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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Volume one, thanks to Mr. McCarthy. It’s a wonderful thing.

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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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This is the first time this has been done- a comparison of two band. Predenting….
Old School Wesnesday – Starpoint vs Skyy.

Volume 1.

Volume 2.

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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.

Angela – Uptemp

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:
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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Back at it again, and a had quite a bit of dun doing it too. Check it:

Old School Wednesday – Let Me Love You
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01 – Marcus Miller – My Best Friend’s Girlfriend

02 – Attitude – Love Me Tonight

03 – Teena Marie – Don’t Look Back

04 – Bell & James – Love, Call My Name

05 – Shalamar – I Can Make You Feel Good

06 – James ”D Train” Williams – Let Me Love You

07 – Cherrelle and Alexander O’Neal- Keep It Inside

08 – Samuelle – I’m So In Love

09 – Johnny Hammond – Fantasy

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

15 – Anita Baker – Will You Be Mine


From Marcus to Anita….there’s something for everyone. I’m sure I’d be here for hours talking about each cut individually, but I will say that I hadn’t heard Marcus’ cut in more than 20 years, and had never heard the Bell & James and Attitude cuts until recently. Special thanks to Princess Freesia who alerted me to the Bell and James cut. and for Paul for being the force that was behind me seeking out Attitude’s album – I’m glad I did.

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….and I’m back. After an auto accident and crazy work schedule, I’m glad to be at it again. This time, I got help from The Bajanrascals – Paul and Ricky. Presenting:

Old School Wednesday – The System.
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1) Attitude - We Got The Juice  - 5:13 –  Pump The Nation  
2) The System -Sweat –  7:16  - Sweat Funk,Boogie,Jazz Funk,Garage  
3) Chaka Khan – This Is My Night  – 6:09 - Soul Funk & Disco Classics Dance  
4) Can’t Slow Down - 5:54 - Angela Bofill Album:Let Me Be The One 
5) The System – It’s Passion –  7:31 – Album: Sweat
6) Attitude – I Wanna Get To Know You Better –  5:05 -  Album ump The Nation  
7) Phil Collins  – Sussidio - 4:22 -   Album : No Jacket Required
The System – Stand Up And Cheer –  5:45 - Album:Sweat   
9) Pauli Carman – Dial My Number –  5:35  - Album: Dial My Number
10) The System – I Wanna Make You Feel Good - 4:20 –   Album:Sweat  
11) Jeff Lorber – Step By Step - 5:10  Album:Step by Step 

12) Scritti Politti – Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) - 5:54 –   Real Eighties (Hits & Extended Mixes) Eighties  
13) The System – Heart beat of the City –  4:38 - Album : Sweat 
14) Mtume – Juicy Fruit –  5:57  Album  Juicy Fruit  
15) The System – Lollipops and Everything
- 3:59 – Album: X-Periment

16) The System – Dont Disturb This Groove – 5:03 –   Album ont Disturb This Groove
17) The System – You Are In My System - 7:44 - The 12" Single 80′s R&B  
18) The System – This Is For You – 3:58

Paul really lit this mix up with a couple of surprises. He imtegrated a mix of Scritti Politti Wood Beez into the fold, which I had never heard before. Pauli Carman, the lead singer for Champaign, is also here for the title track of his debut solo album, Dial My Number. He even managed to mix in Jeff Lorber and Attitude.

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I may start calling this Old School Fridays as Wednesdays seems to be positively insane. Here we go…

Old School Friday – All Through The Night.
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01 – Sybil – All Through the Night
02 – Krystol – Passion From A Woman
03 – Loleatta Holloway – Runaway
04 – Jerome ”Secret Weapon” Prister – Say You’ll Be
05 – Evelyn Champagne King – No Time For Fooling Around
06 – Intrique – Together Forever
07 – Cool Notes – Into The Motion
08 – Booker Newberry III – Love Town
09 – Mondo Kane – New York Afternoon
10 – Pieces Of Dream – Say La La
11 – Vesta Williams – Don’t Blow A Good Thing
12 – Loose Ends – Nights of Pleasure
13 – Millie Scott – Let’s Talk It Over
14 – Switch – Call On Me

Tony B came through with lots of requests which I was able to fulfill. Hope you enjoy. 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.

Yeah, I know, it’s been a long time. Here we go…

Old School Wednesday – Come Into My Life.
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01 – Skyy – Here’s To You
02 – Leroy Burgess – Heartbreaker
03 – Mantronix – Got to Have Your Love
04 – Sybil – Falling in Love
05 – Thelma Houston – You Used To Hold Me So Tight
06 – Starpoint – It’s All Yours
07 – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force – I Wonder If I Take You Home
07 – Peaches and Herb – Star Steppin
08 – Joyce Sims – Come into My Life
09 – Norman Connors – Stella
10 – Chuckii Booker – Games
11 – Collage – Get in Touch With Me
12 – Patti Austin – In And Out Of Love
13 – Gary Taylor – Tease Me
14 – Anita Baker – Good Love

I was actually thinking about retiring this as life had gotten a little too hectic and for a while I just had a problem with rehashing OSWs and being afraid of not having any originality. I sometimes get thsat from time to time, but people like tony b. help with that. If you’re reading this, thanks for putting up with the madness.

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Mad busy, but found time for this one. Pulling some tracks out of the vault.

Old School Wednesday – Make Your Mind Up.
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I reached back into the vaults and pulled out some that I had left on the sidelines during recent OSWs. Thierno did his thing by requesting tracks over the past 12 months that I had not known about, so tip your hast to him also.

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After an unofficial hiatus, I’m back. Since I didn;t have much time, I decided to borrow fro the vibe 5 years ago (before the podcasting era) and present:

Old School Wednesday – Vibe.
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01 – Jeff Redd – You Called and Told Me
02 – Shanice – It’s For You
03 – Portrait – You
04 – Heavy D & The Boyz – Somebody For Me
05 – Guy – Teddy’s Jam
06 – Samuelle – So You Like What You See
07 – Soul for Real – Every Little Thing I Do
08 – Shai – The Place Where You Belong
09 – Zhane – Vibe
10 – Vanessa Williams – And My Heart Goes
11 – Groove Theory – Ride
12 – Jon B. – Bad Girl
13 – Soul II Soul – Love Come Through
14 – Mary J. Blige – Mary Jane (All Night Long)
15 – Ralph Tresvant – Sensitivity
16 – Monifah – You
17 – Tony Terry – Head Over Heels

I was feeling these tracks while I was at work today, and wasn’t sure what I was going to do for old school since my mind was unable to put together a good list…. until Commander Bee hit me up and it all became quite clear. I enjoy every track on here, and I hope you do too. I’m especially partial to the Monifah, Shanice (put together by Michael Angelo and Eric from Portrait). Jon B…oh, this list could go on and on.Next week, Thierno’s helpoing me throw down, so stay tuned.

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