Master Plan – Bennie and the Jets
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Master Plan
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Greetings all.
I thought, since it’s 2019 Marathon time over at WFMU, where my freeform radio thing ‘Testify!’ resides, a show that should be of interest to fans of both Funky16Corners and Iron Leg, that I might tie things together a bit.
Every years the DJs on WFMU programs put together a premium (usually in the form of a CD compilation) to entice listeners to donate to the station which is 100% listener-supported.
This year, my premium is ‘Souled Gold: Soul Artists Interpret 70s AM Gold’.
The comp is pretty self-explanatory, with some very groovy, soulful and funky covers of big AM radio hits.
The track I bring you today appears on the comp in question, and since it’s one of my faves therein, and hasn’t appeared in this space before, I thought I’d bring it to you today.
The Master Plan were a San Francisco Bay-area group that released a string of singles on a variety of labels between 1973 and 1988, including a handful on De-Lite.
Their version of Bennie and the Jets was released in 1975, and is – among the tracks on Souled Gold – particularly interesting.
Though it definitely sounds ‘of its time’ it also adds a jazz spin to Elton John’s tune, with an arrangement by David Van De Pitte, who had also worked with the Temptations, Edwin Starr and General Johnson among others.
As far as I can tell, despite its obvious charms, the Master Plan version of ‘Benny and the Jets’ was met with broadcast apathy, with the marked exception of one radio station in Oakland, California.’
If you dig the tune, and/or Funky16Corners, or WFMU (simply the greatest station in the nation) click on this link (or the logo above) and donate.
If you donate $75 or more you can grab yourselves a copy of ‘Souled Gold’ or any of the great 2019 DJ premiums.
So dig the sounds, dig into your wallets and groove.
See you next week
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Keep the faith
Larry
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