Playlist 4/20/2019

Black Satin - Miles Davis (1972, On the Corner, Columbia)

Maggot Brain (live) - Funkadelic
Hit It and Quit It - Funkadelic
Higher - Sly & the Family Stone
Get High - Gran Am
Come On, Let's Get High - People Under the Stairs
Mary Jane - Rick James
Graceful Bird - War-Head Constriction
No Fly Zone (The Devil's Playground) - Zillatron

Full Side Funk

Malo, Malo side 1 (1972, Warner Bros)

Pana
Just Say Goodbye
Cafe

Unity, Pt. 1: The Third Coming - Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown
Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang
Practice What You Preach - The Chambers Brothers
I'm Too Tough For Mr. Big Stuff (Hot Pants) - Vicki Anderson

Ya Ya Cha Cha - Lonnie Hewitt & The Little Sisters & Co.
Kpon Fi La - El Rego et Ses Commandos
Little Sally Walker - Rufus Thomas
The Devil Made Me Do It - Curtis Knight Zeus
Slim Jenkins' Joint - Booker T & The MGs
Good for the Gander - Hot Chocolate
Ghetto Child (Demo) - Curtis Mayfield

Sorrow, Tears & Blood - Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Playlist 03/09/2019

Funky Junky - Isaac Hayes

I Just Wanna Dance With You - Starpoint
Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is - Olympic Runners
Is This The Best (Bop-Doo-Wah) - LA Boppers
Erotic City - Prince

Hey Mr DJ - Zhané
Got to Give it Up - Marvin Gaye
Everything is On the One - Parliament
If Anybody Gets Funked Up (It's Gonna Be You) - George Clinton & The P-Funk All-Stars

Tippi-Toes - The Meters
Slide - Slave
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
L-O-V-E-U - Brass Construction
Psychedelic Shack - The Temptations

Sex - Boogie Knight & The Universal Lady
Big Bird - Eddie Floyd
Sissy Walk - Eddie Bo
Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
Undisco Kidd - Funkadelic
Joy and Pain - Frankie Beverly & Maze
Knucklehead - Grover Washington Jr.

Egbi Mi O / Black Man's Cry Medley - Lever Brothers Gay Flamingos
She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) - Carl Carlton

Playlist 03/02/2019

(It's Not The Express) It's The J.B.'s Monaurail - Fred & The New JBs

Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
Sing A Song - Earth Wind & Fire
Catch a Groove - Juice
Livin' It Up - Mandrill

Brown Skin Lady - Black Star
First In Flight - Blackalicious
B.O.B. [Bombs Over Baghdad] - OutKast
Flatman & Bobbin - George Clinton & The P-Funk All-Stars

Atomic Dog (Atomic Mix) - George Clinton

Hey Fellas - Trouble Funk
Trouble Funk Express - Trouble Funk
E Flat Boogie - Trouble Funk
Let's Get Small - Trouble Funk
Supergrit - Trouble Funk

Na Poi (pt 1 & 2) - Fela Ransome Kuti & the Africa 70

Playlist 02/23/2019

Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds

LP Cover for City Life by the Blackbyrds (1975, Fantasy)

Little Old Money Maker - The Meters
The Seed (2.0) - The Roots (w/ Cody Chestnutt)
He's the Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
Wanoah - Black Heat
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield

Give It Up or Turnit Loose (remix) - James Brown
Hey Mama Here Comes the Preacher - Eddie Bo

LP Cover for Express Yourself by Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd
Street Rhythm Band (1970, Warner Bros)

Express Yourself - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
The Only Change - Mike James Kirkland
Children of the Sun - Mandrill

Full-Side Funk
Osibisa - Osibisa (1971, Decca)

The Dawn
Music for Gong Gong
Ayiko Bia

Some Kind of Wonderful - Soul Brothers Six
Electric Frog pt 1 & 2 - Kool & the Gang
Jungle Jazz - Kool & The Gang
Gangster Boogie - The Chicago Gangsters
More Bounce to the Ounce - Zapp

45 Label for "Funky Worm" by The Ohio Players (1972, Westbound)

Funky Worm - The Ohio Players
Julie Nixon - Mother Night

The Adventures of Super Rhyme -  Jimmy Spicer

Jimmy Spicer

Playlist 02/16/2019

LP Cover for Mothership Connection by Parliament (1975, Casablanca)

Night of the Thumpasaurus Peoples - Parliament

Mommy, What's a Funkadelic? - Funkadelic
Rien Ne Vas Plus - Funk Factory
Colonial Mentality - Fela Kuti

Wendy Rene

After Laughter (Comes Tears) - Wendy Rene

Bootsy's Rubber Band

Munchies for Your Love - Bootsy's Rubber Band
My Heart Took a Licking (But It Kept on Ticking) - Millie Jackson
Hard Times - Baby Huey & the Babysitters
Bra - Cymande

Assagai

Telephone Girl - Assagai
The Jam (single mix) - Graham Central Station

Full-Side Funk
Reality - James Brown (1974, Polydor)

Reality
Funky President (People It's Bad)
Further On Up the Road
Check Your Body
Don't Fence Me In

CD Cover for Funk All Y'all by Detroit Grand Pubahs (2000, Jive Electro)

Funk All Y'All - Detroit Grand Pubahs
Spirit of the Boogie - Kool & the Gang
Let A Woman Be a Woman and Let a Man Be a Man - Dyke & the Blazers
Good Times - Chic

LP Cover for Good High by Brick (1976, Bang)

Dazz - Brick

Can We Rap - Carleen & the Groovers

Playlist 02/09/2019

Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

Clouds - Prince
Warpath - The Isley Brothers
Shake Your Big Hips - Israel Tolbert
We Got More Soul - Dyke and the Blazers
I Ain't the Same - Alabama Shakes

Yeah You're Right - The Meters
Investigator's Groove - Calypso King & The Soul Investigators
Funky Space Reincarnation - Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Gil Scott-Heron
What's Going On? - Timothy McNealy

Black and Proud - The 6th Infantry Brigade of the Nigerian Army Band
Hagalo - Mandrill
I Got My Mind Made Up - Instant Funk
Pick Up the Pieces One by One - A.A.B.B.
Looking for the Perfect Beat - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force

You Don't Know How Much I Love You - Alphonse Mouzon
George Washington Twist - Bill Doggett
Knucklehead - The Bar-Kays
Dirt and Blood - The Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Mini-Suite for Duke - Mandrill
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
If I Were a Child Again - Curtis Mayfield

Earthquake - Graham Central Station

Earlier show on Feb 9th

Hey funksters, due to another commitment I'll be running Music on the One a bit earlier this coming Saturday, like 10am to noon. We'll be back to our regular slot the next weekend.

Playlist 01/26/2019

First show of 2019!!!!

African Rhythms - Oneness of Juju

There Was a Time - James Brown & The Dee Felice Trio

Spanky Wilson

Sunshine of Your Love - Spanky Wilson with the H.B. Barnum Band
Melting Pot - Booker T & The MGs
What's Up Front That Counts - The Counts
Summer Madness (live) - Kool & the Gang

LP Cover for Kashmere "73" Live on Stage by The Kashmere Stage Band (1974, Kram)

Kashmere - The Kashmere Stage Band
Do It Right - Riot

Freddie Scott

(You) Got What I Need - Freddie Scott
A Funky Song - Ripple
Moment of Truth - Earth Wind & Fire
Say It Loud, I'm Black I'm Proud - James Brown

LP Cover for The Greatest soundtrack featuring Mandrill (1977, Arista)

Ali Bombaye (Zaire Chant) I - Mandrill

Better Get a Move On - Louise McCord
Pounds of Soul - Betty Bibbs
Ooh-Wee Baby - Delilah Moore

45 Label for "Heavy Heavy Hangs Over My Heart" by Verta Hamilton (1972, Epic)

Heavy Heavy Hangs Over My Heart - Vera Hamilton
Know What to Do When You Get It - The Genies

Hook and Sling - Eddie Bo

45 Label for "Sexy Coffee Pot" by Tony Alvon & The Belairs (1969, Atlantic)

Sexy Coffee Pot - Tony Alvon & The Belairs
Blow Your Head (alt. mix) - Fred Wesley & the JBs
Humpin' Pt 1 & 2 - The Unstoppable S. Robinson & His Marvelaires
You Better Think Twice - Sharon Jones

LP Cover for Salt of the Earth by The Soul Searchers (1974, Sussex)

Ashley's Roach Clip - The Soul Searchers
Hey Pocky A Way - The Meters
Screwed - Janelle Monáe (featuring Zoë Kravitz)

LP Cover for Joe Cocker (1972, A & M)

Woman to Woman - Joe Cocker
Mary Jane - Rick James

LP Cover for Alive! by Grant Green (1970, Blue Note)

Sookie Sookie - Grant Green

New Show coming up!

Hey, you all probably have forgotten all about me this holiday break. There will be an end to this funk drought, coming soon Saturday, January 26th from 1 to 3pm for the next installment of "Music on the One" where we have to introduce to a bunch of cool records I picked up on vacation and take a look at this nice playlist I put together for a DJ set at a bar.

So be there. No excuses.

New Arrivals

New records purchased on my trip to Colorado:

Now Do U Wanta Dance - Graham Central Station (1977)
Instant Funk - Instant Funk (1979)
Rotary Connection - Rotary Connection (1967)
We Got More Soul: The Ultimate Broadway Funk - Dyke & The Blazers (2007)

Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye (1978)
Reality - James Brown (1974)

The Inflated Tear - Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1968)
Al Green Gets Next to You - Al Green (1971, reissue)
1980 - Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson (1980)
The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Samba - Various Artists (2015)
Mongomania - Mongo Santamaría (1967)

Respect - Jimmy Smith (1967)
The Many Moods of Bill Doggett - Bill Doggett (1960)
"In"-Citement!: The Pair Recorded Very Live - The Pair Extraordinaire (1966)

Hey, it's been a while since I bought any records...