F16C Radio v.95 – 2011 Year In Review
On the scene at Subway Soul
Willis Wooten – Your Love Is Indescribably Delicious (Virtue)
Bobby Doyle – River Deep Mountain High (WB)
Etta James and Sugar Pie DeSanto – In The Basement (Checker)
Barbara Lynn – Club a Go Go (Tribe)
Billy Butler – Right Track (Okeh)
Impacts – Thunder Chicken (Marmaduke)
Idris Muhammad – Express Yourself (Prestige)
Lavell Kamma and the Afro Soul Revue – Soft Soul (Tupelo Sound)
Sam Dees – Lonely For You Baby (Soul City)
Spellbinders – Help Me Get Myself Back Together Again (Columbia)
Jimmy Ruffin – 96 Tears (Soul)
Ella Fitzgerald – Savoy Truffle (Reprise)
Ray Bryant – Up Above the Rock (Cadet)
Mac Rebennack – The Point (AFO)
Della Reese – It Was a Very Good Year (ABC)
LaVern Baker – Batman to the Rescue (Brunswick)
Norman T Washington – Jumping Jack Flash (Pama)
Rivingtons – Pop Your Corn Pt1 (RCA)
Upsetters – Down Home (ABC)
Vernon Garrett and Marie Franklin – Second To None (Venture)
Curly Moore – Soul Train (Hot Line)
Dobie Gray – Out On the Floor (Charger)
Eyes of Blue – Heart Trouble (Deram)
Washington Smith – Fat Cat (Okeh)
Gene West – In the Ghetto (Original Sound)
Candido – Jingo (Salsoul)
Touch – Love Hangover (Breaking Down) (Brunswick)
Gene Ammons – Son of a Preacherman (Prestige)
Listen/Download – F16C Radio v.95 – 2011 Year In Review – 140MB Mixed MP3
Greetings all.
The end of the year is upon us, and so, as it has been in many years past, is the Funky16Corners Year In Review mix.
This assemblage of the finest individual tracks from this space over the last calendar year has become a tradition in which we sweep up around the Funky16Corners Blogcasting Nerve Center and Record Vault (Funk and Soul Division) and piece together a puzzle of sorts that once assembled (correctly) should give a picture of where my head – and my crates – were at over the last year.
And what a year it’s been.
If you’d sat me down last December and laid out the coming year in front of me, I would have laughed, filled with excitement and then probably crawled under the nearest table in search of shelter.
The year got off to a great start with the beginning of my residency at Spindletop @ Botanica in NYC. Over the course of the next eight months I had the opportunity to spin pretty much whatever I felt like (within certain tasteful guidelines) and it was a blast.
Botanica was a very chill location, with some very cool people, and despite the whole thing crashing down in a somewhat bittersweet pile of ashes, I would say that it was on the whole a very positive experience.
You all know that there is nothing I love better than spinning the music I love for an appreciative audience, and I had many very groovy opportunities to do so this year.
In addition to Spindletop, I was honored to get a chance to participate in one of the last Subway Soul nights, alongside Phast Phreddie, Girlsoul and Jumpy. It was a serious gas, where I got to spin some of my Northern Soul faves and hear the other selectors whip some heat on the ones and twos (I left with a slightly inflated want list that night).
The real treat of the year, though was spinning at Elliott and Jonna’s wedding down in Philly, which was an amazing experience.
Great people into great music with the extra added benefit of some delicious food. I can think of no better way to spend a summer night.
There was also the ongoing pleasure of doing the Funky16Corners Radio Show, which has really been a gas this year. If you haven’t yet tuned in, you can join the party every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio, or pick up the show as an MP3 over the weekend (they’re all archived here at the blog, too).
I also got to spin records at a couple of local autism fundraising events which was especially rewarding for reasons very close to my heart.
Speaking of things close to my heart, 2011 was also the year that my wife was diagnosed with leukemia, an event that has verily turned our world inside out.
Though some superficial things have remained on a somewhat even keel, the axis on which my family’s life spins was shaken to its core this fall, and we have all learned to look at the world through slightly different eyes.
Things are on a solid, progressive track as far as my wife’s health is concerned, and we have many reasons to be optimistic, which doesn’t change the fact that no matter how sunny things look ahead of us, there’s always that shadow in the rear view mirror.
I have to make note of the fact that the readers of this blog have been extraordinarily supportive during this crisis, and that has been heartwarming and very much appreciated.
When I take a look at this playlist, it occurs to me that although there are some old faves and some longtime want list items finally bagged, there are also many, many new discoveries that came into my ears and then my crates over the past year, and that is the main reason that the Funky16Corners train stays on the rails.
It has always been my hope that those of you that stop by here on the reg are discovering something new and groovy, but also that you realize that this is a journey of discovery for me as well.
Big ups go out to fellow selectors like Tony C, Tarik Thornton, M-Fasis, Agent 45 and Midnite Cowbwoy for hepping me to cool stuff that I hadn’t heard before, all of which I passed on to you good people through the blog.
I will continue to do so.
I have no idea what 2012 holds for me, since things have really taken on a day-to-day vibe these last few months.
My main hope is that everyone here at home base stays healthy and happy.
Aside from that, I only hope that the next year brings some new sounds my way, and hopefully the opportunity to spread the love, whether through the blog, or in person as a DJ.
Either way, the very least any of us can do is follow that basic prescription in the Funky16Corners logo:
Keep the Faith.
See you next week (make sure to tune in to the Funky16Corners Radio Show Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio for the Year End Funk and Soul Dance Party!)
Peace
Larry
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Here’s to a good 2012. Keeping you and Mrs. Corners in my thoughts. Hang tough.
Thanks for all the tunes in 2011. Wishing your good wife a full recovery in the months ahead. Keep the faith.
Here’s to you, Larry, and all your family. Happy and healthy 2012 and beyond…and many thanks for the music.
Best to you and your family, Larry. I pray that 2012 will return your wife to good health.
Big ups to you too Larry.Really appreciate the work you put into F16 Corners’
Wishing you Jen and the little corners a very healthy and happy New Year.
All the very best Tony.
Many thanks for your wonderful blog posts, and for turning me onto some great cuts!
May I wish yourself and your family all the best for 2012!
James
x
ps. May I ask what is the drum break playing at the start (and end?) of the mix, while you are shouting “It’s the Funky16Corners year in funk and soul extravaganza”? It’s very tasty!
Thanks everyone!
@James – That’s a piece of the break from Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers “Searching For Soul”
Many thanks Larry!
Ah, of course, that’s the tune!
How about the break used on the ending? 😉
Thanks,
James
x
No break at the end. The drops are pieces of Cyril Neville’s “Gossip”, the Crests “Sixteen Candles” and CCR’s “Down on the Corner”.
Ah, that’s it – gotta love that N.O. groove!
Thanks again Larry!
All the best in the new year to you and the family…
Same to you and all the Kellys!
all the best to you and yours for 2012 and a big thank you for all the great music! mike
I’ve been reading – and downloading – from your site for a while now, but have never left a comment. Here’s my first.
Thank you for all the fine music you’ve posted, most of which unknown to me, and a heck of a lot of it well, well worth the hearing !
All the very best to you and your family, and may your wife keep well and recovering. So glad to hear that so far she is recovering well, and may God grant her health in the years to come.