…and almost a year later

PRESTON LOVE - CISSY POPCORN (HUDSON), WALLACE BROTHERS - WHAT-CHA FEEL IS WHAT-CHA GET (WALBRO), SILKY VINCENT GROUP - BREEZIN (HOOK UP), SHIRLENE KING - SUPER STUFF (HOMARK), DYNASTY OF SOUND - GET DOWN EVERYBODY (DYS), I.U SOUL REVUE - TELL ME ‘BOUT IT (A.A.A.I), THE INVADERS - THE PEANUT MAN (CARGO), HOT ICE COMPNAY - YOU AIN’T HEARD NOTHIN YET (LIONEL), WILLIE RODGERS - WAKE UP (RONN), PUBLIC COMPANY - GOT TO TOUCH YOUR FACE (RCA), CLASSMATES - TIGHTEN UP (HIT), FANTASTIC EPICS - WE DO IT ALL UP IN HERE (KELTON), ELAINE ARMSTRONG - SAD BUT TRUE (KING), M. CAMERON & DYNASTY OF SOUND - ? (ATLANTIS), L. DAVIS - THINK THEY CALL IT LOVE (DAVIS AND GOLIATH), CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY - HELP YOUR BROTHERS (ZELL’S), HEADLINERS - LITTLE SISTER (SUPER M), RIVAGE - STRUNG OUT ON YOUR LOVE (TEMPUS), AGED IN HARMONY - YOU’RE A MELDOY (MOR-TONES), PLEASURE - GHETTOS OF THE MIND (FANTASY), MICHAEL SMITH - A LOVE THAT’S HEAVENLY INSPIRED (PHAROAH), MASTER FORCE - HEY GIRL (RAIN FOREST), LEE ‘SHOT’ WILLIAMS - IT AIN’T ME NO MORE (PM), DAVID PEOPLES - GOT TO GET MY BROOM OUT (SARU), CASANOVA TWO - WE GOT TO KEEP ON (EARLY BIRD)

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Been a while but show 12 finally hits the decks. Another mix of the common and the not so, if you like this kind of stuff we play it at Soul Spectrum in Edinburgh…next one an ‘all dayer’ (think it’s 3pm - 1am) Bank Holiday Easter Sunday 23rd March. Should be a good one. www.soulspectrum.co.uk for more info. On with the plays…

ELAINE ARMSTRONG - SAD BUT TRUE (KING) VICKI ANDERSON - NO MORE HEARTACHES NO MORE PAIN (KING) GEORGE PERKINS - BABY I LOVE YOU (ROYAL SHIELD) THE PASSIONS - HIGH JACKED (TOWER) THE ALMIGHTY SONICS - DO THE BUMP (EMPIRE) YELLOW SUNSHINE - YELLOW SUNSHINE (TSOP) ROBERT TAYLOR/CURRENT STOCK - HOT LADY (LUTALL) RICKY WILLIAMS - DISCOTEQUE SOUL (CITADELLE) CONTINENTAL EXPRESS BAND - STRUGGLING TO THE TOP (MOONRAKER) SOUL CONNECTION - HIDE AND GO SEEK () CHAIN REACTION - SAY YEAH (BLUE WAVE) S.T.U.D BAND - WHERE’S THE FLOOR (DETERMINATION) LANDLORDS AND TENANTS - BACK UP (BUDDAH) EARL LETT - BORN WITH THE FEELINGS (BEANTOWN) THE KINFOLKS - THE FLY (CAT) SCACY/SOUND SERVICE - SUNSHINE (SCACY) SAMMY GAHA - THANK, THANK YOU (RIGHT ON) TONY OWEN - YOU GOT TO PAY THE PRICE (LISTENING POST) THE CHANTS - I’VE BEEN TRYING (CHIPPING NORTON) CHOSEN FEW - LIFT THIS HURT (BANDIT) WENDY WOODS - DON’T HURT ME ANYMORE (SINCERE)

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New show up…

FORCE OF MUSIC BAND - FEEL YOUR LOVE (EDIT) FRED WILLIAMS, CAPT BOO & THE FUNKY SPACE CADETS - EVER GOOD LOVING (ROCK & REGGAE) RENE GEYER - BE THERE IN THE MORNING (RCA) ROGER & THE HUMAN BODY- FREEDOM (TROUTMAN BROS) SASS - DO IT (SAN FRANCISCO INS) FREDERICK KNIGHT - UPHILL PEACE OF MIND (CASTLE) TONY CLARKE - GHETTO MAN (CHICORY) CHET IVEY - FUNKY CHIT CHAT (SYLVIA) LOU RAWLS - DEAD END STREET (CAPITOL) ESQUIRES - LISTEN TO ME (BUNKY) GETTO KITTY - STAND UP AND BE COUNTED (STROUD) SHIRLEAN WILLIAMS - EASE IT TO ME (ELVIRTUE) DEEP SOUTH BAND - TOUCH OF SOUL (UNI-SOUND) KINGFISH - HYPNOTIZE (ROUND) REACHERS - I JUST WANNA DO MY OWN THING (MAGIC DISC) BARBARA STANT - MY MIND HOLDS ONTO YESTERDAY (SHIPTOWN) LARRY ATKINS - LIGHTEN UP (HIGHLAND) MIXED EMOTIONS - GOLD OF MY LIFE (ROCKWAY) LEE FIELDS - TYRA’S SONG (A&T) JIMMY LOMAX & THE VOWS - COME ON HOME (CAB) CLAUDE HUEY - WHY WOULD YOU BLOW IT (GALAXY) ROBERT PARKER - I CAUGHT YOU IN A LIE (NOLA)

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This pod thing will now more than likely go fortnightly if not monthly from now on. New show coming this Friday (with any luck)

Back after a couple of weeks - and here’s show 10.

Tracklisting

4TH COMING - THE DEAD DON’T DIE ALIVE (ALPHA) PRINCE GENO & THE TAILORMADES - BRAND NEW MAN WITH THE MASTERPLAN (ALADDIN) OSIRIS - CONSISTENCY (WB) STEVO - PAY THE PRICE (SHIELD) WRECKIN CREW BAND - CRUSIN’ WITH THE CREW (PLEXUS) MOTHER FREEDOM BAND - TOUCH ME (ALL PLATINUM) FANTASTIC COUSINS - COME DOWN JUNKIE (E. LEONARD) SHIRLEAN WILLIAMS - THIS IS A SONG (ELVIRTUE) INVADERS - THE PEANUT MAN (CARGO) SINS OF SATAN - DANCE & FREE YOUR MIND (BUDDAH) SOLID GOLD REVUE - LOVE’S TRAFFIC (CASTANET) SUN - JUST A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME (CAPITOL) ESQUIRES - LISTEN TO ME (BUNKY) SUNNY & THE SUNLINERS - I’M NO STRANGER (KEY LOC) EXSAVEYONS - I DON’T LOVE YOU NO MORE (SMOKE) LEON THOMAS - LOVE EACH OTHER (FLYING DUTCHMAN) LARRY ATKINS - LIGHTEN UP (HIGHLAND) ERNIE & ED - BEAUTIFUL WORLD (JAY BOY) THE LOVATIONS - LATER BABY (CAP CITY) BOBBY KING/RELATION - DON’T GIVE UP HOPE (PULSAR)

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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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Show 6 up and running. Thanks to people who left comments or just listened to the shows. Despite my often totally disinterested ‘presenting’ style I do enjoy doing these, believe it or not and it’s good to drag things off the shelves once a week and play them into the dark chasm of the internet. On another note Charlie McParland failed to stop the Magpies from registering a 4th consecutive defeat last weekend as Notts went down 2-0 at Mansfield (can’t call them Mansfailed now cos they didn’t ) Oh well, there’s always Wrexham on Saturday to pray along to….

Tracklisting

SECOND MOVEMENT - PEOPLE GET DOWN (WITCH’S BREW) SUNRISE - EASE IT ON IN (WHIT) SHADES OF YOU - GET UP ON YOURSELF (J&J) HOT EARTH BAND - HARD TIMES (REKAN) RAYFIELD REID - STICK SHIFT (JSJ) GENE AMMONS - JUNGLE STRUT (PRESTIGE) WILLIE BOBO - GOTTA HUSTLE ON (JUPITER JAZZ) RICARDO MORRERO - MY FRIEND (DON) SASS- LIFE (I.N.S) DEEP SOUTH BAND - DEEP SOUTH IS (UNI SOUND) STANDARDS OF LIVING - MR KOOL (RE-EDIT) NEW WORLD - WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT (POLYDOR) AFRICANO - SATISFACTORIZE YOUR MIND (HI) BACKYARD CONSTRUCTION - I WANT YOUR LOVIN (BYC PROD) MIXED EMOTIONS - AM I IMPOSING (ROCKWAY) CELESTE HARDIE - YOU’RE GONE (REYNOLDS) LEE FIELDS - TYRA’S SONG (A&T) H ANDREWS & CO - IT TOOK YOU (BALANCE) GENE WEST & THE ELECTRIC WORD - LEAVE SOMETHING WORTHWHILE (UNRELEASED) JOHNNIE MAE MATTHEWS - GOT-TO BE ON THE CASE (ART)

Bit of a head cold today so feeling mildly vague, Show 5 made it through an hour of sneezing and came out looking mainly like funk stuff. Good luck to Ian McParland tomorrow as the ex-Notts County striker takes up the unenviable reigns at Meadow lane and attempts to drag the Magpies back from the pits of English football - something no-ones managed to do in living memory it seems. And his first game’s at Mansfailed as well - should be (as Colin Slater would say) ‘very spicy’!

Tracklisting

WILLIAMS BROS - GHETTO BOY (JEMAR) CHARISMA BAND - CHARISMA ROAD (BUDDAH) TRANSFER - NOTHING (GREENBACK) MIDNIGHT MADNESS - GUT FUNKY (CRS) KIRTSY - I’M IN LOVE (C/U) NIKK - HARD TIMES (HOUSE OF ROTON) SHIRLEAN WILLIAMS - THIS IS A SONG (ELVIRTUE) GEORGE PERKINS - I CAN STAND YOUR (KINDA) LOVIN FOREVER (GP) HOWARD CHURCHILL - HA HA I CAUGHT YOU (R&G) CHET IVEY - DOSE OF SOUL (SYLIVA) ARCHIE BELL - COUNT THE WAYS (GLADES) BLACK NASTY - PARTY ON 4TH STREET (BIG HIT) DEVILS WORKSHOP - SATAN’S SOUL (NO LABEL) LAST DAYS AND TIME - FLY AWAY PT2 (MAGIC) CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY - HELP YPUR BROTHERS (ZELL’S) CALVIN STEWART - YOU TURN ME ON (ARTLY) DEVOTIONS - SAME OLD SWEET LOVIN (TRI-SOUND) LITTLE FLINT - PAIN (BEAST) KING EARNEST - SOUL STROKE (SONIC) THE VANGUARDS - THE THOUGHT OF LOSING YOUR LOVE (LAMP) THE ROYAL ESQUIRES - AIN’T GONNA RUN (PRIX)

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