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Brass Construction - Masters of Rhythm

Jazz, Funk, Disco?

Pt I – Along the shelf to “C”

Welcome back crate diggers, I thought I’d pillage my LP shelves and pull some tunes for which I’m not really sure the appropriate ‘genre’ label. It’s possible that some of these tunes might be defined as Jazz-Funk, some might be Funk and some might even be classed as Disco.

Whatever genre label we apply to the tunes, these are monster tunes from monster artists and come from LPs produced between the late 60’s and early 80’s. I have pulled together approximately 90 minutes, yet only covered “A-C” on the shelf, so expect a few more mixes in the coming days…

In today’s mix I bring you William Collins (in the guises of William “Bootsy” Collins, Bootsy’s Rubber Band & Bootsy); The Average White Band, The Blackbyrds, Brass Construction and Brick:

• The Blackbyrds – Funkie Junkie
• Bootsy – Fat Cat
• The Blackbyrds – Do It Fluid
• William Bootsy Collins – Landshark (Just When I Thought It Was Safe)
• Average White Band – Person to Person
• Bootsy – F-Encounter
• Brick – Dazz
• Brass Construction – Changin’
• Brick – Good High
• William Bootsy Collins – #1 Funkateer Excon (of Love)
• The Blackbyrds – Walking In Rhythm
• Brass Construction – Love
• The Blackbyrds – The Blackbyrds’ Theme
• Bootsy’s Rubber Band – She Jam (Almost Bootsy Show)
• William Bootsy Collins – Countracula (This One’s For You)
• Brass Construction – Movin’
• Average White Band – Feel No Fret

If this music is your thing, I suggest you kick back, pull on the headphones and enjoy…

The Late Rufus Thomas (in action at WattsStax)

Hot on the heels of last Sunday’s mix (posted earlier); here’s the mix I threw together this morning.

As is often the case, all taken from 45 (no LPs this time) and mostly from original copies.

This was another “grab and play” session without much thought for anything really, just grabbing tunes and dropping the needle.

I hope there’s something in this mix that grabs you!

Track list:

• The Gaturs – The Booger Man – Gatur (508)
• Thomas East – Sister Funk Part 1 – True Soul (004)
• Howard Wales – Huxley’s Howl – Coastal (101)
• Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham – Lover And A Friend – Capitol (2150)
• Bernie Hayes – Cool Strut Part 1 – Volt (4047)
• J R Bailey – We Need Love – Virgo (101)
• The Noble Knights – Sing A Simple Song – Cotillion (44030)
• Eugine Blacknell – We Know We Got To Live Together Part 1 – Seaside (4112)
• The Dap Kings – Nervous Like Me – Kay-Dee (003)
• Rufus Thomas – Sophisticated Sissy – Stax (221)
• The Diplomatics – Hum-Bug Part 1 – Lamp (7004)
• All The People – Cramp Your Style – Blue Candle (1496)
• Louis Chachere – The Hen Part 1 – Paula (321)
• The Deacons – Sock It To Me Part 1 – Shama (100)
• Chester Randel’s Soul Sender’s – Soul Brother’s Testify – Anla (102)
• Skip Easterling – Keep The Fire Burning – Alon (9033)
• James Crawford – Fat Eddie – King (6130)
• Mickey & The Soul Generation – Joint Session – Maxwell (806)

Enjoy the tunes… if I can avoid getting roped into some chores, I’m off to pillage my LP shelf…

Mary Jane Hooper - She Had Reasons!

Hi, I have really been struggling to find the time to get bloggin’… so many tunes queued up for your audio delight and so little time to blog them up for you.

I’ve bagged a few great tunes recently that I hope to be able to share with you real soon. Amongst recent acquisitions are: Voices of East Harlem – Wanted, Dead or Alive; Lee Dorsey – Four Corners; Bobby Byrd – If You Don’t Work, You Don’t Eat; Vibrettes – Humpty Dump (green label); Dynamics – Ain’t No Sun; Marvin Gaye – One More Heartache; The Dapps – Bringing Up The Guitar and a few LPs too (couple of Dynamics & Voices of East Harlem)

I also watched with interest a copy of Third Guitar – Baby Don’t Cry on the ‘Bay the other day (I’d bagged a copy for some large notes a few years back) and was delighted to see it’s still holding it’s ground when one appears, finally selling for US$660… should I ever decide to part with my Mint copy I have some bargaining power for some of those elusive tunes!

Back to blogging… I really wanted this site to be a regular update, but work has a nasty habit of getting in the way! That said I did manage, last Sunday, to throw some tunes on the decks which I thought I’d share for you.

The mix is typically eclectic (as are my tastes). I’ve always wanted to start a mix with Deodato… having done so I’m not sure I ever would again… interested to hear your views on it?

The track list:

• Deodato – Also Sprach Zarathustra – CTI (12)
• Billy Larkin & The Delegates – Funky Fire – Kola Shanah (7007)
• Calvin Arnold – Funky Way – Venture (605)
• Mary Jane Hooper – I’ve Got Reasons – PowerPac (2053)
• The Black Exotics – Theme Of Blackbyrds – Funk45 (38)
• Barrabas – Mellow Blow – Atco (7036)
• The Gaturs – Cold Bear – Gatur (508)
• Camille Bob – 2 Weeks, 2 Days, Too Long – Soul Unlimited (102)
• The Show Stoppers – Shake Your Mini – Show Time (111)
• Marlena Shaw – Brother Where Are You – Cadet (15753)
• Candy Phillips – Timber Part 1 – Atlantic (2290)
• Harvey Scales And The Seven Sounds – The Funky Yolk – Chess (2089)
• Camille Bob – Brother Brown – Soul Unlimited (102)

Happy listening…