Freddie McCoy – Gimme Some (Cobblestone)
The Peddlers – Impressions Pt3 (Philips)
Al Hirt – Harlem Hendoo (RCA)
Dorothy Ashby – Soul Vibrations (Cadet)
Eddie Harris – Silver Cycles (Atlantic)
Hampton Hawes – Josie Black (Prestige)
Johnny Pate – El Jardia Reprise (ABC)
Sergio Mendes – Coming Home Baby (Atlantic)
Gabor Szabo – Rambler (CTI)
Soul Merchants – For Wes (Weis)
Odell Brown – Come Together (Cadet)
Joe Zawinul – Soul of a Village (Vortex)
Brother Jack McDuff – Moon Rappin’ (Blue Note)
Young Holt Unlimited – Mystical Man (Paula)
Norman Whitfield – Sunrise (MCA)

 

Listen/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Quiet Earth – 114MB Mixed Mp3/256K

Greetings all.

I hope all is well on your end.

It’s the end of the week again, so that means it’s Funky16Corners Radio Show time, this (and every) Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio. You can also come by this very spot on the weekend and pick yourself up an MP3 version of the show, or more than 100 previous episodes in the archive.
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Also, in other news, my man Eilon Paz, photographer and founder of the Dust and Grooves site is having a show of his vinyl portraiture (he featured yours truly back in the day) at the Tropicalia In Furs store, with an opening event this Friday night July 6th from 7-10PM.

There will be photos from his various D&G features, as well as vinyl (natch) DJ sets by my man DJ Prestige and the mighty Supreme La Rock.

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As mentioned here in recent weeks, I have been stockpiling blog posts (and episodes of the radio show) so as to keep things as seamless as possible during the period my wife is undergoing treatment.

I’ve managed – thanks in large part to scrambling wildly and using every available sliver of available time (kind of like the pink slime of blogging) – to stay a few weeks ahead of the game.

Thanks to this, and an unexpected full day at home, I was able to sit down and put together a mix I’d been ruminating on for some time.

It was one of those – ‘I’m rolling a few songs with a similar feel around in my fevered brain’ – things that I eventually brought to fruition in mix form.

I also tried something different, by giving the mix a preliminary airing on Soundcloud several weeks ahead of its publication here (albeit at a lower bitrate).

What you have here is a fine example of one of my favorite kinds of mixes, that being a slightly downtempo, late night vibe, replete with a soupcon of funky beats, sampleable loops and the kind of goodness that makes your ears feel warm and happy when ensconced in headphones (or ensconcing earbuds, however you choose to roll).

There are a couple of tracks here that have either been featured individually on the blog, appeared in a differently framed mix, or in a live set here or there.

There are also more than a few very groovy tracks making their Funky16Corners debut.

That all said, I think that if you cue this one up, mix yourself a potent beverage and turn down the lights, you will be satisfied (at least musically).

I hope you dig the mix and I’ll see you all later in the week.

 

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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4 Responses to “Funky16Corners Presents Quiet Earth”

1. ana-b says:

   July 9, 2012 at 7:35 pm

   Truly beautiful Larry. I’m not much of one for listening to mixes at home, but this one had me from the get-go.

   Well done Sir.

2. Larry Grogan says:

   July 9, 2012 at 8:02 pm

   Wow! Thanks Ana!

3. Eric Freund says:

   September 10, 2013 at 3:56 am

   I keep coming back to this fantastic mix – so many nice numbers put together seamlessly. And – it has the added magical benefit of soothing my 4 year old and 1 year old to sleep in the car EVERY SINGLE TIME while keeping my head nodding happily! We used it to great effect 10 or more times this summer on our working holiday in Vermont & New Hampshire, and it even works here on the busy roads of central Scotland.

   I owe you about half a year’s wages for this Larry!

4. Larry Grogan says:

   September 10, 2013 at 5:01 am

   High praise indeed! Thank you Eric!