The Sleeping Bag Sessions (Vinyl 2xLP) Afrobeat & African

The Sleeping Bag Sessions (Vinyl 2xLP) Afrobeat & AfricanIn 1981, Arthur set up Sleeping Bag records with Will Socolov. The first release was the album '24 24 music' as Dinosaur L . From then on they went on to record and release tracks by Bonzo goes to washington, Felix, Clandestine, Sounds of JHS 126 brooklyn, Indian Ocean and Dinosaur l (who are all represented here). Arthur Russell's writing and recording methods are cloaked in urban myth some say he would only record under a full moon. Anyhow, here's

It's My Part

"Give Me" shifts from demand ("Give me your loving") to begging ("Give me your loving") in the sweetest and sexiest way

the double EP titled 'Cherry Drops'

"Pull the Catch" is straight-up funky dancehall

On Erratics and Unconformities

Recorded and issued in 1974

In the spring of 1966

"Their masterpiece

these tracks are the blueprint for everything that came after

Working to repetitive

original members Boz Scaggs and Jim Peterman had left

One More Night and Spoon