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Show 97 ~ Tomorrow (Sept 1st)

So, it’s the end of August – is it going to be the end of the summer here in the UK?

Will we manage to get back outside to record a show again this year?

We have no idea, but we can tell you who is on this weeks show which goes to air tomorrow, Thursday 1st September between 4pm and 6pm UK time, on Jazz Funk Soul Radio a.k.a. JFSR CLICK HERE

Here’s this weeks artists …
Linx, Lakeside, The Fatback Band, Space, James Wells, Cissy Houston, Joyce Sims, Cashflow, Cameo, Archie Bell & the Drells, Bohannon, Dennis Coffey, Dee Dee Sharp, Aquanote, Down To The Bone, Roberta Flack, Gino Soccio, Prince, Evelyn Champagne King, George Benson, Lionel Richie, Dimitri from Paris, MFSB, and Young & Company.

We’ll be in the JFSR chat-room – follow the links on the home page to find us and come and say hello.

Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, Positive Force, and Kariya – the final 3 as picked by Paul

Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock ~ It Takes Two ~ 1988

Last week I played Get On The dancefloor – here’s their first hit from ealier in the same year 1988. It made 36 on the Hot 100, 3 on the US Dance and 17 over here. Based on a sample from Lyn Collins 1972 hit Think and the intro is spoken over a sample of “Space Dust” by The Galactic Force Band (1978).

Positive Force ~ We Got The Funk ~ Sugar Hill Records ~ 1979

Written by band leaders Albert Williams and Brenda Reynolds with Nate Edmonds – a UK number 18 at the end of 1979

Kariya ~ Let Me Love You For Tonight ~ Sleeping Bag ~ 1988

released on Sleeping Bag Records, written by Jay Ferrer. This actually came out on the UK in 1989 and was a huge record for me for over a year. It charted here in the Summer and peaked at 44 in July, but it hung around the charts for months and peaked again in October at 57. It’s effect was almost hypnotic, as soon as clubbers heard the opening bars they were drawn to the floor!

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La Flavour, Santa Esmeralda, and Vicki Sue Robinson, mixed by Steve

La Flavour ~ Mandolay ~ Sweet City US ~ 1979

Especially for Bernie Lopez, founder and owner of discomusic.com, the premier website in the world for anything and everything disco, comes this big disco hit from a band that started out in 1967 and still performs with some of the original members, to this day. #7 BB Hot 100.

Santa Esmeralda ~ Another Cha Cha ~ Casablanca US ~ 1979

I know many of you may be saying, who? To put the record straight, this band actually held the record for the most album sales (of a dance album) with 15 million sold worldwide of their second LP ‘Santa Esmeralda featuring Leroy Gomez’. By the time this, title track from their fourth album was released, Gomez had left the band and they were much less in favour, but I just love the energy of it.

Vicki Sue Robinson ~ Turn The Beat Around ~ RCA ~ 1976

I hope this gives you an idea of how I like to mix tracks. For me, percussion had always been an important part of great dance records, so when I first heard this track with the lines “Turn the beat around, Love to hear percussion, Turn it upside down” and all the percussion breaks it contained, how could I not fall in love with it? What a classic and yet it never made the UK charts! #1 Disco US.

Back In The Day ~ April 2010 ~ Show 26 ~ Morpher Radio

Back to April 2010 and Show 26 on Morpher Radio

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Here’s what’s happening this time …

James Brown ~ Sex Machine ~ 1970
Average White Band ~ Pick Up The Pieces ~ 1974
Stevie Wonder ~ I Wish ~ 1976
Change ~ Glow Of Love ~ 1980
Janet Jackson ~ All For You ~ 2001
Ramsey Lewis ~ Sun Goddess ~ 1974
Tania Maria ~ Come With Me ~ 1982
Toto ~ Georgey Porgy ~ 1978
Ronnie Jordan ~ So What ~ 1992
Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe ~ The Masterplan ~ 1990 (Rhythm Rhyme Revolution mix?)
Booker T & The M.G.’s ~ Melting Pot ~ 1971
Renzo Fraiese ~ 12 Engle Street ~ 1977?
The Salsoul Orchestra ft Loletta ~ Run Away
The Glenn Adams Affair ~ Just A Groove ~ 1980
The James Walsh Gypsy Band ~ Cuz It’s You Girl ~ 1978
The Jackson 5 ~ I Want You Back ~ 197? / 2009 (Dimitri From Paris mix 2009)
Lavias ~ Do You Wanna Dance ~ 1983
T Ski Valley ~ Catch The Beat ~ (Dimi’s & Mousse T’s Old School Mix 2006)
Metropolis ~ The Greatest Show On Earth ~ 1978
Lamont Dozier ~ Boogie Business ~ 1977
Doug Willis ~ Get Your Own ~ 2003
Raul Orellana ~ Real Wild House ~ 1990
Cesaria Evora ~ Sangue De Belrona ~ 1997
DJ Cam ~ Summer In Paris ~ 2003
Mario Biondi ~ This Is What You Are ~ 2007
Julia & Co ~ Breakin’ Down (Sugar Samba) ~ 1984

Cheers

Paul & Steve
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Phyllis Hyman, Sade, and George Benson, picked by Paul

Phyllis Hyman ~ What You Won’t Do For Love ~ Capitol / PIR ~ 1986

From her 1986 album Living All Alone. and her cover of Bobby Caldwell’s gorgeous 1978 classic What You Won’t Do For Love Written by Bobby Caldwell with Alfons Kettner

Sade ~ No Ordinary Love ~ Epic ~ 1992

As featured in the 1993 film Indecent Proposal, (Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore and Robert Redford) nigerian born Sade Adu co wrote with her Sax player Stuart Matthewman – won her the 1994 Grammy for best R&B performance by a group
14 UK and 28 Hot 100

George Benson ~ Breezin ~ Warner Brothers ~ 1976
Written by Bobby Womack the title track of George Bensons 1976 triple platinum album.

Here’s George on the Old Grey Whistle Test!

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Incognito, Cesaria Evora, and Vincent Montana Jnr. & The Philly Sound Orchestra, spun by Steve

Incognito ~ Nights Over Egypt ~ Talkin’ Loud ~ 1999

From a band that seems to just keep getting better and better comes this remake of the Jones Girls classic, but in what was then the happening style of the time. If only I’d known about this type of classy House/Garage music at the time, I’d have a lot more of it in my collection.

Cesaria Evora ~ Sangue De Beirona

I’m playng this for regular listener Gazza who lives in Brazil and recently had a serious illness from which he is still not fully recovered. Cesaria Evora is from the Cape Verde Islands, where she is a national icon, having captured audiences around the world and proudly helped put her country on the map.

Vincent Montana Jnr. & The Philly Sound Orchestra ~ That’s What Love Does ~ PSW ~ 2005

Talking of class, here is a track that has it in abundance, from the vocals of William ‘Smoke’ Howard to the fantastic production, arrangement and vibes playing of Philadelphia main man, Vince Montana Jnr.

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The Velvellettes, and Hall & Oates with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick, selected by Paul

Velvellettes ~ Needle In A Haystack ~ VIP (Motown) ~ 1964

The Velvelettes got their first hit with Needle In A Haystack in the spring of 1964 thanks to a young Norman Whitfield who co-wrote the track with William Stevenson and produced on Motown’s VIP Records imprint. “Needle In A Haystack” peaked at number 45 on the Hot 100 in mid 1964.

Hall & Oates ~ Apollo Medley ~ RCA ~ 1985

Taken from their Live at the Apollo according to Wiki it was recorded on Sept. 20, 1985, and released 10 days later! Recorded at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York. Featuring special guests David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick . The Apollo Medley: Get Ready/Ain’t Too Proud To Beg/The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl”

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Love Unlimited, Stephanie Mills, and Melba Moore, as mixed by Steve

Love Unlimited ~ High Steppin’, Hip Dressin’ Fella (You Got It Together) ~ Unlimited Gold ~ 1979

Sisters Goldean and Linda James along with Diane Taylor were Love Unlimited. They’d formed in 1969 and enjoyed success with Barry White as backing vocalists as well as when they branched out on their own, their best knownt hit being the smash ‘Walking In The Rain With The One I Love’. They disbanded in 1980.

Stephanie Mills ~ What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin’ ~ 20th Century ~ 1979

Here we have the very distinctive voice of a lady who was on the soul/dance scene for quite some years, always nibbling away at the US R&B charts where she enjoyed five number ones. This was her first R&B hit reaching #8. Another track very well received in the JFSR chatroom on Thursday.

Melba Moore ~ Standing Right Here ~ Buddah ~ 1977

Written and produced by Philly trio, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Victor Carstarphen, this little gem sees Melba Moore in fine form on a track that sounds like anything but a Philly production. She was born Beatrice Melba Smith in New York, for my money had one of the sweetest, purest voices on the scene and had already had a successful Broadway career, TV show and chart success, by the time this was released.

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Quincy Jones, David Bendeth, and Johnny Hammond, as played by Paul

Quincy Jones ~ Stuff Like That ~ A&M ~ 1978

A UK No 34 – featuring Asford & Simpson and Chaka Kahn on vocals. written by Quincy with Ashford & Simpson with Eric Gayle from the “I heard That” album.

Here’s a live performance from Quincy’s 75th birthday celebration

David Bendeth ~ Feel The Real ~ Sidewalk Records (EMI) ~ 1979

This went down really well in the chat-room again this week – especially with our good mate Gem. David Bendeth ~ Feel The Real ~ 1979 UK No 44 now more famous as a producer with rock bands including Paramore!

Johnny Hammond ~ Los Conquistadores Chocolates ~ Milestone Records ~ 1975

Talking of the chatroom, Pete in Perth nearly exploded when this came on! Psychadelic Jazz Funk from 1975 – on Milestone records Johnny Hammond ~ Los Conquistadores Chocolates ~ 1975 written & produced by Larry and Fonce Mizell who then went on to produce Taste Of Hone album featuring Boogie Oogie Oogie `

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