Favoriting Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from August 30, 2017 Favoriting

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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting August 30, 2017: Jazzers With Soul, Black Gold & Bedtime Stories

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3 
Mel Torme  Coming Home Baby   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Atlantic  1962  45 
Nina Simone  Seeline Woman   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Philips  1965  45 
Nina Simone  Save Me   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1969  45 
Eddie Jefferson  Freedom Jazz Dance   Favoriting Things Are Getting Better  Muse  1974  LP 
Frank D'Rone  I Think I Will   Favoriting Brand New Morning  Cadet  1968  LP 
Marlena Shaw  California Soul   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Cadet  1968  45 
Ella Fitzgerald  Sunshine of Your Love   Favoriting Sunshine of Your Love  Prestige/MPS  1968  LP 
Ella Fitzgerald  These Boots Are Made For Walking   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Salle  1966  45 
Ella Fitzgerald  Savoy Truffle   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Reprise  1969  45 
Joe Williams and the Jazz Orchestra  Get Out Of My Life Woman   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Solid State  1966  45 
Funky16Corners  All Around the World With GTDR   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3 
 
Ralfi Pagan  Make It With You   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fania  1971  45 
Margie Joseph  Baby I'm a Want You   Favoriting Sweet Surrender  Atlantic  1974  LP 
Margie Joseph  My Love   Favoriting Sweet Surrender  Atlantic  1974  LP 
Master Plan  Benny and the Jets   Favoriting 45RPM Single  De Lite  1975  45 
Isley Brothers  It's Too Late   Favoriting Brother Brother Brother  T-Neck  1972  LP 
Isley Brothers  Fire and Rain   Favoriting Givin' It Back  T-Neck  1971  LP 
New Birth  It's Impossible   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1971  45 
Four Of a Kind  Brand New Key   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Toy  1972  45 
Odia Coates  Showdown   Favoriting 45RPM Single  United Artists  1974  45 
 
Johnny Lytle  You've Got To Love The World   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Solid State  1968  45 
Freddy McCoy  Salem Soul Song   Favoriting Soul Yogi  Prestige  1968  LP 
Grant Green  Cease the Bombing   Favoriting Carryin' On  Blue Note  1970  LP 
Herbie Hancock  Tell Me a Bedtime Story   Favoriting Fat Albert Rotunda  Warner Brothers  1969  LP 
John Klemmer  Rose Petals   Favoriting Eruptions  Cadet Concept  1970  LP 
The Meters  Stormy   Favoriting The Meters  Josie  1969  LP 
Merl Saunders Trio and Big Band  Ode To Billie Joe   Favoriting Soul Grooving  Galaxy  1968  LP 
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45 


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Gary:

Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Gary!
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Funky16Corners:

Welcome!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
Gary:

Groovy opener
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks!
  10:04pm
cupcakejenny:

Is this chat room only for -ary named people or can anyone join?
Avatar 10:04pm
geezerette:

Velvet Fog! versatile!
Howdy!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Sure thing, if this is Jennifer-ary
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Funky16Corners:

Hey G!
  10:05pm
cupcakejenny:

It is! Doesn't my mom call us Jerry sometimes?
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TristaC.HerLadyCaveBrat:

NOM!!
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Funky16Corners:

Of course. We are one.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi Trista!
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Jeff Ash:

Bob Seger is playing here tonight. He's not going to play any of the good old stuff, so here I am.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
Funky16Corners:

Good choice!
Avatar 10:07pm
hyde:

can't stay long, but here for a bit. sounds great.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Hyde! Welcome!
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geezerette:

Damn, love Miss Simone.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Funky16Corners:

Me too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings Larry and all
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
Funky16Corners:

Greetinsg C!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Funky16Corners:

I mean GREETINGS!
Avatar 10:22pm
geezerette:

Lot of great surprises tonight.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:23pm
Funky16Corners:

I'm glad you're digging it! Lots more to come!
Avatar 10:24pm
geezerette:

!!! :D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26pm
Parq:

I have that Velvet Fog track on an album of his mono hits that I bought -- well, of course -- at the FMU Record Fair.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:26pm
Funky16Corners:

It's an all time classic. Big fave with the early mods.
Avatar 10:29pm
geezerette:

When they're good they're good! These artists could do ANYTHING!
Pretty breathtaking.
And great arranging!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
coelacanth∅:

i can't help but wonder if Ella knew what savoy truffle was about when she sang that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31pm
Parq:

You should title this week's show "The Golden Age of A&R Men".
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:31pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, lots of jazzers were digging into contemporary stuff with gusto. Some better than others, but these are all great.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:31pm
Funky16Corners:

Wait'll you hear what's coming in the next sets.
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coelacanth∅:

i need a recipe for a gin gimlet, quick
Avatar 10:33pm
geezerette:

Coel, betting she did. :)
Avatar 10:34pm
hyde:

ooh, i love a gin gimlet
Avatar 10:35pm
geezerette:

Let's all have a gin gimlet.
Cheers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
coelacanth∅:

i've had a gin gimlet (with cucumber) just once and i have little clue as to how she made it...but it seems like a drink from the era and scene represented in that set.
Avatar 10:37pm
geezerette:

Sinatra couldn't pull it off.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:40pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey! Where's my gin?
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coelacanth∅:

g @10.33 i don't know. many people (especially people not from england, where those chocolates were from) didn't know what that song meant until years later.
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geezerette:

Gin with cucumber sounds great. Cool...it was nearly 100 here today.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:40pm
Funky16Corners:

I didn't know it was about candy for years, either
Avatar 10:41pm
hyde:

gimlets are easy. it's like 2 oz gin (supposed to be London Dry, I think), 1 oz lime juice, 1/2 oz Roses' Lime Cordial. or along those lines. my classic cocktail book is packed!
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coelacanth∅:

oops! here's your gin. and here, i made you a gin gimlet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
Parq:

I've got a nice Rosé. It's too late to start with the mixology. Those of you in other time zones (or less bourgeois sensibility), go to it.
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Funky16Corners:

That's OK. I'm good with my caffeine free cola for now.
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hyde:

ok music mavens, time for bed. adios.
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geezerette:

g'night, Hyde.
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Funky16Corners:

Nite Hyde!
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coelacanth∅:

'night hyde - and hoping the move goes smoothly.
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coelacanth∅:

(...and Thanks for the recipe!)
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coelacanth∅:

'love the background vox
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:49pm
Funky16Corners:

This is a really nice album
Avatar 10:52pm
geezerette:

Beautiful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52pm
Parq:

You guys are gonna say "There goes Parq with his screwy jokes again" but I swear this is true. Elton's "Benny" crossed over a little and cracked the R&B charts for a couple of weeks in the mid 70s, and -- yes -- they had him on Soul Train.
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Funky16Corners:

That clip of him on Soul Train is great!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:55pm
Funky16Corners:

The Billboard R&B Chart book is a bible of mine, and there are bunch of interesting examples of pop artists crossing over into the R&B charts in unexpected ways
Avatar 10:57pm
geezerette:

Just reminded me of "Electric Mudd", which I like a lot.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:57pm
Funky16Corners:

The Isleys have a ton of cool covers like this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59pm
Parq:

Yeah, their take on the Seals & Croft hit "Summer Breeze" is a killer.
Avatar 10:59pm
geezerette:

Ha, actually prefer to original.
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Funky16Corners:

I'm torn. but I dig them both
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:02pm
Funky16Corners:

BTW James Taylor CANNOT have this song back.
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geezerette:

Ha!
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coelacanth∅:

yeh this is way better than the original.
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coelacanth∅:

"love the one you're with" may be my favorite cover the Isleys did...and i have no complaints about the original.
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Funky16Corners:

Yeah, they dipped into the Stills and Young songbooks
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coelacanth∅:

hahaha! this is great!
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Funky16Corners:

Isn't it?
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coelacanth∅:

again -no complaints about the original!. i still pull out my Melanie 45s sometimes.
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Funky16Corners:

I love Melanie!
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coelacanth∅:

the flip of "lay down (candles in the rain)" is "candles in the rain", which is also good (though not the masterpiece the a side has on it); but the album does not have it included and it seems unavailable on anything.
- my 45 is pretty scratchy.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Funky16Corners:

I only have the album. I'll have to look for that
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coelacanth∅:

(the album does have that song, but it's shorter.)
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Doug Schulkind:

Home from the library. ROCK IT, GROGAN!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Doug!
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Parq:

Doug! Back on the books. Mrs. Parq, who teaches non-matriculation ESL courses at a local Community College, wraps her summer session tomorrow night.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:28pm
Funky16Corners:

My wife teaches ESL!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32pm
Parq:

Going back a bit (I've been eating dinner and downing the Rosé), the version of Love the One You're With for me is Aretha's, on her Fillmore album. Great version of "I Want to Make It With YOu" on the same side. And I dug Melanie as a person more than I dug her songs (sound strange, I know, can't explain it any better).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:33pm
Funky16Corners:

That Aretha Live album is fantastic. Great band. Melanie Just played some dates in the city. I heard good things.
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Parq:

Larry, no kidding! I am on the off-ramp of my career, and Mrs. Parq is just starting this one, so it's a great process for me to follow what she's doing. She is fairly fluent with Spanish (it was her first language) and most of her student population is Latino, so that is a plus.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35pm
Parq:

Larry, dig up the CD re-release; it has the unedited Ray solo. Bliss.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:36pm
Funky16Corners:

My wife teaches mainly kindergarten kids, so she gets them at a good time. Even though a lot of the kids come from homes where the nuclear family includes a lot of non-English speakers, they are primed to learn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40pm
northguineahills:

I love Fat Albert Rotunda. This has been great cleaning music, thanks, Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

You're quite welcome!
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Funky16Corners:

I love the mid-period Herbie stuff that bridges the post-bop with the funky stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48pm
northguineahills:

I also love his "ambient jazz" period.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:49pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, Herbie is a deeply talented man
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50pm
Parq:

Oh man, I *love* this Meters version of Stormy.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:51pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, very spare and dark compared to the rest of the album
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geezerette:

Terrific show, Larry!
Good night all.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks! Have a good night!
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coelacanth∅:

Parq @11.32 for me, the highlight of that Aretha album was "don't play that song"...about 35 years ago! likely my preferences have changed since then.

even though i liked rnb as a child (being -and that helping me to be- the black sheep of my family) i didn't (& still don't) like Aretha Franklin that much. my record club sent me that album by mistake when i was about 12 and probably ordered a led zeppelin album. i was pissed but i decided to keep it - and play it fairly frequently.....but i haven't listened to it in many years.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54pm
coelacanth∅:

'night, g
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geezerette:

'night,coel
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Parq:

Coales, if you're still here, I was actually just thinking about that -- that incredible walk-off that caps the first side of the original LP. I'd give a lot for a time machine that would enable me to be at that show.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
Funky16Corners:

Nite all! Thanks again for taking the time to listen!
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coelacanth∅:

Parq was that her guest, Mr. Ray Charles, getting pissed at the audience? i'm having trouble remembering.
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Parq:

Uh, I don't remember that, C, and I've listened to that album quite a lot. Possibly at that, I just missed it.
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coelacanth∅:

...i have to dig that record out and give it a (new) spin.

- Thanks Larry!
good night all
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Funky16Corners:

Nite guys!
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Parq:

Larry, ass-kicking show! Gonna go watch the original Hawaii 5-0 with Mrs. Parq. now.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Parq!
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