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I had a pretty damn successful trip to Amoeba yesterday, picking up 3 albums that I had either been looking for for awhile, or alternately, which I had no idea existed, but wanted to get them as soon as I read the sleeve notes. Here is a sample from each:

Stan Getz - I’m Late, I’m Late — This is from a really neat album called Focus that predates a lot of the more bossa-nova-y stuff that Getz rose to fame with. It’s an attempt to fuse jazz and classical music, and while I’m hardly an expert on either genre, it sounds like a success to me. This track in particular reminds me bit of the “prologue” piece from The Royal Tenenbaums, when they’re all getting makeup put on and so forth. I believe that piece was by Ravel, and based on the liner notes for this album “I’m Late, I’m Late” was partially inspired by a composition by Bartok.

Sabres of Paradise - Return of Carter — Andrew Weatherall from Sabres of Paradise has been a contributor to several Primal Scream albums and you can definitely get a sense of that from this track.

Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart — Damn, I’ve been neglecting to pick up some Otis Redding for a while, so this 2-disc “Definitive Soul Collection” fits the bill nicely. Otis is amazing. I mean… when I’m driving around listening to music, I like to sing along sometimes, and not to blow my own horn or anything, but I can usually kinda keep up with quite a few of the singers. When it comes to somebody like Otis though, I’m just pretty much like, “Fuck it… I got nothing on this.”