Monday, January 05, 2009

Love, Peace & Poetry Vol. 9: Turkish Psychedelic Music


Artist: various
Album: Love, Peace & Poetry Vol. 9: Turkish Psychedelic Music
Released: 2005
Quality: mp3 CBR 192
Size: 78 MB


Tracklist:

1. Bundan Sonra - Selda/Vurulduk Ey Halkim Unu
2. Uzun Ince Bir Yoldayim - Ozdemir Erdogan Ve Orkestrasi
3. Kirpiklerin OK OK Eyle - Alpay
4. Sür Efem Atini - Mazhar Ve Faut/Turkuz Turku Cagiririz
5. Yagmur - Erkin Koray
6. Kara Yazi - Ersen/Sunden Bugune
7. Yakar Inceden Inceden - Edip Akbayram
8. Bir Yagmur Masali - Hardal/ Nasil Ne Zaman
9. Ince Ince Bir Kar Yagar - Selda
10. Hop Dedik - Erol Buyukburc
11. Tatli Dillim - Cem Karaca/Kardaslar Apaslar
12. Aglarsa Anam Aglar - Uc Hurel/Hurel Arsivi
13. Kirpiklerin OK OK Eyle - Baris Manco/Dunden Bugune
14. Haliçate Günesin Batisi - Mogallar/Anadolu Pop
15. Sen Varsin - Bulent Ortacgil/Benimle Oynar Misin
16. Gitmek Düstü Bana - Erkut Tackin

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Cazumbi: African Sixties Garage





Tracklist:

1 A-Cads - Down The Road
2 Dr. Nico - Save Me
3 Conjunto De Oliveira Muge - Sospesa Ad Un Filo
4 Gino Garrido - Baby I Love You
5 Impacto -Knock On Wood
6 Them - I Want To Be Rich Again
7 Os Kriptons - Billy Boom
8 Conjunto Night Stars - She Only Wants A Friend
9 Os Gambuzinos - Aida
10 Orchestre Veve - Venus
11 Os Rebeldes - Murder By Contract
12 John E. Sharp - Monkey Shine
13 African Fiesta - Eh Bien Mon Ami
14 Os Kriptons - Manga Madura
15 Invaders - No Money, No Honey
16 Os Rocks - Wish I May
17 Os Inflexos - Furtivo Olhar
18 Les Krakmen - Krakmen Twist
19 H2O - Riens Des Mots
20 Teta Lando - Muato Wa N'Ginjila
21 Os Gambuzinos – Kalumba (bonus track)
22 Os Inflexos - You're Much Too Proud (bonus track)
23 Os Rocks - I Put A Spell On You (bonus track)

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Sunday, January 04, 2009

The Undisputed Truth - 2 first albums




The Undisputed Truth was a 1970s Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. Joe Harris served as main lead singer, with Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce, formerly of The Delicates, on additional leads and background vocals.

The group's music and unusual costuming (large Afros and white makeup) typified the then-popular trend of "psychedelic soul". A number of their singles became minor hits, and many of them were also songs for Whitfield's main act The Temptations, among them "You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone". Their single Top 40 hit in the United States was the ominous "Smiling Faces Sometimes", originally recorded by The Temptations, which hit #3 on the US pop charts in 1971.
The Undisputed Truth, along with Rose Royce and Willie Hutch, followed Whitfield during his exodus from Motown to set up Whitfield Records in 1975. At this time, Calvin and Joyce left the group, and Harris was joined by new members Virginia "V" McDonald, Tyrone"Big Ty" Douglas, Tyrone "Lil Ty" Barkley, and Calvin "Dhaak" Stephenson. The group's costuming and style changed as well, becoming even more unusual and Funkadelic-influenced.
However, the group had little success at the new label, and faded into obscurity after two more albums, although they charted in the UK in 1977 (#43) with the disco single "You + Me = Love" from the album Method to the Madness. Lead singer on the single "You + Me = Love" was Taka Boom who is Chaka Khan's younger sister.



The Undisputed Truth - The Undisputed Truth (1971)



01. You got the love I need
02. Save my love for a rainy day
03. California Soul
04. Aquarius
05. Ball of confusion
06. Smiling faces sometimes
07. We've got a way out love
08. Since I've lost you
09. Ain't no sun since you've been gone
10. I heard it through the grapevine
11. Like a rolling stone


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The Undisputed Truth - Face To Face With The Truth (1971)



A1 You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth (6:50)
A2 What Is It (4:57)
A3 Medley: Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World) Friendship Train (8:50)
B1 Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) (2:56)
B2 Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me (3:52)
B3 Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me (5:25)
B4 What's Going On (9:21)

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Average White Band (Discography)



AWB was formed in 1971 by Alan Gorrie[1] and Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, with Onnie McIntyre[2], Hamish Stuart[3], Roger Ball and Robbie McIntosh[4] joining them in the original line-up. Duncan and Ball, affectionately known as the Dundee Horns, studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (now part of the University of Dundee), and were previously members of Mogul Thrash. Gorrie and McIntyre had been members of Forever More.



The band's breakthrough was a support slot at Eric Clapton's comeback concert in 1973. MCA Records released their debut album, Show Your Hand, which sold poorly. Bruce McCaskill, who was Clapton's tour manager, liked the band's music and agreed to manage them. He borrowed money to take them to the U.S. and to promote them. McCaskill had many contacts from his days with Clapton and managed to get Atlantic Records to sign them. The band relocated to New York, signed to Atlantic and released the follow-up, AWB, better known as "The White Album". This album was the first of many with renowned producer Arif Mardin, and reached #1 in the U.S. Hot 100 chart.
McIntosh died of a heroin overdose on 23 September 1974. (Gorrie also overdosed but Cher kept him conscious until medical help arrived.)[5] McIntosh was replaced by Steve Ferrone (of Bloodstone, and, like McIntosh, previously with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express).
In 1975, the single "Pick Up The Pieces" from the album AWB also reached #1 in the U. S. chart. The track is probably their best known today. The band followed up with LPs Cut the Cake (1975) and Soul Searching (1976), both big sellers and yielding further Top 40 singles. Cut the Cake was dedicated by the surviving band members to Robbie McIntosh's memory. Their next LP, Benny & Us, was a collaboration with soul legend Ben E. King.
After several more albums, AWB's audience and sales dwindled. Their 1980 disco hit "Let's Go Round Again" (UK #12), was covered in the late 1990s by Louise. The group disbanded by 1982. Ferrone went on to work with Duran Duran whilst Hamish Stuart joined Paul McCartney's touring group. In 1985 Gorrie released a solo album, Sleepless Nights. Gorrie, McIntyre, and Ball reunited in 1989 to record Aftershock, but Ball left the band shortly after its release. Eliot Lewis co-wrote with Gorrie on this album and joined the band, replacing lead singer Hamish Stuart.
Average White Band has continued recording (Soul Tattoo 1997, Face to Face, 1999) and touring since. When Eliot Lewis left AWB in September 2002 to pursue other musical opportunities, he was replaced by Klyde Jones (see [6]). Their most recent album release in April 2003 was entitled Living in Colour.
AWB's line-up then included Alan Gorrie (bass, lead vocals), Klyde Jones (guitar, keyboard, lead vocals), Onnie McIntyre (guitar, vocals), Fred Vigdor (sax, keyboard, vocals) and Brian Dunne (drums). Gorrie and McIntyre are the only remaining original members of the band.
Brian Dunne was replaced by Rocky Bryant as drummer for the 2006 tour.


1973 - Show Your Hands (VBR)
1974 - AWB (cbr@320)
1975 - Cut The Cake (cbr@256)
1976 - Person To Person (2-cd, live, VBR)
1976 - Soul Searching (cbr@320)
1977 - Benny & Us (feat. Ben E. King, cbr@256)
1978 - Warmer Communication (cbr@320)
1979 - Feel No Fret (cbr@320)
1980 - Pick Up The Pieces (The Ultimate Collection)
1980 - Shine (cbr@192)
1980 - Volume VIII (cbr@192)
1982 - Cupid's In Fashion (cbr@320)
1989 - Aftershock (cbr@320)
1996 - Soul Tattoo (cbr@320)
2005 - Greatest And Latest (VBR)

Planet Asia And F.L.O.- Planet F.L.O.


Artist: Planet Asia And F.L.O.
Title: Planet F.L.O.
Year: 2008
Label: My M.O. Productions
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: n/a
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/iamplanetflo

02:48 Planet Asia And F.L.O. - Intro Cypha Session
02. 03:37 Planet Asia And F.L.O. - Take Money
03. 04:00 F.L.O. - Good Hands
04. 03:44 F.L.O. - Come Get It
05. 04:59 F.L.O. - Chief Of Staff Ft. C-Dot
06. 04:10 Planet Asia And F.L.O. - Mikilikihi
07. 02:48 Planet Asia And F.L.O. - Dem Boyz Go
08. 04:34 F.L.O. - I Got It Ft. Do Dirty
09. 03:24 F.L.O. - Magic Carpet
10. 03:39 F.L.O. - Lil Lady Ft. J.Jones
11. 03:07 Planet Asia And F.L.O. - Uptop Cali
12. 05:25 F.L.O. - Any And Everything Ft. Killa Tay
13. 03:46 F.L.O. - Who Is That
14. 05:37 F.L.O. - Call Waiting
15. 04:53 F.L.O. - Bless You

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Ghettosocks - I Can Make Your Dog Famous



Artist: Ghettosocks
Title: I Can Make Your Dog Famous
Year: 2008
Label Alpha Flight
Genre: Hip-Hop
Style: n/a
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ghettosocks



1 Ghettosocks - I Can Make Your Dog Famous Intro
02 Ghettosocks - Whatchuknowbotme?
03 Ghettosocks - Socks Ebonics
04 Ghettosocks - Evict Bush
05 Ghettosocks - Voltron Kicks
06 Ghettosocks - I Can Make Your Dog A Donut
07 Ghettosocks - Nice Fade
08 Ghettosocks - Read Me My Rights
09 Ghettosocks - Ballz In Yo Stomach (Feat. Timbuktu &PipSkid)
10 Ghettosocks - He’s The DJ I’m The Rapper ‘08
11 Ghettosocks - Live At The Apollo (Skit)
12 Ghettosocks - Catch A Beatdown
13 Ghettosocks - Just Rhymin’ With Eric (Feat. EMC)
14 Ghettosocks - Liquor 2 Pandas
15 Ghettosocks - Voice Mail (Skit)
16 Ghettosocks - Help! I’ve Been Robbed (Remix(Feat. J-Bru & Jay Bizzy)
17 Ghettosocks - Inconceivable
18 Ghettosocks - Baby Penguin Again
19 Ghettosocks - Love Love Love
20 Ghettosocks - Cut You Baby (Feat. Elijah)
21 Ghettosocks - R. Kelly’s Ghostwriter (Skit)(Feat. Jordan Croucher)
22 Ghettosocks - Routines (Feat. First Words) (Bonus)
23 Ghettosocks - Stay Up (Bonus)

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Saturday, January 03, 2009

Rhythm Incursions - In Sessions With Dday One


Artist: Rhythm Incursions
Title: In Sessions With Dday One
Year: 2008
Label: Needlework Records
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Electronic, Dub, Instrumental
MySpace: http://www.rhythm-incursions.com/ | http://www.myspace.com/ddayone

(00:00) Introduction: In Session with Dday One
(00:16) Dday One –This Too Shall Pass * Content (L)abel *unreleased* (World Premier)
(04:03) Nosaj Thing – Aquarium
(06:20) Dday One – Memento Mori (Impulze Remix) Project Mooncircle *unreleased* (World Premier)
(10:40) Logistics - Summer Sun – Hospital Records
(13:30) B-Ju – Apprentice – Unreleased
(16:50) The Nutsons - The Arno Frangos Cruise – Warm Gravy Records
(18:40) Horace Silver – Acid, Pot or Pills – Blue Note
(23:30) 2tall feat. Kashmere – The Most High – Content (L)abel
(25:40) Unkle – Last Orgy 3 Remix – Toy Factory Records
(29:35) Mr. Cooper – What Else There Is Part 4 – Project Mooncircle (Out Sep 08’ -World Premier)
(33:00) Chrisma - What For – Polydor
(36:00) FK – Lotus Garden – Tribe Records
(38:27) Gang Starr – Hardcore Composer – Chrysalis
(39:22) Ernie Hines -Our Generation – We Produce Records
(42:00) Asonic Garcia – Market St. March - *unreleased*
(43:57) Sexteto Electrónico Moderno - Soul Nuevo – Vampi Records
(45:45) Omid – Electric Children – Alphapup
(47:33) Enigmatical – Exercises in Western Beat Tradition #7 *unreleased*
(49:25) Take – Lie-Twerx - Eat Concrete
(51:51) Paul Motian - Inspiration from a Vietnamese Lullaby – ECM
(1:01:20) END

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Dday One - These Are My Beats (compile)


Artist: Dday One
Title: These Are My Beats
Year: 2008
Label: P VINE
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Instrumental, Hardcore, Experimental
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ddayone

1. Track 1 (25:48)

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Tettorybad - Unite (JP)


Artist: Tettorybad
Title: Unite
Year: 2008
Label JAZZYSPORT
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Jazz Hop, Jazz, Experimental, Soul, Neosoul
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/tettorybad

01. Somewhere Far
02. Don’t Push Me Feat. Ty
03. Short Love Tale Feat. Yungun Aka Essa, Mika Arisaka & Yuti
04. Ruff 1 Tuff Feat. Randolph
05. Space Connection Feat. B-Bandj
06. Futurlude 1
07. It’s Ur Time Feat. Shea Soul
08. Galaxy Feat. B-West
09. Eternal Freedom
10. Unite Feat. Fatima
11. Futurlude

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Funky DL - The Jazz That Was Forgotten


Artist: Funky DL
Title: The Jazz That Was Forgotten
Year: 2008
Label Washington Classics
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Experimental, Jazz Hop
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/funkydl

1. The Forgotten Acoustic Piano
2. Spins
3. The Forgotten Vibraphone
4. Remarkable
5. The Forgotten Harpsichord
6. Range
7. The Forgotten Double Bass
8. Later
9. The Forgotten Saxophone
10. Jazz
11. The Forgotten Electric Guitar
12. Focus
13. The Forgotten Flute
14. Shift
15. The Forgotten Electric Piano
16. Stars
17. The Forgotten Acoustic Guitar
18. Grow
19. The Forgotten Drum
20. Pulse
21. International Remix featuring DJ Kofi

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Jazz Liberatorz - Take A Time


Artist: Jazz Liberatorz
Title: Take A Time
Year: 2008
Label Kif Records
Genre: Hip Hop, Instumental, Rap
Style: Jazz Hop, Soul, Vinyl
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jazzlib

01-Jazz Liberatorz - Take A Time (feat. Buckshot)
02-Jazz Liberatorz - Rhodes Trip
03-Jazz Liberatorz - Take A Time (Instrumental)
04-Jazz Liberatorz - The Process (feat. Apani B Fly)
05-Jazz Liberatorz - Dirty Sauce
06-Jazz Liberatorz - The Process (Instrumental)

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The Herbaliser Band — Session One (2000)




Session One is an album released by The Herbaliser on 26 May 2000. While the band had been together since the mid 1990s, contributing to and promoting Herbaliser's largely electronically produced albums, this was the first and to date the only studio album recorded with a live band. It is also the only album released under the group name The Herbaliser Band.

Each track is a live band representation of a track from the first three Herbaliser albums, Remedies, Blow Your Headphones and Very Mercenary. Most tracks are completely instrumental, and vocals are only present in sample form on two tracks ("Who's the Realest?" and "The Sensual Woman").

The music is a unique mix of jazz/funk/hip hop with the classic 'big band' sound. ©


Tracklisting:

01 - Who's The Realest? [5:25]
02 - Ginger Jumps The Fence [5:10]
03 - The Sensual Woman [4:21]
04 - The Missing Suitcase [5:40]
05 - Shocka Zulu [5:11]
06 - Shattered Soul [5:07]
07 - Gold Rush [5:40]
08 - Forty Winks [5:39]

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Credits:

Jake Wherry - Bass guitar
Ollie Teeba - Turntables
Mickey Moody - Drums
Kaidi Tatham - Keyboards (ARP Pro Soloist, Hohner Clavinet D6, Korg Trinity, Fender Rhodes 73)
Ralph Lamb - Trumpet, flugelhorn, additional keyboards (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
Patrick Dawes - Percussion
Andy Ross - Piccolo, flute, baritone and tenor saxophone
Chris Bowden - Alto saxophone
Matt Coleman - Trombone


Notes: Live played instrumental versions of tracks from The Herbaliser's albums.

Scratch Perverts - FabricLive. 22


Tracklisting:

1 Scratch Perverts & Dynamite MC Come Get It (3:06)
2 Ty Ha Ha (2:14)
3 Masta Ace Incorporated Born To Roll (3:06)
4 Skinnyman I’ll Be Surprised (2:05)
5 Roots Manuva Witness (Walworth Road Rocker’s Dub) (2:43)
6 Roots, The Guns Are Drawn (3:29)
7 Mr. Scruff Ug Beats (0:58)
8 Die* & Skitz Go In (2:32)
9 Perceptionists, The Party Hard (2:27)
10 Dilated Peoples This Way (3:38)
11 Foreign Beggars Hold On (3:20)
12 Booty Bouncers, The Fame And Money (1:46)
13 Scratch Perverts Face Smacker (0:48)
14 Dead Prez Hip Hop (3:35)
15 Scratch Perverts Stand By (3:50)
16 DJ Shadow G.D.M.F.S.O.B. (UNKLE Uncensored Mix) (4:19)
17 Alter Ego Rocker (1:38)
18 Ian Brown Time Is My Everything (Scratch Perverts Vocal Mix) (3:31)
19 Radiohead The National Anthem (5:37)
20 Nightbreed (3) Pack Of Wolves (Pendulum Remix) (2:29)
21 Ed Rush & Optical Get Ill (2:53)
22 Clipz Slippery Slope (1:47)
23 DJ Phantasy, Shodan* & UK Apache* Gimme Da Gal (3:40)
24 Pendulum (3) Another Planet (2:41)
25 Baron A Modern Way V.I.P. (3:43)

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James Taylor Quartet - The Money Spyder ( 1987)



Tracklisting:

1 The Money Spyder 3:48
2 One Way Street 2:25
3 Car Chase 2:48
4 The Spiral Staircase 2:14
5 Mr. Cool's Dream 3:46
6 A Real Mean Time 1:07
7 The Onion Club 3:04
8 The Stroll 3:14
9 Los Cuevos Pablo 2:47
10 Midnight Stomp [The New Rhumba] 3:47
11 Buzy Bee 4:22
12 In the Park 3:39

James Taylor - Hammond Organ
David Taylor - Guitar
Allan Crockford - Bass
Simon "Wolf" Howard - Drums

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The Herbaliser, - FabricLive. 26



Tracklisting:

1 Million Dan Dogz N Sledgez (3:33)
2 J-Sands Of The Lone Catalysts* Southern Lady (3:15)
3a RJD2 Ghostwriter (3:38)
3b Dynamic Syncopation Ground Zero (Acapella)
4 Blufoot Alphabet Man (1:17)
5 Hurby's Machine I Got An Attitude (2:11)
6 Harry Love Surprize (3:00)
7a Herbaliser, The None Other (2:55)
7b DJ Format 3 Feet Deep (Instrumental)
8 James Brown Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothin' (1:43)
9 Lefties Soul Connection Welly Wanging (1:44)
10 J Rocc Play This (One) (1:32)
11 Eric B. & Rakim Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix) (3:05)
12 Demon Boyz Glimity Glamity (4:49)
13 Cappo I.D.S.T. (2:47)
14 Nextmen, The Spin It Round (3:34)
15 Jackson 5, The It's Great To Be Here (2:19)
16 Breakestra Family Rap (4:50)
17 Apathy It Takes A Seven Nation Army To Hold Us Back (2:47)
18 Herbaliser, The Gadget Funk (3:53)
19 Flying Fish Mr Matatwe (Keep It Up) (2:23)
20 Hero No.7 Keeping It Real? (1:10)
21 Roots, The Boom! (2:21)
22 Dynamix II Just Give The DJ A Break (12" Club Version) (2:31)
23 Diplo Newsflash (2:48)
24 Bugz In The Attic Booty La La (6:08)

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Friday, December 26, 2008

Ohio Players (1968 - 1981) (18 albums)


The Ohio Players combine funk, disco, country, jazz, soul, and rock to create a uniquely danceable, multilayered, and memorable sound. The band reached an apex of popularity in the 1970s during the funk and disco era and with the advent of rap and hip-hop, has enjoyed an enthusiastic renaissance since the mid-1990s.

The brainchild of guitarist Robert Ward, the group began as the Ohio Untouchables in Dayton, Ohio, in 1959. Bassist Marshall Jones, saxophonist and flutist Clarence "Satch" Satchell, and trumpeter Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrook comprised the unchanging core of the group over the decades. Apart from this trio, the band's membership changed countless times over the course of almost four decades. Guitarist and vocalist Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, keyboardist and percussionist William "Billy" Beck, conga player Robert "Kuumba" Jones, trumpeter Marvin "Merv" Pierce, percussionist James "Diamond" Williams, and rhythm guitarist and vocalist Clarence "Chet" Willis completed the band in the 1990s.
As the Ohio Untouchables, the group worked backup in Detroit for the Falcons--whose lead singer was the young and incomparable Wilson Pickett--on their 1962 hit single "I Found a Love." Five years later, in 1967, the Untouchables changed their name to the Ohio Players, moved back to Dayton, and performed as a funky, soulful octet.
The group then moved to Los Angeles and remained there until the end of the 1960s before relocating once again back to their home state of Ohio. The funk and rhythm and blues music of the early 1970s was heavily influenced by bands like Sly & the Family Stone-- bands that fused rock with funk and soul. The Ohio Players were eager to experiment as well, and their funky sound grew more progressive and distinctive. "Sugarfoot" Bonner added a nasal, almost comical quality to the band's vocal sound, rendering their singles danceable and catchy.
The Ohio Players released their debut album, Pain, in 1971 on Detroit's Westbound Records, a label shared by George Clinton's Funkadelic band. They followed their debut with Pleasure a year later, then Ecstasy in 1973. The albums were only moderately successful, but the recording experience was invaluable for the band to hone its signature trademarks: large horn-powered tracks, odd background sounds such as whistles and alarms, and absurd, salacious lyrics. In 1974 the Ohio Players signed with Mercury Records; by then the band's fluctuating membership had finally stabilized.
The Ohio Players' southern Ohio environment shaped their diverse tastes and the breadth of their musical knowledge. James Brown recorded many of his greatest hits in Cincinnati's King Records studio in the 1950s and 1960s, the soulful Isley Brothers and funk superstar Bootsy Collins were both products of the Cincinnati music scene, and during the 1970s and 1980s dance groups such as Lakeside, the Deele, Midnight Star, and Slave also emerged from the southern Ohio region.
There were no radio stations in southern Ohio that played strictly black music in the early and mid-1970s, so the Ohio Players would cover whatever was on the radio, which was usually an eclectic mix such as Peter, Paul & Mary, Grand Funk Railroad, Tower of Power, and the Jazz Crusaders. To attract the attention of record store browsers, the band became known for its racy album jackets, usually featuring an undressed woman in a suggestive pose. When they switched over to Mercury Records, the risque cover tradition continued; for example, one album pictured a nude woman covered in honey. In time, even people who did not purchase the Ohio Players' albums began to look forward to the band's next album jacket.
In 1974 the Ohio Players released their first album for Mercury, Skin Tight, and ushered in a three-year run at the top of the R&B and dance music charts. The singles "Skin Tight" and "Jive Turkey" were both Top Ten R&B hits. The Ohio Players were adding more and more sound effects with each album, and when Fire was released in 1974, it pushed the envelope even further with sirens, high-pitched squeals, and space bleeps.
Fire is arguably the crown jewel in the Ohio Players' collection of albums. The bandmembers listened to the LP's tracks--without the vocals--in Los Angeles with Stevie Wonder, and they each knew even then that the album was going to be a tremendous hit. The title track was created out of a high-octane instrumental jam session, fusing funk, rock, and fiery drums. It became the band's first Number One single on the pop charts.
Fire also included a rare stab at social commentary with the single "I Want to Be Free." Aside from this album, the Ohio Players avoided heavy or moralistic lyrics, preferring a lighthearted, silly, almost nonsensical approach to their music. The band's next Number One single was "Love Rollercoaster" on the Honey album in 1975, followed by "Who'd She Coo?" in 1976 on Contradiction; then the string of hit singles ended. "O-H-I-O," released on Angel in 1977, was the band's last major single to become a hit, but the Ohio Players continued to tour well into the 1990s.
The influence of the Ohio Players is obvious in the music of the 1990s. Their songs have been heavily sampled by West Coast rap and hip-hop groups, most notably Dr. Dre and his "G-Funk" sound. Primus, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Soundgarden have all borrowed stylistically from the Ohio Players, and Soundgarden covered their single "Fopp" note for note.
With an extensive touring schedule and the 1995 release of the Mercury/Chronicles "Funk Essentials" collection--a seven-album overview of 1970s funk-rock-soul music that includes a compilation of the Ohio Players' material called Funk on Fire!--the band remained in the musical limelight two decades after the release of their best-known songs.

1968 - First Impression (192 kBps)
1968 - Observations In Time (192 kBps)
1971 - Pain (256 kBps)
1972 - Pleasure (256 kBps)
1973 - Ecstacy (224 kBps)
1973 - Climax (320 kBps, outtakes & jams)
1974 - Skin Tight (256 kBps)
1975 - Fire (256 kBps)
1975 - Honey (256 kBps)
1975 - Rattlesnake (256 kBps)
1976 - Contradiction (320 kBps)
1976 - Gold (256 kBps, compilation)
1977 - Angel (256 kBps)
1977 - Mr. Mean (256 kbps)
1978 - Jass-Ay-lay-Dee (256 kBps)
1979 - Everybody Up (VBR)
1981 - Ouch! (VBR)
1981 - Tenderness (Various CBR)

Mighty Super Funk - Rare 45s & Undiscovered Masters 1967 to 1978 Vol 6


Our favorite kind of funk is Super Funk - and this fab entry to the long-running series definitely keeps up the groove! As before, there's plenty of rare tracks here - most pulled from obscure singles of late 60s/early 70s vintage - and some even from rare studio tapes that were never issued at the time! Most tracks are short, with a nicely gritty groove - the kind of funky 45 madness that will always keep us digging for rare 7" singles - put together by the BGP crew with a real understanding of the groove! There's some especially nice female singers in the mix - almost creating a mini Sister Funk focus on the package - but there's also great guy singers and groups too. 20 tracks in all - with cuts that include "The Sneak" by The Douzer, "Queen Of Losers" by Eleanor Rigby, "Groovy Baby" by Kim Tamanga, "It's Mookie Time" by Cleveland Eaton & The Kats, "Party Time" by James Carpenter, "Moving Woman" by 87th Off Broadway, "Bad Bad Woman (part 1)" by Marie Franklin, "He Say She Say" by Chet Ivey, "Cold Sweat" by Julio Zavalla, "Shakin Up The Nation" by The Radiations, "One Sweet Song" by Gloria Lucas, and "I'm Moving Home" by Mary Alice McCall. © 1996-2008, Dusty Groove America, Inc.


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01 The Love Experience - Are You Together For The New Day 03:15
02 Eleanor Rigby - Queen Of Losers 03:03
03 Kim Tamanga - Groovy Baby 02:28
04 Gloria Lucas - One Sweet Song 02:36
05 Mary Alice Mccall - I'm Moving Home 03:58
06 The Phillips Brothers - Who Stole My Cookie 03:36
07 Mr Jamo - Shake What You Brought With You 03:41
08 Los Africanos - It's Your Thing 05:40
09 Cleveland Eaton & The Kats - It's Mookie Time 02:28
10 James Carpenter - Party Time 03:59
11 87th Off Broadway - Moving Woman 02:56
12 Marie Franklin - Bad, Bad Woman Pt 1 03:14
13 Elroy Peace - New Day 02:58
14 Chet Ivey - He Say She Say 06:20
15 Adolph Jacobs - Do It 03:44
16 The Radiations Aka The Headliners - Shakin' Up The Nation 03:19
17 Julio Zavalla - Cold Sweat 03:24
18 Joe Haywood - (Play Me) A Cornbread Song 02:50
19 Sandra Phillips - Some Mother's Son 03:38
20 The Douzer - The Sneak 02:52

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Run for Cover II Mixed by Chairman Mao and DJ Muro 2008



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Chairman Mao - Run for Cover II - 74:56
1 Unknown Artist What's Going On (4:16)
2 Unknown Artist Who Is She And What Is She To You (2:59)
3 Unknown Artist Give Me Your Love (2:06)
4 Unknown Artist The Message (3:37)
5 Unknown Artist The Way You Do The Things You Do (2:34)
6 Unknown Artist Grandma's Hands (2:23)
7 Willie Wright Right On For The Darkness (3:09)
8 Unknown Artist Reach Out I'll Be There (2:31)
9 Unknown Artist Stoned Soul Picnic (3:02)
10 Unknown Artist Tighten Up (1:27)
11 Unknown Artist Tighten Up (2:11)
12 Unknown Artist The Popcorn (2:17)
13 Unknown Artist It Only Takes A Minute (4:05)
14 Unknown Artist Movin' (3:08)
15 Unknown Artist Melting Pot (2:30)
16 Unknown Artist The Bottle (2:38)
17 Unknown Artist Can't You See Me (4:41)
18 Unknown Artist What You Won't Do For Love (4:55)
19 Unknown Artist La La Means I Love You (3:23)
20 Unknown Artist Over Like A Fat Rat (4:03)
21 Unknown Artist Lovely Day (3:18)
22 Unknown Artist I Want To Be Part Of You (3:21)
23 Unknown Artist Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (3:17)
24 Unknown Artist Together (3:07)

DJ Muro - Run for Cover II - 72:15
1 Unknown Artist Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (3:31)
2 Unknown Artist Theme From The Godfather (1:05)
3 Unknown Artist Light My Fire (2:25)
4 Unknown Artist Ain't No Sunshine (1:54)
5 Unknown Artist Ain't No Sunshine (1:34)
6 Unknown Artist People Make The World Go Round (3:32)
7 Unknown Artist I Don't Know What It Is (But It Sure Is Funky) (1:52)
8 Unknown Artist Sunny (3:59)
9 Unknown Artist Summer In The City (3:28)
10 Unknown Artist Little Ghetto Boy (3:44)
11 Unknown Artist Love & Happiness (2:55)
12 Unknown Artist Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (3:46)
13 Unknown Artist Mind Blowing Decision (4:34)
14 Unknown Artist Take Me To The Mardi Gras (3:27)
15 Unknown Artist Superstition (1:40)
16 Unknown Artist Fencewalk (1:39)
17 Unknown Artist Popcorn With A Feeling (2:59)
18 Unknown Artist Think (About It) (2:28)
19 Unknown Artist Think (About It) (2:00)
20 Unknown Artist Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (4:09)
21 Unknown Artist Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (3:39)
22 Unknown Artist Cloud Nine (2:26)
23 Unknown Artist Apache (3:48)
24 Unknown Artist Land Of Love (2:28)
25 Unknown Artist I Can't Stop Dancing (3:15)

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Welcome To The Party (2008)



Here at Jazzman we are all about rescuing esoteric, forgotten and obscure auditory delights from yesteryear, and we unleash them onto a world that's starved for a musical alternative to popular dross. So many millions of songs, some good and many bad, have been recorded these past 50 years, yet so many of the amazing ones have slipped through the net, never to be heard of againà

Unfortunately the times present us with a situation where not everyone has access to a phonograph which will reveal the sonic delights of these plastic masterpieces. These unlucky individuals have yet to experience the hip-shaking soulful grind of Sheila Wilkerson, nor have they become enchanted by the Middle-Eastern twang of Egyptian drummer Salah Ragab and his Cairo Jazz Band. They have not been seduced by Della Reese as she swoons and sways her way around Hollywood's Playboy night club, and nor have they got down to the nitty-gritty low down funk of Bobby Williams & his Mar-Keys.

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01 The Har You Percussion Group - Welcome To The Party 04:00
02 Sheila Wilkerson - Baby Your A Jive Cat 02:36
03 Salah Ragab - Egypt Strut 04:52
04 Little Beaver - Do Right Man 02:47
05 Noro Morales Quintet - Saona 02:38
06 Sohail Rana - Soul Sitar 02:07
07 Al Escobar - Tighten Up 02:47
08 La Lupe - Fever 02:43
09 Della Reese - It Was A Very Good Year 03:1
10 Bobby Williams - Soul Brother Party 06:29
11 Ricardo Marrero And The Group - Babalonia 03:28
12 The Natural Yoghurt Band - Soft Cheese 04:03

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Keep On Struttin': A Tribute To The Meters 2009


A massive tribute to The Meters - one that features rare versions of some of their best funky classics! If you dig The Meters, you'll no doubt recognize most of the tunes - but you've probably never heard them in these versions before - as most of them are pulled from the farthest reaches of the 60s and 70s funky underground! Most numbers change things up a bit in terms of instrumentation - using a guitar where you might normally hear an organ, tipping the rhythm a bit more towards one speed or another - but all of them continue strongly that chunky, gritty approach to instrumental funk the New Orleans combo first forged in the late 60s - a legacy that still lives on in lots of current work, but which sounds even fresher in these rare gems from years back. There's also a few original compositions by some of these artists, but they're all tunes that fall strongly within a classic Meters groove - and titles include "Cissy Strut" by Rod Piazza, "Flight Of The Phoenix" by Dennis The Fox, "Slot Machine" by Duke Of Burlington, "Cissy Strut" by King Herbert & The Knights, "Cardova" by Syd Jones & The Gay Troubadours, "The Cissy's Thang" by The Soul Seven, "Look Ka Py Py" by The Invaders, "Chicken Strut" by King Herbert & The Knights, "Madrox" by Big Band Katouuice, "Cissy Strut" by Sacramento Senior High School, "Big Splash" by Band It, and "Soul Heart Transplant" by Ebony Rhythm Band.

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01 03:35 Syd Jones and The Gay Troubadors - Cardova
02 03:42 King Herbert and The Knights - Cissy Strut
03 02:18 Duke Of Burlington - Slot Machine
04 02:34 Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band - Cissy Strut
05 02:24 Billy Ball and The Upsetters - Sissy Walk
06 03:15 Band It - Big Splash
07 03:11 Dennis The Fox - Flight Of The Phoenix
08 04:09 Rod Piazza - Cissy Strut
09 02:53 Ebony Rhythm Band - Soul Heart Transplant
10 02:34 Joe Bravo - Cissy Strut
11 02:22 The Soul Seven - The Cissy's Thang
12 02:38 The Invaders - Look Ka Py Py
13 02:20 Los Masters - Cissy Strut
14 03:41 King Herbert and The Knights - Chicken Strut
15 03:36 Big Band Katouuice - Madrox
16 00:47 Sacramento Senior High School - Cissy Strut (Outro)

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