Rewind: Night time (is the right time)
February 2, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Photo: Virginiaz
- Gil Scott Herron & Brian Jackson - We Almost Lost Detroit
Bridges (1977) - Betty Davis - F.U.N.K.
Nasty Gal (MPC Limited / 1975) - Charles Wright - I’m Aware
Express yourself (1970) - Fontella Bass - Hold On This Time
Free (Mojo /1972) - Marlena Shaw - Woman of the Ghetto
Spice of Life (Cadet / 1969) - Linda Lyndell - What a Man
What a man 7″ (Volt / 1969) - Charles Sherrell - Yes It’s You
For sweet people from sweet Charles (People / 1974) - Tim Buckley - So Lonely
Blue afternoon (Straight / 1970)
Note: Straight out of the motel vaults, this playlist was originally published on October, 2006 and I think it was one of my best contributions that year (I even got squashed genuinely enthused about it!). Since all links from the original post have been broken for a while and some readers have recently been asking for some soul and funk, I think it’s about time for a well-deserved rerun. As a bonus, the original list has been extended with the inclusion of two quintessential tracks by Marlena Shaw and Fontella Bass. Hope you enjoy.
Just a heads up, the Tim Buckley track, at least after I downloaded it, cut off at the 0:53 mark. Just wanted to pass that along!
Oops! Thanks for the heads up, Hoovey. Link is fixed now.
Sh*t the bed, that Betty Davis track is heavy. Sterling work.
Been following your blog for around 6 months now, this mix was so good I’m forced to comment.
Having a bad day at work but just can’t stop smiling listening to this! Unbelievable choice of tunes. Going straight on the pod tonight for tomorrows commute.
Keep it up Moka…
You’re welcome! And just want to say you’re doing an awesome job and this is pretty much the greatest, most artistically stimulating, site around!
Once again superb - the best thing about it is it works so well as a playlist - really cohesive
It’s interesting to listen to Linda Lyndell’s What a Man version against Salt ‘n Peppa’s version.
I love this playlist and wish it was longer. Thank you.
The thing about doing classic funk/soul list. Almost all of the well known ones are owned by major labels. And it takes time to find those that is still released by indie labels. Plus, we are not that knowledgeable in the genre, so … yadda yadda.. It takes slightly longer to figure a nice list…
this as oppose to downtempo or folks, which is MdM main material. That’s why the list quality in those genres feels a lot more satisfying even the short one.
of course any tip from funk gurus out there are definitely welcome… :D
sammyfax: Betty Davis is amazing, definitely recommend to take a deep listen to her output. Lucky for you her discography is pretty much comprised of only 3 studio albums :)
james: well, don’t you keep quiet around here, please. If there’s something that doesnt quite appease to you about any of my playlists please let me know as well, constructive criticism also helps me. Glad to know you enjoyed this one!
Hoovey, radders, aurele: thank you, I’ll try to do another one soon, but to be honest I pretty much exposed the heavy artillery of my collection in this single post.
sq: yeah, was thinking about that when compiling this one, many of the classic funk/soul from the 70’s is on the big labels.
Not that there isn’t any funk or soul on the indie side, quite contrary there’s so much out there that it’s a wearisome experience to try and dip in to it all of the sudden, I seriously need some guidance. Most of what I hear sounds either too soft or too raunchy, and not in the good way.
very nice playlist, thanks for sharing.
This post is GREAT!!!
I love the tracks of this post ;)
what a supernice List!! (^_^)
the Gill scott heron theme is lovely…i never hear it before..
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and…what can i say about the fabulous Betty Davis!!,…
she’s the Fu(n)king Funky Queen!!! ;)
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thanks for notufy me! (^_-)
oh wow, great mix.
makes me smile in the freezing rain. :D
¡WOW! MOKA THIS SELECTION WAS SUPER!
PLEASE KEEP GIVING US MORE OF THIS. CONGRATULATIONS YOU DID’IT GREAT!!!
Linda Lyndell is the bomb, thanks!