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Old School Wednesday: To The Sun, Volume 7.
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01 – KC & the Sunshine Band – Do You Wanna Go Party
02 – Rufus & Chaka Khan – Any Love
03 – Ashford and Simpson – It Seems To Hang On
04 – Heatwave – Eyeballin’ [Special Disco Version]
05 – Steve Arrington – Nobody Can Be You
06 – Chuckii Booker – Out Of The Dark
07 – Vertical Hold – Seems You’re Much Too Busy
08 – Bill Withers – Oh Yeah
09 – Tears For Fears – Advice For The Young At Heart
10 – Ambrosia – You’re the Only Woman
11 – Will Downing – I Go Crazy
12 – Bobby Caldwell – Open Your Eyes
13 – Christopher Williams – All I See
14 – Aretha Franklin – Day Dreaming
15 – Alyson Williams – Just Call My Name

KC’s cut Do You Wanna Go Party is personally my favorite cut from them, and following along with them is Rufus and Chaka’s Any Love from Masterjam. Thanks to the folks in Philly, I’ve been in the Ashford & Simpson mood, which is why It Seems To Hang On was put in the mix. Eyeballin’ was one of the cuts that was not on the Johnny Wilder tribute.

Nobody Can Be You is also off of Steve Arrington’s Hall Of Fame, while Chuckii Booker’s Out Of The Dark is off of Niice and Wiild. I was thinking of Angie Stone, which caused me to pull out Seems You’re Much Too Busy from Vertical Hold and then follow it up with a forgotten Bill Withers’ cut, Oh Yeah. Afterwards, I thought it would be good to pull out some tracks from Tears For Fears (Advice For The Young At Heart), and Ambrosia (You’re The Only Woman).

I thought it would be good to delve into Will Downing with I Go Crazy, a remake of the Paul Davis tune of the same name, and Bobby Caldwell’s Open Your Eyes, which is also used by a track from Common’s Be.

I finish off the mix with Christopher Williams’ All I See, his first release, Aretha Franklin’s Day Dreaming, and Alyson Williams’ Just Call My Name, arguably my favorite cut from her album, Raw.

Enjoy.

After the birthday weekend has mellowed out into a nice, steady rhythm…..

Old School Wednesday: Postscript.
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01 – The Family – The Screams Of Passion [Extended Version]
02 – Jill Jones – G-Spot (Extended)
03 – Loose Ends – Stay a Little While, Child [Remix]
04 – Chaka Khan – Give Me All
05 – D-Influence – Journey
06 – Soul II Soul – Fairplay [Featuring Rose Windross]
07 – Sheila E – Loverboy
08 – Level 42 – Lessons in Love
09 – Curiosity Killed The Cat – Ordinary Day
10 – Swing Out Sister – Twilight World [Superb. Superb. Mix]
11 – Joyce Sims – Come into My Life
12 – Five Star – Let Me Be The One
13 – Patti Austin – In And Out Of Love
14 – Billy Griffin – Hold Me Tighter In The Rain
15 – Lakeside – Say Yes

I’m sure everyone is familiar with Screams of Passion, and following along the same purple vein, I thought it would be good to drop G Spot. Loose Ends’ Stay A Little While, Child was one of my favorite tracks from them that is sorely underappreciated. Louil Silas gave it his own spin that, in my opinion, made it just as smooth as Hanging On A String. Give Me All is one of the Chaka Khan tracks that sucessfully blends vocals, scratches, and brass. Journey from no-one other than D-Influence, off the Good 4 We album. I’m sure everyone was hip to the first album from Soul II Soul, which is where Fairplay is from.

Sheila E’s Sex Cymbal CD is one of my favorites from her, with Loverboy being one of the funkiest songs, combining her percussion with a guitar solo at the end. Level 42s Lessons In Love, Curiosity Killed The Cat’s Ordinary Day, and Swing Out Sister’s Twilight World were three tracks that I played endlessly while I was in college, so much so that I had to purchase the cassettes again.

Joyce Sims’ Come Into My Life is a well known cut, I’m sure, as is Let Me Be The One. Patti Austin’s In And Out Of Love is a stepper’s staple. Billy Griffin’s Hold Me Tighter In The Rain is one of the songs from him that I’ve been playing lately, since it’s fairly new to me. We finish off with Lakeside’s Say Yes, which is one of their finest cuts.

Enjoy.

I have a family emergency to take care of, but let’s drop this for the time being.

Old School Wednesday: Preamble.
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01 – BT Express – Do It Till You’re Satisfied
02 – The Gap Band – Shake
03 – Evelyn "Champagne" King – I Can’t Stand It
04 – Rick James – Hard to Get
05 – Breakwater – Say You Love Me Girl
06 – A Taste Of Honey – Rescue Me
07 – Melba Moore – You Stepped Into My Life
08 – Loose Ends – Gonna Make You Mine
09 – Hamilton Bohannon – Thoughts and Wishes
10 – Lowrell – Mellow Mellow, Right On
11 – Ambrosia – Biggest Part of Me
12 – Billy Griffin – Serious
13 – Walter Egan- Magnet And Steel
14 – Minnie Riperton – Here We Go
15 – Atlantic Starr – My Sugar

I’ll drop more details when I can, but for now, the instrumentations of Mellow Mellow, Right on and Rescue Me should make you smile, since it’s they are used on other well-known old-school cuts.
In addition, Walter Egan and Ambrosia should make you reminisce on the other pop-oriented, well known tracks that were also played in your neighborhood. Hope you enjoy the vibe.

I love a collaboration with the Old School Wednesday creator himself, KB. It’s the day after Independance Day. so here we go:

Old School Wednesday: The Fifth Of July.
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01 – Fatback Band – I Found Lovin’
02 – Sharon Brown – I Specialize In Love
03 – Melba Moore – You Stepped Into My Life
04 – Dynasty – I’ve Just Begun to Love You
05 – Ashford & Simpson – It Seems To Hang On
06 – Junior – Not Tonight
07 – Gwen Guthrie – Padlock
08 – Taana Gardner – Heartbeat [Club Version]
09 – Jocelyn Brown – Somebody Else’s Guy
10 – Odyssey – Native New Yorker (Full Version)

11 – Thompson Twins – In the Name of Love
12 – Cavern – Liquid, Liquid
13 – Rockers Revenge – Battle Cry
14 – Kraftwerk – Tour de France

When he came up with this list, I had to give him major props for Fatback Band’s I Found Lovin’, which is one of my faves, as is Padolock and I’ve Just Begun To Love You. What really got me, however, is his drops of Melba Moore and Jungle Brothers. Share your love. Enjoy.

– EDIT 7/5, 5:00PM : Looks like KB has done us another favor and put in place Cavern’s Liquid, Liquid in the mix . Now I’m really speechless, especially since I remember a certain rapper who sampled this cut….