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Brenda Russel - A Little Bit Of Love (Souleance "C'est La Fête" Re-Edit)FREE DOWNLOAD

"World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who is William Onyeabor?" is out now on Luaka Bop.

Be "Smooth & Good" and support Mr. Onyeabor at www.williamonyeabor.com, on iTunes http://georiot.co/1uDa or Amazon http://smarturl.it/onyeabor

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William Onyeabor's "Body & Soul" by Scientist

FM Laeti live - Rise in the sun

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"WHAT?! - William Onyeabor Remixed" will be dropping on vinyl only for Record Store Day, April 19. Made in collaboration with Moog, it features a series of fantastic Onyeabor covers and remixes by Hot Chip, JD Twitch (Optimo), Daphni, Joakim, Justin Strauss, The Vaccines, Scientist and many more.

Side A
Hot Chip - Atomic Bomb (cover)
The Vaccines - Do You Want A Man (Remix: John Hill, Rich Costey. Re-work of Heaven and Hell)

Side B 
Justin Strauss & Bryan Mette - Body and Soul (Whatever/Whatever remix)
Joakim ft. Akwetey (Dragons of Zynth) - Good Name (cover)

Side C
JD Twitch (Optimo) - Why Go To War? (cover)
Daphni - Ye Ye (Re- work of When The Going Is Smooth & Good; Courtesy of Merge Records & Daphni aka Caribou [Dan Snaith]) 
Javelin - Heave and Hell (remix)

Side D 
David Terranova - Body and Soul (remix)
Policy - Something You Will never Forget (remix)
Scientist - Body and Soul (remix)

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William Onyeabor vs. Hot Chip - Atomic Bomb

"Bullets Don't Have Eyes" b/w "In These Very Tender Moments": 
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"Bullets Don't Have Eyes" b/w "You Make My Life A Sunny Day":
http://bit.ly/1zKWCZ5

Sometime in the 1960s Hank Mullen’s friend and fellow Buffaloian Carl LaRue, an organ player, traveled with his group (Carl LaRue and His Crew) all the way to Phoenix, Arizona, where he’d secured a steady gig as the house band at the local Zanzibar club. Soon after starting the job, he would invite a young (16yr & 19yr old) vocal duo to perform some of their original songs in front of his band during shows. 

Ernest Johnson Jr. and Eddie (Edgar) William Campbell were eager to make it in music and for the next 10 odd years would attempt to do so.

They managed to record and release a handful of singles across varied imprints spread throughout the United States, from South Carolina to Chicago, from New York to Phoenix. One of their singles, “Time Waits for No One” hit #1 on New York’s WWRL, which subsequently landed on the bill at the Apollo, appearing alongside soul heavyweight’s Gene Chandler, Wilson Pickett, and the Temptations. Through ups and downs, none of their pair’s recordings ever served to catapult them to greater fame and sadly in the early 70’s, Eddie’s premature death would close the door on their partnership. 

One of the duo’s last recordings, “Bullets Don’t Have Eyes” was never released at the time of its creation in 1972. The 45 was eventually released on Daptone imprint Ever-Soul in 2009. 

There are two versions of the 45 available in the Super Soul Super Store. One with the b-side "In These Very Tender Moments" and another 45 which features a different b-side, "You Make My Life A Sunny Day," which is exclusively available in our shop. 






House Of Soul Essentials: Eddie & Ernie - "Bullets Don't Have Eyes"

Sergio Ricardo - Conversacao De Paz

Though Bobby Nunn and Eugene Coplin were still teenagers in 1967 when Nunn's father William decided to start his own label, Mo Do Records, the duo didn't let their age stop them from spending their afternoons writing songs and practicing their harmonies. Their single "You Gave Me Love" was the first to be released on Mo Do, and before the label folded in the early '70s due to financial troubles, Bob & Gene, as they called themselves, had become local Buffalo, NY, celebrities. Looking for better musical opportunities, Bobby Nunn eventually moved to California to pursue his career further, singing with Rick James, releasing his own albums on Motown in the '80s, and working as a songwriter for other artists, while Coplin stayed in Buffalo and became an ordained minister. In 2001, record collector and soul music enthusiast David Griffiths came across a 45 from Bob & Gene, a cover of Marvin Gaye's "If This World Were Mine." Intrigued by what he heard, he contacted William Nunn, who then gave Griffiths all of Bob & Gene's old tapes. Believing there was possibility in the collection, Griffiths encouraged the family to allow him to get them released. Daptone Records, a label that specialized in funk and soul, took interest in what Griffiths presented them, and released the full-length If This World Were Mine... in 2007, shortly after the elder Nunn's death.

Bob & Gene - I Can Be Cool

Producer and composer Adrian Younge's Worldwide Family Mixtape of rare 7s for Gilles' Worldwide radio show. 

There's an exclusive video interview over on Gilles' Youtube, where Adrian talks through the mix, as well as discussing being sampled by Timbaland for Jay Z's Picasso Baby, and his projects with Ghostface Killah, Souls of Mischief, Snoop, Raphael Saadiq, Ali Shaheed Mohammad, Delfonics and CeeLo Green! 

You can find the tracklisting over there as well.

http://youtu.be/I2GRUNzvAS0

 Plus, for the production nerds Adrian discusses his old school approach to making records!

Adrian Younge Mix On Gilles Peterson Worldwide (GPWW881)

Madlib - The Beats: Our vinyl weighs a ton original soundtrack 10" vinyl, two sleeves http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2014/08/madlib-the-beats

10" vinyl

Madlib - Cue 6

Moreno Veloso's first record since 2001 will be released on Luaka Bop in September, 2014.

Moreno Veloso - Em Todo Lugar (Luaka Bop)

Arzell Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984), known as Z. Z. Hill American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, Down Home, which stayed on the Billboard soul album chart for nearly two years.The track "Down Home Blues" has been called the best-known blues song of the 1980s. According to the Texas State Historical Association, Hill "devised a combination of blues and contemporary soul styling and helped to restore the blues to modern black consciousness."

Born in Naples, Texas, Hill began his singing career in the late 1950s as part of a gospel group called The Spiritual Five, touring Texas. He was influenced by Sam Cooke, B. B. King, and Bobby "Blue" Bland, and began performing his own songs and others in clubs in and around Dallas, including spells fronting bands led by Bo Thomas and Frank Shelton. He took his stage name in emulation of B. B. King.

Encouraged by Otis Redding who had seen him perform, he joined his older brother, budding record producer Matt Hill, in Los Angeles in 1963, and released his first single, "You Were Wrong", on the family's own M.H. label. It spent one week at no.100 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964, and Hill was quickly signed by Kent Records. Most of his records for Kent were written or co-written by Hill, and arranged by leading saxophonist Maxwell Davis. None charted, but in retrospect many, such as "I Need Someone (To Love Me)", are now viewed with high regard by soul fans.

After leaving Kent in 1968, he recorded briefly for Phil Walden's Macon, Georgia based Capricorn label, but after a disagreement with Walden his recording contract was bought by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams' Mankind label, where Hill finally fulfilled his end of the deal. He returned to California to record for his brother's Hill label, and the song "Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes", co-produced by Matt Hill and Miles Grayson, became his biggest pop hit, reaching no.62 on the Hot 100. The Kent label reissued his 1964 recording of "I Need Someone", which also charted. Williams also recorded Hill in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1971, resulting in several R&B hits including "Chokin' Kind" and "It Ain't No Use", as well as the LP The Brand New Z. Z. Hill.


Z.Z. Hill- Second Chance (Jack Frost Edit)

Wake Up With A Cup Of Tea(AM's rub) Ian Dury & The Blockheeeds

Buy it here: http://www.tokyodawn.net/opolopo-mutants/

Say hello to Opolopo's mutants! With this release, mad funk scientist Opolopo finally opens the doors to his private zoo of mutant pets. Exposed to sonic radiation and mutagenic chemicals, their DNA sequences have been seriously funkafied for ultimate effectiveness. Some of these creatures you might have already encountered. Others were let out of quarantine especially for this release. And some are about to become your new best friends.

The fearless vocalists taking part in these sonically advanced experiments in groove mutation include the first lady of modern funk, Amalia, R&B multitalent Colonel Red, Tupac songwriter Erik Rico, Mathew Herbert collaborator Eska, Grammy-nominee Gregory Porter, French soul superstar Sly Johnson, hip hop hall of famer Talib Kweli, spoken word queen Ursula Rucker and many others. Time to get your mutant on!
Copyright © 2011 Tokyo Dawn Records
Label catalogue index: TDR11-008
Release date: December 5th 2011
All rights reserved.

All track mutations performed by Peter Major.
Mastering by Fabien Schivre.
Design by Grems.
A&R by Marc Wallowy.

Gregory Porter - 1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass Rerub)

"No Caminho Do Bem"//Tim Maia

Tim Maia, THE Brazilian Funk Soul Godfather was the real thing. His 1970 debut album introduced his audacious talent, as well as North American soul and funk musical influences, forever changing Brazilian popular music. His legendary appetites sought out carnal AND spiritual fulfillment in equal measure.  He bought 100 hits of LSD and handed them out to the staff of his record label. At the height of his mid-70s success he joined the Cult of Racional Energy; watching for spaceships while wearing only white clothes and playing only white instruments! Yet the two albums he recorded for the Cult are among his best. His songs search for love, and they dig into the existential. His own lyrics say it best: “I am so groovy now and I don’t care!”

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Tim Maia - Let's Have a Ball Tonight

'Bom Senso' on iTunes

Tim Maia - Bom Senso

Extended and warped for I ,but You can spin it Too!
Enjoy ♪

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Delegation - You and I ( Ramsey Hersules Edit )

A wonderful Ms. Melba Moore Disco gem from her album "What a Woman Needs"
Written by : Jerry Cohen, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead.
Please visit http://www.melbamoore.com 
and : Twitter:@MelbaMoore1

Melba Moore - Each Second ( Ramsey Hercules Edit )

Tim Maia - Irnunizacao Racional

A very extraordinaire-rare UK Demo version for President !
Delivered once again by http://soundcloud.com/hartleys
All Warped in the original 80 Bpm for them DJ's to cut a mix ...

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