9 Weeks in, so it’s show number 9. Simple logic there. Not really planned this one…I had a pile of stuff and not much time to figure how they’d fit so it’s pretty much off the bat. That Lee Brackett has gone to the top of my ‘this week’s favourite’ chart and thanks to the guy who supplied it and got it here in time for inclusion. Both sides are the nuts, and both sides are here. The Joe Tex comes a close second too and glad to get the one I bought two weeks ago finally arrive at the right address - softens the welching of earlier… Finally, imo the best new funk production to emerge for a long time included in the shape of Baby Charles’ “Coming From A Higher Place” - certainly did! Wrighty pushed me (back ) in their direction and gladly the best track had just been put out by Record Kicks. (I kind of hear the Big Joe Louis 45 - from a fortnight ago -  as a blues/R&B crossover and not really a funk record per se, just incase there’s any debate) Anyway, you can check them all out on myspace…

Tracklisting

SHELLEY FISHER - I’LL LEAVE YOU GIRL (KAPP) DYNA-MIGHT - BORRACHO (UNI) CURTIS, THE BROTHERS - YOU MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER (BELL) LEE BRACKETT - RUBY (EXCELLO) BUDDY ACE - SCREAMING PLEASE (DUKE) RENALDO DOMINIO - DON’T GO AWAY (BLUE ROCK) ESQUIRES - HOW COULD IT BE (BUNKY) LEE BRACKETT - SAVE A FOOLISH MAN (EXCELLO) BABY CHARLES - COMING FROM A HIGHER PLACE (RECORD KICKS) SONICS - CHASE (BLACK BEAUTY) 300 YEARS - CAN’T GET ARRESTED (CHUCKLES) MILTON WRIGHT - BROTHERS & SISTERS (ALSTON) BROWN SUGAR - I’M GOING THROUGH CHANGES NOW (CAPITOL) SHARON PAIGE - IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO LOVE (SOURCE) SERENADE - MAYBE THIS TIME (OUT FRONT) KORLA WITH KLASS - STOP BEFORE YOU START (MUSIC MASTER) JOE TEX - A WOMAN IS ALL THE HEAVEN A MAN NEEDS (DIAL) LORI & LANCE - I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY (FEDERAL) THE PRESIDENTS - IT’S ALL OVER NOW (SUSSEX) LITTLE RON JOHNSON - I KEEP TELLING YOU (HARD TIMES)

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Like the first show this one is made up entirely of stuff from my sales box which would explain the numbers after the labels. They mean UK £ btw. Crass commercialism or killing two birds with one stone? Depends on your outlook I guess. But anyway, they’re there and they’re up for grabs so if you want anything email me direct thecauldron@witchsbrew.co.uk - I’ll describe conditions too. Besides that, lots of classics to enjoy - quite good to just put stuff together without the spectre of the collector ticking boxes or chin rubbing, and to play records that may have been neglected for a while.

Tracklisting.

JIMMIE “PREACHER” ELLIS - THAT’S THE WAY I AM (HIP-DELIC) £30

WILBUR BASCOMB/ZODIACS - JUST AGROOVE IN G (CARNIVAL) £30

SHIRLEY VAUGHN - ESCAPE (COLUMBIA) £30

THE PANIC BUTTON - O-WOW (GAMBLE) £10

MR PERCOLATOR - I GOT A THING FOR YOU BABY (WAX-WEL *silver) £60

LORENZO HOLDEN - THE WIG (CEE-JAM) £75

THE SOUL SET - PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY (BB) £50

LYNN MINOR & HIS BAND - FAT BACK (TAMMY) £35

THE RADORS - FINGER LICKING CHICKEN (LEOSO) £20

FREDDIE WILSON - WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE (SOUL-PO-TION) £25

DON PIERCE - THIS FUNKY THING (MAJESTY) £30

CHARLES MINTZ - GIVE A MAN A BREAK (UPLOOK) £25

MARVIN HOLMES/UPTIGHTS - THE FUNKY MULE PT 1 (BOOLA-BOOLA) £25

BROTHER SOUL - LIFE IS LIKE A MAZE (ELMCOR) £25

CREATIVE FUNK - MOVING WORLD (CREATIVE) £15

DENISE CHANDLER - I’M WALKING AWAY (LOCK) £20

SHIRLEY ELLIS - SOUL TIME (COLUMBIA) £30

NEW YOUNG HEARTS - A LITTLE TOGETHERNESS (SOULTOWN) £50

SWEET BREEZE - GOOD THING (WILLPOWER) £150

VALERIE & NICK - I’LL FIND YOU (GLOVER) £25

OCCASIONS - THERE’S NO YOU (BIG JIM) £15

THE CLASSIC SULLIVANS SHAME, SHAME, SHAME (MASTER KEY) £125

GEORGE BENSON - MY WOMAN’S GOOD TO ME (A&M) £25  

Looks like I managed to stop the text lumping into one big block…

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Show 7 now up and running. Lookout for the brilliant Big Joe Louis track halfway through - you can buy it online from http://www.timmion.com/ or from Dusty Groove or your local record store. Another mixed bag this time around - light on the 70’s disco muck with some cheapies chucked in for good measure. I would have recommended going to Craig Moerer for a copy of the Leroy Clofer (if you needed one) but it appears someone grabbed about 18 or 19 of the 20 that he had in stock in one handful cos it went out of stock pretty damn fast! They were $90 so I’m guessing you may have to pay more next time you see it…(?) Nice tune though. Enough waffle, there’s plenty of that in the mix…

Tracklisting

ETTA JAMES - ALL THE WAY DOWN (CHESS) FOUR TOPS - ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH (DUNHILL) WILLIE HUTCH - THEME OF FOXY BROWN (MOTOWN) 5 MILES OUT - SUPER SWEET GIRL OF MINE (HOTLINE) THE BLENDERS - WHEN YOU GIT THROUGH WIT IT PUT IT BACK (GRAYSLAK) EASTWIND - NABIT JUICE (MAGIC MINSTREL) LEROY CLOFER & THE COMPANY - MR BIG MAN (ROSEMONT) GWEN McCRAE - YOUR LOVE IS WORSE THAN A COLD LOVE (CAT) RAINBOW - DO WHAT YOU WANNA (WILMINGTON HOUSE) BATAAN - WOMAN DON’T WANT TO LOVE ME (EPIC) BIG JOE LOUIS & SOUL INVESTIGATORS - GO-GO TRAIN (TIMMION) BEVERLEY WHEELER & THE CAMEROS - DON’T SHAKE MY TREE (BSC) LUCILLE MATHIS - I’M NOT YOUR REGULAR WOMAN (A-BET) BLACK EYED PEAS - SMALLEST MAN ALIVE (ULTRA-CITY) THE CONSTELLATIONS - I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO (GEMINI) THE HUNS REVIEW - DON’T MAKE ME LOVE YOU (SORRO) EL ANTHONY - WE’VE BEEN IN LOVE TOO LONG (LA CINDY) PAL RAMES - CAN’T DENY THE HURT (UPTITE) AL WILLIAMS - TRY THEM (GRAPEVINE 2000) FOUR SONICS  PLUS ONE - TELL ME YOU’RE MINE (SEPIA) THE DETERMINATIONS - BING BONG (KING) COMBINATIONS - WHILE YOU WERE GONE (SOLID ROCK)

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