If you are into uplifting Northern Soul check out this week’s podcast of Melting Pot. Hit the Melting Pot podomatic player in the sidebar, scroll to Northern Soul Shakers, push the play button and get into a frenzy.
No wonder that T-fonque was sweating all over the studio during this mix show. This is great music to dance to. Check the playlist and enjoy!
Northern soul shakers
Melting Pot 13-06-2009
The Velvelettes - Ain’t No Place Like Motown
The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
Reflections - (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet
Chris Clark - I Want to Go Back there Again
David Ruffin - You Can Come Right Back To Me
Kim Weston - Helpless
Brenda Holloway - Think It Over (Before you Break My Heart)
J.J. Barnes - Real Humdinger
Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
The Velvelettes - He Was Really Saying Something
The Temptations - The Girl’s alright With Me
The Isley Brothers - Harvest For The world
Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe
Holly St. James - That’s Not Love
Jackie Edwards - I Feel So Bad
Johnny Taylor - Friday Night
Patti & The Emblems - I’m Gonna Love You A Long Time
Jeanette Harper - Pick Me Up (Put Me In Your Pocket)
The Sapphires - Gotta Have your Love
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terell - California Soul
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
From now on I will be updating the playlists of the Melting Pot show more regularly. But first we have some catching up to do; here are the listings since my last Melting Pot post from the end of February. Hit the Melting Pot podomatic player in the sidebar, pick a show and enjoy!
the Ron Johnson sessions part 2
Melting Pot 06-06-2009
Eddie Harris - It’s Allright Now
Betty Davis - Shoo-B-Doop And Cop Him
Kool & The Gang - Let The Music Take Your Mind
Willy Hutch - Come On Let’s Do The Thing
Little Richard - Ghetto Child
The Chants - I’ve Been Trying
Wilson Pickett - Get Me Back On Time, Engine No. 9
James Brown - Shout And Shimmy
Sugar Pie Desanto - Soulful Dress
Little Caesar & The Romans - Fever
Howard Tate - Get It While You Can
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - I’m Ready For Love
Four Tops - Standing In The Shadows Of Love
Major Lance - I Wanna Make Up (Before We Break Up)
Lovelites - My Conscience
Darrel Banks - I’m The One Who Loves You
Kool & The Gang - North East South West
Upsoul dudes on the decks III
Melting Pot 30-05-2009 Selected by RocketSoul
As a teas er for their next steamin’ party, we invited Rudy Rocket and Soul to the studio for another Upsoul session.
If you’re in the neighborhood, be sure to drop by on June 6th at the Abachobar, Gent.
Enjoy!
Roy Smith - Very Strong On You
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Point It Out
The Tams - Take Away
The Loreleis - A Strange Way
Bill Withers - You
Etta James - Miss Pityful
The Fuzz - I Love You For All Seasons
Freda Payne - Unhooked Generation
The Three Degrees - Yours
Ike & Tina - Fool In Love
Dee Dee Warwick - Foolish Fool
Ann Perry - That’s The Way He is
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames - In The Meantime
Mitch Rider - I’d Rather Go To Jail
Timmy Shaw - There Goes My Baby
Mable John - Who Wouldn’t Love A Man Like That
Little Richard - She’s Together
The Mad Ladds - No Strings Attached
Ray Peterson - You Thrill Me
The Precisions - If This Is Love
Franki Valli & The Four Seasons - You’re A Song (That I Can’t Sing)
Funky drums and guitars
Melting Pot 23-05-2009
James Brown – Funky Drummer
The Mohawks – The Champ
Little Beaver – Funkadelic Sound
Dyke & The Blazers – Funky Broadway pt.1
Tommy Youngblood – Tobacco Road
The Whatnauts – Message From A Black Man
The Meters – Struttin’
The Buena Vistas – Hot Shot
Detroit Emeralds – Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
Fred Williams & the Jewels Band – Tell Her
Maceo Parker and James Brown - The Soul Of A Black Man
Willard Posey Reunion – Cissy Strut-N-American Woman
Della Reese – Who Is She
Willie Hutch – Theme From Foxy Brown
Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man
Buddy Rich – The Beat Goes On
Episode 71!
Melting Pot 09-05-2009
Episode 71! It’s a random number Podomatic assigned to it… We did A LOT more than that… But it’s a nice number: 71! It makes you feel proud, like the man in the picture!
Enjoy!
Earl Grant – House of Bamboo
Robert Jay – Alcohol pt.1
The Unforgettables – Too Much Trouble
Barbara Acklin – Am I The Same Girl
The Third Wave – Love Train
Faye Marshall – Goin’ Home
San Francisco t.k.o’s – herm
Jimmy Smith – Can’t Get Enough
Art Blakey – Moanin’
Wylie Trass – The Feeling
George Freeman – The Bump (take two)
The Prepositions – Something Different
The Vibrettes – Humpty Dump pt.1
Mary Lou Williams – Praise The Lord
Georgie Fame – Last Night
the Ron Johnson sessions part 1
Melting Pot 02-05-2009
One man, a room full of vinyl, 2 decks + 1 mixer, and oceans of good taste!
Enjoy!
Village Caller - Hector
Laura Lee - Crumbs On The Table
Whatnauts - Why Can’t People Be Colors Too
Pretty Purdie - Soul Drums
Smith Connection - I’m Bugging Your Phone pt.1
The Explosions - Hip Drop
Rufus with Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing
Perfect Circle - For Your Funkification
Juice - Catch A Groove
Rare Pleasure - Let Me Down Easy
The Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes
Kellee Patterson - If It Don’t Fit Don’t Force It
Honey Comb - Wants Ads
Isley Brothers - Who’s That Lady
Laura Lee - If I’m Good Enough To Love (I’m Good Enough To Marry)
Homer Banks - 60 Minutes Of Your Love
The Honeydrippers - Impeach The President
Allen Toussaint - Get Out Of My Life Woman
Springtime, nice weather and sunshine vinyls
Melting Pot 25-04-2009
Parliament - Dr. Funkenstein
Fred Wesley And the Horny Horns - We Came To Funk Ya
Johnny Hammond - Shifting Gears
Nina Simone - Some Say
Chico Hamilton - Conquistadores
The Black On White Affair - Bold Soul Sister, Bold Soul Brother
The Coasters - Do the Funky Penguin
The Soul Lovers - Gonna Have Fun Tonight
David Porter - The Way You do The Things You do
The O’Jays - Survival
The Philadelphia International Allstars - Let’s Clean Up the Ghetto
The Windjammers - Poor Sad Child pt.1
Willie Hutch - Let Me Give You The Love You Need
The Staple Singers - I’ll Take You There
Curtis Mayfield - Change What You Can
Upsoul dudes on the decks II
Melting Pot 18-04-2009
In anticipation of the next UpSoul Party we invited one of the organizers, Dj Soul, into the studio for a session. He immediately rushed in, packed with 7 inches (records) but forgot to put on a shirt. Meinhof looked pleased, Ron Johnson and Tfonque managed…
Enjoy!
The Notations - Superpeople
Jay And The Techniques - Stronger Than Dirt
Chris Jones - I’m The Man
Al Green - Love And Happiness
Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes
The Miracles - Mickeys Monkey
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
Kokee Band 1970 - Deep Night
Vamp - Free And Easy
Chuck Jackson And Maxime Brown - Baby Take Me
Reggie Garner - Hotline
Lee Dorsey - Ride Your Pony
Brothers Of Soul - Hurry Don’t Linger
Baby Washington & Don Gardner - Baby Let Me Get Close To You
Debbie Taylor - Never Gonna Let Him Know
Theola Killgore - This Is My Prayer
Maxime Brown - All In My Mind
Little Johnny Taylor - Somewhere Down The Line
The Four Vandals - Wrong Side Of Town (instr.)
Melting Pot April 11th 2009
Melting Pot 11-04-2009
Business as usual last Saturday at the Melting Pot HQ, which is nice for a change.
Good tracks, plenty of soul: party!
Enjoy!
Larry Hale – Organ Shout & Do The Duck
The Buena Vistas – Boss Sauce
The Majestics – The Horse
The Politicians – Psycha-Soula-Funkadelic
Rufus Thomas – Funky Robot
The Daktaris – Voodoo Soul Stew
Kim Tamango – 16 Not By Bread Alone
Billy Stewart – Summertime
Ezy & Isaac – Got To Move
Curtis Mayfield – Little Child Running Wild
Sergio Mendes – For What It’s Worth
James & Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet
Bobby Womack – Baby! You Oughta Think It Over
The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Darondo – How I Got Over
Betty Davis – Your Man My Man
Bill Withers – Use Me
Atlantic and southern soul special I
Melting Pot 04-04-2009
This week we put our spotlights on Atlantic Records, spinning tunes from the late 40’s ’till the early 70’s, with some sidesteps to Southern Soul.
Enjoy!
Stick McGhee - Drinkin’ Wine Spo Dee O Dee (1949)
Ruth Brown - 5 10 15 hours (1952)
Ray Charles - Mess Around (1953)
Willis Jackson - Gator’s Groove (1952)
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters - Honey Love (1954)
Joe Turner - Flip Flop & Fly (1954)
La verne Baker - Saved (1960)
The Drifters - On Broadway (1963)
Arthur Alexander - Go Home Girl (1962)
Maurice & Mac - You Left The Water Running (1968)
Esther Phillips - And I Love Him (1965)
Wilson Pickett - Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won’t Do) (1966)
Don Covay - See Saw (1965)
Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music (1967)
Johnny Taylor - Jody Got Your Girl And Gone (1970)
Luther Ingram - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right (1972)
Clarence Carter - Slip Away (1968)
Otis Redding & Carla Thompson - Tramp (1967)
Bobby Newsome - Jody, Come Back And Get Your Shoes (1972)
King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew (1967)
Ron Johnson saves the day III
Melting Pot 21-03-2009
…with a little help from Gladys
While tfonque went on an official visit to The Fiery City of Liege, Ron Johnson had to take charge of defending the airwaves. Being one man (and headphones) short, at some point pirates got in. Luckily Gladys Knight decided to help us out without even charging extra! Good to see the airwaves remain safe!
Enjoy this nice selection by Ron Johnson!
Billy Stewart - Summertime
Darrell Banks - Open The Door To Your Heart
Syl Johnson - I Hear The Love Chimes
Dusty Springfield - Haunted
Jimmy McCracklin - Double Dealing
Otis Clay - Trying To Live My Live Without You
Inez Foxx - You Hurt Me For The Last Time
Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can Pt1
Joe Tex - Loose Caboose
Curtis Mayfield - Hard Times
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
Florence ‘Flo’ Ballard - Love Ain’t Love
Gene Chandler - Such A Pretty Thing
Doris Troy - I’ll Do Anything
Tommy Neal - Goin’ To A Happening
Don Covay - See-Saw
Young-Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut
The Mar-Keys - Last Night
Warming up for the 3rd Upsoul party
Melting Pot 14-03-2009
On March 13th Melting Pot warmed up your ears for the 3rd installment of UpSoul at the Abachobar in Ghent.
Your music selectors for that evening were Sticker, Daptunes and RocketSoul. As usual, the party was so hot the walls were sweating!
Melting Pot with Ron Johnson and tfonque in the mix!
Enjoy!
Sons Of Moses - Soul Symphony
Ramsey Lewis - Dancing In The Streets
The Impressions - Woman Got Soul
Mary Wells - Honey Boy
The Invitations - What’s Wrong With My Baby
Barbara Mason - World In A Crisis
Millie Jackson - Go Out And Get Some (Get It Out’cha System)
Henry Lumpkin - I’m A Walking
The Steinways - You’ve Been Leading Me On
Aretha Franklin - Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream
Chuck Jackson - I Keep Forgettin’
Carrie Riley & the Fascinations - Super Cool
Harold Battiste - Funky Soul
James Brown - Hustle!!! (Dead On It)
Soul Sisters - I Can’t Stand It
Gene Chandler - Such A Pretty Thing
The Impressions - You’ve Been Cheating
Vernon Garrett - Shine It On
The Relatives - Lenient With My Love
The Valentino’s - Sweeter Than The Day Before
Eddie Bo - Hook and Sling pt1
Cliff Nobles & Co - The Horse
Some sexy soul sisters
Melting Pot 07-03-2009
Willie Henderson – The Dance Master
Jodi Gayles – You Gotta Push
Gloria Williams – Sister Funk
Dorothy Black – Miracle Man
Little Rose Little – Family Tree
Gene Anderson – The Devil Made Me Do It
Porgy Jones – The dap (part 2)
Joe Chopper & The Swinging 7 Soul Band – Soul Pusher
The Last Poets – Delights Of The Garden
Buddy Rich – Chameleon
James Brown – The Boss
Patti Jo – Make Me Believe In You
The Ad Libs – Giving Up
Helene Smith – A Woman Will Do Wrong
The Whatnauts – Why Can’t People Be Colors Too
Betty Harris – Show It
Hank Carbo – Hot Pants
Look what dropped in my mailbox today. The legendary Music Mania shop moves to another place!
Hello Music Maniacs,
Once more at the Music Mania, we’re throwing the bargains out of the window! Starting today, you can check out thousands of LPs and CDs at the second and third floor: the CDs for one euro, CD singles for 25 cents and the vinyl goes for 1 or 2 euros.
Why, you might ask, are these guys so very generous? Well, it’s mainly because, come June, we’re moving to a brand new venue at Walpoortstraat 3, the former Artifex gallery, and we really don’t feel like moving all of it over there. So be sure to stop by for some low-priced stuff, from Wednesday ’till Saturday during the next three weeks!
Bye,
The Music Mania Team
From now on you can listen to the weekly Radio Pink Flamingo show by clicking on the podomatic player in the sidebar. We have just added the first show.
Inspector Clay left Ghent for Limbabwe. Ron Johnson & Tfonque took over….. Some very old stuf, some 50’s & 60’s tunes, a lil’ bit of soul from the 70’s and some contemporary groovy tunes. Enjoy!
Radio Pink Flamingo 28 02 2009
1 Al Jolson - Swanee
2 Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife
3 Eydie Gorme - Blame It On The Bossa Nova
4 Tippie & The Glovers - Bossa Nova Baby
5 Nina Simone - Sea Line Woman
6 Linda Williams - Elevate Your Mind
7 Gnarls Barkley - Whose Gonna Save My Soul
8 The Hollywood Flames - Buzz-Buzz-Buzz
9 Hank Williams - Move It On Over
10 Ruth Brown - Lucky Lips
11 Robert Gordon & Link Wray - Red Hot
12 The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
13 Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
14 Jackie Mittoo - Darker Shade Of Black
15 Prince Buster - Dance Cleopatra Dance
16 Johnny Pate - Shaft In Africa
17 Hot Chip - Boys From School
18 Amp Fiddler - Eye To Eye
19 Steely Dan - Ricky Don’t Loose That Number
20 Swinging Soul Machine - Spooky’s Days Off
21 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
