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GEETEE(HPK) (geeteehpk)
6-Zenith
Username: geeteehpk
Post Number: 4896
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 12:41 pm: |    |
Man oh man! This has been a rough year for entertainers. He may not be a household name,but he recorded one of the funkiest jams of 1973,that's been sampled by numerous of hip hop acts.
He's featured in the latest issue of Wax Poetics magazine.
May he rest in peace 
http://soul-sides.com/2010/07/ rip-melvin-bliss/
(Message edited by GeeTee(HPK) on July 28, 2010) |
Kdubya (paladin)
6-Zenith
Username: paladin
Post Number: 6159
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 12:48 pm: | |
Nice, thanks for posting...learned something.... |
GEETEE(HPK) (geeteehpk)
6-Zenith
Username: geeteehpk
Post Number: 4897
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 1:06 pm: | |
Man, I'm really messed up by this. With the people that we're losing within the week :
Phillip Walker (blues guitarist) 7/22
Carl Gordon (actor) 7/20
Al Goodman (Ray,Goodman & Brown)7/26
Now Melvin Bliss has joined the elders. |
ladyvanaye (ladyvanaye)
6-Zenith
Username: ladyvanaye
Post Number: 7580
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 1:13 pm: | |
His song is a HIP HOP CLASSIC! Wow...I am so sorry to hear of his departure. RIP Mel Bliss - GOD BLESS. |
GEETEE(HPK) (geeteehpk)
6-Zenith
Username: geeteehpk
Post Number: 4901
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 1:50 am: | |
Here's the article that's in the latest issue of Wax Poetics magazine.
http://www.waxpoetics.com/2010 /07/melvin-bliss/#more-9292
Here's the actual song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =pu23RCCQJsM |
Juicefree20 (juicefree20)
6-Zenith
Username: juicefree20
Post Number: 14528
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 2:41 am: | |
Geetee:
Thanks for posting.
To think that one of the most sampled songs in Hip-Hop history, is this obscure song which was a B-Side.
Before this song became sampler's gold, I'd never heard of it, much less heard of Melvin Bliss, which is rather ironic as the label was based here in New York.
It just goes to show you the approach that was taken back then. Melvin needed something for the flip, did it & had no idea that he was creating something which was destined to become a classic.
Finally, is it any wonder that this drum groove comes from the set of none other than "Pretty" Purdie?
Thanks for posting this, as with Kdub, I certainly learned quite a bit about Melvin & this song & it's good to finally hear him give his perspective. This story humanized him & revealed him to be more than a man whom toiled in obscurity & so much more than a song that was sampled.
Melvin Bliss - R.I.P. |
GEETEE(HPK) (geeteehpk)
6-Zenith
Username: geeteehpk
Post Number: 4902
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 3:06 am: | |
You're welcome Juice. Bernard Purdie is one of my favorite drummers,and it was great knowing that he's playing drums on "Synthetic Substitution."(the mystery is solved !)
Melvin was 75 years old,and he managed to take pretty good care of himself.
I glad the folks at Wax Poetics was fortunate enough to talk to him,before he made his untimely passing.
He may be gone,but that one song will never be forgotten. |
Juicefree20 (juicefree20)
6-Zenith
Username: juicefree20
Post Number: 14529
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 3:10 am: | |
I used to live in Jamaica, as well & don't live that far today. It would've been nice to know that he lived there.
Back in the day, a lot of musicians lived in the Jamaica/St. Albans section of Queens. All of this time, all of these young rappers have been living in the midst of the creator of one of the most sampled songs & they probably never even knew it.
Did anyone mention when Melvin passed? |
GEETEE(HPK) (geeteehpk)
6-Zenith
Username: geeteehpk
Post Number: 4903
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 3:14 am: | |
I don't think so.
If I didn't run into a friend that broke the news to me yesterday morning,I wouldn't have known. |
Kev-Lo (7273747576)
6-Zenith
Username: 7273747576
Post Number: 3725
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 6:41 am: | |
Hi this is Kev-Lo
R.I.P Melvin |
TAMLA617 (tamla617)
5-Doyen
Username: tamla617
Post Number: 402
Registered: 1-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 8:29 am: | |
i dont know how i missed this record,its really good.
is it out on any cd's,compilations etc.?
rip melvin |
GEETEE(HPK) (geeteehpk)
6-Zenith
Username: geeteehpk
Post Number: 4904
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 10:54 am: | |
You can find it on both album/CD compilations,and it has been recently reissued as a 45 single.
Try www.dustygroove.com |
DLM (dlm)
2-Debutant
Username: dlm
Post Number: 85
Registered: 7-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 12:56 pm: | |
Hi GeeTee,
I had no idea it was Melvin Bliss. I forgot his name but I remember the record "Synthetic Substitution." Mister Purdie was the drummer of this track? Which I really didn't know. I'm aware of his studio work in Chgo, NY and LA-but had no idea - These men were ahead of their time. When the Hip-Hop started sampling a lot of the artist usually used the 808 drum machine, sometimes to overdubbed certain tracks or left it as is. With Purdie, one never need no use the 808. I loved his work with Steely Dan. I'm sorry to learn of Mr. Bliss' transition- May he RIP. |