Little Tape of Horrors, Part One – Gravest Hits!
Hello boys and ghouls! Welcome to the first grisly installment of Little Tape of Horrors! Since its Days Are Numbers’ favourite time of the year, I thought it would it be devilish to put together a couple of special Halloween playlists for you to enjoy. Part one is Gravest Hits, [...]
Curtis Mayfield – Tell Me Tell Me (How Ya Like To Be Loved)
Sorry for the lack of post action this month, my neck has been a right pain in the ne-…oh. Alongside the ice packs and chiropractor appointments, the sweet sounds of Curtis Mayfield’s forgotten disco track Tell Me, Tell Me have been aiding my recovery rather nicely. This rather rare track [...]
The Pointer Sisters – Going Down Slowly
The sassy Pointer Sisters released their smokin’ version of Allen Touissant’s ‘Going Down Slowly’ way back in 1975. This was the storming closing to track to the Sister’s Steppin’ Out album and the raw ‘n’ funky intro has delightfully been sampled by many a crate diggers since. My personal highlight [...]
Mike Theodore – Moon Trek
Taken from his 1977 album Cosmic Wind, Mike Theodore is one of the unsung soul and funk music heroes of the seventies and eighties. Working with the prolific Dennis Coffey on the classic Westbound hit, CJ & Co’s Devil’s Gun and many more, the duo’s working relationship is one of [...]
Rene & Angela – Secret Rendezvous
Released on Champion records in 1985, this is a super-duper slice of funk fuelled soul from Rene and Angela. A popular underground hit, ‘Secret Rendezvous’ is a swirling and gorgeous track, which kinda glamorises infidelity. Oo-err. A favourite of DJ Spinna (who included the track on his fantastic Strange Games [...]
Single of the Day – Bill Withers – You Got The Stuff
“How do you make a duck sing? Put it in the oven till it’s Bill Withers”. Ah yes, we’ll never get sick of hearing that genius of a joke. Anyway, enjoy the wonderful sunshine with Bill’s 1979 hard-to-find funky disco classic, You Got The Stuff. Recently re-released on a limited [...]
Crazy Chanson D’Amour #5: Mona Rae – Do Me
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what sexy soulstress Mona Rae is singing about… This 1981 disco boogie classic was mixed by the legendary Tee Scott, who seductively blends the strutting bassline with some seriously smooth grooves and some naughty lyrics… Oh and that foxy [...]
Crazy Chanson D’Amour #3: The Sisters Love – Give Me Your Love (Danny Krivit re-edit)
A delightful re-working of an iconic Curtis Mayfield track, The Sisters Love’s 1973 proto-disco classic is an earthy and passionate rare-groove corker. Complete with rolling drum licks, flirty flutes and a sexy simmering bassline, The Sisters’ funky soul classic will have you groovin’ all throughout Valentine’s Day and with Danny [...]
Crazy Chanson D’Amour #1: Kellee Patterson – I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby
Love is in the air dear readers, indeed, it is all around us, which can only mean one thing…It’s only bloody Valentine’s Day in a few days time!!! So, to get you in the mood for love, we thought we would ‘choo-choo-choose’ some amorous love potions and some cosy love [...]
Single of the Day – War – Flying Machine (The Chase)
‘Flying Machine (The Chase)’ is considered by many to be War’s finest moment. Taken from the soundtrack to Youngblood, a film about an L.A. street kid starring Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, it has since been proven to be the LA’s street band’s most diverse recording to date. Released in 1978, War’s first [...]