When Return To Forever played the Murat Theatre on their 2008 reunion tour, Lenny White remarked about his time playing with Freddie Hubbard (who was from Indianapolis). Then, during his 13 minute drum solo (in the middle of a 39 minute Romantic Warrior), White proceeded to tease Hubbard’s seminal composition, Red Clay, but only for 2 bars.
Fast forward to Return To Forever’s 2011 tour, same town, same theatre, and the entire band locks into the Red Clay groove for about 3 minutes in the middle of a 20 minute rendition of Romantic Warrior.
Fortuitously, I was recording the audio of said 20 minute Romantic Warrior on my iPhone4 with the Blue FiRe app. The audio is mono, but the quality is close to excellent. I also recorded the next tune, Spain. Go ahead, press play.
I’m a big Ween fan. Everyone that knows me knows that. I even have a boognish decal on the back of my car. Anyway, last night Deaner posted these quebec-era demos on facebook. It’s a treasure trove of unreleased tunes, demos and rough mixes from the summer of 2001 to 2003 when the band was recording the quebec album.
This track, Ambrosia Parsley, is the funkiest one on there, with Gener in full-on Prince mode. (“How much sex can we fit in a day? Ambrosia Parsley.”) I think it would fit in just fine on Prince’s Around The World In A Day album. I’d put it right between Condition Of The Heart and Raspberry Beret. Or maybe I’d remove America and just open up side two with Ambrosia Parsley.
Disc One:
01. Chocolate Town
02. Pot Luck
03. Ooh Vah Lah
04. So Many People In The Neighborhood
05. Linda (The Sexy Dancer)
06. That Man (From The Flatland)
07. Happy Colored Marbles
08. Hey There Fancypants
09. If You Could Save Yourself (You’d Save Us All)
10. It’s Gonna Be A Long Night
11. Oh My Little Country Cottage
12. Among His Tribe
13. Transdermal Celebration
14. Captain
15. Tried & True
16. I Fell In Love Today
Disc Two:
01. I Don’t Want It
02 Ambrosia Parsley
03. Zoloft
04. Love Come Down (recorded on 9-11-01)
05. Alcan Road
06. Don’t Let The Moon Catch You Cryin’
07. You Can Go Shit In Your Hat (Matt)
08. Someday
09. She Caught My Fancy
10. Eulogy For David Anderson
11. Things You Already Know
12. Hello Johnny
13. I’m Wide Open
I’m about to go see Big Boi rock Waterfront Park in my hometown of Louisville, KYI’m celebrating because Outkast will be playing in my hometown of Louisville, KY this summer, OUTKAST TONIGHT AT FORECASTLE, LOUISVILLE, KY! So I thought I would drop this compilation on the people. This was originally an 80 minute CDR compilation that I made for close friends back in like 2006. Then in 2010 I updated and expanded it. Now it’s mp3’d, tagged, and fully iPod/iPhone ready.
RandyB’s Organized Noize Compilation Version 2.0:
01-Kryptonite (Big Boi & Killer Mike)
02-Walk It Out (Remix) (DJ Unk & Andre 3000)
03-I Can’t Wait (Sleepy Brown & Outkast)
04-ADIDAS (Killer Mike, Sleepy Brown & Big Boi)
05-Street Talkin’ (Slick Rick & Outkast)
06-So Fresh, So Clean Pt2 (Outkast, Sleepy Brown & Snoop Dogg)
07-Runnin Away (Outkast, Sleepy Brown & Killer Mike)
08-Morris Brown (Outkast, Sleepy Brown & Scar)
09-Lookin’ For Ya (Outkast & Sleepy Brown)
10-Weeastpointin’ (Cool Breeze & Sleepy’s Theme)
11-Margarita (Sleepy Brown, Pharrell & Big Boi)
12-Steppin Out (Big Gipp & Sleepy Brown)
13-Me, My Baby, and My Cadillac (Sleep Brown)
14-Follow The Light (Dungeon Family)
15-Don’t Stop (Sleepy Brown & Backbone)
16-Spottieottiedopealicious (live 10-16-00 in LA) (Outkast)
17-Free (live 1995 on ATL radio) (Cee-Lo)
18-One For The Road (Cee-Lo)
19-Black Ice (Goodie Mob & Outkast)
20-Night Train (Goodie Mob)
21-Can’t Give It Up (Sleepy Brown & Big Gipp)
22-Boogie Man (Big Gipp & Andre 3000)
23-Fo Yo Sorrows (Big Boi, George Clinton, Too Short & Sam Chris)
24-Purple Ribbon (Interlude)
25-Turns Me On (Big Boi, Sleepy Brown & Joi)
26-17 of Snow (Joi)
27-Ghetto Fuh Life (Society of Soul)
28-Munchies For Your Love (Joi & Sleepy Brown)
29-Simply Beautiful (Sleepy’s Theme)
30-In Your Dreams (Outkast, Sleepy Brown, Killer Mike & Janelle Monáe)
31-Rollin (Dungeon Family & Society of Soul)
32-Movin’ Cool (The After Party) (Outkast)
33-Bass Head Jazz (Cee-Lo)
