{"id":4823,"date":"2014-07-08T13:19:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T18:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4823"},"modified":"2014-07-08T13:19:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T18:19:53","slug":"the-olympics-mine-exclusively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4823","title":{"rendered":"The Olympics – Mine Exclusively"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download The Olympics – Mine Exclusively<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

The mid-week doldrums were creeping up on me, so I felt the need for some hard-charging Northern Soul.<\/p>\n

The mighty Olympics<\/strong> were one of those lucky groups to straddle the eras of 50s R&B and 60s soul.<\/p>\n

They had their first string of hits from 1958 to 1960 with tunes like \u2018Western Movies\u2019, \u2018Big Boy Pete\u2019 and \u2018Baby (Hully Gully)\u2019, all working a Coasters<\/strong>-type groove.<\/p>\n

They continued to record for labels like Tri-Disc and Loma (where they waxed the original version of \u2018Good Lovin\u2019 in 1965) eventually landing at the storied LA soul label Mirwood.<\/p>\n

It was with Mirwood that they would place two records in the R&B Top 30 in 1966, one of which is he record you see before you today, \u2018Mine Exclusively\u2019.<\/p>\n

Co-written by Bob Relf<\/strong> and Sherlie Matthews<\/strong>, \u2018Mine Exclusively\u2019 is one of the finest soul dancers to come out of Los Angeles in the 60s.<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, I first encountered the song in a long-lost 1988 film called \u2018The In Crowd\u2019.<\/p>\n

The story of Philadelphia teens from opposite sides of the tracks meeting on a dance party show (with a host that bore an uncanny resemblance to Jerry \u2018The Geator\u2019 Blavat<\/strong>*).<\/p>\n

The flick has lots of high energy dance scenes, and a surprisingly good soundtrack, featuring the Olympics, Tina Britt, the Marvelows, Five Du-Tones, Dobie Gray<\/strong> (of course), Wilson Pickett<\/strong> and more.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lot of fun, but doesn\u2019t turn up much these days. It was never released on DVD and doesn\u2019t make it onto TV too often.<\/p>\n

That said, \u2018Mine Exclusively\u2019 opens with a powerful drum\/handclaps combo and never lets up until the needle hits the run out groove. It\u2019s a fine example of the kind of top notch records that Fred Smith<\/strong> and James Carmichael<\/strong> were making for Mirwood at the time.<\/p>\n

I pick up Mirwood 45s wherever I find them, but if you\u2019re not a wax-hound, you can grab the two excellent volumes of the The Mirwood Soul Story<\/a>\"\"\u00a0on CD or on iTunes. You will not be disappointed.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the sounds, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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*A resemblance so close that it was rumored to have resulted in legal action….<\/strong><\/p>\n

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