{"id":3341,"date":"2012-11-08T14:22:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T19:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2012-11-08T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T19:22:58","slug":"funky16corners-presents-out-on-the-floor-funky16corners-8th-anniversary-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3341","title":{"rendered":"Funky16Corners Presents: Out On the Floor – Funky16Corners 8th Anniversary Mix!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ted Taylor \u2013 Love Is Like a Ramblin\u2019 Rose (Okeh)
\nStereos \u2013 I Feel Soul a Comin\u2019 (Cadet)
\nBenny Gordon and the Soul Brothers \u2013 I Can\u2019t Turn You Loose (RCA)
\nChoker Campbell and his 16 Piece Band \u2013 Wild One (Motown)
\nJoe Jeffrey Group \u2013 My Pledge of Love (Wand)
\nThe Contours \u2013 First I Look at the Purse (Gordy)
\nDerek Martin \u2013 Sly Girl (Tuba)
\nExciters \u2013 Blowing Up My Mind (RCA)
\nFerris Wheel \u2013 Number One Guy (Philips)
\nCarl Carlton \u2013 Hold On To What You Got (Big Beat)
\nElla Fitzgerald \u2013 Get Ready (Reprise)
\nHigh Keys \u2013 Living a Lie (Verve)
\nDobie Gray \u2013 Out On the Floor (Charger)
\nRonnie Dyson \u2013 Fever (Columbia)
\nShirelles \u2013 No Doubt About It (Scepter)
\nThe Tams \u2013 Trouble Maker (ABC)
\nGarnet Mimms \u2013 Prove It To Me (UA)
\nMarvelle and the Blue Mats \u2013 Mellow Man (Dynamic Sound)
\nBilly Butler \u2013 Boston Monkey (Okeh)
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Listen\/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Out On the Floor – 86MB Mixed Mp3\/256K<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope all is well on your end.<\/p>\n

It’s the end of the week again, so that means it’s Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> time, this (and every) Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. You can also come by this very spot on the weekend and pick yourself up an MP3 version of the show, or more than 100 previous episodes in the archive.
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I come to you this day a happy\/relieved man.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The election is finally over, and by and large the results were ones that I would consider not only positive but encouraging.<\/p>\n

I realize that not everyone agrees with that assessment, but I have also come to see that having stated my peace, there\u2019s not much I can do about that.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m certainly not going to worry about it either.<\/p>\n

There are those on the fringes that start with the violent rhetoric, but my suspicion is that they have neither the courage nor the wherewithal to follow through on their angry, anonymous threats.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of the population will either get back to work in furtherance of their agenda, or will likely ignore the political scene until whipped once again into a fever pitch for the mid-terms.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to savor this all a little bit, and then go back to staying informed, a little less on edge that I have been for the past few months.<\/p>\n

The other good news is, that this week marks the eighth anniversary of the founding of the Funky16Corners blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was back in early November of 2004 that I made the leap from the Funky16Corners web zine (est. 2000) and decided to continue whipping the sounds and words on you all in a slightly more economical form.<\/p>\n

There have been redirections (Blogger to WordPress to self-hosted WordPress) and a few minor policy changes (the unfortunate removal of the zip files) but there have also been improvements as well (like the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> and its archive).<\/p>\n

Either way, the flow of music and history continues in force, and my passion for both remains as strong as ever.<\/p>\n

My thanks goes out to all of you that have participated in the conversation along the way (readers and fellow bloggers), some of whom have become friends.<\/p>\n

With any luck, we\u2019ll all be celebrating these anniversaries for years to come.<\/p>\n

The slogan of the Funky16Corners blog – borrowed from the Northern Soul movement in the UK – is ‘Keep the Faith’<\/strong>. These are words to live by, not only as a dedicated soul fan, but as someone with an eye on improving the world, in any way possible.<\/p>\n

I “keep the faith” here by preaching and spreading the gospel of good music, not only to help keep it alive, but to remind as many people as possible of the importance of its transformative nature.<\/p>\n

2012 has been an especially trying time in our house on a very deep, very frightening level.<\/p>\n

The other day my son asked me what was most important to me in the world and I answered that family was number one, but music was next.<\/p>\n

All great music is “soul” music in the broad sense because that’s where it hits you. It gets deep inside your brain and has the power to move your emotions (in many directions) and often enough, move your physical body, whether simply nodding your head, tapping your feet or lifting you out of your seat to dance.<\/p>\n

If there is a guiding force behind Funky16Corners – the blog, or when I’m lucky enough to get out and spin records – that is it.<\/p>\n

And that it shall stay.<\/p>\n

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What you see before you is a new mix (previewed on Mixcloud a while back) composed of 45 solid minutes of dancers, most in the Northern Soul style.<\/p>\n

There are lots of groovy 45s, a couple of unjustly ignored b-sides and an album track here and there.<\/p>\n

A couple of these tracks have seen the light of day in this space individually, and a couple more may do so in the future.<\/p>\n

Either way, they all ought to make you get up out of your seat and outon the floor (thanks Dobie!).<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the soul, and I\u2019ll see you on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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<\/strong>\"Example\"<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
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\nAlso, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).
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If you want one of the new Funky16Corners stickers (free, of course) click here for info.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Check out the Funky16Corners Store at Cafe Press<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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