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Wednesday 8 February 2023

Evil Needle & Misha [2023] - chillhop beat tapes [Chillhop Music] (Full EP)


French/German DJ/beatmaker Evil Needle has collaborated with Finnish producer Misha (Mika Juhani Kurvinen) for his latest project "chillhop beat tapes". They are what you would expect from the title and are mainly instrumentals. 

The choice cut from the six tracks for this listener is "Summer Vibe", the others get a tad monotonous, but then I do prefer vocals tracks!

With  little bit of sleuthing from writing credits I would guess that Evil Needle is Florian Schoch. 

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Rating: 7.7
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: EP
Media: Digital
Label: Chillhop Music
Cat No: None
Date: 03/02/2023
Price: £5.94
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Ted Winn, Tweet & Elijah Blake [2023] - Perspective [Teddys Jamz]


Ted Winn is from Memphis, TN, and was one half of the gospel duo Tedi & Sheri (Sheri Jones-Moffett) in the 90s.

We featured him last in Sept 2021 with a good cover of Marvin's "Inner City Blues". He's only released one single since then, the R&B flava'd "V" in Nov '22, but is back with a new single "Perspective" on Friday (3 Feb '23) which features Tweet (Charlene Keys) & Elijah Blake.

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Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Teddys Jamz / Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 03/01/2023
Key/BPM: 9A/78
Price: £1
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Evette Busby [2023] - Mr. Big Stuff [Malaco]


Malaco's latest signing is Evette Busby from Houston, TX. Evette began singing in Hopewell Missionary Baptist church choir and after her choir director introduced her to local bluesman Patrick Green she started singing backup and doing duets with him and then sang with local bands such as Grady Gaines and The Texas Upsetters for the last 20 years. 

In 2014 she met Leroy Allen and they began working together on original music which resulted in their first single together "Not Hear Not Now" in 2016 and "Don’t Stop" in 2019 which were both well received.

Evette's music has received various awards, "Don't Stop" was nominated for The President's Choice award and also nominated for Song of the Year by the Jackson Music Awards. In 2019 she won TSSA Best Southern Soul Female and in 2020 won The Jackie Award Best Recording by a Single Artist.

She featured here back in Nov 2020 with "Ready For Love" (which we loved), and is back with her rendition of one of the classics from the Stax catalogue in the form Jean Knight's "Mr. Big Stuff" from 1971. Knight's original was recorded at the Malaco studios in Jackson, MS, and spent five weeks on top of the R&B charts in 1971 and crossed over to the Hot 100 peaking at #2.

As you would expect with such a big hit, many have covered the song including Lyn Collins (1975) and there have a been a few answer songs such as Vicki Anderson "I'm Too Tough For Mr. Big Stuff" (1971) and Jimmy Hicks' "I'm Mr Big Stuff" (1972).

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Southern Soul / Cover Version
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Malaco
Cat No: None
Date: 03/02/2023
Key/BPM: 4A/94
Price: £1
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DJ Kool Keith [2022-02-07] - Soulful Vibes [Soul Groove Radio]


The Soul Emperor's selections of the latest releases broadcast on Tue 7th Feb Jan 2023 on Soul Groove Radio. 

His Soulful Vibes show showcases new releases whether that be brand new music or reissues and is live Soul Groove Radio on Tuesdays between 16:00-18:00 GMT.


DJ Kool Keith has two shows per week, his Soulful Vibes show Tue 16:00-18:00 (GMT/UK Time) on Soul Groove Radio and his Soulful Slow Jams show on Soul Radio Coast 2 Coast Sat 23:00 PST (Sun 07:00 GMT in UK).

All DJ Kool Keith podcast are available to listen/download from Podomatic.


Playlist:

Oscar P - All I Do Is Think (N.W.N. Remix)
Hideo Kobayashi, Fuminori Kagajo, Jaidene Veda, Cityboy From Seoul - Find Myself (Moon Rocket Remix)
T Marvin & DJ Fuji - Swing Dance
Terrill Paul - This Time
Hope Tala - Leave It On The Dancefloor
Brooklyn Funk Essentials - How Happy
E. Live - Cali Nitez
E. Live - Intergalactic System of Funk
Quinn Walls - Turning Point
Steven Russell Harts - I'll Never Hurt You
Magic One - Super Fine
Cruz The Dame - Fool For Ya
Cruz The Dame - What Have You Done
Will Downing - Love On You
Sufiano - Ridin' High
Brien Andrews feat. West Byrd & Kelley O'Neal - In The Moment
Carmen Jones - Love Crime
Carmen Jones - Whatever You Want
Angel Faye Russell - Umma Make A Man Outta You
Carlene Graham - You Tell Me
Boo and The Tru-Tones - You're The Match
The Loop - Really Want To See You
Kyle Jason - Dinner 4 2
Kyle Jason - Something New
Casaundra - Keep Your Head To The Sky
Gene Noble - This Groove
Gia J - I Love It
J-Felix - Nostalgia (feat. Chloe Bodur)
Kevin Ross - Look My Way
Modha - Lions & Cowards
Paul Williams - Daisy Dukes
Anna-Sophia Henry & Tullio  - After Hours
The Sextones - Here I Go Again
Jarna feat. Spdrtwnbby - Birds & The Eagles
Nailah - My Man
Rodney Block - Who Do U Luv? (feat. Deshawn Harris) 
October London - Back To Your Place
Kali Uchis - I Wish You Roses

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Otis Leavill - A Profile


Otis Leavill Cobb was born in Dewy Rose, GA, on 8 Feb 1937 (and died on 17 Jul 2002 of a heart attack aged 65) so would have been 86 today.

His family moved to Chicago when he was 2 years old and, with his father being a pastor, began singing in church and as a member of the family gospel group (he was one of six siblings), The Cobb Quartet, from an early age.
He became friendly with Major Lance in his teens as they were amateur boxers at the same club. The pair were also friends with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler who would form The Impressions. Leavill and Lance formed a group called The Floats with Barbara Tyson and another unknown female singer in the 50s and, although they recorded a demo, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" / "Lover" around 1958/59, on which Leavill took lead on the flip and Lance on The A side, nothing was released.

In a recording career spanning just over a decade between 1963-75 he released around sixteen singles, but no albums, and only three would chart with his biggest hit coming in 1970 with "I Love You" on Dakar reaching #10 R&B and #63 Hot 100. It entered in Nov 1969 and spent ten weeks on the chart.

His first single in 1963, "Gotta Right To Cry" / "Rise Sally Rise" was one of only a handful of releases on Chicago's Lucky label. The A side was written by Curtis Mayfield and later recorded by Major Lance on a compilation in 1964. Lance would also record an updated version in 1975 on Osiris. The flip was written by Marion 'Doc' Oliver, who also released some singles on the label.

His next two appeared on Mercury subsidiary Limelight in 1964 followed by his first of three on Blue Rock (1964-65), "Let Her Love Me", which was his, and the label's, first hit reaching #31 R&B. It was written by Jerry Butler's younger brother Billy (who's also playing lead guitar and singing backing vocals) and produced by Major Lance. He label hopped for the next few singles with one for Columbia (1966), Brunswick (1967), Smash (1968) and then another on Blue Rock (1968).

Several of his singles were co-written by Carl Davis who he continued to work with at Brunswick both as a producer and a talent finder. He is credited with discovering The Chi-Lites, Tyrone Davis, Hamilton Bohannon, and a 16 year old Chaka Khan (or Yvette Stevens as she was then known along with her younger sister Yvonne (aka Taka Boom who was a one time member of Undisputed Truth) but Davis passed on them as he felt they were too young and too much of a distraction to the older men. 

After leaving Brunswick in 1967, Davis formed Dakar Records with Leavill joined him as Vice-President and as an artist. It was the home of his next, and biggest, single "I Love You" (#10 R&B / #663 Hot 100) in 1969 written by Eugene Record with backing vocals provided by Barbara Acklin. All his remaining five singles between 1971-72 were on Dakar with only one of them reaching the charts "Love Uprising" (#19 R&B / #72 Hot 100 Aug 1970 also written by Eugene Record) which was covered by Jackie Wilson (Dec 1970), The Chi-lites (Sep 1971), and Mister 'T' (aka Alonzo Tucker who was a member of 50s group The Royals (aka Hank Ballard & The Midnighters) (1972), all on Brunswick.

Blues & Soul's Contempo label in the UK reissued "I Love You" along with a previously unreleased B side "Tell the World" in 1975. Although he didn't release any further material himself and, surprisingly no albums, he continued writing and producing (occasionally using his surname Cobb) for many Chicago artists such as Major Lance, Gene Chandler, Tyrone Davis, Marvin Smith and Robert Dobyne of The Artistsics, Lee Charles, Johnny Sayles, Sidney Joe Qualls, Barbara Hall, The Chi-Lites, The Dells, Windy City, Magnum Force, Paris ("I Choose You").

After several years hiatus, in which he undertook various job such as owning a car wash and gas station and being a policeman, he toured with The Dells in Europe in 1999 and set up his own label OK Records in 2000. He died in Chicago of a heart attack in 2002, aged 65.

Discography

YearTitleCat.No
1963-09Rise Sally Rise /
I Gotta Right To Cry [1]
Lucky #1004
1964-04I Am Amazed /
Just A Memory
Limelight #3020
1964-09Don't Let Me Down /
Jane Girl
Limelight #3037
1964-11Let Her Love Me /
When The Music Grooves
Blue Rock #4002
1965-04To Be Or Not To Be /
Boomerang
Blue Rock #4015
1965-09A Reason To Be Lonely /
Because Of You
Blue Rock #4031
1966-06Right Back In Love /
Keep On Loving
Columbia #43661
1967-08Can't Stop Loving You /
Baby (Why Can't You Hear Me)
Brunswick #55337
1968-02Nobody But You [2] /
Charlotte (Yes I'm Gonna Miss You)           
Smash #2141
1968-09It's The Same Old Me /
Let Me Live
Blue Rock #4063
1069-11I Love You /
I Need You
Dakar #614
1970-05Glad I Met You [3] /
Why Why Why [4]
Dakar #617
1970-08Love Uprising [5] /
I Need You
Dakar #620
1971-01You Brought Out The Good In Me /
I'm So Jealous [6]
Dakar #622
1971-09There's Nothing Better /
Glad I Met You
Dakar #625
1972-09It Must Be Love /
I Still Love You
Dakar #4511
1975-10I Love You /
Tell The World
(UK release, B side previously unissued)
Contempo #2074

1/also recorded by Major Lance in 1964 and re-recorded in 1975
2/ also recorded by Esther Phillips (1969)
3/ also recorded by The Artistics (1967)
4/ also recorded by The Artistics (1967) and Mill Evans (1967)
5/ also recorded by Jackie Wilson (1970), The Chi-Lites (1971) and Mister 'T' (1972)
6/ also recorded by The Hi-Lites (Chi-Lites) (1965)

Compilations

1999 - The Class Of Mayfield High [Westside #WESM 581]

NOTE: A track titled "You Babe" included on the compilation 'The Class Of Mayfield High' in 1999 (which consisted of tracks by Billy Butler, Major Lance and Otis Leavill) is incorrectly credited to Leavill. It was in fact Carl Davis doing guide vocals of the Curtis Mayfield written song on a demo for Dana Valery's recording of it for her "Not The Flower But The Root" album 1972. Dana's name is well known on the Northern Soul scene for her take on Simon & Garfunkel's "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" (Columbia 1967). Richard Searling's Go Ahead label released it as a single in 2012 along with "This Love Is Real" on the flip which was recorded by Jackie Wilson in 1970 on Brunswick as "(I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real" with his version of "Love Uprising" on it's flip.


There is a limited amount of his material available on Spotify, one compilation which covers his Dakar releases only and a couple on other compilations. Therefore, a YouTube playlist has been created which includes all singles listed above with the exclusion of "Just A Memory"  (which is an early 60s doo-wop style ballad which I have a copy of so will try to upload to SoulStrutter YouTube channel). A few not found by him on Spotify have been replaced by alternate versions i.e. Major Lance and Esther Phillips along with a few other alternate versions in addition to his.

The only YouTube footage found for him was performing a re-recording of "Nobody But You" for Ian Levine's 'The Strange World of Northern Soul' around 1998, 30 years after he recorded the original version.


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Richard Searling [2023-01-22] - Crossover Hot 100 Pt. 7 (04-01 PLUS) [Solar Radio]


The final part of seven podcasts of Richard Searling's Crossover Hot 100 broadcast on 22 Jan 2023 on Solar Radio counting down from #04 to #01 and twelve more 'bubbling under'.

Catch up with previous episodes: 

Part 1 - 100 - 084
Part 2 - 083 - 070
Part 3 - 069 - 054
Part 4 - 053 - 037
Part 5 - 036 - 021
Part 6 - 020 - 005


Playlist Part 7

04 - Gloria Scott [1975] - (A Case Of) Too Much Love Makin' 
       [Casablanca (AU) #NB-001] (c/u as L.A. Lady)
       Alt: Lisa Stansfield [1993] - Too Much Love Makin'
       [Arista #74321172311] (So Natural LP)
03 - Chuck Cockerham [1968] - Have I Got A Right 
       [Mala #M-12,036] (member of Bill Pinkney’s The Original Drifters)
       Alt: The Nomads [2004] - Have I Got A Right 
       [Ripete #R45-5001]
02 - Bobby Sheen [1972] - Something New To Do 
       [Warner Bros. #WB 7662]
       Alt: Phillip Mitchell [2014] - Something New To Do 
       [Soul4Real #S4R01]
       Alt: Pat Lewis [1998] - Something New To Do 
       [Joe Boy #JBCD 16] (also pressed on white label 7")
01 - Darrell Banks [1969] - I'm The One Who Loves You
       [Volt #VOA-4014]

Bubblers

John Edwards [1995] - Ain't That Good Enough 
[Kent #6T 11]
Alt: Garland Green [1968] - Ain't That Good Enough 
[Revue #R-11030]
Debra Anderson [1974] - Funny How We Change Places 
[Musicor #MUS 1497]
Alt: Dee Dee Warwick [1975] - Funny How We Change Places 
[Private Stock #PS 45,033]
Ron Matlock - You Got The Best Of Me
[Cotillion #SD 5213] (Love City LP)
Jean Carn [1978] - I Bet She Won't Love You Like I Do 
[Philadelphia International #ZS8 3654]
Willie Hutch [1974] - I'm Gonna Stay 
[Tamla Motown (IT) #TSM NP 64211The Mark Of The Beast LP
Alt: Charles Drain [1976] - I'm Gonna Stay
[RCA Victor #PB-10594] (Dependable LP)
Love Affair [1974] - I Can't Stop Loving You 
[United Artists #UA-XW396-W]
Alt:  Bobby McClure [1975] - You Bring Out The Love In Me 
[Island (UK) #USA 006]   i.e. Same backing, which is a bit of an odd
release as it was only released in the UK as the flip side to 
Daybreak "Survival Kit"
Sam Nesbitt [1970] - Chase Those Clouds Away
[Amos #AJB-154]
The Minits [1972] - Still A Part Of Me
[Sounds Of Memphis #SM706]
Bobby Womack [1969] - Tried And Convicted
[Minit #32081]
Bessie Banks [1976] - Don't You Worry Baby The Best Is Yet To
Come [Quality #QA 503]
Lou Courtney - Somebody New Is Lovin' On You
[Epic #8-50070]
Barbara Lynn [1988] - Trying To Love Two
[Ichiban #88-142]
Alt: William Bell [1976] - Tryin' To Love Two
[Mercury #73839]

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