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By Larry, July 19, 2015 10:03 am

Herman ‘Hack’ Bartholomew

Listen/Download – hack Bartholomew – La La You MP3

Greetings all.

I hope the new week finds you well.

I thought we’d get things started this week with an absolutely certifiable banger.

The sounds of Hack Bartholomew first found their way into my ears some time back, via a Facebook post (I think) and I set out immediately in search of a copy for my own playbox.

This is one of those singles that not only ought to be better known, but should also be in the midst of a thick, juicy discography, instead of being a spectacular one-off, which it is.

What I have been able to find out about Hack Bartholomew is both very interesting, and only serves to make this 45 all the more mysterious.

His real name is Herman, and he was (and is) a trumpeter/vocalist from the mighty Crescent City of New Orleans.

As far as I can tell, this is not only the only record he ever made for CTI (more on that in a minute), but also the only record he ever made for a major label, PERIOD.

Bartholomew recorded ‘La La You’ and it’s flipside ‘Let Me Tell You What I Found’ sometime in 1969 or 1970 at Rudy Van Gelder’s legendary studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

How Bartholomew found his way to CTI in the first place is unkown, but I suspect it may have had something to do with his New Orleans homeboy Leo Morris, better known as drum master Idris Muhammad, who was recording in the New York area, for CTI and Prestige during the time period.

‘La La You’ is remarkable in many ways, but first and foremost because it’s an anomaly in the CTI bag, as it were. You all know I dig the smooth, urbane CTI sound, and ‘La La You’ is light years funkier, rougher and wilder than just about anything else I can think of on the label.

Was it a speculative one-off, meant to make inroads into the world of soul and R&B? As far as I can tell he never recorded more than the two sides on the 45 (there is a much rarer stock issue of the 45 with both tracks. The copy I have is the two-sided promo).

As it is, ‘La La You’ is an amazing record, combining heavy, churning, guitar-heavy funk with an homage to the Delfonics ‘La La Means I Love You’ (from the previous year) in the chorus. You also get some sassy female backing vocals, and a trumpet solo by Hack!

This is one of those funk 45s that – were it rarer, as is you can probably find one for 30 to 40 bucks – people would be killing each other to get their hands on a copy.

Batholomew apparently spent more than a decade in New York, before returning to New Orleans where he continues to play the trumpet outside the Café Du Monde (his playing has been featured on the soundtrack to the TV series ‘Treme’), as well as playing in church.

I hope you dig the 45, and if you have any information on who else might have played on the session, please let me know.

See you on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, July 16, 2015 1:20 pm

Willie Henderson

Listen/Download – Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions – Funky Chicken Pt1 MP3

Listen/Download – Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions – Funky Chicken Pt2 MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is here, and so I will remind you to tune into the Funky16Corners Radio Show, this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio. If you can’t be there at airtime, you can follow the show by subscribing to it as a podcast in iTunes, listening on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grabbing an MP3 here at the blog.

I thought we’d close out the week with something funky (and coincidentally, ‘chickeny’ as well).

Though I certainly knew of the ‘funky chicken’ dance as a kid, I don’t ever remember hearing Willie Henderson’s ‘Funky Chicken’, though, since I was 7, and not listening to black radio at the time (it barely made it into the Pop Hot 100) it was pretty easy for a white, suburban child to miss.

That said, thirty years hence, I grabbed myself a copy of the 45 and dug in with gusto.

If you area devotee of Chicago soul, the name Willie Henderson ought to be a familiar one. Starting in the late 60s, Henderson was a significant presence as a session musician (baritone sax), composer, arranger and producer, especially for Brunswick and Dakar.

He wrote for and produced a wide variety of Chicago-based artists, like Mamie Galore, Syl Johnson, the Chi-Lites, Artistics, Gene Chandler, Major Lance and many others.

Released as by Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions, ‘Funky Chicken Pts 1&2’ was an R&B Top 20 hit early in 1970. Packed with heavy drums, chiming guitars, and of course, chicken sound effects, the song (produced by the legendary Carl Davis) is a dance floor mover, with a very tasty drum breakdown in Part 2.

Though the LP might set you back a few bucks, you should be able to file a copy of this most excellent 45 in your play box for less than ten dollars.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, July 14, 2015 12:22 pm

Dorothy Morrison

Listen/Download – Dorothy Morrison – Ain’t That Peculiar MP3

Listen/Download – Dorothy Morrison – Higher and Higher MP3

Greetings all.

The name Dorothy Morrison ought to be familiar to longtime readers of the blog, as she has been featured here twice before, with her groovy cover of ‘Spirit In the Sky’ and her Loft classic ‘Rain’.

Morrison, who got her start in gospel, working with the California State Youth Choir and then the Edwin Hawkins Singers (that’s her on ‘Oh Happy Day’), eventually appearing in the 1969 film ‘Celebration at Big Sur’ (Dorothy Combs Morrison and the Combs Sisters, singing her first secular single ‘All Gods Children Got Soul’).

Morrison had a relatively brief career in the soul realm, running from 1969 to 1972 (with one last, rare 45 for the Brown Door label in 1975), but the records she did lay down are all excellent.

The record I bring you today is her 1972 version of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’ (with a cover of Jackie Wilson’s ‘Higher and Higher’ on the flip).

Morrison had a deep, sultry voice with a remarkable amount of control, and it is displayed to great effect on ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’.

The arrangement starts out smooth, but builds up a nice head of steam, especially when the percussion and flute come in midway through.

The flipside, ‘Higher and Higher’ gets off to a very heavy start, indeed, before settling into a nice groove, which is refreshing when you consider what Rita Coolidge did to the song a few years later.

Oddly, despite the high quality of her records, Morrison was met with almost complete commercial indifference (aside from ‘Rain’ becoming something of an underground dance classic).

After her Brown Door 45 (co-produced by labelmate and fellow Oakland-ite Marvin Holmes), Morrison returned to gospel.

I hope you dig the 45, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, July 12, 2015 2:29 pm

Kool and the Gang

Listen/Download – Kool and the Gang – Funky Stuff

Greetings all.

I hope the new week finds you all well, not overly warm, and righteously funky.

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Before we commence with the week’s festivities, I threw the names of all the donors to the Funky16Corners 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive into a hat (donors who gave more than once went into the hat as many times as they donated) and the following folks won the following things, courtesy of the fine folks at Secret Stash and one prize from Fantastic Voyage:

Linda Ferguson –  2 2LP sets of the Mar-V-Lus and One-Derful labels

David Beasley  – 2 2LP sets of the Mar-V-Lus and One-Derful labels

Robert Gorney –  2 Valdons reissue 45s 

Randy Sherman  – 2 Valdons reissue 45s

Tony Crampton –  3CD set Jump Blues Jamaica Way: Jamaican Sound System Classics 1945-1960

Thanks to all of you that took the time to donate! Everything will go into the mail this week!

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It is in that spirit that I relate to you a brief tale of father/son musical bonding, combined with just a touch of home team rooting.

Whilst out motoring some place or other, with the radio cranked to a suitable volume, who should pop up on the playlist but the mighty Kool and the Gang.

I took the opportunity to let my son know, that if he were ever asked to provide evidence of homegrown (New Jersey) musical greatness, he need go no further than Jersey City’s own, Kool and the Gang.

I have spoken in this space previously about how Kool and the Gang were the purveyors of some of the first funk I ever really dug (listening on the lunchroom record player back in the 5th grade in Milford Brook School, when I was the same age my son is now), with the big hits from 1973’s ‘Wild and Peaceful’, ‘Jungle Boogie’ and ‘Hollywood Swinging’ (which is what was playing on the car radio…).

Though they are best known to a younger audience for their smoother stuff (‘Joanna’) and the ne plus ultra of wedding staples ‘Celebration’, Kool and the Gang got their start as purveyors of straight up funk, with jazz on the side (good jazz, too).

They had their first R&B Top 40 hit in 1969 with the eponymous ‘Kool and the Gang’, but it would take six more stabs at the charts before they entered the R&B Top 10 with today’s selection, ‘Funky Stuff’ in 1973.

‘Funky Stuff’ is – like most of the best Kool ish – filled with blazing horns, thumping bass and drums (listen to the depth of the kick drum) and tasty guitar.

The record made it into the Pop Top 30, also a first for the group, which would blow the f*ck up with ‘Jungle Boogie’ in December of ’73, making it to Number 1 R&B and Number 4 Pop.

This is first-rate, hip-bumping party music, straight outta the Garden State.

So dig it, and I’ll see you all on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, July 9, 2015 11:55 am

Donny Hathaway

Listen/Download – Donny Hathaway – The Ghetto MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week os upon us, and so I will remind you once again that Friday nights at 9PM is Funky16Corners Radio Show time. You can listen on Viva Radio, or you can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grab an MP3 here at the blog.

What better way to wind your way into a sultry summer weekend than with a superior groove from the mighty Donny Hathaway.

Donny Hathaway, was for a long time, more of a name than a sound for me, i.e. I knew who he was, and I saw all the artists that namechecked him as an influence and a giant of soul, but all I ever really knew were is duets with Roberta Flack.

Then, right around the time I started digging into Richard Evans and the Soulful Strings, I started to notice Hathaway’s name in the credits of those albums (his ‘Valdez In the Country’ having become a favorite of mine), as songwriter and keyboardist, and with my curiosity piqued, I started picking up his albums where I could.

Donny Hathaway was the first black singer/songwriter that I “got”, eventually filing him with Bill Withers, and later on guys like Lou Bond. He was a prodigiously talented vocalist, songwriter and performer who – after his tragic death in 1979 – left us with a painfully brief discography.

His first solo album was 1970’s ‘Everything Is Everything’, which mixed his covers of tunes by Ray Charles, Nina Simone and Errol Garner, with his own originals (some in collaboration with Leroy Hutson). The sound of the album mixes straight ahead soul, gospel, and soul jazz (there’s definitely a Les McCann vibe), and Hathaway is joined by many of his Chess/Cadet sessioners like Phil Upchurch and Morris Jennings, as well as heavies like King Curtis (which whom Hathaway had recorded).

‘The Ghetto’, which sits in the middle of side two, is a slow, groovy number led by Hathaway’s voice and electric piano, with drums and Latin percussion keeping things moving. The vocals are (for the first half of the record) little more than a repeated chant of the title, with Donny coming in a little more in the second part.

An edit of the track grazed the R&B Top 20 in the beginning of 1970 (though it wasn’t his first hit, having been preceded by his 1969 duet with June Conquest (as June & Donnie) ‘I Thank You Baby’ which had almost made it into the R&B Top 40.

While it may not be the deepest thing he ever laid down, it’s a very nice groove indeed, and one that I’m sure will have you nodding your head.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

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Don’t forget the drawing for 2015 Allnighter Donors (open until the end of next week).

The good folks at Secret Stash Records have sent along some very groovy promos as incentives for you good folks to donate to the 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

We have two pairs of two 2-record sets comprised of rare and unreleased material from the legendary Chicago soul labels Mar-V-Lus and One-Derful Records!

At the end of next week I will randomly select two winners from the list of this year’s donors to receive these incredible prizes. All you need to do (unless you’ve already kicked in, in which case you’re already eligible) is click on the Paypal button and donate at least $5.00USD to be entered for a chance to win.

All the names will go into a hat and one of the little Corners will select the winners, who will be announced in this space on Monday, as well as notified via e-mail.

So get to clicking!

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Keep the faith

Larry

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

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, July 7, 2015 10:40 am

Little Bob and that mighty 45!

Listen/Download – Little Bob and the Lollipops – I Got Loaded MP3

Greetings all.

I had something else in the on-deck circle for today, but then this morning, what should pop up in my feed by word that Camille ‘Little’ Bob had passed away at the age of 78.

The record he made in 1965 with his band the Lollipops, ‘I Got Loaded’ is one of the all-time great party platters, and one of my personal favorites.

I originally wrote it up a decade ago in the early days of the Funky16Corners blog, so I thought that I’d repost that article, and the song again in tribute to the man.

So dig it.

– Larry

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Originally posted 7/25/05

“I like to sing in the car.

There…I said it. Some people sing in the shower. I sing in the car.

When I’m driving to or from work (usually the only time I’m alone in the car), and a great song comes on, I’ll start singing at the top of my lungs, drumming on the steering wheel and generally making a fool of myself.

I can’t vouch for how this looks from other cars, but I’d guess it falls somewhere between amusing and disturbing (I guess depending on how you process the image of a great big guy covered in tattoos who looks like he’s yelling at no one in particular…).

Not every song will send me into such a state. One song that does (every time) is ‘I Got Loaded’ by L’il Bob and the Lollipops.

In the service of complete disclosure, I should mention that prior to a few years ago, I had no idea that ‘I Got Loaded’ wasn’t a Los Lobos song (the version I first became familiar with was when they covered it back in 1984). ‘I Got Loaded’ appeared on their LP ‘How Will the Wolf Survive’ and got a fair amount of college radio play at the time. I always liked their recording of the tune, but as I said, had no idea it wasn’t an original.

So a few years ago, my buddy Keith sent me a CD called ‘New Orleans Party Classics’, a Rhino comp of old school Mardi Gras hits including cuts by the Hawketts, Al Johnson, Oliver Morgan and others. I popped the disc into the CD player and about halfway through my ears perked up. “HEYYY!”, I thought, “I know this song!”. The tune in question was ‘I Got Loaded’, but the artist was new to me. I popped open the booklet and there was all I needed to know (at least for the moment), about L’il Bob and the Lollipops.

I was surprised a second time when I checked the writing credits for the song and discovered that “L’il Bob” was also known as Camille Bob, a name I knew from the very funky 1972 cut ‘Brother Brown’ (Bob recorded funk 45s for the Soul Unlimited and Master Trak labels). It wasn’t too long before I tracked down a copy of the original 45 on the La Louisianne label (a label that still exists to this day).

Camille Bob formed the Lollipops in the mid-50’s, recording for the Goldband (see Count Rockin’ Sidney), Jin and LaLouisianne labels.

By the mid-60’s (“I Got Loaded” came out in 1965) they were performing live every Saturday on the Lafayette, LA TV station KLFY’s “Saturday Hop”. They were equally adept at swamp pop, R&B and soul, and ‘I Got Loaded’ while still a Louisiana fave, is also popular with the Beach Music crowd. They recorded an LP for La Louisianne, a second LP for Jin a few years later and are still playing today (based out of Houston, TX).

“I Got Loaded’ opens with a great guitar riff and is followed quickly by L’il Bob’s high tenor vocals and the horn section. They lyrics are as straight-forward as you’d imagine with a title like ‘I Got Loaded’. Unlike many similar tunes, this not a cautionary tale but rather an endorsement of the intoxicating pleasures of gin, whiskey and wine (variety of course, being the spice of life…).

‘I Got Loaded’ has a swinging, dance friendly tempo and is a perfect mix of swamp pop, R&B and soul (all of which the Lollipops played with equal relish).

In addition to the Los Lobos version, ‘I Got Loaded’ has been covered by Robert Cray, Van Broussard, the Boogie Kings and Elvis Costello, as well as appearing on the soundtrack to ‘Bull Durham’ (I have also seen a number of references that suggest that that L’il Bob and the Lollipops are covering Texas bluesman Peppermint Harris’s tune of the same name, but having heard his recording I can say that aside from the same title the songs have virtually nothing in common).

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Friday.”

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Don’t forget the drawing for 2015 Allnighter Donors (open until the end of next week).

The good folks at Secret Stash Records have sent along some very groovy promos as incentives for you good folks to donate to the 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

We have two pairs of two 2-record sets comprised of rare and unreleased material from the legendary Chicago soul labels Mar-V-Lus and One-Derful Records!

At the end of next week I will randomly select two winners from the list of this year’s donors to receive these incredible prizes. All you need to do (unless you’ve already kicked in, in which case you’re already eligible) is click on the Paypal button and donate at least $5.00USD to be entered for a chance to win.

All the names will go into a hat and one of the little Corners will select the winners, who will be announced in this space as well as notified via e-mail.

So get to clicking!

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Keep the faith

Larry

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

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, July 5, 2015 3:44 pm

George emerges from the Mothership!

Listen/Download – Parliament – Mothership Connection (Starchild) MP3

Greetings all.

Well alright!

Welcome to another groovy week here at the corners.

Last week the wife and I were watching the JB bio ‘Get On Up’ and I was rambling on about how I didn’t dig the way they portrayed Maceo, and then (not sure if she was still listening) about how Maceo and Fred Wesley were important not only to the JB story but also for their work with George Clinton and Parliament.

I have been a P-Funk fan for a long time, really digging in (and having my eyes opened) back in 1993 when Polydor released the comp ‘Tear the Roof Off 1974-1980’.

Though I was familiar with the hits, I don’t think I had ever really understood the broader style of the group, especially the long, loose jams, and the jazz flavor brought in with the horn arrangements.

One of the best examples of this blend is ‘Mothership Connection (Starchild)’ from the 1975 LP ‘Mothership Connection’.

‘Mothership Connection (Starchild)’ is a perfect example of the Parliament vibe in which all things are simultaneously right, tight and outasight, but also suitably loose.

The tightness has everything to do with the funky groove and the jazzy horns (which sound like they were airlifted from a Steely Dan album*), and the looseness with the vocals/rap (in the old-school sense) which seem to float effortlessly around the rest of the record.

Maceo, Fred and the Horny Horns

The horns, as referenced earlier, incude both Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker, alongside the Brecker Brothers (the latter being frequent flyers with Steely Dan).

This is USDA Prime head music, with just enough bump to get you up off the couch and put some pep in your step.

It never fails to amaze me how music this good failed to cross over to a pop audience. There are certainly enough familiar elements – even for prog rock fans – and the vibe is fun (often funny), and the ParliaFunkadelicament Thang were flashier and groovier than KISS, but it was even then a segregated market.

That said, you have all the time in the world to dip into the works of Mister Clinton and his many talented friends, so do it.

I’ll see you all on Wednesday.

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Don’t forget the drawing for 2015 Allnighter Donors (open until the end of next week).

The good folks at Secret Stash Records have sent along some very groovy promos as incentives for you good folks to donate to the 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

We have two pairs of two 2-record sets comprised of rare and unreleased material from the legendary Chicago soul labels Mar-V-Lus and One-Derful Records!

At the end of next week I will randomly select two winners from the list of this year’s donors to receive these incredible prizes. All you need to do (unless you’ve already kicked in, in which case you’re already eligible) is click on the Paypal button and donate at least $5.00USD to be entered for a chance to win.

All the names will go into a hat and one of the little Corners will select the winners, who will be announced in this space as well as notified via e-mail.

So get to clicking!

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Keep the faith

Larry

*The horn chart on ‘Mothership Connection’ predate the similar-sounding ‘Black Cow’ by more than a year

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

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, July 2, 2015 11:10 am

Jackie and the Count!

Listen/Download – Jackie Wilson & Count Basie – Uptight (Everything’s Alright) MP3

Greetings all.

The 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive has finally finished, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who took the time to stop by and donate, and especially to the DJs who dug into their crates and provided mixes.

This is always a favorite time of year, not only because I get to dig (right along with you) all the new sounds, but because of the good folks that show their love for Funky16Corners.

So thanks again, and let’s get going on the new year!

Don’t forget the drawing for 2015 Allnighter Donors (open until the end of next week).

The good folks at Secret Stash Records have sent along some very groovy promos as incentives for you good folks to donate to the 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

We have two pairs of two 2-record sets comprised of rare and unreleased material from the legendary Chicago soul labels Mar-V-Lus and One-Derful Records!

At the end of next week I will randomly select two winners from the list of this year’s donors to receive these incredible prizes. All you need to do (unless you’ve already kicked in, in which case you’re already eligible) is click on the Paypal button and donate at least $5.00USD to be entered for a chance to win.

All the names will go into a hat and one of the little Corners will select the winners, who will be announced in this space as well as notified via e-mail.

So get to clicking!

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I thought it would be cool to close out the week with something extra groovy.

Jackie Wilson was one of the true giants of the classic soul era, and was all over the charts for more than a decade.

During his long, fruitful run at Brunswick Records, he recorded a pair of 45s backed by none other than the mighty Count Basie.

Like most other big band jazzers, the Count found himself struggling for relevance in the pop market of the ate 60s, and as a result was recording a wide variety of pop material in a number of different settings.

During 1967 and 1968, Basie and his band recorded an LP (‘Basie’s In the Bag’) and a few 45s under their own name, and another LP (‘Manufacturers of Soul’) and 2 45s alongside Wilson.

The album with Wilson was composed entirely of contemporary soul/R&B covers, including today’s selection, a version of Stevie Wonder’s 1965 hit ‘Uptight (Everything’s Alright)’.

The arrangement (by jazz vet Benny Carter) is brassy and hard-hitting, keeping the big-band-isms to a minimum and letting Jackie do his thing. There’s plenty of punch for the dance floor, and Jackie is in fine form.

This record had some minor chart action in Philadelphia, with the pairing’s take on ‘For Your Precious Love’ making it into the Top 40 in a number of markets.

It is very cool, indeed, and I hope you dig it.

Have a great weekend.

Keep the faith

Larry

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

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, June 29, 2015 11:18 am

Funky16Corners Presents Soul Party Vol 2 – Right Track
Jones and Blumenberg – The Right Track (Volt)
Fontella Bass – Recovery (Checker)
Frankie Valli – You’re Gonna Hurt Yourself (Smash)
Grover Mitchell with St John and the Cardinals – Take Your Time and Love Me (Josie)
Edwin Starr – I Have Faith In You Baby (Ric-Tic)
Spyder Turner – Can’t Make It Anymore (MGM)
Otis Leavill – Boomerang (Blue Rock)
Charlie McCoy and the Escorts – Screamin’ Shoutin’ Beggin’ Pleadin’ (Monument)
Incredibles – I Can’t Get Over Losing Your Love (Audio Arts)
Mirettes – He’s Alright With Me (Mirwood)
The Intruders – You Better Check Yourself (Gamble)
Dee Dee Warwick – Monday Monday (Mercury)
Corvairs – Ain’t No Sole In These Old Shoes (Columbia)
Bobby Paris – Per-Son-Nal-Ly (Tetragrammaton)
Danny Wagner – I Lost a True Love (Imperial)
Walter Scott and the Kapers – Brand New Girl (Ivanhoe)
RB Hudmon – Yo Yo (A&M)
Duke Browner – Crying Over You (Impact)

Listen/Download Funky16Corners – Soul Party Vol2 – Right Track

Greetings all!

Today I bring the final mix in the 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

Funky16Corners Presents: Soul Party Vol2 is the second have of a Northern Soul extravaganza, filled from end to end with floor-filling stompers!

I hope you all have dug this years set of mixes, and I’d like to send out a sincere ‘Thanks!’ to all the DJs that contributed mixes, and to all the readers/listeners who took the time to donate to help keep Funky16Corners up and running.

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And now for some Big News!

The good folks at Secret Stash Records have sent along some very groovy promos as incentives for you good folks to donate to the 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

We have two pairs of two 2-record sets comprised of rare and unreleased material from the legendary Chicago soul labels Mar-V-Lus and One-Derful Records!

At the end of next week I will randomly select two winners from the list of this year’s donors to receive these incredible prizes. All you need to do (unless you’ve already kicked in, in which case you’re already eligible) is click on the Paypal button and donate at least $5.00USD to be entered for a chance to win.

All the names will go into a hat and one of the little Corners will select the winners, who will be announced in this space as well as notified via e-mail.

So get to clicking!

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Normal blogging will resume later this week.

Everyone that donates will get the 2015 premiums, including the new badge and a bumper sticker!

See you on Monday.

Keep the Faith

– Larry

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, June 28, 2015 12:08 pm

Soultaker73 – Time To Take Your Medicine

1. Your Love Keeps Liftin’ Me Higher – Willie Hutch – RCA
2. You Made Me Love You – Vic Pitts & The Cheaters – Secret Stash
3. Hang Ups We Don’t Need(Hungry We Got To Feed) – Bobby Byrd – King
4. Fight Fire, With Fire – Delia Gartrell – Right-On Records
5. You’re Wasting My Time – Billy Garner – New Day
6. It’s All Over But The Shouting – Ann Sexton – Seventy Seven Records
7. Baby Don’t Cry – The Third Guitar – Rojac
8. Shackin’ Up – Johnnie Taylor – Stax
9. Brothers On The Slide – Cymande – Janus
10. What Am I Going To Do – Barbara Mason – Buddah Records
11. Clean Up Man – Jimmy “Bo” Horne – Alston
12. What Is That You Got – Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces – Soul 7
13. I Don’t Want To Lose You – Carolyn Franklin – RCA
14. Ruby Dean – Mighty Joe Hicks – Enterprise
15. When She Made Me Promise – Funky Nassau – Alston
16. Only One Can Win – The Sylvers – Pride/MGM
17. Wishes And Dishes – The Sweet Inspirations – Stax

Listen/Download Soultaker73 – Time To Take Your Medicine

Greetings all!

Today’s set, the last guest mix of the 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive comes to us courtesy of my fellow Central-Jerseyan, Soultaker73.

I first met Soultaker73 back in the day when he used to fall by the Asbury Park 45 Sessions, and we have been bumping into each other while digging for records ever since.

He has excellent taste in music, which is illustrated in the mix you see before you, which is packed with heat.

So dig it, and make sure to come by tomorrow for my second contribution to the series, and the last mix of this year’s festivities (and click on that Paypal button, too!).

Coming on tomorrow: Funky16Corners Pt2!

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And now for some Big News!

The good folks at Secret Stash Records have sent along some very groovy promos as incentives for you good folks to donate to the 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

We have two pairs of two 2-record sets comprised of rare and unreleased material from the legendary Chicago soul labels Mar-V-Lus and One-Derful Records!

At the end of next week I will randomly select two winners from the list of this year’s donors to receive these incredible prizes. All you need to do (unless you’ve already kicked in, in which case you’re already eligible) is click on the Paypal button and donate at least $5.00USD to be entered for a chance to win.

All the names will go into a hat and one of the little Corners will select the winners, who will be announced in this space as well as notified via e-mail.

So get to clicking!

___________________________________________________

Everyone that donates will get the 2015 premiums, including the new badge and a bumper sticker!

See you tomorrow.

Keep the Faith

– Larry

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, June 25, 2015 12:30 pm

Pops & Crackles!
A Mix By: HeavySoulBrutha

“Now, if you experience a few Pops & Crackles, do not adjust your set cause those are supposed to be there. It’s all part of THE VINYL EXPERIENCE!”

All sounds at 45rpm!

01. Get In The Groove – The Mighty Hannibal
02. Show And Tell – Al Wilson
03. What’s Good For You (Don’t Have To Be Good To You) – Harvey Scales
04. If It Ain’t Funky – The Soul Searchers
05. Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin
06. Groovy Situation – Gene Chandler
07. Just A Little Lovin’ (Early In The Morning) – Dusty Springfield
08. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get – The Dramatics
09. Do Your Thing – Isaac Hayes
10. Frisky – Sly And The Family Stone
11. Do It, Fluid – Blackbyrds
12. So Sharp – Dyke And The Blazers
13. Blues For Hippies – Otis Spann
14. I Forgot To Be Your Lover – William Bell
15. Take A Letter Maria – R.B. Greaves
16. I’ll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) – Luther Ingram
17. Funky To The Bone – Freddie/Henchi And The Soul Setters

Listen/Download HeavySoulBrutha – Pops & Crackles!

Greetings all!

Today’s mix comes to us from my man Heavy Soul Brutha Dave B!

Heavy Soul Brutha, proprietor of Heavy Soul Brutha’s Put the Needle On the Record, is a very groovy cat, indeed, like the rest of the 2015 selectors, possessed of deep crates and outstanding taste.

‘Pops & Crackles’ mixes a variety of dependable classics with some rarities for a perfect, soulful blend.

So, dig the sounds, make sure to click on the Paypal button, and stay tuned for more!

Coming on Monday: Soultaker73

Everyone that donates will get the 2015 premiums, including the new badge and a bumper sticker!

See you on Monday.

Keep the Faith

– Larry

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

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By Larry, June 24, 2015 11:19 am

DJ RP of Funkdefy – Pre-Funked

Let Me Touch Your Mind – Ike & Tina – UA
Excerpt from “Mudhoney” – Russ Meyer’s Original Motion Picture Soundracks – QDK
Cohelo/Get It All – Mandrill – Polydor
Love – Buddy Miles Express – Columbia
Hap’Nin’ – Bernard Purdie – Lialeh Soundtrack – Bryan
I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes – The Deidre Wilson Tabac – Stone
Alligator Boogaloo – Sandy Nelson – Imperial
Funky Broadway – Diana Ross Join the Temptations & The Supremes – Tamala
Magic Mountain – WAR Featuring Eric Burdon – ABC
You’ve Got My Soul On Fire – Temptations – Gordy
Scorpio – Kashmere Stage Band – Now Again
Sunny – The Electric Flag – Columbia
Life’s One Act Play – Savoy Brown – Parrot
Maggot Brain (Exerpt) – Funkadelic – Westbound

Listen/Download DJ RP of Funkdefy – Pre-Funked

Greetings all!

Today’s mix comes to us from my man DJ RP of Funkdefy, Ohio.

First, a few word from the DJ:
“I have been doing Funkdefy in Columbus, Ohio for 10 years now. It has always been a lot of fun, regardless if it’s a handful of people hanging out or a packed dance floor. Over the years I’ve had the incredible honor of hosting several special guest DJs and touring bands, and I’ve been blown away every month by a crew of devoted DJs and vinyl collectors who all have brought in something unique and incredible that have always made Funkdefy what it is. When you have been doing it this long though, it’s easy to find yourself falling into a groove with the same hot tunes and 45s you find as your personal favorite. It’s easy to forget what you started with. What was that bridge, that transitional time, which got you to where you are now? I didn’t really think about it until recently. So I dusted off the LPs that have been neglected for too long and came up with a track list that brought me to the door of Funk-N-Soul. These were some of the earliest tracks I dropped when I first started spinning on a DJ set. They may not be the hottest, or rarest, or funkiest, but it was my starting point. This was my gateway. This is when I was Pre-Funked. “

So, dig the sounds, make sure to click on the Paypal button, and stay tuned for more!

Tomorrow: Heavy Soul Brutha!

Everyone that donates will get the 2015 premiums, including the new badge and a bumper sticker!

See you on Monday.

Keep the Faith

– Larry

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).

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.