Heavy Days 2

Heavy Days 2

Track list:
Doris & Kelley – You Don’t Have To Worry
Buelah Palmer – I Cried Daddy Daddy
Chuck Armstrong –I’m A Lonely Man
Sly & The Family Stone – Underdog
Willie Gresham & The Free Food Ticket – I Cried Boo Hoo
Roger & The Human Body – Freedom
East St. Louis Gospelettes – Have A Talk With God
Headhunters – Don’t Kill Your Feelings
Harold – Shortage Of Love
Kenny James – Hell In New York City
Pin Points – Don’t Cry
Pookie Hudson – This Song Will Last Forever

Step Into The Night

Step Into The Night

Dirt In The Keytar

And now for a little peak into my boogie and modern soul collection, left-field style. Hats off to all the DJs who can mix flawlessly, because I sure can't. But anyway, I'm kind of happy with how this came out, minus a couple rough patches. To listen, just click on the title. Oh, and if the tracklist is a little too small to read, just click on it and it will make it a bit larger.

The Bay Is Deep

My home for the last half-dozen years, the Bay Area, produced a seemingly bottomless pool of amazing music in the 60s and 70s (and before and after of course, but that is the era this mix covers). I've already shared some of my favorite local sides on previous mixes (and sold piles of other great local records over the years - the downside to selling records for a living), but even picking out 20 or so tunes for this mix from my collection turned out to be a challenge. All records are original pressings except for the Inticers, which I used a reissue of, but I have owned that record in the past (twice!) so it's all good.

Without further ado, here it is: The Bay Is Deep

Tracklist:

Little Ronnie & The Chromatics- What A Day This Has Been (HLS)
Marvin Holmes - Early Bird (Salwa)
Wylie Trass & Soul Explosion - Since You Been Gone (Pashlo)
Camille La Vah - O Johnny (Wax)
Whispers - Great Day (Soul Clock)
The Natural Four - Going In Circles (ABC)
Burton & Company - Peaceful Coexistance (MoLove)
Soul Sensations - When I Had You, Baby (Music City)
Sonny Anderson & Prince Conley - Love & Laughter (Emerson)
Eugene Blacknell - The Trip (Boola Boola)
Dawn & Sunset - What It Is (DT&V)
Quintessents - Image Of A Man (Vibra)
The Right Kind - Why Do You Have To Lie (Galaxy)
Victor Green - Poincianna (Circle M)
Emmett Kennedy & The Burners - I Got It Real Bad (CLIMS)
The Magicians - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (Villa)
The Inticers - Since You Left (reissue)
The Savonics - I Had A Girl (MTA)
Little Ronnie & The Chromatics - Speak What's On Your Mind (HLS)

Take Me To Paradise

A new year and time for a new mix. Here are some long-time favorites in a mostly late 60s northern soul style (most of these ended up being from the Bay Area and Chicago, though I didn't plan it that way - go figure). Click on the main title to listen (right click and "Save Link As" to download).

The Quintessents - Movin' On (Vibra)
Claude "Baby" Huey - Drifting (M.I.O.B.)
The Four Sonics Plus One - Tell Me You're Mine (Sepia)
The Invincibles - It's That Love Of Mine (WB)
Othello Robertson - So In Luv (Baby Luv)
Ethics - Look At Me Now (Vent)
The Ballads - I Can't See Your Love (Wee)
Bobby McNutt - I'm Gettin' Ready (Roulette)
Wilson Love - Funny Money (Natural Soul)
The Topics - Try A Little Love (Heavy Duty)
Royal Jesters - My Kind Of Woman (Optimum)
Bobby Sansom - Don't Leave (Sublime)
Cicero Blake - You're Gonna Be Sorry (Mar-V-Lus)
Billy McGregor - Mr. Shy (Flash)
Tenison Stephens - Where Would You Be (Aries)
The Brother's Two - Hoping (Jonah)
Brothers Of Soul - Come On Back (Boo)
The Cheers - Take Me To Paradise (Okeh)
Chi-Lites - The Twelfth Of Never (Brunswick)