SPOKEN FUNK

Okay,here it is ... the download for last night's show with The New Birth!!

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9109

Listen to lead singers Leslie and Melvin Wilson talk about how the group started, recorded and of course about how unforgettable hits like Got to get a Knutt and Wildflower were created.

Playlist:

- The New Birth - It's been a long time (RCA)
- The New Birth - Brand New Lover (RCA)
- The New Birth - It's impossible (RCA)
- The Nite Liters - K-Jee (RCA)
- The Nite Liters - Afro Strut (RCA)
- The New Birth - Theme from Buck and the Preacher (RCA)
- The New Birth - Got to get a Knutt (TCA)
- The New Birth - Wildflower (RCA)
- The New Birth - Come on and dream some paradise (Buddah)
- The New Birth - Dream Merchant (Buddah)
- The New Birth - Forever (Buddah)
- The New Birth - Dream Merchant - New Version (Stonehurst)
- The New Birth - Fallin' in love (Warner)
- The New Birth - Your love is in my veins (Warner)
- The New Birth - Until it's time for you to go (RCA)
- The New Birth - Take this train to Freedom (RCA)
- The New Birth - Honeybee (RCA)
- The New Birth - It's All In The Game (RCA)
- The New Birth - How Good It Feals (RCA)
- The New Birth - Pretty Music (RCA)
- The New Birth - I remember well (Buddah)

Download for last night's fantastic show with Ric and Lou Wilson of Mandrill:

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9171

Last week's Midnight Soulstice was a tribute to Soul diva Lyn Collins, who passed away this March four years ago. Listen to many of Lyn's unforgettable tracks and hear Fred Wesley, Marva Whitney and other guests on the show talk about Lyn. This download is a must for every James Brown fan!

Download here:

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9229



Playlist:

- Lyn Collins: It's a foggy Day (People)
- Lyn Collins: Rock me again & again & again & again & again & again (People)
- Lyn Collins: Wheel of Life (Polydor)
- Lyn Collins & James Brown: Just won't do right (Polydor)
- Lyn Collins: Things got to get better (People)
- Lyn Collins: Fly me to the Moon (People)
- Lyn Collins: Me and my baby got a good thing going (People)
- Lyn Collins: Think (About it) (People)
- Lyn Collins: Give it up or turnit a loose (People)
- Lyn Collins: Don't make me over (People)
- Lyn Collins: Wild Awake in a Dream (People)
- Lyn Collins: To each his Own (People)
- Lyn Collins: Never gonna give you up (People)
- Lyn Collins: Take me just as I am (People)
- Lyn Collins: Do your thing (People)
- Lyn Collins: Women's Lib (People)
- Lyn Collins: You can't love me if you don't respect me (People)
- Lyn Collins: Mr. Bigstuff (People)
- Lyn Collins: Backstabbers (People)
- Lyn Collins: Mama Feelgood (People)

We had no a nice show last Friday, no guests, just Mr. Felty and DJ Pari, laying down some grooves. Since we have been accused of being too elitist at times, we decided to mix in some better known artists to appease our critics. We hope you'll like our Hot & Sweaty night.



http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9292

Playlist:

- Jay Mitchell - Tighter and Tighter (GBI Records)
- Charles Wright & 103rd St Rhythm Band - What can you bring me? (Warner)
- Sons of Slum - Right on! (Stax)
- Dyke and the Blazers - Let a woman be a woman and a man be a man (Original Sound)
- Bobby Holley - Moving Dancer (Weis Records)
- The Stony Island Band - Stony Island Band (Jazzman)
- The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park (Fantasy)
- Calender - Monster (From The Black Toms) (Pi Kappa)
- Eddie Hazel - What about it? (Warner)
- The Spinners - Rubberband Man (Atlantic)
- Labelle - Moonshadow (Warner)
- The Voices of East Harlem - Could this be love (Just Sunshine)
- Kim Morrison - One in a Million (Malaco)
- The Sisters Love - (I could never make) a better man than you (MoWest)
- Randy Brown and Company - Did you hear yourself P.1 (Truth)
- Gi Gi - Daddy Love pt.1 (Sweet)
- Sir Lattimore Brown - Shake and Vibrate (Sound Stage 7)
- Brothers And Sisters - The Ali Shuffle (Capital)
- Little Beaver - Funkadelic Sound (Cat)
- The Soul Congress - The Black House (Bang Records)
- Osaka Monaurail - Mad Pierrot (Unique)
- The Fantastics - Soul Child (Freestyle)
- Shaolin Temple Defenders - Let yourself go! (Soulbeats)
- Plenty Enuff - Shoot the Birds (Unique)
- The Dansettes - Oh My! (Cosmic Groove)
- Terry and Deep South - Trying To Get By (Bama)
- Willie Hutch - Ain't Gonna Stop (RCA)
- Big Maybelle - I Can't Waint Any Longer (Rojac)
- Weather Report - 125th Street Congress (Columbia)
- Marvin Weatley and The Communicators - Asphalt Jungle pt.1 (SAS)
- Earth Wind & Fire - Everything is everything (Warner)
- Derek Martin - That's what I'll do (Vibration)

Here the download for last night's Midnight Soulstice with special guest Soulsister Number One, Marva Whitney!! Listen to Marva talk about her roots, her days with James Brown, the Forte era and her latest album "I am what I am". We also discussed her unreleased King Records album "I Sing Soul" and played some of the tracks of this record on public radio for the very first time.

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9355

Playlist:

- Marva Whitney: Things got to get better (live) (King)
- Marva Whitney: Your love was good for me (Federal)
- Marva Whitney & James Brown: Think (live) (King)
- Marva Whitney: My funny Valentine (King / unreleased)
- Marva Whitney & James Brown: Sunny (King)
- Marva Whitney: People (King / unreleased)
- Marva Whitney: Respect (King / unreleased)
- Marva Whitney: Unwind yourself (King)
- Marva Whitney: Tit for tat (Ain't no takin' back) (King)
- Marva Whitney: It's my thing (live) (Unreleased version)
- Marva Whitney & James Brown: You got to have a job (live) (King)
- Marva Whitney: This girl's in Love (King)
- Marva Whitney: Giving up on Love (T-Neck)
- Marva Whitney & Osaka Monaurail: I am what I am (P.1 & 2) (Shout)
- Marva Whitney: Daddy don't know about Sugar Bear (Excello)
- Marva Whitney: Ball of Fire (King)
- M-W-T Express: Nothing I'd rather be (than your weakness) (Forte)
- Marva Whitney: Saving my love for my baby (Shout)
- Marva Whitney & Osaka Monaurail: What do I have to do to prove my love to you (Shout)

Here is the link for last night's Latin Soul special:

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9419



Playlist:

- El Chicano: Viva Tirado Otra Vez / Mas Zacate (Kapp)
- Cesar: Descarga (Flying Dutchman)
- Ray & His Court: De Eso Nada Monada (Sound Triangle)
- Mongo Santamaria: We got Latin Soul (Columbia)
- Latin Soul Rock Allstars: Smoke (Fania)
- Cortiyu Y Su Maquiena del Tiempo: Gumbo
- Bio Ritmo: Lisandra (Locutor Records)
- Bio Ritmo: Le Canto (Shameless)
- Marvin Santiago: Sonero (TH Top Hits)
- Bobby Valentin: Coco Seco (Fania)
- Tito Puente: Last Tango in Paris (Tico)
- Tito Puente con orgullo Sophy: Chrystal Blue Persuasion (Tico)
- Azuquita: California (Vaya)
- Ricardo Marrero; My friend (Don)
- Joe Bataan: Laughing and Crying (Epic)
- La Pandilla: El Gorila (Alhambra)
- Chucho Avellanet: Se Acabo (UA Latino)
- La Crema: The Cisco Kid (UA Latino)
- Impacto Crea: Cielo Azul (Vaya)
- Orquesta Dee Jay: Black Shadow (MGM)
- Jose Mangual & Carlos “Patato” Valdez: Masacote
- La Clave: Latin Slide (Verve)
- Raoul Zequeria: Hey! ... Hey! ... Hey! (Disques Vogue)
- Katunga: Bailando despacito (RCA)
- Harlem River Drive: Idle Hands (Roulette)

It was fantastic to have RAMP on the show on Midnight Soulstice last night. The band's name stands for Roy Ayers Music Project, and the group is indeed the hottest act ever coming out of Roy's music and song writing factory. Listen to RAMP's original members talk about their legacy, how the feel about being sampled by artists like Tribe Called Quest and Erykah Badu and what's up for the future. We also played RAMP's entire cult album "Come Into Knowledge" plus a few previously unreleased songs, so make sure to listen to the show:

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9542

Here the download for last night's show with Plunky of Oneness of Juju ...

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9600

Get the FREE download for last night's fantastic kick-off for our new series "Deep Diggin'" on Midnight Soulstice. Listen to your hosts Mr. Felty and DJ Pari dig out the most precious gems of Funk and Soul.

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9662



- The Main Ingredient: Happiness is just around the Bend (RCA)
- Mystique feat. Ralph Johnson: Keep on playing the Music (Curtom)
- Jade: Music Slave (Pesante)
- Zingara: Haunted House (Wheel Records)
- Ace Spectrum: You ain't no match for me (Atlantic)
- Terry And Deep South: Trying To Get By (Bama)
- Mose: The Coming Of Moses (Pure Silk)
- Quest: Boy Scouts (Silver Lining)
- Ben Sidran: Fat Jam (Blue Thumb)
- The Edge Of Daybreak: Eyes Of Love (Bohannon's)
- Jess Roden: on Broadway (Island Records)
- Real Thing: Children of the Ghetto (PYE Records)
- Celeste Hardie: You touched the inner part of me (Load Stone)
- Juice: Lady beware (Secant)
- Barrett Strong: Is it true? (Capitol)
- Gordon Staples and The Motown Strings: Strung Out (Motown)
- Rudy Love & Love Family: Does Your Mamma Know (Calla)
- Roy,Rock & Reese: Who's Complanning? (Colpar)
- Weldon Irvine: Walk That Walk; Talk That Talk (RCA)
- The Daley Diggers: I Can Dig It (Marmaduke)
- Johnny Bristol: Woman, Woman (MGM)
- Sons of Kingdom: Modernization (K.O.G.)
- Jimmy Jones: Time and Changes (Conchillo)
- Rasputin's Stash: I can feel the Jones (Gemigo)
- The Entertains: Love will turn it around (Steeltown Records)
- Larry Saunders: Story Of My Love (Soul International)
- Tyrone Thomas: Baby Cant You See (Golden Triangle)
- The Packers: Im Converted (Pure Soul Music)
- Skip Mahoney and the Casuals: Town called no-where (DC International)
- The Fiestas: Sometimes Storm (Respect)

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