Stark Reality's Now
5/5 Stars in Mojo
- Angus Batey
- Mojo
- September 01, 2003
5/5 Stars. Long-Awaited reissue of beat-digger's Holy Grail.
Seeing the words The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop on a record dealer's list gives some people palpitations. The breakbeat-laden 1970 double LP was rediscovered by rap producers in the mid-'90s, and the few extant copies change hands for ever-inflated sums. Your correspondent visibly blanches of asked to reveal what he paid for his. Bow now, thanks to the estimable Eothen 'Egon' Alapatt at Stones Throw, the manic majesty of this elusive album is yours for the price of a CD. Vibes virtuoso Monty Stark and his future-funk retinue taboggan through a selection of Carmichael-penned kids songs, sounding like The Meters on a drug trip covering early R.E.M. in an echo chamber. Even better, Egon has replaced some original tracks with newly discovered outtakes, meaning my stupidly expensive original should, if anything, only increase in value.
Newsfeed November 20, 2008
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+ Joaquin Phoenix (dressed like The Dude) debuts rap career at Dam-Funk's Funkmosphere
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+ Madlib. See Also... Madlib x Stones Throw x Brent Rollins T-shirt
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+ Videos ST @ CMJ 08: The Video
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+ Egon on Carolina Funk for NPR
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+ Omar Rodriguez Lopez releases Old Money on Stones Throw Digital release available now exclusively at Stones Throw. CD/LP released Jan. 27, 2009
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+ Stones Throw Posters, Prints, Artwork
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+ Stones Throw directeur artistique de Jeff Jank Brain Magazine (in French)
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+ Introducing: Mayer Hawthorne & The County
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+ MP3 Stones Throw Podcast 39 Stones Throw Sampler Mixed by J. Rocc
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+ Link Egon on Mexican Funk for NPR (Audio)
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+ Mr. Chop on Now-Again Records Lightworlds EP advance digital release
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+ Photos ST @ CMJ 08 Photos
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+ Link Egon on Fast Rap for NPR (Audio)
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+ Koushik on NPR’s Day to Day “Fluent In Multiple Genres” (Audio)
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+ DJ Dusk's Rootdown Soundclash now on DVD
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+ Link Egon on The Soul of James Brown for NPR (Audio)
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+ Jason Jägel’s 73 Funshine: Art Book & Madlib 10-Inch Vinyl
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+ Madlib's Beat Konducta Vol. 6: Dil Withers Suite Advance digital release, exclusive at Stones Throw. Madlib & J.Rocc's tribute to Dilla.
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+ Photos Weird Beard James Pants live with Royal Zodiac at Be in London
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+ Stones Throw at CMJ 08 Free NYC event with DJs: Madlib, Wolf, Edan the DJ, Dam-Funk, Egon, James Pants, Arabian Prince, Mayer Hawthorne
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