Soft Rock for Hard Times

The story begins with the original track ‘Back To The Streets’ by Rudy Norman, first out on a 7” as the B side to lead track – ‘Harmony’ in 1980 on New Day Records. It has long been a killer cult cut known in collector circles, with the opening solo Rhodes becoming a sample for underground producers far and wide. It was included on a couple of comps along the way, Late Night Tales Presents After Dark - Nocturne (2015) curated by Bill Brewster, and on Seafaring Strangers - Private Yacht (2017). Rudy Norman got in touch with The @flying-mojito-bros out of the blue as he was into their work and he was keen for them to rework the track.

The Flying Mojito Bros are two disco mescoleros pioneering the great electronic wilderness. With their boots firmly planted in dusty seventies sunsets, their productions take cosmic country rock and funk to modern day dancefloors via New York Latin Disco and Acid house. Think the first summer of love meeting the second, where Crosby, Stills and Nash meet at the Haçienda, The Doors dance at Shoom, where The Orb meets Woodstock, and you’ll be in the right sonic space. These acid cowboys are producer and musician Ben Chetwood, and DJ and collector Jack Sellen, their disco-house-gone-country sound turning crowds loose in clubs, desert dances, late-night festival tents at Glastonbury and around the pool at Pikes.

On this release The Flying Mojito Bros have worked their magic on this cult AOR gem, and in the words of Rudy Norman himself “They’ve brought ‘Back To The Streets’ to the future”. Mastered for the first time on 12” vinyl alongside official remixes commissioned by the artist, in a package to please lovers of glistening disco reworks and those would love to bag a copy of the original. On the digital package, these new versions will resonate with a world that wants to get back out there and bond meaningfully with others. The artwork is a colourful and cosmic reimagining of the original cover art via illustrator Nick Potts, reflecting the bros’ transportation of Rudy’s West Coast vibe into one of their own Southwestern desertscape settings.

PREMIERE : Rudy Norman - Back To The Streets (Flying Mojito Bros Refrito)

Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren

Wailing Wall

It'll All Work Out In Boomland

J.L.T.

Pet Sounds

Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Mono)

Best Of Love Unlimited

Move Me No Mountain

Cantiga De Longe

Zum-Zum

Private Eyes (Expanded Edition)

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)

Where Are We Going? / Woman Of The World

Where Are We Going?

Laura Allan

Opening up to You

Det Ganske Lille Band

Bellevue (2011 - Remaster)

Prone

Think Like A Lover

Available on vinyl LP, CD and download https://www.mrbongo.com/products/mr-bongo-record-club-volume-one-vinyl-2-lp-cd-1

The first instalment in our new ‘Mr Bongo Record Club’ compilation series – a selection of favourites, recent discoveries and sought after obscurities, which form the basis of our DJ sets and our radio show of the same name. Including cuts by Claudia, Cortex, Dave Pike Set, Fruko, Neno Exporta Som, Connie Laverne, Barbosa and more.

Mr Bongo Record Club Volume One

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11 Mavis John - Use My Body

Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels

Let Our Love Grow Higher

Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound

If You See Me (feat. Prince)

Mama Let Him Play

Love Is Gonna Find You

Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label

Just to Be with You

Is This The Way To Treat A Guy You Bet  It is - Soft Touch

Moonlight Feels Right

DC Promo Tracks #517: "Coast To Coast" by Tender Leaf is part of the release "Tender Leaf" on Aloha Got Soul @alohagotsoul  

Buy Now: https://alohagotsoul.bandcamp.com/album/tender-leaf-2 
Interview: https://alohagotsoul.com/2010/10/09/tender-leaf-has-arrived/

Tender Leaf was a band from the 1980s whose sound could be described as easy-going soul with essences of psychedelic music. Its two founding members, Murray Compoc and Darryl Valdez, first met while working as drivers of the city bus (aka The Bus). They discussed music and jammed together, eventually forming a band. Both Compoc and Valdez wrote most of the material on the group’s solitary album, Tender Leaf, recorded in 1982 at Seawest Studios (then located) in Hauula, Oahu.

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DC Promo Tracks #517: Tender Leaf "Coast To Coast"

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back with another nite + day edit and this time i present to you the delegations one hit wonder in the U.S. "Oh Honey." A staple of the disco and funk scene in the late 70's and early 80's, delegation packed dance floors with their addictive grooves. this edit pack aims to present both the poolside and the warehouse with something sure to pack the same floor filling energy.

delegation - oh honey (clavette day edit)

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Soft Rock for Hard Times

Dan C