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By Larry, August 11, 2016 1:27 pm

Al Thomas solo, and with the Sweet Delights

Listen/Download – Al Thomas – I Had a Good Thing (But I Blew It) MP3

Listen/Download – Al Thomas Ork – Cornbread and Molasses MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is here, so I will beseech you once again to tune in to the Funky16Corners Radio Show. You can subscribe to the show as podcast in iTunes (maybe review and rate it while you’re there?), listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, check it out on Mixcloud, or grab an MP3 right here at the blog.

We’re going to close out the week with a groovy Philly 45 that I’ve had in my crates for years but only just recently made a discovery about.

I picked up the Al Thomas Ork 45 ‘Cornbread and Molasses’ after hearing it in a mix back in the day. I was already buying up any Philly soul and funk I could get my hands on, especially anything on the Virtue label.

My assumption at the time was that Al Thomas was the same cat as ‘Big Al T’ who did the two-sided instrumental funk 45 of ’25 Miles’ b/w ‘Do the Slide’ which I already had.

So – as is often the case – I didn’t really dig into the flipside, the vocal version of the song ‘I Had a Good Thing (But I Blew It)’ until years later.

When I did, with my aptitude and taste for sweet soul more highly developed, it really made a mark. It has that groovy, slightly funky, late 60s (1968) vibe that you heard a lot coming out of Philadelphia, Chicago and Detroit.

So I started digging around, looking for information on the participants and I discovered some interesting things.

First off, ‘Al Thomas’ was in fact Albert Thomas Byrd. Secondly, Al Thomas was the sole male member of the Sweet Delights, who made an excellent 45 for Atco ‘Baby Be Mine’ that same year.

As it turns out, ‘I Had a Good Thing (But I Blew It)’ is in fact the Sweet Delights. It should have been their second 45, but someone decided that they’d be better off marketing it as a solo single by Thomas/Byrd.

Unfortunately, neither 45 seems to have made a dent either inside or outside of Philadelphia, though the funky, instrumental side of the Sweet Delights ATCO 45, ‘Paul’s Midnight Ride’, credited to the Delights Orchestra got some regional airplay in the Midwest and the South.

It’s an excellent 45, and I hope you dig it.

See you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 4, 2016 11:24 am

Clockwise from top left: Thom Bell, Bobby Martin, Sam, Erv & Tom

Listen/Download – Fabulous Emotions – Number One Fool MP3

Listen/Download – Fabulous Emotions – Funky Chicken MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is upon us, so I will remind you all to dig into the Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast, which drops each and every Friday with the best in soul, funk, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can subscribe to the show in iTunes, listen on TuneIn, Mixcloud or grab an MP3 right here at the blog.

The tunes we end the week with compose both sides of one of my favorite Philadelphia 45s, and part of an interesting story as well.

I first picked up the local, Nico release of the Fabulous Emotions ‘Number One Fool’ b/w ‘Funky Chicken’ more than ten years ago from my buddy Haim.

The a-side is a hard charging number with a following on Northern Soul dance floors. Produced by Philly mainstays Bobby Martin and Thom Bell (with writing credited to an otherwise unknown ‘F. Hill’, but more on that in a minute), ‘Number One Fool’, is a really well produced, prefect representation of the late 60s Philly sound.

The flip, ‘Funky Chicken’ is merely an instrumental dub of ‘Number One Fool’, but this time is credited to Martin and Bell! It was actually a minor local hit, charting on two different Philly stations, WDAS and WHAT (home of the Mighty Burner Sonny Hopson, Make no mistake-a Jake-a!).

The story takes an interesting turn when the track was released again on the Tamboo label, then recycled/reissued yet again (also on Tamboo) this time credited to the NY Jets!?!

Check out this old Funky16Corners web zine article where I go into detail on the multiple releases, but I will say that the 45 picked up a new track in its last version, this time with writing and singing by Sam, Erv and Tom of ‘Soul Teacher’ fame!

All versions of this record are excellent, as well as fairly hard to put your hands on these days. It is highly recommended that you grab one for your playbox should you encounter one in the field.

I hope you dig the tunes, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 28, 2016 11:53 am

Rulie Garcia

Listen/Download – Rulie Garcia and the East LA Congregation – Que Pasa (What’s Happening) MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is nigh, and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show, which drops each and every Friday with the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, check it out on Mixcloud, or grab yourself an MP3 here at the blog.

If you follow Funky16Corners, Iron Leg or the podcasts associated with either blog, you have probabky heard me going on about my love for the East LA Chicano music scene of the 60s and 70s.

The most famous proponents of the sound, groups like Cannibal and the Headhunters, Thee Midniters, the Premiers, El Chicano and the Village Callers, are known for their mixing of Latino music, rock, R&B and soul and making some extremely cool records.

I have made chasing down and collecting these records a minor sideline (minor, since some of these 45s and LPs are extremely rare) and try to discover as much as I can about the musicians.

Today’s selection is a record by one of the busiest, yet more mysterious characters on the East LA scene, Rulie Garcia, aka Johnny Chingas, aka The Brown Brothers of Soul.

You can Google him all you like, but aside from the records his made, there’s not a lot of info out there about him.

It would appear that his real name was Raul Garcia, and that he was recording – at least as a sideman – as early as the late 1950s.

He recorded music under all of the names listed above (including the East LA Hammond classic ‘Cholo’ on Specialty in 1971) and was especially active in the 80s (he died in 1992, only 52 years old).

The record I bring you today is the last of three singles he recorded for United Artists in 1972 and 1973 as Rulie Garcia and the East LA Congregation.

‘Que Pasa (What’s Happening)’ is – like much of his other work – a celebration of low rider culture.

The song features a funky beat, fuzz guitar, lots of Latin percussion and Garcia’s raspy growl.

Though none of his records made the national charts, there is evidence that he had a significant following in Southern California, selling tons of records locally, some on his own Billionaire label.

That all said, if you head on over to Youtube and seek out the sounds associated with his various and sundry aliases, you will discover that he played all kinds of music.

I hope you dig the track, and keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for more East LA stuff in the future.

See you on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 19, 2016 1:34 pm

Alley Pat

Listen/Download – Alley Pat – Pat’s Rubber Band MP3

Greetings all.

The record I bring you today found its way into my crates years ago via the advice of the mighty Agent45.

Alley Pat was in fact James Patrick, a long time Atlanta radio fixture (and one time bail bondsman for civil rights figures!) who was nearing 60 when he made this record (is this senior citizen’s week?).

I originally picked up the 45 because I had assumed that it was tied in with the string of New Orleans/Gulf Coast ‘Rubber Band’ records (Eddie Bo, Meters, Curley Moore and the Kool Ones) from 1970/71.

As it turns out, this ‘rubber band’ stretches several years into the future, closer to the Spinners ‘Rubber Band Man’ and Bootsy’s Rubber Band, both from 1976.

Though sitting right in the middle of the disco era, ‘Pat’s Rubber Band’ is good and funky, with tight rhythm guitar, popping bass, electric piano, punchy horns and some sexy girls on the background vocals. The song was written by Alley Pat, along with Atlanta soul men Tommy Stewart and Calvin ‘Funky Way’ Arnold.

Pat drops in here and there with some funny patter (I’m not 100% sure but it sounds like he might reference ‘Shelly’s Rubber Band’* which would connect this to the first round of ‘rubber band’ 45s) no doubt polished by years of experience on the radio.

It’s a groovy one, and a little harder to find and more expensive these days.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

*”Shelly” , in Curly Moore and the Kool Ones ‘Shelly’s Rubber Band’ was another DJ, New Orleans radio man Shelly Pope

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By Larry, July 17, 2016 11:19 am

Here Comes Pigmeat!

Listen/Download -Pigmeat Markham – The Hip Judge MP3

Greetings all.

It’s summer. We’re all hot and sweaty. We sit stupefied, watching the droplets of humidity run down the outside of our beer, swatting flies away.

What better time to strip the gears with something funky?

If you’re anywhere pre-middle age, it’s unlikely that the name Pigmeat Markham will ring a bell.

He was born near the beginning of the last century, and started in show business right around the end of World War One, but he managed to put his name – and his growl – on the 45 you see before you today, in 1968.

Dewey ‘Pigmeat’ Markham was a comedian who got his start in the vaudeville era and was a very popular comedianon the chitlin circuit, plying his trade for almost exclusively black audiences for most of his career.

It was only in 1968, when Sammy Davis Jr went on Laugh-In and worked it out to one of Markham’s best known routines, ‘Here Come the Judge!’ that Pigmeat (momentarily) broke through to a much wider audience.

As far as I can tell, Markham first recorded the routine in the early 60s for Chess, but had been doing it on stage for years.

Sammy made the routine viral (by 1968 standards) and there was a veritable ‘Judge’ craze, with a grip of records (funk, soul and pop), all kinds of ephemera, and last but not least, the resurgence of the career of Pigmeat Markham.

Chess put some of their finest to work,and before you know it, ole Pig (64 years old!) was trampling the charts, his ‘Here Comes the Judge’ making it to the R&B Top 5, Pop Top 20 in the US and the UK!

His follow up single (the record you see before you today) found him in the studio with Gene Barge, working it out on songs written by Maurice Dollison (aka Cash McCall), Maurice McCallister of the Radiants, and Barge.

‘The Hip Judge’ features grooving bass, tight drums, saxophone, and Pigmeat’s ‘singing’. The extent of the singing isn’t too far removed from your average Jerry-O record, reduced to comedic interjections and interaction with the backing singers.

That said, the 45 is quite funky and an excellent entry into the ‘Funky Judge’ discography.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 7, 2016 10:43 am

Little Joe Cook

Listen/Download -Little Joe Cook and the Thrillers – Funky Hump MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is near so I will remind you once again to check out the Funky16Corners Radio Show, which drops each and every Friday with the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, check it out on Mixcloud or grab yourself an MP3 right here at Funky16Corners.com.

Today’s selection is by another one of those groups with roots that lead back into the early days of R&B and doowop.

Little Joe Cook was a Philly-based singer who got his start in gospel in the 1940s, moving into secular music and forming the Thrillers in the early 50s. Little Joe Cook and the Thrillers went on to have R&B hits for Okeh with ‘Let’s Do the Slop’ in 1956 and then their biggest hit ‘Peanuts’ in 1957.

Cook also managed his daughter’s group the Sherrys who had a hit with ‘Pop Pop Pop-Pie’ in 1962.

The Thrillers continued to release 45s for labels like 20th Century, Reprise, Fury and Loma through the 60s.

I haven’t been able to date today’s selection definitively but it sounds like it would fall nicely sometime between 1969 and 1971. Released on the Philadelphia-based Soultown label (and as far as I can tell their only release) ‘Funky Hump’ sees Little Joe Cook and the Thrillers getting funky (of course…). The tune has a very groovy rhythm guitar figure repeated through the song, with a cool dance craze lyric delivered by Cook.

Cook retired in 2007 and passed away in 2014 at the age of 91.

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 5, 2016 11:42 am

Sonny Ross and a Euro Picture Sleeve for ‘Alakazam’

Listen/Download – Sonny Ross – Alakazam MP3

Greetings all.

Every once in a while, no matter how deep your crates, or how jaded you’ve become, a record comes along from out of nowhere and knocks you right on your ass. One of those 45s that explodes from confounding obscurity, a hit, fully formed, that just never happened.

I forget exactly where I first heard Sonny Ross’s ‘Alakazam’, but it just blew me away. I couldn’t believe that I’d never heard it, or that it hadn’t been a hit when it was released in 1971.

Opening with what sounds like an overmodulated kick drum, and then vibes accents, the snare and some fantastic fuzz guitar (how has this not been sampled?) come in with the main riff. Ross then comes in with a raspy voice, just this side of Teddy Pendergrass.

I haven’t been able to find out much about Ross. He appears to have been from Philadelphia and was a member of a mid-60s incarnation of the Flamingos alongside Eddie Edgehill who was connected to the Sweet Delights/Delights Orchestra, and was brought to Event Records in a licensing deal by Philly singer/songwriter George Tindley (who co-wrote the song).

Why ‘Alakazam’ failed to break through in 1971 is a mystery. It is a great song/record, well produced and arranged and on a major label. Whether it just didn’t get into the right hands, or there were some other forces at work, I cannot say.

Aside from two Midwestern markets (Cleveland and Wichita) it didn’t make a dent (though it did get released in the UK on Mojo, and on Polydor in Germany the following year).

And so, it languished in obscurity, the province of some of your hipper UK collectors (Northern, Funk and Modern) and DJs, waiting to be rediscovered.

It isn’t a terribly expensive record – the highest price I can find is just over 50USD – but it is hard to put your hands on. I had it as a saved search for a long time before a copy surfaced, so keep your eyes peeled if you want to add it to your playbox.

I hope you dig it as much as I do, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 28, 2016 11:12 am

McKinley Jackson

Listen/Download – McKinley Jackson and the Politicians – Love Machine Pt1 MP3

Listen/Download – McKinley Jackson and the Politicians – Love Machine Pt2 MP3

Greetings all.

I’d like to start by thanking everyone that participated in the Funky16Corners 2016 Allnighter/Pledge Drive, either as a donor or selector. Your generosity continues to inspire me, and helps the podcast, blog and archives up and running.

The drawing for the M-Tet 45 will be announced on Friday.

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The world of funk and soul is filled with stars, but they wouldn’t be anything without the studio bands that provided the foundation for much of their music.

Groups like the Funk Brothers (Motown and many smaller Detroit labels), the Philly rhythm section/MFSB who can be heard on just about everything that came out of Philadelphia for a decade, the Chess/Cadet house band, and today’s artists, McKinley Jackson and the Politicians.

Jackson had been a Detroit trombone player and arranger (working on records for folks like Lee Rogers, the Fabulous Peps, Ortheia Barnes and Gloria Taylor) who followed Holland/Dozier/Holland when they went left Motown to form Invictus/Hotwax, eventually leading the house band for those labels (the Politicians).

Jackson and the Politicians recorded and album for Hotwax in 1971 and went on to have a minor R&B hit with the fuzz-guitar led ‘Free Your Mind’.

Though the Politicians were mainly and instrumental outfit, they brought in songwriter, producer and Invictus/Hotwax A&R man Ron Dunbar on vocals for part one of today’s selection ‘Love Machine’.

Unlike most of their album, which is composed of fairly hard edged funk, ‘Love Machine’ is pure early 70s soul with a style that was aimed (however unsuccessfully) at the charts.

‘Love Machine’ was actually the first single released by the Politicians, and I’m surprised that it wasn’t a hit. It’s a great song, with plenty of hooks and a great vocal by Dunbar, and the instrumental take (which also appeared as the B-side to ‘Free Your Mind’) on the flipside is cool as well.

Their album is outstanding (and expensive) funk and well worth tracking down.

I hope you dig the sounds and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 26, 2016 11:33 am

Seven Souls – Groove In (Venture)
Sam and the Soul Walkers – Soul Walk (Trans-American)
Jimmy (Preacher) Ellis and the Odd Fellows – (C’Mon) Dance To the Drum Beat (Kris)
Floyd Smith – Soul Strut (Dakar)
King Solomon – Louisiana Groove (Cadillac)
Obie Plenty – Beef Stew (Verve)
Sam Rhodes – Shake Your Soul Honey (Capitol)
Chuck Bridges and the LA Happening – Bad Sam (Vault)
Sam Moultrie – Funky Jerk (Roulette)
Alvin Cash and the Hundred Dollar Bills – Party Time (Seventy Seven)
Dynamic Eight – Sardines and Turnip Greens (Atlantic)
Versatile Gents – You’ve Blown My Mind Pt2 (Linco)
Leon Haywood – Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (Atlantic)
Johnny Cameron and the Camerons – Funky John (Atlantic)
Robert Parker – Get To Steppin’ (Island)
Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions – Off Into a Black Thing (Brunswick)
Soul Continentals – Goobah (Sound Stage 7)
Pazant Brothers – Skunk Juice (RCA)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners/Larry Grogan – Groove In 85MB Mixed MP3

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Greetings all 

Just when you thought you were out, they pulled you back in again!

What you see before you today is a very special bonus mix in this year’s Funky16Corners 2016 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

Back a few months ago, when I was just getting things organized for this year’s event, I started out by putting together one funk mix, and one Northern Soul mix.

Then, taken by inspirado, I decided to slide the funky mix to the side and make two, related Northern mixes, which is what I ended up posting.

So, last week, as the Allnighter was winding up, I thought, ‘Hey…why not go ahead and post that funky mix?”

I’d been listening to it a lot in the car, and thought you folks might want to hear it to,

So, in furtherance of the idea that a tasty mix should be served when ripe, I bring you ‘Groove In’, in which we try to balance on that narrow ledge where soul was morphing into funk, with a few detours into out-and-out funk 45 action.

There are a lot of cool records in this one, and I hope you dig it.

I’ll be back later in the week with a return to routine posting.

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Your donations help to keep Funky16Corners up and running, with the blog, Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast and hundreds of hours of archived mixes.

Everyone that donates will get the new 2016 Funky16Corners badge and bumpersticker, with which you can adorn the garment and flat surface of your choosing.

Also, everyone that donates will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of the new 45 by the M-Tet!

So pull down the ones and zeros, dig deep and Keep the Faith!

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 16, 2016 1:03 pm

FUNKDEFY presents LIVE SHINDIG! (Recorded at the Pinup Joint on 5/28/2016)
The Impressions – Preacher Man
Chakachas – Stories
WAR – Nappy Head
Brenton Wood – Baby You Got It
Mary Jane Hooper – That’s How Strong Love Is
Shirley Ellis – The Nitty Gritty
Robert Parker – Barefootin’
Bobby Bird – Keep On Doin’ What You’re Doin’
Little Royal – I’ll Come Crawling
The Ebonys – Sexy Ways
Soul Survivors – Explosion In Your Soul
The Chambers Brothers – I Can’t Turn You Loose
Oregone – Funky Nassau
Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers – C’mon Everybody
Bonnie & Sheila – You Keep Me Hanging On
The Strangeloves – Hand Jive
John Wesley – Girl With The Red Dress On
The Doyley Brothers – Dance Little Suzie
Dorothy Williams – Watchdog
Gigliola Cinquetti – Cero en amor
Dick Jordan – I Want Her Back
Bunny Sigler – Sunny Sunday
Foster Sylvers – Mockingbird
Raphael Saadiq – Let’s Take a Walk
Mae West – Shakin’ All Over
The Frank Popp Ensemble – Business & Pleasure
The Mighty Hannibal – Jerkin’ the Dog

Listen/Download – DJRP and Trueskillz – Live Shindig Pt1 136MB Mixed MP3

Part Two
Barrett Strong – Money (That’s What I Want)
Eugene Church – Pretty Girls Everywhere
Young Jessie – Big Chief (King Of Love)
LaBrenda Ben & The Beljeans – The Chaperone
Eddie Palmieri – The African Twist
Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers – Rico Boogaloo
The New Swing Sextet – Monkey See, Monkey Do
Pete Rodriguez – Oh That’s Nice
Speedometer – Happy
The 5th Dimension – California Soul
Junior Walker & The All-Stars – Shake and Fingerpop
Eddy G Giles – Soul Feeling Part 2
The T.S.U. Toronados – The Goose
The Barons – Making It Better
Kim Weston – Take Me In Your Arms
Shirley Ellis – Soul Time
Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels – Devil with a Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly
Soul Searchers – Blow Your Whistle
Jungle Fire – Fire Walker
Don Gardner – My Baby Likes to Boogaloo
Tony Clarke – Ghetto Man
Charles Bradly – This Love Ain’t Big Enough for the Two of Us
Jay Dee Bryant – Get It
Eldridge Holmes – Pop, Popcorn Children
Ike and Tina Turner – Poor Fool
The Capitols – Cool Jerk
Alvin Robinson – Searchin’
Stevie Wonder – You Met Your Match
Jimmy Ruffin – Baby I’ve Got It

Listen/Download – DJRP and Trueskillz – Live Shindig Pt2 143MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

Welcome back to the Funky16Corners 2016, Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

Today’s sets in the Allnighter comes from DJs RP and Trueskillz of Funkdefy Ohio!

RP was here last year, and this time out he brings us a two-part live set recorded with Funkdefy guest selector DJ Trueskillz.

A few words from Brian “Preacher Man” Hannan (DJ RP): Funkdefy has been grooving it in Columbus since 2004, making it the longest running all vinyl Funk-n-Soul party in Central Ohio.  Although I am one of the founders of this event, there is no possible way I can take credit for what we do.  I have always had the humble pleasure of spinning with incredible DJs for all these years.  Regardless if they were a one time guest, or a regular staple of the shindig, it was these DJs that created the collective sound we have been known for.  Funkdefy is not just an ensemble group of crate diggers and DJs, they are my friends and family.  This year I am honored to share with you long time Funkdefy member DJ Trueskillz.  He has been in the DJ scene for a long time and has a record collection that is mind boggling. You may have met him before at some of the big records shows trading and collecting. He is the only person I know that has a turntable for a nightstand.  We recorded our last shindig live and this is an excerpt of that night. We hope you enjoy the grooves. Get with us on Facebook and we hope you will become part of, and a friend of, the funky collective.

Don’t forget to click the Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back on Monday with one last mix, part two (Queens) of Funky16Corners contribution to this year’s Allnighter!

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Your donations help to keep Funky16Corners up and running, with the blog, Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast and hundreds of hours of archived mixes.

Everyone that donates will get the new 2016 Funky16Corners badge and bumpersticker, with which you can adorn the garment and flat surface of your choosing.

Also, everyone that donates will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of the new 45 by the M-Tet!

So pull down the ones and zeros, dig deep and Keep the Faith!

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Keep the faith

Larry

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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived! The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock. They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US). Click here to go to the ordering page.

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By Larry, June 12, 2016 11:43 am

Part one: The Warmup Session
01 Sweet Inspiration – King Curtis & The Kingpins (Atco)
02 Sugarcane – The MGs (Stax)
03 Mystic Voyage – Roy Ayers Ubiquity (Polydor)
04 Sneakin In The Back – Tom Scott & The L.A. Express (Ode)
05 Season Of The Witch – Lou Rawls (Capitol)
06 Listen – Chicago Transit Authority (Columbia)
07 No Matter What Sign You Are – Supremes (Motown)
08 Hey Love – Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
09 Marvin’s Groove – B W Souls (Round)
10 Funky Thing Pt 1- Larry Ellis And The Black Hammer (Funk 45 reissue)
11 Yeah You Right – Sister And The Brothers (UNI)
12 Working Our Way Back Into A Funky Thing- Unifics (Fountain)
13 Everybody Wants To Be Free Pt. 2 – Amnesty (Lamp/Now-Again)
14 Soul Clappin – Pretty Purdie (Date)
15 The Message – Cymande (Janus)
16 Funky To The Bone – Freddie Henchie & The Soul Setters (Reprise)
17 Ain’t No Sunshine – Eddy Senay (Sussex)
18 Go On With Your Bad Self – Consumer Rapport (Wing And A Prayer)
19 I Can Dig It – Daley Diggers (Marmaduke)
20 Doo Doo – David T Walker (Zea)
21 Pick N Shovel – The Touch (Lecasver)
22 Nanzee – Donald Austin (Eastbound)
23 The Prophet – Jack McDuff (Cadet)
24 Reflections – Bill Conti (United Artists)

Listen/Download – Vincent the Soul Chef – The Warmup Session 173MB Mixed MP3

Part Two: The Windup Session
01 The Title Escapes Me – Toussaint McCall (Ronn)
02 Scramble – Billy Stewart (Chess)
03 The Hip Judage – Pigmeat Markham (Chess)
04 Let My People Go – Brother Jack McDuff (Cadet)
05 Give Everybody Some – Bar Kays (Volt)
06 Drunk – Ace Cannon (Hi)
07 Get It – Sam And Dave (Atlantic)
08 Shake A Poo Poo – Chet Ivey (Tangerine)
09 Hey Joyce – Lou Courtney (Popside)
10 Ode To Soul Man – Syl Johnson (Twinight)
11 Shakey Jakes – The Strange Bros. Show (Sire)
12 Soul Liberation Pt. 2- Rusty Bryant (Prestige)
13 It’s LB Time – Jay Youngblood (Ex Spect More)
14 Poppin Popcorn – Alvin Cash (Toddlin’ Town)
15 The Champion Pt. 1 – Willie Mitchell (Hi jukebox 33 pressing)
16 Pretty Lil Mama – Soul Crusaders Orchestra (More Soul)
17 Funky Feet – Johnny Robinson (Epic)
18 Shhhhhhhh (For A Little While) – James Brown (King)
19 Crabcakes – Gunga Din (Valise)
20 Shake – Shadows Of Knight (Team)
21 Pucker Up Buttercup – Jr Walker & The All Stars (Soul)
22 Get it – Wilmer and the Dukes (Aphrodisiac)
23 Secret Love – Billy Stewart (Chess)
24 O Wow – Panic Buttons (Gamble)
25 Lunar Funk – Fabulous Counts (Moira)
26 Higher Than High – The Undisputed Truth (Gordy)

Listen/Download – Vincent the Soul Chef – The Windup Session 156MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

Welcome back to the Funky16Corners 2016, Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

We start the week with a very special ‘double header’ from the man behind Fufu Stew, Vincent the Soul Chef.

Vincent has been digging, spinning and blogging for a long time. He has excellent taste and instincts about what kind of sounds blend together (and not just in the realm of soul and funk) and the two mixes he brings us today, the Warmup and the Windup are testaments to that fact.

Make sure to set aside a block of time to take these in together because they are more than worth the effort.

And now, a word from the Chef:

“As always, I am honoured… enough said. Now although it was close to ten years ago, I still vividly recall that day in November when I warmed up the revelers at the world famous Asbury Park Lanes, so suffice it to say, I went there again in my mind and on my turntables with this batch of 45s. After a few repeated listens however, and a few trips through the boxes, it mushroomed into a much bigger undertaking, so much so that I had to make TWO batches. Yup. Enjoy.”
www.fufustew.com www.facebook.com/fufustew/

Don’t forget to click the Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back tomorrow with a brand new mix from the founder of the Asbury Park 45 Sessions and the man behind Fleamarket Funk, the mighty DJ Prestige!

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Your donations help to keep Funky16Corners up and running, with the blog, Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast and hundreds of hours of archived mixes.

Everyone that donates will get the new 2016 Funky16Corners badge and bumpersticker, with which you can adorn the garment and flat surface of your choosing.

Also, everyone that donates will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of the new 45 by the M-Tet!

So pull down the ones and zeros, dig deep and Keep the Faith!

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Keep the faith

Larry

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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived! The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock. They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US). Click here to go to the ordering page.

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, June 5, 2016 11:33 am

Funky16Corners Presents: Queens
Vicki Gomez – Boys Are a Dime a Dozen (ABC/Paramount)
Rita and the Tiaras – Gone With the Wind Is My Love (Dore)
Apollas – Mr Creator (WB)
Clara Ward – The Right Track (Verve)
Gloria Jones – Heartbeat Pt1 (Uptown)
Sandy Wynns – Love Belongs To Everyone (Champion)
Tina Britt – The Real Thing (Eastern)
Brenda Lee – Dancing In the Street (Decca)
Candy and the Kisses – Keep On Searching (Scepter)
Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary)
Marie Queenie Lyons – Drown In My Own Tears (Deluxe)
Mirettes – Now That I Found You Baby (Mirwood)
Bobbettes – Tighten Up Your Own Home (Mayhew)
Funky Sisters – Soul Woman (Aurora)
Ella Fitzgerald – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ (Salle)
Sari and the Shalimars – No Reason To Doubt My Love (Veep)
Judy Clay – Sister Pitiful (Atlantic)
Lesley Gore – Take Good Care (Of My Heart) (Mercury)
Barry St John – Cry Like a Baby (GRT)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners Presents: Queens 86MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all and welcome to the 2016 Funky16Corners Allnighter/Pledge Drive!

This is the time of year where I and some of the finest selectors I know create some brand new mixes and post them here in the hope that you will all show your appreciation by clicking on the Paypal link and tossing something into the hat to help cover our yearly operating budget. This is the 10th Anniversary of the Pledge Drive and the 6th year of the Allnighter format.

This year’s line-up includes mixes from Asbury Park 45 sessions alums DJ Prestige, DJ Prime Mundo, DJ Bluewater, Vincent the Soul Chef, my man in the UK Ben Gibson, Tarik Thornton, HeavySoulBrutha Dave B, Chris Lujan of the M-Tet and the Dirty Dirty Podcast, DJ RP of Funkdefy Ohio and yours truly book-ending the whole thing.

The mixes this year are uniformly excellent, with sounds ranging from funk 45s, to Northern Soul, sweet soul, reggae, modern funk instros, soul jazz and everything in between.

We’ll be posting a mix each weekday for the next few weeks.

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Your donations help to keep Funky16Corners up and running, with the blog, Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast and hundreds of hours of archived mixes.

Everyone that donates will get the new 2016 Funky16Corners badge and bumper sticker, with which you can adorn the garment and flat surface of your choosing.

So pull down the ones and zeros, dig deep and Keep the Faith!

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We’re going to get things started (and eventually finished) with a two-part mix by yours truly, entitled Queens & Kings. These are each an hour long and feature an hour of danceable soul, first by the ladies, and then by the fellas.
I’ve picked up a lot of outstanding stuff in the past year, including some of my personal Northern Soul grails, a couple of unexpected things (from people you wouldn’t expect, naturally) and lots of other groovy sounds!

So dig it, and we’ll be back tomorrow with DJ Prime Mundo!

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Keep the faith

Larry

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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived! The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock. They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US). Click here to go to the ordering page.

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.