{"id":2027,"date":"2008-12-29T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T14:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2008-12-29T09:10:20","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T14:10:20","slug":"gettin-my-russell-rush-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=2027","title":{"rendered":"Gettin’ My “Russell” Rush On."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Russell<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m not a big rare record collector, as a) I’m not a d.j. or a producer, b) a lot of music is on CD or p2p networks, and c) I bought most of what I really love when it originally came out. (Well, O.K.: I didn’t purchase World’s Famous Supreme Team’s “Hey D.J.” 12″<\/a> (the track’s glorious video, here<\/a>), a Jean-Michel Basquiat “test pressing sleeve” version of Rammellzee vs. K-Rob’s “Beat Bop,”<\/a> or perfection itself\u2014<\/em><\/a>Endgames’ “Ecstasy” instrumental<\/a>\u2014but hey, I can’t be everywhere at once.)<\/p>\n

However, I did once gleefully fork over significant cash to an unseen Brit for a beautifully preserved, 12″ copy of the Russell Brothers’ 1983 electro-funk masterpiece, “The Party Scene,”<\/a> above. The reverb-laden, synth-spazzed track’s first minute-and-a-half have always sounded, to my ears, like something big, dangerous, and powerful being turned on<\/em>, then warming up; like, say, the Large Hadron Collider<\/a> if it was being run by Parliament-Funkadelic.<\/p>\n

If you know what I mean, or loved this disc during your Back In the Days<\/em><\/a> days, this chilly YouTube link<\/a> will, paradoxically, warm your cockles. The rest of y’all, take your chances. Play loud, as always.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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