This is POP?

'This is POP?' A mix of songs and artists that have the same tenuous connection with the world of pop as the Top Of The Popper's version of “Autobahn” which inspired the thing in the first place (thanks Sean)


http://www.mediafire.com/?5a2wz93m8dcfc5c

Tracklisting:

Scott Walker- Dealer
Robert Wyatt - Chairman Mao
Arthur Russell - Arms Around You
Jimi Tenor - Fantom
Field Music - Like When You Meet Someone Else
Burial - In McDonalds
David Essex – Rock On
Kraftwerk – Boing Boom Tschak
Top Of The Poppers – Autobahn
Beach Boys - Feel Flows
Sam Spence - Waterworld
Ra Ta Ta – Rotation
Billy Stewart - Summertime
The Bhundu Boys - My Foolish Harp
Zia - Heleliyos
Hot Chip - Colours
Van Dyke Parks – Donovan’s Colors
Donovan – First There Is A Mountain
Roger Whittaker - Candy Cloud

Soul Affair 17 October 2010 Solomon Burke R.I.P.

No download of the show this month – gremlins everywhere! If anyone is desperate for a copy let me know. Youtube the Freddie Scott track (not the Freddy Scott track) – it’s a belter.

1. Solomon Burke - The Other Side Of The Coin
2. Solomon Burke - It Makes No Difference
3. Solomon Burke - Home In Your Heart
4. Betty Everett - Getting Mighty Crowded
5. Electronic Concept Orchestra- Feelin’ Alright
6. Kanye West - Good Friday
7. Freddie Scott - You Got What I Need
8. Aloe Blacc - Femme Fatale
9. Roots - How I Got Over
10. Aretha Franklin - How I Got Over
11. SOUL - Peace Of Mind
12. Cymande - Brothers On The Slide
13. Ike Turner - Father Alone
14. Freddy Scott - Same Old Beat
15. Jackson 5 - I Am Love
16. Rare Earth - I Know I'm Losing You
17. The Temptations - The Prophet
18. Aloe Blacc -Take Me Back
19. Sammy Gordon - Upstairs On Boston Road, Part 1
20. Georgia Anne Muldrow - King's Ballad
21. Chairmen Of The Board - Men Are Getting Scarce
22. Gary Bartz - Dozens (A Sounding Song)
23. Maxwell - Cold
24. Dianne Reeves - Afro Blue
25. Donny Hathaway - Love, Love, Love
26. Shirl Milete - Big Country Blues
27. Aaron Neville – Struttin’ On A Sunday
28. Bo Diddley - Black Soul

The Soul Affair 22nd August 2010

'Intelligent Jungle', psychedelic Stone's Throw madness, house music and , erm, Chicago...all human life was here. Plus Lou Bond's 'To The Establishment' - a bonkers 11 minutes that starts with a meditation on real-ness ("only realness is really real" etc), followed by a moan about having to go to the shops for his girlfriend's chapstick, followed by 6 minutes of singing in what might be Orkish (sadly he doesn't say 'Shazbat' at any point.) Insane and totally wonderful.

1. Foul Play - Music Is The Key (Omni Trio Mix)
2. Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7 - Madhouse Mumbai
3. Mike Harper - Lay It On Me Baby
4. Roy Porter Sound Machine - Jessica
5. Freddie Robinson - Black Fox
6. Martha Wash - Carry On (MAW Bass Dub Mix)
7. Hercules & Love Affair - You Belong
8. Chicago - Streetplayer
9. Ayalew Mesfin - Lene Antchi Bitchi Nesh
10. Ayalew Mesfin – Teredjew Neber
11. Medeski Martin & Wood - Chubb Sub
12. Ike & Tina Turner - Whole Lotta Love
13. Lou Bond - To The Establishment
14. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar
15. Roots Manuva - Butterfly Crab Walk
16. Q-Tip - Manwoman Boogie
17. Isley Brothers- Lay Away
18. Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Theme De Yoyo
19. Shuggie Otis - I Got A Big Fat Mama
20. Fontella Bass - Leave It In The Hands Of Love
21. Margie Evans - Waterfalls
22. The Pharoahs - Love & Happiness




http://www.mediafire.com/?gws440bhgrrsu59

Amateur hour

My old work mucker Paul Southgate (or Polle van de Gash, if you prefer) runs the excellent Amateur Athletics night at the Social in London. He also has a blog with sporadic postings of his wonderfully wonky mixes and other musical ephemera. They really are excellent and well worth checking out. I mean, did you know Chubby Checker had done an amazing pysch-soul album? Me neither.

He very kindly asked me to contribute a mix at the end of last year and, of course, I was more than happy to put something together. He posted it up in April but – god knows how – I missed it and didn’t get round to thanking him for foisting it on his followers.

The link for it is below. I hope you enjoy this, and be sure to check out Polle’s stuff on there too. It really is top drawer.



http://amateurathletics.blogspot.com/2010/04/imagination-came-into-my-brain.html

The Soul Affair 25 July 2010

...and if I share with you my story would you share your dollar with me?

Tracklisting

The Bar-Kays - Street Walker
Dionne Warwick - You're Gonna Need Me
Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again
The Bar-Kays - Jiving Round
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar
Aloe Blacc - Femme Fatale
Brotherhood Of Soul - I'll Be Right There (Roger S Brotherhood Mix)
Mulatu Astatke - Green Africa
Mophono - Shuffle
Fruko Y Sos Tesos - Mammy Blue
Raphael Saadiq - It's A Shame
John Legend & The Roots - Our Generation
Whitefield Brothers - Taisho
Smokey Johnson - It Ain't My Fault
Zia - Helyiosis
The Roots Feat. Joanna Newsom - Right On
Dwight Trible - Freedom Dance
James Brown - I Got Ants In My Pants
Brand Nubian - Punks Get Up To Get Beat Down
Skip Easterling - Grass Is Greener
Stereo 77 - Bobby Conga
Hot 8 Brass Band - Sexual Healing
Ella Fitzgerald - Sunshine Of Your Love
Womack And Womack -Love Wars
Steve Mason - All Come Down
Enrique Lynch - Safari/K-Jee
Donny Hathaway - Love, Love, Love
Teddy Pendergrass - Love Tko
The Truthettes - So Good To Be Alive
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar


Download it here…

http://www.mediafire.com/?3g97u0bc0kfvg5l

H-eighties

I know, the eighties yadda yadda yadda. But it wasn’t all giant mobile phones, Duran Duran and ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’.

Jeremy Paxman got short shrift from David Peace in a recent interview where Paxman and PR hag Lynne Franks tried to portray the eighties as far less divisive and nasty that they actually were. Well worth a view at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8733178.stm

The brutal and highly politicised nature of those times still hold a grim fascination for me. So I thought a mix of brutal, unsettling and highly politicised music was just the ticket. That should sort everything out. Here it is...enjoy (if that’s the right word)

http://www.mediafire.com/?eil2znw2zyt

Tracklisting:

Reich: Electric Counterpoint………..Kronos Quartet
Lock Groove (In)…………. Liquid Liquid
America Is Waiting………..Brian Eno & David Byrne
Holocaust…………This Mortal Coil
Three English Football Grounds………..I, Ludicrous
Sheep Farming In The Falklands (Flexi version)……Crass
Inglan Is A Bitch…………….Linton Kwesi Johnson
O King Of Chaos………………..Julian Cope
Beasley Street (Live)…………….John Cooper Clarke
Johnny Miner……….The Mekons
Wildworld…………..The Birthday Party
Asbestos Lead Asbestos……………………..World Domination Enterprises
British Colonialism & The BBC…………….Chumbawamba
Tommy Opposite…………………Yeah Yeah Noh
Still Walking……………….Throbbing Gristle
Walking On Thin Ice (1981 Re-edit)……….Yoko Ono
Jerusalem………….Mark Stewart
Remember (Peel Session)…………..The Mighty Wah!

The Soul Affair disco special

The Soul Affair disco special 27th June 2010


http://www.mediafire.com/?tinlo3mmi4n

Indian Ocean - Treehouse/School Bell
Dinosaur L - #5 (Go Bang)
Lamont Dozier – Goin’ Back To My Roots
Love Unlimited Orchestra - Bring It Up
Loose Joints -Is It All Over My Face?
The Clash - Mustapha Dance
Pat Lundy - Work Song
Rolling Stones - Miss You (12” version)
Warren Zevon –Night-time In The Switching Yard
Idjut Boys - Roll Over And Snore (Live Mix)
The Fantastic Johnny - Waiting For The Rain
Double Exposure - My Love Is Free
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Space - Carry On, Turn Me On
Shriekback - My Spine Is The Bassline (12” Version)
Six Sed Red - Shake It Right
Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake The Feeling
Chanson- Don't Hold Back
Salsoul Orchestra - Getaway

This week’s Soul Affair was meant to be a collection of old stuff I’d dusted off for the occasion. And there’s plenty of that here. But I couldn’t resist including a few new tracks, including the amazing hippy-soul of Michael Leonhart. Can’t wait to hear more from him.

Also interesting was the Gatur-Gator spelling debate that obviously raged within Nawlins 5-piece The Gaturs, (cf their song “Gator Bait”.) Who knows - perhaps their untimely demise was down to lexicographic differences?

http://www.mediafire.com/?mhngymjt0yz

1. Flashlight Parliament
2. They Say I'm Different Betty Davis
3. Hold Me Baby Albert Washington
4. Medium Rock Tullio Di Psicopo
5. Dub Y Guaguanco Quantic Presenta: Flowering Inferno
6. So Little Time Jon Lucien
7. Track 3 Archie Whitewater
8. Trampoline Nino Nardini
9. Madhouse Mumbai Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7
10. Teardrops Womack & Womack
11. Honey Dove Lee Fields
12. Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's
13. Gator Bait The Gaturs
14. How Does It Feel Chubby Checker
15. More & More Little Milton
16. Doin’ It Shuggie Otis & Richard Berry
17. Cornbread The Blackbyrds
18. King Tim III (Personality Jock) The Fatback Band
19. Cruisin' Smokey Robinson
20. Super Stupid Funkadelic
21. I Can't Do My Thing Barbara Acklin
22. Bring It On Down To Me (Part 1) Bobby Franklin's Insanity
23. High On Your Love Kings Go Forth
24. Sour Times Portishead
25. I've Been Lonely For So Long Frederick Knight
26. Generation Gap The Turks
27. C.T.D. Rakaa
28. Lotus Flower - Souljazz Orchestra
29. You Know You Know Mahavishnu Orchestra
30. Seven Nation Army Nostalgia 77 & Alice Russell
31. I Want To Take You Higher Sly & The Family Stone

The Soul Affair 2nd May 2010 with DJ Radar

New stuff from Erykah Badu, Jose James, Gil Scott-Heron & Nas, and Sharon Jones along with a swag bag of quality old gear. Fierce!

1. Donald Byrd - Dominoes
2. Lee Dorsey - Candy Yam
3. Sugar Billy- Super Duper Love
4. Parliaments - Good Old Music
5. Rotation - Ra Ta Ta
6. Jose James - The Greater Good
7. Erykah Badu - Turn Me Away (Get MuNNy)
8. Facts Of Life - What Would Your Mama Say?
9. Toni Tornado - Uma Vida
10. Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays The Fool
11. Pete Costanza - Jive Samba
12. Gil Scott-Heron feat. Nas – New York Is Killing Me
13. Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
14. Donnie - Big Black Buck
15. Tim Buckley - Mexicali Voodoo
16. Billy Jones - Win Your Love
17. Orchestra Cubano De Musica Moderna - Vehicle
18. Marc Moulin -Aria
19. Sharon Jones& The Dap Kings - Give It Back
20. Booker T - Mo' Onions
21. Fantastic Johnny C - Boogaloo Down Broadway
22. James Carr - Always Coming Back To You
23. Toots & The Maytals - Monkey Man
24. Donnie & Joe Emerson - Give Me The Chance
25. Myulatu Astatke - Nestanet
26. Erykah Badu - Fall In Love (Your Funeral)
27. Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin'
28. Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It? (Mlk Version)
29. Etta James - Tell Mama
30. Preston Love - Kool Ade
31. Sharon Jones - I Learned The Hard Way
32. Aldo & Udine -Come & Join Us


Find it here...

http://www.mediafire.com/?yud2mqnumzw


but watch out for the feed dropping at 1:54 and ‘Radio Clash’ coming in LOUD!

The Soul Affair Easter Sunday Saints & sinners special, with Radar


1. Lula Collins - Help Me
2. Larry Jon Wilson - Sheldon Churchyard
3. The Violinaires – Groovin’ With Jesus
4. Ragga Twins - Illegal Gunshot
5. Barbara Taylor - Come Go With Me
6. Bongos Ikwue - Woman Made The Devil
7. Aretha Franklin - Wholly Holy
8. Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
9. Inspirational Gospel Singers - Same Thing It Took
10. Gil Scott-Heron - Me & The Devil Blues
11. Gil Scott-Heron - Sex Education: Ghetto Style
12. Curtis Mayfield- Jesus
13. The Streets - Never Went To Church
14. Robert Vanderbilt - A Message Especially From God
15. Trevor Dandy - Is There Any Love?
16. Howlin’ Wolf - Evil
17. David Axelrod - Holy Thursday
18. Anthony Hamilton - Preacher's Daughter
19. Roots Manuva - Let The Spirit Move You
20. Blood Sweat And Tears - Lucretia Mac Evil
21. Van Morrison - Into The Mystic
22. The Religious Souls - Condition That The World Is In
23. James Carr - Dark End Of The Street
24. Revered Roger L Worthy & His Sister Bonnie Woodstock- Get Back Satan
25. The Dramatics - The Devil Is Dope
26. "Henry" – Pimpin’ Sam
27. Eddie Robinson - God's Love Song
28. The Swan Meddalarks - One Day I Was Walking
29. Rashaan Roland Kirk - Spirits Up Above
30. The Last Poets - White Man's Got A God Complex


Download it here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?kdb10im5y5h

Soul Affair Gil Scott-Heron Special 7th March 2010

I've run out of superlatives for this man...

To celebrate the return of the great, great GSH, a retrospective of his career and the new album 'I'm New Here' in full, plus bonus tracks.


Gil Scott Heron Special 7th March 2010:

1. Intro/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2. Whitey On The Moon
3. Home Is Where The Hatred Is
4. I Think I'll Call It Morning
5. ...And Then He Wrote Meditations
6. The Bottle
7. Peace Go With You, Brother
8. Liberation Song
9. Winter In America
10. South Carolina
11. It's Your World
12. We Almost Lost Detroit
13. Shut 'Um Down
14. Inner City Blues
15. Blue Collar
16. Message To The Messengers

I'm New Here (Full Album):

17. On Coming From A Broken Home (Part 1)
18. Me And The Devil
19. I'm New Here
20. Your Soul And Mine
21. Parents (Interlude)
22. I'll Take Care Of You 2:58
23. Being Blessed (Interlude)
24. Where Did The Night Go
25. I Was Guided (Interlude)
26. New York Is Killing Me
27. Certain Things (Interlude)
28. Running
29. The Crutch
30. I've Been Me (Interlude)
31. On Coming From A Broken Home (Part 2)

‘I’m New Here’ Bonus Tracks:

32. Jazz (Interlude)
33. Is That Jazz?
34. A Place To Go (Interlude)
35. My Cloud

http://www.mediafire.com/?0gayzdmmuiw

The Soul Affair 31 January 2010

Just when you think you've seen everything...one of Active's old warhorse record players finally gave up the ghost yesterday (halfway through my show, of course) but not before spinning faster and faster and faster until the record nearly flew off the turntable. it was like some strange phonographic version of The Exorcist.

You will be relieved to hear that the record player was taken away and given a decent burial. I expect it will be replaced with something like this...

Here's the tracklisting from last night, plus another chance to hear.

1. The Mandells - Now I Know
2. Steele Beauttah - What's That Sound?
3. Roy Brooks - The Free Slave
4. Jimmy And Eddie - Stop Think It Over
5. Chubby Checker - My Mind
6. Stevie Wonder - Heaven Help Us All
7. Dom Pipkin - Africa Gumbo
8. Naomi Shelton - Am I Asking Too Much?
9. Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Jesus Gave Me Water
10. The Staple Singers - Hammer & Nails
11. 24 Carat Black - I Begin To Weep
12. Sarah Webster Fabio - Glimpses
13. Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
14. Nina Simone - Mississipi Goddam
15. Gil Scott-Heron -Shut 'Um Down
16. Harmonic 33 - Funky Duck
17. Johnny Holiday - Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
18. Etta James And Sugar Pie De Santo - In The Basement, Part One
19. Opensouls -Hold You Close
20. Bill Withers - Use Me
21. Zafra - I Can See That
22. Terry Callier - Soulful Clown
23. Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
24. Isley Brothers - Turned You On
25. Chubby Checker - Stoned In The Bathroom
26. Al Green - Lay It Down
27. Candi Staton -Never In Public
28. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Nyx

another chance to hear:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gntjttd3mnz

DJ Radar