Funky16Corners Presents: Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache
A Solid Hour of Soul For Dancers
Isley Brothers – Got To Have You Back (Tamla)| Bandwagon – Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache (Epic) Teri Nelson Group – Love Is Getting Better (Kama Sutra) Yvonne Fair – Just As Sure As You Play (You Will Pay) (Smash) Little Richard – Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (Veejay) Billy Graham and the Escalators – Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Atlantic) Anna King- If You Don’t Think (Smash) Jimmy Jones – Don’t You Just Know It (Parkway) Bobby Whitlock – And I Love You (HIP) Big Dee Irwin – Discotheque (Roulette) Aldora Britton – Do It With Soul (Columbia) Betty Everett – I Can’t Hear You No More (Veejay) Monti Rock III – For Days and Days (Mercury) Johnny Moore – A Dollar Ninety Eight (Wand) Maxine Brown – Anything You Do Is Alright (Wand) Jun Mayuzumi – Black Room (Capitol JP) Spyder Turner – Dream Lover (MGM) Sweet Inspirations – Just Walk In My Shoes (Atco) Bobby Lester – Hang Up Your Hang Ups (Columbia) Johnny Daye – I Need You (Stax) Toni Lamarr – If I Didn’t Love You (Buddah) Capitols – We Got a Thing That’s In the Groove (Karen) Delcords – Just a Little Misunderstanding (UP) Joe E Young and the Toniks – Get That Feeling (Toast) Alvin Cash and the Crawlers – Do It One More Time (the Twine) (Mar V Lus)
Funky16Corners Presents: Loose and Groovy
An Hour of Instrumental Wonderfullness Packed With Breaks!
Dizzy Gillespie – Stomped and Wasted (GWP) Sonny Cox – Chocolate Candy (Bell) Cal Tjader – The Tra La La Song (Skye) George Shearing, the Quintet and the Amigos – Aquarius (MPS/BASF) Gordon Staples and the String Thing – Get Down (Tamla) Bob Dorough – A Taste of Honey (MMO) Harry J All Stars – Spyrone (Harry J) Impact of Brass – So Far So Good (Rare Earth) Al Serafini his Electronic Sax and Orchestra – Lil Rosey (Audio Fidelity) Willie Bobo – Grazing In the Grass (Verve) Odell Brown and the Organizers – Day Tripper (Cadet) Terumasa Hino Quintet – Snake Hip (Capitol JP) Lou Garno Quintet – Chicken In the Basket (Giovannia) Johnny Frigo Quartet – Dance of Love (Orion) Richard Fudoli – Gwee (Date) Soulful Strings – Zambezi (Cadet) The Touch – Pick and Shovel (LeCasVer) Soul Searchers – Think (Sussex)
TheFunky16Corners 2019 Allnighter/Pledge Drive is here!
Things are looking (much) different this year.
This is the 10th year of doing a pledge drive here at Funky16Corners, and the landscape, and (forgive the use of the word) ‘mission’ of Funky16Corners has evolved fairly drastically since the blog opened it’s doors nearly 15 years ago (not counting the webzine years).
The world of music blogging is not what it once was. The way people access music and information on the web is a whole different thing than it was when I started. Traffic is a small fraction of what it once was.
The main thrust of what I do here at Funky16Corners has also changed significantly.
Starting with single-song blog posts in the early days, moving on to DJ mixes, then the beginning of the Funky16Corners Radio Show (which is nearing the 500 episode mark!), then the various and sundry guest mixes, in and outside of the pledge drive context.
I have to begin by sending out my thanks to all of the amazing DJs that have been generous with their time and their records over the years, all of whom I am proud to have featured at Funky16Corners.
The last few years have seen my move into live radio broadcasts, with Funky16Corners Radio Show and Testify!, my show for WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio appearing weekly, and the Iron Leg Radio Show (nearing 100 episodes) monthly.
As a result of the workload associated with this change, the frequency of blog posts has decreased to once a week.
This year I decided that I needed to take a break from the Allnighter/Summer of Soul format, if only to ease off of the workload associated with putting it all together (and maybe spend a little more time with the fam while they’re home for the summer).
In it’s place I have created two brand new, hour-long mixes.
The first, Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache is an hour of dancefloor soul, with a grip of new and recent arrivals in the Funky16Corners crates.
The second. Loose and Groovy is a collection of instrumentals, many of them funky, packed with breaks and loopable grooves for days.
The focus on using Patreon to raise money to pay the bills around here (paying for server space/bandwidth and broadcast fees) has proven to make a lot of sense, moreso than the previously used Paypal model.
If you dig any of the stuff I do here, any of the radio shows, or the mix archives, or even if you’re one of the few that still read the blog posts, please consider signing up for Patreon and making a small, recurring, monthly donation of a few dollars.
You can click on the link below.
It’s pretty simple, very safe and a great way to keep Funky16Corners up and running for another year.
The pledging will continue this year with Patreon (click here or on the logo below to go to the Funky16Corners page) , where you will be able to spread your contributions out over the entire year, which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the move to 100 percent live broadcasting (Mixlr.com/Funky16corners) and continued hardware and software upgrades at Funky16Corners central, to keep the radio/podcasting experience as seamless and groovy as possible. So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same, and if you’re already a Patreon donor, please accept my heartfelt thanks!
Welcome to the wrap-up of the Funky16Corners 2016 Allnighter/Pledge Drive
We haven’t quite met our goal for 2016, so I’ve put together this recap/wrapup of the Allnighter with links to all of the mixes/pages for the last few weeks so you could see them all in one place, and pick up any that you might have mixed.
This page will stay up until the end of the week, and if you dig what we do here (the Funky16Corners Radio Show, mix archives and all of the same over at our sister blog, Iron Leg) but haven’t donated, please consider clicking on the Paypal button and tossing something into that hat to help make the 2016 operating budget.
Everyone that donates will receive the new 2016 sticker and badge (see below, as well as any other swag we have remaining) and will be entered into the drawing for the groovy new 45 by the M-Tet.
I’ll be back on Monday with another, brand new BONUS mix of funk and soul, so stay tuned for that!
It is all greatly appreciated!
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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!
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.
Prime Mundo – Soundset
rudy ray moore – put your weight on it [generation int.] wilson pickett – baby call on me [double l] meters – just kissed my baby [soul jazz] dave and ansell collins – that girl [big tree] hector rivera – drown my heart [barry] fatback band – njia walk [perception] the people’s choice – hot wire [grandland] bo diddley – ooh baby [checker] jackie verdell – hush [peacock] bobby moore’s rhythm aces – try my love again [checker] junior parker – lover to friend [blue rock] billy fury – what do you think you’re doing of [decca] jaynetts – sally go ’round the roses [tuff] b bumble and the stingers – nautilus [rendezvous] roy ayers – i can’t help myself [polydor] trevor dandy – is there any love [numero] dennis brown – black magic woman [sun shot] roscoe shelton – you got to roll with the punch [sound stage] jesse boone and the astros – no particular one [sunburst] sly and the family stone – remember who you are [warner bros.]
NOTE: Today’s mix is from another Asbury Park 45 Sessions hitter, this time from my man DJ Prime Mundo.
Prime is another one of those guys that always has a surprise up his sleeve. His taste is unfuckwithable, and he is well versed in funk, soul, jazz, reggae and rock.
When you strap yourself in with a DJ Prime Mundo mix you know you’re in for an exciting ride
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He is a master chef out in the real world, and applies the same level of craft when on the turntables.
We have six more new mixes coming, starting on Monday with the mighty Tarik Thornton. You will not want to miss it!
If this is the first you’re seeing of the 2014 Allnighter, make sure to scroll back for mixes by M-Fasis, Tony C, DJ Prestige, Kris Holmes and Funky16Corners!
Anyone that donates today to the Allnighter/Pledge Drive will (in addition to getting the badge and stickers) be entered into a random drawing for a copy of the Cultures of Soul 45 reissue of two very solid tracks by Roy Roberts, ‘So Much In Love’ (upbeat Northern Soul) and ‘You Move Me’ (Gritty, mid-tempo funk). There will be more drawings over the next few weeks for CDs by Cultures of Soul, Light In the Attic and Secret Stash, and 45s from Cultures of Soul!
Welcome to the 2014 edition of the Funky16Corners Allnighter/Pledge Drive.
This is the ninth annual Pledge Drive, and the fifth Allnighter.
If you haven’t experienced the Allnighter/Pledge Drive, it can be explained as thus: once a year, the Funky16Corners Blog, your home for the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove vinyl for almost 10 years comes to you with hand outstretched, asking for donations to offset the operating expenses of the web site.
The Funky16Corners ‘operation’ (as it is) included the Funky16Corners and Iron Leg blogs, the mix archives for both (containing well over 200 mixes), and the Funky16Corners Radio Show/Podcast (another 200+ files available for download, or through subscription in iTunes).
The money raised during the pledge drive goes to pay for the server space and fees associated with hosting the whole megillah.
As has been attested to many times in the past, Funky16Corners has humble beginnings, starting out on the old (free) Blogger service, moving to WordPress, and then to self-hosted WordPress. The move to paid hosting was necessitated by increased bandwidth usage, as well as the need for a place to store all the mixes (and eventually the radio show episodes).
The Allnighter/Pledge Drive is a once-yearly occurrence, in which yours truly, and some of the finest selectors out there whip up new mixes for your delectation.
In past years, I have posted all of the mixes in a single post, and left it up for a week.
This year, the quality and quantity of the mixes spurred me on to try something a little different, i.e. posting a new mix each weekday for a period of just over two weeks. This way, each selector gets their moment in the spotlight, and the mixes get spaced out so that the listeners don’t suffer from mix-fatigue.
Each day, you’ll get a fantastic mix (there really are some amazing ones this year) from one of my favorite DJs, many of whom have participated in the Allnighter before, as well as a couple of great new contributors.
So, if you dig what we do here at Funky16Corners, click on the Paypal link and toss some cash into the barrel.
Contributors will receive a 2014 Allnighter badge, as well as some stickers from the archive (as long as they last).
This year I will also be drawing the names of contributors at random for groovy swag, including CDs and 45s from Cultures of Soul, and CDs from Light in the Attic and Secret Stash.
So, dig the sounds for the next couple of weeks, and make sure you stop back on a daily basis to pick up new mixes and contribute for a chance to win some cool stuff.
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.
Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).
M-Fasis – Summer Rocks
intro- ‘Bad words/Evil people’-Skin Valley (Stax),
‘Comment’-Les Mcann (Atlantic)
1- ‘Freedom’-Love Song (Good News)
2- ‘Summer in the City’-Quincy Jones (A&M)
3-‘Hook & Sling’-Eddie Bo (Scram)
4-‘Filthy McNasty’-Filthy McNasty (FM)
5-‘Hand Clapping Song’-Meters (Josie)
6-‘Minus/Plus’-Smith (Dunhill)
7-‘Bring It On Down To Me’-Bobby Franklin’s Insanity (Thomas)
8-‘Psychedelic Soul’-Chylds (Warner Bros.)
9-‘Don’t Mess With The Press’-Mick Paladin & The Power of the Press
10-‘When I’m a Kid’-Demis Roussos (MGM)
11-‘Bad’-Jimmy Castor Bunch (Kinetic)
12-‘Get Off the Streets Y’all’-Eric & The Vikings (Soulhawk)
13-‘Let’s Start 2 Dance Again’-Bohannon feat. Dr. Perri Johnson (Phase 2)
14-‘Evil Love’-Thee Midnighters (Chattahoochee)
15-‘Hey Joyce’-Lou Courtney (Popside)
16-‘Whatever You Do, Do It Good’-Gene Williams (Forte)
17-‘Mandolay’-La Flavor (Sweet City)
18-‘Hot Foxy Woman’-Six Feet Under (LeCam)
19-‘Ha Pasado Solo Un Mes’-Sylvana Di Lorenzo (RCA)
20-‘Affetmenseni’-Edip Akbayram Dostlar (Burçplakçilik)
21-‘Stones of Years’- Emerson Lake & Palmer (Atlantic)
22-‘Serengeti Bonus Beat’-The Whitefield Brothers (M. Whitefield)
23-‘Double Navaho’-Express Rising (Memphix)
24-‘Summer Sounds’-Sunshine Machine w/ Philadelphia Rhythm Section (Mascot)
25-outro
NOTE: Today’s mix is another great contribution from an Asbury Park 45 Sessions alumnus, the mighty M-Fasis.
M-Fasis – recently relocated to the desert from NJ, is one of those cats that always surprises me with unusual and interesting selections.
He is a tireless digger with outstanding taste with his ear attuned to sounds outside of the traditional funk and soul world.
‘Summer Rocks’ is classic M-Fasis, filled with satisfying twists and turns.
Slap on the headphones and pour this one into your ears.
See you tomorrow,
Larry
Anyone that donates today to the Allnighter/Pledge Drive will (in addition to getting the badge and stickers) be entered into a random drawing for a copy of the second volume of the Wheedle’s Groove comp from Light In the Attic Records.
Compiled by the mighty DJ Supreme La Rock, Wheedle’s Groove II features another great collection of vintage and rare Seattle-area funk, modern soul and boogie.
There will be more drawings over the next few weeks for CDs by Cultures of Soul, Light In the Attic and Secret Stash, and 45s from Cultures of Soul!
Welcome to the 2014 edition of the Funky16Corners Allnighter/Pledge Drive.
This is the ninth annual Pledge Drive, and the fifth Allnighter.
If you haven’t experienced the Allnighter/Pledge Drive, it can be explained as thus: once a year, the Funky16Corners Blog, your home for the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove vinyl for almost 10 years comes to you with hand outstretched, asking for donations to offset the operating expenses of the web site.
The Funky16Corners ‘operation’ (as it is) included the Funky16Corners and Iron Leg blogs, the mix archives for both (containing well over 200 mixes), and the Funky16Corners Radio Show/Podcast (another 200+ files available for download, or through subscription in iTunes).
The money raised during the pledge drive goes to pay for the server space and fees associated with hosting the whole megillah.
As has been attested to many times in the past, Funky16Corners has humble beginnings, starting out on the old (free) Blogger service, moving to WordPress, and then to self-hosted WordPress. The move to paid hosting was necessitated by increased bandwidth usage, as well as the need for a place to store all the mixes (and eventually the radio show episodes).
The Allnighter/Pledge Drive is a once-yearly occurrence, in which yours truly, and some of the finest selectors out there whip up new mixes for your delectation.
In past years, I have posted all of the mixes in a single post, and left it up for a week.
This year, the quality and quantity of the mixes spurred me on to try something a little different, i.e. posting a new mix each weekday for a period of just over two weeks. This way, each selector gets their moment in the spotlight, and the mixes get spaced out so that the listeners don’t suffer from mix-fatigue.
Each day, you’ll get a fantastic mix (there really are some amazing ones this year) from one of my favorite DJs, many of whom have participated in the Allnighter before, as well as a couple of great new contributors.
So, if you dig what we do here at Funky16Corners, click on the Paypal link and toss some cash into the barrel.
Contributors will receive a 2014 Allnighter badge, as well as some stickers from the archive (as long as they last).
This year I will also be drawing the names of contributors at random for groovy swag, including CDs and 45s from Cultures of Soul, and CDs from Light in the Attic and Secret Stash.
So, dig the sounds for the next couple of weeks, and make sure you stop back on a daily basis to pick up new mixes and contribute for a chance to win some cool stuff.
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.
Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).
Welcome to the third annual Funky16Corners Pledge Drive/Allnighter!
Though we’ve been doing the Pledge Drive thing since2006, the Allnighter concept first rolled out in 2010, with several hours of mixes by some of the finest selectors I know.
This year we have most of the usual suspects, including several Asbury Park 45 Sessions alumni, as well as my man Tony C from the UK and Tarik Thornton.
The sounds run the gamut of classic soul, funk, reggae, rock steady, old school Hammond 45s and all connective points in between.
If you read the blog on the reg you already know that the past year has been an exceptionally challenging one here.
It wouldn’t be reaching to state that keeping Funky16Corners (and Iron Leg) up and running had a lot to do with maintaining my sanity over the last eight months.
There’s something to be said for keeping a small island of creative stability afloat during a crisis, and that’s what the blog has been.
Much of that has – as always – come from the interchange with the readers, listeners, fellow vinyl travelers, and DJs. Your contributions, whether informational, conversational, sometimes monetary or sometimes all of the above, have kept Funky16Corners rolling along.
This November will mark the 8th anniversary of the blog (something akin to 800 internet years!) and creating and running the blog has become a big part of my life. Through it I’ve learned a great deal, met many incredibly cool people and gotten to DJ in many, many cool places.
The Pledge Drive aspect of this yearly event is an important one.
Funky16Corners – all of the text, graphics and sound files – resides on paid server space, a bill that comes due around this time every year. Your donations help pay for that.
Blogging has always been an ephemeral pursuit, partly because not everyone has the interest in keeping one going for very long, but also because it rarely rises above the level of a casual pursuit for most people. They start a blog, post most files temporarily and depart as soon as their interest wanes.
Funky16Corners may very well have gone the way of most blogs (I don’t know the actual percentage of music blogs that last more than a year, but anecdotally I’d guess that it’s below 10%) but after getting it rolling (with a slightly different format) in 2004, and changing platforms twice (finally ending up with the self-hosting WordPress model) I think we have at long last settled into lasting form.
The basic format of how I communicate with the audience through the blog has always remained fairly constant, with a pictures and labels (what the vinyl nerds of the world know as record porn) and some written context to tie it all together.
Along the way, the Funky16Corners Radio Podcast mixes worked their way into the flow, then the actual Funky16Corners Radio Show (Friday nights at 9PM on Viva Radio and then archived here) and then in 2010 the Funky16Corners Soul Club/Allnighters so I could present mixes by other selectors.
What we have now, in the middle of 2012 is –including this year’s Allnighter mixes – close to 150 mixes and another 110 episodes of the radio show on-line for your (and my) listening pleasure.
And my friends, pleasure is what it’s all about; the pleasure that great music, some rare, some not so rare, can bring to those willing to open their ears.
That’s why I do it, and as always, I hope you dig it.
If you do, and you can afford to, please click on the Paypal link and drop a few coins in the basket.
There’ll be stickers for everyone that donates.
So, I’ll offer you my thanks once again, and hopefully we’ll all be together again this time next year for more of the same.
Funky16Corners Presents: Tear It Up Billy Wade and the 3rd Degrees – Tear It UP Pt1 (ABC) Alvin Cash and the Scott Bros Orchestra – Keep On Dancing Pt2 (Toddlin’ Town) Jerry-O – Funky Four Corners (White Whale) Gunga Din – Snake Pit (Valise) Lou Donaldson – Say It Loud (Blue Note) James Young and the Housewreckers – Barking Up the Wrong Tree (Jet Stream) Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Raw Funky (Tower) Syl Johnson – Annie Got Hot Pants Power Pt2 (Twinight) African Echoes – Big Time (Phil LA of Soul) Bill Cosby – I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself (Capitol) Bobby Byrd – Keep On Doin’ What You’re Doin’ (Brownstone) Lonnie Youngblood – African Twist Pt1 (Loma) Little Sonny – Sonny’s Bag (Revilot) Jimmy ‘Mr Motion’ Lynch – There Was a Time Pt1 (La Val) Juggy – Buttered Popcorn (Sue) Creative Funk – Funk Power (Creative Funk) Freddy King – Funky (Cotillion) Billy Wade and the 3rd Degrees – Tear It Up Pt2 (ABC)
DJ Bluewater – Merritones The Zodiacs Walk On By The Ethiopians Miss Nora Merritone Singers House Upon The Hill The Renegades Mr. Hops Don Henry As Long As I Live Joe Higgs You Hurt My Soul The Untouchables I Do Love You The Renegades Big And Fine Henry Buckley If I Am Right The Untouchables Mackie Mackie The Dynamites If You Did Love Me Roland Alphonso Sounds Of Silence Lyn Taitt and The Jets Why Am I Treated So Bad Roland Alphonso Stranger For Durango Henry Buckley Thank You Girl The Tartans It’s Not Right Eddie Perkins I’m Coming Home Hopeton Lewis Everybody Rocking Tomorrow’s Children Bang Bang Rock Steady The Tartans Rolling Rolling
Big Youth – Hotter Fire/Negusa Negast Records Tapper Zukie – Woman Ah No Me Trouble/ Mobiliser Success All Stars – Doctor Satan Echo Chamber/ Striker Lee Augustus Pablo – Fat Girl/ Echo Records Winston Groovy – Dancing Shoes/ Pioneer International Barrington Levy – Time Hard/ Puff Records Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse/ African Museum (Disco 45) Marcia Griffiths – Feel Like Jumping/ High Note Joy White – Tribulation/ Joe Gibbs International Dennis Brown – Jah Can Do It/ Joe Gibbs International Jackie Mittoo – Revolting Rockers/ Third World Records Rockers All Stars – Fire Dub/ Rockers International
Tony C – 45 Heaven Queen City Soul Band-True Patron Of The Arts-Pow Freddie Scott-I’ll Be Gone-Shout Betty Everett-Too Hot To Hold-Veejay Fred Hughes-I Keep Tryin’-Ex Little Flint-Pain-Beast Larry Williams-Boss Lovin’-Smash Garnett Mimms-Prove It To Me-U.A Gene Chandler-Mr Bigshot-Constellation Otis Williams-Aint Gonna Walk Your Dog No More-Okeh Wilson Pickett-Baby Call On Me-Double L Moss Tolbert-Money In My Pocket-Veejay Jimmy Ricks-Daddy Rollin’ Stone-Atco Georgie Fame-Green Onions-Columbia Solomon Burke-Peepin’-Atlantic JJ Barnes-Wont You Let Me Know-Rich Pearl Woods-Right Now-Charge Jackie Wilson/Linda Hopkins-Say I do-Brunswick Big Boy Myles-She’s So Fine-V.Tone B.B.King-Heartbreaker-Bluesway Peppermint Harris-Wait Until It Happens To You-Jewel James Duncan-Too Hot To Hold-King Anna King-Mamas Got A Bag Of Her Own-End Little Oscar-Two Foot Drag-Toddlin Town Seven Souls-Groove In-Venture Patriza&Jimmy-Trust Your Child-ALA Smokey Brooks-Spin Jig It-Now Rodger Collins-Foxy Girls In Oakland-Galaxy Al Reed-94/44/100 Pure Love-Axe Roland Alphonso-Hip Hug Her-JJ Eddie Holland-Gotta Have Your Love-Motown Little Willie John-You’re Welcome To Try-V.R.C Grady Tate-All Around The World-Skye
A word from Tony: This is my third year of supplying a mix for the pledge drive and as always it is an honour and a pleasure to be asked by Larry to particiipate.Especially with the great line up of DJ’s sharing their quality tunes.”45 Heaven” is a collection of 45s ,with the exception of one LP track that I have aquired over the last year or so.I have tried to include a bit of everything that I enjoy listening to. Hope you do too.
Tarik Thornton – Getting the Corners 1.Sweet Delights- Baby Be Mine – ATCO 2.Jay Rhythm- Soul Emotion- Leo 3.T.S.U. Tornados- The Goose- Atlantic 4.Syl Johnson- I Feel The Urge – Twinight 5.Dell Ingrid – Try It You’ll Like It- Ultra-Class 6.Johnnie Mae Matthews – Momma Didn’t Lie- Big Hit 7.Maurice Mckinnies and the Fabulous Champions – Sock – A – Poo Poo Pt.2 – Black & Proud 8.Count Rockin Sidney – Do You Stuff – Gold Band 9. Ernest Thomas – Soul Time- International 10.Boogie Kings- Do Em All- Pic 1 11.Bobby Rush- Let All Hang Out- Salem 12.Dennis Lee- Do The Funky Penguin- Jenmark 13.O.D. Williams – Funky Belly- Bar Bare 14.Isaac Clark- Do The Dog Funk- Miro 15.Willie Tee- Funky Funky Twist- Gatur 16.George Holmes- Panama- Carol 17.Hamilton Movement – Having A Set- Look- Out 18.Louis Villery- Black Water Gold- Soul Power 19.Jesse Green – Flip- Red Bus Tempo 20.Donald Byrd- Change- Blue Note 21 Young & Holt Unlimited – Black & White- Cotillion
DJ Prime Mundo – Prime Cuts gene harris/the three sounds – hey girl (blue note) melvin sparks – if you want my love (westbound) johnnie taylor – love in the streets (stax) jackie edwards – oh manio (direction) rhetta hughes – sooky (tetragrammaton) john gibbs & the unlimited sound of steel orchestra – shaft (makossa) gabor szabo – gypsy ’66 (impulse) jon lucien – would you believe in me (rca) osibisa – kotoku (warner bros) the festivals – checkin’ out (blue rock/mercury) shall we dance – somebody’s baby (hoctor) freddy king – funky (cotillion) giorgio – lord releaseme (dunhill) delegation – oh honey (state)
M-Fasis: ROUND TRIP TICKET: excursions into funk, soul, rock and back’… 1)Paul Revere- Beastie Boys ‘MCA R.I.P. (Def Jam) 2)Down in Black Bottom- Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Capitol) 3)Scuze Uz Y’all- Brenda & The Tabulations (Top and Bottom) 4)Mean Black Snake- J.W. Alexander (Thursh) 5)L.C. Funk- Lee Williams (Rapda) 6)Midnight Flower- The Four Tops (Dunhill) 7)Sweetback- Viola Wills (Supreme) 8)Ready or Not- Delfonics (Bell) 9)Mississippi Foxhole- Midnight Movers (Buddah) 10)You’re the Fool- Three Degrees (Roulette) 11)It’s Amazing- Johnny Taylor (Stax) 12)The Stretch- Detroit Sex Machines (Soul Track) 13)Synthetic Substitution- Melvin Bliss (Sunburst) 14)Too Hot To Hold- Tina Turner (Pompeii) 15)I’m Unconscious- Sugarcane Harris (Epic) 16)Down to the Nightclub- Tower of Power (Warner) 17)Wish you’d Never Been Born- Jodo (Decca) 18)Hard Times- Zoo (Riviera) 19)You Made Me a Believer- Ruby Andrews (Zodiac) 20)What Time It Is- General Crook (Down to Earth) 21)Light My Fire- Rhetta Hughes (Tetragrammaton) 22)El Paso County Jail- The Happenings (Jubilee) 23)And Then There Was…- Cozy Powell (RAK) 24)Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band- Natural Carbonation (RCA) 25)Vitamin C- Can (UA) 26)Keep Him- Barbara Mason (Artic) 27)You Can’t Blame Me- Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum… (Capsoul) 28)Fire and Rain- Ice (Cindri) 29)Un Sueno- Los Terricolas (Discolando) 30)Piu Nessuno Al Campo- Gli Uh! (Kansas) 31)All This- Barbara Jean English (Alithia)
Funky16Corners Presents: Greasy Spoon The Poets – Devil’s Den Pt1 (Try Me) Freddie Roach – Next Time You See Me (Blue Note) David Rockingham Trio – Bee Dee (Josie) Bill Doggett – Afternoon Jump (King) Freddy Robinson and Tall Paul Hankins – The Buzzard (Queen) Gene Ludwig – Mr Fink Pt2 (La Vere) Delegates – Pigmy Pt1 (Pacific Jazz) Johnny Hammond Smith – The Stinger (Prestige) Hank Marr – The Greasy Spoon (Federal) Russell Evans and the Nite Hawks – The Bold (Atco) Timmy Thomas – Liquid Mood (Goldwax) Charlie Nesbit Organ Trio – Triple-O-Soul (Salvador) Groove Holmes – Groove’s Groove (Prestige) Baby Face Willette – Roll’em Pete (Argo) Beverly Pitts – Just Some Soul (Soul Shot) Butch Cornell Trio – Here ‘Tis Now (Ru-Jac) James Brown – Shades of Brown (King) Jimmy McGriff – MG Blues (Sue) Larry Young Jr Quartette – Groove Street Pt1 (Prestige) Merl Saunders – I Pity the Fool (Galaxy) Shirley Scott – Sister Sadie Pt1 (Prestige) Tall Paul Hankins – My Boo-Ga-Loo (Pop Up)
Greetings all, and welcome to the 2011, Funky16Corners Soul Club/Grogan Casino Allnighter..
This is – as it has been since 2006 – time for yours truly to once again open up the yearly Funky16Corners Pledge Drive, in which we ask that if you dig what goes on hereabouts, with the blog(s), radio show, mixes etc, that you click on the donation link and drop a little something in the basket.
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Your donations help to pay for the server space where the blog, all of the graphics and well over 100 mixes (a number that is expanding all the time) reside, as well as upkeep on the equipment used to run the whole non-profit (is there a better phrase to describe an operation that runs at a perpetual loss?) shebang.
As always, I’m aware that times are tough, and getting tougher all the time, so if you can’t swing it, that’s cool too. However, every little bit helps, so even a couple of bucks will help things along.
The readers of Funky16Corners have always been very cool over the seven year history of the blog (as well as the years preceding that at the web zine), generous with their knowledge and vocal in their appreciation and once again I’d like to thank you all.
Funky16Corners has always been an ad-free space (and that includes needless plugs for crap that none of you (or me) is going to listen to) and will always remain that way.
Now, I can’t very well come to you with hand outstretched unless I have something to offer you for your trouble. With that in mind, I bring you the second annual Allnighter, in which I gather together some of my favorite DJs and ask them to contribute mixes.
This year we have a stellar line-up, including my man Tarik Thornton (Hot Pants Crew MPLS), Tony C, DJ Prime Mundo (Asbury Park 45 Sessions), DJ Bluewater (Master Groove, Asbury Park 45 Sessions), and my mighty brother in blogging Vincent the Soul Chef (Fufu Stew), as well as two new mixes by yours truly.
Each of these cats is very, very serious about digging and spinning vinyl heat and when you get the chance to sink your ears into the mixes they’ve contributed you will (as I was when I first heard them) be very happy.
There’s a very nice stylistic breadth to this year’s Allnighter, with deep soul, Northern Soul, rock steady, funk and disco with a connoisseur’s mix of rarities and classics.
This year I’m also posting something cool over at Iron Leg, with a few hours of garage and freakbeat recorded live a few weeks back (by me, natch) at Spindletop @ Botanica in NYC, so if those are sounds you dig too, make sure to pull down those ones and zeros as well.
That said, click the Paypal link, and then scroll down the page slowly, soaking up all the mixes as you go.
Funky16Corners – I’m Satisfied San Remo Golden Strings – I’m Satisfied (Ric Tic) Jr Walker and the All Stars – Come see About Me (Soul) Parliaments – Look at What I Almost Missed (Revilot) O’Jays – I Dig Your Act (Bell) Lee Williams and the Cymbals – Everything About You That I Love (Carnival) Al Kent – You Got To Pay The Price (Ric Tic) Major Lance – Gotta Get Away (Okeh) Shorty Long – Sing What You Wanna (Soul) Bunny Sigler – Sunny Sunday (Cameo/Parkway) Jackie Lee – Bring It Home (Keyman) Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin – From the Teacher to the Preacher (Brunswick) Chuck Jackson – Good Things Come to Those Who Wait (Wand) Precisions – Why Girl (Drew) John Willams and the Tick Tocks – Do Me Like You Do Me (Sansu) Eddie Floyd – Big Bird (Stax) Vibrations – Pick Me (Okeh) Buena Vistas – Hot Shot (Swan) Performers – I Can’t Stop You (Mirwood) Dreams – They Call me Jesse James (DC Sound) Len Barry – I Struck It Rich (Decca) Ambassadors – I’m So Proud Of My Baby (Atlantic)
Ken Parker – Change Is Gonna Come Delroy Wilson – I’m The One Who Loves You Rocky & The Heptones – Falling In Love Carlton & His Shoes – Happy Land Alton Ellis & The Flames – Cry Tough Lloyd & Glen – Jezebel – Phyllis Dillon – Don’t Stay Away Cecille Campbell – Breaking Up The Soul Vendors – Frozen Soul The Soul Vendors – To Sir With Love Prince Buster & The All Stars – The Punishment The Maytals – Watermelon Man Derrick Morgan – First Taste Of Love The Untouchables – Tighten Up The Jailbreakers – Chatty Chatty Delano Stewart – That’s Life Norma Fraser – The First Cut Is The Deepest King Rocky – The King Is Back The Ethiopians – He’s Not A Rebel The Uniques – Watch This Sound
Willie Tee – Dedication To You ( Atlantic) The Festivals – You Got The Makings of A Lover (Smash) The Impressions – Man Oh Man ( ABC- Paramount) Dennis Lee & Notables – Sunday Afternoon ( Jenmark) Bernard Drake – I’ve Been Untrue ( La Louisianne) Ollie & The Nightingales- I Got A Sure Thing (Stax) Jo Armstead – There’s Not Too many More (Giant) The Passions – I Can See My Way Through (Tower) The Moovers – One Little Dance (Brent) The ElectroStats – Setting the Mood ( Three Oaks) The Supreme – Stoned Love (Tamla)
Clifton White – Are You Ready (Anla) Dell Mack – You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover ( Gold Band) Eddie Giles – Soul Feeling Pt. 1- ( Murco ) Debanaires – Feel Alright – (WBS) O.D Williams – Moving Out Of Your Life – (Bare- Bar) New Birth – I Can Understand it (RCA) Johnny Williams – Breaking Point – (Twinight) Johnny Otis Show – Watts Breakaway (Epic) Gus (The Groove) Lewis – Let The Groove Move You – (Tou- Sea) Lee Dorsey – Funky Four Corners (Amy) Big Daddy Rucker – Just Do Your Thing – (GME) Reggie Sadler – Raggedy Bag – (Aquarius) Bonus Track : Jackie Harris & The Exciters – Get Funky, Sweat A Little Bit (Black&Proud)
So when Larry asked me to do this mix indeed I was honored! Larry and the Soul Chef are the guys who are responsible for inspiring me to get back to digging after taking a 10 year hiatus. I’ve been on a life rollercoaster over the last few years and this has become one of my most profound ways of expressing myself. Honestly, It took me a while to figure out a concept for this one. Always trying to be diverse I created a nice blend of Sweet Soul and Funk this time around. Both are actually sets I did live at KFAI in Minneapolis last week. After listening to them I decided to take the time to tighten them up, then added a bit more soul . The outcome, a sweet selection of songs dedicated to all the people that have taken the time to check out my work over the last year, but also in particular a very special young lady. The “B “side a tight groove of some killer funk selections that will keep you moving. Enjoy ! You can find some of my other mixes at www.mixcloud.com/8KC
curtis mayfield – tripping out (rso) one g plus three – summertime (paramount) billy guy – if you want to get ahead, shake a leg (verve) the soul patrol – saigon strut (shamley) don downing – thread and needle (roadshow) gary toms empire – drive my car (pickwick) bo kirkland & ruth davis – we got the recipe (claridge) stan ivory – check it out (tese) le roy – easy livin’ (dream machine) chick willis – stoop down baby (la val) billy strange – jaws (gnp crescendo) the masqueraders – brotherhood (bell) hummingbird – trouble maker (a&m) ernie andrews – something (phil l.a. of soul)
Note: One of the OG Asbury Park 45 Sessions DJs, Prime Mundo has extremely deep crates and extremely good taste. He’s one of my favorite DJs, and this mix should tell you why. – LG
I Just Want To Celebrate-Rare Earth (Rare Earth) Ride Sally Ride-Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (Sussex) Runaway People-Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound) You Met Your Match-Stevie Wonder (Tamla) Your Love Is Indescribably Delicious-Willis Wooten (Virtue) Mister Magic-Grover Washington Jr. (Kudu) Heaven Is There To Guide Us-The Glass House (Invictus) I Got You Babe-Etta James (Chess) Vista Vista-Lee Dorsey (Amy) Funky Boo Ga Loo-Jerry O (Shout) Do Your Thing-Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band (Warner) Good Times-Kool & The Gang (De Lite) Take Me To the River-Fessor Funk (Roxbury) Let Me Lay My Funk On You-Poison (Roulette) Keep on Dancin’ (Vocal)-Alvin Cash (Toddlin’ Town) The Whatchamacalit-The Burning Emotions (Bang) Country John-Allen Toussaint (Reprise) Paint Me-Ohio Players (Westbound) I Turned You On-Isley Brothers (T Neck) Soul Sister- Allen Toussaint (Reprise) Baby I Love You-Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) Nobody’s Fault But Mine-Otis Redding (Atco) Cook Out-King Curtis & The Kingpins (Atco) The Court Room-Clarence Carter (Atlantic) Funky Drummer Pt. 2-James Brown (King) Make It Funky Pt. 4-James Brown (Polydor) Hey Ruby Shut Your Mouth-Ruby & The Party Gang (Law Ton)
NOTE: Vincent the Soul Chef is not only a top-notch DJ, but he’s a serious digger with diverse tastes that are reflected in his mixes. After I heard this I headed out to look for a few of the cuts right away… – LG
Doc Bagby-Mr Hippy-Tifton Merced Blue Notes-Rufus-Accent Horace Bailey-Cool Monkey-Delene Larry Williams-Strange-Sue Barry’Barefoot’ Beefus-Barefoot Beefus-Loma Tommy & The Charms-I know what you want-Hollywood Nathaniel Kelly-Do the jerk-Jubilee Jay Dee Bryant-Get it-Enjoy The Pacers-You’ll never know-Razorback The Magics-Lets Boogaloo-R.F.A Lou Johnson-Rock me baby-Cotillion Eddie Simpson-Stone Soul Sister-Back Beat Vickie Anderson-I love you-Smash Alder Ray Mathis-Take me baby-Jetstar Jackie Thompson-Got to right the wrongs-Columbia Lonette-Stop-M.S Boogie Kings-Do em’ all-Pic Charles Hodges-Charles Shingaling-Alto Little Flint-Pain-Beast Sammy Lee-It hurts me-Rampart Jay Jordan-If it wasn’t for love-Verve The Fantastic Four-Pinpoint it down-Soul Lovemasters-Pushin and pull-Jacklyn Timmie Williams-Competition-Bell Big Maybelle-I can’t wait any longer-Rojac Trudy Johnson-You’re no good-Capitol
NOTE: Tony C has done guest mixes for Funky16Corners in the past, and he is always turning me on to new stuff. Great taste and deep crates, once again a dynamic combination. – LG
Funky16Corners – Honey Trippin’ BT Express – Express (Scepter) Louie Ramirez – Do It Any Way You Wanna (Cotique) Cymande – Anthracite (Janus) Virtue Orchestra – High Horse IV (Virtue) Mystic Moods – Honey Trippin’ (Soundbird) KC and the Sunshine Band – Let It Go (TK) Instant Funk – Philly Jump (TSOP) Jay Berliner – Getting the Message (Mainstream) Love Child’s Afro Cuban Blues Band – Love and Death in G and A (Roulette) Gene Faith – Lowdown Melody (Virtue) Doc Severinson – Soul Makossa (RCA) Soul Searchers – Boogie Up the Nation Pt2 (Polydor) Philly Sound – Waitin’ For the Rain (Phil LA of Soul) Mongo Santamaria – What You Don’t Know (Vaya) Philadelphia Society – 100 South of Broad Street (American) Larry Page Orchestra – Erotic Soul (London) Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Virgo Red (Polydor) Barrett Strong – Stand Up and Cheer For the Preacher (INST) (Epic)
NOTE: This is one of those mixes that had its start in a single cut, and took form slowly as I stockpiled complementary cuts. I like it a lot, and I hope you dig it too. – LG
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Greetings all, and welcome to the 2010 Funky16Corners Pledge Drive, beer blast and chili cook-off (well…just the first one, really, but I wouldn’t mind some cold beer and hot chili alongside the funk and soul 45s).
This is the fifth year I’ve come to you with my hand outstretched, asking that those of you that are so inclined, and of course can afford to, donate some small sum to contribute to the upkeep of the Funky16Corners empire (as it is).
To go into the WABAC machine for a moment, this all started four years ago, when Funky16Corners was the only blog I did, and was operated at very little cost, employing the same cheapo file storage and bandwidth that I used for the Funky16Corners web zine.
Then, out of the blue the good people at BoingBoing, a VERY heavily traveled site, linked to one of my posts, and in a single day Funky16Corners got enough traffic to erase a months worth of bandwidth, just about shutting things down.
It was at that point that I checked in with some of my more, how do they say ‘web savvy’ friends, who informed me that I should probably take the opportunity to move the whole shebang to a paid server space where storage and bandwidth spikes would not present such an issue.
So, I signed up and moved on to bigger and better things.
As a result, I started the yearly Pledge Drive in an attempt to offset the cost of the server.
In the years that followed, the Funky16Corners Radio Podcast (and the ensuing archive, the most heavily attended section of the site) got started, the blog moved from Blogger to WordPress, and then this year, following some menacing behavior by the otherwise wonderful folks at the free WordPress service, I crated up the whole mess and made the move to run the WordPress software (a related but separate entity from the blog host) our of my own server space. While doing that, I redesigned the blog, opened the Guest Mix Archive and watched my stats drop and subsequently rebound as the rest of the world adjusted their links accordingly. Of course, the fact that I only just discovered that I neglected to set up the post archives properly, means that they’ve been offline from when the blog moved in January until yesterday. That didn’t help.
As in previous Pledge Drives, I wanted to do something special to mark the occasion. This year’s shindig evolved out of a recent change, in the blog, and the real world as well.
The last year has seen two important acquisitions in the Funky16Corners equipment arsenal. First and foremost, last Christmas my wife got me a portable digital recorder. Second – thanks to an unexpected windfall from a rare trip to the slot machines – I finally picked up a second turntable and a mixer, completing my home DJ set-up.
What this new equipment allowed me to do was (among other things) to record, and present to you, ‘live’ DJ mixes. The first of these appeared at Funky16Corners via sets recorded live at Master Groove in New York City. Later on, after the Funky16Corners Record Vault and Podcast Lab was up and running, I started to record mixes from my own turntables.
It was after I posted one of these, with the caveat that mixes recorded live would not have accompanying zip files of individually recorded tracks (for obvious, labor intensive reasons), that a reader (thanks Michael!) suggested that these mixes have their own section of the blog, and their own numbering sequence.
I had been thinking of something similar, and decided to take this idea a step further.
Though I have done a fair number of guest mixes for other blogs/sites, I have never (aside from a collaboration with my man DJ Prestige) ever hosted guest mixes by other DJs here at Funky16Corners.
Taking a page from the ‘two birds with one stone’ book, I decided that this year’s Pledge Drive would be a great time for the opening of what I’m calling the Funky16Corners Soul Club.
The Soul Club will be a repository for live mixes (whether recorded in the club, or on the decks at home), both by yours truly, and by DJs whoes work and sensibility I respect.
The Funky16Corners Soul Club will be opening with a virtual ‘Allnighter’, that being a collection of eight separate mixes (two by me to open and close the festivities, six by others). Once you pull down the ones and zeros you’ll be able to simulate, in the home setting, free of sweat (other people’s anyway), spilled beer (same there) and the like, a full evening (and then some) of high quality, professionally mixed funk and soul music.
When I decided to put this together, I put out some feelers to some of my favorite DJs, including the core of the Asbury Park 45 Sessions Crew, Brian Poust aka Agent45, and DJ Tarik Thornton and asked them to contribute mixes for the grand opening of Soul Club.
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for any length of time, you’ve definitely heard about DJs Prestige, Prime Mundo, Bluewater and M-Fasis. I’ve been spinning with the Asbury Park 45 sessions crew for almost three years now, and during that time have developed a huge amount of respect for my fellow resident selectors.
Though I’ve DJ’d with a lot of people, my time with the AP45 crew has been a serious learning experience. These DJs have not only skills, and deep crates, but above all it’s their extraordinary taste that makes them great. I’ve written about it in this space before, but I have to reiterate how often an AP45 Sessions turns into a learning experience with one (or often more) DJ running up to the decks to see what another selector is spinning. There are many hot 45s in my DJ box that can be traced directly back to the AP45 Sessions, whether from one of the residents, or from one of the many distinguished guests that have graced us with their presence over the years.
DJ Prime Mundo may very well have the deepest crates of any working chef (including well known digger Julia Child). He applies the same levels of care and imagination to his DJ sets as he does to his food. Prime Mundo is – like every DJ represented here – a tireless digger with exceptional taste.
DJ Bluewater, in addition to being a longtime resident selector on the AP45 crew is the founder of Master Groove in NYC and a well regarded drum’n’bass DJ. He is a self described ‘funk 45 nerd’ and a connoisseur of heavy, heavy breakbeats.
M-Fasis, DJ and producer is the master of digging up and uncovering the heaviest records you’ve never heard of (or never expected). A resident at both the Asbury Park 45 Sessions and Master Groove, he also makes beats and produces.
Brian Poust, aka Agent45 is, in addition to running the most excellent Georgia Soul web site and blog, is one of the most respected soul DJs working today. Based out of Georgia, but traveling far and wide to spin funk, soul and gospel, Brian always brings the heat.
DJ Tarik Thornton is a native of New Orleans who has DJ’d (in clubs and on the radio) all over the country. He has a generosity of spirit, and like all the other DJs here, excellent taste in music. He started in college radio at WTUL in New Orleans, before relocating to New York City, and eventually Milwaukee, WI where he met up and started working with the crew at Burn Hearts. He has since spun with DJ Finewine (WFMU), Justin Salinas and the Hot Pants crew as well as the Hipshaker DJs in Minneapolis.
I don’t expect many of you to listen to these mixes end to end (though considering the amount of heat therein, you could do much worse with the next seven plus hours of your life) but the interwebs and MP3s being what they are, you can pull them down, file them however you like and soak up the good stuff at your leisure.
Once again, if you dig what I do here at Funky16Corners (and over at Iron Leg as well), and the current economy hasn’t left you destitute, please take the time to click on the Paypal link and toss a couple of shekels into the hat to help keep things going. It would be greatly appreciated, and since I’m going to keep working on this blog as long as time (and money) allow, it’ll keep the long list (close to 100) of mixes up and growing.
Over the last ten years, with the web zine, the blogs and getting to spin records in a variety of settings, the whole Funky16Corners ‘thing’ has become a big part of my life. The reason for this (aside from obvious matters of time spent) has a lot to do with the interaction these efforts bring me with many cool people, including the collectors and DJs, but also with the folks who just plain love the music and take the time to come out to the gigs or stop by the blog to add to the conversation, or just to say ‘Hi!’.
I’ve made many new friends, been turned on to lots of new music and most importantly found a productive outlet for my passion.
So, dig in, enjoy the music (click on the pledge links) and I’ll see you all next week.
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