There's not much to it, but just in case you were interested. Here are some notes and a list of good albums that have come out during the history of The Dollar Bin. I will add notes about the albums as I feel like it.
The Dollar Bin began life as "Hard Bop Groove", Tuesday mornings from 3 AM to 6AM. This slot followed Blind Joe Death's show playing various forms of American music (Mostly KFOG and 80's style Live 105 type stuff) and preceeded Mostly Tamil with Sutha--a really fine show about Indian music with an emphasis on film music. Hard Bop Groove was basically the same as the Dollar Bin except that we played a lot more Jazz and more straight Hip-hop and the theme song was 'El Galleton' by Tempo 70--a smokin bit of Latin funk. Also in the middle of the night we could play some really out there stuff. Not too many listeners except for the guy who would always call in and request some Tupac if we played any Hip-hop. Some good records from that quarter: (in no particular order; asterix for especially good stuff, two or more for great stuff)
**Dirty Dozen Brass Band "Buck
Jump"
*Barry Adamson "The Murky World of Barry
Adamson"
Thievery Corp "DJ Kicks"
Smoke City's 'O Cara Lindo' from "Red Hot + Lisbon"
Los Super Seven
Royal Crown Revue "Walk on Fire"
"The New Latinaries"
"No Categories 2"
Hard Bop Groove continued, this time Sunday Nights from Midnight to 3 AM, after Nubian Roots with Cat who played all forms of creative jazz. More of the same that quarter, not too much to say. Some good records:
**Plena Libre "Juntos y Revueltos"
"Soul Ecstasy Soundtrack"
Odean Pope Trio "Ebioto"
Trevor Adamson 'Nyanpi Matilda' from "World Playground"
Carlo Actis Dato "Delhi Mambo"
*Chucho Valdez "Bryumba Palo
Congo"
P18 "Urban Cuban"
**Lee Fields "Let's Get A Groove
On"
Curtis Fowlkes Catfish Corner
"Reflect"
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble "Freedom Jazz Dance"
"The New Latinaires 2"
*T-Cisco "The Destructive Edit"
Sun Ra Arkestra "Sun Ra Meets Salah
Ragab
*Cinematic Orchestra "Motion"
Handsome Boy Modeling School "So, How's
Your Girl?"
Ah, a new year and a new show name--"The Dollar Bin" with the Dead Kenny-Gs was born. We were on the air Thursdays 11AM to 2PM, after "Trip Over Zero" with Benjie, a show with lots of chill electronic grooves from around the world and a good show to follow. We chose "Hector" by the Village Callers as the new theme song because it sounds like a really good party is going on. More funk and rare-groove played, plus there was an assload of really good new music coming in. Some good records:
Charles Mingus "Mingus Moves"
Juan de Marcos Afro-Cuban Allstars "Dinstinto, Diferente"
Big Mess Orchestra "A Little Trash Goes a Long Way"
**Derf Reklaw "From the Nile"
Beanfield "Human Patterns"
The Blue Collars "Sparks and Burns"
Bobby Huges Experience 'Seasons' from the "Jet Society"
Collection
Femi Kuti "Beng-beng-beng" 12" single
*"¡Viva Cubop!"
Emperor Penguin "Extreme Gaming"
*Longinau Parsons "Spaced: Collected
Works 1980-1999"
*Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Right Hook, Left Cross"
James Williams "Awesome"
Turner Brothers "Act 1"
**"Easy Tempo"
Anton Schwartz "The Slow Lane"
**"Organ-ized"
***Sugarman Three
"Soul Donkey"
*Pornosonic "Unreleased 70's
Porno Music"
*Slo Leak "When the Clock Strikes
12"
Francisco Aguabella "H20"
Sons and Daughters of Lite "Let the Sun Shine In"
John Santos and the Machete Ensemble "Tribute to the Masters"
Femi Kuti "Shoki Shoki"
**Babaloo "Harcore Juju"
*Breakestra "Getcha Soul Together" 7"
single
Playlists available, here are some good albums from this quarter
"Brassic Beats" Compilation
*"Best of Cookin'" Compilation
*"Snowboy and the Latin Section Play Afrocuban Jazz"
Kid Koala "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome"
Calypso King & the Soul Investigators "Damper Down Popcorn" 7"
single
Frank Emilio "Ancestral Reflections"
**Antibalas "Liberation
Afrobeat"
"At Home With the Groovebox"Compilation
*New Cool Collective "Big"
*"Brazillian Beats" Compilation
"Calvert Deforrest's Erotic Experience"
Compilation
Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers "How'm I Doin'?"
Oliver Lake Steel Quartet "Kinda' Up"
"Mo' Vida" Compilation
Robert Ward "New Role Soul"
*"No Categories 3"
Compilation
Walter "Wolfman" Washington "On the Prowl"
Phineas Newborn Jr. "Solo Piano"
**"Spike's Choice
2"
*Luke Vibert & BJ Cole "Stop the
Panic"
Bebel Gilberto "Tanto Tempo"
Puracane "Things You Should Leave Alone"
**Sergent García "Un Poquito
Quema'o"
*"Zero Accidents on the Job, the Luaca Bop 10th Aniversery"
Compilation
Playlists available, here are some good albums from this quarter (Not nessecarily released during the quarter, but either I bought them or they were added to the KZSU Library during this quarter)
In no particular order:
Various "Cinemaphonic: Electro Soul"
Lalo Schifrin "Bullitt Soundtrack"
Various "Music For Dancefloors: The Cream of the KPM Green Label
Sessions"
The Mighty Imperials featuring Joseph Henry "Thunder Chicken"
Various "Viva Cubop 2-Dance the Afro-Cuban Way"
Babatunda Lea "March of the Jazz Guerillas"
Kurt Stenzel "Cookin' With Kurt"
St. Germain "Tourist"
Various "James Brown's Funky People part 3"
Huevos Rancheros "Muerte del Toro"
Various "Bollywood Funk"
Nobody "Soulmates"
Various "Just Another Taste of Electronic Watusi Boogaloo"
Señor Coconut y su Conjunto "El Baile Aleman"
Speedometer "Soul Safari" 7" Single
Jazz on The Latin Side Allstars "Jazz on The Latin Side Allstars vol
1"
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti "Best Best of Fela"
Compay Segundo "Calle Salud"
Various "Revenge of the B-Boy"
Amon Tobin "Supermodified"
Dave Pike "Peligroso"
JD & Evil's Dynamite Band "Haaa-Sheesh" 7" Single
Various "The Big Score-70s Blaxploitation Movie Soundtracks"
Raymond Scott "Manhattan Research, Inc."
Patato "Legend of Cuban Percussion"
Erik Truffaz Quartet "The Mask"
Various "Frikyiwa"
Jason Marsalis "Music in Motion"
Sientific American "Saints of Infinity"
Stereolab "The First of the Microbe Hunters"
Ursula 1000 "All Systems A Go-Go"
Tino's Breaks "Mambo-Tino's Breaks Volume 4"
Playlists available, here are some good albums from this quarter (Not nessecarily released during the quarter, but either I bought them or they were added to the KZSU Library during this quarter)
In no particular order:
Various "Broasted or Fried--Latin Breakbeats, Basslines, and
Boogloo"
Ann Robinson 7" Single "You Did It"
Up, Bustle & Out "Rebel Radio"
Various "Xen Cuts"
Los Samplers "Descargas"
Various "Bollywood Funk"
Various "Ethiopiques 8"
Various "Schoolhouse Funk"
Galt MacDeromot "Up From The Basement-Unreleased Tracks Volume 1"
Various "Doob Doob O' Rama 2"
Highlighters 7" Single "Poppin Pop Corn / The Funky Sixteen Corners
pt. 2"
Imaginary Visions 7" Single "Houston Hook / Texas Rumble"
Lee Fields 7" Single "I'm the Man"
Third Point 7" Single "Welfare Line"
Various "Latin Beats: A Tribute to Tito Puente"
Various "Buzz Buzz Buzzzzzz Vol. 1
"Scientist Dubs Culture Into A Parallel Universe"
Luv 'n Haight Limited Edition 12"
Various "Latin Travels"
"Deltron 3030"
Various "Afro Funk Explosion"
Various "Afrobeat…No Go Die"
"David Axelrod 1968-1970: An Anthology"
Various "Cambodian Rocks"
"Dub: Tino's Breaks Volume 5"
Various "Barnie's Grooves: The Mood Mosaic Volume 2"
Various "Shapes of Rhythm: Ultimate Breaks and Beats Volume 2"
"Wild Style Instrumentals"
Sun Ra and his Arkestra "Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for
Intergalactic Travel"
Valentine Six "Spectrum Red Soundtrack"
Lafayette Afro Rockband "Afon"
Maria Ochoa (Y Corazon De Son) "Asi Quiero Vivir"
Eliades Ochoa "Tribute to the Cuarteto Patria"
Nigo "Ape Sounds"
DJ Vadim "Your Revolution" EP
Joseph Koo / Weng Fu Ling "Big Boss Soundtrack"
DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist "Brainfreeze"
St. Germain "Tourist"
DJ Shadow "Dark Days Soundtrack" 7" Single
Tommy Guerrero and Gadget "Hoy Yen Ass'n"
HiM "Our Point of Departure"
Morphine "Bootleg Detroit"
Playlists available, here are some good albums from this quarter (Not nessecarily released during the quarter, but either I bought them or they were added to the KZSU Library during this quarter)
In roughly alphabetical order:
Breakestra 7" Single "Remember Who You Are / Sexy Popcorn Pot"
Butterball 7" Single "Butterball (Parts 1 & 2)"
Chollo Rivera & The Latin Drives "By Chollo"
Death By Chocolate "Death By Chocolate"
Eddie Harris and Les McCann "Second Movement"
Harrel and Sharron Lucky "Please Porridge Hot 7" EP"
Highlighters 7" Single "Funky 16 Corners (edit)"
Jack Costanzo "Back From Havana"
James Taylor Quartet 7" Single "Chalk Pit"
Jazz on the Latin Side Allstars "Jazz on the Latin Side Allstars Vol.
2"
Jimmy Smith "Dot Com Blues"
Joe McPhee "Nation Time"
Jurassic 5 "W.O.E. is Me EP"
Los Samplers 7" Single "Descarga Mechano (Version Muy Diferente)"
Luther Allison "Luther's Blues (remastered)"
Muddy Waters "Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 (remastered)"
New Master Sounds 7" Single "Ode to Bobby Gentry / Taurus"
Paul Pena and Kongar-ol Ondar "Genghis Blues Soundtrack"
Pepe Deluxe "Super Sound"
Ray and His Court 7" Single "Soul Freedom / Cookie Crumbs"
Robert Walter's 20th Congress "Money Shot"
Ruben Gonzalez "Chanchullo"
Soul Command 7" Single "There It Is / Hook N Sling"
Soul Destroyers 7" Single "Blow Your Top (parts 1 & 2)"
Soul Diggers 7" Single "Soul Dig Parts 1 &2"
Soul President 7" Single "Get It Right / Got to Have It"
Soulman "Neva Stop Diggin'"
Sugarman Three 7" Single "Solid Funk / Funky Moon"
The Unruly Guts 7"
Timothy McNealy 7" Single "Funky Movement No. 2 / Sagitarius
Black"
Tipsy "Uh-Oh"
Various "Stand Up and Be Counted"
Various "Bollywood Breaks"
Various "The Get It"
Various "Keep it Rollin': The Blues Piano Collection"
Various "A Study In High Fidelity"
Various "Funksoul Brothers"
Various "Funky Music Machine"
Various "Grazing in the Trash vol 1: The Soul Fire Funk 45
Collection"
Various "Soul Jazz Records Presents New Orleans Funk"
Various "Pulp Fusion: Revenge of the Ghetto Grooves"