Hi, here is a list of people who have commented on a regular basis on vibes in the past, that would like to invite to Vibes Private Club, can you please put your gmail account on a comment so the invite can be forwarded to you, to gain access. Then in the future I will post a new list of people who have been doing making regular comments and I would like to give access to as well. This will contnue until we hit the 100 mark, where we can add no more.
Jimmy G
Peter P
BasicDave
Rob
Majicmarty
steve in toronto
Demcal
Sleepy Pete
Keven
Vincemagzic
Skinoi
dbh
beerpong
Alain F. Bertrand
Evil Twin
Legendary Ganja Smoking Monk
Antonio Carlos Cagalhaes
Ned
N8Deepbc
BZH
Jean
If you are not on this list then, keep making comments, maybe you will make it next month. And is better to add in smaller groups.
If you see a line through your name on the list, I have received your email address and have sent you an invite. But I will also tell you in the comments just after it's been sent.
If your on the list and don't have a gmail account then you will need to open one, if you don't want an invite then please say in the comments cheers. So I can cross you off thanks.
There are three tracks @ 256 all the rest are @320 the 256 tracks are CD1 track 20 & CD3 tracks 14 & 17. Sorry I don't have the time to look for replacements, so it is as it is, mainly 320 and 3 @256 and 256 sound the same as 320 anyway.
* We will still be posting albums and home made comps on Vibes, this will not change, we have just opened a private site to expand what we share. There will still be flac and wav files together with 320 files shred on the main Vibes site on a daily basis. If you comment on a regular basis with a name on your comment, you will have a chance to gain entrance to the private Vibes site. Will add more people each month until we are full, 100 people. *
* Well, vibes has expanded into a private blog, which contains many things not posted on the Vibes Blog, It's full of goodies!!! More Flac and/ or Wav. Newer albums.
Well, I would like to invite some of the regular commentators to join in the fun in the Club. I am sorry but you need to have google account, it seems there is no way around this obstacle sorry. *
* People that have regularly commented on the Vibes site are very welcome, I have a list of names (about 20), just need your email details to be able to send you the link to gain entrance to the Club!! A private blog is limited to 100 people so, be quick. *
* Don't want to post the list here, but if you would like to enter the Vibes Club then it's simple as making a comment using the name you normally use here on Vibes either via your google account, name/url or anonymous with a name added to the comment and your email address. We won't post your detail on this post, we will take your email address and delete the comment. Or you can email us your name and email address to the site email 4vibessite (at) proton.me, replacing the (at) with @ as simple as that. *
* You will be made an author, which means you will be able to share music there as well if you wish, but only in the following Formats, Flac, Wav or mp3 320. *
* If you apply to join and don't receive an email inviting you to join the Club, then sorry but you have been unsuccessful, but keep commenting and try again in a couple weeks / months and you might be successful. Once there are 100 members then unless someone leaves or is kicked out, then sorry we are unable to add any more people, *
Don't forget we don't publish anonymous comments on Vibes, to get your comment published you need to add a name on the comment. I have deleted maybe 20 anonymous in the last 7 to 10 days. I say on the site to the right this, and there is a translate option on the site as well.
Reb
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, JUST PUT YOUR NAME YOU USE NORMALLY TO COMMENT ON VIBES AND YOUR GMAIL MAIL ADDRESS ONTO A COMMENT, I WILL TAKE THE EMAIL ADDRESS FROM THE COMMENT AND NOT PUBLISH ON THE SITE, IS VERY EASY AND SAFE, WE HAVE DONE THIS MANY TIMES.
Might just have to post a list of the people who are on my list to join might be easier!!!
Here's my latest monthly mix to help you survive the heat of this summer with all the new and newly re-released indie gems that have been coming out this past month. This month I have 58 tracks for your listening pleasure this time.
Exclusively new (and newly reissued) indie releases from mid May to mid June 2026, featuring: Ducks, Ltd., Sweeping Promises, Loose Fit, Crabber, The Laughing Chimes, Real Numbers, My Raining Stars, Attic Ocean, Soft Vein, Total Pleasure, Black Marble, Soft Kill, BLACK REVERIE, Gnoomes, Waves Crashing, The Asteroid No.4, Heaven, A Place To Bury Strangers, Gift, She Past Away, Sailor Honeymoon, CEREMONY east coast, DEAD CAN DANCE, The Reds, Pinks & Purples, Widowspeak, The Chills, Dean & Britta, A Certain Ratio, Cabaret Voltaire, Mike D, Telehealth, JAUS, The City Gates, Ile de Garde, Station Model Violence, Swallow, Ecca Vandal, The Alarm, Iceage, Guided By Voices, Death Cab for Cutie, The Coral, Jah Wobble, Lee Scratch Perry & Mouse On Mars, The Chemical Brothers, Follytechnic Music Library, Kraftwerk, The Stooges, Dead Boys, The Shirts, The Fall, Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair, The Early Years, feeble little horse, Modest Mouse, Tomorrow Tomorrow, The Durutti Column, Boards of Canada, and Bonobo
Symposium were a Punk pop band from London, England. Active from 1994 to 2000. Reformed in 2022. Band members, Ross Cummins (vocals), Hagop Tchaparian (guitar), Joe Birch (drums), William McGonagle (guitar) and Wojtek Godzisz (bass).
When England's Rajinder Rai, better known as Panjabi MC, made his international breakthrough complete with "Mundian to Bach Ke" ("Beware of the Boys") during 2002 and 2003, the song was several years old. His professional career was even older, reaching back to 1993, when Ninder Johal of the Nachural label heard his desi/hip-hop hybrid remix of Kuldip Manak's "Ghariah Milan De" and signed him for a handful of releases. And well before that, the MC was honing his skills as a freestyler; as he began to record more of his own tracks, he began utilizing desi samples and eventually incorporated live musicians.
A first single, "Rootz," was released officially on an independent, but it was banned -- allegedly due to politics within the bhangra music industry. A steady release schedule throughout the '90s -- including the albums Souled Out, Another Sellout, Grass Roots, and Legalised -- made Panjabi MC one of the most prominent names in bhangra. "Mundian to Bach Ke," recognized immediately for its use of the dynamic bassline from the Knight Rider theme song (used similarly in Timbaland & Magoo's "Clock Strikes" and Busta Rhymes' "Fire It Up," both of which were released earlier) in addition to its incorporation of the traditional dhol (drums) and tumbi (one-string guitar) instruments, became successful across the globe, placing the MC on the U.K.'s Top of the Pops program while leading to a Jay-Z remix. (AllMusic)
Frank Zappa - 1970 - Funky Nothingness (2023) @320
Funky Nothingness is Prime Frank Zappa
Especially if you’re a fan of that Hot Rats/Chunga’s Revenge era
For some, the generosity of the Zappa Family Trust has reached critical mass.
Yet where others might grimace at the idea of another collection of unreleased Frank to lighten their wallets, I say pick your battles but by all means don’t let that stop Ahmet and Diva from flooding the market with their dad’s genius.
Funky Nothingness is an especially tasty treat for those FZ fans with a particular affinity for the Hot Rats/Chunga’s Revenge era. In fact, these sessions are considered to be the bridge connecting Rats and Chunga, 25 unreleased and incredibly rare tracks, recently unearthed from the Vault after more than five decades, recorded shortly after Zappa’s groundbreaking solo debut, Hot Rats, with several of the same musicians.
The sessions, which took place primarily in February and March 1970 at the newly opened Record Plant in Los Angeles, included the five-piece band of Mothers member Ian Underwood (keyboard, saxophone, rhythm guitar), violinist and vocalist Don “Sugarcane” Harris, Wrecking Crew bassist Max Bennett, drummer Aynsley Dunbar and Zappa on guitar, vocals and percussion as well as production duties.
Together the group recorded hours’ worth of original material, including covers and extended improvisations that drew from Zappa’s R&B and blues roots, while blending influences of the emerging jazz fusion scene and groups like Santana and Return To Forever. Largely instrumental, these recordings showcased the guitarist’s virtuosity, while offering what could have easily been the sequel to Hot Rats, had it ever been released.
“Funky Nothingness, as an album, is special in that it features at least three written compositions, three cover versions and multiple instrumental jam-oriented segments, all previously unreleased,” explains longtime Zappa vaultmeister Joe Travers, who co-produced the set with Ahmet. “It’s very rare to find that amount of music from one set of sessions that has gone unheard for such a long period of time.”
An accompanying 28-page booklet includes photos from the recording sessions by photographer John Williams plus liner notes and an individual track-by-track by Travers. Disc 1 features Zappa’s vintage mixes alongside several modern mixes by Craig Parker Adams who also mixed the bonus material on Discs 2 and 3, which includes multiple takes on such Disc 1 highlights as “Chunga’s Revenge,” “Twinkle Tits” and “The Clap.”. All audio was mastered by John Polito at Audio Mechanics. In all, the 25-track collection includes 23 unreleased tracks totaling nearly three and a half hours of never-before-heard music.
“With archival releases from the vault, it is normal to find different arrangements of past tunes featured in live concerts and studio settings with other bands, but actual NEW compositions are few and far between, especially from within Zappa’s golden years of the ‘60s and ‘70s,” explains Travers. “Funky Nothingness delivers on all fronts, showcasing Zappa’s love for rhythm and blues, picking up where Hot Rats left off with extended instrumental work-outs fusing rock, jazz and classical elements into music that can only be described as ZAPPA. The guitar work and virtuoso musicianship are in full effect.”
Tracklis
CD 1: Funky Nothingness – The Album
Funky Nothingness
Tommy/Vincent Duo I
Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild
I’m A Rollin’ Stone
Chunga’s Revenge (Basement Version)
Basement Jam
Work With Me Annie / Annie Had A Baby
Tommy/Vincent Duo II
Sharleena (1970 Record Plant Mix)
Khaki Sack
Twinkle Tits
CD 2: Zappa/Hot Rats ’70 Session Masters and Bonus Nothingness
Chunga’s Revenge (Take 5)
Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild (Take 4)
Transylvania Boogie (Unedited Master)
Sharleena (Unedited Master)
Work With Me Annie/Annie Had A Baby (Alternate Edit)
Twinkle Tits (Take 1, False Start)
Twinkle Tits (Take 2)
CD 3: Zappa/Hot Rats ’70 Session Masters and Bonus Nothingness
So it my (Reb) turn to open this Box 42, with my selections from 1 to 8, then comes Andy's tunes with a sea theme from 9 to 16 and finally comes Concha's selections from 17 to 24. It's the normal mix of decades and genres of music, with alternative and covers versions included for your pleasure.
I made this compilation for a mate, many years ago, in glorious Flac, re discovered it yesterday in my HD, after talking with him, and he said he still had it and listen to it still. So checked the tracks were all real flac and thought I would share here with you all, don't share enough blues on Vibes really. Playing time is about one hour 40 minutes.
