Purple Snowflakes!

Special CHRISTMAS show for 2009! Download & tracklist after the jump...

NOTE: Trying to get my podcast back inline with the DMCA, so that means no more enhanced podcast and I will be pulling the mp3 archives directly from the radio station. This means you may hear a bit of the previous show before I start!

Some real gems in this set, including a brand new one from Sharon Jones and the Dap-kings, as well as Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents! Funk, soul, R&B, blues...all kinds of christmas music!

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Tracklist:

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Aint No Chimneys In The Projects (Daptone) Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas (Motown) Binky Griptite - Stoned Soul Christmas (Daptone) Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz Its Christmas (Stax) Jenny Dee and the DeeLiquents - Santa Claus Is Comin The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride Soul Saints Orchestra - Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul (Jazzman) James Brown - Soulful Christmas (Jazzman) Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa (Columbia) James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me (Motown) Louis Armstrong - Cool Yule Louis Prima - Shake Hands With Santa Claus Kay Starr - Everyones Waitin For The Man With The Bag The Marshall Brothers - Mr Santa's Boogie Jimmy Butler - Trim Your Tree Mabel Scott - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Sugar Chile Robinson - Christmas Boogie Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run (Chess) Eddie C Campbell - Santas Messin With The Kid Felix Gross - Love For Christmas Lightnin Hopkins - Merry Christmas (Stash) Sonny Boy Williamson - Santa Claus Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby James Brown - Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay William Bell - Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday (Stax) Solomon Burke - Presents For Christmas Marvin Gaye - Purple Snowflakes Aretha Franklin - Winter Wonderland Otis Redding - White Christmas Donny Hathaway - This Christmas (ATCO) Stevie Wonder - Everyone's A Kid At Christmas (Motown) Toots and The Maytals - Christmas Feelin Ska James Brown - Hey America Raindeer Runners - Pull My Sled (soul fire) Lou Rawls - Auld Lang Syne

Best Dig Ever (Part 1)

Fruits of my recent two day storage facility dig.

Don't miss this 2 part mega show! Possibly the best dig I have ever done. Be sure to check out the Charles Vickers song poem on National Guild. I couldn't find much information about this record online, except the website about song poems. Who knew Gene Chandler had a big record on Constellation? Not me, thats for sure. 'Mr Big Shot' is an amazing soul dancer. Not to mention the female cover of 'I'll Go Crazy' by Ella Thomas, or the calypso funk by King Wellington! Wow...

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Playlist:

Anna King - Mama's Got A Bag Of Her Own (End) Charles Vickers - Baby Sometimes The Road Is Rough (National Guild) Ella Thomas - If You Leave Me (Gedinsons) Chyvonne Scott - You Lost Your Good Thing (Alto) The Companions - Help A Lonely Guy (General American) Mable John - It's Catching (Stax) King Wellington - Pretty Girls (Plek) Dean Parrish - Tell Her (Boom) Milton Floyd - Anyway I Can (Rim) Louis Curry - I'll Try Again Tomorrow (MS) Gene Chandler - Mr Big Shot (constellation) Dean Parrish - Turn On Your Lovelight (Boom) The Vibrating Vibrations - Right On Brother Right On (Neptune) Big Maybelle - I Can't Wait Any Longer (Rojac) The Bronzettes - Hot Spot (Parkway) The Herbs - There Must Be An Answer (Smoke) Jim and Bob Harrison - Hand Clap Blues (Clock) Vernon and Jewell - Thats A Rockin Good Way (Kent) Slim Harpo - Don't Start Cryin Now (Excello) Little Richard - Rip It Up (Specialty) Chuck Berry - Little Queenie (Chess) Smiley Lewis - Bumpity Bump (Gigi) Hoagy Lands - The Bell Ringer (Spectrum) Ella Washington - Trying To Make You Love Me (Sound Stage 7) Ella Johnson - Keep On Lovin You (Old Town) Linda Jones - I Can't Stand It (Loma) Don Campbell - Campbell Lock (Stanson) Tony Fox - I Dream One Day (Tri Spin) The Fabulons - This Is The End (BensonRitco) The Topics - Try A Little Love (Heavy Duty) Debbie Taylor - Never Gonna Let Him Know (GWP) Delores Hall - Good Lovin Man (Keymen) G Kerr Orchestra - Back Lash (All Platinum) The Jewels - Oppurtunity (Dimension) The Essence - Don't Press Your Luck (Interstate) Marva Whitney - He's The One (King) Dee Brown and Lola Grant - You Need Loving (Shurfire) Etta James - What I Say (Argo) Andrew Brown - If We Try (4 Brothers) Slim Harpo - I Got My Finger On Your Trigger (Excello) Al King - Don't Put Off For Tomorrow (Sahara) Little Walter - I Got To Find My Baby (Checker) John Lee Hooker - Don't Go Baby (King) Otis Rush - Three Times A Fool (Bluestown) Walter Allen - Air Plane Blues (Wild) Faye Adams - I'll Be True (Herald) Johnny Walker - Tend To Your Business (CJ)

Get On Up, BIG BIRD!

Quick little show, with a couple new tracks including the amazing female version of Big Bird by Rosetta Hightower! I don't think it can compete with the Eddie Floyd version, but it is pretty great, check it out for yourself!

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Playlist:

Dorothy Oma and Zelpha - Gonna Put It On Your Mind (Chisa) Rosetta Hightower - Big Bird (Toast) Eddie Floyd - Big Bird (Stax) George and Gwen McCrae - The Rub (RCA) Willie Hutch - Tell Me Why Has Our Love Turned Cold (Motown) The Ojays - What Am I Waiting For? (Philly Inter) The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You (gordy) James Brown - I Got The Feelin (King) The Isley Brothers - Its Your Thing (T Neck) Wilson Pickett - Stagger Lee (Atlantic) Otis Redding - I Can't Turn You Loose (Volt) Sam and Dave - Wrap It Up (Atlantic) Ike and Tina Turner - Shake A Tail Feather (Toma) Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover (Atlantic) Otis Redding - Chain Gang (Volt) Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - Tramp (Stax) Little Esther - If Its News To You (Savoy) Gechie Wiley - Last Kind Words (Mississippi Records) Abner Jay - Woke Up This Morning (Mississippi Records) Cecil Barfield - Five Long Years (Mississippi Records) Moha jamin - Ashke Royae Bashkohe (Raks) M Ashraf - Dilbar Dilbara (Finders Keepers) Omar Souleyman - Leh Jani (sublime frequencies)

Have not played THAT in a while!

A couple of new ones toward the beginning, but mostly stuff I dug out of my boxes. I realized I hadn't played some of my favorite tracks on the show recently, so I wanted to make sure all the new listeners knew where I was coming from! Even got a little Soulelujah set in there for the locals!

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Playlist:

PJ Smith and Co - Hold On To It (Shane) Benny Gordon - Sugar Mama Pt 1 (Estill) Binky Griptite - The Stroll (Daptone) Charles Bradley - The Telephone Song (Dunham) Renaldo Domino - I'm A Good Man (Twinight) JD and The Evils Dynamite Band - Beer So Nice (Right On) (Soul Fire) Menahan Street Band - The Wolf (Dunham) Budos Band - Hidden Hand (Daptone) Bama and the Family - Get Up In Your Hot Pants (Lenar) Albert King - Cold Feet (Stax) Gwen McCrae - Rockin Chair (Cat) Buddy Miles - Dreams (Mercury) Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart (Shout) Samson and Delilah - Theres A DJ In Your Town (Black Prince) Mary Jane Hooper - I've Got Reasons (Power Pac) Reuben Bell - Superjock (Alarm) Mack Rice - Three People In Love (Capitol) Explosions - Hip Drop (Gold Cup) Third Guitar - Baby Don't Cry (Rojac) James Brown - I Feel Good (Sex Machine Today Version) (Polydor) All the People - Cramp Your Style (Blue Candle) Marilyn Barbarin - Reborn (Bo Sound) Eddie Bo - If Its Good To You Pt 2 (Scram) Quickest Way out - Tick Tock Baby (Karen) Maceo and the Flames - Tighten Up Pt 1 (Dynamite) Melting Pot - Kool and the Gang (Ampex) Claudio and The Skyrockets Combo - Papas Got A Brand New Bag (Pan Vox) Benny Latimore - Girl I Got News For You (Dade) Etta James - Somethings Got A Hold On Me (Argo) Rita Pavone - Gira Gira (RCA) Maggie Thrett - Soupy (Dynovoice) Stax - Soulelujah (Stax) Marc Aryan - Liberte (Markal) Flirtations - Need Your Lovin (Deram) The Olympics - I'll Do A Little Bit More (Mirwood) Willie Mitchell - That Driving Beat (Hi) The Capitols - We Got A Thing Thats In The Groove (Karen) Betty La Vette - What Condition My Condition Is In (Karen) The Patti Cakes - Peas Porridge (Revue) Lou Courtney - Hey Joyce (Popside) Jorge Ben - Ponta De Lanca Africano (Philips)

A Visit From The Dealers…

A visit from a couple local dealers, and I picked up quite a few gems! Check it out! The Dee Dee Gartrell track is AMAZING. My favorite sister funk track from recent months. Finally got a copy of that 'Come Down Baby' track on 45. Also picked up one of my Brainfreeze wants in 'The Tramp (from funky broadway)'. I close the show with another track from the amazing Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents.

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Playlist:

Dee Dee Gartrell - I Must Be Doing Something Right (Maverick) The Beginning Of The End - Come Down Baby Pt 1 (Alston) The Showmen Inc - The Tramp Pt 1 (now) Jo Armstead - I've Been Turned On (Giant) Vernon Garrett - Shine It On (Kent) Sonny and the Premiers - What It Is (Chipam) Margie Hendrix - I Call You Lover (Mercury) Mary Davis - Get Up And Dance (Fatback) Juanita Parker - Can't Find A Way Out (MSIAW) The Wonderettes - Wait Until Tonight (Ruby) Chuck and the Tremblers - Stop Cheating Woman (Del Nita) Broad Street Gang - Fair Skin Man (Cougar) The Meters - Chug Chug Chug A Lug (Reprise) Ray Charles - Claudie Mae (ABC) Little Walter - My Babe (Chess) Bobby Rush - Done Got Good To Me Pt 1 (Sedgrick) Barbara and the Uniques - Whats The Use (Arden) Ace Cannon - Drunk (Hi) LJ Waiters and the Electrifiers - If You Aint Gettin Your Thing (La Shawn) The Lamp Sisters - You Caught Me Napping (Duke) Inez Foxx - Broken Hearted Fool (Symbol) Anna King - If You Don't Think (smash) Clydie King - Bout Love (Lizard) Kim Tolliver - Cop My Stuff (Rojac) Jimmy Dobbins - Little Miss Perfect (Crash) Otis Clay - Shes About A Mover (Cotillion) Ballin Jack - Found A Child (Columbia) Chick Willis - My Bowlegged Woman (Barclay) James Brown - Smokin and Drinkin (tk) Ernie Tucker - Can She Give You Fever (Earth) Bobby Patterson - TCB or TYA (Jetstar) The Ambassadors - Searchin Pt 1 (Sound Stage 7) George Torrence and the Naturals - Lickin Stick (Shout) The Sequins - You Flunked Out (Crajon) Natural Gas - What Do You Want From My Life (Firebird) Smokestack - Wall Between Us (dakar) Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents - Let Me Go (Q dee)