{This marks the final post of 2010 for Melting Pot, we’ll return on Jan. 3rd with a Breakdown of our Best of 2010 radio show and posts on the top reissues, vinyl finds, songs and releases of 2010, see you in the New Year!!!}
Last show of 2010 was focused on some of the best records I tracked down over the year. Most were from stores around LA, including Records LA, Atomic, Bagatelle, Amoeba, Record Recycler, As The Record Turns, and of course the venerable Groove Merchant in SF. Had a really productive Ebay season as well, tracking down a number of records I’d been looking for quite some time. Even with this haul, based on this pace, it will take me 30 years to get my collection back to 3,000-4,000 that it was at at the beginning of this century! I think instead I’ll go for quality over quantity…Hope you enjoy the show, next week I take another look back at 2010, playing my picks for the best music released throughout the year.
Melting Pot on KPFK #26: Best Vinyl of 2010 First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #26: Best Vinyl of 2010 Second Hour
Playlist: 12-26-2010
Best Vinyl Dug Up In 2010
{opening theme} Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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Captain Beefheart – On Tomorrow – Strictly Personal (Blue Thumb)
Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’ – The Howlin’ Wolf Album (Cadet Concept)
Antonio Carlos e Jocafi – Hipnose – Voce Abusou (RCA)
Leigh Stephens – Another Dose Of Life – Red Weather (Phillips)
Zoo – Mammouth – Zoo (Mercury)
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The Runaways – Drive Me Wild – The Runaways (Mercury)
The Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head – Teenage Head (Kama Sutra)
Freddie King – Going Down – Getting Ready (Scepter)
Toussaint McCall – Shimmy – 7” (Ronn)
Toni Tornado – Bochechuda – Toni Tornado (Odeon)
The Pretty Things – Cries From The Midnight Circus – Parachute (Rare Earth)
Haircut & the Impossibles – Sock It My Way – Call It Soul (Somerset)
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The Contortions – Bedroom Athlete – Buy The Contortions (Ze)
James Brown – You Mother You – Sho Is Funky Down Here (King)
Ginger Ale – The Seventh Floor – 7” (Pip)
Gal Costa – Hotel Das Estrellas – LeGal (Phillips)
Tim Weisberg – Tyme Cube – Hurtwood Edge (A&M)
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Rotary Connection – Life Could – Aladdin (Cadet Concept)
Juan Pablo Torres y Algo Nuevo – Y Que Bien – Super Son (Arieto)
Rastus – Sailin’ Easy – Rastus (GRT)
Arnold Bean – I Can See Through You – Cosmic Bean (SSS International)
The Minutemen – June 16th – Double Nickels On The Dime (SST)
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The Minutemen – The Product – Buzz or Howl Under The Influence (SST)
Les Baxter – Hot Wind – Hell’s Belles: OST (Sidewalk)
Jun Mayuzumi – Black Room – 7” (Capitol)
The Steve Karmen Big Band feat. Jimmy Radcliffe – Breakaway Pt. 1 – 7” (UA)
Franciene Thomas – I’ll Be There – 7” (Tragar)
Los Apson – Por Tu Amor – Satisfaccion (Peerless)
The Small Faces – Rollin Over – Ogden’s Nut Got Flake (Compleat)
Jeffrey Simmons – Naked Angels Theme – Naked Angels: OST (Straight)
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Roberto Carlos – Nao Vou Ficar – Roberto Carlos (CBS)
Ray Camacho Group – Si Se Puede – Salsa Chicana (Luna)
Love – Between Clark and Hilldale – Forever Changes (Elektra)
Battered Ornaments – Sunshades – Mantle Piece (Harvest)
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{closing theme} Kenny Baker – Mississippi Waltz – Plays Bill Monroe (County)