Contradiction

Track Listings

1. Contradictions

2. Ride Wit Yall

3. White Girl

4. Game

5. Scarred Pac

6. Hell on Earth

7. Hogballin

8. Whatch Known Fo

9. Where the G's At

10. Down Here/Ugk Pimp C Bun B

11. Love and Hate

12. Bad Dreams

13. Imagine If

14. Systemized

15. Contradictions [Instrumental]

16. Hell on Earth - Davina, One Gud Cide

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Honey/Contradiction
The Ohio Players
Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Too Hot to Stop

ASIN: B000PUB23O
Release Date: 2007-06-25

Tracks:

Honey
Fopp
Let's Love
Ain't Givin' Up No Ground
Sweet Sticky Thing
Love Rollercoaster
Alone
Contradiction
Precious Love
Little Lady Maria
Far East Mississippi
Who'd She Coo?
My Life
Tell the Truth
My Ladies Run Me Crazy
Bi-Centennial

Album Description

Digitally remastered two-fer from the '70s funky Soulsters featuring two of their most popular albums on one disc. Honey was originally released in 1975, followed by Contradiction which was released in '76. BGO. 2007.

Album Details

2007 Digitally Remastered Edition of Two Original R&B Album Classics Combined on to a Single CD. 1975's "Honey" features the Group's Most Popular Single "Love Rollercoaster" (Which Hit Number One around the World), "Sweet Sticky Thing" and "Fopp", While "Contradiction" Peaked at Number 12 in 1976 and Spawned the R&B No. One Single "Who'd She Coo".

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The Eternal Contradiction
James Lee Stanley
Manufacturer: Beachwood
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NOULGQ
Release Date: 2007-07-03

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some Erie stuff

Discrete Carbon
Dwight Ashley
Manufacturer: Nepenthe Music and Publishing
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00026S374
Release Date: 2004-06-22

Tracks:

Eightfold Way
It Happened in November
Katalepsis
I Thought It Was There
Three Insects
Denial
Colossus Succumbs
Eat Me, Drink Me
Examined by Tweezers
Carbon

Product Description

A journey into the dark infinity of inner space, Dwight Ashleys premiere solo recording is an aural world rich in paradox and contradiction. Ashley characterizes his work as experimental and in fact, the release of the album is itself something of an experiment. Remarking on the body of his work over the past two decades, Ashley muses in the liner notes to his album, I sometimes questioned whether it truly qualified as music. Discrete Carbon asks the listener for a verdict and in so doing, demands a rethinking of exactly what music is, does, and ultimately, means to the listener.

Customer Reviews:

some Erie stuff.......2005-03-11

I recently received two cds by Dwight Ashley, this collection of stuff from 1999 and 2003 and the more recent Four with compositions from 2003/4. Erie, I say, cuz it's from Toledo, Ohio, on the shores of that Lake of same name. Now, place doesn't always count for much, I realize. But, if we are what we eat, then I think we sound like what we hear.

These ambient pieces sound like winter to me. (Course, I received them here in Reno in the midst of an hundred-year snow storm...) Track 3 "katalepsis" shimmers like an ice sculpture in the dark. Track 9 "examined by tweezers" seems a meditation on the modulation of sound passing thru an "empty" medium (the atmosphere perhaps, or maybe one's home as one works with the stereo on in the background).

Musically, I am reminded of the music of Jeff Grienke and of ambient Eno of the Discreet Music period. There is some happy piano music on a hidden track 15 reminding me somewhat of the happy piano music on Aphex Twin's "drukqs." Of the two cds, I think I like Four the best because of its darker edge.

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Contradiction

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GG4X7Y
Release Date: 2006-06-06

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The Craft of Contradiction
Estuary
Manufacturer: Ibex Moon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Novella Reservoir

ASIN: B000O590BG
Release Date: 2007-04-17

Tracks:

ENDURING THE ILLUSION
CREATION DAMNATION
LIES OF PROMISE
TRANSDIMENSIONAL SCOURGE
A DISEASE CALLED DOGMA
HEIRS TO THE THRONE OF FEAR
CLEANSED OF ALL WISDOM
BELIEF ADDICTIONS
FRAILTY IN NUMBERS
CARDINAL POINTS TO DIE UPON

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Low Note Fun!
JUST A WARNING

Contradiction
Allen Savedoff
Manufacturer: Capstone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000063COB
Release Date: 2002-04-09

Tracks:

Brazil
I Feel Pretty Good
Contradance
When I Fall In Love
Summertime
Caravan
'Round Midnight
Vista
Stolen Moments
Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Lower)
Speak Low
Rumble
(Big) Birdland

Customer Reviews:

Low Note Fun!.......2002-07-21

This is the most fun album I've heard in quite awhile!! The compositions and arrangements are brilliant and the performances, especially by Savedoff, are sublime! Definitely check this out as well as the NPR interview on All Things Considered. Wow!

JUST A WARNING.......2002-06-10

It takes an eclectic taste to appreciate dueling bassoons farting out ANYTHING YOU CAN DO I CAN DO BETTER. The NPR interview with the artist sounded fun. The CD is heavy. I wouldn't if I were you.

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Piano Classics (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Concerto For Four Harpsichords And Orchestra: Allegro
Concerto For Four Harpsichords And Orchestra: Largo
Concerto For Four Harpsichords And Orchestra: Allegro
Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 In C Minor 'Pathetique': Grave - Allegro di molto
Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 In C Minor 'Pathetique': Adagio cantabile
Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 In C Minor 'Pathetique': Rondo: Allegro
Sonata No. 14 op. 27-2 in C Sharp Minor 'Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto
Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major: Allegro non troppo
Concerto Etudes Op. 10: No. 1 In C Major
Concerto Etudes Op. 10: No. 2 In A Minor
Concerto Etudes Op. 10: No. 3 In E Major
Raindrop Prelude Op. 28-15
Clair de Lune

Tracks:

Piano Concerto Op. 16 In A Minor: Allegro molto moderato
Piano Concerto In D Major: Vivace
Piano Concerto In D Major: Un poco adagio
Piano Concerto In D Major: Rondo all 'ungharese, Allegro assai
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 85 In A Minor: Allegro moderato
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 25 In G Minor: Molto allegro con fuoco
Characteristic Studies Op. 95: Contradiction
Characteristic Studies Op. 95: Juno
Characteristic Studies Op. 95: Bacchanal

Tracks:

Piano Concerto No. 24 K 491 in C minor: Allegro
Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
Pictures At An Exhibition: Gnomus
Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
Pictures At An Exhibition: Baba Yaga
Pictures At An Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18 In C Minor: Moderato
Piano Concerto In G Major: Allegramente
Piano Pieces: Melody In F Op. 3-1
Piano Pieces: Reve angelique Op. 10-22
Caprice - Valse Op. 76: Wedding Cake

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Great songs, great singing and great playing
Beautiful vibe on this roots classic
MORE SLAVERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This Is Higgs' "Blood On The Tracks"

Life of Contradiction
Joe Higgs
Manufacturer: Lagoon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Satta Massagana

ASIN: B000001PWN
Release Date: 1993-11-18

Tracks:

More Slavery
More Slavery (Dub Version)
Life Of Contradiction
Come On Home
Got To Make A Way
Hard Times Don't Bother Me
There's A Reward
Wake Up And Live
Who Brought Down The Curtains
Song My Enemy Sings
She Was The One
My Baby Still Loves Me
Ram Bam Bam
Ram Bam Bam (Dub Version)
Sincerely
Sincerely (Dub Version)

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Great songs, great singing and great playing.......2007-02-03

Joe Higgs moved to Los Angeles in the 80s, so I was lucky to see him perform in San Francisco, West L.A. and Topanga Canyon (!! - there was a reggae festival at the outdoor Shakespearean Theater - the Will Geer Theatrical Botanicum) before he passed away in 1999. Very lucky. For those not in the know, he was born in 1940 in Jamaica (grew up in Kingston's Trenchtown) and mentored the Wailers while they were learning their stuff. He also did a tour with them when Bunny Wailer backed out - you can hear him playing percussion, and a little background vox on the Talkin' Blues cd. Later he toured with Jimmy Cliff (cd: In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff - you just hear a little of him singing). There are also early versions of some of these songs, and a couple others, on scattered compilations of 60s reggae/ska/rocksteady.

Anyway, the original album is made up of songs 3 - 12, (and not in that order, unfortunately), and has some of reggae's best songwriting, singing and playing on it. A couple of the tracks sound like the source tape wasn't in the greatest shape, but what can you do... Here is the original song order:

Come On Home
Got To Make A Way
Wake Up And Live
Life Of Contradiction
Who Brought Down The Curtains
There's A Reward
Hard Times Don't Bother Me
My Baby Still Love Me
She Was The One
Song My Enemy Sings

Joe Higgs really payed attention to the craft of songwriting and didn't just walk into the studio to use whatever rhythms the producer threw his way -- he came with his own songs (not just the lyrics). And he was a very soulful singer with a deep and warm voice. Also, the band's performance is somewhat unique in reggae. They had room to stretch out, meaning they didn't have to stick to repeating the same lick over and over, and while there are practically no solos, they play with great taste and feel. He only has a few albums (2 that are unavailable on cd to this day), but this is easily his best. (Although, Unity Is Power, Triumph, Family and Blackman Know Yourself are all pretty good. But Unity Is Power is a rare LP and Triumph is only available on LP from specialty shops - I saw copies of it at Ameoba in Berkeley, CA. I have an old cassette!)

This is one of the most special albums for me - I don't play it often because I don't want to wear myself out on it. I save it for special occassions when I can really play it loud and sing along.

(FWIW, I'm a huge roots reggae and heavy dub fan and have a couple hundred discs, from the obvious to the obscure, and have branched out, mostly backwards in time, to ska and especially to the sweet vibes of rocksteady.)

Beautiful vibe on this roots classic.......2007-01-15

Joe Higgs and the band mix well on this 1975 release. It has a very different, rare vibe to it. Some incredibly good cuts. "My Baby Still Loves Me" is beautiful and moving. "Life of Contradiction" is deep and soulful. Great roots reggae album, all around.

MORE SLAVERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-08-23

One of the most massive roots tunes EVER!! Trust me this tune is un-stoppable. The thing is "More Slavery" was not included on the original vinyl release of this album, thus making this cd essential. Truth be told, this CD is essential regardless. I challenge you to find a more soulful album, in any genre by any artist. Joe Higgs cuts strait to the heart.

This Is Higgs' "Blood On The Tracks".......1999-12-31

An important and moving album that brought thoughtful singer-songwriter credentials to reggae at a time when only Bob Marley, the Heptones' "Party Time" and Burning Spear's "Man In The Hills" mattered. Buy this in tribute to the late Higgs and give your reggae record collection some class.

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Contradiction
Kat Orlando
Manufacturer: Heem Street
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005V6DZ
Release Date: 2002-01-01

Tracks:

Queen of Denial
Get Your Act Together
Make It Right
Put the Gris Gris (Good Groove On)
Cadillac of Man
In the Right Place
Contradiction
Don't Mess With Bill
For Crying Out Loud
Fallout (From Our Storm)
Mirage
New Day
Party Line (Operator 9)
This Heart

Album Description

The title cut "Contradiction" asks the question "is this for real?" New love or infatuation, one night or many? The question one asks when you want to take it real slow but... oh, no. "Queen of Denial": Well, now it's too late. too far gone...in love and taking the ride. "Put the Gris Gris (Good Groove on)": take a trip to your youth, what ever that was or wherever. In this case, it's New Orleans. It's a song about musical vibes, the spirit in the dark. It's about missing the place you used to belong. "Cadillac of Man": L.A. from the outside looking in. "For Crying Out Loud": Scraping the bottom, emotionally, and coming out to the light. "Partyline (Operator 9)": Looking to bust out of the everyday? Self-expanatory party music taking a wild ride, leave the tube behind. Pink meets the Pointer Sisters.