. And your record collection. And so, in the aftermath of 2 weeks spent binging on records, alcohol and herb, we present to you, Cratery 18: The Vangover. Enjoy. ” – ARCEE
Track list and download after the cut.
TRACK LIST:
1. Galt McDermot “Let the Sun Shine In”
2. George Shearing “Aquarius”
3. Groove Holmes “No Trouble on the Mountain”
4. Strutt “Said you didn’t love her (instrumental)”
5. Bob Williams “I’m Alright (part 1)”
6. Grupo Irakere “Bacalao Con Pan”
7. Nina Simone “Funkier than a Mosquito’s tweeter”
8. Rotary Connection “Memory Band”
9. The Poppy Family “Beyond the Clouds”
10. The National Gallery “Pond with Swans”
11. Marlena Shaw “Where can I go?”
12. Mavis Staples “What happened to the real me?”
13. Bad Medicine “Trespasser (part 2)”
14. UNLISTED
15. Soul Hustlers “Super Party (part 1)”
16. Au Pairs “Headache for Michelle”
17. Marva Josie “He does it better”
Every Sunday at La Hacienda (640 Queen St. W) from 10pm til last call (2AM), yours truly (Kaewonder) plays Psych rock and soul records for your general amusement and pleasure.The Grumpy Owl slings the drinks, Sometimes we have special guests. This week’s special guest is none other than famed Canadian producer Ian Blurton (his list of acclaim is quite impressive, although I’m too lazy to list it here, so I’ll just y’all the wiki page) he’s been collecting vinyl for YEARS, and has an ear for the weirder pieces of black wax out there in addition to a collection that would make a lot of lesser-collectors (myself included) cry.
Expect to hear some bugged-out joints that you may never hear in the setting provided.I’ve put together a little 45 minute mix with the kind of stuff that you can expect to hear every Sunday, which can be downloaded here.
Hope to see y’all out this Sunday night!
[photo credit: Dave Yan]
Cratery 16. As per usual we’ve put together a wide variety of dope music (but sorry folks, no African disco) for you and yours to enjoy. For free. Simple. You download it. You listen to it. you comment and give us props and/or criticize us for our non VG+++ records and generally lax attitude towards mixing and audiophile sound quality of said Cratery.
Don’t forget to comment if you’ve DL’ed this shit. Speak the fuck up.
tracklist:
1. Boris Gardiner/Melting Pot
2. The Gaylords of Dominica/Wicked World Outside
3. Johnny Clarke/Declaration of Rights
4. Soul Explosion Band/Captivity
5. Billy Stewart/Cross my Heart
6. Shades of Brown/Garbage Man
7. Freddie Robinson/Smoking
8. Blue Mitchell/Collision in Black
9. Earth Wind and Fire/Bad Tune
10. Doug Carn/Higher Ground
11. Roy Ayers Ubiquity/A Tear to a Smile
12. Volker Kriegel/Mindwell
13. Pete Jolly/Springs
14. Pride/A Home*
15. Glass Prism/Extention 68
16. *Unlisted*
17. Funkadelic/I’ll Stay
*for the big homie Sipreano!
This is but one of many pics taken one night after 24 Carat Tuesdays @ Andy Poolhall. Late night eats at Taste of China.
Not sure what it is that (L-R Benzo, Jaz and T.R.A.C.K.S) find so amusing, but whatever it was it must’ve been good.
shouts to the others in attendance that night,too. Pretty sure Bozack Morris was in the cut alongside Big Jacks (?), Arcee the homegirl Natalie, Asicks and myself (?) shouts to whomever I’ve forgotten. That was a great late night food flex with hella jokes and good times.
A sketchy, 24-hours convenience store in the middle of nowhere that happens to have a deli counter with dope Italian sandwiches? Im in.
of murking out a bitondo’s chicken cutlet sangwich.
sorry thun, i had to do it!
barbecue or boogaloo? 