My fourth comp and more of a search through the Bravo archives to songs that I either hadn't listened to in a long time or had never really appreciated before rather than new tunes to my collection. I just wanted to do another comp but hadn't bought much recently so trawled back through the collection. I think this is my fave so far. Not sure why, maybe it was the work that went into it. With vols 3 & 4 I've clipped tracks, altered volumes etc and then put them together as though they were being played on decks so there is very little gap between the tracks (consequently, don't include the gaps that burning apps tend to do as standard if burning to disc).
Love this cover, another iconic photo of Twiggy in this one and love that combination of colours too. As always there are print quality covers in the zipped file that you will download, don't bother trying to print the images here on the blog as they are just low-res versions. TRACKLIST
01 - Patti Drew - Beggar For The Blues
02 - Soul Mission - Trans Global Express
03 - JTQ - Car Chase
04 - Aretha Franklin - Rocksteady (Alternate Mix)
05 - King Cannon (Karl Bryan) - Overproof (Aka Little Darlin')
06 - The Blenders - Decimal Currency
07 - Booker T Averhart & The Mustangs - Take Your Shoes Off Part 2
08 - Candido - I'm On My Way
09 - Brown Brothers Of Soul - Cholo
10 - The Gaturs - Gator Bait
11 - The Charmaines - I Idolize You
12 - Ike & Tina Turner - Finger Poppin'
13 - The Banana Splits - Doin’ The Banana Split
14 - Junior Wells - I Got A Stomach Ache
15 - Little Richard - I Don't Want To Discuss It
16 - Luther Ingram - Oh Baby Don't You Weep
17 - Memphis Horns - Soul Bowl
18 - Rex Garvin And The Mighty Cravers - Sock It To 'Em JB
19 - The Hippy Boys - Capo
20 - Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - The New Breed (Pt 1)
Diz' fourth comp, and another excellent one.....which was worth the oh so long wait eh Diz? ;O)
I'm not going to stand on Diz' toes, I'll let him fill you in on the selection of tracks etc. As for the cover? Don't you just love that pic of Marsha Hunt? An iconic photo if ever there was one!
From Diz; "I was influenced slightly by Paul Weller's 22 Dreams album for this one. Not so much in the music style but in so much as I wanted it to be a musically eclectic journey which would dip n dive all over the place but would also hopefully work as a complete listen. Whether I succeeded or not is up to you to judge. It's held together largely by the Jazz/Funk tracks and the use of Flute I feel. I particularly like how the flute pulls together otherwise diverse acts like Jurassic 5, Lonnie Liston Smith & The Black Keys for example, taking you thru a hip-hop, jazz-funk, blues-rock trip in 3 easy moves :-)" As always there are print quality covers in the zipped file that you will download, don't bother trying to print the images here on the blog as they are just low-res versions. TRACKLIST
01. Sammy Ambrose - Welcome To Dreamsville
02. Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - Holdin' On
03. Donald Byrd - Steppin' Into Tomorrow
04. Jurassic 5 - Jayou
05. Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
06. Black Keys - Same Old Thing
07. Seasick Steve - Cut My Wings
08. Byther Smith - So Unhappy
09. Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & The True Loves - Take My Love With You
10. Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers - Doin' What I Wanna
11. Gil Scott Heron - Free Will
12. Richie Havens - Adam
13. The Herbaliser - Amores Bongo
14. Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Jungle Lion
15. Slim Smith - Everybody Needs Love
16. The Five Stairsteps - Don't Change Your Love
17. Poets Of Rhythm - Practice What You Preach
18. Sweet Vandals - You Wanna Be My Lover
19. Jimmy McGriff & Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Preacher's Tune
My third comp, some great tracks on here I think, some real 'unheard' gems courtesy of a raft of compilations of hard to find records that I was listening to at the time. No title for this one, don't ask me why, I think I just forgot. I got so carried away with the tracks and the cover design that I think I just fogot to name it. Some real danceable tunes on here and some unusual tracks too. Enjoy! As always there are print quality covers in the zipped file that you will download, don't bother trying to print the images here on the blog as they are just low-res versions. TRACKLIST
01 Are You Satisfied - Three Degrees (1965)
02 Fried Scampi - The Masked Phantom (1966)
03 Jackpot - the Roulettes (1966)
04 Hold Down - The Kingstonians (1968)
05 2000 Tons Of TNT - GG All Stars (1969)
06 Some People Say - Modus (2007)
07 Soul Brother Testify - Original Soul Senders (1971)
08 Dance With Me - Delano Stewart (1970)
09 Lulu's Theme - The Johnny Harris Orchestra (1969)
10 The New Breed - Jimmy Holiday (1967)
11 My Babe - Willie Mitchell (1969)
12 Wade In The Water - Little Sonny (1970)
13 Oo Wee Baby, I Love You - Fred Hughes (1965)
14 Pleasure Web - Music Man (1973)
15 That's How Heartaches Are Made - Baby Washington (1963)
16 The Gospel According To The Bongolian - The Bongolian (2007)
17 The Monster - The Beverley Allstars (1970)
18 Jesse James - Laurel Aitken (1968)
19 Broadway Jungle - Maytals (1964)
20 Foey Man - George Dekker (1968)
21 Try My Love - Toni & The Showmen (1965)
22 Up In Heah - Jr. Wells (1966)
23 West Of Windward - The Vic Flick Sound (1967)
24 Your Love Is Indescribably Delicious - Willis Wooten (1968)
Diz' third comp, and a damn fine one in my not so humble opionion. Love the tracks on here. I'll let Diz fill you in with the details once again. Suffice to say this is well worth your 'effort' to download, burn, play and dance to!
From Diz; "The idea of this one was to create a non-stop dance groove having been hugely influenced by Charlie's choices for his own Vol 3. The title "Aint it DEG3" was an easy choice given the amount of songs that had 'Aint' or 'Aint it' in their titles. That was just a coincidence really as the songs came first. This one is less 'eclectic' than the others as i was keen to keep a vibe going, so it pretty much swings back n forth between classic 6T's Soul/Rnb and Acid Jazz grooves."
"PS - Forgot to add, this one is my fave artwork of charlie's! :-)"
As always there are print quality covers in the zipped file that you will download, don't bother trying to print the images here on the blog as they are just low-res versions. TRACKLIST
01. Jr Walker All Stars - Moody Junior
02. The Sharpees - Do The 45
03. Wilmer & The Dukes - Give Me One More Chance
04. Brother Jack McDuff - Ain't It
05. Blues Busters Soon - You'll Be Gone
06. James Duncan - Three Little Pigs
07. Spencer Davis Group - Trampoline
08. Willie Tee - I Want Somebody
09. The Bootmen - Ain't It The Truth Babe
10. The Night Trains - The Killer
11. Freddie McKay - I'm A Free Man
12. Roy Redmond - Ain't That Terrible
13. Stoned Soul Picnic - Get Off The Bus
14. Soul Brothers Six - Thank You Baby For Loving Me
Well, here we are. Number two in the series for myself - and a very definitive flow of styles. Whereas Diz went for a truly eclectic running order on number 2. I decided to be quite prescriptive in the running order. We go from the R&B of Don Gardner to the blues jazz of Mose Allison, to the brash garage of The Prime Movers and the Garage Punk of Thee Headcoat Sect to the seductive funk of The Bamboos and Lefties Soul Connection taking in the Hammond sound of Stoned Soul Picnic and finishing off with possibly (for me anyway) the finest piece of music (of any genre) ever performed - Cristo Redentor by Mr Donald Byrd, a jazz masterpiece - cheers for the tip Dan P - and even including the 90's sound of Shaun Ryder and Black Grape along the way!
As always there are print quality covers in the zipped file that you will download, don't bother trying to print the images here on the blog as they are just low-res versions. TRACKLIST
My Baby Likes To Boogaloo - Don Gardner
The Seventh Son - Mose Allison
Billy's Bag - Billy Preston
She's Looking Good - Rodger Collins
Madame Garcia - Apostolic Intervention
The Pink Wig - Thee Cybermen
Bed & Board - Prime Movers
Strychnine - Thee Headcoat Sect
Man Taken From Guts - Thee Mighty Caesars
100 Year Old Riff - The Stabilisers
Submarine - Black Grape
Flute Salad - Ju Par Universal Orchestra
Howling For Judy - Jeremy Steig
Happy - The Bamboos
Bam Bam - Lefties Soul Connection
Hardtop 22 - Stoned Soul Picnic
Mr Z - James Taylors 4th Dimension
The Lions & The Cucumber - Vampires Sound Incorporation
Dramastically Different - Beastie Boys
Cristo Redentor - Donald Byrd
Download link for the zipped file here - as with the previous posts - ENJOY!
So here we are, number 2 of Diz's fine compilation, I'll let Diz fill you in with the finer details on this comp. As for the cover, inspired by the Blue Note Lost Grooves comp if you thought it looked familiar. As always there are print quality covers in the zipped file that you will download, don't bother trying to print the images here on the blog as they are just low-res versions.
Thanks once again to Charlie for all the work on this. Well this one picks up pretty much on the same vein as my first comp but a bit funkier and mixed up. Where as the 1st one smoothly ran from one genre to another, this one jumps back & forth and is a better listen for it in my opin. You've got Jazz, soul, funk, blues, reggae & ska ... Hope people enjoy! TRACKLIST (down to one disc from now on)
01 Groovin' For Mr G - Richard 'Groove' Holmes
02 Afro Harping - Dorothy Ashby
03 Got My Boogaloo - Jackie Mittoo
04 Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson
05 Brown Bag - Boogaloo Joe Jones
06 I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd
07 Tic Tac Toe - Candido
08 Swing Easy - The Skatalites
09 Night & Day - The Maytals
10 Backlash Blues - Nina Simone
11 Bad Trip - Bo Diddley
12 Pounds Of Soul - Betty Bibbs
13 What So Never The Dance - Bootsy Collins
14 Everybody Dance Now - Soul City
15 Everythings Gonna Be Alright - Bobby Womack
16 Soul Rebel - Bob Marley & The Wailers
17 The New Boss - Slim Smith
18 Mickeys Monkey - Smokey & The Miracles
19 Tight Money - Rueben Wilson
20 Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell
21 Be Thankful For What You Got - William De Vaughn
Download link for the zipped file here - as with the previous posts - ENJOY!
Peace! Out!
Charlie Bravo
PS: Divshare download limit almost reached for this month. On 72% at the moment (7th) but will go back to zero on the 16th so if you fail to download, wait till the 16th :O)
My fourth comp and more of a search through the Bravo archives to songs that I either hadn't listened to in a long time or had never really appreciated before rather than new tunes to my collection. I just wanted to do another comp but hadn't bought much recently so trawled back through the collection. I think this is my fave so far. Not sure why, maybe it was the work that went into it. With vols 3 & 4 I've clipped tracks, altered volumes etc and then put them together as though they were being played on decks so there is very little gap between the tracks (consequently, don't include the gaps that burning apps tend to do as standard if burning to disc).
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