Jimmy Cliff : Vietnam [ purchase ] Leon Thomas : Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' To Vietnam) [ purchase ] There's Vietnam, the country, and then there's Vietnam, the war. Both these songs, written in 1969, refer to the latter, when 550,000 American soldiers were serving there, Nixon had begun serving his second term, the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam demonstrations took place, and a growing majority of Americans thought the war was a mistake. [...]
A different and pleasantly nice mix from Onra for the Oki-ni series. He's opted to put together a collection of Jazz songs, though not done as a mix, as in one continuous mix, it is a nice break from the usual stuff you hear. Tracklisting: Black Classical Rap Rahsaan Roland Kirk Morning Worship Alice Coltran [...]

THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN (PEACE) Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong and his Friends Flying Dutchman : 1970 LA, vocals; Leon Thomas, vocals, percussion; James Spaulding, flute; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Sam Brown, guitar; Frank Owens, piano; Richard Davis, bass; George Duvivier, bass; Gene Golden, congas; Bernard Purdie, drums, plus strings. Satch plays Fats, sure - but Satch sings Sanders?!?! Following our previous Pharaoh Sander's post, we couldn't resist posting this outrageous oddity: Louis Armstrong singing Pharaoh's freak [...]
PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield Specialty : 1950 Available on: Poet of the Blues Specialty : 1990 [Buy It] WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW The Shirelles Scepter : 1961 Available on: 25 All-Time Greatest Hits Varese : 1999 [Buy It] LOVE GOES TO BUILDING ON FIRE (DEMO) The Talking Heads CBS : 1975 CBS Demo Recordings [Unreleased] TEENAGER IN LOVE [...]

Leon Thomas: L-O-V-E and Let's Go Down To Lucy From: Blues and the Soulful Truth [Flying Dutchman, 1972] So, the World Cup is dead to me now but is this going to dampen my spirits? Well, yeah to be honest, but the summer rolls on and it is damn hot here right now (thanks for skipping on air con guys). With that thought in mind it seemed appropriate to liven up the mood and introduce some ooomph into the week with some rocking funkalacious [...]