Sounds Of Soul chronicles and playlist (4.4.2014): F-word

After causing a bit of a stir by confessing my fondness for Disco and frequently using the shunned D-word in this blog, I will go even further and man up to admit that I quite like Funk music, especially the deep variety. Readers who are not familiar with the quirks of the Rare Soul scene, may be surprised to hear that my peers – collectors, DJs and aficionados alike – are very reserved towards anything funky at best. More likely it’s fair to say a lot of people, who are into Rare Soul, are downright hostile when it comes to the genre Funk whilst for me it’s just the other side of the same coin. I’ve never quite fathomed why this is so, maybe another case of a weird schism between conservatives and progressives in the scene, that happened way back in day in the North of England, but one thing is clear – the musicians concerned didn’t have any of such reservations and freely switched between both musical ways of expression. I’ll stop here before I get carried away to start rambling on about the next big topic which is the H-word aka House music and refer to my playlist of last week’s radio show instead which you can find below.

Brothers Unlimited/ Got To Get Over/LP Who’s For The Young/Capitol

Milton Wright/Keep It Up’/LP Friends And Buddies/Alston

Walter Heath/You Know You’re Wrong Don’t You Brother/LP(Same)/Buddah

Family Of Eve/Having It So Bad For You/7″ Full Sail

Hosanna/Hipit Part I/7″ Calla

Spice/Sweet Norma Jones/7″ Sound Gems

George & Gwen McCrae/Winners Together Or Losers Apart/7″ Cat

Jackie Moore/Heart Be Still/7″ Kayvette

Buddy Miles/I’m Just A Kiss Away/7″ Columbia

Arthur Prysock/When Love Is New/7″ Old Town

Jeff Perry/Love Don’t Come No Stronger (Than Yours And Mine)/7″ Arista

Leon Ware/What’s Your Name/7″ Fabulous Records, Inc.

Norman Connors/Once I’ve Been There/7″ Buddah

Double Exposure/My Love Is Free/12″ Salsoul

Gwen McCrae/Let The Fire Burning/12″ Atlantic

David Nevin/You’re For Me/7″ Pardner

Rhonda McDaniel/Why Am I Crying/7″ Soul Tribe

Ann Sexton/You’ve Been Gone Too Long/7″ Seventy-Seven

T.S.U Toronados/Please Heart Don’t Break/7″ Rampart Street

The Rotations/Don’t Ever Hurt Me Girl/7″ Law-Ton Records

Cross Fire/Take Me Back/7″ Virtue

Jackie Moore/Both Ends Against The Middle/7″ Atlantic

Joe Simon/Drowning In The Sea Of Love/7″ Spring

You can listen back to the last four Sounds Of Soul shows at our program page:

https://eastsidefm.org/specialist/soundsofsoul/

DJ Burn Hard