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By Larry, June 21, 2016 11:55 am

Funky16Corners/Larry Grogan – Queens

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DJ Prime Mundo – Sound Recording

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Ben Gibson of Mo’Soul/The Hit Git & Split

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HeavySoulBrutha – Another 14 @ 45RPM

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DJ Bluewater – Tell the People

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Vincent the Soul Chef Warmup/Windup

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DJ Prestige – Reggae Explosion!

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Chris Lujan – The Adrian Younge Instrumentals

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Tarik Thornton – There Was a Time

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DJ RP/DJ Trueskillz- Live Shindig!

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Funky16Corners/Larry Grogan – Kings

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Greetings all 

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!

___________________________

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 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.

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, June 14, 2016 11:54 am

Chris Lujan / Dirty Dirty Podcast: Adrian Younge (the instrumentals)
K-NOW Intro
Life Of A Hustler
Una Chiamata Inattesa
King Of New York
Sittin’ By The Radio
1969 Organ
Sirens
Sandrine
Black Dynamite Theme
Hear My Love
Ghetto Superhero
Gloria (Zodiac Lovers)
Return Of The Savage
Rafelli Chase
Sangue Sull’Acciottolato
K-NOW Interlude
First Step On The Moon
Blackout
All You Got Is Your Word
Anna May
L’Aumento Dell’Abito Nero
Panic Struck
Shot Me In The Heart
K-NOW Outro

All tracks from vinyl.

Listen/Download – Chris Lujan/Dirty Dirty Podcast – Adrian Younge (the Instrumentals) 86MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

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

Today I have the great pleasure of bringing you a very special mix from Chris Lujan, of the mighty M-Tet and the Dirty Dirty Podcast.

Chris has put together a very cool mix of Adrian Younge instrumentals.

A word from Chris:

“It is of my opinion that Adrian Younge will go down as one of the great American composers. Here we have my Dirty Dirty Podcast’s take on Adrian Younge (the instrumentals) for Larry Grogan’s Funky16Corners. Heavy on the deep soul/Italian horror/Ennio Morricone influence. 

Don’t forget to click the Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back tomorrow with a brand new mix from Tarik Thornton!

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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 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 8, 2016 12:28 pm

“Another 14@45rpm For Funky16Corners”
HSB Intro…
Bobby Bland – Yield Not To Temptation (Duke)
James Brown – James Brown’s Boo-Ga-Loo (Smash)
King Floyd – Baby Let Me Kiss You (Chimneyville)
Otis Leavill – I’m So Jealous (Dakar)
Chairman Of The Board – Pay To The Piper (Invictus)
Dennis Landry – Miss Hard To Get (Soul Unlimited)
Marilynn Barbarin – Reborn (Bo-Sound via Soul Jazz Records)
“The Vinyl Experience”
Special Delivery – I Destroyed Your Love (Mainstream)
Tyrone Davis – Without You In My Life (Dakar)
Roscoe Robinson – What Color Is Love (Fame)
Paul Humphrey – Funky L.A. (Lizard)
Aretha Franklin – Respect (Atlantic)
The Bar-Kays – Soul Finger (Volt)
Marva Whitney – This Girls In Love With You (King)
“Honey, I Live Music…”

Listen/Download – HeavySoulBrutha – Another 14@45RPM for Funky16Corners 89MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

Welcome back to the Funky16Corners 2016 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

Today I bring you a tasty new mix from my man the HeavySoulBrutha!

Dave has dipped into his crates for a sequel to his mix from last year.

I’ll let him tell you about it:

“It’s such an incredible honor to be a part of the 2016 Funky16Corners Pledge Drive. It’s only proper that my mix contains all 45’s, as this was the spot that I first landed on when I became fascinated by those 2 sided gems. It was visiting HERE that expanded my knowledge and vocabulary. It was visiting HERE caused me to very quickly start to filling up my “wants list.” It was visiting HERE that I connected with other like minded & superbly cool music lovers around the world. IT IS HERE that I continue to discover incredible music. I don’t know when or where Larry’s record collection ends, but I hope it never does!!!

This is my sequel to last year’s mix, appropriately titled, “Another…” I hope you DIG, and please hit the donate button and help support this fantastic place.

Peace and SOUL… DaveB. aka HeavySoulBrutha (www.mixcloud.com/HeavySoulBrutha)
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Thanks, HSB!

Don’t forget to click the Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back tomorrow with a new mix from DJ Bluewater!
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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.

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 7, 2016 12:18 pm

Ben Gibson (Mo’ Soul / The Hit Git & Split)
Lord Sausage – Funky River – Crowbar
Thomas East & The Fabulous Playboys – Bad Thing – Toddlin’ Town
The Raelettes – All I Need Is His Love – Tangerine Record Corporation
Brenda Devlin – Were You Ever Lonely – Road Records
Freddie Scott – Are You Lonely For Me – Shout
Earl Harrison – Humphrey Stomp – Soultown
The Stereo’s – Stereo Freeze – Cadet
Billy Davis – Stanky (Get Funky) – Cobblestone Records
Fred Johnson – I Need Love (I Need Your Love – Capri Records
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Band – What Can You Bring Me – Warner Bros.
Upheaval – Cone On With The Come On – Symphonical Records
Raphael Saadiq – Keep Marchin’ – Columbia
Leon Bridges – Mississippi Kisses – Columbia
Penny and the Quarters – You And Me – Numero Group

Listen/Download – Ben Gibson 89MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

Welcome back to the Funky16Corners 2016 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

Today we have a very groovy set from my man Ben Gibson, of Mo’Soul and the fabulous Hit Git and Split night over in the UK.

Ben has put together an interesting selection of soul and funk, moving from the old school to the new.

A word from Ben:

“As always it’s a huge pleasure to contribute to Larry’s consistently excellent Funky 16 Corners. As I’m sure you’ll all agree his hard work keeping up the site is hugely appreciated and I urge you to support this great spot however you feel you can!”

Thanks, Ben!

Don’t forget to click the Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back tomorrow with a new mix from HeavySoulBrutha Dave B!
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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.

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 6, 2016 11:14 am

Tracklist>>> Bataan – woman don’t want to love me (epic) Charlie Hodges – (they call me) daddy love part 1 (sweet) Simtec & Wylie – do it like mama (shama) Shan Miles – soul people (shout) The Stereo’s – stereo freeze part 1 (cadet) The Party Brothers – nassau daddy (revue) Fabulous Counts – get down people (moira) La Revolution Francaise – au clair de la lune (rca) Stix & Stoned – rouge plant blues (bumpshop) Syl Johnson – annie got hot pants power part 1 (twinight) The Sisters & Brothers – chained (calla) Jimmie & Vella – chica boom (atlantic) Roy Ayers – pretty brown skin (polydor) Bags – it’s heavy (gsf) Brown Brothers of Soul – cholo (specialty) The Brothers Three – turn on, tune in, drop out part 1 (radio active gold) Naomi Davis – promised land (daptone) Babe Ruth – theme from “for a few dollars more” (harvest) Dennis Coffey – the sagittarian (sussex) Fred Hughes – you can’t take it away (vee jay) Barbara Lynn – (don’t pretend) lay it on the line (jamie)

Listen/Download – DJ Prime Mundo – Sound Recording 69MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

Welcome back to the Funky16Corners 2016 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

Today I am very proud indeed to present you with a brand new mix from my Asbury Park 45 Sessions compadre, the mighty DJ Prime Mundo.

Prime has deep crates, and I know I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again for the kids in the back of the room, he also has impeccable taste, big (in the figurative sense) ears and always brings something interesting to the table.

In this, his newest mix you get funk, soul, Latin, jazz and a couple of wild cards.

This is a very cool set, and I hope you dig it.

Don’t forget to click the Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back tomorrow with a new mix from Ben Gibson!
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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.

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

___________________________

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.

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By Larry, May 12, 2016 11:23 am

Sonny Cox

Listen/Download – Sonny Cox – Chocolate Candy MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is here, and so is the Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast, 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, dig it on Mixcloud, or grab an MP3 right here at Funky16Corners.com (and coming soon to Dirty Old Boston Radio).

I have a very groovy one for you today.

I was out scouting the hinterlands of the internet, on the prowl for records (you know, like always) and while perusing a sales list happened upon today’s selection.

Though I knew the name Sonny Cox, what grabbed me was the title ‘Chocolate Candy’.

‘Could this be the same ‘Chocolate Candy’ that the Soulful Strings recorded?’ I asked myself.

A quick enlargement of the label, which revealed the writer as Phil Upchurch confirmed my suspicions, so I grabbed it.

You all know that there probably isn’t a bigger fan of Richard Evans and the Soulful Strings in the world than yours truly, and finding covers of their material is a rare event, indeed.

‘Chocolate Candy’ first appeared on the group’s 1969 ‘String Fever’ album (their best, IMHO). Upchurch was the guitarist in the Chess/Cadet house band, who also recorded a number of excellent records under his own name (though, as far as I can tell he never recorded ‘Chocolate Candy’ on his own).

Sonny Cox was a sax player who formed the Three Souls and recorded with them for the Chess subsidiary Argo, eventually recording a solo album, ‘The Wailer’ for Cadet in 1966, which was arranged and produced by none other than Richard Evans.

Cox recorded ‘Chocolate Candy’, again with Evans producing, for Bell in 1969. He lays down a dark, reverb-filled version of the song on what sounds like a Varitone electric saxophone, with some great guitar, heavy bass and organ and handclaps.

The record didn’t go anywhere (though the flipside, a cover of ‘The Choking Kind’ got some airplay in Washington, DC.

Cox seems to have retired in the early 70s, taking up a new career as a high school basketball coach in the Chicago area.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 8, 2016 11:57 am

Mel Brown

Listen/Download – Mel Brown – 18 Pounds of Unclean Chitlings Pt1 MP3

Listen/Download – Mel Brown – 18 Pounds of Unclean Chitlings Pt2 MP3

Greetings all.

I have written about the mighty guitar slinger Mel Brown a couple of times over the years, including (unfortunately)when he passed away in 2009.

Brown made some of the tastiest, funkiest soul jazz albums of the late 60s and early 70s for the Impulse label, and I always grab his stuff when I find it in the field.

So, a little while back my man Tony C drops me a line to say that he saw a copy of today’s selection as a very affordable ‘buy it now’on Ebay, so I jetted over there, dropped a couple of bucks and camped out by the maibox in anticipation of its arrival.

Recorded for his 1970 album ‘I’d Rather Suck My Thumb’, ’18 Pounds of Unclean Chitlings’ is a record as deep and weird as its title.

Featuring Clifford Coulter on the organ, and Brown working his wah-wah pedal to death, ’18 Pounds of Unclean Chitlings’ sounds like the traces of a distant broadcast drifting from your speakers.

Displaying the unmistakable influence of Jimi Hendrix and all of the crackly, hoodoo-soaked 45s that fed into his stewpot, the jam is as tasty, and sinister a 45 as you’re likely to hear today.

The album cut stretches to 11:10, which the 45 breaks down into two parts, edited down to a hair short of 7 minutes.

What Impulse thought they were doing sending this one out on a 45 is beyond me (imagine this oozing out of a jukebox), but I dig it a lot, and thought you might, too.

A couple of his Impulse dates (but not this one) are available on iTunes.

You should check them out.

See you on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 3, 2016 11:49 am

Prince, Mitch Ryder and the Pointer Sisters (dig that 80s typography…)

Listen/Download – The Pointer Sisters – I Feel For You MP3

Listen/Download – Mitch Ryder – When You Were Mine MP3

Greetings all.

I can remember the first time I saw Prince.

I first became aware of his music when I was still in high school, and he popped up on the Midnight Special playing ‘I Wanna Be Your Lover’. He was unlike anything I’d seen before, and at the time, unlike anything I was listening to.

When ‘Controversy’ came out in 1981 it was the first Prince tune that really caught my ear, but it wasn’t until 1984, when ‘Purple Rain’ came out that I actually owned one of his records.

Prince has never appeared here on Funky16Corners before, due mainly to the fact that we concern generally ourselves with soul and R&B of a much earlier vintage. That said, no matter how much, or how often Prince transcended those genres, he was a master of both and tribute must be paid.

Prince was one of those artists for whom the term ‘sui generis’ seems to have been created.

Though, in retrospect, it’s pretty easy to suss out his roots and influences (though maybe less so with the visual element stripped away, which considering that his fame came about during the video age may be a moot point), one of the reasons that he first rose to prominence was precisely because he was hard to pin down stylistically.

He was mixing then contemporary funky R&B with new wave and rock, reaching for the same threads that George Clinton had grabbed (Hendrix, James Brown*) and pulling them into a more streamlined future where he would expand on their appeal to the larger pop audience.

His status as a giant in modern culture, as a songwriter, musician, performer, discoverer and nurturer of other people’s talent in unquestionable and the size of the gap he leaves behind is sure to widen as the years go on and people have the opportunity to take in the full scope of his work and influence.

Though the first thing most people think of is Prince as a remarkable performer – a man who was able to combine the flash and virtuosity of Jimi and JB with the outsized showmanship of the P-Funk empire – he was also a great (and prolific) songwriter, evidenced not only is his own work, but by how many of his songs have entered the public consciousness via other artists.

The first time I can recall hearing a Prince song done by someone else was when Chaka Khan took ‘I Feel For You’ (then a five year old album cut by Prince) to the top of the charts in 1984. I didn’t know it was a Prince song when I heard it, but finding out that he had written it gave me a whole new level of respect for him.

The next decade saw Prince songs becoming hits by the Bangles, Sinead O’Connor, Sheila E and many others.

The cuts I bring you today are two earlier covers of his songs from the years right before Prince turned from a singer into a genuine phenomenon.

The first is one that I had no idea existed for years (probably because it was overshadowed by the Chaka Khan version), is the Pointer Sisters 1982 cover of ‘I Feel For You’.

Prince had originally recorded the song as a demo intended for Patrice Rushen, and it first appeared on his self-titled 1979 album.

Recorded for the group’s 1982 ‘So Excited’ album (the title track would hit the charts twice, in 1982 and then again in 1984), ‘I Feel For You’ follows the Prince original pretty closely, taking the tempo down a hair and pushing the electric piano to the fore. It provides an interesting contrast to (and bridge between) Prince’s original and Chaka Khan’s hit, which was by any measure one of the most exciting records of the 80s.

The second tune I bring you today is Mitch Ryder’s 1983 cover of ‘When You Were Mine’. First recorded by Prince for the ‘Dirty Mind’ LP in 1980, and then appearing as the flipside of the ‘Controversy’ 45, the song was recorded by Ryder for his 1983 ‘Never Kick a Sleeping Dog’, produced by John Mellencamp under the pseudonym ‘Little Bastard’.

Ryder had been one of the best blue-eyed soul singers of the 60s, and had by this time settled into a more rock/pop style. That wasn’t a hindrance, since Prince’s version of ‘When You Were Mine’ was pretty much a straight ahead new wave record. The song was a great fit for Ryder’s seasoned rasp and it was the last time he made a dent in the Hot 100. The song was covered the following year by Cyndi Lauper on her first album.

Though it’s likely many of you have already explored Prince’s discography, if you haven’t, check it out (especially the early stuff).

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

Keep the faith

Larry

*There’s a bootleg recording of Prince at the Fillmore in 2004 that features a scorching version of the JB’s ‘Pass the Peas’ featuring none other than Maceo Parker on sax.

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By Larry, April 21, 2016 11:06 am

Eddie Kendricks

Listen/Download – Eddie Kendricks – Boogie Down MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is upon us, so I will remind you once again to dig into this week’s Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast. The show drops each and every Friday and can be had by subscribing to it as a podcast in iTunes, listening on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, on Mixcloud, or as an MP3 right here at the blog.

There also may be some positive news in regard to a new internet radio home for the show, so stay tuned for details!

We end the week with one of my all time favorite slices of funky disco, that I have been a fan of since its original release back in 1973.

I can state unequivocally that I first heard Eddie Kendricks’ mighty ‘Boogie Down’ on WABC-AM (in NYC) while staying up all night in a pup tent on a Boy Scout trip. I can distinctly recall this one, as well as ‘Rock On’ by David Essex and ‘Until You Come Back To Me’ by Aretha Franklin (alongside ads for the local dragstrip, Raceway Park) winding their way deep into my impressionable, 12-year-old ears.

‘Boogie Down’, written by Leonard Caston, Anita Poree and Frank Wilson was Kendricks’ second consecutive R&B #1 hit, as well as a substantial Pop hit, making it all the way to #2.

‘Boogie Down’ is a fantastic example of the early days of disco, in which the records still had a decent amount of funk welded onto their frames. It is highly danceable (pushed along by a rolling piano line and percussion), and of course features Eddie’s mighty falsetto out in front.

While Kendricks continued to place records high on the R&B charts, this was his last significant Pop hit.

I hope you dig it (and get up and dance).

I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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