#abner+jay

[bestfrozentreats2]

Abner Jay - The Reason Young People Use Drugs

True Story of Abner Jay

[neshamama]

[burninthemidnightoil]

Abner Jay

[bandcampsnoop]

9/20/23.

Bandcamp's Big Ups feature ran today with Bandcamp favs from Joe Casey and Greg Ahee from Protomartyr. I love that Joe's first band was Lewsberg and Greg's first band was Cindy.

But, I really enjoyed listening to Abner Jay (on Joe's list). I'd never heard of him, but when I saw that Mississippi Records was behind the release of this, I knew it would be cool.

It's hard to pigeonhole the one-man band approach of Jay (Fitzgerald, Georgia). These songs represent some of his best work from the 60s and 70s. I can only think of Bobby Brown (Reno, Nevada). It also sounds like Chance and maybe Elvis if he had continued making music but remained unknown.

[sorreleater]

will there be someone, someone to wipe / dry the tear from my eye / come on baby, rub my head / rub my head while i lay down in my bed / kiss, kiss me, kiss me, baby / til i feel alright

[musicmakesyousmart]

[something-higher]

Top reissues & compilations of 2021

The Same - Sync or Swim (Freedom To Spend)

Sync or Swim by The Same

Tangled Shoelaces - Turn My Dial - The M Squared Recordings and more, 1981​-​84 (Chapter Music)

Turn My Dial - The M Squared Recordings and more, 1981-84 by Tangled Shoelaces

Kurious - A Constipated Monkey (90s Tapes)

A Constipated Monkey by Kurious

Pylon - Chomp (New West Records)

Chomp by Pylon

Abner Jay - I Don't Have Time To Lie To You (Mississippi Records)

I Don't Have Time To Lie To You by Abner Jay

Linda Smith - Till Another Time: 1988-1996 (Captured Tracks)

Till Another Time: 1988-1996 by Linda Smith

Muziekkamer - Op Zee (Stroom)

Op Zee by Muziekkamer

VA - The Paths Of Pain (The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960-68) (Honest Jon's Records)

The Paths Of Pain (The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960-68) by Mendoza Suasti

VA – A Heart In Splinters (More From The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960​-​68) (Honest Jon's Records)

A Heart In Splinters (More From The CAIFE Label, Quito, 1960-68) by Gladys Viera

Bogdan Raczynski - Muzyka Dla Imigrantów (Mondoj)

Muzyka Dla Imigrantów by Bogdan Raczynski

MC Solaar - Prose Combat (Polydor)

Sun Ra - Lanquidity (Strut)

Lanquidity by Sun Ra

White Light / Jo Bogaert - Whale (Stroom)

Whale by White Light

Sylvia – Sweet Stuff (Wewantsounds)

VA – Longing for the Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921​-​1939 (Death Is Not The End)

Longing for the Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939 by Seki Taneko

[chaoselph]

Abner Jay. - I'm So Depressed

Come on, baby, rub my head,

Rub my head while I lay down in my bed.

Kiss, kiss me, kiss me, baby,

'Til I feel alright, 'til I feel alright.

Oh, looking back over my life,

Oh, Lord, I'm so depressed.

Help me, somebody, I need some rest.