Los Angeles/Long Beach

[Casual*]

Just moved here from Manchester and am wondering where I can go get some records and what is happening in the area.

I've already checked out Fingerprints in Belmont Shore but got distracted by the sunshine and the beach, so I didn't have a real dig.

Thanks in advance.

Marc

[ladyboygrimsby]

PM Belson, he's a London boy who moved there last year and is throwing some funk parties in LA.

[Casual*]

Will do. Thanks Bill.

[speculator]

baggatelle (spelling?) in long beach

[Casual*]

baggatelle (spelling?) in long beach

Nice one. That's about a mile from me, perfect excuse to go for a walk. Thanks.

[Kosmiche Kid!!!!]

I so wanna come and hang out over there dude.....Gonna hijack some disco plane at some point.

[chris keyz]

Hey Casual - dude - set up the party, I wanna come play!!!

[Casual*]

baggatelle (spelling?) in long beach

I spent about 6 hours in there digging and digging and didn't come up with much. Records are just piled up one on top of the other though and a few that I wanted to buy I had to put back because they were unplayable. The 7"s are basically all scratched. Pity really.

They do seem to be making a US version of Life on Mars though as some guy from ABC came in and enquired about hiring it at which point the owner and some other dude had what has to be the most beardy conversation I have ever heard about what records would have to be taken down because they were released after '72. He was even going to ask the guy what month it was supposed to be, so everything could be accurate. That is some commitment to what is going to be a 10 second shot.

If he made the same commitment to ordering and organising his stock then it may just be worth venturing in there.

[speculator]

i went there and they had just bought a collection of about 8000 records from some deejay..i cleaned up..
i am sure there are more spots like that around LA.. i just don;t know.. i don;t live there, i never had time to really hit the streets.. if i knew more i would tell you..

[Casual*]

i went there and they had just bought a collection of about 8000 records from some deejay..i cleaned up..
i am sure there are more spots like that around LA.. i just don;t know.. i don;t live there, i never had time to really hit the streets.. if i knew more i would tell you..

Thanks anyway, I appreciated it.

[Rotter3*]

The second hand section in Amoeba has always produced a few items of interest when I've been there. Nice way of killing a an hour or so when you go up to hollywood.

[Belson]

Will do. Thanks Bill.

.....I didn't get it, if you did.

[melodycrochet]

I'm keen to check out the parties these people put on when I'm next in LA
http://www.myspace.com/djlillyanne

"HEADINGHOME & ABSTRACT WORKSHOP PRESENT
SOUND VOYAGE Summer 2007
Sundays 2pm - Midnight

@ QUEEN MARY Britannia Salon & Capstan Decks
1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach CA

18 & Over w/ ID • Full Bar for 21+ w/ID
Drink Specials 2PM -4PM ($3 Beer/$5 You Call It Drinks)

FREE before 4pm, $5 before 6pm, $10 after

RESIDENTS: DJ COCOE, SCOTTY COATS, JOSH ONE, BOBBY SOUL, SCHMUCK, STEELMAN, KAY, HYDER,
HOSTED BY JUD NESTER

JULY 8TH
Britannia: DJs LILLYANNE (Headinghome), WOOLFY (Rong), J-DISCO (Top Shelf), PETER BRIGGS (Love[break]), REDFIN (Love[break]), RITESH (Jigsaw), ERIC ROSEN (Couch DJs)

Capstan Deck: DJ PUBE$, noMSG, ROAM, COBY-COBE, URTHWORM + RESIDENTS


JULY 15TH
Britannia: MARKUS ENOCHSON (Sonar Kollektiv/Deeply Rooted), B.N LOCO –LIVE (SONIC 360), LARS BEHRENROTH (Deepershades.net), HAWKEYE (Headinghome), JUAN NUNEZ (Freestyle), ARGYLE (Beat Hackers, Top Soil)

Capstan: NADIRAH SHAKOOR- LIVE (Yoruba Records), DEAN DE COSTA (Miso, Abstract Workshop), JAMIE THINNES (Seasons),DUANE (Seasons), BEATNICK (Hear the Sound), AMIR, CYRUS + RESIDENTS


JULY 22ND
Britannia: HARVEY (Map of Africa), LILLYANNE (Headinghome), DJ DENNIS OWENS (The Goodfoot)

Capstan: DJ RHETTMATIC (Beat Junkie Sound), CHINN (Abstract Workshop), JAPSON (T7L Recordings) + RESIDENTS

JULY 29TH
Britannia: LILLYANNE (Headinghome), HAWKEYE (Headinghome), DIRTIE BLONDE

Captstan: DJ- SANTOS (Yoruba RecordS, AZ), JEREMY SOLES MUSAIC’S (Branches, KCRW), DJ DEVINE, BRAZILIA + RESIDENTS

HEADINGHOME.NET • ABSTRACT-WORKSHOP.COM
"

And eat fish tacos...mmm fish tacos.

[Casual*]

I'm in for the 22nd.

Looking forward to boarding the Queen Mary as well. I heard it's haunted.

[Casual*]

Pictures of Harvey on the Queen Mary (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9701&l=54be7&id=639241681)

[chris keyz]

Pictures of Harvey on the Queen Mary (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9701&l=54be7&id=639241681)


pics make it look a bit empty - how was the party??? how was mr map of africa?

[Casual*]

There were about 80 people there. Harvey was superb and he seems like a decent fella as well. He played for 5/6 hours and his programming was superb. He played some absolute belters, highlight for me (and Woolfy who got very excited) was the Terje edit of Astrid Gilberto 'Black Magic'. There were a few bits that I wish I knew the name of but I'll hunt them down. He played everything from David Bowie instrumentals to Reverso 68 bits.

[Child of Dred]

There were about 80 people there. Harvey was superb and he seems like a decent fella as well. He played for 5/6 hours and his programming was superb. He played some absolute belters, highlight for me (and Woolfy who got very excited) was the Terje edit of Astrid Gilberto 'Black Magic'. There were a few bits that I wish I knew the name of but I'll hunt them down. He played everything from David Bowie instrumentals to Reverso 68 bits.

Highlights for me were:
Herb Alpert - Rotation
Chris Rhea- Josephine
I hadn't heard either of these on a big system

During the sunset he played a remixed version of Willie Colon's set fire to me.

CCR - I heard it through the grapevine
Voyage - I love you dancer
Def the black magic edit was nice

Then he played a series of really deep dark dub disco tracks. I asked a couple of knowledge people about what a track was and one guy just said "Harvey" with awe.

He klled it the vibe was great the environment was awesome. Headinghome puts on great parties. It was a great 7th wedding anniversary. . .Couldn't have asked for more!!!

[knoe1]

ayy I do a weekly down in Santa Ana... Thursday Nights, we play funk,disko,house all kinds of good stuff....
come check us out

www.proofbar.com
www.myspace.com/alivedirect

peace!

[bigsby]

i unfortunately didn't arrive until after 9 pm, but did any of you see the guy dancing 5 mm's in front of harvey's face with his arms outstretched? i wanted his autograph.

[king dong]

Dude make sure you join the british & dominion social club down in garden grove, be as english as you like and have a game of shuv hapenny as well.

[Casual*]

Dude make sure you join the british & dominion social club down in garden grove, be as english as you like and have a game of shuv hapenny as well.

No idea what shuv hapenny is, I'm South African.

[Belson]

Dude make sure you join the british & dominion social club down in garden grove, be as english as you like and have a game of shuv hapenny as well.

A couple of mates of mine used to run a Northern Soul night there - pretty decent venue, actually. Reminded me of working mens clubs back in the UK.

[Jigsaw]

Casual, you're more than welcome to peruse our stock.

http://www.jigsawrecords.com/products_new.php

As far as recommended events, Tony Watson heads up a weekly called Summer Series. This Saturday (8/1) features J.E.N., Tony, and myself. The following week (8/25) we host the Sentrall record release party with Hatchback and Sorcerer. More info here (http://www.mekanic.com/summer_series/).

Afterparty action w/ Todd Terje at LOVE[break] or Harvey at Sarcastic Disco... the choice is yours.

:cool:

[Rotter3*]

Anything of disco interest going on over Christmas & New Year looks like I may be in town?