Kurt Edelhagen - Fine and Dandy - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2025 repress. In 1957, R&B singer Richard Berry scrawled a few crude stanzas on a strip of toilet paper, and chant-sung them in fake patois over a shuffling rhythm to capitalize on the Latin craze tearing up the charts. InchLouie LouieInch didn't make much of a dent in the national consciousness in it's first iteration, but when Berry and the Pharaohs took the song on the road up and down the West Coast, it became something of a regional sensation. In 1962, the Kingsmen carved their mush-mouthed, barely-pubescent first take of the nascent standard into acetate. The resulting 45 was a mega-hit (although Berry remained a pauper until legal wrangling finally made him rich shortly before his death in 1997). No one could quite decipher the words, so grown-ups assumed the worst, and the resulting hysteria culminated in an FBI obscenity investigation and trial (InchUnintelligible at any speed,Inch concluded the judge). The countless cover versions that followed the original hit mangled the song's blurry text into guesstimated verse with varying shades of angst and filthiness.Less than a decade later, Steve Reich's Four Organs (built from a stacked dominant-11th chord with wayward pitches gradually trickling out either side like pancake syrup) made it's concert debut. It's introductory staccato fanfare poleaxed unsuspecting uptown highbrows in an almost rockist fashion, and while the piece was tolerated by the art mob, Reich's work didn't fare so well in uptown concert halls. At a Carnegie Hall performance in 1971, one listener repeatedly slammed her head into the stage, shouting InchStop, stop, I confess!Inch Nonetheless, the work's relentless progression, melting into Farfisa dreamscapes, would eventually inspire some of the most palatable manifestations of American minimalism.Bill Orcutt's latest for Fake Estates, his ongoing opus of obsessive rearrangement, seamlessly m

George Duke is one of the greatest musicians, songwriters and producers of all time. Since the 70s George Duke has taken an important place in the Soulshow with his own music and numerous and timeless productions. Over the years a close friendship has developed between George, Ferry and Guyon. Guyon represented George's BPM tag in Europe and organised concerts of which the Paradiso concert in 2004 was a highlight and Ferry did the announcements for the sold-out hall. When George was in the Netherlands he always did the Soulshow and sang beautiful new jingles. This special friendship has always remained and it is an honour to let his legacy live on through this unique Ultimate Collection on vinyl. A unique album by a legendary musician and special man; George Duke forever!

Vintage Beats by Legendary Producer KutMasta Kurt meet Freshly Crafted Raps by German Rap God Retrogott to create InchVintage FreshInchThis Collaboration Album Unites Hip-Hop from California and North Rhine-Westphalia while bringing back the classic early 90's with an updated flavor. Featuring Dope Guest Appearances from Motion Man, Moka Only, Hulk Hodn. MC Rene, and DJ Coolmann All Beats. Produced, Arranged and Mixed, straight to DAT in the early '90s by DJ Kutmasta Kurt @ Rapid Fire Studios - Santa Cruz, CA Vocals recorded by Retrogott in his living room in 2018 - Cologne, DE