They Say A Record Ain't Nothing If It's Not Touching

Many blogs that I follow have frequently posted a "Monday Long Song", so here's my contribution with half a dozen of the beauties, taking you on a journey from (according to Discogs) jazz to goth to experimental ambient dub to techno disco to Afro-Cuban psychedelic rock to hip hop in six meandering decades. Andrew Eldritch may raise an eyebrow at the unusual company, but I think it works. Or maybe that's just where my mind is at right now...

 

Thanks to The Roots for today's post title. 

 

1) If You're Not Part Of The Solution, You're Part Of The Problem (Live @ Lighthouse Café, Hermosa Beach, California, sometime between 24 & 26 September 1970): Joe Henderson Quintet (1970)

2) Never Land (Full Length Version): The Sisters Of Mercy (1987)

3) Gone To Croatan: Jah Wobble ft. Pharoah Sanders & Bernie Worrell (1996)

4) Work (Prins Thomas Diskomiks): Junior Boys (2010)

5) La Puesta Del Sol (Demo): Santana (1968)

6) Water (The First Movement / The Abyss / The Drowning): The Roots (2002) 

 

1970: If You're Not Part Of The Solution, You're Part Of The Problem: 1

1996: Heaven & Earth: 3 

1997: Santana '68: 5

2002: Phrenology: 6

2006: Floodland (Expanded Edition): 2 

2010: Work Remixes (German promo 12" single): 4

 

They Say A Record Ain't Nothing If It's Not Touching (1:09:36)