Trimming The Fuzz And Moving On….

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Not being the subtlest of writers, you may have noticed that I’ve been dropping the occasional hint for a while now that blogging fatigue has been setting in. Real world demands and a general lack of posting inspiration have finally confirmed for me that it’s time to move on and let people with the passion take the site forward.

Whilst I’m looking forward to trying out some new things with a new site (hopefully the guys here will let me let you know when I know) I will be sad to leave the site that has given me so many great memories.

It’s been a fantastic five plus years doing this; I’ve got the chance to share and discuss my favourite music with you, been introduced to new music I’d never have discovered through the comments and even got in touch with some of my music heroes through posts on here (I’ll never forget quite how much my jaw dropped when I got the first email from James Mason).

Without going Gwyneth I’d also like to thank all the other posters who have contributed on the site up till now and of course highlight Maru for giving me a shout and getting me on here in the first place. I’m sure the site is only going to go from strength to strength with the writers we have now and any new blood who wants to step up.

As I didn’t have any music ready and didn’t want to do a classic posts thing I thought I’d throw up a little comp I did for a friend last year. It’s a mix of different stuff, some very common, some posted on here and some more rare stuff I never got round to sharing. Apart from the lack of rap I thought it was an appropriate mix of the kind of music this site was set up to appreciate so hope you enjoy (tracklist after the jump).

I’m going to take some time out now to review what I want to do next but hopefully catch up with some of you again soon on whatever the new project turns out to be. Trust that I won’t be able to stop blathering on the internet for very long.

Thanks, as always, for reading……..

Hip Party Tunes For Hip Party People Vol 1

1. Clouds – Kain
2. Funky Thing Pt 1 – The M&S Band
3. What’s Wrong With Groovin – Letta Mbulu
4. Morning Sunrise – Weldon Irvine
5. Living Together Is Keeping Us Apart – Clarence Reid
6. Cha Tatch Ka – La Formule Du Baron
7. Stones Is – The Listening
8. Soupy – Maggie Thrett
9. Tomorrow’s People – McDonald & Giles
10. Bad Breath – Bobby Valentin
11. Home Again – Archie Whitewater
12. If You Don’t Love Me – G C Cameron
13. Black Water Gold – African Music Machine
14. The Medal – Ruth Copeland
15. Camel Walk – The Ikettes
16. It’s Got To Be Real – Joe Graves
17. Life Cycle – Earth Disciples
18. Attica Blues – Archie Shepp
19. Seagreen Serenade – Silver Apples
20. Every time I’m Near You – The Turner Brothers
21. Walk On Guilded Splinters – Johnny Jenkins
22. Summertime – McNeal & Niles
23. Naku Penda – Mfalme
24. Hang Your Head In Shame – New York City
25. Five, Four, Three – Novi Singers
26. Big Bird – Cruciferius
27. What’s In The Headlines – Don Covay