"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is: Infinite."

-William Blake, from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

I'm sure that everyone is familiar with this statement which is so often uttered by fans of The Doors and other people who have no idea what the fuck they're talking about. Don't get me wrong, I like The Doors as much as the next guy, I just assume that most of the people that listen to The Doors and know of this quote assume that it's about taking drugs, and thus are using it incorrectly. They should be thrown in jail with the rest of America's scum.

Anyway, the reason I bring it up is because I recently found a ridiculously bad ass collection of Acid Jazz and Psychedelic Soul called
The Doors of Perception: Psychedelic Soul and Acid Jazz From New York City 1970-1974

Therefore, it's time once again for a Thurday Album, I know it's only Tuesday, but I'm so excited about this one, I'm putting it out early. For anyone who likes Jazz, Soul, Funk, or just good music in general, this is the collection for you. Unfortunately I've yet to find entire albums from many of these artists on SoulSeek. I guess this OUTSTANDING collection will have to do for now. So without further ado, Phoenix Rivers presents:



1. Fatback Band- Goin' To See My Baby
2. Dizzy Gillespie- Matrix
3. Madhouse- Get Some of This
4. Wanda Robinson- A Possibility Back Home
5. David Bartel- Naturally Good
6. Julius Brockington- Rock Steady
7. James Moody- Heritage Hum
8. Larry Young- Alive
9. Black Ivory- Surrender
10. Adam Wade and Johnny Tate- Brother
11. Shirly Horn- Consequences
12. The Fatback Band- Fatbackin'
13. The Eight Minutes- I Can't Get Enough
14. David Bartel- Summer in the City
15. The Brockingtons- I Just Got To Know
16. Benny Johnson- Stop Me
17. Debbie Taylor- Too Sad To Tell
18. The Exciters- Life, Love, and Peace
19. Dizzy Gillespie- Alligator

Hope you all enjoy this exquisite collection of tunes. I guess I'll take this time to announce that I'm discontinuing "Rivers' Friday Music". This simply due to the fact that I will not have any guarenteed access to a computer on Fridays this semester due to the fact that I don't have class and will not be in Montevallo where my computer is. Perhaps it will become "Rivers' Thursday Music". We'll just have to see. I'm running out of stuff, so I think I'm quitting Weenday as well. However, if I do find anything Ween related that's worth listening to, I'll be sure to post it.

That's all.