The late avant-jazz experimentalist and all around funky space captain, Sun Ra, gets the cover treatment today. Primarily known for his  Egypt-meets-intergalactic-travel outfits, album covers and outsider music his influence extends well past just the realms of jazz. A truncated and disparate crib sheet of self-proclaimed disciples could include Spiritualized, AR Kane, My Bloody Valentine, early Pink Floyd, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve, Gilles Peterson, Blur, the Editors as well as old school hip-hoppers Egyptian Lover, Afrika Bambatta and funkateers Parliament all but outright plundering his cosmic pharaoh style.
While he was usually taking jazz to where no man’s gone before with his avant garde improvisations, he was also known to occasionally come back down to earth to pen the sublime love sonnet and today’s satellite, Love In Outer Space, is no exception. Channeling their inner Ra today are Warp’s Jimi Tenor and NY’s Belle Boussole who effortlessly keep the soul intact on their electronic/downtempo versions. Somewhere, out beyond Pluto, Sun Ra is grinning ear to ear.

Jimi Tenor – Love In Outta Space
Belle Boussole – Love In Outer Space

Enjoy!
LS

PS Original versions for would be astronauts of Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub on the wall…

To the loyal Versions readers who have noticed the large blocks of time in between posts these days (as well as many unfortunately  unanswered emails) I’ve been hard at work on a big side project the last 4 months. But the absentee landlord does have a, very long-winded, explanation.
Despite being immersed in west coast culture all my life, sadly I can’t skate, I can barely surf and I don’t cycle (motor, fixie or otherwise). This was thanks in no large part to an overprotective mother, who wouldn’t let me near a butter knife until I was 12 (no joke), let alone letting me enjoy any of the above ‘death traps’. So most of my youth was spent decked out in my JimmyZ shorts and Maui & Sons tees but with my wings pretty much clipped, all while having to endure watching my friends get to do ‘ollies’, ‘cutbacks’ or even taking their BMXs on any sweet jumps.
For better or for worse all my energy would get channeled into the art and music. I became an avid collector of west coast punk, surf, reggae and electro-funk. And whenever someone needed a Bones Brigade or Suicidal Tendencies skull on the back of their jacket, I was their guy.
So what’s changed? Nada far as I can tell. The day job is a pleasant mix of design, illustration,‘street art’ and the occasional streetwear graphic, all of which brings me full circle to my point. I’m proud to have launched a new magazine: WESTERN CIV, dedicated to the best in ‘ride culture’ AKA skate, surf, cars and cycling (motor, fixie or otherwise). Ironically enough wings are still clipped.
And of course there’s still music, bringing me to today’s post. UK techno classic Pacific 202 by 808 State gets a cheeky instrumental surf guitar retrofitting by Germany’s Dauerfisch. Also thrown in for brilliant measure is an orchestrated version by the genius that is Jeremy Deller and his Williams Fairey Brass Band project.

Dauerfisch – Pacific 202
The Williams Fairey Brass Band – Pacific 202

Enjoy!
LS

PS For those in Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub who think ‘Balearic’ is a character from Lord of The Rings, got the original Pacific on the wall for you…

PPS And for those of you who skate, surf, cycle and drive better than me (AKA all of you), drop by at my new project at WESTERN CIV…

Straight outta of Indianapolis, Indiana comes a bold contender to our earlier post on DJ Shadow.
K. Sabroso weds a haunting Wurlitzer sound to a relentless jazz breakbeat for his take on Shadow’s Organ Donor. Downtempo for out of control merry-go-rounds…

K. Sabroso - Organ Donor

Check out the original post here…

Enjoy!
LS

PS Those in Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub wishing to be transported back to a time when Trip-Hop wasn’t a dirty word (AKA the summer of 94′) got the original Shadow, as well a bonus re-edit, on the wall for you…

You know what is serious blackmail material? Having a friend who is now a minor league MMA/Ultimate fighter, but in his past life was one of the ‘Nasty Boy’ dancers in Janet Jackson‘s Nasty video. That said I’d probably get a serious roundhouse to the chops if I squealed. So until I get a better dental plan, I’m keeping mum (and well away from the fucking Octagon). But speaking of Janet, got two covers of Ms. Jackson’s Nasty for you today; a homegrown funk version by Philly’s Big Pimp Jones (from the always groove-tastic Freestyle label.) and a good-for-laugh campy bad 80s r&b cut from the normally shrill-rocking Killdozer.

Big Pimp Jones – Nasty
Killdozer – Nasty

Enjoy!
LS

Krautrock legends (and Germany’s biggest music cred namedrop for lazy journalists) Can get an electronic homage today. 1/2 of Cabaret Voltaire, Richard H Kirk turns out a wicked late 80s techno version of I Want More. For posterity I’m also throwing in a version from a Wax Trax!-era Fini Tribe as well as a 90s techno acid cut from Scotland’s infamous Ege Bam Yasi.

Richard H. Kirk – I Want More
Ege Bam Yasi – I Want More
Fini Tribe – I Want More

Enjoy!
LS

PS Those in Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub wanting more (doh!) got the original on the wall for you…

Randomly stumbled across today’s cover when doing a google search to replace a broken TV remote (don’t ask); a cover of TV On The Radio‘s DLZ by the somewhat mysterious Silent Rider. So true rings that maxim of ‘happy accident’ as this NYC duo’s dubstep-influenced rendition manages to really hit that sweet spot of what a good cover should be; rising above the standard note-for-note with just enough personal flair to call it their own. Also in fine fettle is a bluegrass-influenced cover by Vancouver’s Matthew Gruman which has all the charm and warmth of sounding like it was produced in a living room with a few good friends and a bottle of 2 Buck Chuck.

Silent Rider – DLZ
Matthew Gruman – DLZ

Enjoy!
LS

PS Original version for those Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub who don’t read Pitchfork enough to know what kind of device a TV On The Radio might be…

Day job has been calling a lot recently, so barely any time for r&r, friends (real or internet versions) or even minding the store here at Versions Galore on any kind of a regular basis. However I did find half a minute today to pull one out by The Clash from their infamous and vastly under appreciated Sandinista! album; the apocalyptic Charlie Don’t Surf.
Barrelling right through, here are the only two versions that Versions could stomach; a dubby downtempo version from Cool Breeze (from the sadly quiet these days Dorado/Filter label) and out to prove that Charlie can indeed hang ten are Pollo Del Mar with a sublime instrumental surf cut.

Cool Breeze – Charlie Don’t Surf
Pollo Del Mar – Charlie Don’t Surf

Enjoy!
LS

PS Those in Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub sadly owning only a copy of Combat Rock or London Calling (or, shudders, Cut The Crap), got original Charlie on the wall for you…

Been on a Detroit techno kick as of late and in the process stumbled upon a couple of great Versions-worthy covers. For those slaves to the six string who have a hard time separating the “T” word from images of pacifier chomping K-soaked rave zombies or worse, Lady Gaga, need I school you on the fact that real, pure, Motor City techno is the greatest (but most sorely overlooked) contribution to African-American music since jazz or perhaps Parliament.
Arguably it’s originator  is today’s tribute fodder, ‘Magic’ Juan Atkins (AKA Cybotron), and his pioneering single Cosmic Cars. Released in 1982 it was promptly filed alongside Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock under “Electro” until the late 80s when it would be re-christened a proto-techno classic.
Paying homage today is fellow D-Town-ers The Dirtbombs with a great n’ dingy lo-fi garage rock cover as well as a rare (and somewhat out-of-tune) 80s funk cover by Ken Lewis.

The Dirtbombs – Cosmic Cars
Ken Lewis – Cosmic Cars

Enjoy!
LS

PS Those in Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub; original Cosmic Cars parked on the wall for you …

Unlike my post on AC/DC the other day, I got nothing but nice things to say about Van Halen. Despite being a dyed in the wool, cardigan carrying Smiths fan in high school, I always secretly dug VH. The inner hesher inside me always wanted to roll up in the school parking lot with aviator shades in a bitchin’ camero blaring Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love, yelling ‘HEYYYYYY WHO WANTS TOOOO PAAAAAARTAAAY!’  While Diamond Dave may have been the antithesis of Morrissey, these lyrics could just have easily come from This Charming Man himself. Get your best Moz voice on and give it a whirl…
” My friend, ain’t talkin’ ’bout love
My love is rotten to the core
Ain’t talkin’ ’bout love
Just like I told you before, uh before, uh before, before.”
BTW did I mention I’m known for my spot on Morrissey impersonation? On Smiths karaoke night in Little Tokyo, I take that shit every time.
Anyway where was I? Oh yeah Van Halen and Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love. Got 4 covers. Fave by a long shot is a warped lo-fi electronic version from the aptly named Moog Cookbook (with Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo guesting on keyboards). Also digging the jazzy dub take by Germany’s Jazzkantine. Eddie Van Halens of the banjo, Iron Horse turn out a mean Dixie cut and punk legends the Minutemen (Mike Watt FTW!) beat their namesake with a 42 second cover.

The Moog Cookbook – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Jazzkantine – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Iron Horse – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Minutemen – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

Enjoy!
LS

N°3 in an ongoing, but sadly irregular, series of Blue Monday covers is today’s cache; jazz/lounge renditions of New Order‘s finest. Of which there are two-ish female versions; a lite n’breezy one from Austria’s Pastel Vespa (who also manages to weave in touches of Love Will Tear Us Apart and Bizarre Love Triangle) and un sac de versions from the always welcome Nouvelle Vague.

Pastel Vespa – Blue Monday
Nouvelle Vague – Blue Monday
Nouvelle Vague – Blue Monday (Live Aula Magna 2007)
Nouvelle Vague – Blue Monday (Live Dortmund 2009)
Nouvelle Vague – Blue Monday (Live Stockholm 2008)
Nouvelle Vague – Blue Monday (Live Paris 2007)
Nouvelle Vague – Blue Monday (Live Paris 2006)
Nouvelle Vague – Blue Monday (Live Bordeaux 2010)
Nouvelle Vague – Blue Monday (Live Salt Lake City 2010)

Previous Mondays here & here…

Enjoy!
LS

PS For those wondering about the sporadic-ness of my posts lately, ironically enough you can find me secretly moonlighting here…

Before Santogold, MIA and other art damaged divas there was Kelis and her Milkshake. A Neptunes produced R&B oddity buzzing with great low-end electro bass and the promise of free milk that went on to be a massive rack shaker. La la LA LA LA…still waiting on that great follow-up Kel.
So drinking that Milkshake today are 5 cover contenders. A nice likkle dubby downtempo version from Tiger Hifi (btw loving these guys, expect to see more of them here soon.), an electro/chiptune rendition from Norway’s Tomas Nördstrom and a big folk-indie cut by The Pictures. And good for a laugh are a gone in 50 seconds cabaret/lounge version from the always welcomed Richard Cheese and an over the top Metallica/punk-styled one from Goodnight Nurse.

Tiger HiFi – Milkshake
Tomas Nördstrom – Milkshake
The Pictures – Milkshake
Richard Cheese – Milkshake
Goodnight Nurse – Milkshake

Enjoy!
LS

PS For my more electronica-addled members Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub, got a couple of bootleg remixes on the wall for y’all…

I know, I know they are one of those bands that everyone like totally loves but I gotta confess, I never really liked AC/DC. In fact I can’t stand them. It’s got nothing to do with their musicianship or anything like that, for me it’s much more visceral. Whenever I hear, say, You Shook Me All Night Long, it’s like I have an allergic reaction. I picture sweaty, smelly Angus Young under those 8,000 megawatt stage lights and immediately my skin starts to itch and it feels like the temperature starts to go up; but not in any kind of sexy way but in more of a someone left the heater on in the conference room and I’m wearing a one size too small wool suit-kind of way. Then, like a demented parent in some bad 80s metal video, I manically set out to destroy whatever listening device it’s playing on until it is silenced.
Arggh, that made my skin crawl just typing it. Anyway something that will make most AC/DC fans wince but should make my more disco-minded followers (and me) happy; a rare, 1983 electro/freestyle cover of You Shook Me All Night Long by Slingshot. BTW fans of Kraftwerk will immediately spot the Tour De France riff running liberally throughout.

Slingshot – You Shook Me All Night Long (Vocal Extended)
Slingshot – You Shook Me All Night Long (Radio Mix)

Enjoy!
LS

Today’s cover is the bittersweet, indie-disco fused Boy From School by Hot Chip.
Dispensing with the electronics however are four indie covers; 3 acoustic renditions by Grizzly Bear, British India and Portastatic and 1 slightly more rocking number from Maritime (which oddly enough ends in an acoustic fashion).

Grizzly Bear – And I Was A Boy From School
British India – And I Was A Boy From School
Portastatic – And I Was A Boy From School
Maritime – And I Was A Boy From School

Enjoy!
LS

PS Lucky pupils of Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub, original on the wall for you…

Everybody loves the sunshine. Especially when it’s Roy Ayers‘ rare groove classic Everybody Loves The Sunshine. A falling piano line into a soulful stroll through a mid-1970s Central Park. Where the warm sun hits your dashiki and ‘the bees and things and flowers’ means that that a jazz-funk age of Aquarius never ended. Those in the know include folks like Gilles Peterson who perennially drops it in to his sets as well as Sunshine samples galore cropping up in scores of Hip Hop and R&B tracks (Common, Mos Def, Brand Nubian and Blige; all love them some Sunshine too).
Who else loves Sunshine? A nickel bag of  handpicked artists today. All more or less tow the same warm and laidback soulful/downtempo style (with the exception of the last two, D*Note and B.U.Z.Z., which are more jazzy drum & bass)

Seu Jorge & Almaz – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
D’Angelo – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Main Street People – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
DJ Cam Quartet – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Soul Village – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Ramp – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Heidi Leonore – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
The Soul Society feat. Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Struttin Unlimited – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Quiet Boys – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Incognito – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Destruments – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
D*Note Feat. Beth Hirsch – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
B.U.Z.Z. Feat. Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Enjoy (the Sunshine)
LS

PS Those in Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub still lacking in Vitamin D, got the original and a couple of remixes/re-edits on the wall for you…

Big guitar instrumental Apache is another of our cover features whose lives have had two acts. First in 1960 as the Jerry Lordan penned number one hit for The Shadows. Though long considered a surf instrumental standard (alongside other classics like Wipe Out, Walk Don’t Run, and Telstar), Lordon and the Shadow’s lofty idea of Apache was envisioned more along lines of Morricone and other grand western soundtracks. However it’s lazy slide and southwestern flair became an immediate hit with coastal California guitar acts (ironic considering both Lordan and the Shadows were from the UK).
Years later new life was breathed into Apache via the Incredible Bongo Band. Released in 1973 IBB’s offbeat Hammond and conga driven funk version wasn’t initially a big hit. However later in the decade nascent hip hop DJs like Kool Herc and Afrika Bambatta picked up on it’s rather lengthy percussive ‘break’ section and bits of this particular Apache soon found it’s way onto scores of hip hop tracks. Even today it shows no signs of fatigue; with elements still cropping up in rap from Missy Elliot and The Roots to electronic acts like Future Sound of London and Mr. Oizo.
So today we cover many bases. Working in a reverse fashion I’m leading with a section based around the Incredible Bongo Band cut. Just as incredible is Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band‘s human beat-box tribute; A cover from France’s Le Par Bongo Rockers, Grand Central’s Fingathing and a very rare version by The Jimi Entley Sound (AKA Geoff Barrow from Portishead). The next two hip hop cuts are probably pushing it in regards to being actual covers, but as the judge says ‘I’m going to allow it’; The Sugarhill Gang‘s Apache (Jump On it) which I believe is the first recorded instance of using IBB’s sample and Breakdancin’ (Electric Boogie), a classic electro cut by West Street Mob. Rounding off is A Bit Patchy; a house/electro cut from the loud and phenomenal (or is that just phenomenally loud) Switch.
Next is the off-beat covers. A sublime classic reggae cut by Byron Lee & The Dragonaires as well as a new school ska version by The Skadows. There were not one but TWO(!) wild Moog cuts courtesy of Rod Hunter and Hot Butter. A swinging Mancini-esque rendition by Si Zentner an an oddball mandolin-gypsy sounding one from Poly. There were also two proper disco cuts from the cosmic Les Rockets and the Euro-cheesey Seebach Band. And lastly not content to leave a fine instrumental well enough alone are two vocal versions; an easy listening ballad from Sonny James and a funny little Spanish-language one by Wilson Miranda.
As for the rest, well, a plethora of fine, personally handpicked, surf and ‘big guitar’ covers.

Incredible Bongo Band – Apache
Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band – Apache
Le Par Bongo Rockers – Apache
Fingathing – Apache
The Jimi Entley Sound – Apache
Sugarhill Gang – Apache (Jump On It)
West Street Mob – Breakdancin’ (Electric Boogie)
Switch – A Bit Patchy

Byron Lee & The Dragonaires – Apache
The Skadows – Apache
Rod Hunter – Apache
Hot Butter – Apache
Si Zentner – Apache
Poly – Apache
Les Rockets – Apache
The Seebach Band – Apache
Sonny James – Apache
Wilson Miranda – Apache

Aki Aleong & The Nobles – Apache
Al Caiola – Apache
Aqua Velvets – Apache
Astro Zombies – Apache
Bert Weedon – Apache
Boss Combo – Apache
Davie Allan & The Arrows – Apache ’65
Duane Eddy – Apache
Fantastic Dee-Jays – Apache
Goran – Apache
Jimmy Thackery – Apache
Jon & The Nightriders – Apache
Jorgen Ingmann and His Guitar – Apache
Killer Bananazz – Apache
Link Wray – Apache
Los Pekenikes – Apache
Los Shains – Apache
Luizinho e seus Dinamites – Apache
Mermen – Apache (Live 2004)
Newtones – Apache
Os Incognitos – Apache
Ricky King – Apache
Romeo Void – Apache
Satan’s Cheerleaders – Apache ’95
Susan & The Surftones – Apache
Takeshi Terauchi – Apache
The Apaches – Apache
The Bells – Apache
The Bitch Boys – Apache
The Blue Hawaiians – Apache
The Breakaways – Apache
The Challengers – Apache
The Cousins – Apache
The Jet Blacks – Apache
The Jet Blacks – Apache (Twist version)
The Jokers – Apache
The Jordans – Apache
The Phantoms – Apache
The Spiedels – Apache
The Surfaris – Apache
The Swagmen – Apache
The Ventures – Apache
The Ventures – Apache (Ventures Play Telstar version)

Enjoy!
LS

PS Those in Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub not suffering terminal Apache burnout at this point can head over to the wall where the original versions await…

It may be hard for most to recall but New Order weren’t the only pioneering post-punk electricians coming out of Manchester during the early 80s. Languishing under their shadow were fellow Factory records label mates Section 25 and their, now considered classic, electro track Looking From A Hilltop; 4 and some change minutes of haunting vocals and unrelenting modulating synths over a Kraftwerk inspired beat (produced by New Order’s Bernard Sumner no less).
20 years later, and shortly before their rather sad demise, Glasgow indie power pop trio BIS paid homage to Section 25 (as well as Factory records as a whole) with a stunning electro cover of Hilltop.

Bis - Looking From A Hilltop

Enjoy!
LS

PS Those in Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub not hip to what FAC 108 is, got the original and a nice little bonus track on the wall for you…

With so many covers at the Versions G, it’s kinda hard bein LEO P O L D.
OK, lame attempt at rap I know, I’m way too middle class white Jew-boy to have any kind of flow. (Oh hey that rhymes!)
But here’s something that’s certainly less lame; 4 fun covers of Snoop Doggy Dogg classic Gin & Juice.
Rolling down the street smoking collie weed is the reggae/dub antics of Prince Fatty (with Jamaican legend Winston Francis on vocal duties).
Next is Sissy Bar, and I dunno about you but there’s something kind of hot about a bunch of indie pop girls singing ‘I got bitches in the living room getting it on’.
Perennial Versions fave, Richard Cheese hams it up with his lounge rendition. And lastly, enlightening us that complex and often time contradictory social issues aren’t just endemic to urban locales but can have equal and resounding ramifications when introduced into rural agrarian settings, is The Gourds with a country-fried Dixie version.

Prince Fatty – Gin and Juice
Sissy Bar – Gin and Juice
Richard Cheese – Gin and Juice
The Gourds – Gin and Juice

Enjoy!
LS

Wall Street losin’ dough on every share
They’re blamin’ it on longer hair
Big men smokin’ in their easy chair
On a fat cigar without a care.

People Make The World Go Round, The Stylistics haunting slice of Philly soul eerily rings as true today as did back in 1972. More interesting however is the odd bit of resigned wisdom that follows:

But that’s what makes the world go round
The ups and downs, a carousel
Changing people’s heads around
Go underground young man.

While the falsetto chorus advises that there’s not much you can do to change it, it’s all part of life, deal with it best as you can; it’s the contrasting upbeat arrangement that unspokenly seems to whisper but it can’t take away your dignity.
Not surprisingly an impoverished 70s Jamaica understood these sentiments quite well and have always poured that soul and pride into music, chiefly reggae. Funny enough my first exposure to People Make The World Go Round wasn’t the Stylistics cut, but rather the Hortense Ellis‘ (sister of Alton) sublime reggae/rocksteady version; easily one of my personal top ten favorite reggae cuts. My close second picks are three classic versions from The Chosen Few, The Now Generation (FYI more Jamaican soul than straight reggae) and The Tamlins. Following those are an 80s UK lover’s rock cut from The Cool Notes as well as a poppy Sly & Robby-produced dancehall number from Ruddy Thomas.

Hortense Ellis – People Make The World Go Round
The Chosen Few – People Make The World Go Round
The Now Generation – People Make The World Go Round
The Tamlins – People Make The World Go Round
The Cool Notes – People Make The World Go Round
Ruddy Thomas – People Make The World Go Round

Enjoy!
LS

Been dying to feature 70s glam groover 20th Century Boy, by T Rex, for some time now. One would think there would be a virtual velvet goldmine’s worth of amazing covers, yet instead my ears have been bored by the tepid lot of note-for-notes out there. Determined not to pack away the eyeliner just yet, I dug deeper and found a trio of Versions worthy versions.
Leading with a personal fave is eclectic UK trio Belleruche. No strangers to VG they pack more mojo into their simple sultry lo-fi, guitar & kick drum cut than any of the lavish production, feather boa wanna-bees out there.
Quite a screamer is a rare, early B-side from Siouxsie & The Banshees, who like most late 70s excess-rejecting punks, still had a hard time parting with their platforms.
And lastly translating the glam quite swingingly is (sadly MIA) rockabilly sextet Big 6.

Belleruche – 20th Century Boy
Big 6 – 20th Century Boy
Siouxsie And The Banshees – 20th Century Boy

Enjoy!
LS

PS For all the young dudes (and dude-ettes) of Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub not familiar, got the original on the wall for you…

Musician. Illustrator. Professional tea brewer. Mr. Scruff is no doubt Manchester’s quirkiest renaissance man. And dilettante he is not. Prolific creator of jazzy breakbeats he’s got no less than 6 albums (5 of which on the mighty Ninja Tune label),  numerous singles and countless mixes under his belt. He’s no slouch in the drawing department either. Besides branding himself with his signature badly drawn jazztastic potatoes (gander here and here) his illustrations also routinely turn up in fancy coffee table books like Booth Clibborn’s who’s who of street art tome Scrawl. He’s also gotten in the awesome habit of bringing his cheeky cartoons to life for his music videos (try not to break out in a grin we dare you). Then next he did the only logical thing a pie and Earl Grey obsessed dj could; make TEA, which he has done in a rather organic fashion via his Make Us A Brew company.
Now that I’ve completely sold you on his royal Scruffiness,  here’s The Quantic Soul Orchestra‘s even funkier cover of his ubiquitous jazzy downtempo ‘hit’ Get A Move On (which to be fair the original is constructed from hefty doses of the blind avant-jazz viking Moondog track Lament I, “Bird’s Lament”)

The Quantic Soul Orchestra – Get A Move On

Enjoy!
LS

PS Original and Moondog’s ‘prequel’ version for those in Thee Versions Galore Facebook Fanclub…