today, i went up to in your ear records to see what they had. i walked out empty-handed b/c i left my wallet at home to avoid any impulse buying. when i returned, here's what i grabbed:

1. procol harum - procol harum - yes, the one with a whiter shade of pale. as banging as that choon is, there's drum intros to repent walpurgis and she wandered through the garden fence. a good cop if you can get it cheap. this is the deram pressing, too.

2. babe ruth - kids stuff - my quest to obtain everything from the ub&b series takes another step forward as i land keep your distance. i'm really feeling the slide guitar on the intro to this, too. not much else good on this album.

3. steam - steam - i think i heard about this from bam's beat list in the book of rap lists. otherwise i wouldn't have fucked w/ this, sporting six white guys in towels in a sauna. but bam likes it, so i'll get it. and as it turns out, this is not that bad an album. not only is there a break in na na hey hey kiss him goodbye, there's also a drum intro on the next track as well as a really nice drum+bass duo on new breed, now generation. thanks bam, this was a good cop!

4. madlib - blunted in the bomb shelter (unmixed) - 16 complete tracks from that nice mix he did a few years ago, including theme from shaft by the chosen few and cocaine by sly & the revolutionaries. this pressing sounds a bit messed up though on some of the tracks, but they're all loud.

5. my best find - black uhuru - the dub factor - i've enjoyed this shit on cd for a long time and so it's cool to be able to actually play it through my system. this is just classic, classic dub stuff from sly & robbie. incredible stuff. if you don't know this, you need to find out. og mango pressing, too!