Thursday, 23 December 2021

Happy Christmas 2021 - A 60 minute Xmas Mix


Merry Christmas to all visitors and many thanks for supporting the blog. The readership has grown significantly since this time last year.  Sadly I have to repeat what was said last Christmas, please stay safe and adhere to the guidelines to keep you, your friends and family as well as others safe.  Let's hope that it doesn't have to be repeated again next Christmas!

Here's a 60 minute mix of some Christmas soul tunes which was done for last Christmas, some known but many quite obscure. Most are from the 60s/70s  Enjoy.

Playlist:
00:00 - Big Maybelle - White Christmas
02:16 - Big Dee Irwin & Mamie Galore - All I Want For Christmas Is Your Love
05:20 - Byrdie Green - We Need Christmas Now More Than Any Other Year
08:42 - The Emotions - What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas?
11:45 - Binky Griptite - Stone Soul Christmas
14:18 - The Poets - Merry Christmas Baby
16:50 - The Stridells - I Remember Christmas
19:24 - Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
23:10 - Donny Hathaway - This Christmas
26:00 - Betty Lloyd - Six Days Till X-Mas / Snowflakes
28:35 - Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
31:59 - The Emotions - Black Christmas
34:32 - The O'Jays - Christmas Ain't Christmas, New Years Ain't New Years Without The One You Love
36:26 - The Orchids - Christmas
38:55 - Lisa Miller - The Loneliest Christmas Tree
39:58 - Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva - I Wish You A Merry Christmas
43:19 - Solomon Burke - Christmas Presents
46:12 - Count Sidney & His Dukes - Soul Christmas
44:15 - Lee Rogers - You Won't Have To Wait Till Xmas
50:30 - Honey & The Bees - Jing Jing A Ling
52:41 - Horace Williams, Choker Campbell & His Magic City Orchestra - I'm Going Christmas Shopping
54:49 - Artie Fullilove - Santa Claus Please Listen To Me
57:12 - Stevie Wonder - That's What Christmas Means To Me
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The Dirty Dozen Mix Part 46 2021 Dec (week 50)


A blended, 50 minute, non-stop, mix of the best new releases last week (Dec 2021 week 50) based on the 'The Dirty Dozen' published 19 Dec 2021. 



Tracklist 
(with links to original posts)

Eddie G - Baby I'm Ready
Andrea Moore - Stay
Londxxn - Work It Out
TJ Taotua - Overdue
Sanura - Hey Baby
Jaszy Shavers - All I Wanna Do
The Baylor Project - Love Makes Me Sing
Meek's Diary - Rain On Me
Jaszy Shavers - Dark
TJ Taotua - Foreign Queen
Darla Baltazar - Search Me
Annie J - Slow It Back Down
Julia Logue - Here We Are
David Mrakpor Feat. James Coleman & Blue Lab Beats - My Life
Robert Crawford - Every Time I Turn Around

Previous mixes:
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Eugene Record - A Profile...


Eugene Booker Record (23 Dec.1940 - 22 Jul. 2005) would have been 81 today. He was the lead vocalist for The Chi-Lites between 1959-76 and then again between 1980-88. In the interim he recorded three solo albums for Warner Brothers, "The Eugene Record" (1977), "Trying To Get To You" (1978) and "Welcome To My Fantasy" (1979). When he re-joined The Chi-Lites in 1980 all releases on 20th Century were billed as The Ch-Lites featuring Eugene Record.
He was the main song-writer for the group who had released several singles in the mid 60s which failed to chart until they were signed to Brunswick in 1968 by Carl Davis where they had their first chart entry with "Give It Away" in 1969. They achieved eleven top 10 R&B hits between 1969-74 and two top 10 Hot 100 hits with "Have You Seen Her" (#3 1971) and "Oh Girl" (#1 1972) which was Brunswick's only #1 pop hit in the R&B era. 

Brunswick were in legal and financial trouble in 1976 and their records weren't being promoted so Eugene Record left in frustration and joined Warner Brothers and The Chi-Lites signed to Mercury where they released two albums in 1976-77 and had three minor hits with "Vanishing Love" (a song written by Sam Dees and previously recorded by John Edwards of The Spinners in 1974) and two Phil Hurtt penned songs "My First Mistake" and "If I Had A Girl".

Record released three albums and eight singles on Warner Brothers between 1977-79 with only the first single "Laying Beside You" making any impact on the R&B chart reaching #24. A lot of the material was disco oriented which, sadly, hasn't stood the test of time. 

His next single "Overdose Of Joy" though was a gem picked up on by the UK modern soul scene which now commands three figures. There are only two currently for sale on Discogs with $250 being asked for a  near mint copy.

There is no playlist as the only tracks available on Spotify are on his first album and a link to the album is provided below. I've found links to all of his singles, however, "Take Everything" and "I Don't Mind" is the medley on the flip to the 12" version of "Magnetism" (which doesn't appear on any of his albums) rather than the two individual sides released earlier.

Albums

1977 - The Eugene Record [Warner Bros. #BS 3018]

Full Album HERE
Laying Beside You (4:38)
Danger! Love Under Pressure (3:46)
Here Comes The Sun (4:11)
Overdose Of Joy (4:16)
Trying To Watch The Wind (5:54)
Mother Of Love (4:12)
Love Don't Live By Sex Alone (5:34)
Putting It Down (To The Way I Feel About You) (5:41)
When We Pull The Shades (6:22)
1978 - Trying To Get To You [Warner Bros. #BSK 3097]


1979 - Welcome To My Fantasy [Warner Bros. #BSK 3284]


Where Are You (7:35)
Fan The Fire (6:58)

Singes

1977/06 - Overdose Of Joy / Mother Of Love [Warner Bros. #WBS 8386]
1978/01 - *I Want To Be With You (Edit) / When We Pull The Shades [Warner Bros. #WBS 8517]
1979/05 - *Take Everything / I Don't Mind [Warner Bros. #WBS 8836]
1979/09 - *Where Are You / *Sweet Insanity [Warner Bros. #WBS 49060]
1979/11 - *Fan The Fire / *Help Yourself To Love [Warner Bros. #WBS 49126]
1979 - *Magnetism // *I Don't Mind / Take Everything [Warner Bros. #WBSD 8774] 12"
1979/04 - *Magnetism / *I Don't Mind [Warner Bros. (UK) #K 17384]

The following video is a later live recording of their #1 hit "Oh Girl" with three of the original members Eugene Record, Robert 'Squirrel' Lester and Marshall Thompson who is still a performing member of the group.

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