{"id":242,"date":"2010-01-28T16:49:54","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T21:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=242"},"modified":"2010-02-09T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T02:40:10","slug":"the-daley-diggers-i-can-dig-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"The Daley Diggers – I Can Dig It"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>\"Example\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

MFSB, almost definitely including everyone on this record.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Example\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Daley Diggers – I Can Dig It <\/em><\/span>
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Greetings all. <\/strong>
\nI hope the end of the week finds you all well.
\nI\u2019m tired, bit what else is new? A long week of the normal family commitments, combined with a shitstack of interwebs labor (the blog switch-over and such) and a night in the city spinning records for the folks, I am just about ready to hibernate (if only I could\u2026).
\nSpeaking of the night at Forbidden City<\/strong>, it was a gas, with visits from some very groovy people (big ups to Per, Simon<\/strong> and Colin<\/strong>) and to my own increasing (however incremental<\/em>) tech savvy, which allowed me to record the live set, which I’ll be posting on Monday. I was going to drop the solid hour of Hammond organ burners today, but errands (and, shamefully, slumber<\/em>) did not allow enough time to do the write up, so Monday it is.
\nIn bloggy news, I shut down the Podcast and Guest Mic archives over at the old blog, redirecting folks to this site. You can still get all the old content, you just have to come here to get it.
\nI\u2019ve been a record collector for a long, long time. Over the years, I drift in and out of periodic fascinations with certain artists, genres and labels, and while I\u2019m not really a completist, every once in a blue moon I find myself wandering down a blind alley. Instead of turning around and backing away into the mainstream \u2013 which would be the logical thing to do \u2013 I find myself compelled to explore further.
\nOne such case is with the Philadelphia label Marmaduke Records.
\nOne of the very first funk 45s I ever dug up was a copy of \u2018Bo Did It\u2019 by the Hidden Cost<\/strong>, which \u2013 I must admit \u2013 I mistook for a garage\/psyche record (this was the mid-80s). The song title, in combination with the crazy record label \u2013 a cartoon Indian chief holding an artist’s palette, with an electrical cord reaching an outlet with the slogan \u2018We Turn You On\u2019 \u2013 suggested to me that I might have my hands on something interesting, which I did (just not what I thought).
\nI always thought it was a cool record, and years later, when I started concentrating on funk 45s, with a concentration in the sounds of Philadelphia, I discovered that Marmaduke Records was in fact the brainchild of Bernie Binnick<\/strong>, and Philly hitmaker Len Barry<\/strong>. Not only did they put out obscure funk 45s by the Hidden Cost, Norma and the Heartaches, the Impacts, Power Play*<\/strong> and others, but also created\/produced the Electric Indian<\/strong>. Though the Electric Indian LP was released on United Artists, the initial 45 release of their breakbeat classic \u2018Broad Street\u2019 was released on Marmaduke.
\nWhat all of these records had in common \u2013 including today\u2019s selection \u2018I Can Dig It\u2019 by \u2018The Daley Diggers<\/strong>\u2019 \u2013 was that the musicians involved were almost always pulled from the same pool that recorded on scores of Philadelphia records, and eventually became the core of the Philadelphia International Records house band, aka MFSB<\/strong>. Featuring Bobby Eli, Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Earl Young<\/strong> and Vince Montana<\/strong> (among others), this revolving musical cast of characters provided the backing for some of the finest soul and funk records of the 60s and 70s.
\nThey also recorded \u2013 pseudonymously \u2013 a bunch of cool 45s, one of which was today\u2019s selection. While the A-side was a vocalist named Larry Daley<\/strong> performing \u2018For the Good Times\u2019, the flip was the funky instrumental \u2018I Can Dig It\u2019, which lined up against any number of tracks in Funky16Corners Radio v.58 \u2013 Right On! Philly Funk 45 Instrumentals<\/strong><\/a>, is clearly the work of the same band.
\n\u2018I Can Dig It\u2019 has a solid, mid-tempo groove, featuring Vince Montana\u2019s vibes prominently and some in the pocket drums by Earl Young. I actually had a copy of this record for many years, that was the very definition of a record collectors \u201cplace holder\u201d, i.e. it was all but unplayable, but kept the rest of my Marmaduke 45s company in my Philly crate. It was only recently that I managed to score a clean copy at a bargain price, and here it is today.
\nI hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll be back on Monday with that new mix.<\/p>\n

Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>\"Example\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

*If anyone has a copy of the Race Street Chinatown Band 45, let me know…
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