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...

31/05/2011

Jimmy Smith - Root Down (And Get It) (1972)


One from the
Master of the
Hammond B3

Mr Smith shows
us how to get down
to the root of the
groove...





30/05/2011

Fast 3 - The Clap (2006)






Based in Barcelona,
fast 'n' furious &
full of good grooves



29/05/2011

Ram Jam – Black Betty (1977)






Betty who?
Davis? Wright?
Boop?
Must've been
quite a gal
anyhow...

Ram it Up

Jam it Down

27/05/2011

Phil Upchurch - Electrik Head (1969)







Sticking with
a strictly

electric theme,
here's a solid
stone groove

from a man
with a six
string plan...


Phil UpTube

26/05/2011

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24/05/2011

Tom Scott and The L.A. Express (feat. Merry Clayton) - Jump Back (1974)





From the movie

"The Nine Lives
of Fritz the Cat"

comes a real
belter from
the sultan of
slick seventies
super sax with
back-up from
a soul sister...

Jump on it!

23/05/2011

Gil Scott-Heron - Fast Lane (1982)






Quality artists
produce top tracks
throughout their
musical careers &
Gil Scott-Heron

is no exception...

Hit the Target

Watch the Doc

22/05/2011

Lou Reed - Kicks (1975)




If you had to pick
one Lou Reed tune,
what would it be?

A killer track right?

Hell Yeah!

21/05/2011

The Human League - Being Boiled (1978)





Early electronic
adventure for
future big league
synth popsters!

In Fact


20/05/2011

The Rah Band - The Crunch (Part 1) (1977)




Another unique
instrumental
top-pop-chart-topper
from the days when
discos were fun!

Crunch this!


Watch it Live?!

19/05/2011

Cerrone - Supernature (Remix) (1977)




French disco
drumming
superstar
(& Ringo
wannabe?!)

Remixed a million
times over to create

17/05/2011

Plaid - Ralome (1999)






More downtempo
chill-out sounds
from a pair of
Plaid clad lads!

16/05/2011

Kid Loco - The Bootleggers (1997)

 
 
 
 
 
Great slice
of ambience
from the Kid!
 
Boot up the Tube!
 
 

15/05/2011

Barry Adamson - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1996)



A top tune from
a man with
a serious
soundtrack plan...

This one's a bit
Spooky too!

14/05/2011

Dusty Springfield - Spooky (1970)







Dusty's finest
so good, they
flipped it...



13/05/2011

R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House (1967)








A real Motown
oddity from an
unlikely Motown

hit many years later...

12/05/2011

Space - Magic Fly (1977)







More French
with a space age
sensibility!

Laisser Mouche!

Montre Space!

11/05/2011

10/05/2011

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (1969)








Timeless classic!

Spirit of one hit
wonder or what?


09/05/2011

Léo Delibes - Flower Duet (1883)






Time to chill out
to a classic piece
of rare exquisite
beauty...

opera, Lakmé

08/05/2011

Camille Yarbrough - Take Yo' Praise (1975)





A woman
of substance.
Poet, author,
singer, musician,
activist & tv producer!






07/05/2011

Letta Mbulu - Afro Texas (1973)





Voice of
a sweet
black angel...

Deep Soul!



06/05/2011

Lene Lovich - Lucky Number (1978)



Another wacky
new wave smash!

She may be
from Detroit
but this sure
'aint Motown!

Get Lucky!

Get Looky!


05/05/2011

The Flying Lizards - Money (1979)





Deconstructionist
Pop hit makes
waves...
...and a
shed-load
of loot?!

Flying Who?!

Want Money?

Watch it!

03/05/2011

The Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (1973)




One of the world's
& it's not hard
to hear why!

Hear why

See why
(skip the 1st
minute or so...)

02/05/2011

The Peppers - Pepper Box (1974)








Self-explanatory
cover art from
French one hit
wonders...

01/05/2011

The Osmonds - Crazy Horses (1972)






There's a sincere
in there somewhere...

But just wig out
to those crazy
rockin' to the