Thanks for that Sex Pistols cover, Paolo! I love it. The original is by the Black Arabs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZmZ1Z9o73E
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 20 April 2018 06:31 (five years ago) link
Aha, I suspected as much and had been meaning to cross-check, thanks for confirming!
― mike t-diva, Friday, 20 April 2018 07:07 (five years ago) link
In today's post: Carrie Lucas - Dance With You, as liberally sampled by a certain late 90s monster hit. The YouTube doesn't do it full justice compared with the 12", but HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO GREAT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BHww8urQGE
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 21 April 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
Obv introduced to that song via the sample that eclipsed it, but man the original is a barnstormer. Way closer to the on-beat than most disco
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Saturday, 21 April 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
Yeah that carrie lucas bangs, love that!
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 21 April 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
Playlist from last Friday's DJ gig at the bar up the road:
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Wake Up EverybodyBill Withers - Lovely Day ned doheny - to prove my lovedonald byrd - love has come aroundcandi staton - when you wake up tomorrowinvisible man's band - all night thingNorman Connors - Captain Connorslight of the world - pete's crusadegeorge duke - brazilian love affairmass production - shantetower of power - lovin' you is gonna see me thrucharles earland - let the music playkleeer - it's magicraul de souza - daisy mae azymuth - jazz carnivaleddie henderson - prance ondebbie jacobs - high on your lovedouble exposure - ten percentgrey & hanks - dancin'herbie mann - hijackshalamar - right in the socketd train - you're the one for medavid joseph - you can't hide (your love from me)loose joints - is it all over my face?talking heads - I zimbranarada michael walden - I shoulda loved yagene chandler - get downshalamar - I owe you onethe source ft candi staton - you got the love (original 1986 version)sister sledge - thinking of you (dimitri from paris remix)george benson - give me the nightIndeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Lifequeen - another one bites the dustsugarhill gang - rappers delightPositive Force - We Got The FunkPatrice Rushen - Forget Me NotsMichael Jackson - Off The Wallplayers association - turn the music upbobby thurston - check out the grooveQuincy Jones - Ai No Corridachic - le freak (dimitri from paris remix)marvin gaye - got to give it up (the reflex re-edit)Freeez - Southern Freeezodyssey - use it up and wear it outSly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (John Luongo remix)gloria gaynor - never can say goodbyesylvester - you make me feel (mighty real)
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 09:44 (five years ago) link
nice! how did it go down? am picturing the ruins still smouldering here
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 10:00 (five years ago) link
The original Source/Candi Staton went down particularly well, as nobody seems to know it; I had a similar reaction with Tony Lee's "Reach Up" a few weeks ago, when people realised it had the vocal from Phats & Small. Looking forward to pulling a similar trick with Carrie Lucas on Friday.
George Duke, D-Train and Players Association were all requests. The D-Train sounded particularly fantastic; I never quite know what's going to sound best on my PA system, until I play it out. On the downside, the Debbie Jacobs didn't sound great, although it plays fine at home.
Sylvester got the most dancers, obviously. But the early-set jazz-funk was much appreciated, too.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 10:20 (five years ago) link
can't argue with the d-train, huge song!
got lucky and picked up this bomb for a couple of quid at the weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5XS1CZV9w4Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love (1979)
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 11:05 (five years ago) link
Great track, I also bought it a couple of months ago.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 11:10 (five years ago) link
Best Night Ever at the bar up the road on Friday; I hit a sweet spot with this sequence, and was rewarded with a packed floor.Tailgunner - Jimmy McGriffYou And I - Rick JamesCan't Live Without Your Love - Tamiko JonesEverybody Here Must Party - Direct Current, with a flukily spot-on long-running mix into...R.R. Express - Rose RoyceBackstrokin' - FatbackFar Beyond - LocksmithOn The One - CameoLet's Get Funktified - Boiling PointLet's Get Serious - Jermaine JacksonYou Got The Love (1986 original version) - The Source & Candi StatonGoing Back To My Roots - OdysseyTake Me I'm Yours - Mary Clark (I'll play requests when they're as good as this one)Which Way Is Up - StargardStar - Earth Wind & Fire
Dance With You - Carrie Lucas into Streetplayer - Chicago also worked a treat.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 6 May 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
Out today on Be With Records
https://www.discogs.com/The-Whispers-Keep-On-Lovin-Me/release/12031106
Such a great video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6aRvVTSC0I
― groovypanda, Friday, 25 May 2018 11:56 (five years ago) link
I'm a bit of a boogie dilettante but listening to a few bits recently. I can sort of take or leave Leroy Burgess's voice on this but even so. Damn.
The Fantastic Aleems, Hooked On Your Love 12".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmvMzqIJRXM
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 25 May 2018 14:08 (five years ago) link
Through the letterbox yesterday: Rhyze - Just How Sweet Is Your Love (SAM, 1980). Creamy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxtNcDPmfy0
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 23 June 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
This is a nice one:Queen Samantha - 'Singing Hallelujah'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITBzKqmt3g
It's the B-side of her cover of 'The Letter'
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 29 June 2018 12:52 (five years ago) link
i've had this in my collection for a while
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4nrCYMMcM
and just learned it rips off lipps inc., which i'm now convinced is the superior version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr69NcmYg3Q
― davey, Friday, 3 August 2018 07:22 (five years ago) link
lol i like timecode better
you've heard the original by Ace? nice soft rock eagle-y romp
― brimstead, Friday, 3 August 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
omg, i have heard the original and totally forgot about it. and it's also pretty great
― davey, Friday, 3 August 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
Dee Dee Sharp Gamble - Breaking And Entering. (late 1980/early 1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHCOKpVWjM
― mike t-diva, Friday, 31 August 2018 10:05 (five years ago) link
courtesy of my now former roommate, funky brewster, who sent it via text message. i miss him lots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZbdPtRSv-s
― davey, Sunday, 2 September 2018 04:37 (five years ago) link
xp track is groovy as hell :)
― davey, Sunday, 2 September 2018 04:39 (five years ago) link
cool, bookmarked this thread.
holy moly this tune tho. is there a "songs where there are handclaps after the singer says clap your hands" thread?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RulvW5IqIrgbileo - you can win
― Closed Beta (NotEnough), Sunday, 2 September 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
From excellent sister thread I Love Deep Cuts--a yard sale treasure:
Another xpost Deep Cuts album mostly, though I think/hope Chic's "I Need Your Love" got a decent amount of airplay. Seems like a Chic album with well-served guest lead vox---Carly Simon at her best! The only track I kinda listen askance at is the closer w Debbie Harry. From the solo debut, and Nile & Nard produced that too, but the CREEM reviewer who liked it was not a Chic fan, so that put me off listening, and it disappeared pretty quickly, so another DC album but here's this---thanks again Discogs!
Various – Soup For One - Original Motion Picture SoundtrackLabel:Mirage (2) – WTG 19353Format:Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country:USReleased:1982Genre:Funk / Soul, Stage & ScreenStyle:Soundtrack, Disco, FunkTracklist Hide CreditsA1 –Chic Soup For One 5:33A2 –Carly Simon Why 4:06A3 –Teddy Pendergrass Dream Girl 4:08A4 –Fonzi Thornton I Work For A Livin' 3:31B1 –Chic I Want Your Love 6:53B2 –Sister Sledge Let's Go On Vacation 5:08B3 –Chic Tavern On The Green 2:15B4 –Deborah Harry Jump, JumpWritten-By – Chris Stein, Deborah Harry4:02CreditsBass, Vocals – Bernard EdwardsBells [Tubular] – José Rossi*Drums – Tony Thompson (2)Engineer – Bill Scheniman, Bob Clearmountain, Scott LittEngineer [Assitant] – Barry Bongiovi, Dave "The Rave" Greenberg*, Jason Corsaro, Jeff Hendrickson, Josh AbbeyGuitar – Nile RodgersHorns – Edward Daniels*, Meco Monardo, Robert MillikanKeyboards – Ray Jones*, Rob SabinoPercussion – Sammy FigueroaProducer, Written-By, Arranged By, Conductor – Bernard Edwards & Nile RodgersVocals – Alfa Anderson, Diva Gray, Fonzi Thornton, Jocelyn Brown, Luci Martin, Michelle Cobbs, Robin Clark (2)
― dow, Sunday, July 22, 2018
― dow, Sunday, 2 September 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
i'm sure i've posted this a few times but i love this b-side from "bad bad boy" by theo vaness. it's kind of cheaply constructed and really doesn't need to be so long but it BANGS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LtNlT2SV_k
― macropuente (map), Sunday, 2 September 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
Revelation - Feel It (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2JapLMkSQ
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
oh hell yes
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 01:29 (five years ago) link
i've been getting reacquainted with how good "music and lights" by imagination is.
fyi the bass playing on that theo vaness track is so killer, it just pours out of whoever's playing it... and i really want to know who it is but i can't find any credits.
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link
and i should say it's not a b-side! it's from a double a side released in 1987
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
That 1987 release was a re-issue. It was on the B-side of Paradise Garage classic "Sentimentally It's You", released in 1979. I vastly prefer this to "Sentimentally It's You", but would still prefer an instrumental version; Theo's vocals rub me up the wrong way.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 09:49 (five years ago) link
I've been told by a friend who goes to "modern" rooms at Northern Soul events that Revelation's "Feel It" often gets an airing. It'll get a first airing from me on Friday night, too - as will Chemise "She Can't Love You" (1982), recommended to me by a regular. This gets better with every play; all those little staccato stabs and squelches really do it for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRrTR7hNO-M
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 09:56 (five years ago) link
^ Love this, especially the way she says, "She can't love you like I dohhhhh"
― Josefa, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 13:04 (five years ago) link
could spend a lifetime digging through all the various patrick adams projects. got this one the other week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07dCMg7En9A
― andrew m., Wednesday, 12 September 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
chemise is the GOAT floor-filler
― flopson, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
GOAT....???
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
Get Out And Tosssssss
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
GOAT was originally released as an abbreviation ca. 2007. It means Greatest Of All Time. ;)
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOl-vTIKzCEMelody Stewart - Get Down, Get Down (1980)
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 September 2018 07:30 (five years ago) link
I saw a performance of King Lear last night. Shalamar's "Right in the Socket" takes on a whole new meaning after Gloucester's blinding scene.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 15 September 2018 08:30 (five years ago) link
Metropole - Miss Mahattan. An Italian production from spring 1981, although it sounds a good deal more NYC than Italian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3s64eEcUMM
― mike t-diva, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
Vera - Take Me To The Bridge (late 1980/early 1981)The proto-hi-energy intro is a bit misleading, as it settles into a smoother and more satisfying groove thereafter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW1L9-GTOTc
― mike t-diva, Friday, 5 October 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
NickB already posted that Vera song itt 6 months ago but damn if it doesn't deserve another few postings here. Such a magical song! Thanks, you two!
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 13 October 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
Ahaha so he did! Well, this is my current new favourite: Jean Carn "If You Wanna Go Back" (1976). I only wish it was longer.https://youtu.be/wboKA2XpfyM
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 14 October 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
with my first post in this thread, please allow me to say WOWOWOWOWOWOW @ "She's So Divine" upthread
― The Troops™ (jamescobo), Thursday, 18 October 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjpELZNsTD4
familiar to everyone I'm sure but it's such a perfect slow groove isn't it
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 27 October 2018 10:03 (five years ago) link
i've been downloading 80s jams all night, getting ready for a gig tomorrow. this is one of my fave rediscoveries in a while. not sure how obvious it is, probably it's pretty obvious heh. but i had forgotten all about it. solo nile rodgers is my kind of throwback to play!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCN4WZYU9Y
― davey, Sunday, 11 November 2018 10:59 (five years ago) link
I'm having a good afternoon. These are all from around October 1981.
Arthur Adams - You Got The FloorThis builds from a subdued start, hitting its stride around 1:49, then peaking with a long jazzy instrumental section that eventually closes the track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wm0e1fTpXo
The Frontline Orchestra - Don't Turn Your Back On MeMore strident and less weedy than Britfunk too often tended to be, and as such deservedly embraced by Knuckles and Levan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsr-dymmbKA
Letta Mbulu - KilimanjaroSets out its stall early, then sticks there to pleasing effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI4clrzJZZk
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 25 November 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
very enjoyable stuff
― niels, Monday, 26 November 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
Just discovered the french version and it's fyehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdIvdGoLJRU
― davey, Thursday, 6 December 2018 08:05 (five years ago) link
Metropole "Miss Manhattan" and Vera "Take Me To The Bridge", as posted upthread, have both just been reissued on 12", making them both vaguely affordable at last. Hallelujah.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 28 December 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
Blue Feather - Let's Funk Tonight (Instrumental) (1981) - miles better than the weedy vocal version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPX548h6h4w
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 23 March 2019 10:26 (five years ago) link