UPDATE: Due to permit restrictions, Stones Throw's 10-10-10 event is no longer taking place at The Sex. The location has been changed to downtown's Club 740.
New flyer after the jump.
That's a whole lotta headline, but it's not our fault. When Stones Throw Records honcho Peanut Butter Wolf does anything, he does it big.
To wit: Sunday's 10-10-10 extravaganza, a 10-hour downtown warehouse party (on October 10, 2010, in case you missed the significance) featuring 10 different A-list DJs, from rap legend Prince Paul to vinyl archivist Danny Holloway to soul singer Mayer Hawthorne.
It's going down at The Sex (816 S. Sante Fe Ave.) from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. The DJ list is rounded out by Madlib, Dam-Funk, J-Rocc, Rhettmatic, Baron Zen, Mahssa and Wolf himself, and all will be spinning 45s exclusively, which is why we've spoken with the event's mastermind about the first 10 7-inches he ever bought.
He's also shared an exclusive remix of '70s Vocoder pioneer Bruce Haack.
Right around the turn of the decade into the '80s, I came into my own as a “music guy” and started buying 45s with my lunch money. I'd get a couple new ones every weekend. Here are some of the first I remember buying.
1. Bar-Kays – “Move Your Boogie Body” (Mercury, 1979)
Thanks to KSOL in the Bay Area [Ed: the soul station went defunct in 1992], I discovered a whole new world — meaning songs like this.
2. The Reddings – “Remote Control” (Believe in a Dream, 1980)
Otis Redding's sons. For some reason, the 45s from that label always got static faster than the ones from other labels.
3. Twennynine ft. Lenny White – “Peanut Butter” (Elektra, 1979)
Not actually the reason I called myself Peanut Butter Wolf. Nice try.
4. Kano – “I'm Ready” (Emergency, 1980)
Even though the radio only played the A-side, I liked both sides of this one (b/w “Holly Dolly”). I had no idea back then that they were Italian.