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Bettye Swann: Make Me Yours
I Will Not Cry
From 7″ (Money, 1967).
Make Me Yours (CD Mix)
Make Me Yours (“Remix”)
From The Money Recordings
Bettye Swann: (My Heart Is) Closed for the Season
From 7″ (Capitol, 1968). Also on Bettye Swann.
When my man Vinnie got married, he had some custom 7″s pressed (class move, always) and on one side was Bettye Swann’s “Make Me Yours.” That’s a damn high compliment but who would deny that Swann’s song earns it?
The song not only [...]
Continue reading BETTYE SWANN: MAKING US HERS
Back in August, me and Rani D put together two different summer songs themed sets right towards the end of the season. Devil’s PIe now has ‘em available for download. Here’s the tracklisting:
PART 1 – DJ O-DUB
1. Heatwave “Star Of The Story”
2. Smif N’ Wessun “Ain’t Nothing More But the $”
3. Erykah Badu “Fall In Love”
4. Stro “BTL”
5. Fat Joe “Slow Down”
6. Gary Wright “Love Is Alive”
7. Big City “Love Dance”
8. Organo Bailable “El Preso”
9. TNT Band “Making Tracks”
Continue reading SUMMER MEMORIES
Billy Stewart: Cross My Heart
From 7″ (Chess, 1968). Also on The Best Of.
Cupid: Cupid Shuffle
From Time For a Change (Atlantic, 2007)
Biz Markie/Pharcyde: Passin’ Biz By (O-Dub’s Blend)
As I mentioned a few weeks back, I had the privilege of traveling out to Charleston SC to DJ a wedding by a couple I had never met but who were fans of the site. (Thanks again KF!)
Really fun evening, especially since the groom’s father is a guitarist who has had his own band for years now and every [...]
Continue reading WEDDING DAZE
A few months back I put out a remix challenge to folks who wanted to mess around with “Your Love,” done by the Many Styles of Bobby Day. I wanted to share two of the entries that came in:
Time Bandits: Can’t Explain (Your Love)
Remix by Time Bandits Music
Many Styles of Bobby Day: Your Love (Muttley Edit)
I’m by no means “a producer” but I know enough basic (and I do mean basic) audio editing to be able to do small little edits of stuff on the fly. Here’s two recent examples of songs I liked but just though I could improve on a bit for my purposes (i.e. DJing).
Zambrano: La Cocona (Original)
La Cocona (Edit)
Originally from 7″
In the case of the Zambrano, the OG was perfectly fine for what it was but you compare with how the song opens to that unexpectedly funky bridge and I [...]
Continue reading MI CANCIÓN EDICIONES
Scott Down and DJ Cutler: Track 10 [“A Day in the Life”]
From Ultimate Breaks and Beatles (LO DO, 2009)
(Editor’s Intro: I first met Loren when he was an undergrad at UC Berkeley and he was already showed all the signs of being an extraordinary music scholar. In the time since, we’ve become good friends – not to mention co-enablers in culinary excess – and now he’s Dr. Loren Kajikawa, musicology professor at the U. of Oregon. He’s currently working on a scholarly book analyzing hip-hop – I’ve been enjoying his Dr. Dre chapter – [...]
Continue reading SUMMER SONGS 2010: LOREN KAJIKAWA
Many Styles of Bobby Day: Your Love
From 7″ (Byrdland, 196?)
Don’t know how I forgot to post this earlier but this 7″ is one of my favorite examples of how you can combine sweet soul and some hard funk together in an incredible package. I’m not even going to explain what makes this so good – seriously, if you can’t figure it out within the first 15 seconds, it’s not worth trying harder. One thing though: Jerry Ford does a version of this song (not as good, IMO) but I can’t tell who is covering [...]
Continue reading BOBBY DAY: SHOW YOUR MANY STYLES
A few weeks ago, I put forward a challenge to folks to try their hand at remixing Bobby Reed’s “Time Is Right For Love” and so far, we’ve had three folks step up.
These are all “works in progress” so be nice with your comments/feedback but so far, I like where it’s all heading.
Bobby Reed: Time Is Right (Choplogic Remix)
Bobby Reed: Time Is Right (Prince of Ballard Remix)
Bobby Reed: Time Is Right (Flip Edit)
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