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Hello Y’all! For this LAST First Thursday, February 6 at D.C.’s Tavern I have filled the boxes with my favorite 7-inches. I don’t think there will be many surprises. Les McCann & Eddie Harris - “Compared To What” b/w “Generation Gap” (Atlantic cat. SD 7-1537) I have no idea when I first heard “Compared To What,” but it left an indelible mark on my soul…that I know. I immediately became obsessed. I bought every version of the LP I came across until I found what I thought was a perfect copy. I bought copies of the 7-inch that there was an uncensored version out there. A soon as I discovered that this version of the 7-inch existed the obsession went into overload. I found this about ten years ago and have played this record more than any other at my First Thursdays. Les McCann and Eddie Harris were at the Montreux Jazz Festival but had never played together. “So hey, what do you say fellas? Wanna play some music we have never rehearsed in front of a packed audience at one of the best known Jazz gatherings in the world? Sure, why the fuck not? It’s all improvisation anyway?” Despite the fact that they never played together they produced one of the most enduring sessions ever. Gene McDaniels’ socially aware compositions really began with “Compared To What.” Just a couple of years after this he recorded what is one of the greatest pieces of social commentary, Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse. One night I played side one in its entirety…do you miss yet Hoboken? This is it folks, this is the last First Thursday. Over the years I have bellied up to the tables with some of the greatest and others that just made me laugh. At midnight I always have my first Guinness, otherwise I won’t make it to closing. Hello, I must be going, I cannot stay, I came to say, I must be going. I’m glad I came. But just the same. I must be going, la-la! See you there! #primitivesoundsystem #vinylrules #vinyljunkie #vinyl45s #RareRecords #recordcollection #recordcollector @dcstavern #dcstavern #Hoboken #HoboenNJ @dalespix @demondrums @tfool #FirstThursday #FirstThursdays #SeriesFinale #ComparedToWhat #LesMcann #EddieHarris #DonaldDean #BennyBailey https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Nkg7JJqpZ/?igshid=1dmrth9cljnqi

[luddite]

THIS FIRST THURSDAY! Sorry, let me start that again…THE LAST FIRST THURSDAY! This First Thursday, February 6, at D.C.’s Tavern in Hoboken, NJ will be the last First Thursday at D.C’s Tavern. Seventeen years of torturing, pleasing, annoying, satisfying, and hopefully entertaining the cultured folks at one of Hoboken’s only real bars left… has come to an end. I have played whatever the fuck I wanted and have barely ever been confronted about it. The meat on the stools have weathered No Wave, Noise, Free Jazz, and 45s at 33. This month I will be playing all my favorites on 45 for the last time in this smelly hole. I try never to be too nostalgic but D.C.’s has been one of the most incredible venues for me to play records, sell, records, and drink with friends, enemies and strangers alike. I have seen many characters come and go and some have left us for good. We will remember them all and close out the night with screams of, “BOB GAUL!" So if you have ever said, “I really want to come by.” Well, you missed it. You only had seventeen years to do it. See you there! #primitivesoundsystem #vinylrules #vinyljunkie #vinyl45s #RareRecords #recordcollection #recordcollector @dcstavern #dcstavern #Hoboken #HoboenNJ @dalespix @demondrums @tfool #FirstThursday #FirstThursdays #Funk #Soul #HardRock #Punk #Instrumentals #LatinMusic #AfroBeat #GarageRock #HardcorePunk #Dub #Reggae #45sAt33 #ProgRock #HipHop #AllVinylAllTheTime #RandB #LoungeMusic https://www.instagram.com/p/B8C-GSPJpt1/?igshid=17zihb6kz4zf5