Friday, October 31, 2008

The Blackbyrds - Beat on Blackbyrds 1988




01. The Blackbyrds Theme
02. Rock Creek Park
03. Time Is Movin'
04. Don't Know What To Say
05. Love Don't Strike Twice
06. Supernatural Feeling
07. Soft And Easy
08. Do It Fluid
09. Walking In Rhythm
10. Happy Music
11. Something Special
12. The Baby
13. Gut Level
14. Dreaming About You
15. Mysterious Vibes

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Jazz Dance Classics Vol. Four - Various on Luv 'n Haight 1994


01. Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons - Congo Call (5:04)
02. Linda Lyndell - What A Man (2:40)
03. Leon Spencer Jr. - Louisiana Slim (10:11)
04. Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers - Swamp People (2:27)
05. Little Sonny - Memphis Bk (Instrumental) (3:33)
06. Charles Kynard - Sweetheart (7:56)
07. Johnny Lytle - The New Village Caller (4:49)
08. Boogaloo Joe Jones - Right On (5:41)
09. Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Afro Jaws
10. Funk Inc. - Goodbye ,So Long

The last one in The Jazz Dance Classics Series,
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Jazz Dance Classics Vol. Two - Various on Luv 'n Haight 1993


1. Boogaloo Joe Jones - Boogaloo Joe
2. Leon Spencer - Where I'm Coming From
3. Blackbyrds - Runaway
4. Three Pieces - Shortnin' Bread
5. Gene Ammons - Jug Eyes
6. Rusty Bryant - Friday Night Funk For Saturday Night Brothers
7. 24 Carat Black - Food Stamps
8. Natural Essence - Killing Time
9. Bobby Timmons - Tom Thumb

Another tasty compilation by Michael & Jody McFaden,

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Jazz Dance Classics Vol. Three - Various on Luv n' Haight 1994


1. Sonny Stitt - Turn It On (11:00)
2. Gary Bartz - Uhuru Sasa (6:43)
3. Cal Tjader - Ran Kan Kan (3:00)
4. Boogaloo Joe Jones - What It Is (7:00)
5. Johnny Guitar Watson - You've Got A Hard Head (4:29)
6. Pleasure - Dust Yourself Off (3:50)
7. Melvin Sparks - Love The Life You Live (5:35)
8. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
9. Rusty Bryant - Zoo Boogaloo

A Tasty Compilation from the Luv n' Haight crew

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Stanley Turrentine - The Look Of Love 1968



1991 Reissue,Top image is the original Blue Note Frontcover

1 The Look of Love
2 Here, There and Everywhere
3 A Beautiful Friendship
4 Blues for Stan
5 This Guy's in Love With You
6 MacArthur Park
7 I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco
8 Emily
9 Cabin in the Sky
10 Smile

Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young (flh)
Benny Powell (btb)
Jim Buffington (frh)
Stanley Turrentine (ts)
Hank Jones (p -1,2) Duke Pearson (p, arr -3)
Kenny Burrell (g)
George Duvivier (b)
Grady Tate (d)
Thad Jones (arr -1,2) overdubbed 14 pieces strings

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 15, May 27, 1968

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Lou Donaldson - Blue Breakbeats 1998



1. Turtle Walk
2. Brother Soul
3. Minor Bash
4. Pot Belly
5. One Cylinder
6. Caracas

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George Duke - Master of the Game 1979




1. Look What You Find
2. Every Little Step I Take
3. Games
4. I Want You For Myself
5. In The Distance
6. I Love You More
7. Dog-Man
8. Everybody's Talkin'
9. Part 1: The Alien Challenges The Stick
Part 2: The Alien Succumbs To The Macho Intergalactic Funkativity of the Funkblasters

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Tower of Power - Back On The Streets 1979




1. Rock Baby
2. Heaven Must Have Made You
3. And You Know It
4. Nowhere To Run
5. Something Calls Me
6. It Takes Two(To Make It Happen)
7. In Due Time
8. Just Make A Move(And Be Yourself)

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Drum Crazy Volume Two



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Drum Crazy Volume One


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John Scofield - Who's Who 1979




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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Eddie Gomez - Downstretch 1976



Eddie Gomez , Downstretch

Eddie Gomez : Bass
Elliot Zigmund : Percussion
Takehiro Honda : Electric Piano

Blackhawk Records Reissue 1987

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Reuben Wilson - Blue Mode 1969



1. Bambu
2. Knock on Wood
3. Bus Ride
4. Orange Peel
5. Twenty-Five Miles
6. Blue Mode

John Manning - Tenor saxophone
Melvin Sparks - Guitar
Reuben Wilson - Organ
Tommy Derrick - Drums

Reissue 1997
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Giorgio Azzolini - The Scicluna Street on Carosello , Right Tempo 1975 / 1995


A1
The Scicluna Street (5:15)
A2
Colori (5:50)
A3
Bankok (5:46)
B1
Spanish Portrait (8:33)
B2
Blues Deflection (10:15)



Bass - Giorgio Azzolini
Drums - Giancarlo Pillot
Drums, Percussion - Tullio de Piscopo
Flugelhorn - Sergio Fanni
Piano - Franco D'Andrea
Piano, Electric Piano (Rhodes) - Sante Palumbo
Saxophone [Tenor, Soprano] - Giancarlo Barigozzi

Right Tempo, 1995

Reissue from Original LP on Carosello Records, Italy, 1975


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Evolution - Luv n' Haight Compilation 1993


1. Carl Holmes - Investigation (4:00)
2. BW Souls - Marvin's Groove (2:45)
3. The Fabulous Counts - Get Down People (2:36)
4. Johnny Lytle - The Man (2:45)
5. Magnum - Evolution (5:48)
6. Carl Holmes - Black Bag (2:39)
7. Warm Excursion -Hang Up (Parts 1 & 2) (5:39)
8. Rufus Harley - Malika (6:01)

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Soulful - Luv n' Haight Compilation 1993







1. The Montgomery Express - The Montgomery Express (4:44)
2. Apostles - Soulful (2:34)
3. Tommy Stewart - Bump & Hustle Music (5:05)
4. Steve Parks - Movin' In The Right Direction (4:17)
5. Backyard Heavies - Got To Keep On Truckin' (2:45)
6. Lunar Funk - Slip The Drummer One (3:25)
7. James Mason - Funny Girl (4:24)
8. The Sons And Daughters Of Lite - Darkuman Junktion (5:48)
9. Roy Porter - Wavering (6:08)


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Monday, October 27, 2008

Bag of Goodies - Luv n' Haight Compilation 1992


1. Ivan 'Boogaloo' Joe Jones - Sweetback
2. Soul Machine - Bag Of Goodies
3. The Explosions - Hip Drop (Part 1)
4. The Explosions - Hip Drop (Part 2)
5. Soul Toranodoes - Hot Pants Breakdown
6. Mickey & The Soul Generation - Iron Leg
7. Weldon Irvine - Turkish Bath
8. Tempo 70 - El Galleton

Luv n' Haight's first compilation

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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Chop Shop - Recovered Pieces... 1996


Chop Shop - Recovered Pieces
by Kevin "Blade" Gordon

1. Intro
2. Six Buckets
3. Sunny Days
4. Carnival Rides
5. Kick The Ballistics
6. The Stoop
7. Drop Da New Flavor
8. X-Break
9. Dab'l Do Ya
10. Shaolin Shout-Out

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Willie & the Mighty Magnificents 2000



1. Funky 8 Corners [Vocal Version]
2. Funky 8 Corners [Instrumental]
3. I Know the Score
4. The Hurt's On Your Baby
5. Say It Again
6. Riding High
7. Toe Jam
8. Play That Funky Beat (Concerto In F)
9. Take My Love
10. Dearest One
11. Keep On Running
12. Come on Back
13. Get Away From Me Girl (Don't Wait For Me)
14. I Never Knew
15. I Surrender
16. Forever More
17. Think Funky
18. Annie Had A Baby
19. Sunday
20. Psycho
21. My Thang
22. Check It Baby [Bonus Track]
23. Soulin' [Bonus Track]
Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks:
24. I Oughta Know
25. Without You
26. Bowlegged Woman
27. Always Lovers
28. What Can I Do?
29. Confession of Love [Instrumental Version Of "I Can't Help It"]

Play that Funky Beat
Reissue contains 29 Tracks

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Free the Funk Compilation 1 on R&S 1995



First release from the Belgium based R&S label
The series displays the soundtrack of the famous Free The Funk Spacefunk Parties!
A blend of funk,hiphop & techno.

Word Up - Philip Marlowe
Fried Funk Food - Where I'm Going
Dadomo - Punks not Dead
Koh Tao - Sundown
Ballistic Brothers - Step Into Eden (Rollin' Drum 'n' Bass Mix)
Daphreephunkateerz - Dark Jazz (DJ Cam Remix)
Spacer - Drakes Equation
Thomas Bangalter - On Da Rocks
Heights of Abraham - Sportif
Red Snapper - Hot Flush (Sabres Of Paradise Remix)
Model 500 - The Flow (G-Funk Mix)
Nightmares On Wax - What I'm Feeling (Good)

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Schoolly D - Reservoir Dog 1995



1. Welcome To Funkadelica
2. Nigger Entertainment
3. Reservoir Dog
4. Big Fat Bytches
5. Ghettofunkstylistic
6. Hustler Life
7. Gotta Hustle To Survive
8. Date With Death
9. If You See My Little Brother
10. Schooly-D Live!
11. Eternity

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Give 'em Enough Dope Volume Three - Various on Wall Of Sound 1996


A1. Rollercone - Rester Eveille (Riviera Traxx Dub)
A2. Les Rythmes Digitales - Tropicano
A3. Spacer - Pseudomorph
B1. Jacob's Optical Stairway - Fragments Of A Lost Language
B2. Q-Burns Abstract Message - Mess Of Afros
B3. Ballistic Brothers - Perfect Day
C1. Tiny Stars - Autosuggest
C2. Propellerheads - Take California
C3. Violet Central - Pro NYC
D1. Audio Spectrum - Alligator Voodoo
D2. Faze Action In The Trees (Original Disco Mix)
D3. Basement Jaxx - Samba Magic

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Naturalfunky - Various on Soul Patrol 1996



16 great rare funk tracks by :

1. Abraham and the Casanova's - Hook & Boogie Part 1
2. Freddie Wilson - Promise Land
3. Robert Moore - Can't Help Myself
4. Sir Wallace and the Bellairs - Green Power
5. Joe & The Everyday People - Sleep Walk Part 1
6. Bennie Gordon and the Soul Brothers - Anything Goes
7. Frank Howard & The Continentals - Do What You Wanna Do
8. Ernie and The Topnotes - Things Are Better
9. The Presidents - Gold Walk
10. Billy Martin & The Soul Jets - Funky Feelin'
11. Dave Hamilton - Cracklin' Bread
12. Abraham and the Casanova's - Hook & Boogie Part 2
13. Bill Crane - Steppin' Tall Part 1
14. Bill Crane - Steppin' Tall Part 2
15. Joe & The Everyday People - Sleep Walk Part 2
16. Walt Jenkins - Funky Walk

"Again this is a long yet persistently Robust Funky Charge
for Everyday People"
Compiled by Nicolas M.

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Bobby Hutcherson - Natural Illusions 1972


1. Lush Life (Strayhorn)
2. When You Are Near (Hutcherson)
3. The Thrill Is Gone (Darnell, Hawkins)
4. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington, Mills, Parish)
5. Rain Every Thursday
6. The Folks Who Live on the Hill (Hammerstein, Kern)
7. Shirl (Silver)

Phil Bodner, Hubert Laws, Romeo Penque, Daniel Trimboli (woodwinds)
Eugene Bianco (harp)
Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone)
Hank Jones (piano)
Gene Bertoncini (guitar)
Ron Carter, George Duvivier (bass)
Jack DeJohnette (drums)
Wade Marcus (arranger)
Wade Marcus Orchestra (strings)

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Edu Lobo - Sergio Mendes presents 1970


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1.Zanzibar
2.Ponteio
3.Even Now
4.Crystal Illusions
5.Casa Forte
6.Jangada
7.Sharp Tongue
8.To Say Goodbye
9.Hey Jude

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Ray Barretto - RICAN/STRUCTION 1979


1. Al Ver Sus Campos
2. Un Día Sere Felíz
3. Piensa en Mi
4. Ya Vez
5. Adelante Siempre Voy
6. Algo Nuevo
7. Tumbao Africano

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