QUICK! What's on the turntable RIGHT NOW? (2010 Edition)

. I totally forgot about "Always and Forever." man, I didn't even know it was them. I don't think I've heard the track in over a decade

Me either (on both of those counts.) Think I even thought of that song as Debarge or somebody, not Heatwave. Got that same LP for $1 last month, btw. Decided it was fair to okay -- a passable keeper, but it didn't blow me away. Curious what else you loved on it, Stormy. Besides "Always..." and "Boogie Nights," I mean. (Think my next favorite is "Beat Your Booty," but that might just be because I think the title's funny.) Still something neat about them being a soul-disco band from Germany (with British people, a la Hot Chocolate, too), though, who actually managed three huge hits in the States.

(Actually, less than $1, come to think of it -- It was a freebie from Metal Mike.)

Meanwhile, played today:

Bellamy Brothers - Plain & Fancy (Curb 1977)
John Conlee - Harmony (Columbia 1986)
Charly McClain - Who's Cheatin' Who (Epic 1980)

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fuck, aside from the first track which is a bit too heavy for me, this medicine had lp is ruling.

yo Chuck (oh man, as a massive PE fan I just love typing "yo Chuck"), I dunno -- I think the whole first side of that Heatwave album just smokes! It's obviously got the two great singles, but I also think the lead-off title track "Too Hot To Handle" is a nice slice of funk, and especially "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" is a solid groover. And what inspired me to pull out my Big Daddy Kane LP again after like 10 years...

Second side is somewhat forgettable, although, yes, I do love that "Beat Your Booty" track, serious funk.

Of their "big three", I still think the best single is "Mind Blowing Decisions", from the follow-up LP, 'Central Heating'. That is a stone cold jam.

I dunno, I just do think that these late-70s albums are fascinating in terms of tracing the shift in funk from the 70s style to the early 80s, certainly this guy Rod Temperton -- however much filler there may be on any random LP he is involved with -- knew his way around pop hooks.

actually stopped by the rekkid store again tonite, got a NM copy of this for 50 cents..

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actually, wow, in another "i Didn't know it was them" moment, listening to this Kool and the Gang alb just now and the track "Take My Heart" from side 1 totally punched some memory buttons. Was that a single? *checks wikipedia*

ah ok, apparently it was a US R&B #1 in 1981! totally forgot about this song. holy fuck this band was really an unstoppable pop machine. I mean, I only picked up the album for 50 cents because I wanted to hear the big hit "Get Down on It" again, totally forgot about "Take My heart"

listening to that maxfield parrish lp again.

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^^ fuck but does that album fucking rule. I don't have the 2009 lp they did ... need to get it, stat

ian I have the first Medicine Head album on CD ( on the brilliant Repertoire label, they did such a good job, bonus trx, etc ) , but I've never heard anything after the first one. They rock tho! based on the one alb I have, need to branch out to the later stuff....

Of their "big three", I still think the best single is "Mind Blowing Decisions"

??? -- Don't even think I know that one! Their third hit (#7 pop) was actually "The Groove Line."

But yeah, you're right, "Ain't No Half Steppin'" grooves real nice, and I made the hip-hop connection with its title, too. Also feel like I can detect the roots of early '80s British funk (Junior, Linx, Imagination, whoever) on some of that Heatwave LP (though maybe that's just my imagination.)

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how have i not posted on this thread before?

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can't hang with the name bitchin' bajas, sorry.

Chuck -- wow, that's weird, I would have totally thought that "Mind Blowing Decisions" was considered one of their big hits

Maybe it was just a regional , Chicago thing? in any case, the track used to get played constantly back in the 90s, when Chicago used to have "dusties" radio stations on the AM , and before they all got sucked up by corporations

this is the track ... it is so amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8ez8Nc7ZWw

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man, I've said it before and i'll say it again, this is one of the greatest pot records of the 70s ... this seemingly forgettable mid-70s pre-superstar Steve Miller LP on Capitol is fucking chock full of stoner goodness. "Harbor Lights" is truly the greatest downer stoner track of the 70s, i'm convinced ....

"rock love" , the title cut, should have been on the guy's greatest hits CD too ... so f'n good

listening to "Harbor Lights" again right now ... omg, if you smoke pot and don't own this album than that is flat out stupid ... buy a 3 dollar copy of 'Rock Love' and smoke up

this one too

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if you aren't down with sparking up to this masterpiece LP, not sure what to tell you...

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man Christine's 'Spare Me a Little' on this show is just amazing .. top ten bootleg for real

that 'mind blowing decisions' track was nice. i recently got heatwave's 'central heating' for this one. a bunch of hip hop samples (tribe called quest is what comes to mind first)

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before that:

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can't hang with the name bitchin' bajas, sorry.

― not everything is a campfire (ian), Sunday, August 15, 2010 11:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

i wasnt interested at first, but then i heard their split w moon duo, and was really impressed -- sounds like electronicky 2004-era oneida

this album is not quite as good as that song, but still pretty good...

this morning:
desperate bicycles singles comp LP
super wild horses -- fifteen

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sorry about the lame quality of these covers...

yuppies - 'i've been touched' 45

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Bitchin Bajas is a stupid name, the artist knows.
He is one of my best friends!
Glad you dig the record, man. I think that the cover really turned out well.

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last couple days:

George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Take A Ride
Marcus - Marcus

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Bitchin Bajas is a stupid name, the artist knows.
He is one of my best friends!
Glad you dig the record, man. I think that the cover really turned out well.

― Trip Maker, Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:02 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah dude it's good, and that MOON DUO split track is one of the best things ive heard all year!

whenever i see that tomita cover, i think it's leonard nimoy for a minute.

ja me too

I'M GONNA LIVE ANYHOW UNTIL I DIE LP

I'LL BE SO GLAD WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN LP

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might just let this EXPRESSWAY lock-groove run for a while

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