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By Larry, July 7, 2016 10:43 am

Little Joe Cook

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

Greetings all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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

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By Larry, July 5, 2016 11:42 am

Sonny Ross and a Euro Picture Sleeve for ‘Alakazam’

Listen/Download – Sonny Ross – Alakazam MP3

Greetings all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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

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By Larry, July 3, 2016 11:22 am

Sir Mack Rice

Listen/Download – Sir Mack Rice – Mustang Sally MP3

Listen/Download – Sir Mack Rice – I Gotta Have My Baby’s Love MP3

Listen/Download – Sir Mack Rice – Love Sickness MP3

Greetings all.

As I said on Friday (yes, we’re bookending the weekend with obits) the giants of classic soul are falling at an alarming rate, and we were reminded of this last week with the passing of the mighty Sir Mack Rice.

Born Bonny Rice in Mississippi in 1933, by the 1950s he had relocated to Detroit where he would join one of the most important early soul groups, the Falcons, which would be home to singers like Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, and Joe Stubbs (brother of Levi and an unsung hero of Motor City soul).

Rice is best remembered to the general public today as the author of ‘Mustang Sally’, one of the most ubiquitous of all classic 1960s soul tunes, via the hit by Wilson Pickett, and then its revival on the wedding circuit in the cover by the Commitments.

Rice was unusual in that the importance of his career is split pretty evenly between his work as a singer and songwriter.

He made a number of excellent 45s over the years for Blue Rock, Stax, Atco, Capitol and Truth, as well as writing songs for artists like the Staple Singers (Respect Yourself), Rufus Thomas (Breakdown, Funky Penguin) and others.

Rice had a smooth, tenor voice with a Southern twang, and considering the excellence of his songs, should have been a much bigger deal in his day. Sadly he only had two R&B hits in his career, Mustang Sally in 1965 and Coal Man in 1969.

The tracks I bring you today are my faves by Rice. I would have been remiss were I not to begin with the original (and little heard these days) version of Mustang Sally.

Produced by no less a light than Andre Williams, Rice’s version is very cool, yet it’s easy to see how Pickett’s incomparable, powerful voice grabbed the attention of the public.

The next two tracks are both sides of Rice’s second Stax 45 (and the last in his first stint with the label), ‘I Gotta Have My Baby’s Love’ and ‘Love Sickness’.

Yet another entry in the “how was this not a hit’ sweepstakes, I first encountered ‘I Gotta Have My Baby’s Love’ tucked away on an old Jerry Blavat comp from the 60s (the Geater had excellent taste). It’s a fast moving bit of classic Stax, co-written by Sir Mack and Booker T and the MGs. It features some blazing horns, remarkably heavy drums and great piano.

The flipside, ‘Love Sickness’ finds it self closer to mid-tempo, and features a very groovy chorus and some interesting chord changes.

Sir Mack Rice, despite that fact that his work is best known to soul collectors, was an important part of the machinery of 60s soul.

He will be missed.

See you all on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 28, 2016 11:12 am

McKinley Jackson

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

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

Greetings all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 26, 2016 11:33 am

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

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

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Greetings all 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Keep the faith

Larry

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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 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!

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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 19, 2016 11:25 am

Larry Grogan – Kings

Artistics – So Much Love In My Heart (Okeh)
Millionaires – A Rather Hip Shing (Philips)
Volcanos- You’re Number One (Arctic)
Sims Twins – A Losing Battle (Omen)
Spirit of St Louis – Wait Until Tomorrow (Philips)
Eddie Purrell – The Spoiler (Volt)
The Spellbinders – A Little On the Blue Side (Columbia)
Bobby Bland – Shoes (Duke)
Bull and the Matadors – Move With the Groove (Toddlin’ Town)
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – It’s Growing (Gordy)
Billy Leonard – Tell Me Do You Love Me (Fairmount)
George Guess – No Matter What (Pearl Harbor)
Olympics – Baby Do the Philly Dog (Mirwood)
Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers – I’m Gonna Give Her All the Love I Got (Wand)
Marketts – Stirrin’ Up Some Soul (WB)
Trade Martin – Moanin’ (RCA)
Bobby Newton – Do the Whip (Mercury)
The Groovers – I Got To Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Groovy)

Listen/Download – Larry Grogan – Kings 103MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

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

Today I give you the final mix of this year’s Allnighter, the complementary/second half of this years mix from yours truly, ‘Kings’.

This is an hour of the finest male soul 45s – all dancers – from the classic era. You get soul from Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Los Angeles, St Louis, Memphis and Houston, all with the sounds to put some pep in your step.

Make sure to spin this one with the ‘Queens’ mix posted on 6/5 for the full effect.

I want to thank all the selectors that participated this year for putting together these great mixes, as well as everyone that donated.

If you haven’t donated, please click on the Paypal link and drop something in the bucket to help cover the 2016 operating costs.

Don’t forget to click that Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back later in the week with some more of the soul and funk goodness you’ve come to expect from Funky16Corners!

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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 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 15, 2016 11:59 am

Tarik Thornton – There Was a Time

Masonic Wonders – The Storm is Passing Over. (More-Love)
Bobby Womack – Interlude #2 (United Artists)
Delfonics- Hey Love (Philly Groove)
Tyrone Ashley- Let me Be Your Man (Phil-La)
Johnny Davis – The Love I See Now (Bandit)
Sex- Wonders of The World (SuperCity)
The Ballads – Dizzy World (Kimberly)
The Futures – Breaking up (Amjo)
Gene Anderson & The International Hook Up- Congratulations (HI)
Black Soul Express – When I Left You (Black Soul Express/Numero)
Duke Turner- Give Me Some Sugar Pt.1 (Spinning Top)
Young Mods- We Can Make It ( Pork)
Windy City- Let Me Ride ( Kelli-Arts)
Odds Against Tomorrow – Point of No Return (Sweet As Records)
The Relatives- Don’t Let Me Fall (Ever-Soul/Daptone)

Listen/Download – Tarik Thornton – There Was a Time 116MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

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

Today’s set in the Allnighter comes from my man Tarik Thornton.

Tarik, who has deep roots in NOLA but now spends his time in the frosty north country has created a very, very special set for us this year.

Though the all-encompassing vibe is mellow, the mix covers the bases from gospel, to deep soul, to firme rolas, with some slightly familiar things alongside heavy obscurities from his crates.

This is a nighttime thing, so turn the lights down low, turn the volume up and open your ears (and your heart).

Don’t forget to click the Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back tomorrow with a two-part mix from DJ RP of Funkdefy Ohio!

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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 13, 2016 12:11 pm

DJ Prestige – Reggae Explosion!

Honey Boy Martin & The Voices – Dreader Than Dread
Derrick Morgan – The Blazing Fire
Bobby Kalphat – Bobby’s Theme
Augustsus Pablo – 566 Crown Street
Eric Donaldson – A Weh We A Go Do
Junior Murvin – Police And Thieves
Bobby Vaughan – Mohammad Ali
Delroy Wilson – Cool Operator
Toots & The Maytals – 54 – 46
Macka B – Neva Played A 45
Josey Wales – Undercover Lover
Big Youth – Tell It Black
Althea And Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
Collie Weed & Dr. Nuts – Sugar Granny
Jackie Mittoo – Dancing Groove

Listen/Download – DJ Prestige – Reggae Explosions! 72MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

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

We come to you today with a new set of reggae heat from DJ Prestige, the man who not only founded the Asbury Park 45 Sessions (for which we will be forever grateful) but went on to build Fleamarket Funk and DJs regularly around New York and his home base in Jersey City.

Prestige mos def knows his reggae, and ‘Reggae Explosion’  is one of his best.

Don’t forget to click the Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back tomorrow with a brand new mix from Chris Lujan of the M-Tet and the Dirty Dirty Podcast!

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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!

___________________________

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

____________________________________________________________________________

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.