This past weekend I hit up Egon's store Rappcats where DJ Shadow was selling some of his vast collection. I missed the opening day but snuck in and out on Sunday with a random high school band record, featuring a nice cover of Freddie Hubbard's "Little Sunflower" as well as some original tunes. That record reminded me I'd been wanting to do a school band episode of Pullin for awhile now, so it was a good inspiration to dig through my crate of very random college and high school music for a couple of my favorites. You never know what you're getting with these records - so many are poor quality recordings or cheesy renditions, but among the many there are some real gems. Hope you dig.

October 26 2021

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 180 (School Band Records)

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01 J Rocc V J Man

This is Volume 4 of 4 from Rap Production wizard Jake One released in 2005 (when modern soul was still virgin territory). Nothing but the ill 80s modern soul and funk.

Jake One - AR-4 (2005)

"High Output is an inside joke we have from a trip to Manila with our good friends from Do-Over Jamie and Chris.  The project itself is a collaboration between two friends from different horizons but with a same vision.  We’ve been playing together in many different cities around the world and we have a lot of friends in common all over the planet, it was just a matter of time before we’d put out something together, just because we thought it would be fun to do.  Our mix contains unexpected music, rare grooves and unreleased material…and we hope you’ll appreciate the effort and the music we put into this mix.  If you own the 7” as well, you have two previously unreleased productions in your hands and I really hope you got the shirt as well, if not, you’ve been ripped off, haha!" - LEFTO

LEFTO
As one the most important tastemakers Europe has to offer, and af- filiated with labels Brownswood, Blue Note, !K7 Records, Stones Throw and Jazzy Sport, this bearded early riser is consistently a couple steps ahead of your average early adopter. He doesn’t wait for the next thing to land on his lap, actively seeking it out - just take a peek at his playl- ists on Belgium’s foremost national radio station Studio Brussel which received compliments from Rough Trade Shops and Gilles Peterson.

JROCC
One of the original turntablists, J. Rocc founded the Beat Junkies in 1992 with Melo-D and Rhettmatic, but has done just as much on his own as in a group setting. He began DJing in the mid-’80s with a California group named PSK. Soon after forming, the Beat Junkies became a seminal force in the rise of instrumental hip-hop, including core member Babu plus future stars Shortkut and D-Styles. In addition to numerous mix- tapes and his own production for Stones Throw releases, J. Rocc has been the DJ for Madlib’s live shows since the early 2000’s, was the 3rd member of Jaylib (Madlib & J Dilla) during the group’s live events, and collaborated with Madlib on Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to J Dilla.

J.Rocc - Hight Output DJ Mix - 12 Min Snippet

Special 4/20 Edition of The House List with my real good buddy and longtime hip-hop junkie a-alike DJ Double K aka LA Mike! Often considered a man of mystery by many of the faithful followers of People Under The Stairs, Mike and I sat down on the porch at his house with some old friends and shot the gift about his life for a few. Hope you dig this. If you smoke, you may roll one up to it now. If not, you can just sit back and catch a contact. Pick up that LA Mike album which just dropped where-ever you can find it and check PUTS when they play a show near your town, over at: puts.band - don't forget to mash that subscribe button and leave a donation if ya feeling generous!

Ep. 81 - Double K (PUTS)

MR BOP-APPROXIMATELY 52 MINUTES BEFORE 2019

Back in 2002, High C of the Dallas Texas based crate digging crew Rehash and DJ Raj Mahal of Soul Strut would swap mixes to feature on each other's site (Real Audio style).  The mixes usually contained loads of breaks and beats lifted from obscure 70s jazz & funk, with the occasional soundtrack and prog record thrown in.  I present you exhibit A.

Originally posted on Soul Strut in 2002

Blend 2002

DJ High-C - Summer Blend '02 (2002)

A DJ mix of "classic and obscure" disco and boogie by Induce. 

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Classic Black Volume 3

Back at it, direct from the crates to your ears! Eclectic sounds from vinyl new and old. Many thanks for listening!

Tracklist: Sylvia Telles, Nucleus, Mekbuda, Greg Foat, Paul Bley Quartet, Freddie Hubbard, El Chicano

November 25 2020

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 148

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BBE Music presents J Jazz volume 3, the latest in its definitive compilation series exploring the finest modern jazz from Japan.

Since the first volume in February 2018, the J Jazz compilation series has showcased some of the most creative, inspired, and sought-after jazz recorded in Japan during a golden period spanning the 1960s to the 1980s. Illustrating the richness and versatility of the composers and musicians on this collection, the music spans a wide yet coherent range of styles: samba, funk fusion, modal, spiritual, post-bop, and bossa all combine to present an aural portrait of a jazz scene that was constantly moving and shifting its multiple musical centres of gravity.

Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery studio in London, many of the tracks featured are reissued for the first time, including mega-rare private press cuts from the Yasuhiro Kohno Trio, Masaru Imada Trio, and Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet. There’s heavy post modal bop by J Jazz legends Kohsuke Mine and Koichi Matsukaze; samba heat from Tatsuya Nakamura, Hideo Shiraki and Seiichi Nakamura; and funky dance floor energy by Hiroshi Murakami, Ryojiro Furusawa Quartet and Shigeharu Mukai.

Selected albums from which the tracks are drawn will be reissued in full as part of the acclaimed BBE Music J Jazz Masterclass Series. Released as a deluxe, heavyweight x3 vinyl set in a gatefold sleeve with obi strip and insert, the collection comes with extensive artist biographies and track information. J Jazz volume 3 is also available in a x2 CD set with three bonus tracks, and selected tracks are available across digital platforms for download and streaming. J Jazz is conceived, compiled, and annotated by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden for BBE Music.

Masao Nakajima Quartet – Kemo Sabe

In late 2003 when Dilla, Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf & J Rocc were in in the UK to conduct a quick promo tour for the Champion Sound, the guys came into London's 104.9 XFM for an interview and freestyle session. A snippet of this was included on the 2013 Stones Throw DVD 'Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton' but this is the full audio available for the first time #RIPDilla

J Dilla, Madlib & Peanut Butter Wolf Interview on The All City Show with Dan Greenpeace, Dec 2003

Founded in 1999, Soul Strut is one of the original vinyl record communities on the web (and still going!).  We have had the honor of hosting some of the best vintage Funk, Soul, Jazz, Breaks, Vinyl Mixes you will ever hear.  www.soulstrut.com