music mania

Finally! My first purchases off Music Graveyard arrived yesterday (the name is a good indication of what might have happened to them if the box hadn't come in yesterday). Two little musical rarities: Latin Rock Fusions, an early Santana album with some cool jams (I mean, really cool) and Straight No Chaser, a compilation of tracks owned by Blue Note that have been oft-sampled (Hancock's Cantaloupe Island is probably the most familiar one, so far). The funny aspect of this 2 CD set is that Art Blakey who contributes the most tracks (3) has only sound bits, and no music.