OSW: The Redux, Volume 1

It's time to go back into the vault:

Old School Wednesday: The Redux.
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Podcast/mix available here. [Click to play or right click-save as to download.]


01 - Prince - Sexy Dancer
02 - Taana Gardner - Heartbeat [Club Version]
03 - Unlimited Touch - I Hear The Music In The Streets
04 - Angela Bofill - Too Tough
05 - Tom Browne - Fungi Mama (Bebopafunkasiscolypso)
06 - Shades Of Love - Keep In Touch (Body To Body)
07 - Stephanie Mills - Put Your Body In It
08 - Dynasty - Adventures In The Land Of Music
09 - Con Funk Shun - (Let Me Put) Love on Your Mind
10 - Anita Baker - Good Love
11 - After 7 - Ready or Not
12 - Lalah Hathaway - Do You Suppose
13 - Billy Griffin - Dreaming
14 - Jean Carne - Don't Let It Go to Your Head

This is officially Old School Wednesday #160 according to the count, and of course, it's been a great thing. I wanted to go back into the past and pull one out of the vault that had been done more than a year ago before podcasting, and perhaps put some small touches on it, so that's what I've done this time. Xquizzyt1 (Almost Legal) and I would do some collaborations back in the day, so it was nice to be able to resurface those and this time add a podcast to them as well. This will be the first in a couple of reduxes you will see from time to time as we go back in time.

I thought that opening with Prince would be great, to be followed by some well-known tracks from Taana Gardner and Unlimited Touch, which were club hits in the 80s. Angela Bofill, who is one of my personal favorites from back in the day, was brought back as well. Tom Browne's Fungi Mama (directly off of the dusty, so pardon the background noise) came up again while I was viewing his discography so I wanted to add this to the mix.

Shades of Love was one of the tracks I had never heard before Xquizzyt1 pulled it out of the vault. Camp Lo's Luchini (This Is It) was the track that made me invest in Dynasty back in the day, so I had to pull out Adventures In The Land Of Music. A triple play of great love songs follows with ConFunkShun, Anita, and After 7 giving their just due while Lalah, Billy, and Jean Carne round out the mix. Special thanks to the one and only Todd Grundy for his help throughout this mix.

As usual, there's a little more in the podcast, so take a listen. Also, if you have any requests, please don't hesitate to drop me a line at ejflavors at gmail dot com. Take it light!