Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Our Love  


Happy New Year Beat Electricians! This is one of those highly unknown, un-googleable tracks that blows minds on the dance floor. I really did try locating some info on this boogie beast but it is mysterious! All I can say is that it was made in 1986 somewhere in the U.K. Anyway, I really like the lyrics to this track plus I have listened to the song a million times, so I decided to post them since I got nothing else on this gem.


You make me feel so special
You make me feel wonderful
Times we've had
Times we're gonna see

You know when I look at you
I know we're gonna make it through
Cause to my heart
I know you hold the key

Our love, our love will survive
No one could ever stop us
Our love, our love is alive
No way no one could stop us

We were made for each other
We've become inseperable
Together we
Together we are strong

And the fact when we make love
You know I think the starts above
Cause you to me
You are everything

Our love, our love will survive
No one could ever stop us
Our love, our love is alive
No way no one could stop us

We met, knew that it was special
Love had barely started
We met, knew that it was special
No one else can take the place of you

[Cosmic Outro]

Leval-It's Up To You

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Friday, December 12, 2014

You've Got My Nose Open  


Nothing to cure the Funkmosphere hangover blues like a new post. Firstly, just want to give one more shout out to Dam Funk and all of the Funkmosphere residents (Billy Goods,Laroj,Matt Respect, Ron aka Randy Watson, and Eddy Funkster) for keeping the funk strong in Los Angeles. I really says something to the quality of the night when they can stay strong for 8 years. If you are ever in Los Angeles on a Thursday night, do yourself a favor and check it out. There are so many tunes that I have been exposed to it's absurd. 

So this little gem was in the 45 box last night and for the longest time I always thought it was about doing blow with your mates based off the title alone. I decided to use my google-fu and get to the root explanation of the term "You've got my nose wide open". Turns out it is a phrase to indicate you are really lusting over someone. I suppose when you want to get high on the pheromones of the opposite sex you have to open those nostrils up! So now you know if anyone tells you that, you're probably going to shag! Anyway, Oscar Perry was a soul singer from Houstan, Texas and this was his only foray in the late 80's boogie sounds. Unfortunately Mr. Perry passed away in 2008 but I am glad he decided to leave us this gem before he went.

Oscar Perry-You've Got My Nose Open

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Monday, September 09, 2013

Witness  



  Gospel-boogie is a style overridden with more tepid one tracker LPs than regular non-gospel boogie, which is quite an accomplishment. It is all too often that these records step over the bounds of cheesiness outweighing any small nugget of that certain sound we all look for.  There are still some quality tunes out there waiting to be rescued from a wasteland of Savoy and Light label junk.  Black Shag already posted one of the uncontested heavyweights of the genre.

  I found another cheap copy of Kenny Smith's Witness LP a few days ago, a record I hadn't touched since I made this mix nearly a year ago. At that time I was pulling things out on the fly and the first track sounded good, so in the mix it went. This weekend I spent a little more time with the record and realized its actually pretty solid, there are several strong tracks which in my mind automatically places it in the upper 10% of any boogie type record. The title track "Witness" is possibly the best. If you can hang past the sax solo at the beginning you'll be treated to some shimmering 1986 production and vocals that are mercifully subtle in their Jesus-related subject matter.

Kenny Smith - Witness

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

I Love You So Much  


Some of my peers are really quick to right off the years after 1984 saying that the music was basically dead. I used to be one of those naive few so I can't talk shit but as I continued to dig and find quality tracks in the later 80's that are fucking amazing. This track is one of those tracks! This LP on K-Star titled "I Love You So Much" by George Butts is a really good example of  the creativity that was coming out of the United States once funk started to take a back seat to hip-hop/rap/whatever. I wish I could say that the rest of the album had a similar sound to the title track but it is mainly jazz filler as he is a saxophonist. He currently resides in Orange County and still tours actively. You can probably grab this sealed for between $50-100 but there have been copies popping on eBay lately for less. Play this song loud and watch your ears bust a few nuts!

George Butts-I Love You So Much

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