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One is All, All is One! Welcome to a quick fix world of one hit wonder...
One is All, All is One! Welcome to a quick fix world of one hit wonder...
29/04/2011
Jean-Luc Ponty - King Kong (1969)
'Jazz isn't dead,
it just smells funny'
So said
Frank Zappa
who influenced
many
in rock, jazz,
classical
& beyond...
Here's the hip
Jean-Luc
still
cutting it
LIVE!
Go
Ape!
The Mohawks - The Champ (1968)
Often sampled,
never bettered.
A classic
groove
from the one they
call, '
The Hawk
'...
Watch it
LIVE!
24/04/2011
The Parliaments - (I Wanna) Testify (1967)
George Clinton's
first hit!
Sounds like Motown
(where Clinton worked)
but released on
the short-lived
Revilot records
label.
Learn
/
Hear
The Great Society - Someone (Somebody) to Love (1966)
Roots of
Jefferson !!
Airplane !!
The Great !!
Society !!
Grace !! Slick !!
's
first bash
in the music biz.
Recorded in
Nov. '65.
Produced by
Sly !! Stone !!
Someone
/
Somebody
21/04/2011
Monsoon - Ever So Lonely (1982)
Taking the world
by storm,
Sheila Chandra
's
first big hit!
World music??
Perfect pop
more like it!
LOOK
LIVE
+ Re-imagined
19/04/2011
Herbie Hancock – Rockit (1983)
Here's a blast
from the past (?)
Retro-electro
from
Future Shock
Rockit + Roll
Candy Dulfer - So What (1991)
That tune
sounds familiar?
Rebirth of the cool,
Acid jazz etc
was raging
20 years back!
Here's a taste
of
Candy!
Who
See
Galactic - Funky Bird (1996)
New Orleans Funk
,
nineties style?
Look no further
than these
funky cats
...
Look 'n' Listen
16/04/2011
Fleetwood Mac – Rattlesnake Shake (1969)
Movers & Shakers,
the original F. Mac
knew how to rock
& knock out a few
slow burn sizzlers!
Shake
it!
Take
One
Take
Two
Momma Gravy - Blue String Pudding (2001)
Second of our
downtempo
cuts is a tasty
slice of
Blue String Pudding
Best ingested
lying down...
Inspiration
information!
Moss - Flyball (1999)
Downtempo fans
& listeners to
Soma FM's
Groove Salad
will be familiar
with the next
couple of tunes.
First up is
a nicely chilled
cut from
'East
Coast
Chip
Shop'
Let's
Fly!
14/04/2011
Frank & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl (1982)
Father & Daughter
duos rarely cut it!
Unless the name's
ZAPPA!!
Freak Out!
12/04/2011
Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (1970)
1970
, a classic year.
After all that
street fighting,
here's a perfect
remedy, PEACE!
(+pop perfection)
Look 'n' Listen
Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter (1970)
Not only a
great
session singer
but also a great
frontwoman.
Of course, she
most famously
backed The Stones.
Here's
her take
on a classic...
...& a great
bit of rebellious
righteousness
on
the tube!
Packin' it
Live!
10/04/2011
The Band - Don't Do It (1972)
Barnstormer!
Great way to
open a set.
From a
band
who did it
better than
most...
Watch it!
Wings - I've Had Enough (1978)
A real oddity,
classic sleeve!
Macca must've
wished he was
in Status Quo
or something?!
LOOK!
09/04/2011
The Meters - Down By The River (1976)
Those funky
Meters
were so hot,
they could discard
tracks as good
as
this
,
unheard for way
too long!
Has anyone ever
recorded a funkier
version of a
Neil Young song?
08/04/2011
Neil Young - Computer Age (1982)
Folk Rock
farmer dreams
of electric sheep!
Neil Young hears
Kraftwerk & sees
the future!
Sample Age
Flip
side
Phil(ip) Lynott - Yellow Pearl (1980)
Falling somewhere between
Kraut Rock melody &
Japanese synth pop,
Phil Lynott changes
gear, confounding
rock fans everywhere!
Beware the
Yellow Pearl
!
As heard on
TOTP!
07/04/2011
Terry Reid - Dean (1973)
Another overlooked
nugget from unsung
hero,
Terry Reid
,
aka Superlungs!
Watch it Live
at
Glastonbury Fayre
Bernard Butler - Stay (1998)
Overlooked
anthem for a
lost generation?
Top
tune
anyway!
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