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By O-Dub 
Karen Young: Deetour (Party Mix edit)
From Horse Meat Disco (Strut, 2009)
Disco is such a tricky genre. People love to hate it. After its supposed death, though, artists still trod forward trying to find that nice dance groove. It was a cash cow, after all. 1982 saw Atlantic still trying to push out the disco hits, even though, for the most part, the genre was on its way out. This Karen Young track has a catchy, although relatively meaningless, hook. Then again, it’s disco – what can you expect? No one listens to disco for it’s lyrical [...]
Continue reading … AT THE DISCO
By O-Dub 
Ernie Story: Chain Gang/Disco City
From Meditation Blue (Legend, 1977)
This strange, private press album out of Minnesota came via the Groove Merchant earlier in the year. It was one of those cases where I had credit to burn so I took a chance on an eclectic LP and once I really sat with it, I’m glad I did.
From the title and look of the album, you’d think Ernie Story was some kind of Christian/New Age folk singer but on the LP, it boasts that Story was a songwriter for mostly R&B groups such [...]
Continue reading ERNIE STORY: AN UNLIKELY DISCOTEER
By O-Dub 
Brothers Johnson: Stomp
From Light Up The Night (A&M, 1980)
Frankie Smith: Double Dutch Bus
From Double Dutch Bus (Unidisc, 1994)
Gil Scott-Heron: Johannesburg
From From South Africa To South Carolina (TVT, 1976)
Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels: Shake A Tail Feather
From Rev Up: The Best Of Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels (Rhino/WEA, 1989)
Mothers don’t get their due when it comes to passing along the gift of music. So many times I’ve read articles where an interviewer asks an artist or producer about their influences only to get a response like, “Pops played [...]
Continue reading FOR ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE
By O-Dub 
Poets Of Rhythm: Practice What You Preach
From Practice What You Preach (Daptone, 2006)
Bus People Express: Augusta, Georgia
From Original Raw Soul (Instinct, 1996)
Syrup: Chocolate
From Different Flavours (Compost, 2000)
With all the press that Daptone’s Dap Kings get for their funky soul roots revival (and deservedly so), many seem to forget the groundwork that Jan and Max Weissenfeldt (aka Whitefield) and their band of funky brothers from another mother laid down in the early to mid 1990s. Much of the time they were known as the Poets of Rhythm, but they had more monikers [...]
Continue reading THE MANY SOUNDS OF WHITEFIELD
By O-Dub 
(from l-r, Alton Ellis, Edwin Starr, Labi Siffre, The Impressions
Joe Bataan, Stevie Wonder, the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
Bobby Matos, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Skye 7″)
(This post began life on Side Dishes and has “evolved” since).
I had a strange realization the other week: 2008 might be the first year where I spent more time listening to older music than new music. This hasn’t been out of nowhere – it’s been a long-term shift but it hit me, when I was trying to come up with the standard “Top 10″ list that I’m not [...]
Continue reading THE YEAR IN MUSIC: PART 1 (THE OLD)
By O-Dub 
Skye: Ain’t No Need (Unity Mix)
Original version from 7″ (Ananda, 1976)
I posted the “Dance mix” of Skye’s rare disco 45 “Ain’t No Need” back in September but more recently, I finally got my hands on an original copy (thanks Cool Chris!) and had a chance to hear the original version of the song. That’s how I learned that the “Dance mix” is basically a long, five minute looping of the last two minutes of the original version and while it certainly is an incredible part of the song, I still like how the rest of the [...]
Continue reading SKYE REVISITED: THERE IS A NEED
By O-Dub 
I recorded this mix for Dublab.com back in June and is now available on their website archive. I originally created it as a promo mix for Deep Covers 2 (though the timing was off since Dublab was back-logged over the summer). Still, I put in a nice selection of different cover songs here – some you’ve heard, some you haven’t. Here’s the tracklisting: Simply Red – I Know You Got Soul – You’ve Got It – WEA
James Brown: Your Cheatin’ Heart – Soul On Top – King
Jimmy McGriff – Ain’t It Funky Now – SOul Sugar [...]
Continue reading THE SOUL SIDES’ "UNDER COVERS" MIX FOR DUBLAB.COM
By O-Dub 
Sylvia Striplin: Give Me Your Love
Taken from the 12″ on 1980
Peekskill Express: Raise Ya Hands
Taken from the 12″ on Bee Pee 1981
Johnny Harris: Odyssey
Taken from the 12″ on Sunshine Sound (1980)
Don Armando’s 2nd Street Rhumba Band: I’m an Indian Too
Taken from the 12″ on Buddha (1979)
Sam Sparro: Cling Wrap
Taken from the advance CDR E.P. Black Gold (now available on import) (2008)
Hercules And Love Affair: Raise Me Up
Taken from the self-titled release on DFA (2008)
A follow up to my post from [...]
Continue reading My Kind Of Disco, Part 2
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