Saturday, 9 April 2011
Friday, 8 April 2011
I Needs To Bee'd With
I Needs To Bee'd With by Quincy Jones Featuring Johnny Wesley on vocals is great little track heard in the really kitsch 1969 movie called Cactus Flower. The track is more of a jam with a good lick. This exclusive Rock Savage Mix is extended with enhanced bass. Enjoy!!!!
Saturday, 10 July 2010
ROCK SAVAGE REMIX ALBUM
01 Rich Man's Frug -- Rock Savage
02 Throw Your Hands In The Air (Rock Savage Player Remix) - Cypress Hill
03 The Word - Rock Savage
04 Lowrider (Rock Savage Remix) - Cypress Hill
05 Ten Years Gone (Rock Savage Remix) - Led Zeppelin
06 Marvin est Incroyable (Marvin Gaye) - Rock Savage
07 Marvin Gaye Lives! - Rock Savage
08 The Way You Heal Me (Marvin Gaye)
09 Sloopy (Rock Savage Mix) - The Supremes*
10 These Boots Are Made For Walking (Rock Savage Mix) - The Supremes*
11 Smoke (Rock Savage Skit)
12 East Coast West Coast Killas (Rock Savage Billion Dollar Remix) - Group Therapy
13 Grover Groove - Rock Savage
14 Do Me (Rock Savage Extended Mix) - Jean Knight*
15 Malaria Free - Rock Savage
16 Rockets & Moon Shots (Marvin Gaye)
17 Puppet Master (Rock Savage Girl Talk Remix) - Soul Assassins
18 Scooby Doo (Rock Savage Break Mix) - Cypress Hill
19 Tomorrow Never Knows(Rock Savage Remix) - The Beatles
20 The Beatles Still Flying - Rock Savage
21 French Ghetto
22 GoldenEye (Rock Savage Bigger Beat Remix) - Tina Turner/Bono
23 Written On Ya Kitten (Instrumental Sex Mix)
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Re-Edits by Rock Savage
As a little change I thought I would post some of the extended and re-edited mixes I have done for playing at that all important jam.
In some cases the changes are simple, such as an extension of a cool drum break like "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw, while others like "Hang On Sloopy" by The Supremes have been completely re-arranged. Also there are 2 extended versions of songs that were split in their original form "Hook & Sling" by Eddie Bo and "Supernatural Thing" by Ben E. King. I have added some kitschy stuff too.
As for a track listing I will leave it as a surprise but Jazz, Soul and Funk are some of the genres. There are 22 different tracks. Hope you enjoy it!
Sunday, 5 July 2009
Gone With The Wave by Lalo Schifrin
Produced by Stanley Wilson (Colpix 1964)
Recorded in Los Angeles, October 1964
This did get a release on CD around 1999 but it seems to be hard to get. I like this album mainly because of the track "Taco-Taquito" which I find addictive. There are some cool moments of lush cool jazz like "Aqua Blues" or "Breaks Bosa Nova".
Side One
Gone With the Wave
Laniakea Waltz
A Taste of Bambo
[aka Hot Saké by Quincy Jones]
Halieva Blues
Taco-Taquito
Breaks
Side Two
Aqua Blues
Surf Waltz
Five by Four (Ala Moana)
Breaks Bossa Nova
Waimea Bay
Monday, 18 May 2009
Rotary Connection by Rotary Connection
Produced by Charles Stepney & Marshall Chess (1969 Cadet)
This was release two years earlier on the Checker label but in 1969 it made it out on the Cadet Label. It is a collection of songs that could be loosely called psychedelic soul. It is acquired listening and the stand-out tunes for me are "Turn Me On", "Like A Rolling Stone" and "Didn't Want To Have To Do It". Also on here is a sitar sample lifted successfully by the Fugees.
Side A
Amen
Rapid Transit
Turn Me On
Pink Noise
Lady Jane
Like A Rolling Stone
Side B
Soul Man
Sursum Mentes
Didn't Want To Have To Do It
Black Noise
Memory Band
Ruby Tuesday
Rotary Connection
Sunday, 15 February 2009
The Fabulous Ronettes by the Ronettes
Estelle Bennett (below middle) from the classic Ronettes has passed at 67. Phil Spector may have given the group their hits but their irresistible charisma kept them as princesses of pop for a solid 16 months. Their tunes still get a party jumping 46 years later, no problem!
The more favored of the trio was (Veronica) Ronnie Bennett as she went on to marry the Gun-Totting-Wall-of-Sound-Svengali in 1968, only to divorce six years later.
Estelle also married in 1968 and had a daughter. She left the industry until 1988, when suddenly, the spotlight was turned back on for an acrimonious court case between the Ronettes and Spector over royalties. Spector was ordered to pay $3 million but the ruling was over turned on appeal.
For me this is one group that will always be special. If you want your baby to dance, their tunes are simply perfect!
Estelle may have passed but she will never be forgotten! Come on Baby!
Side A
Do I Love You? (Vini Poncia, Pete Andreoli, Phil Spector)
So Young (William Tyus)
(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up (Vini Poncia, Pete Andreoli, Phil Spector)
I Wonder (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector)
What'd I Say? (Ray Charles)
Side B
Be My Baby (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) "You, Baby" (Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Phil Spector)
Baby, I Love You (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector)
How Does It Feel? (Vini Poncia, Pete Andreoli, Phil Spector)
When I Saw You (Phil Spector)
Chapel Of Love (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector)
Saturday, 30 August 2008
Dinner Music by Rotary Connection
Produced & Arranged by Charles Stepney
(1970 Cadet Concept Records)
Recorded at Ten Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois, November 1969
The penultimate album from Rotary Connection before they were deemed uncommercial or unmarketable. Still, this album is not as strong as their pervious efforts but it has its moments.
Vocals
Minnie Riperton
Mitch Aliota
Sidney Barnes
Judy Hauff
Tommy Vincent
Bobby Simms
Side One
Pointillism
We Will Be Free
Living Alone
Lektricks #1
Country Things
Quartet
May Our Amens Be True
Stormy Monday Blues
Side Two
Love Me Now
Lonely Summer
Amuse
Lektricks #2
Merry Prankster
Pump Effect
Want You To Know
Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof by Cal Tjader
Produced by
Recorded at A&R Recording, New York City
June 1 and 2 1965
Recorded at Van Gelder
Studios, New Jersey
July 21 and 22 1965
This is a great Cal Tjader album. Soul Bird (Tin Tin Dao), Daddy Wong Legs and Soul Motion instantly invoke the word classic. Doxy is a fun number with a vibrant groove. Some of these tracks are featured on the 1973 Remastered Collection Double Album 'Doxy'.
Bass - Richard Davis
Piano - Paul Griffin
Drums - Sol Gubin & Grady Tate
Percussion - Armando Peraza
On 'Reza' Bass - Terry Hilliard, Drums - John Rae and Piano - Lonnie Hewitt
Side One
1. The Whiffenpoof Song
2. Soul Bird (Tin Tin Dao)
3. How High The Moon
4. That's All
5. Soul Motion
6. Reza
Side Two
1. The Prophet
2. Sonny Boy
3. Doxy
4. Samba De Orfeu
5. Shiny Silk Stockings
6. Daddy Wong Legs
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