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By Larry, July 25, 2019 11:15 am

DJ Prime Mundo – Primemundo’s World

paul humphrey & his cool aid chemists – funky l. a. (lizard)
marva whitney – i made a mistake because it’s only you pt. 1 (king)
james brown – let a man come in and do the popcorn pt. 1 (king)
lee austin – gimme your hand (people)
eddy senay – ain’t no sunshine (sussex)
lloyd price – they get down (gsf)
dick jensen & the imports – mr. pitiful (loma)
the binders – mojo hannah (sara)
lowell fulsom – why don’t we do it in the road? (jewel)
linda perry & soul express – i need someone (mainstream)
brother jack mcduff – can’t get satisfied pt. 1 (atlantic)
little richard – somebody saw you (reprise)
ju-par universal orchestra – time (ju-par)
sugar billy – freak and you shall find (mainstream)
jenny jackson – shoora shoora (farr)
betty wright – girls (alston)
thelma jones – stronger (barry)
abaco dream – chocolate pudding (a&m)

Listen/Download – DJ Prime Mundo – Primemundo’s World – 63MB Mixed MP3

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DJ Prime Mundo – Showdown

big youth – the big fight (gibbs) ranking joe – zion (cash & carry) barry brown – politician (gorgan) african brothers – hold tight (demon) errol scorcher – sounds of hon. marley (dancehall) larry marshall – throw me corn (coxsone) delroy wilson – i don’t know why (coxsone) johnny clarke – none shall escape this judgement (jackpot) prince buster – rough rider (olive blossom) slim smith – build my world (jackpot) pat rhoden – maybe next time (giant) eric donaldson – blue boot (panther)

Listen/Download – DJ Prime Mundo – Showdown – 42MB Mixed MP3

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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
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Prime Mundo Get On the Bus
the sisters and brothers – yeah, you right [uni]
the maskman and the agents – stand up [bbc records]
sonny green – lock it up and don’t lose it [united artists]
earth wind and fire – c’mon children [warner bros.]
syl johnson – different strokes [twilight]
big john hamilton – big bad john [minaret]
ohio players – pain pt. 1 [westbound]
the interpertations – soul affection [bell records]
little milton – poor man [checker]
calvin leavy – brought you to the city [blue fox]
ella washington – fragile [sound stage]
julie driscoll, brian auger and the trinity – shadow of you [atco]
gene page – satin soul [atlantic]
the soul purpose – funnin’ [chisa]
black bass band – kami sound blues [disques carrere]
barrabas – mellow blow [atco]
jimmy lomax – remember me [camille]
jackie opel – shelter the storm [studio one]

Listen/Download DJ Prime Mundo – Get On the Bus
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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.]

Listen/Download Funky16Corners Presents: DJ Prime Mundo – Soundset
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Prime Mundo: Positive/Negative – A Live Mixtape
alzo & udine – c’mon and join us (mercury)
jim ford – i wanta make her love me (sundown)
truth – i can’t go on (roulette)
southside movement – i’ve been watching you (20th century)
stevie wonder – i was made to love her (tamla)
trapeze – what is a woman’s role (threshold)
bo diddley – go for broke (chess)
yardbirds – baby what’s wrong (sire)
fiesta dance party – summertime (fiesta)
jesse morrison – tell me, can you feel it (a-bet)
edwin starr – easin’ in (motown)
charles spurling – popcorn charlie (king)
the watts 103rd street rhythm band – 65 bars and a taste of soul (warner bros)
gilberto sextet – yes i will part 1 (tico)
albert collins – thaw out (blue thumb)
jerry maccain – juicy lucy (jewel)
charlie earland – sing a simple song (prestige)
aluar horns (nonesuch)
mongo santamaria – fingers (vaya)

DJ Prime Mundo is one of the OG Asbury Park 45 Sessions crew. He’s got a spectacular ear for the finest in funk, soul and jazz his turntable skills are next level. No matter how much you think you know, you will always find  something new to dig in his mixes.

Listen/Download DJ Prime Mundo – Positive/Negative
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Greetings all.

The Funky16Corners 2019 Allnighter/Pledge Drive continues!

In continuance of shaking things up a little, I’m going to be presenting compilations of the guest mixes that my favorite selectors have brought to the Pledge Drive/Allnighter over the years.

This week we have six blazing mixes from another Asbury Park 45 Sessions alumni and one of my favorite selectors, DJ Prime Mundo!

Prime always digs deep and comes up with jams you never heard before but need to hear!

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A Note on the 2019 Pledge Drive

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.

So thanks in advance, and enjoy the tunes!

Keep the Faith

Larry

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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!

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I am also including a Paypal donation button (below) if you’d rather donate in a lump sum instead of the rolling donation in Patreon.

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So, download and dig the mixes, keep digging the radio shows!

Also, make sure to follow Funky16Corners on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 2, 2019 8:00 am

Emanuel Laskey

Listen/Download – Emanuel Laskey – I Need Somebody MP3

Greetings all.

I hope the new week finds you well.

Today’s selection is one of the pile of 45s that I picked up while DJing at the Keystone State Soul Weekender in 2018.

Emanuel Laskey was a journeyman soul singer who recorded for a variety of Detroit-based labels through the 1960s and 1970s, including Thelma, Westbound and Stag.

‘I Need Somebody’ was recorded for Thelma in 1964, with backing from the Fabulous Peps. The record charted locally on the R&B and Pop charts and had some regional R&B success elsewhere (thus the licensing and pressing of the 45 on the Pittsburgh, PA NPC label).

‘I Need Somebody’ is a remarkable piece of midtempo 60s soul, opening with an unusual, raw guitar figure (probably played by producer Don Davis, and I wonder if Eric Clapton heard it…) , backs by the vibes and organ. Laskey’s vocal, often veering into falsetto is perfection, and the arrangement manages to weave together the technical limitations of the session (the studio, not the musicians, who all turn in an excellent performance) into something really special.

The flipside, ‘Tomorrow’ is a sweet ballad with some nice piano.

Laskey is the kind of guy who had talent to spare, recorded some great records but is now known almost exclusively by hardcore soul fans.

That’s a shame.

I hope you dig the cut, and I will see you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 26, 2019 9:01 am

Kip Anderson

Listen/Download – Kip Anderson – A Knife and a Fork MP3

Greetings all.

The first time I heard today’s selection I was pretty much knocked on my ass.

Though I was familiar with the Rockpile version of ‘A Knife and a Fork’ from the 1980 ‘Seconds of Pleasure’ album, I had no idea that the song was a cover.

Kip Anderson was one of those singers that hovered on the border between soul and blues for his entire career. He was born in South Carolina in 1942, recording his first 45 for Veejay in 1959.

He recorded ‘A Knife and a Fork’ in 1966 in Muscle Shoals.

The song – with it’s dark, humorous bent – has a rock solid beat, with guitar, bass, drums and combo organ pushing things along at a brisk pace with a sax solo coming.

Like Tommy Tucker’s ‘Long Tall Shorty’, it seems to almost plod at the beginning, but picks up steam almost imperceptibly until its ready for the dance floor.

Anderson would continue to record for a variety of labels before a heroin dependency led to a 10 year stint in prison.

After he got out of jail he recorded both gospel and soul, recording for the Ichiban label in the 90s.

He eventually passed away in 2007.

I hope you dig the tune and I’ll see you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 5, 2019 10:55 am

Lonnie Brooks

Listen/Download – Lonnie Brooks and the 4 Souls – Soul Meeting MP3

Greetings all.

Today’s selection is a great example of a guy that started out in an R&B/Soul bag, and went on to make his mark in the blues.

Lonnie Brooks (nee Lee Evans Jr) got his start in his native Louisiana, made his way up to Chicago where he started out as Guitar Jr.

By the mid-1960s he was making soul 45s on his own and as part of Lonnie Brooks and the 4 Souls for labels like USA, Chess and Chirrup.

Today’s tune was the b-side of a 1967/68 45 and is one of my fave shout-out records (where one artist mentions another).

‘Soul Meeting’ has a slightly funky underpinning, and starts out with mentions of James Brown, Aretha Franklin, as well as Jackie Wilson, Etta James, Booker T and the MGs. Ruby Andrews, Joe Tex, Temptations, Jackie Wilson, Gladys Knight, Otis Clay, Wilson Pickett, Junior Walker, and Sam and Dave.

There’s not a lot of ‘song’ here, but it’s still a ot of fun hearing Lonnie shout out (and in some cases imitate) the hot artists of the day.

The a-side, ‘Good Soul Lovin’ is a killer as well.

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, April 28, 2019 9:13 am

Louisiana Red

Listen/Download – Louisiana Red – Sugar Hips MP3

Greetings all.

Today’s selection is a small slice of the discography of the great Louisiana Red.

Born Iverson Minter in 1932, Louisiana Red recorded for a variety of labels (under his own name) from the early 60s on.

His 45 discography is relatively brief, dwarfed by his LP catalog which stretches from 1963 to his death in 2012.

His style mixed traditional acoustic blues, electric blues and R&B, the latter of which is in evidence on 1964’s ‘Sugar Hips’.

Ironically, ‘Sugar Hips’ was the b-side of his biggest commercial success, ‘I’m Too Poor To Die’ which grazed the Billboard Hot 100 and made the Cashbox Top 30.

‘Sugar Hips’ is the kind of fast moving, gritty R&B that the Mods in the UK were crowding dance floors for.

It has a persistent guitar/bass/drums kick, but it’s the wailing harmonica that really starts a grease fire. Red’s vocal interjections sound like Slim Harpo and Howling Wolf got trapped in the same echo chamber.

‘Sugar Hips’ was recorded in New York for Henry Glover, who along with sleazy, mob-connected Roulette Records honcho Morris Levy tacked his name onto the writing credits with Red.

It’s a very groovy side indeed, and I hope you all dig it.

See you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, March 31, 2019 9:32 am

Tami Lynn

Listen/Download – Tami Lynn – Love Affair Suite MP3

Greetings all.

I hope the new week finds you all well.

The music I bring you today is unusual in that it comprises not a single song but a side-long medley.

Tami Lynn is a particularly interesting singer.

She came up in New Orleans, singing on a number of local sessions, many for the AFO label, making one single with Bert Berns in 1965 (that went on to become a bog Northern Soul fave, and oddly enough appears on this 1971 album) and then the album you see before you today, and that – as they say – (aside from backgriound singing for others, especially Dr John) is that (though there appears to be another album from 1992 under the name Tamiya Lynn).

I have no idea why she stopped recording under her own name, but the album she left behind, is, while imperfect, possessed of perfection.

When you dig into the recording of ‘Love Is Here And Now Your Gone’ you begin to realize that it was kind of a piecemeal effort, with recording sessions in multiple locations, with multiple producers, and, as I mentioned earlier, the inclusion of that 1965 45.

I have no idea what the history was behind this, whether there wasn’t funding, or some kind of tug of war about what the label was going to do with Tami and her recordings, but at the end of the day, the record will stand as a (lost) classic for side one.

The ‘Love Affair Suite’ (that’s my name for it, since it doesn’t have a collective name on the record) is a sidelong, narrative (the songs are interspersed with monologues) about the birth and death of a love affair.

The medley is composed of songs originally done by Loretta Lynn (Wings Upon Your Horn), the Supremes (Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone), Betty Harris (Can’t Last Much Longer) and one song that originates here (though it was recorded the same year by the Patterson Singers), Dave Crawford and Willie Martin’s ‘That’s Understanding’.

Taken individually, the performances are uniformly wonderful, especially the slowed down, mournful take on ‘Love Is Here…’, but taken as a whole, they constitute a piece of work that ought to be much better known than it is.

Perhaps the overall obscurity of the record contributes to this, or the fact that the entire medley is almost 21 minutes and would never get airplay (though ‘That’s Understanding’ would get a UK 45 release on Mojo), but I assure you that once you pull down the ones and zeroes and let this bit of magic work its way into your ears, you will feel compelled to push it one someone else enthiusiatically.

The production by New Orleans giant Wardell Quezerque is outstanding, and he really lays back and lets the subtle majesty of Lynn’s performance come through.

So dig it, and I’ll see you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, March 24, 2019 6:50 am

Florence Ballard

Listen/Download – Florence Ballard – Forever Faithful MP3

Greetings all.

Every once in a while, if you’re lucky, you’ll encounter a record that sets you right back on your heels.

‘Forever Faithful’ by Florence Ballard is one of those.

A few years back, Gene Meredith was kind enough to invite me to come up and spin at the Steel Stax Soul Club.

As is the case every single time I’m lucky enough to spin with someone with good taste and a heavy collection, my ears were wide open and my want list ready to update.

When Gene dropped the needle on ‘Forever Faithful’ I got chills up and down my spine.

Here we have a record that is both a great dancer, but also possessed of a dramatic edge and filled from end to end with memorable hooks.

‘Forever Faithful’, written by Robert Bateman and James Wicker, and produced by Bateman (who has appeared in this space before as a frequent collaborator of Lou Courtney’s), was Florence Ballard’s final 45, about a year after leaving the Supremes and 8 years before she would pass away.

The arrangement, opening with strings and angelic backing chorus, quickly adds pulsing bass and drums, and after a short verse, the absolutely beautiful chorus comes in, a perfectly constructed, economic work of art, perfectly engineered for Northern Soul dance floors.

Unfortunately ‘Forever Faithful’ didn’t catch on at the time of release. It’s flipside, ‘Love Ain’t Love’ got airplay on a handful of Northeast pop stations, but doesn’t appeared to have made any inroads on the R&B side of things.

I hope you dig it as much as I do, and I’ll see you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, March 3, 2019 10:18 am

Warren Lee – Star Revue (Deesu)
Mac Rebennack and the Soul Orchestra – The Point (AFO)
Candy Phillips – Timber Pt1 (Atlantic)
Tommy Ridgley – In the Same Old Way (Ronn)
Eddie Lang – Something Within Me (Seven B)
Aubrey Twins – Love Without End Amen (Epic)
Bates Sisters – So Broken Hearted (Nola)
Benny Spellman – I Feel Good (Atlantic)
Chitlins – Sugar Woman (Pala)
Curley Moore – Soul Train (Hot Line)
Danny White – Cracked Up Over You (Decca)
Eldridge Holmes – Emperor Jones (ALON)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Lee Dorsey – Do Re Mi (Fury)
Robert Parker – Secret Service (Nola)
Zodiacs – Surely (Deesu)
Betty Harris – Trouble With My Lover (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Fence of Love (Seven B)
Jesse Hill – My Children My Children (Chess)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks – Do Me Like You Do Me (Sansu)
Lee Calvin – You Got Me (Sansu)
Mary Jane Hooper – That’s How Strong My Love Is (World Pacific)
Aaron Neville – A Hard Nut To Crack (Parlo)
Skip Easterling – Keep the Fire Burning (ALON)
Alvin Robinson – Seaching (Tiger)
Dr John – Big Chief (Atco)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners Keep the Fire Burning MP3
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Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt2 (Watch)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo/Parkway)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Lee Dorsey – Four Corners Pt1 (Amy)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt2 (Instant)
Bobby Williams – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt2 (Capitol)
Curly Moore – Sophisticated Cissy (Instant)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Larry Darnell – Son of a Son of a Slave (Instant)
Explosions – Hip Drop Pt1 (Gold Cup)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Warren Lee – Funky Belly (Wand)
Willie Tee – Sweet Thing (Gatur)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Oliver Morgan – Roll Call (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Can You Handle It (Bo Sound)

Listen/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras! – 85MB Mixed Mp3/192K
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Greetings all!

Yeah you right!

It’s Mardi Gras time again, and you know that the sounds of New Orleans have always been a cornerstone of Funky16Corners.

Today we bring back the two Mardi Gras mixes – one funky and one soulful – that I created for the blog over the years.

There is enough NOLA heat here to keep your party fired up for a while, so pull down the ones and zeros and get down!

Also, make sure to follow Funky16Corners on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, January 6, 2019 2:35 pm

Gloria Jones

Listen/Download – Gloria Jones – Heartbeat Pt1 MP3

Greetings all.

The track I bring you today is one of the finest examples of hard-hitting, dance floor-ready West Coast soul.

Gloria Jones is duly famous for her 1965 killer ‘Tainted Love’, which went on to be one of the pillars of the Northern Soul canon (New Wave as well via the cover by Soft Cell in the 80s).

Jones was (along with Sandy Wynns and Brenda Holloway) a beneficiary of the writing and producing talents of the great Ed Cobb.

‘Heartbeat’ was written and produced by Cobb, with an arrangement by Lincoln Mayorga (as was Tainted Love).

‘Heartbeat’ is a thunderous mover, with a pulsing bass line, soul clapping, drums and organ, with a great vocal by Jones and an almost gospel-adjacent feel to it.

Jones’ original version was a fairly sizable hit on the West Coast, as well in a number of other regional markets.

Interestingly, the Hour Glass (featuring Gregg and Duane Allman) covered ‘Heartbeat’ on their first album in 1967.

I hope you dig the track, and I’ll see you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, January 1, 2019 6:24 pm

Eruption

Listen/Download – Eruption – I Can’t Stand the Rain MP3

Greetings all

Today’s selection is a great example of a very familiar song in an unfamiliar (at least for Americans) setting.

The group Eruption was formed in London in the late 60s as Silent Eruption.
Singer Precious Wilson joined the group in 1974, around the time they were working as a backing band for Boney M.

In 1977 they joined up with Boney M’s producer Frank Farian (who also went on to create Milli Vanilli) to cover Ann Peebles’ Memphis soul classic ‘I Can’t Stand the Rain’.

Peebles’ original, from 1973 was a masterpiece of stark arranging, with its use of drum machine placed alongside the Hi records house band.

The Eruption cover, engineered for disco dance floors attacked the song from a much more aggressive posture. The overall feel is faster, more electronic and more heavily produced.

Though it doesn’t have the sublime feel of the original, it isn’t without it’s own charm, enough so that it was a substantial hit in Europe and a disco favorite here in the US.

It would be their only success in the States, but they would go on to have hits in Europe into the early 80s.

Wilson went on to have a few solo hits in the UK.

I hope you dig the track and I’ll see you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, December 23, 2018 11:01 am

Funky16Corners Christmas Party!
Ike and Tina Turner – Merry Christmas Baby (WB)
Otis Redding – White Christmas (Atco)
Soulful Strings – Jingle Bells (Cadet)
Albert King – Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’ (Stax)
Felice Taylor – It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It’s Spring) (Mustang)
Honey and the Bees – Jing Jing a Ling (Chess)
The Gems – Love For Christmas (Chess)
James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto (King)
Charles Brown – Merry Christmas Baby (Jewel)
Count Sidney and the Dukes – Soul Christmas (Goldband)
Donny Hathaway – This Christmas (Atco)
Bobby Holloway – Funky Little Drummer Boy (Smash)
Clarence Carter – Backdoor Santa (Atlantic)
Harvey Averne Band – Let’s Get It Together This Christmas (Fania)
J Hines and the Boys – A Funky X-Mas To You (Nation-Wide)
Freddy King – I Hear Jingle Bells (Federal)
Dee Irwin and Mamie Galore – All I Want For Christmas Is Your Love (Imperial)
Johnny and Jon – Christmas in Viet Nam (Jewel)
John Lee Hooker – Blues For Christmas (Elmor)
George Conedy – El Nino Del Tambor (Kent Gospel)
Soulful Strings (feat Dorothy Ashby) – Merry Christmas Baby (Cadet)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners Christmas Party 124MB MP3

Greetings all.

The holiday season is upon us, so I thought I’d repost this classic mix, last seen in 2016.

I hope you dig it, and whether you celebrate Christmas or not, that you have a fantastic day!

Also, make sure to follow Funky16Corners on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, December 16, 2018 12:00 pm

Allen Toussaint

Listen/Download – Allen Toussaint – Get Out Of My Life Woman MP3

Greetings all

The track I bring you today takes one of the most covered tunes of the New Orleans soul scene, right back to the source (though not the original recording).

Allen Toussaint wrote ‘Get Out Of My Life, Woman’ for Lee Dorsey who had a fairly substantial hit with it in 1965.

The tune became a popular soul standard, and was covered by all kinds of artists, from LA folk rocker the Leaves, to jazz vocal giant Joe Williams.

The various and sundry versions of the song have become popular with diggers because of the tune’s built-in drum break.

Toussaint went into the studio to record his own version of the song in 1968, and the results are typically fantastic.

He lays the song down in a relaxed New Orleans groove, stripping away most of the lyrics and wrapping it all up in an interesting arrangement, with lots of piano, horns, and in a touch that showed up in a bunch of Toussaint productions at the time, acoustic guitar accents.

It’s always struck me a shame that Toussaint didn’t record solo more often, especially in the 1960s. I always like his vocals (though you can hear him singing backup on a ton of other people’s records) and his interpretations of his own songs were always interesting.

This 45 doesn’t turn up too often, but when it does it tends to be inexpensive.

I hope you dig it and I’ll see you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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