September 2022 Vinyl Spin Challenge - 'Cause you can't, you won't, and you don't stop!

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Day 19: “Like Ma Bell, I’ve got the Ill Communication”

I'll see your Ma Bell and raise you Ma-Ma-Ma Belle...



Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Day 20: “I give respect for what’s been borrowed and lent, I know this music comes down from African descent”

I'm seeing these guys in a 300 capacity club in 4 weeks. I'm beside myself...



WITCH - "Lazy Bones !!"

 

[imtheocean]

Day 20: “I give respect for what’s been borrowed and lent, I know this music comes down from African descent”

Shabaka and the Ancestors ~ We Are Sent Here By History

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 18: “But make no mistakes, and switch up my channel, I’m Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle”

Black Flag - Damaged

I don’t have any albums featuring Buddy Rich in my collection so I focused on the “switch up my channel” portion of the bar.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 19: “Like Ma Bell, I’ve got the Ill Communication”

Blondie - Parallel Lines

 

[tvham]

Day 20: “I give respect for what’s been borrowed and lent, I know this music comes down from African descent”

Oneness Of Juju – African Rhythms



Gotta give it up for VMP, I never would have heard of this album if not for them.

 

[Turbo]

Day 20: “I give respect for what’s been borrowed and lent, I know this music comes down from African descent”

Kokoroko "Could We Be More" (2022 Brownswood Recordings)
London soul jazz band that borrows inspiration from Afrobeat.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 20: “I give respect for what’s been borrowed and lent, I know this music comes down from African descent”

Wells Fargo - Watch Out!



A ‘70s rock band from Zimbabwe.

 

[avecigrec]

Day 19: “Like Ma Bell, I’ve got the Ill Communication”

Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells


Seemed like a good excuse to put this on!

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Day 21: "Everybody getting’ down, make no mistake. Nothing sounds quite like an 808."

David plays this one accompanied by a Roland 808...



Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

 

[tvham]

Day 21: "Everybody getting’ down, make no mistake. Nothing sounds quite like an 808."

New Order - Substance



The 808 is all over this album.

 

[ranbalam]

Day 20: “I give respect for what’s been borrowed and lent, I know this music comes down from African descent”

Shabaka and the Ancestors ~ We Are Sent Here By History

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Scooped! Good thing I have a back up.

 

[Turbo]

Day 21: "Everybody getting’ down, make no mistake. Nothing sounds quite like an 808."

Yaz "Upstairs At Eric's" (1982 Sire; 2012 MOFI remaster)
Vince Clarke used the 808 as part of his standard gear and it's all over this album. Probably most famously on Situation.

 

[imtheocean]

Day 21: "Everybody getting’ down, make no mistake. Nothing sounds quite like an 808."

Phil was an early adopter of the 808, especially on this one.

Phil Collins ~ No Jacket Required

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 20: “I give respect for what’s been borrowed and lent, I know this music comes down from African descent”

Shina Williams & His African Percussionists - African Dances

Get Funky Now!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 21: "Everybody getting’ down, make no mistake. Nothing sounds quite like an 808."

Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak

The Title says it all.

 

[imtheocean]

From Phil Collins to Kanye West in one step. Kevin Bacon has nothing on the 808.

 

[Turbo]

Beyoncé used the 808 on several songs.

Kevin Bacon covered Beyoncé in the presence of goats.



Roland 808 to Kevin Bacon in 2 steps?

 

[ranbalam]

Day 20: “I give respect for what’s been borrowed and lent, I know this music comes down from African descent”

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 21: “Everybody getting’ down, make no mistake. Nothing sounds quite like an 808”

George Michael - “Monkey”



Jam & Lewis added in the 808 snare & cowbells (among other instruments) when they remixed the song for the single release (idk what drum machine was used for the original mix, but those 808 sounds weren’t there before).