I'm absolutely happy to say that this is the first rotation I've done in 2 years that I had too many songs to choose from. It's a good thing. Presenting: Since work and school have been an absolutely busy experience, trying to pull out rotations is a challenge - even doubly shoo with trying to keep the Old School Wednesdays moving. Let's see if I can keep up with the music this year, which is undoubtedly much more active (and interesting) than it was last year.
In Rotation, Volume 24 - July, 2010
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01 - All I Ever Wanted - Bah Samba (9:08) [myspace]
02 - Get Through To You - Dira (5:21) [myspace]
03 - The Better Life - Georg Levin featuring Clara Hill (3:24) [site]
04 - Change Your Mind - YahZarah (3:32) [myspace | wiki | twitter]
05 - Casualties Of Honey - Silhouette Brown (5:10) [myspace]
06 - You Used To Rock - Blue Six (4:33) [site]
07 - Just Dance - Cool Million Feat. Noel McKoy (4:52) [myspace]
08 - Lost In The Moment - Marcell and The Truth (3:54) [site]
09 - This Could Be The Night (Featuring Eric Roberson, Darien Brockington & Rapper Big Pooh) - Zo! (4:19) [myspace | twitter]
10 - I Need Your Love - PJ Morton (2:49) [site]
11 - Mad 1 More Night - Russell Taylor (3:50) [site]
12 - Showya - Darien (4:30) [myspace]
13 - Past Present Future - Angel Grant (4:43) [site | wiki | myspace]
14 - Always Will (Ft. Muhsinah & Kaidi Tatham) - Eric Lau (4:23) [myspace]
15 - The Song (feat Chaka Khan) - Incognito (5:09) [link]
16 - Love - Princess Freesia (5:56) [myspace | facebook]
17 - All Is Well With Love (Featuring Chantae Cann) - Zo! (2:55) [myspace | twitter]
I have always been interested in Bah Samba, and have used them on a couple of occasions. After doing some research, I saw that they have been out for more than 10 years, and that one of the vocalists was no other than Alice Russell who is phenomenal both on the turntable and in person. It prompted me to pull out All I've Ever Wanted without hesitation. I've followed this from Dira, a new artist produced by Bluey from Incognito. The track Gotta Get Through To You is off of the CD Something About That Girl. Georg Levin then sets the groove with vocals by the one and only Clara Hill with The Better Life.
Yahzarah's Change Your Mind is a great track which was produced by Nicolay (who incidentally produced the entire LP, The Ballad of Purple St. James). This is followed by Silhouette Brown with a little help from Lady Alma on the track Casualties of Honey. Blue Six follows this up with the bass-thumping You Used To Rock. We then slide into the old school vibe by sliding into the German collaboration by the name of Cool Million with the track Just Dance with Noel McCoy.
I was able to get my hands on Marcell And The Truth and I was very impressed with his LP.. Lost In The Moment is one of my favorite tracks off of the CD. Symbols. Special thanks to L. Michael Gipson got alerting me to this release. Zo! slides in with a track from Sunstorm entitled This Could Be The Night with Erro, Darien Brockington, and Big Pooh. This is followed by PJ Morton's I Need Your Love and Russell Taylor's Mad 1 More Night from the CD Confessional.
Showya. a great track from Darien produced by Soulpersona, is one of the most frequently played tracks by yours truly. This track is followed by Past Present Future by Angel Grant, an artist fro the former Perspective Records (remember Lil' Red Boat?) I found this track while listening to her previous album, aptly entitled Album. The track comes from her current album entitled My Journey Back. Eric Lau then gives us the lovely track Always Will with vocals by Musinah and Kaidi Taitham .
After Eric's track, Incognito follows with vocals by the one and only Chaka Khan with The Song an unquestionably solid track that will be heard for years to come. This is followed by Princess Freesia, an artist to watch out for, with the soulful track Love, which keeps the goodness flowing. I conclude this with a track from Zo!, entitled All Is Well With Love, one of my absolute favorite tracks from the LP. This track is graced by the vocals from Chantae Cann,
Shououts go to Ricky McCarthy, Paul Eversley, Soulpersona, Zo!, and L. Michael Gipson.
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Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. It's been a beautiful week. Now it's back to the grind. Here we go:
Old School Wednesday: Knees
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01 - Can You Handle It? - Sharon Redd (9:44)
02 - Get Off (You Fascinate Me) - Patrice Rushen (6:20)
03 - Romeo - Jamaica Boys (4:48)
04 - I Could Give You More - Marcus Miller (5:58)
05 - After You - Bernard Wright (4:44)
06 - Hard To Face The Music - Idris Muhammed (4:52)
07 - Inside Your Love - Leon Ware (5:21)
08 - The Sound Of Music - Dayton (5:41)
09 - I Found Lovin' - Fatback Band (4:03)
10 - Knees - Howard Johnson (5:41)
11 - For Tonight - Bryan Loren (4:25)
12 - Hang Tight - Keni Burke (4:00)
13 - I Love You - Weldon Irvine (3:04)
14 - Love The Feeling - Leroy Hutson (2:51)
15 - Lazy Nina - Greg Phillinganes (5:20)
I wanted to start off with Sharon Redd not only because it's a great dance tune, but also because of the instrumental arrangement that stands the test of time. The same can also be said about Patrice's Get Off. After those two tracks, I wanted to get more into Marcus Miller and Bernard Wright, so I thought it would be perfect to drop a good track from the two in addition to including a track from Jamaica Boys, a group they were directly involved in, and which also included Lenny White and Mark Stevens, Yvette's brother. You may know her better as Chaka Khan.
One of the best things about having to hunt for tracks for Old School Wednesdays is learning or learning more about artists, or discovering artists you haven't heard of. Both things mentioned are true in this case. I had enough time to learn more about Idris Muhammad, Greg Phillinganes, and Leon Ware. I did not realize that Leon was not only a writer of Inside Your Love but also incorporated the tune one one of his albums, I had to include it in this mix. Idriis' Hard To Face The Music and Greg's Lazy Nina are two underappreciated classics,that should also be recognized.
There are two artists in this case that I had never heard of which also included this time: Weldon Irvine and Leroy Hutson. I'll be immersing myself into their tracks from them, and there's a good change you'll hear them in the upcoming podcasts. One of the things that I was shocked to learn was Weldon's biography and his involvement in the industry. I was even more astonished to hear more about his death. The realization that he was so prolific really hit home. Information about his life can be found in Colin H. Jackson Jr's writeup, available here.
Great tracks from Dayton, Bryan Loren, Fatback Band, Keni Burke, and Howard Johnson are also here. Howard's track was produced by Jam & Lewis and Monte Moir fan that I had never been able to get my hands on until recently (and considering I am a huge Jan and Lewis fan, this was a minor victory for me.)
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02 Another Man - Barbara Mason
03 Let Me Show You - Larry Wu
04 Your Personal Touch - Evelyn ''Champagne'' King
05 Tossing And Turning - Windjammer
06 Love's Comin' At Ya - Melba Moore
07 Best Part Of The Night - The Jeff Lorber Band Feat Gavin Christopher
08 Get Me Through The Night - Barbara Mitchell
09 Let It All Blow- Dazz Band
10 Medicine Song - Stephanie Mills
11 You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me) - David Joseph
12 I'm Not Gonna Let You Go - Colonel Abrams
13 Billie Jean [Original 12" Version] - Michael Jackson
14 Rock With You (Single Version) - Michael Jackson
15 Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder
16 Stomp - The Brothers Johnson
17 Galaxy - War
18 System Of Survival - Earth Wind & Fire
19 Ai No Corrida - Quincy Jones
I was concerned that I wouldn't have enough time to do anything this week for my birthday. Thanks to Ricky, he was able to drop a nice mix whicih allowed me to focus on other things. While he manages to kill me with the sublime Winjammer track and the never-heard-before tracks from Barbara Mason and Larry Wu. It also doesn't hurt that he placed Stevie, Earth Wind And Fire, and a whole host of others. Good Stuff.
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Old School Wednesday - Acid Jazz, Volume 9: Firefly
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01 - Jamiroquai - Love Foolosophy (Mondo Grosso Love Acoustic Mix)
02 - Incognito - Marrakech
03 - Maysa - Let It Go
04 - Deborah Anderson - U Make Me Want To...
05 - Freak Power - Getting Over The Hump
06 - Cleveland Lounge - Good Thing
07 - Maysa - J.F.S.
08 - Count Basic - Jazz In The House
09 - The Brand New Heavies - Day By Day
10 - Ronny Jordan - So What!
11 - Janita - Firefly
12 - Guy Monk - Feeling Right
13 - Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Stickman Crossing
14 - Nina Simone - See Line Woman
15 - D*Note - Now Is The Time
16 - James Taylor Quartet - Love The Life
17 - Ronny James - The Jackal
I'm loving this as usual and hope you do too. Once again, special thanks to Mr. McCarthy for doin' thir thing, and doin' it well. Got requests? Send an email to ejflavors at gmail dot com. For those who'd like to subscribe to these podcasts, enter this link manually into iTunes. Take it light.
This is the first time this has been done- a comparison of two band. Predenting....
Old School Wednesday - Starpoint vs Skyy
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Volume I:
01 - Starpoint - Object Of My Desire
02 - Skyy - Call Me
03 - Starpoint - He Wants My Body
04 - Skyy - Show Me The Way
05 - Starpoint - Restless
06 - Skyy - Givin' It To You
07 - Starpoint - Keep On It
08 - Skyy - Superlove
09 - Starpoint - Bring Your Sweet Loving Back
10 - Skyy - Here's To You
11 - Starpoint - I Just Want To Be Your Lover
12 - Skyy - High
Volume II:
13 - Skyy - Jam the Box
14 - Starpoint - Its All Yours
15 - Skyy - Let's Celebrate
16 - Starpoint - One Step Closer To Your Love [Extended Version]
17 - Skyy - Start Of A Romance
18 - Starpoint - Fresh Start [Extended Version]
19 - Skyy - Groove Me
20 - Starpoint - Gonna Lift You Up
21 - Skyy - Skyyzoo
22 - Starpoint - Have You Got What It Takes
23 - Skyy - It's Real Love
24 - Starpoint - Till The End Of Time
25 - Skyy - When You Touch Me
I have seen a battle of the bandsd but never participated - but this time I had a request from Paul that I couldn't refuse. It's pretty impossible for me to say whi is better (I think they're both fantastic). What's your opinion? Much props for the one and only Paul who was the mastermind behind this (and trust me, there will be more to come...believe me.)
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This week's feature....Angela.
Old School Wednesday - Angela - Uptempo
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Old School Wednesday - Angela - Downtempo
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Uptempo:
01 - Rene and Angela Featuring Kurtis Blow - Save Your Love (For #1)
02 - Rene and Angela - I Love You More
03 - Janet Jackson - Say You Do
04 - Angela Winbush - It's The Real Thing
05 - Rene and Angela - I'll Be Good
06 - Janet Jackson - Young Love
07 - Angela Winbush - Run To Me
08 - Angela Winbush - Dream Lover
09 - Angela Winbush - Treat U Rite
10 - Stephanie Mills - Something In The Way (You Make Me Feel)
Downtempo:
10 - Collage - Winners & Losers
11 - Harvey Mason - Spell
12 - Twennynine featuring Lenny White - My Melody
13 - Lo-Key - Hey There Pretty Lady
14 - Atlantic Starr - Second To None
11 - Sheena Easton - Fire And Rain
12 - Angela Winbush - Angel
13 - Rene and Angela - You Don't Have To Cry
14 - Rene and Angela - Imaginary Playmates
15 -- Angela Winbush - Spend The Night (Ce Soir)
16 - Angela Winbush - Menage A Trois
17 - Rene and Angela - My First Love
18 - Angela Winbush - Your Smile
19 - Isley Brothers - Koolin' Out
20 - Angela Winbush - You Had A Good Girl
There's not much I can say about this - Angela at he finest takes two separate mixes because of the longevity, particularly for those who like to listen to this on a CD in the car. Much props for the one and only Paul who was the mastermind behind this (and trust me, there will be more to come...believe me.)
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