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hand painted audiocassette, with case and sleeve art,
home mixed on turntables and a mixing board 2 sides
running time: 90 min

Expand Your Mind

Wow, picked this up on single 7" parts I & II. Knew Liston Smith to be heavy on the jazz elements, honestly hadn't heard much so call me a fool. But this fool is getting educated. Check out this heavy heavy fusion of atmospheric jazz and funk from 1974. Thanks Groove Merchant Records for having some of the baddest finds I've scored to date. Maybe someday I'll get a chance to dig in their rare funk pile if these dollar bill piles keep stacking up.

That is Lonnie Smith performing last year at the 2009 Glastonbury Music Festival in England.

Expansions is also the name of the 1974 lp featuring the same track. It was put out by Flying Dutchman records which put out a lot of very dynamic jazz and jazz fusion, including a few Gil Scott Heron EPs. You can check out the full discography of this label Here. The other day I came across "Leon Thomas & H. Rap Brown - SNCC’s Rap" going for $100!

At any rate, this is a killer track by any measure, whether to relax to or jam out on. check it:

Hello Baby

Well back again with another long emotional narrative of soulful tunes from the musical archive that is Youtube. I can't imagine how it must of been before the internet for all us vinyl enthusiasts, I know some OG's that learned everything they knew about the rarest soul they owned by going out and searching for it (I'm looking at you Sean aka Lucky). Of course, we still do that but its nice to be able to chill out on the couch and have access to music that my bank account and my time wont allow me to find as easily out in the world.

Anyway, soulful music has always appealed to my psychology, and one of my favorite niches is the mid tempo forlorn-wish-you-were-here brand, of which this youtube mix is heavy on. Complex vocal and instrumental arrangements and deep songwriting... Seems like these talented song writers can express the nature of love better than we know it. I remember someone I used to see & go dancing with and realizing that the way we danced together was emotional in itself, music can be powerful expression of things we feel but dont really understand. It's like Big Pun says 'Im not a player, I just crush a lot' (in the radio edit anyhow) ..which means im sensitive you fools. And let me tell you, love hurts and Im bruised. Though I'd still take that call if it came...

And that's what this mix is about; that kind of feeling like you've been done dirty, played with like a trick, maybe done some playing yourself but still wishing you could get that one to get on the phone and dial your number. Some loving can be too good not to want more even if your stuck trying to figure out where it went to in the first place. So its like the Cairos are singing when they say 'hey girl, are you blind, cant you read between the lines?' and damn. if your out there listening...

Moods of Soul: Waiting for Your Call


Tracklist
1.Sheryl Swope - Run To Me
2.Constellations - I Don't Know About You
3.Edward Hamilton - Call Me
4.Odds And Ends - Give Me Something
5.Dee Edwards - Too Careless With My Love
6.Sandy Hollis - Tables Will Turn
7.Larry Atkins - Lighten Up
8.Buckner Brothers - A Change Is Gonna Come
9.The Emotions - Somebody New
10.Margie Joseph - One More Chance
11.The Voice Masters - If A Woman Catches A Fool
12.The 5th Dimension - What Does It take To Win Your Love
13.Nolan Porter - If I Could Only Be Sure
14.Monique - If You Love Me (Show Me)
15.Falcons - Love Look In Her Eyes
16.Ethics - Look At Me Now
17.Bobby Foster - Where Do You Go
18.Barbara Mason - Hello Baby
19.Vernon Greene - Look at me, Look at me
20.Love Jones - Brighter Side Of Darkness
21.Superlatives Won't You Please Be My Baby
22.Lee Jones And The Sounds Of Soul - On The Other Side
23.Adorables - Ooh Boy
24.Chico Lamarr - What do you think I am
25.Imperial Wonders - Trying To Get To You
26.Fabulous Four - If I Knew
27.Timmy Willis - Give Me A Little Sign
28.The Cairos - Stop Overlooking Me
29.The Five Stairsteps - Come Back
30.George Mccrae - Take It All Off

FYI: LOST & FOUND is every tuesday night at the makeout room in san francisco and is the best place to hear these kinds of jams delivered by the toppest notch of sf's record obsessed soul collectors. sean primo & guests. I've fallen in love there many times...

Youtube DJ?

Moods of Love: Soul'd out, Dissed, & Used


So if you follow the link above or just play from this screen, it should start a youtube playlist I created a little while back. Youtube is well on its way to being a proprietary giant of creative censorship and shitty advertisements, but many record enthusiasts have created an archive of music in the network that is vast and far reaching and sometimes unexplored. An excellent source for new inspiration.

I created this out of tracks I found largely by searching through the suggestions links.

Track
01. Disciples Of Soul - That's The Way Love Goes
02. The Nomads - Somethin's Bad
03. The Herbs - Put a hurting on my heart
04. The Montclairs - Hung up on your love
05. Lonnie Lester - You Can't Go
06. Barbara Jean & the Lyrics - Why Werent You There
07. Soul Crusaders - I Sit In My Room
08. The Radiants - Ain't No Big Thing
09. Little Nicky Soul - I Wanted To Tell You
10. New Yorkers - Dont Wanna Be Your Fool
11. Danny Moore - Somebody New
12. Districts - One Lover Just Wont Do
13. The Sonnettes - I've gotten over you
14. Marboo - What about love
15. M D L T Willis - Whats Your Game
16. Pages - Heartaches And Pain
17. Millionaires - And The Rains Came
18. Soul Brothers Six - You Better check yourself
19. Chosen Few - Birth of a Playboy

skippin ropes, tellin jokes

Not much information on this but it seems it came out around '76 or '77, sounds much older though. Totally bright on the highs, I always love the way these records sound and the equipment they were recorded with. Very hot and flowing rhythm guitar and snappy upbeat drums driven by the almost playful sounding organ (could be a Hammond?) wrapped up in the popping bass and surging horn section. Excellent hey hey heys and bye bye baby's + many breaks besides. I respond to this song because of the synthesis of structure and verse, its a mix of bright cheer and nostalgic melancholy that is punctuated by both the song structure and the vocal delivery. I love songs that unify the music and the content of the verses into one mood. Take a listen.

Billy Kennedy - If I Was A Kid on Silver Records, Highland Park Michigan.

I'm compiling a top ten list of reference-able music for the enjoyment or interest of no one in particular. This one will definitely fall somewhere...Del Larks 'Job Opening,' recorded in 1964 or so a site claims. Very possible but very rare as only 500 copies were pressed.

Top northern soul, very driving back beat & rhythm,
long flowing background vocals and strings, and
just listen to the lyrics...

Read more about Sammy Taylor by following this link: www.classicurbanharmony.net/Del%20Larks%20Story%20edit.pdf

just listen to the lyrics.



And since it's unlikely that you'll ever locate a copy you can at least download the mp3 HERE.

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This next one is inclusive of about everything thing I like; sweet harmonies & complex vocal arrangements, funky dancing, drum breaks, pastel jump suits, capes, audience participation, and lovely lovely song writing.

Originally the Nite-Lighters, Harvey Fuqua and Tony Churchill formed this group out of many different odds and ends from Detroit's amazing reportoire of abandoned Motown musicians in 1970 (Motown had begun to move from Detroit to LA in 1969 hoping to find better fortune following the 1968 riots).





An excellent book to read about Motown during this period is Arthur Kempton's 'Boogaloo: The Quintessence of American Popular Music'