{"id":5200,"date":"2014-11-02T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T19:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5200"},"modified":"2014-11-03T10:15:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T15:15:59","slug":"funky16corners-10th-anniversary-pt1-soul-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5200","title":{"rendered":"Funky16Corners 10th Anniversary Pt1 – Soul Party!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bob and Earl \u2013 Harlem Shuffle (Cheyne)<\/strong>
\n Don Covay and the Goodtimers \u2013 Sookie Sookie (Atlantic)<\/strong>
\n The Shells \u2013 Whiplash (Conlo)<\/strong>
\n Scatman Crothers \u2013 Golly Zonk! It\u2019s Scatman! (HBR)<\/strong>
\n Rodge Martin \u2013 Lovin\u2019 Machine (Bragg)<\/strong>
\n Roger and the Gypsies \u2013 Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)<\/strong>
\n The Mighty Hannibal \u2013 Jerkin\u2019 the Dog (Shurfine)<\/strong>
\n Derek Martin \u2013 Daddy Rolling Stone (Crackerjack)<\/strong>
\n Chuck Berry \u2013 Club Nitty Gritty (Mercury)<\/strong>
\n Bobby Parker \u2013 Watch Your Step (V-Tone)<\/strong>
\n Chuck Edwards \u2013 Downtown Soulville (Punch)<\/strong>
\n Gene Waiters \u2013 Shake and Shingaling (Fairmount)<\/strong>
\n Etta James and Sugarpie DeSanto \u2013 In the Basement Pt1 (Cadet)<\/strong>
\n L\u2019il Bob and the Lollipops \u2013 I Got Loaded (La Louisianne)<\/strong>
\n Ray Charles \u2013 I Don\u2019t Need No Doctor (ABC\/Paramount)<\/strong>
\n Danny White \u2013 Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)<\/strong>
\n Johnny Jones and the King Casuals \u2013 Soul Poppin\u2019 (Brunswick)<\/strong>
\n Roy Lee Johnson \u2013 Boogaloo #3 (Josie)
\nThe Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)<\/strong>
\nDon Gardner – My Baby Likes to Boogaloo (Tru-Glo-Town)<\/strong>
\n Larry Williams and Johnny Watson \u2013 Two For the Price of One (Okeh)<\/strong>
\n Wilson Pickett \u2013 Land of 1000 Dances (Atlantic)<\/strong>
\n Wayne Cochran \u2013 Going Back to Miami (Mercury)<\/strong>
\nRex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers \u2013 I Gotta Go Now (Out On the Floor) (Like)<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOTE: Big thanks to Jeff Ash who noticed that I left two songs out of the set list right after Roy Lee Johnson!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Funky16Corners 10th Anniversary Pt1 – Soul Party<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

This week (11\/4 to be exact) marks the 10th anniversary of the Funky16Corners Blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah\u2026I can barely believe it myself.<\/em><\/p>\n

Back in 2004, when I first started posting here (which was a slightly different \u201chere\u201d than it is now, but that\u2019s not important) I had already been writing about music for nearly 20 years, first in a series of fanzines (my own and those of others), then from 2000 the Funky16Corners Web Zine<\/strong> (see the archive, above<\/a>).<\/p>\n

It was in 2004 that my wife and I welcomed our first son, and the long-term prep involved with the web zine wasn’t \u00a0looking sustainable, so I decided to switch over to the short form structure of the blog.<\/p>\n

I had the good fortune to make that switch around the time that the blogging \u2018wave\u2019 was starting to build, and while there were music blogs out there, there weren’t \u00a0many using the kind of format that Funky16Corners was.<\/p>\n

When I started, the idea was to continue \u2013 as much as possible \u2013 the historical slant of the web zine, in single (usually) record form. I settled into the three-post-a-week format fairly quickly, and that\u2019s the way it remained for a couple of years.<\/p>\n

Then, in the Spring of 2005, thanks to a reference on BoingBoing.net, the blog was hit with a sudden burst of traffic that sucked up a month\u2019s worth of bandwidth in a single day. It was at that point that I started paying for server space, and the following year, instituted the yearly Pledge Drive to assist with costs.<\/p>\n

It was in May of 2006 that I posted the first of what ended up being well over 100 themed mixes (Funky Philadelphia<\/strong> was the first), all of which (including a number of mixes prepared for other sites) are still downloadable in the archive.<\/p>\n

Things continued apace for a few more years until the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> started on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. Beginning in 2010 I started recording\/mixing the show as a podcast, and posting it here. There are now more than 200 episodes in the archive.<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, the Funky16Corners blog is still up and running at full steam. I suspect that barring unforeseen circumstances, it will go on, and on, as long as my passion for the music lives.<\/p>\n

It is important to stop here and to say thank you to all the people that have helped to make Funky16Corners a success.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, I need to thank my wife Jen<\/strong>, who has supported my efforts over the years. Ours is \u2013 like the home I grew up in \u2013 a musical house, and we all listen, sing along with and sometimes even play the sounds we love.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d also like to thank my friends who have shared their musical passions with me over the years, among them fellow bloggers\/writers, DJs, collectors and fans, with which I\u2019ve shared music, ideas and good times.<\/p>\n

The roots of Funky16Corners run deep, and I would be remiss if I didn\u2019t mention all of the fanzine writers\/makers that influenced me back in the 80s, especially Billy and Miriam<\/strong> at Kicks<\/strong> and Jim Testa<\/strong> at Jersey Beat<\/strong>, and from the interwebs days, the crew at Soulstrut<\/strong> and the guys who put together the late, lamented Rehash<\/strong> site, which was a big influence in the early days.<\/p>\n

Big ups as well to folks like Mr Luther<\/strong>, my man Haim<\/strong>, DJ Prestige, DJ Birdman, Tony C, Tarik Thornton, Agent 45, Kris Holmes, Jeff Ash<\/strong> at AM Then FM<\/strong><\/a>, Vincent the Soul Chef, Derek See, Heavysoulbrutha Dave B, Red Kelly, Dan<\/strong> at Home of the Groove<\/strong>, all of the Asbury Park 45 Sessions<\/strong> crew (Connie T Empress, Devil Dick, Prime Mundo, M-Fasis, Jack the Ripper, DJ Bluewater<\/strong>), Mr Finewine, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus<\/strong> and everybody else that has been kind enough to bring me in to spin my records over the years.<\/p>\n

I gave a lot of thought about how I wanted to mark this anniversary. I eventually decided that what I would do, was create a series of mixes in five categories (Ballads, Northern Soul, Soul Party, Organs<\/strong> and Funk<\/strong>), selecting an hour\u2019s worth of my very favorite records in each category.<\/p>\n

This was a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be, with the decisions about which records to include coming down to which discs really meant the most to me. As is the case in any genre, there are \u2018important\u2019 records, and there are rare records, and then there are just good records. These are not always the same ones, either.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of big Northern Soul (or funk) 45s that demand serious coin, but for any number of reasons just don\u2019t do it for me. By the same token, there are a grip of two-dollar records that I think are just brilliant. The driving force behind the Funky16Corners blog is my own need to figure out why the great ones are great, sharing the stories behind them and attempting to articulate what it is about these records that move me.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s anything in any of these playlists that strikes you as odd, or out of place, take the time to search the archives of the blog to find the original posts (though some of them haven\u2019t been written about yet) and you\u2019ll probably find the key there.
\nSome of these records have been wedged in my brain for decades, others are more recent discoveries, and there is no doubt in my mind that there are many still out there that I have yet to fall in love with.<\/p>\n

You can never know all the great music there is, and anyone that says that they do, is full of shit.<\/p>\n

The first mix this week (there will be a new one posted every day, Monday through Friday) is the Soul Party<\/strong> mix.<\/p>\n

Though I\u2019m sure there\u2019s someone out there trying to sell records using \u2018soul party\u2019 as a designator, I don\u2019t mean it to suggest a genre per se, but rather a mood\/atmosphere that these records bring. These are fun, exciting, energetic records with which to get down. Party starters, each and every one.<\/p>\n

The records in this mix are some of my very favorites, and I\u2019d go to the mat defending any one of them. They are all essential.<\/p>\n

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Also, I had some groovy anniversary bumper stickers made, and they’re free to anyone that sends a self-addressed #10 envelope. I’ll cover the postage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Send your sticker requests to:<\/strong>
\n Funky16Corners c\/o Grogan<\/strong>
\n 80 New Brunswick Ave<\/strong>
\n Brick, NJ 08724 USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So dig in, get your download on, and above all, enjoy.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be back tomorrow with some more goodness.<\/p>\n

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

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

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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived!<\/strong> The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock.<\/strong> They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US).<\/strong> Click here to go to the ordering page.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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