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Rhythm & Blues Flavours

April 2, 2010
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Rhythm & Blues Flavours tape by Jon The Love Unlimited Sound System. Put this in your Walkman and press play.

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Venus – Madison ’76 (part II)

March 19, 2008

Uptown disco for a dollar… Lovely little funky disco 7 arranged by Randy Muller & Jeff Lane of Brass Construction & similar in style. Randy was also heavily involved with B.T. Express arranging strings on ‘Express’, ‘If It Don’t Turn You On’, ‘Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied)’ & ‘Herbs’. Madison 76 by Venus has disco [...]

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Genya Ravan – Sit Yourself Down

February 8, 2008

Here’s a chunk of soul from 1972. Performed by the sugar coated, gravelly voiced rocker, Genya Ravan.

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Max and Jon’s Midnight Music Selections

February 7, 2008

Coke Escovedo – I wouldn’t change a thing (unique) The Controllers – The people want music (juana) 1976 Personal Touch – It ain’t no big thing (p&p) Zulema – Telling the world good-bye (sussex) 1973 Prince Phillip Mitchell – I’m so happy (atlantic) Gwen McCrae – Cradle of love (cat) 1976 Alfie Davison – Love [...]

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The Carstairs – It really hurts me girl

July 10, 2007

Dj Ian Levine broke this modern soul monster back in the days of Blackpool Mecca. Tom Moulton on the mix, a mint original copy of this would cost you about the same as a mint SX200 or A GS 160.

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Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes – Reaching For The World

June 19, 2007

Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love has produced some amazing emotional soul & disco. Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes contributed massively to this output on the tsop label with global hits like “The Love I Lost” & “Don’t Leave Me This Way” through to socially conscious songs such as “Wake Up Everybody” and “Bad Luck” [...]

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Jimmy McGriff Blues Band – The Worm

June 13, 2007

In august 1968 , Jimmy`s blues band recorded the worm on solid state records. JAZZ FUNK

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Big City – Love Dance

June 10, 2007

Took a punt on this for $2 – we don’t know anything about it, other than how good it sounds.

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Ruby Andrews – Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over)

June 3, 2007

Ruby Andrews – Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over) on the zodiac record label from 1967,later turned into disco heaven by the group Coffee. Keep the faith

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George Clinton – Atomic Dog

May 28, 2007

Bow wow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay – Atomic Dog released in 1982 was number 1 in the US R&B charts but never managed to enter the Top 100 of the Pop Chart. With a killer bassline Atomic Dog is one of P-Funk’s most heavily sampled songs, appearing in more than 50 songs. Make [...]

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Sister Sledge – Love Dont You Go Through No Changes On Me

May 28, 2007

More seventies soul business from this famous philly trio Sister Sledge with the superb Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes On Me, released in 1974 on Atco & their first entry into the US R&B charts. Massive disco hits came later in their career under the genius of the chic production team of nile [...]

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Gloria Gaynor – Never Can Say Goodbye

May 6, 2007

Never Can Say Goodbye was a 1971 hit for The Jackson 5. Covered by Gloria Gaynor towards the end of 1973, it became a major club hit, despite litttle support from label MGM. The follow-on long player Never Can Say Goodbye established Gloria as a disco artist. Produced by Tom Moulton the first side of [...]

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The Fatback Band – Let The Drums Speak

April 4, 2007

Let the rhythm free your body and your mind

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Rosko – Peacemaker

April 4, 2007

’cause I dine on all the power of space, and wash it down with atomic cocktails.

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Out on the street again

April 3, 2007
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Max Northern Funk Jazz Deep Soul Mix

March 30, 2007
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Yvonne Baker – You didn`t say a word Peggy Gaines – When the boy that you love Fascinations – Girls out to get you Kurtis Scott – No,no baby Edward Hamilton and the arabians – baby don`t you weep Ray Charles – One mint julep James Brown – Shhhhhhhhh(for a little while) Kenny Smith and [...]

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Dreaming a Dream

March 27, 2007

This firm LUSS fave goes out to Andre the disco dog who celebrated his birthday with a disco set that set the floor spinning at Moog on Saturday night courtesy of Basement Boogaloo. Great to see Catboy, The Gorilla and Crazy P boys and so many people of hood town getting down. This is the [...]

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Aquarian Dream

March 26, 2007
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