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Name: Joseph Mother
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Member Since: Jun 11, 2005
Rank: 122
Average Vote Received: Needs Major Changes (2.00, 2 votes)
Location: NYC
Profile: Major collector! Almost everything I own I am willing to part with for the right price. Be aware that most of my CDs are in books (but stored the right way so they dont get scratched to hell!). This means if you buy CDs from me, you in most cases will got be getting a jewel case. I did, however open the cases and pull out the backing art so with an empty case you can re-create the original artwork in its entirety. The only exception to this is CDs which have special art (eg: cardboard sleeves, metal tins, paper sleeves, etc). For those I kept everything.
Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (1 ratings)

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Tone Lōc* - Wild Thing Jun 26, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Try and snag a copy of this record, house DJs. It weighs in at about 126 BPM and plays at 45 so its a PERFECT tool to throw into a DJ set to surprise people with a nice broken beat and a flavor of the old school. DJ Stew understands this, hence the Funky Munks release which samples this track. I've got two copies and I use the instrumentals as battle tools. An extremely versitile piece!
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Dreadzone - Crazy Knowledge Jun 25, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
The "Soul Of Man" Remix is a real barnstormer house/breaks track. Starts out with a couple of acapella measures in 4 of a male voice saying "Get Ready for the Brainstorm!" then about a minute of breaks, beatless breakdown and it busts out into a pounding house track with a backwards-playing scratch sample and a thumping bass kick. Dancefloor killer!
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Lyte Funkie Ones - (Sex U Up) The Way You Like It Jun 25, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
If you can score a copy of this one, the DJ Stew mix is a serious acid breaks track complete with 303-laden breakdowns and transitions from 4/4 house to syncopated breaks. Think DJ Dan circa 1992-93. Excellent!
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Blue Note Jun 14, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
A note about blue note records catalog numbers: If you're seeking the rarest LP releases, you can usually tell the age of a release either by its catalog number or the address listed for the label. The _really_ old ones (and hence the most valuable) will show the street address as 167 Lexington Avenue. The label later moved to 47 West 63rd Street. The last releases with addresses will show an address on 61st street. Eventually the address will be omitted entirely.

For the catalog numbers, 90% of the time original releases will have a 4-digit numeric part, eg BST 1543 or BLP 1401 (BST being used for stereo, as this technology became available) whereas repressings generally will have an 8 appended to them, eg: BLP 81401 and BST 81543. The collector will look for early addresses or releases lacking the 8 for valuable releases...
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Tom Middleton Jun 12, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
I think that Tom Middleton doesn't get as much recognition as other genre-based DJ is because he ISN'T a genre-based DJ. It seems that most club goers have certain sounds that they like and certain that they dislike and are very specific about these (EG: I love breakbeat house and progressive trance but jungle and detroit techno make me want to retch). Since Mr. Middleton seems to break a lot of boundaries and change his style of output so frequently, he kind of prevents himself from being able to obtain a genre-based following.
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