Another fill-in for Shake A Tail Feather, the soul and R&B show, on CITR, which airs Friday nights from 10:30pm to midnight. This time around, there was a week's notice instead of a couple hours, so I was able to sketch out this show well in advance, along with picking up a few new albums to flesh things out.
In an effort to combat any possible sluggishness – mostly due to a broken smoke detector somewhere in my building awakening me for two hours the night before but partly due to the creaky studio chair – I did this show standing up. My informational content spoken word bits sound different as a result; I'll say they're more brash than usual.
I kicked the show off with DJ Shadow's This Time (I'm Gonna Do It My Way), which is an aberration on his recent hyphy-inspired album The Outsider. After that, it was into Here Come Da Judge and mostly seven inches that I've collected on my iPod.
I caught up with DJ B-Fad and his show Rainbow Groove before airtime; we know each other through mutual friends and in fact, he used to work at the company where I started recently. Also bumped into Jonathan of Shameless, who was preparing some interview material for his Sunday show. Still haven't met Chris, the host of I Like the Scribbles, who is supposed to start at midnight (and by the time I biked home, I did wind up hearing him on air, so I spun until about 12:20am, mostly playing Isaac Hayes' astonishing soundtrack to Truck Turner, which I picked up on vinyl a few weeks ago and was floored to finally figure out it was the source of three of my favourite samples (including a brief bit in my promo, which I gave a quick spin). (And if you haven't seen it, here's Truck Turner meets the animated Star Trek.)
One highlight was a prolonged call from a listener, who was asking about half of what I played, including the Bay Area Funk compilation and the Twinight Records track from the Numero Group. He pointed out a few labels I need to check out soon, including Ace Records and a defunct subsidiary of theirs called Kent.
This was a commanding show and hopefully you get to enjoy listening to it as much as I had bopping around to it.
Playlist is as follows and I quote:
DJ Shadow: This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way) (The Outsider, 2006) Universal
Mighty Walker Brothers: God Been Good To Me (Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal, 2008) Numero Group
Al Green: You've Got the Love I Need (featuring Anthony Hamilton) (Lay It Down, 2008) Bluenote
Buena Vistas: Here Come Da Judge (Here Come Da Judge, 1968) Marquee
Rodger Collins: Foxy Girls in Oakland (Bay Area Funk, 2004) Ubiquity
Alan Moorhouse: Soul Skimmer (Exclusive Blend Volume 2, 1997) Blow Up
Ronnie Keaton: Going Down for the Last Time (Keb Darge's Legendary Deep Funk, 1997) Barely Breaking Even
Otis Redding and Carla Thomas: Knock On Wood (King & Queen, 1967) Stax
Cyril Neville: Tell Me What's On Your Mind (New Orleans Funk, 2008) Soul Jazz
Freddie Scott: (You) Got What I Need (7", 1968) Shout
Pleasure Web: Music Man Pt. 1 and 2 (7", 1973) Eastbound
Dynamic Tints & Pieces Of Peace: Be My Lady (Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation, 2007) Numero Group
Stephanie McKay: Tell It Like It Is (Stephanie McKay EP, 2006) Astralwerks
Soul Vibrations: The Dump (Funky 16 Corners, 2001) Stones Throw
Okie Duke: Ain't No Colour to Soul (Chicken Lickin', 1968?) Ovation
The Impressions: We're A Winner (We're A Winner, 1968) Universal
Curtis Mayfield: Give Me Your Love (Love Song) (Super Fly OST, 1972) Curtom
Bill Withers: Who Is He (and What is He to You?) (Still Bill, 1972) Sussex
Linda Lyndell: What A Man (Soul Sides: Volume One, 2005) Zealous
Eugene McDaniels: Cherrystones (Outlaw, 1970) Atlantic
Eddie & Ernie: We Try Harder (I Believe She Will 7", 1966) Shazam/Chess
The Five Du-Tones: Monkee See Monkey Do (Shake a Tail Feather, 1963) One-Derful
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson: The Bottle (Winter in America, 1973) TVT
Isaac Hayes: Pursuit of the Pimpmobile (Truck Turner OST, 1974) Enterprise
Isaac Hayes: Main Title "Truck Turner" (Truck Turner OST, 1974) Enterprise
Isaac Hayes: House of Beauty (Truck Turner OST, 1974) Enterprise
Isaac Hayes: Blue's Crib (Truck Turner OST, 1974) Enterprise
The Backyard Heavies: Expo 83 (Soul Junction 7", 1971) Specter
For reference purposes: The Saturday Edge is the folk show that airs Saturday mornings at 8am. Pacific Pickin' airs Tuesday mornings at 6am. A nice little mixup to close the show to an audience that isn't likely to be awake at either time.
You can download Soulstice as an MP3 [98.4 Mb, 107:31 – Alternate link if need be.]
