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Connections 112 14th January 2012
I almost didn't make it to the studio in time to do this show, as there was a power cut today that affected the whole of Istanbul...Acik Radyo was working, because, well, it takes more than a power cut to stop the music, right? But it did stop the funicular railway up a very, very steep hill that I had to negotiate in driving snow. There was a certain element of being on a razor's edge! :-D
The show began and ended today with Mr...
Red China Blues by Miles Davis (Columbia Records 1974) We tend to forget just how many albums Miles seemed to turn out at the drop of a hat...not a man to be messed with!! This is taken from a double album, 'Get Up With It' that was just casually chucked out in 1974 as a double album retrospective of his work in the early 70's, its longer ambient tracks, namely 'He Loved Him Madly,' have been cited by Eno as single handedly steering him in the same direction. This though is Miles doing almost straight blues...but then the wah wah trumpet kicks in. Lovely stuff!! Now, the connection was the singer Billy Paul...(Meeeee and Mrs....Mrs Jooooones Mrs Jones etc) supported Miles in the early 70's and he temporarily sang in...
This is a great Philadelphia Soul tune nonetheless by Gamble and Huff (Just the names conjure up the colour purple), who hotly rivaled Motown at the time. The house band of 'The Philly Sound' was...
Steady...
TSOP by MFSB (Philadelphia International Records 1974) In terms for the laymen, TSOP stood for 'The Sound Of Philadelphia' and MFSB, they tell me, stood for 'Mother, Father, Sister, Brother' although it could be also that written above. This was a collection of 30 odd session musicians and this was the theme tune to 'Soul Train.' In it's midst was a guy called Bobby Eli, who worked with...
Give It Away by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Warner Bros Records 1991) The Red Hot Chilli Peppers were having several problems involving a little too much sherry trifle around the turn of the '90's and then someone suggested they should record in Harry Houdini's old mansion...I guess so they could erm...escape from it all. Some said it was haunted, but these were all positive ghosts, and positive ghosts induce altruistic anthems...The connection's a fruity one...Red Hot Chilli Peppers supported a band called Agitpop, who in turn cited the next band as one of their main influences (There are no rules on this show...)
Egyptian Reggae by Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers (Beserkley Records 1977) Egypt and Raggae, just a case o' gettin' 'em together...Mr Richman and his trendy Lovers did, but in the process they forgot they'd borrowed a melody from a Reggae tune by Earl Zero called, 'None Shall Escape Judgement,' which was ironic because Jonathan didn't when Earl had the songwriting credits changed to feature his good name!! Cracking tune though! Jonathan and the Modern Lovers appeared at the Werner Seelen Binder Halle as did...
Play That funky Music by Wild Cherry (Epic Records 1975) Garage groups were all the rage circa 1974 and Wild Cherry were happy to oblige. You know the kind of dives, where sweat drips off ceilings and so on. Anyway, one of the band, David Beitle noticed that everyone was not just getting down, but getting down on it, to more funky stuff. and he suggested to Robert Parissi, quite strongly suggested, in fact, that he should 'Play Some Funky Music, White Boy...' Lucky really...especially since this was originally going to be a B side! Wild Cherry played on the US music show 'Midnight Special,' as did...
Cold Cold People by Timmy Thomas (TK Records 1972) Same drum machine, different tune!! Still very cool though!! Timmy Thomas: More than a one hit wonder!!!
Well, that completes this week's show. I'll be putting some more back catalogue shows on in the week. Hope this one was, well...electric and even a bit ecclectic!!
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