This is Volume 8 of Covered With Soul , and there is no end in sight (unless a lack of comments suggests there should be). Check out the re-interpretation of Wichita Lineman, Be My Baby, Won't Get Fooled Again, Fever, Sunshine Superman and Rainy Day Women #12 & 35. Perhaps the most radically reworked cover here is David Porter's take on that old crooners' favourite All The Way. It's not how Sinatra sang it (he certainly had no harp in his version). But my favourite cover here might be Esther Phillips ' of Gilbert O'Sullivan Along [...]
One morning, as Stuart Lamour was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that despite only a minor insertion wound his right hand had begun to resemble not so much the one he went to sleep with, but the proboscis of the ant which had bitten him. Marsha Hunt - Oh, no! Not the Beast Day! Being of a generally positive disposition he went about his day as if this were a normal occurrence, which would eventually dissipate. The first signs of something inherently [...]
This year I won't be doing a Halloween mix. For those who m issed last year's mixes, take a look at Any Major Halloween Vol. 1 (creepy stuff) and Any Major Halloween Vol. 2 (less creepy stuff) . Meanwhile, fortify yourself wth some soul music. Of all the mixes that I compile for this blog, I think doing the soul covers is my favourite. For one thing, as I go through my collection of music, I get to listen to some gorgeous soul albums I [...]
Here are five more lesser-known originals, covered in four entries: Wild Thing, Sunny, Angel Of The Morning, Under The Influence Of Love and It May Be Winter Outside. Incidentally, look at the tabs on top to find an alphabetical index of Originals that have featured so far, with links to the relevant posts. * * * The Wild Ones – Wild Thing (1965).mp3 The Troggs – Wild Thing (1966).mp3 Senator Bobby – Wild Thing (1968) [...]
The first mix of soul covers was very popular (and great fun to compile), so I hope that subsequent compilations will also find an audience.I think I have at least two more in the works. There are a few surprising covers in this mix. Maxayn reshape the Rolling Stones song entirely, while the wonderful Zulema Cusseaux, a gifted songwriter in her own right, perhaps even tops my favourite solo McCartney track. And could there be soul versions of Wild Thing? Jagger's ex-squeeze Marsha Hunt gave it a shot. Scanning the tracklisting, there are some wonderful [...]
rosinha de valenica - summertime ellen mcilwaine - born under a bad sign marsha hunt's 22 - (oh no!) not the beast day keeping up with kev's campaign to get throw out synths and pick up guitars, i've decided to share three corkers that feature a bit of female guitar action! first off is the killer 'summertime', by the amazing female brazilian folkstress, rosinha de valencia. pretty rare orginal, but has been comped a few times, most noteably on the [...]
Marsha Hunt - On the Other Side of Midnight Another Moroder link here - this groover from 1977 was produced by Pete Bellotte who formed Say Yes Productions with Giorgio in 1970 and went on to work with him on Love to Love you Baby . Reading about their studio technique it's obvious what an inspiration this approach was for the birth of house ten years later... 'The process starts with a reference track of rhythm machine. Without it we could never keep things tight for a 17-minute disco [...]
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
20JazzFunkGreats
Best Foot Forward
Dilated Choonz
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
BAND OF HORSES – The Funeral (Sound Remedy Remix)
K-Holes - "Frozen Stiff"
Taste And Try Before You Buy
Angger Dimas – Ribon Dooh (Preview)
