Brewerytown Beats

12/15/2025

Sometimes I collect non-Philly material.. essentials only. Clarence Reid AKA Blowfly..

12/09/2025

Tucked away on a dusty 2” tape - a later MFSB lineup including original members Ronnie Baker & Bobby Eli.. comes The Dragon - Fists Of Fury.. produced/weitten/conceived by Michael Nise to be released with his Ninchucks 45 - this hasn’t seen the light of day till now..

12/05/2025

Long overdue.. recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Sept of 1971 - Surprize - a classic rock outfit produced, written and arranged by Howard Stein & Tony Roccia - sampled endlessly.. Sweet Love (check the Kid Capri YouTube!)

12/05/2025

There is more to this story, new things are coming to light every day.. but one thing for sure is that Philadelphia has a deep rooted, very important Latin music scene.. let’s start in the mid 1960’s and the Calex label based on N Front St. There is an amazing album by the blind guitarist Juan William Surent from 1968 - then this incrediablly rare Latin LP by Felix Hernandez and Los Galanes.

12/03/2025

Cold Duck and others - Philadelphia’s Graffiti Alternatives Network - 1971

11/24/2025

1976 Meters, backstage with The Meters management, various members of the band and Jimmy Cliff (RIP) - I could only imagine that conversation. 🕊️🕊️

11/07/2025

Going back over a year ago when & I were discussing the fact that his Unc was not recognized by - so we did a thing.. super proud the day has come and this thing worked out.. now 3/4ths of the Philly Sound has been recognized..

I hand delivered this letter to CEO of the Rock Hall in Cleveland 12/04/23 - I guess it worked.

11/07/2025

10/14/2025

North Philly’s own The Ward Singers - with a brilliant cover by the one and only 1962

09/30/2025

Who was there.. kind of need to get into this more..

09/19/2025

DM FOR PRICE:

The Curtis Fuller Sextette (Members:
Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Dave Bailey, Elvin Jones, Hank Mobley, Jimmy Garrison, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Paul Chambers (3), Thad Jones, Tommy Flanagan) – Imagination
NM / NM - Early 1970’s pressing - was sealed. Still in Shrink - Harvey Cover*

*Harvey Scott Williams (1927-1987). According to his niece Margo, Harvey Scott Williams received $25 per painting from Savoy Records to create works that could be produced as album covers, specifically for gospel albums. Williams was associated with Savoy Records from approximately 1961 to 1969.

09/18/2025

Found an extremely clean copy of this gem.. it’s so refreshing to know there’s things like this still out there - last time we had one in the shop it came and went in a 🔦…