Vinyl Sunday!!

That's right folks! This is my first post on our new blog and I'm already taking charge and starting a tradition. Every Sunday I (or my yankee counterpart) will offer you a glimpse of a fantastic, or perhaps visually hideous record, or album art and perhaps a nice review of the music that goes along with it. This may not be what miss Brandi had in mind for this blog, but tough shit for her. She invited me and I plan to make myself good and comfy here!

I find that I tend to be attracted to the under-loved and otherwise ugly bits and pieces found at thrift stores or yard sales. I get excited when I find something completely nauseating....but why? Well, I suppose its like those people who go to the animal shelters and adopt the most mangy and smelly animals. They feel sorry for them. So, i guess I feel sorry for these little bits of ugly. If I don't take them in and proudly display them, who will?

I ended up with this little beauty in my cart!



I was completely oblivious to what kind of music it was, or even the language or country of origin...but, I intended to find out as soon as I got in front of my laptop. So when I arrived home the first thing I did was spin the black circle, and did some googling! It turns out that Moravanka is from the Czech Republic, and this particular album is from 1974!

Here's a bit more about Moravanka to enlighten you:

Sold out halls and hundreds of thousands of sold out records in our country as well as abroad, a wide circle of listeners of all generations- that is the most convincing proof of sympathy and popularity for the brass band Moravanka of Jan Slabák. The basic root of success is in the musical performance of each composition. All of the brass band members are outstanding musicians, who graduated from Brno Musical Conservatoire and Janáček Academy of Musical Arts with practice in symphonic or dance orchestras. The repertoire is very pleasant, as it builds on Moravian folklore, mainly from Slovacko, which is naturally lively and temperamental. However, the main source of popularity is the individualistic sound and style Moravanka interprets each composition with, as it is closer to a jazz-band than a typical brass-band.

And guess what folks!! They are still kickin' it!! CLICK HERE BITCHES!!

PS....here's a bit of ear candy (and eye candy) for you. :D



With love, Miguette.