The Parkdale Funk Show is finally back online after some technical difficulties and equipment malfunctions. I have upgrading some of my equipment and from now on the podcasts are going to be sounding proper! Thanks for your patience.
Lets roll spring in with some proper funk 45s! I’m a bit all over the place with this mix but that’s how I like it. There are two tunes I want to give a shout out to. One is the Original Black Sheep of The Family 45 from the Cultures Of Soul. This young label pulled the original master tapes from the original band members and let this great 1978 banger finally get to see the light of day. It’s the first release on Cultures Of Soul and hopefully we’ll see more coming out of their camp – What a tune! Secondly, the Billy Love tune on FNR records is a pure funk bomb! It’s also the first release on Funk Night Records out of Detroit and what a job they did on the JB styled winner. I love seeing “new funk” done properly! I hope to hear more music coming out of these two indie labels.
So dust off your dancing shoes and give your neck a stretch for a solid hour of soul & funk 45 gems.
Enjoy the funk
Playlist:
1. Flattop and Cookie – The Eleven O’Clock Report (Hollywood)
2. The Ambassadors – Ain’t Got Love (Of One Girl My Mind) (Arctic)
3. Al Green – Gotta Find A New World (Hi)
4. Syl Johnson – I Hear The Love Chimes (Hi)
5. Guys & Dolls – Ain’t It A Shame (Astrophe)
6. The Rollers – Knocking At The Wrong Door (Deep City)
7. James Rivers – Bad Bad Whiskey (Eight Ball)
8. Marsha Hunt – (Oh, No! Not) The Beast Day (Vertigo)
9. The New Birth – Honeybee (RCA)
10. Dee Edwards – Why Can’t There Be Love (Belter)
11. Almeta Latimer – Tobacco Road (De-Va)
12. Betty Wright – Circle Of Heart Break (Alston)
13. Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Substitution (Sunburst)
14. Original Black Sheep of the Family – Do You Wanna Dance (Cultures Of Soul)
15. Public Company – Got To Touch Your Face (RCA)
16. The Emanons – Look In The Want Ads (All Brothers)
17. Gene Chandler – After The Laughter (Checker)
18. Gene Chandler – In My Body’s House (Checker)
19. Billy Love – Harmony (FNR)
20. Soul Searchers – Blow Your Whistle (Sussex)
21. The Chevelles – The Gallop (Flaming Arrow)
22. Marvelle & The Blue Mats – The Dane Called The Motion (Dynamic Sound)