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By Larry, June 9, 2019 9:09 am

Charles Earland

Listen/Download – Charles Earland – (You Caught Me) Smiling MP3

Greetings all.

I come to you today with an exceptionally tasty bit of Hammond goodness, courtesy of one of my all time faves, the mighty Charles Earland. It is made all the more tasty by its roots as a Sly and the Family Stone cover.

Earland was the preeminent second-wave (post Jimmy Smith) Pennsylvania Hammond giants, getting his start in the early 60s and then moving on to a solid career all the way through the 90s until his passing in 1999. His early, local Philly 45s are classics, as are all the albums he made for the soul jazz powerhouse Prestige Records.

Today’s selection is the opening track on his 1972 LP ‘Live at the Lighthouse’.

Recorded at the storied jazz club in Hermosa Beach, CA, it’s a fantastic set with Earland leading a tight band.

The song, originally titled ‘You Caught Me Smilin’ (truncated to ‘Smiling’ here) originated on Sly and the Family Stone’s 1971 LP ‘There’s a Riot Goin’ On’. The original, vocal version of the song has a kind of dreamy/stoned vibe to it. Earland’s cover lights a bit of a fire under it, with a big Hammond sound that sometimes verges on (but never crossed into) distortion.

The album as a whole is quite good, but this track is by far my fave.

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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By Larry, April 7, 2019 2:46 pm

Listen/Download – Chip and Dave – Seventh Round MP3

Greetings all.

The track I bring you today is proof yet again that the Pacific Northwest scene of the 1960s – filled with rock bands with deep R&B roots –  is a gift that keeps on giving.

I have absolutely no recollection of how I first encountered Chip and Dave’s ‘Seventh Round’ (though I suspect it was an Ebay search for ‘organ 45s’) but I was very happy indeed when I slipped it under the needle.

Chip and Dave were the drum and piano/organ duo of Chip Rawson and Dave Immer, who – with the addition of various and sundry vocalists and instrumentalists – were an Oregon-based outfit that made two 45s in 1965 and 1966.

‘Seventh Round’ appeared on their first record, which came out on Sure Star in 1965 and was picked up by Jerden the following year.

The tune is a raw, fast moving, Ray Charles-influenced instrumental opening with drums (they even helpfully included the time signature on the label!) and piano, soon joined by the organ.

It’s the kind of record you can imagine a roomful of kids tearing it up to back in the day.

There’s almost no info out there about Chip and Dave, but the fact that their 45 was picked up by Jerden suggests to me that it must have had a certain amount of regional popularity. Their second 45 (for Decca) charted briefly in Washington (state) early in 1967.

Immer appears to have had at least one solo 45, on the PNW label Burdette in the early 70s.

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 9, 2018 11:58 am

The Picture Sleeve

Listen/Download – Georges Raudi – Stercok MP3

Greetings all.

The track I bring you today is one of those things that I first encountered back in the old Soulstrut days, and managed to pick up a few years later.

The track ‘Stercok’ originated on the soundtrack to a 1970s French TV series about the cat burglar Arsene Lupin (about whom other films had been made, before and after this show).

The ‘soundtrack’ as it was, was restricted to two sides of a 45. One side a terrible Jacques Dutronc song, and the other, this very groovy, funky Hammond instrumental.

Though the cut is credited to Georges Raudi and His Orchestra, it seems the artists name is correctly spelled ‘Rodi’.

Georges Rodi was a keyboardist and composer with a ton of credits as a sideman and several albums under his own name.

‘Stercok’ (I have no idea what the title refers to) starts out with a punchy drum roll, followed by thumping bass, distorted rhythm guitar and lots of atmospheric, Hawkshaw-esque organ work. There are also piano solos (probably Rodi, as well).

The feel is very much a perfect late 60s/early 70s discotheque-au-go-go vibe, and I can definitely picture it being used as the background to a swinging scene.

Interestingly, for a groovy, French-only 45 release, ‘Stercok’ isn’t terribly expensive or hard to track down, so go get yourself a copy.

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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By Larry, December 2, 2018 11:55 am

Lionel Hampton

Listen/Download – Lionel Hampton – Funky Chicken MP3

Greetings all.

I have sung the praises of the mighty Lionel Hampton in this space many times over the years.

Hampton had serious, solid jazz credentials going back to the mid-1930s and the Benny Goodman Orchestra.

Like many of his contemporaries, when the 1960’s rolled around, and the demand for, and popularity of large jazz bands started to wane, Hampton made many (artistically) successful attempts at musical relevancy, including the epic 45 ‘Greasy Greens’ on his own Glad-Hamp label.

Starting in 1972 Hampton signed with Brunswick Records and recorded a series of albums aimed at a younger market, recording versions of many contemporary pop and soul hits.

1976’s ‘Off Into a Black Thing’ was his fifth and final outing for Brunswick, and despite it’s placement firmly in the disco era, it included a number of earlier, funkier sounds.

The track I bring you today is Hampton covering Willie Henderson’s 1970 ‘Funky Chicken’ (the title track of Hampton’s album is another tune from Henderson’s album).

‘Funky Chicken’ isn’t only a cover, but it also uses the same backing track as the 1970 original, with Hampton soloing over it (and someone rapping over that).

It’s nothing groundbreaking, but since the OG is so funky, and Hamp’s (he was closing in on 70 when he recorded it!) vibes sound very groovy indeed, I’ll take it.

Oddly enough, Hampton’s Brunswick albums are fairly hard to come by, but worth picking up when you find them.

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, February 18, 2018 12:00 pm

Walter Wanderley

Listen/Download – Walter Wanderley – Kee-Ka-Roo MP3

Greetings all.

Welcome back to the Funky16Corners thing for another week of musical wonderfulness.

The track I bring you today is a long (loooong) time fave, introduced (and initially gifted) to me by my buddy Haim.

Haim used to turn me on to all kinds of cool music, and one day he played Walter Wanderley’s ‘Kee-Ka-Roo’ for me and just about blew my mind.

You all know that I’m a certified Hammond nut, and while I knew of Wanderley (already owning a couple of his boss nova LPs) I had no idea he had anything like this in his arsenal.

Wanderley was a Brazilian organist who had a significant recording/playing career in his native country before hitting the charts in 1967 with ‘Summer Samba’, which became one of the best known/most popular ‘easy’ instrumentals of the 1960s (which would gain ever more reknown via the vocal version he recorded with Astrud Gilberto under the title ‘So Nice’).

‘Kee-Ka-Roo’ originated on his 1967 album of the same name.

Where ‘Summer Samba’ was all smooth bossa jazz, ‘Kee-Ka-Roo’ is a swinging slice of Brazil-au-go-go, mixing sharp, hard-hitting drums with cuica, and guitar.

It sounds like it was custom made for a discotheque scene in a period film.

The band on ‘Kee-Ka-Roo’ is amix of Brazilian and American players (including Bobby Rosengarden who laid down some similarly cool drums on a number of Enoch Light-related things).

It makes me wish that Wanderley had done some more music in this vein.

I dig it a lot and I hope you do too.

Until next time,

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, January 21, 2018 12:33 pm

Funky16Corners Radio v.80 – Forbidden City Organs

Recorded Live in NYC 1-27-10

Playlist

Funky16Corners Presents: Forbidden City Organs –
Recorded Live 1/27/10

Before we get started, I want to say that after serious consideration with the Funky16Corners board of directors, and close consultation with some serious heads (not the least of whom being my man DJ Prestige) I have decided not to deep six the old versions of the blog (WordPress and Blogger). While I did deactivate all active content links on both sites (replacing them with redirects where necessary), since I was unable to do a full export of the WordPress blog, and could not bring over the comments on the old blog posts, AND since I consider reader commentary to be an important part of the process (mainly because so many of you contribute information via those posts) I figured it would benefit all parties to keep the old sites up and running (with any luck as long as this sentence).

Anything you might travel back there to hear, can now be heard here in the new Funky16Corners Radio Podcast and Guest Mix Archives.

The mix you see before you today was supposed to be up in this space on Friday, but I just had too damn much to do, and so I had to put it off for a couple of days. I think, however that you will be pleased when you pull down the ones and zeros and stuff it in your ears.

For you see (hear), Funky16Corners Radio v.80* is just about an hour of high octane, Hammond fueled groove grease guaranteed to get you off your ass, slipping and sliding across the floor, with the hip-shaking, and the wild gesticulation, and the shaking of the hair, gospel wailing and general good times.

Big words those, but I think once the sounds have been ingested, you will concur.

It all started thusly…

Back before Christmas, my lovely wife asked me what I wanted as a holiday gift. I generally reply to these queries with a shrug and a ‘Don’t worry ‘bout me on account of I pretty much have everything I need’. However, this year there was something I had my eye on, so I sent my wife the link, and ‘Bob’s yer uncle’ a brand new digital recorded dropped into my stocking.

My main motivation in requesting this new bit of hardware was so that my casting of the pods would be facilitated, but as is the norm when I get a new toy, I find some other, more interesting way to put it to work, and so I did.

It was at the last Asbury Park 45 Sessions that I brought my recorder along and attempted to record my set right off the board. I thought everything had gone swimmingly, until I got up the next morning, transferred the file onto my laptop and discovered that Einstein (that’s me, heh heh…) hadn’t read the instructions properly, and what I had recorded was not the mix off the board, but all the ambient noise surrounding it. I tossed that one into the old electronic wastebasket and set my sights on my next set at Master Groove.

Well my friends, it was a success.

I had spoken to my host the esteemed DJ Bluewater about what I would play this time, and I suggested a ‘theme set’ of sorts. He thought this was a good idea, so I sat down in the midst of my record vault and started digging. I had originally thought I might do a Northern Soul thing (next time out maybe) but I happened upon a clump of solid Hammond 45s, so I took that as a sign and continued in that direction.

What you have here is an actual live mix, recorded directly from the booth monitor line on the mixer, no fiddling/editing involved.

If you’ve visited with me here over the years, you’ll already be aware that I am a first class Hammond organ nut, and my crates run deep. When I started pulling stuff to compose my set, I extracted enough records for three or four sets, and then sat down with the turntable and selected a little over an hour’s worth of faves.

The records you’ll hear in this mix are the very cream of the dancefloor Hammond crop, with lots of your big keyboard wranglers (Messrs Earland, Doggett, McCall, Lewis, Van Dyke, Frog and Carnegie) a couple of unusual sources (Albert Collins and the Turtles, yes, the Turtles) and a few things you may not have heard before.

As stated previously, my intention here was to whip something up to get the dancers moving, so if you’re playing this inside your corporate veal pen, try not to spill your coffee/disturb your neighbor. If you’re on the bus, piping it in via earbuds, don’t be surprised if your neighbor attempts to administer first aid, since you may appear to be involved in convulsions of some sort.

That said, I will refrain from further comment, letting the sounds speak for themselves.

I hope you dig the mix, and rest assured that I will endeavor to bring you more of the same (both live, and organ mixes) in the coming months.

Peace

Larry

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By Larry, December 24, 2017 1:34 pm

Harold Johnson

Listen/Download – Harold Johnson – Greensleeves MP3

Greetings all.

I hope that the new week and the holiday season finds you all well.

The tune I bring you today is a Christmas favorite that got its start as decidedly secular English folk ballad in the 1500s, eventually being appropriated as the Christmas song ‘What Child Is This’ in 1865.

It has been recorded countless times in a variety of styles by a long list of performers.

Today’s selection, by jazz pianist Harold Johnson appeared on his 1970 LP ‘Wide Open’.

‘Wide Open’ is a fantastic example of alternately funky/straight soul jazz piano laying down a selection of originals and contemporary covers.

Johnson’s version of ‘Greensleeves’ gets off to a hot start with congas and bass, before being joined by a hard-hitting drummer, and then Johnson himself.

It is an aggressive arrangement of a song that is usually delivered in a much more languid style, and it works very well indeed.

Johnson and his group had recorded two earlier albums, one on the small LA H.M.E. label and the second (like this one) for Revue.

Oddly, after 1970 Johnson worked mostly as a sideman on a string of LPs by Eddie Kendricks, Willie Hutch and others and as a composer and arranger.

I hope you dig the tune, and that you all have a happy holiday.

See you next week

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, September 10, 2017 10:36 am

Funky16Corners Late Night

Les James Trio – Joe’s Theme (Century)
James Rivers – It’s All Over (Kon-Ti)
Monk Higgins – Who Dun It (St Lawrence)
EJ’s Unlimited – Rockin’ In the Same Old Boat (Back Beat)
Steve Allen (feat Gabor Szabo) – Fox (Dunhill)
Young Holt Unlimited – Listen Here (Brunswick)
Duke of Burlington – Soul Clap 69 (Joker)
Errol Garner – Watermelon Man (MGM)
Phil Moore Jr – Hog Call (Atco)
Sonny Cox – Chocolate Candy (Bell)
Rhine Oaks – Tampin’ (Atco)
South Suburban Electric Strings – Blues for Strings and Things (Nickel)
Gabor Szabo – Pretty Girl Why (Blue Thumb)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners Late Night 106MB Mixed MP3

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Greetings all.

Welcome to Part Twelve of the Funky16Corners 2017 Allnighter/Pledge Drive aka The Summer of Soul!

This is an extra special bonus mix that makes it’s downloadable debut here. I put it together for the This Is Funkaholic radio show a few months ago, and thought that I would tack it on to the end of the Summer of Soul festivities.

This is – as the title suggests – engineered specifically for late night play, mining the mellow grooves.

The fundraising aspect of the 2017 Summer of Soul hasn’t been all that encouraging.

Whether it was the change in format, the switch to Patreon, or just a general lack of interest, I can’t really say, but if you were waiting for an appropriate time to toss something into the mix, now would be it.

So dig the sounds, and make sure to click on the Patreon button to help keep the lights on here at Funky16Corners! Fundraising up to this point has not been very encouraging, so please do what you can. It is as always greatly appreciated.

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The fundraiser will also take a slightly different form this year, moving to 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 (i.e. if you pledge 12 bucks, it doles it out a dollar a month over the course of a year), which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the upgrade of a couple of crucial pieces of equipment, and any help you fine people can provide will keep the machinery moving here at Funky16Corners central.

So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same!

In addition to all the broadcasts and the blogging all of the Funky16Corners and Iron Leg mix archives will continue.

As I have mentioned recently, the changes to the general format here are as thus – The concentration of the operation will continue its shift to podcasting/radio, with the Funky16Corners Radio Show originating every week as a live broadcast, Thursday nights at 9PM Eastern on MIXLR, and will continue to be posted as a downloadable podcast every Friday, and broadcast in the UK on Cruising Radio.

The Iron Leg Radio Show will also move to a monthly live broadcast (day to be determined) also on MIXLR and will continue to be broadcast on Cruising Radio in the UK.

Don’t forget, my weekly radio show for WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio, Testify! is on the air live, every Wednesday night from 10-12. If you dig Funky16Corners and/or Iron Leg I think you’ll dig it. So tune in when you get a chance!
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So, download and dig the mix, keep digging the radio shows, and we’ll be back next week with another groovy mix.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 16, 2017 1:02 pm

Keith Mansfield (left) and Alan Hawkshaw

Listen/Download – Keith Mansfield and His Orchestra – Soul Confusion MP3

Greetings all.

Before we get started, just a reminder about some important news.

Starting this Wednesday, 5/17 from 10PM to 12, and every Wednesday going forward at that time I will be doing a new weekly show on the WFMU Give the Drummer Radio stream called Testify! This show (which had a couple of dry runs elsewhere, earlier on) will see yours truly in a more free-form bag, taking the worlds of Funky16Corners and Iron Leg and mashing them together, with soul, rock, funk, pop, garage, psyche, R&B, Now Sound, jazz and anything else I think sounds good. The show will originate live from the Funky16Corners Subterranean Blogcasting Nerve Center and Record Vault, and will be archived thereafter.

So if your ears are free Wednesday night, turn them toward WFMU.org, click on the Give The Drummer stream and dig what it is that I am putting down.
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The track I bring you today is an old favorite, the flipside of which (the amazing ‘Boogaloo’ appeared in the eareliest incarnation of the blog 12 years ago!).

I have no idea why I waited so long to serve up the flip, but here it is.

Keith Mansfield was one of the great library masters on the UK scene, recording a grip of stuff for the storied KPM label as well as a number of mainstream releases under his own name.

Today’s selection has kind of an odd history.

‘Soul Confusion’ is a 45-only track, and was only released in the for you see today here in the US on an Epic promo.

In the UK the (same) track was billed under the name ‘Sugar with the Keith Mansfield Orchestra (Sugar being the vocalist, Sugar Simone who does not appear on the track) under a different title altogether, ‘11AM Tuesday Morning Taxi’ on CBS/UK. I have no idea why.

The other side of the US 45, ‘Boogaloo’ had appeared the year before on the excellent ‘All You Need Is Keith Mansfield’ LP, alongside the very groovy, breakbeat version of Mansfield’s oft covered ‘Soul Thing’.

‘Soul Confusion’, featuring (naturally) Hammond master Alan Hakshaw, is a funky, brassy groover with great rhythm guitar trading lines with the organ and hard hitting drums. There is a small drum break as well.

The 45 has gone up in price considerably since I found my copy (in the field, and on the cheap, luckily). Decent copies pull in between 75 and 100 dollars.

You can still get the LP (but no ‘Soul Confusion’, though the RPM/Retrodisc reissue from 2008 includes the track) at a much more reasonable price.

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

And, while you’re at it, make sure to follow Funky16Corners on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, March 23, 2017 11:59 am

The Majestics (left) and their singers, Shawne and Jay Jackson (right)

Listen/Download – Jay Jackson and the Heads of Our Time – Listen Here MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is finally here and so I will remind you once again to dig the Funky16Corners Radio Show, which drops each and every Friday with the best of soul, funk, 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 Stitcher and TuneIn apps, dig it on Mixcloud, or grab yourself an MP3 right here at Funky16Corners.com

The record I bring you today was something of a mystery, until Google intervened.

The 45 by Jay Jackson and the Heads of Our Time was released on Mr G records in 1969. One side was a horn-rock cop of the Joe Cocker arrangement of the Beatles ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’.

The side I bring you today is a much cooler instrumental, a cover of Eddie Harris’ soul jazz standard ‘Listen Here’.

Harris recorded the original version of the song in 1966 on his ‘Mean Greens’ LP (a very groovy take with Harris putting down his sax and playing organ and electric piano), and it was redone a bunch of times by folks like Brian Auger, Young-Holt, Valorie Keys (in a vocal), Ramsey Lewis, Freddie McCoy, and the mighty Soulful Strings.

The group hailed from Canada, and released a rare LP on Audio Fidelity, from which both of the cuts on this 45 were lifted.

Apparently most of the group, Jay Jackson (vocals), Russ Strathdee (sax), Ric Robertson (keyboards), Arnie Chycoski (horns), Bill Cudmore (sax), Orly Guerrieri (trombone), Brian Lucrow (trumpet), Jack Posluns (drums) and Chuck Vickery (bass) had played in the Toronto band the Majestics ( where Jay’s sister Shawne, who went on to have Canadian hits on her own was the co-lead singer), and Jay Jackson and the Heads of Our Time was an attempt to regroup and restage the band as a more timely jazz rock/psych outfit.

Their producer Tony Di Maria worked with a lot of Canadian and Upstate NY acts, including crossing paths with the Shannon/Cisco axis including the Rockin’ Rebels and Kathy Lynn and the Playboys (aka the LaSalles).

The group’s version of ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’ is a pretty solid 1969 reapproximation of the Joe Cocker hit, but their version of ‘Listen Here’ is different and very groovy indeed.

Taken at a slightly slower pace, with a tasty Latin edge, and some groovy, jazzy lead guitar, they really dig deep into the heart of Harris’ classic. The tastefully applied horn section adds a nice punch to things as well.

The arrangement is really nice, and the piano work by Ric Robertson is excellent.

I haven’t heard the LP (which is apparently pretty far out, as well as fairly rare) but I’ll keep an eye out for it.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, February 14, 2017 12:26 pm

F16 Presents: Super Duper Love
Soul Brothers Six – Some Kind of Wonderful (Atlantic)
Marvelows – Talkin’ Bout You Baby (ABC)
Pat Lewis – Look At What I Almost Missed (Solid Hit)
Platters – I Get the Sweetest Feeling (Musicor)
Etta James – I’m So Glad (Cadet)
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – It’s Growing (Gordy)
Eddie Holman – Stay Mine For Heaven’s Sake (Parkway)
Exciters – Blowing Up My Mind (RCA)
Intruders – Every Day Is Like a Holiday (Gamble)
Johnny Nash – Ooh Baby You’ve Been Good To Me (Epic)
Mad Lads – No Time Is Better Than Right Now (Volt)
Aubrey Twins – Love Without End Amen (Epic)
Benny Spellman – I Feel Good (Atlantic)
Sam and Dave – You Don’t Know What You Mean To Me (Atlantic)
Felice Taylor – I’m Under The Influence of Love (Mustang)
Foundations – Baby Now That I’ve Found You (UNI)
Bettye Lavette – I Feel Good All Over (Calla)
Marva Whitney – This Girl’s In Love With You (King)
Contributors of Soul – Look What You Done For Me (New Miss)
Darrell Banks – Open the Door To Your Heart (Revilot)
Four Tops – Something About You (Motown)
Sugar Billy – Super Duper Love (Are You Digging On Me) (Fast Track)
Willis Wooten – Your Love Is Indescribably Delicious (Virtue)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners Presents: Super Duper Love 108MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all.

Valentine’s Day is upon us once again, and though I have traditionally re-posted the 2012 Funky16Corners mix ‘Dance of Love’, I thought that the time was right this year to whip up a brand new love mix for you to share with your significant other.

Funky16Corners: Super Duper Love is just over an hour of groovy, uptempo soul and funk love songs (all on a positive tip, because who needs to hear about heartbreak when you’re celebrating.

I once again dedicate it to my lovely wife!

I hope you dig it, spin it for the one you love.

See you on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, January 18, 2017 11:46 am

Marching Music

Gladys Knight and the Pips – Just Walk In My Shoes (SOUL)
Jackie Verdell – Are You Ready For This (Decca)
Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)
Tina Britt – The Real Thing (Eastern)
Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)
Betty Everett – Getting Mighty Crowded (Veejay)
Royalettes – Out of Sight Out of Mind (MGM)
Theresa Lindsay – I’ll Bet You (Golden World)
Mary Wells – Can’t You See You’re Losing Me (Atco)
Marvelettes – I’ll Keep On Holding On (Tamla)
Apollas – Mr Creator (WB)
Bettye Lavette – I Feel Good All Over (Calla)
Bobbettes – Tighten Up Your Own Home (Mayhew)
Clydie King – ‘Bout Love (Lizard)
Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary)
Glories – Give Me My Freedom (Date)
Exciters – Blowing Up My Mind (RCA)
Helena Ferguson – My Terms (Compass)
Ikettes – Don’t Fee Sorry For Me (Modern)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Shirelles – Last Minute Miracle (Scepter)
Supremes – Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart (Motown)
Aretha Franklin – Save Me (Atlantic)
Marva Whitney – Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) (King)
Jean Wells – With My Love And What You Got (Calla)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners – Marching Music MP3

Greetings all.

What you see before you is my small contribution to the Women’s March on Washington, this Saturday, January 21 2017.

This historic assembly will be the first of what I’m sure will be a long list of actions confronting the incoming administration (and Congress and the Senate) for its horrifying policies.

This Saturday, hundreds of thousands of women (and men) will gather in Washington, DC, and in cities all over the country in ‘sister’ marches to send a message that the rights of women must be respected.

The mix you see before you – Marching Music – is an hour of some of the best, hard charging, uplifting and inspirational female soul records, engineered to provide an emotional boost to the people in the streets.

There are a few empowerment anthems, but by and large I assembled the mix with the uplifting quality of the music in mind. These are all records that are at the very least dance floor anthems (by some of the great female voices of the classic soul era) , engineered to lift the listener, and hopefully they can provide a boost for marchers as well.

If you’re going one of the marches, slap it onto your phone or iPod, or if you’re supporting in another way (like my lovely wife who has been knitting ‘pussy hats’ for marchers non-stop) put it on and do your thing wherever you are.

I think you’ll find that while they’re not all ‘message’ songs, they all pack a lot of power into their grooves.

I wanted to get it up here early, since people who will be traveling will get a chance to pull down the ones and zeros before they hit the road.

So get out there and fight the power!

And always and in all ways,

Keep the faith

Larry

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