Apr 14 2024 89 mins
QDJM Archives: Premium Record Pool Mixtape - The First and Finest in Contemporary Urban Alternative Music mixed by Dj Qool Marv - 1995 or 1996
Early 90s, I joined the Premium Record Pool to receive a box of eclectic vinyl on a monthly basis. DJ Smash, the original resident of Giant Step, led a group of a few great people, amongst them, DJ Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy (shout out to Fred, Ivan and Asia), who got us 'other'-styled DJs choice vinyl representing the genres of Trip Hop, Acid Jazz and worldwide underground beats and musical contributions. At a time when people had their ears on music from the coasts, regions or boros, oddball me had my ear on who was making grooves with feels - who and where from irrelevant, if I felt it I funked with it.
I forgot I did this tape. Completely. A couple times a season, I check twitter for "Qool Marv" mentions (rare and few), and in March ('24) I found someone had posted an ebay link on a post that said "Rare Qool Marv Mixtape." You can see what the picture was. Now picture me trying to figure out how I forgot doing this tape?!? $15 and about a week later, I got to refresh my memory.
https://www.bluenote.com/artist/dj-smash/ + https://colleencosmomurphy.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5gQLsodBsCys1_3Zbm83vg
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/qool-dj-marv-aural-memoirs-and-buttamilk-archives/id269880758
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/qool-dj-marv/1558418894
https://www.instagram.com/qooldjmarv/
https://qooldjmarv.bandcamp.com/album/sound-paths-v-1
https://tidal.com/browse/artist/23883666
https://www.mixcloud.com/qooldjmarv/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/48vhJ2d1hVaFHf6gqXeTm0?si=fWO0N456QeWRMWLUtqe4Yg
https://twitter.com/qooldjmarv
https://www.threads.net/@qooldjmarv
https://www.facebook.com/MarvJColeman/
https://soundcloud.com/qooldjmarv