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Back To My Roots…
Mandy Smith – Mandy’s Theme (I Just Can’t Wait) (Cool & Breezy Jazz Version) (MP3)
Odyssey – Going Back To My Roots (MP3)
Manchester beckons, and what better way to celebrate my return to the motherland than with a couple of classic tracks that illustrate my giddy school girl behaviour today…
First up is Bill Wyman’s somewhat controversial [...]
It’s Monday. Not Friday. That Sucks.
The Little River Band – It’s A Long Way There (MP3)
It’s Monday; I want it to be Friday.
Coming on like the antithesis of Stevo’s last post (seriously, who the hell puts 40 tracks up?!). Here is a 4 minute ditty from Australia’s finest (bar INXS, of course); the Little River Band. The 8 minute wig [...]
We Are The Musicmarkers…
Musicmarkers Ltd – Havah Nagilah (MP3)
After raiding my Italo collection this morning, it would seem that I am going into dodgy territory again. Don’t worry though, Musicmarkers Ltd pull out all the stops on this one. Taking their inspiration from a traditional Hebrew folk song, ‘Havah Nagilah’, they use the original middle eastern influences, blend [...]
Who got The Funk…? Tumblack Got The Funk!
Tumblack – Chunga Funk (MP3)
With a line up that reads, Yves Hayat (The Droids), Sauveur Malia (Arpadys, Voyage, Tele Music), Pierre Alain Dahan (Arpadys, Voyage, Tele Music), Marc Chantereau (Arpadys, Voyage, Tele Music), and a one track guest appearance from Wally Badarou (on Chunga Funk), this LP has got winner written all over it…
Released on [...]
Drowning In A Sea Of Love…
Fleetwood Mac – Sara (MP3)
Nestled on a Hatchback Cosmic Disco mix recently was ‘Sara’ by Fleetwood Mac. This made me think, and think hard – ‘my favourite Fleetwood Mac record’? Now this is a seriously tough question. Selecting a favourite track from these guys/gals is no easy task (or should that be ‘tusk’). There’s just [...]
Here They Are. They’re The Jam Band…
John Gibbs With The Jam Band – J’ouvert (MP3)
With their ode to the Trinidad street festival (J’ouvert), John Gibbs and his reliable Jam Band lay down some carnival grooves with a menagerie of Afro beats, Caribbean steel drums and melodious vocals.
Released in 1979 on the small Philadelphia label, TEC Records, this, along with ‘Trinidad‘, are [...]
Lets do the voodoo…
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Voodoo Woman (MP3)
What we have here is some super smooth jazz-funk, courtesy of Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes. Available on the 1975 ‘Expansions‘ lp, ‘Voodoo Woman’ probably doesn’t get as much airplay as it should, due to most people playing the self titled ‘Expansions’ track [...]
Trick or treat? it’s neither…
hot blood – soul dracula (mp3)
halloween brings back fond memories. what, with all that trick or treating, free sweets, the occasional bit of ‘dollar’ and of course lots of mischievous behaviour…
however, as you get older you realise that the young whipper snapper that you once were, has now turned into a right little annoying [...]
Take A Look In ‘Le Miroir’…
Laurent Voulzy – Le Miroir (MP3)
Unfortunately, the French singer/songwriter Laurent Voulzy is probably best known for one of two things -
1. His terrible, 1977 rock inspired pop medley, ‘Rockollection‘…
Or
2. His collaboration with the unbearably annoying Irish contingent, The Corrs…
The latter of the two cannot be helped (or forgiven). However, if you happen to own or [...]
I need a strategy…
archie bell and the drells – strategy (special disco version) (mp3)
super quick one from archie bell & the drells today…
i put ’strategy’ on this morning before my daily ‘life threatening’ commute to work and it just got me all fired up. this was a big hit back in the late 70’s, with its catchy [...]
