After more than two months in the making, something I'm hoping you will enjoy...

Old School Wednesday - A Taste of Wonder.
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01 - Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
02 - Eddie Murphy - Everything's Coming Up Roses
03 - Third World - Try Jah Love
04 - Jermaine Jackson - I Think It's Love
05 - Roberta Flack - Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
06 - Carl Anderson - Buttercup
07 - The Spinners - Its a Shame
08 - The Supremes - Bad Weather
09 - Syreeta - When Your Daddy's Not Around
10 - Syreeta - Spinnin' and Spinnin'
11 - Quincy Jones - Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me
12 - Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway - You Are My Heaven
13 - Michael Jackson - I Can't Help It
14 - Minnie Riperton - Take A Little Trip
15 - Angel Grant - Well Okay, I'll Say It...(I'm N Love With U)
16 - John Keith - I Can Only Be Me

As we know, a Stevie Wonder list is easy to provide to the the masses, because there's so much material out there- in fact, I can reasonably say that about 4 good ones an be done in a reasonable amount of time. What I wanted to touch on was the influences of Stevie Wonder - his influences with writing, production, and instrumentation where he isn't the lead or co-lead vocalist. The challenge, of course, is trying to find the obscure tracks, which I managed to do even after life's helter-skelter moments over the past two seasons. I'm still ecstatic about this and I hope you love it.

The goodness begins with Jermaine's I THink It' Love, an all time favorite. I didn't know that Stevie an Eddie Murphy has actually worked together, so I was a little surprised to find out about Everything's Coming Up Roses, which is a solid track, which Stevie wrote and produced. Third Work;d's Try Jah Love is a staple of mine, as is Jermaine's I Think It's Love (and the killer horns.)

The two tracks Don't Make Me Wait Too Long an Buttercup were the pinnacle of this mix for me. I remember Roberta's track being played on the regular in 1980. Carl's Buttercup was my big inspiration, which I didn't remember hearing and was given to me on a roundtable with G-Force.

I go back to the 70s with the next 4 tracks. The Spinner's It's A Shame was another staple that was a popular song back in the early 70s, written by Stevie. The same cannot be said for the solid jam from The Supreme's Bad Weather, also written by Stevie. A post-Diana single, this track never really took off, although it's considered one of the best tracks that The Supremes has ever made. Stevie's collaboration with Syreeta is illustrated with the the effervescent When Your Daddy's Not Around and Spinnin' And Spinnin', a track that wasn't played here in the States but was a popular one in the UK.

I then bring it back to the mainstream in the 80s with 3 track I'm sure you're familiar with that illustrates his penmanship: Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me with vocals by by Patti (co-written with Stephanie Andrews), Roberta and Donny's You Are My Heaven, and Michael' a I Can't Help It. Minnie Riperton fans should also be familiar with Take A Little Trip, arguably one of my favorites from her.

I conclude with Angel Grant's Well Okay, I'll Say It (with Stevie on harmonica), produced by Jam and Lewis, and John Keith's I can Only Be Me from School Daze, which was produced by Stevie. Shoutouts and a little more information is also touched on in the podcast. This goodness was touched by the one and only G-Force and of course, shoutouts to TGrndy. Need I say more? 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. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keepin' you in the loop. Take it light.

Part 2, by request :

Old School Wednesday - Earth, Wind and Fire - Volme 2
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01 - Fan The Fire
02 - Evil
03 - Africano
04 - Singasong
05 - On Your Face
06 - Deniece Williams - Free
07 - I'll Write A Song For You
08 - Love Music
09 - Got To Get You Into My Life
10 - Let Me Talk
11 - Let Your Felling Show
12 - You Are A Winner
13 - Let's Groove
14 - Touch the World
15 - Philip Bailey - Photogenic Memory
16 - Maurice White - Stand by Me

This podcast of goodness was provided by the one and only Mike Anatole and blessed by TGrundy. Need I say more? 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. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keepin' you in the loop. Take it light.

By request- which I was more than hapy to provide:

Old School Wednesday - Earth, Wind and Fire - Volme 1
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01 - Time Is on Your Side
02 - Mighty, Mighty
03 - That's The Way Of The World
04 - Yearnin' Learnin'
05 - Getaway
06 - Spirit
07 - Serpentine Fire
08 - Magic Mind
09 - Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude)
10 - Be Ever Wonderful
11 - The Emotions - I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
12 - September
13 - In The Stone
14 - Rock It
15 - Evolution Orange
16 - System Of Survival
17 - Sunday Morning

This podcast of goodness was provided by the one and only Mike Anatole and blessed by TGrundy. Need I say more? Stay tuned for Volme II. 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. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keepin' you in the loop. Take it light.

In the place to be....

Old School Wednesday - The Full Force Compilation
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01 - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - I Wonder If I Take You Home
02 - Full Force - Alice, I Want You Just For Me
03 - EX Girlfriend - Why Can't You Come Home
04 - La La - If You Love Me Just A Little
05 - Samantha Fox - Naughty Girls Need Love Too
06 - Jasmine Guy - Try Me
07 - Full Force - Unfaithful
08 - Full Force - Love Is For Suckers
09 - James Brown - I'm Real
10 - Lisa Lisa - Lost In Emotion
11 - Full Force - Unselfish Lover
12 - UTFO - Fairytale Lover
13 - Cheryl Pepsi Riley - Thanks For My Child
14 - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - Someone To Love Me For Me

Work has been really hectic, so I haven't been able to spend much time on podcasts, but I managed to get this one out. These tracks were produced by Full Force- I even managed to throw La La (writer of Whitney's "You Give Good Love") in there. Special thanks to G-Force and Theresa for helping to make it happen. 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. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keepin' you in the loop. Take it light.

No theme this time- a tad bit eclectic.

Old School Wednesday - Got To Get Your Love
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01 - Whispers - Innocent
02 - Lenny White and Twennynine - Peanut Butter
03 - Bernard Wright - Love You So
04 - Taja Sevelle - Popular
05 - Loose Ends - Who Are You?
06 - Rene and Angela - I Love You More
07 - Clyde Alexander & Sanction - Got To Get Your Love
08 - Sylvia Striplin - Toy Box
09 - Kool & The Gang - Little Children
10 - First Light - Wish You Were Here
11 - Mass Production - Angel
12 - Patrice Rushen - Settle for My Love
13 - Hight Inergy - You Can't Turn Me Off
14 - Stevie Wonder - I Love Every Little Thing About You

A little bit of everything is here, with a little help from Theresa and Macedonia. I was glad to be able to find Bernard Wright's Mr. Wright LP after searching for it for more than a decade. Also, have some sounds from Clyde Alexander (a nice surprise also), the Kool And The Gang track, Sylvia Striplin, First Light, and Mass Production. Thanks again to Theresa for informing me about the passing of Robert Brookins, a very talented man who wrote and produced the track from The Whispers. Expect upcoming tracks from him. 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. Also, please be sure to check out on Flowink.com always keepin' you in the loop. Take it light.