257: Jammin' with Stevie, part 2

Hi!

Today a joyous tribute to Stevie Wonder...

While compiling this enormous batch of his covers,

I had much help from all the usual suspects & fellow bloggers,

for who my respect is eternally big & everlasting!

A global thank you to all involved,

I guess you know by now who you are [:-)

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Oh, btw, the Hugo Montenegro 1974 album is called:

"Hugo in Wonder-land" and is completely mad

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(you can check the whole thing over here)

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ENJOY!

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1. Ahmad Jamal - Superstition (4:08)

2. Ben Vereen - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) (3:35)

3. Bill Holman - Isn't She Lovely (6:26)

4. Bill Ramsey & Toots Thielemans - Isn't She Lovely (4:43)

5. Blind Boys Of Alabama - Higher Ground (6:14)

6. Bob Walsh - Signed, Sealed Delivered I'm Yours (2:57)

7. Bobby Broom - Superstition (5:49)

8. Bobby Pierce - Too High (5:17)

9. Brass Fever - Boogie On Reggae Woman (4:45)

10. Buddy Fite - My Cherie Amour (3:03)

11. Button Down Brass - Superstition (5:35)

12. Cal Tjader & Charlie Byrd - My Cherie Amour (4:38)

13. Charles Earland - I Wish (2:58)

14. Charles Kynard - Superstition (4:48)

15. Charlie Palmieri - Uptight (2:31)

16. David Axelrod - Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing (3:48)

17. Dojo Cuts ft. Roxie Ray - Uptight (3:22)

18. Don Byron - Creepin' (4:55)

19. Don Patterson - Up Tight (3:21)

20. Donnie Elbert - My Cherie Amour (3:40)

21. Earl Grant - My Cherie Amour (2:27)

22. Ed Lincoln & De Savoya Combo -

My Cherie Amour (2:32)

23. Electric Indian - My Cherie Amour (3:15)

24. Estelle - Superstition (3:30)

25. Frank Wess - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (3:28)

26. Freddie Hubbard - Too High (long version) (15:55)

27. Freddie Hubbard - Too High (6:35)

28. Gary McFarland - My Cherie Amour (3:16)

29. Gene Russell - My Cherie Amour (3:19)

30. Gwen McCrae - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (4:14)

31. Hank Crawford - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (8:49)

32. Houston Person - Yester-me, Yester-you, Yesterday (4:35)

33. Hugo Montenegro - Higher Ground (4:01)

34. Hugo Montenegro - Superstition (3:30)

35. Jackson 5 - My Cherie Amour (3:38)

36. Jackson 5 - Superstition (live) (3:18)

37. James Taylor Quartet -

Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (3:23)

38. Jehro - Master Blaster [Demo Version] (3:47)

39. Jermaine Jackson - Isn't She Lovely (3:32)

40. Jermaine Jackson -

Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours (3:43)

41. Jimmy McGriff -

Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours (2:42)

42. Jimmy McGriff - Up Tight (5:31)

43. Keem-O-Sabe - My Cherie Amour (3:21)

44. Merl Saunders - Boogie On Reggae Woman (5:22)

45. Nazty - Maybe Your Baby (3:31)

46. Norman Harris - I Wish (3:55)

47. O'Donel Levy - Living For The City (5:03)

48. Paul Horn - Living For The City (4:04)

49. Paul Horn - Too High (2:43)

50. Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm

Combination & Brass - Superstition (5:20)

51. Rainer Ptacek - Pastime Paradise (4:22)

52. Reuben Howell -

I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (3:07)

53. Richard Davis - Don't Worry 'Bout A Thing (3:02)

54. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (4:10)

55. Rusty Bryant - If You Really Love Me (5:59)

56. Shirley Scott - Superstition (4:15)

57. South Side Movement - Superstition (4:03)

58. Stanley Turrentine - Boogie On Reggae Woman (5:43)

59. Takeshi Inomata & His Friends - Uptight (5:41)

60. Tequila Brass - Uptight (2:22)

61. Travis Biggs - I Wish (4:22)

62. Winston Francis - Yester Me Yester You (2:35)

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it's over 500MB, so I cut this in 3 parts,

be sure to grab 'm all in the comments...

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I did a small selection of Stevie-songs in post 144,

to get there just click the pic below [:-)

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peace,

E-mile

256: yet again...twice as nice!

Hi.

The cover squad hits town again...

Some really crazy stuff to be discovered today,

so hope ya'll enjoy this & have fun with it!

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1. Benny Golson Funky Quintet - Moanin' (7:57)

2. Billy Larkin & The Delegates - Born To Be Wild (3:19)

3. Blue Mitchell, Roy Haynes, Charles Kynard

& Charles Williams - Smiling Faces Sometimes (2:59)

4. Bobbi Humphrey - Smiling Faces Sometimes (6:18)

5. Bobby Pierce - Think (8:25)

6. Buddy Miles - Midnight Rider (3:33)

7. Carla Cook - Ode To Billie Joe (4:35)

8. Carleen Anderson - Maybe I'm Amazed (4:39)

9. Don Julian & The Larks - Respect Yourself (3:31)

10. Herbie Mann - Respect Yourself (8:52)

11. Javon Jackson - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (3:46)

12. Jeffery Smith - Moanin' (4:19)

13. Joe Cocker - Midnight Rider (4:03)

14. Jorma Kaukonen - By The Rivers Of Babylon (4:54)

15. Keem-O-Sabe - I Heard It Through The Grapvine (3:10)

16. Ken Munson - Ode To Billy Joe (3:49)

17. Lyn Collins - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (4:29)

18. Mar-Keys - Cloud Nine (9:33)

19. Mars Bonfire - Born To Be Wild (3:02)

20. Mongo Santamaria - Cloud Nine (4:57)

21. Mongo Santamaria - Respect (2:37)

22. Richard Groove Holmes - Tobacco Road (3:28)

23. Robert Walter - Rivers Of Babylon (3:23)

24. Soul Strings & A Funky Horn - Think (2:18)

25. Soul Survivors - Respect (2:41)

26. Tav Falco & The Panther Burns - Tobacco Road (2:21)

27. Willie Bobo - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (3:07)

28. Zulema - Maybe I'm Amazed (3:03)

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255: Africa Calling, vol.4

Hi.

Today a fresh part of my Africa Calling posts...

The first 3 (if you missed those by accident)

can be found here (1), here (2), and here (3).

I also did some sort of African Wah-Wah special once,

that you can digest here :-)

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What can I say?

When I first heard one of Fela's albums

with that great Wall Of Horns, I was totally blown away!

Every other album I heard IS kinda more of the same,

but that's just how I like it!

His legacy continues by his sons Seun & Femi,

though for me pops was the real thing...

Or the time I saw King Sunny Ade live at North Sea Jazz

in the Hague, I danced off my pants to those Telecasters

scattering away inbetween the percussion and the sweet

african queens backing up the lines Synchro System :-)

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Aaah, sweet memories!

Hope you folks enjoy today's post.

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1. African Pop Session - African Woodoo (3:10)

2. Ahmed Abdul-Malik - African Bossa Nova (6:00)

3. Akira Ishikawa & The Count Buffalo Band -

African Deer (6:18)

4. Amp Fiddler ft. Tony Allen - Afro Butt (5:17)

5. Andre Arpino - African King (1:57)

6. Andre Williams aka Jomo -

(Uhuru) African Twist (2:39)

7. Geraldo Pino - Africans Must Unite (6:13)

8. Harold Mckinny - Ode To Africa (9:09)

9. Hugh Masakela - Afro Beat Blues (6:48)

10. Kenny Dorham - Afrodisia (5:00)

11. Les Juanitos - Soul Africa (2:39)

12. Letta Mbulu - Afro Texas (3:27)

13. Manu Dibango - Africadeclic (2:16)

14. Orlando Julius - Psychedelic Afro Shop (6:16)

15. Ottawa Bros - Afro Slinky (3:27)

16. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - African Problems (5:01)

17. Sila & The Afro Funk Experience -

Funkiest Man In Africa (2:50)

18. Steve Turre - African Shuffle (8:59)

19. Willis Jackson - West Africa (6:51)

20. Zap Mama ft. Tony Allen & Meshell N'degeocello -

African Diamond (4:10)

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254: D.R.U.G.S. part 7

Hi.

Today another terrible thematic trauma,

another E-nonymous enigmatic epistle

or just another seductive, soulful sermon...

you decide :-)

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Again I must thank all my favourite musical dealers

and all the original pushermen who I own my present

well being to...THANKS!

(you know who you are!)

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1. Allen Ginsberg - Put Down Yr Cigarette Rag (2:54)

2. Billy Jones - All My Brothers Are Clean (3:18)

3. Bobby Previte - There Was Something In My Drink (6:06)

4. Charlie Hunter & Pound For Pound - Dope-a-Licious (4:46)

5. Eilen Jewell - Codeine Arms (3:38)

6. Frank Zappa - Cocaine Desicians (3:33)

7. Greyboy - Who's Gonna Be the Junkie? (6:02)

8. James Brown & The Jb's - Smokin' & Drinkin' (4:35)

9. Jerry Moore - Drugged (7:21)

10. Johnny Cash - Leave That Junk Alone

(Alabama 3 Remix) (3:04)

11. King Hannibal - The Truth Shall Make You Free (3:20)

12. London Funk Allstars - Junkies Bad Trip (5:05)

13. Marvin Gaye - Cloud Nine (3:21)

14. Marvin Whoremonger - Pusher Man (3:53)

15. Mother Earth - Stoned Woman (5:09)

16. Nat Dove & The Devils - Junkie Chase (3:18)

17. New Jersey Kings - Stoned On Denmark Street (4:46)

18. Reverend Cleatus & The Soul Saviours - Hash Cakes (3:54)

19. Rex Garvin - Believe It Or Not (LSD) (2:40)

20. Shirley Horn - Consequences Of A Drug Addict Role (6:05)

21. Sly & The Family Stone - High, Y'All (5:43)

22. Sons Of Truth - Give It Up (4:15)

23. Soul Messengers - Junky Baby (2:45)

24. Three Sounds - Let's Go Get Stoned (3:13)

25. Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johns - Dope Head Blues (3:16)

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like the slogan of the goddes of victory says:

"Just DO it!"

253: Funky Covers On The Loose!

Hi.

Some Funkadelic/Parliament, Rare Earth, Mandrill,

Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Graham Central Station

and War are amongst here getting their covers blown!

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It's simply TOO HOT to come up with a decent theme,

so just enjoy these 25 random funky covers on the loose :-)

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1. Apostles - Mercy Mercy Me (3:31)

2. Axiom Funk - Cosmic Slop (5:17)

3. Billy Butler - I'll Bet You (2:51)

4. Blind Boys Of Alabama - You And Your Folks (5:42)

5. Bobby Bland - Fever (2:52)

6. Carl Bradney - Slipping Into Darkness (3:03)

7. Clarence Reid - Polk Salad Annie (3:55)

8. Cold Blood - I'm A Good Woman (3:01)

9. Colleen Hewitt - Reverend Lee (4:49)

10. Don Byron - Fencewalk (8:15)

11. Gotcha! - Red Hot Mamma (3:29)

12. Irma Thomas - Dancing In The Street (4:09)

13. Jackson Sisters - Rock Steady (2:48)

14. James Moody - Country City Country (6:05)

15. King Hannibal - Hymn No. 5 (7:08)

16. Klaus Weiss Orchestra - I Just Want To Celebrate (10:00)

17. Maceo Parker & The Kingsmen - Born To Wander (3:05)

18. Mel Brown - Do Your Thing (5:39)

19. Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle - Hercules (5:40)

20. Orgone - Funky Nassau (3:28)

21. Phil Upchurch & Tennyson Stephens -

Tell Me Something Good (6:00)

22. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Sprit Of Doo Do (6:00)

23. Simon Kenyatta Group - Soul Makossa (3:05)

24. Undisputed Truth - Ma (6:30)

25. X-Legged Sally - Hair (5:06)
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