^Dope. That 80s revival sound is really hot right now as it should be.

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Soulive - Turn It Out Remixed (Velour Recordings) 2003



^This is a great place to put this record because I wouldn't know how to file it under a genre topic. Personally I keep it in my vastly integrated loosely defined Jazz / Soul / Funk section. Soulive for those who don't know are basically a jazz / funk hippy jam band and this is a remix of their album Turn It Out.

I bought this for one main reason, DJ Krush who is a god to me remixed a track on this. It didn't hurt that so did the Beatnuts and DJ Spinna, nor did it hurt that J-Live raps on this and so does Chali 2na. I'm not a big seeker of remix albums, especially when I don't own the original unremixed album, but again, DJ Krush.

Here's the original unremixed jam session of Turn It Out (not on this album)...





Here's Krush's vastly different take...





^Not his best remix ever, but his production has always been something that grabs me.

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^^ got that , love it . I'm a big fan of Soulive remixed or not .

Right now , listening to some psych . More Numero of course .

Pices - A Lovely Sight lp . I posted a different Pices album from the Project 12 subscription . It was part of these original recording , but not chosen to go on this album . I'm thinking that had to be a tough choice because I dug that album as much as this one . Both worth having ...

Billy Idol - Charmed Life
Chrysalis, 1990



Released a few months after Idol had survived a near-fatal motorcycle accident, Charmed Life is aptly named. The hit single "Cradle Of Love" was featured in Andrew Dice Clay's film The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane, and got some heavy rotation on MTV. There's also a cover of "L.A. Woman" that got a decent amount of airplay.

There's a lot of good material here, and a couple of throwaway tracks, too, but the former far outweighs the latter, and this album happens to contain some of my favorite songs Idol had recorded up until this point like the two below.

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