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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: CLEAN GROOVES
posted: October 1, 2009
The sound of bacon sizzling in a frying pan is an uplifting way to start your morning. When that sound is coming from your speakers upon cueing up an LP, it’s time roll up the…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: DAPTONE RECORDS AND THE RETURN OF FUNK
posted: September 24, 2009
During the late 1960s into the mid 1970s, funk music reached its peak in terms of creativity and mainstream attention. Artists like James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone were just a few of the…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: COLLECTING VINYL 101
posted: September 17, 2009
Nothing beats the feeling of walking into a record store with hours to kills and a pocket full of cash. There are no limits as you walk down the aisles, thumbing through racks and pulling…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: BREAK DIGGING
posted: September 10, 2009
The times sure have changed. Before there was the Internet and Google, building knowledge of records was a skill cultivated from years of experience and hard work. Digging in the trenches, taking chances on unknown…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: WHITE BOY BLUES
posted: September 3, 2009
When one thinks of blues music, images of cramped, smoke-filled bars and weathered black musicians belting out throaty songs as they fret on their worn guitars inevitably come to mind. The names Muddy Waters, Otis…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: WANTED ON WAX
posted: August 27, 2009
In my ideal world, everyone would have access to a vinyl press in their own backyard. Cutting discs would be as easy as ripping a CD. Until that happens, I will be digging each month…
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