At the start of the year, I really had the best intentions of doing a monthly radio show from home, but as the semester started, I got busier and busier and more and more disconnected from the contemporary music industry. At some point during the Spring, I realized that while I loved a lot of new music, I wasn’t really that in love with newer music. My passions lie with the dusty more than the digital, and the things I’m most excited to share to friends, online and on this website tend to be records that I’ve dug up. So, as I get things started anew here at Melting Pot, I’ve resurrected the Melting Pot Radio Hour and this month’s “first” edition highlights a few of the records that I’m likely to feature on this site in the near future.
The show does begin with a quick comment on the current situation in the US, and the first song is connected to that, something that I had (roughly) mixed together from the Hip-Hop For Respect album recorded in the wake of the Amadou Diallo killing by Police in 1999, “A Tree Never Grown.” The metaphor seemed apt, and the chorus from Mos Def/Yasiin Bey is timeless in it’s beauty. From there, things go all over the place, as I’d expect you’d expect if you were a fan of the all-vinyl radio shows I used to do. Now, I do have to admit, playing these records in this show isn’t a guarantee that they’ll make there way here soon (though the Marinho Castellar will definitely be in the next week), more like “soon-ish” for some, the music on them is more than interesting enough to share. Most frightening thing is, I barely even made a dent in the vinyl I’ve bought in 2016, and by the time I get around to the next one in August, I’ll likely have a whole other show (or two) worth of “new” vinyl to share. Such is the way of the vinyl addict. Enjoy the show!
Melting Pot Radio Hour: Episode 1
Playlist
{opening theme} Boris Gardiner Happening – Melting Pot – Is What’s Happening (Dynamic)
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Hip Hop For Respect – A Tree Never Grown (Stripped Mix) – 12″ (Rawkus)
Elephant’s Memory – Piece Now – Take IT To The Streets (Metromedia)
Marc Hamilton – Je N’ai Jamais Raison – S/T (Trans-Canada)
Mashmakhan – I Know I’ve Been Wrong – Mashmakhan (Columbia)
T. Swift & the Electric Bag – Expo In Sound – Are You Experienced (Custom)
Ananda Shankar – Streets Of Calcutta/Cyrus – Ananda Shankar & His Music (EMI)
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Pau Riba i Om – Voste – Dioptria I (Edigsa)
Eduardo Conde – Memorias De Marta Sare – S/T (1969) (Philips)
George Marsh – Interview/Music – Music Makers (Percussion)* (Chevron Research Co.)
Bobby Paunetto – In Time’s Time – Paunetto’s Point (Pathfinder)
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Marinho Castellar – Verde Dara – Marinho Castellar e Banda Disrritimia (Novo Mundo)
Bill Plummer & the Cosmic Brotherhood – Journey To The East – s/t (Impulse)
Kijana – Did You Really Choose Me – The Soul of Kijana Unfolds In Music (Mahdi)
RD Burman – Title Theme – Shalimar (Polydor)
Los Jaivas – Pregon Para Iluminarse – Los Jaivas (EMI)
Los Flamas – Solamente Una Como Tu – La Ensalada De Los Flamas (Dicesa)
Chris Spedding – You Can See – Backwood Progressions (Harvest)
Gap Mangione – Diana In the Autumn Wind – Diana In the Autumn Wind (GRC)
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{closing theme} Gap Mangione – Long Hair Soulful – Diana In the Autumn Wind (GRC)