Note: Opinions and language reflect those of the time.
1981-12-12
Delightfully sung bass synth burbled slinky 116bpm bouncy funk bumper suddenly comes alive now it’s on beefed-up 12in, with instrumental flip.
youtu.be/L0CQZwjSX2w?...
1981-12-12
Delightfully sung bass synth burbled slinky 116bpm bouncy funk bumper suddenly comes alive now it’s on beefed-up 12in, with instrumental flip.
youtu.be/L0CQZwjSX2w?...
1981-12-12
Infectiously buoyant bubblingly tugging 119bpm 12in skipper from her Chic session, and a lot stronger than anything on her new album, flipped by a brand new but very disjointed long ‘Medley’ of old Supremes classics.
youtu.be/5gjTgrUo2bI?...
1981-12-12
Infectiously buoyant bubblingly tugging 119bpm 12in skipper from her Chic session, and a lot stronger than anything on her new album, flipped by a brand new but very disjointed long ‘Medley’ of old Supremes classics.
youtu.be/5gjTgrUo2bI?...
1981-12-12
Extremely effective purposefully thumping 116bpm 12in funk rapper combines growling Wolfman Jack-like vocals with a Young & Co-type moronically simple backing and more than a trace of ‘The Breaks’...
youtu.be/PiOIKHSNdlk?...
1981-12-12
Extremely effective purposefully thumping 116bpm 12in funk rapper combines growling Wolfman Jack-like vocals with a Young & Co-type moronically simple backing and more than a trace of ‘The Breaks’...
youtu.be/PiOIKHSNdlk?...
1981-12-12
In a subtle onomatopoeia, this surf effects introed and accompanied lovely 75bpm lover’s rock jogger turns out to be about that other ‘Mr C’ — Sam Cooke. Well worth hearing.
youtu.be/-60_gCwSr4c?...
1981-12-12
In a subtle onomatopoeia, this surf effects introed and accompanied lovely 75bpm lover’s rock jogger turns out to be about that other ‘Mr C’ — Sam Cooke. Well worth hearing.
youtu.be/-60_gCwSr4c?...
1981-12-12
Further confirmation of the new US dancestep, this surprisingly strong set’s subdued scat introed (like a less lush Bob James) title track is a braggingly conversational good funky slow 102bpm groin grinding groove...
youtu.be/z2bL37AQdW8?...
1981-12-12
Further confirmation of the new US dancestep, this surprisingly strong set’s subdued scat introed (like a less lush Bob James) title track is a braggingly conversational good funky slow 102bpm groin grinding groove...
youtu.be/z2bL37AQdW8?...
1981-12-12
Particularly funky granite hewn monolithically powerful starkly smacking sparse 110bpm 12in jolter with Prince-like guitar, chinks between beats and vocoder both introing and duetting.
youtu.be/-l-1S5ad_Cs?...
1981-12-12
Particularly funky granite hewn monolithically powerful starkly smacking sparse 110bpm 12in jolter with Prince-like guitar, chinks between beats and vocoder both introing and duetting.
youtu.be/-l-1S5ad_Cs?...
1981-12-12
Extremely classy excellent smoothly pushing then choppily jiggly Michael Jackson / Brothers Johnson-ish exciting high-flying 122-123-125bpm backbeat stormer with some yowling guitar, presumably on 12in but reviewed off 7in.
youtu.be/q8_8g1XZWGY?...
1981-12-12
Extremely classy excellent smoothly pushing then choppily jiggly Michael Jackson / Brothers Johnson-ish exciting high-flying 122-123-125bpm backbeat stormer with some yowling guitar, presumably on 12in but reviewed off 7in.
youtu.be/q8_8g1XZWGY?...
1982-12-11
Although played in its original soundtrack version by Dick Morrissey this new stop-start 121(intro)-119-120-122bpm 12in jazz-funk instrumental remake doesn’t remind me of anything in the film...
youtu.be/m_Yy1MZ_xzQ?...
1982-12-11
Although played in its original soundtrack version by Dick Morrissey this new stop-start 121(intro)-119-120-122bpm 12in jazz-funk instrumental remake doesn’t remind me of anything in the film...
youtu.be/m_Yy1MZ_xzQ?...
1982-12-11
Masquerading as the follow-up to ‘The Message’ but nowhere near as bitingly good, this 125bpm 12in electro rapper nevertheless works well with the Soul Sonic Patrol orbiters.
youtu.be/jNYNbpe4Yj8?...
1982-12-11
Masquerading as the follow-up to ‘The Message’ but nowhere near as bitingly good, this 125bpm 12in electro rapper nevertheless works well with the Soul Sonic Patrol orbiters.
youtu.be/jNYNbpe4Yj8?...
1982-12-11
“D” Train-ish acappella introed 121bpm 12in electrophonic phunker excellent out of ‘You’re The One For Me’ and while not maybe a floor builder certainly a floor holder.
youtu.be/7WgTYukDfzE?...
1982-12-11
“D” Train-ish acappella introed 121bpm 12in electrophonic phunker excellent out of ‘You’re The One For Me’ and while not maybe a floor builder certainly a floor holder.
youtu.be/7WgTYukDfzE?...
1982-12-11
Good brassily rolling slightly Benson-ish 108-107-109(break)-107bpm jittery jolter, unjustly ignored by most jocks.
youtu.be/PyYTN1JHny0?...
1982-12-11
Good brassily rolling slightly Benson-ish 108-107-109(break)-107bpm jittery jolter, unjustly ignored by most jocks.
youtu.be/PyYTN1JHny0?...
1982-12-11
Impressively sung 115-117bpm discotization of various old ’40s/50s/60s be-bop tunes by the likes of Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane...
youtu.be/MK9U5bdQzuY?...
1982-12-11
Impressively sung 115-117bpm discotization of various old ’40s/50s/60s be-bop tunes by the likes of Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane...
youtu.be/MK9U5bdQzuY?...
1982-12-11
Less than vital as a disco set, though this 92½-94-95-96bpm jitterer continues the progressive slowing down process of ‘Nipple To The Bumper’...
youtu.be/UJ-lDL6Zvtk?...
1982-12-11
Less than vital as a disco set, though this 92½-94-95-96bpm jitterer continues the progressive slowing down process of ‘Nipple To The Bumper’...
youtu.be/UJ-lDL6Zvtk?...
1982-12-11
Incredibly infectious chix cooed sweetly swaying 116-115½-116bpm 12in tapper chugs gently along with lovely odd plopping noises...
youtu.be/ZYkASfN1lKc?...
1982-12-11
Incredibly infectious chix cooed sweetly swaying 116-115½-116bpm 12in tapper chugs gently along with lovely odd plopping noises...
youtu.be/ZYkASfN1lKc?...
1982-12-11
Arthur Baker produced (and as good as you’d expect) jiggling steady 116bpm 12in groove, not jazzy despite the title, soulfully wailed over nagging synth and grunting guys...
youtu.be/RgIXREQwPHY?...
1982-12-11
Arthur Baker produced (and as good as you’d expect) jiggling steady 116bpm 12in groove, not jazzy despite the title, soulfully wailed over nagging synth and grunting guys...
youtu.be/RgIXREQwPHY?...
1982-12-11
Maddeningly familiar happily cantering 0-130½bpm 12in skipper with butch guys before the standout electric piano break, at a tempo that’s best for jazz-soul specialists.
youtu.be/T79mRQ8OrFM?...
1982-12-11
Maddeningly familiar happily cantering 0-130½bpm 12in skipper with butch guys before the standout electric piano break, at a tempo that’s best for jazz-soul specialists.
youtu.be/T79mRQ8OrFM?...
1982-12-11
The veteran soulster’s new label debut (he has an album just out too) is a gorgeous 40½(intro)-85-86bpm 7in deep soul slowie on a par for content if not intensity with Robert Winters & Fall.
youtu.be/vcPXPY5QJaM?...
1982-12-11
The veteran soulster’s new label debut (he has an album just out too) is a gorgeous 40½(intro)-85-86bpm 7in deep soul slowie on a par for content if not intensity with Robert Winters & Fall.
youtu.be/vcPXPY5QJaM?...
1982-12-11
Amusing good jiggly 107½bpm P’funk chanter with “bow-wow-wow-yippee-yo-yippee-ay” chorus (an interesting synch with Malcolm McLaren)...
youtu.be/YAaVpVUgGfE?...
1982-12-11
Amusing good jiggly 107½bpm P’funk chanter with “bow-wow-wow-yippee-yo-yippee-ay” chorus (an interesting synch with Malcolm McLaren)...
youtu.be/YAaVpVUgGfE?...
1982-12-11
Dynamite “D” Train-type synth introed then chick sung almost Brass Construction-ish 119bpm groove, now due on 3-track 12in (SALT 101)...
youtu.be/fJBprWp8Rg0?...
1982-12-11
Dynamite “D” Train-type synth introed then chick sung almost Brass Construction-ish 119bpm groove, now due on 3-track 12in (SALT 101)...
youtu.be/fJBprWp8Rg0?...
1982-12-11
Already evidently being sued by I Level’s publishers, this is nothing other than ‘Give Me’ given a good 115bpm 12in female rap treatment with new words over their uncredited tune.
youtu.be/ulC4btBX7Uk?...
1982-12-11
Already evidently being sued by I Level’s publishers, this is nothing other than ‘Give Me’ given a good 115bpm 12in female rap treatment with new words over their uncredited tune.
youtu.be/ulC4btBX7Uk?...
1982-12-11
The US 12in is a 4-tracker with the original 113-114-113-114bpm ‘Give Me’ and ‘3 AM’ on one side and then two dynamite 114½bpm John Luongo remixes on the other, well worth getting.
youtu.be/JJ_NDwZTlU4?...
1982-12-11
The US 12in is a 4-tracker with the original 113-114-113-114bpm ‘Give Me’ and ‘3 AM’ on one side and then two dynamite 114½bpm John Luongo remixes on the other, well worth getting.
youtu.be/JJ_NDwZTlU4?...
1976-12-11
Happily leaping avant-garde Jazz-Funk in the Miroslav Vitous bag
youtu.be/QhX6RYtaj8g?...
1976-12-11
Happily leaping avant-garde Jazz-Funk in the Miroslav Vitous bag
youtu.be/QhX6RYtaj8g?...
1976-12-11
Particularly solid reggae slowie with slinky beat and big potential.
youtu.be/vDed45RRSx8?...
1976-12-11
Particularly solid reggae slowie with slinky beat and big potential.
youtu.be/vDed45RRSx8?...
1976-12-11
Great happy carnival rhythm with gibberish lyrics.
youtu.be/_cTZwATrQgU?...
1976-12-11
Great happy carnival rhythm with gibberish lyrics.
youtu.be/_cTZwATrQgU?...
1976-12-11
Purposefully pounding good new treatment has the 'Gotham City Boogie’ sound.
youtu.be/wnFq1i5KTJE?...
1976-12-11
Purposefully pounding good new treatment has the 'Gotham City Boogie’ sound.
youtu.be/wnFq1i5KTJE?...