TD3 said:

Oh, please.


Hey, my husband and I have ponied up when wrir 97.3 have their pledge drives. This music sure does sound fantastic in the background. v



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MrSoulpower said:

I was wondering the same thing.

I don't know were brotha Mr.SoullPower is, he usalley gives us a heads-up. Allow me.... it's on now.





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TD3 said:

Thank you. MrSoulpower had a well deserved day off and he will go record diggin' today.

TD3 said:

And there'll be more ways to spend money soon ... we'll start doing Midnight Soulstice T-Shirts, and we'll probably releases mixes of our shows on CD - re-recorded without the talking, just the music.

Jeffiner said:

Dunno Buster Brown's ... but I played at Cabaret Voltaire a few times, which I liked a lot. I enjoyed Edinburgh.

MrSoulpower said:

buster browns changed it's name in the mid to late 90s when more serious clubbing became popular. it was originally your traditional 80s pick up joint, and one of the few places to be at the time of it's popularity. i can't remember what it changed to or if it's still open now. the edinburgh dungeon is next to it and might have taken over the premises

cab voltaire was a cool venue. a few good bands have played there. i saw hard fi play there as part of their promo club tour. i've never played there myself, but they played one of my mix cds before a gig one. it's a bit strange having your mix playing in a club when you aren't actually playing it

anyway, i'm djing in london tomorrow if anyone is interested (i know jeffiner will be there), there is a few places left. it's the prince party on the boat 2009. i'm just on the train down at the moment

MrSoulpower said:

I was just gonna ask that question about shirts you know i'll sport one.

Here the download to last night's show - happy groovin' y'all!

http://wrir.org/x/modules...ryid=10751

Playlist:

1-Munich Machine-Get On The Funk Train/Casablanca 1977
2-Donna Summer-Love To Love You Baby/Casablanca 1975
3-Lorraine Johnson-Who Do You Think Your Fooling/Prelude 1978
4-Love And Kisses-Thank God It's Friday/Casablanca 1978
5-Billy Paul-East/Sony Music 1973
6-Barbara Mason & Bunny Sigler-Trying To Find Someone to Love Me/Curtom 1977
7-Bohannon-I Got To Stay Funky/Mercury 1978
8-Vaughan Mason-Rockin Big Guitar/Brunswick 1981
9-Cameo-Be Yourself/Chocalate City 1982
10-Prince-Lady Cab Driver/Warner Bros. 1982
11-Bar-Kays-Tripping Out/Mercury 1982
12-The Salsoul Orchestra-Burning Spear/Salsoul 1979
13-Roberta Flack-Independent Man/Atlantic 1978
14-Hot-One Day At A Time/Big Tree 1978
15-Teddy Pendergrass-Life Is A Song Worth Singing/Philidelphia Intrnational 1978
16-Kongas-Dr Doo-Dah/Crocos Records 1977
17-The J.B.'S FEATURING Maxxi-Just Wanna Make You Dance/Drive 1979
18-Confunkshun-Hide And Freak/Mercury 1982
19-Fatback-On The Floor/Spring 1982
20-Carl Doughlas-Dance The Kung Fu/20th Century 1974
21-Dazz Band-Can We Dance/Motown 1982
22-Eddie Hazel-What About It/Warner Bros. 1977
23-Leo's Sunshipp-Give Me The Sunshine/Lyon's Records 1978
24-Crowd Pleasers-Funkville/Westbound 1979
25-Benny Golson-Killer Joe Rap/Columbia 1977

MrSoulpower said:

Gawt it

unique said:

Hey! Not on Sunday nights it wasn't! That was funk soul and jazz night, and we all went to DANCE, dance, dance - well I did (mostly) there was a great dj there on those nights and he played some good stuff! Yes, come and join us at the Prince party! I even have one spare ticket ....at the moment... Oh, and with Unique dj'ing I know it's going to be rockin'!!

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MrSoulpower said:

Just realised I've repeated myself, but never mind ...

MrSoulpower said:

Oooh shit, u played Eddie Hazel's "What About It?" THAT'S a good omen for things to come.

He coulda threw on " I got the hots" by Double exposure that woulda been off the hook

I'm especially excited about the upcoming Midnight Soulstice show for this Friday, September 4th, which will be a Tribute to Curtom Records.

To most Soul fans, the name Curtom Records has a magic ring to it. Curtom was started in 1968 by Curtis Mayfield along with Impressions associate Eddie Thomas (the bands manager and Jerry Butler's former driver). The labels name was a combination of Thomas' surname (Thomas) and Mayfields first name (Curtis).
The label was one of the first ever being owned by an African-American recording artist, and it was located in Chicago's old RCA studio, acquired by Mayfield for cutting demos. Along with the Impressions' releases and Mayfield's own solo material, artists on or affiliated with Curtom included the Five Stairsteps, Donny Hathaway (principally as a songwriter/orchestration arranger), Linda Clifford, Baby Huey and the Babysitters, Leroy Hutson, The Natural Four and more ...
Most of the acts on Curtom's roster were either produced by Mayfield himself or in many cases by Leroy Hutson, who had a producer's contract with the label (listen to Leroy Hutson talk about his work for Curtom on Midnight Soulstice - get the download).
There is no denying, the music released on Curtom is known for its signature sound, wich was heavily influenced by Mayfield himself.
On tonight's show, you'll enjoy a two-hour selection of the finest Curtom recordings by DJ Pari. You'll also get to hear some tracks on labels affiliated with Curtom, such as Mayfield Records and Just Sunshine Records.

This show will be all about feel-good-music, so be sure to not miss it! Tune in from 11 pm until 1 Eastern on 97.3 fm (in Richmond, VA) or listen to the webstream at www.wrir.org



If you like these following tunes, you better not miss Friday's Midnight Soulstice!

Natural Four – Try Love Again


The Notations – Super People


Leroy Hutson – Lucky Fellow


The Five Stairsteps & Cubie – Baby make me feel so good


Jesse Anderson – Let me back in


The Voices of East Harlem – Can you Feel It


Baby Huey & The Babysitters – Hard Times


and of course ...

The Impressions - Choice of Colors


Curtis Mayfield - Give me your love

Great artists on that label including one of my all time favorite artists, Curtis Mayfield.

blackguitaristz said:

well it was HIS label

IAintTheOne said:

Yeah, I know. "CURT"om....I know it was Mayfield's. Just simply acknowledging the "other" artists as well as one of my faves. That's all.

Can I get some " I aint gonna rest" by the Stairsteps? special request selectah!!!!

IAintTheOne said:

Mmmmmaybe! I already have a couple of Stairsteps tracks on my list.

Curtis

Curtis

If you are going to take breaks and comeback jammin like this, please Mr.SoulPower pencil in some more days off.

I love me some Curtis Mayfield, Chicago soul sound !






The RCA studio/building use to be around were Navy Pier is situated.

TD3 said:

I LOVE the Curtom sound! And I'm really looking forward to playing this show. I'm glad you're feelin' it, too.

You should get the download for the Leroy Hutson show, in case you didn't hear it when we first aired it in December. It was his first radio interview in 20 years, and the entire show was all about the Curtom sound.

http://wrir.org/x/modules...oryid=8528

MrSoulpower said:

Just finished listening to your interview with Mr. Leroy Hutson - - that was special. Thanks a lot for posting the link to your December show Mr.Soulpower, really appreciated. I have some questions to ask, but I'll be back, after work.




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TD3 said:

Glad you liked it. This was special to me as well ... Leroy is one of my big musical heroes (next to JB and Curtis), and I am glad to call him my friend. We are planning some musical collaborations in the future, I am really excited about that.

I'll be checking it out Mr. SoulPower..loved the music and productions of Mr. Mayfield.


Oh yes...PLEASE PLAY BLACKGUITARITZ's SONG!!!! Myself and other org'rs are dying to hear it!!

That means along with Curtis and The Impressions there'll be some...

Leroy Hutson
Barbara Mason & Bunny Sigler
Linda Clifford
Ruby Jones
Patti Miller
Natural Four
Bobby Whiteside
Ed Townsend
Mystique
Billy Butler
Staple Singers
Mavis
Aretha
5 Stairsteps

...No?


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

^ You'll definitely get to hear some of the above ... but as usual, I'll hip my audience to some lesser known material, so it will be a combination of both.

Interesting that you mention Patti Miller. That's probably the only Curtom release that I don't have. Do you know if it's any good?