Mr. Jaws
Roy Scheider, who died today (Jan 11) should of course be honoured for far more than just his most famous role as the nervy police chief Brody. His ad libbed line “We’re gonna need a bigger boat” may be seared into the public’s consciousness but he was also Oscar nominated for The French Connection & All That Jazz.
This music blog wouldn’t normally cover the passing of actors – no matter how great – but for purely self serving reasons it offers the perfect excuse to post some amazing Jaws related music. Lalo Schifrin’s epic disco take on the theme tune has long been a huge favourite, while sampling pioneers Buchanan & Goodman’s biggest hit “Mr. Jaws” is a noteworthy early example of cut and paste.
Lalo Schifrin – “Jaws” (MP3)
Buchanan & Goodman – “Mr. Jaws” (MP3)
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Hello! Just discovered your blog this January and I’ve become heavily addicted to it, you have an amazing taste in music, although I have a request: would it be possible for you to upload the mp3’s in the future in a bitrate higher than 128 kbps? perhaps 160 or 192? I don’t want to be a nuance but I think the 128kbps gives music a knackered sound. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Matthias. I’m trying to get back to posting more regularly after a shaky 07, and its always good to know someones listening.
I know what you mean about 128 bit rates. Sometimes i only get sent the files at 128, but in the case of the top 150 I did re-encode the entire list at 128 (primerily to ease download costs) which was perhaps a mistake as its made them all sound muddy.
Will see what I can do, but I’m also aware of trying to tread a fine line between promoting new music, and just brazenly giving away other peoples work for free. A 128 file gives a fairly good idea of what a band/act sopunds like while still perhaps prompting those that really love it to go out and actually buy the music. Will certainly look at bumpoing the biot rate for archive, and permission granted MP3’s though.
Thanks again
Neil
Thanks. I thought that the 128 file is a way to prompt people to buy the music. I have to confess I’m very picky with music quality, even the 160 and 192 sound quality annoys me at times and I always end up buying 12″ singles when available. Honestly, this mp3blog visits are getting me broke. Anyways sorry for bothering. Keep up the great work!