Aimed in the Wrong Direction?

-
Short and sweet today...
A D'Angelo cover of what might be my favorite Prince song. Is there another artist in the last 25 years that you'd trust more to do justice to a Prince cover?
Capitol Records ‎– SPRO 7087 6 12813 1 6
Vinyl, 12", Promo, US, 1997

A She's Always In My Hair
B She's Always In My Hair

D'Angelo + Raphael Saadiq + Questlove + Prince. Do you really need to know more? I missed this back in the day, when it first came out buried in a late 90s horror movie soundtrack. A promo single was also released, on crackly vinyl in the US and CD for Europe and Japan. I eventually grabbed a copy of the 12", washed, recorded and the worst of the pops removed this week. Same track on both sides, so hopefully you'll forgive me for only putting one of them on here. (From side 2, if you're curious...) 

I put some work into it but just don't have the hours that someone could spend trying to clean up the recording of this terribly noisy record. One argument for putting up with the bad vinyl noises is that the only other version of this that I have (on D'Angelo's 2008 "The Best So Far..." compilation) is mastered ridiculously loud and has over two minutes shaved off the length of the song. Shameful... Here you get it in its full, 6+ minute glory...

And as a little bonus:

D'Angelo And The Vanguard ‎– Black Messiah
RCA ‎– SICP-4770-1
2×CD, Japan, 2016

D'Angelo albums are a rare event. His most recent, 2016's brilliant "Black Messiah," saw a Japanese release that included an extra CD and... a promotional bandanna?!

Ok, forget the bandanna. (I know, it's hard.) The second CD is what matters here. It's a short set by D'Angelo and his Vanguard band originally recorded for broadcast on Spotify in 2015. It includes live versions of three Black Messiah cuts and another take of "She's Always In My Hair," the reason it's getting tacked on here today. Here's that second disc.

D'Angelo - Live From Spotify NYC
1 Betray My Heart
2 Really Love
3 The Door
4 She's Always In My Hair

Comments

  1. MMMay 24, 2020 at 3:57 AM

    FLAC in your hair: https://mega.nz/folder/oCg1Eb5a#KrvBJovGVh-63pq01N18nQ
    MP3 in your hair: https://mega.nz/folder/0L5nQDJT#nNoudqioAZTYFqk1saqoGA

    Live in FLAC: https://mega.nz/folder/hPwB0Z5D#UlBQn_SJWmTrXG1Ca-4_Sw
    Live in MP3: https://mega.nz/folder/wCg33BrS#ZL6nqOIhcSNwGoadHVzFKQ

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Don't let problems get you down.

-
Image
Horace Andy / Augustus Pablo – Problems / Lovers Mood Pressure Sounds – PSS 001 Vinyl, 7", UK, 1995 info The last time I posted something here was almost six months ago, when we were days away from an important election... and when I had I had convinced myself once again that there was some chance I could pull off posting music on a more regular basis. At least my hopefulness for the election was well founded! Chicago has a new mayor and some new optimism, but life remains complicated. Major changes at work and home given me plenty of excuses from ever diving back into music (or this blog) like I intend to. instead of sad stories though, I'll share some good advice from the great Horace Andy. "Don't let problems get you down, they will put you in a hole." Not sure if anyone is still lurking around this site, but I'll try to keep that guidance in mind and start putting some music up here every now and then if anyone is searching. I hope you find this and enjoy
Read more

New Year's version (Auld-U Syne?)

-
Image
Ghetto Priest with Skip McDonald & Adrian Sherwood – Auld Lang Syne c/w The Slave's Lament Not On Label (Graham Fagen Self-released) CD Single, UK, Feb 11, 2005 This New Year's Eve share might be too somber for a party night... but I'm hoping I'm still on good paper after the Louie Vega Xmas disco records and that you'll forgive me if this is less aimed for the holiday dancefloor. I'm no expert, but it seems that Scottish artist Graham Fagen has produced a number of works over the years exploring the history of connections between Scotland and Jamaica (especially via the slave trade). He has collaborated with musicians to produce music and sounds to accompany his installations and visuals, several times working with members of the On-U Sound family. For a 2005 exhibit called Clean Hands Pure Heart , Fagen asked that team to produce a recording that combined the New Year's standard  Auld Lang Syne with another song, The Slave's Lament , also written
Read more

Sunshine, Life

-
Image
Monty Alexander – Love And Sunshine MPS Records – G-22620 Vinyl, LP, Album, USA, 1975 info _____________________________ I recorded this album and started preparing the post almost six months ago. I intended it to be the follow up to a post talking about the Chicago elections . The punchline was that the people won, we elected a Black, progressive, union organizer as mayor and  Love And Sunshine  landed on my turntable and seemed like a good soundtrack to a hopeful moment. Before posting I realized that I had completely messed up the recording and just couldn't get around to rerecording and fixing it up again until now. My taste may typically run more to the spiritual or free jazz ends of things, but there is something I love about a straight forward set like this one by Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander. Not sure what it is- Standards, pop tunes arranged for a jazz combo, and the complete lack of pretention, maybe? Alexander cut this set for the German MPS label live in front of a
Read more