Rainbows - CK's Podcast II

Rainbows - CK's Podcast II

What's your favourite "band" colour?

This is CK's Rainbow

To say I enjoyed putting this together would be a definite Yes.

I grabbed from here and there, even "recorded" some terrible quality songs and tried to make them better. Apologies if some of the recordings are poor but it was like trying to make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

I did make a boo boo on the mic near the start but I left it alone as I was too lazy to go back and re-do the error.

I messed around with it maybe too many times and threw in a few surprises, i.e. mixes and a small bit of humour.

and yes the font is from emancipation.

CKJ-505

 

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Maceo, Ymaginatif and Maxim's Triple Threat II

 

Maceo, Ymaginatif and Maxim's Triple Threat Broadcast II

[[BONUS]] For the Survivors ... Um , I mean Listeners of this Webcast- there is a NPG Vandal Bonus Track....Follow the instructions within to claim yours

NPG Vandals

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Your DJs

Mace2theO  

Ymaginatif

 

and Maxim

Entropy MC - Home of NPG Vandals

Kramor2k's Very Random Podcast

Kramor2k's Very Random Podcast

So here it is. I had a long hard listen to all of Maceo's amazing podcasts and got plenty of good tips. Then I threw them all out the window. I could have posted this earlier but I needed to sit in my car own my own for an hour and 4 mins to have a good listen. Not really the exact tracks I would have chosen(all will become clear) but I feel it has a nice transition to it. Some very random tracks that some how fit together nicely. I will listen to it again tonight but here's your chance to have a listen.

Not posting a track listing as of yet. I prefer to listen to podcasts and be surprised to hear what comes next.........but if you really need a track listing there is one in the folder.

Just remember.....
It's very random......and sorry for the poor quality DJ. I promise volume 2 will be better.
Hope you have an hour to waste.....and hopefully you will enjoy some of this......

Kramor 2K

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Mace2theO Webcast #26 - Assorted Pop

Maceo Musicology Webcast #26 - Assorted Pop

Assorted
Adjective - Comprised of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.

Pop
Noun - From 'popular', by shortening, used attributively in set phrases, such as 'Pop music'

This collection of music was initially assembled as a summer playlist webcast, but was then put aside.  But given the record breaking heatwave here in the UK, I had to pull it back out and add a few tracks. Some of the tracks are NPG Vandal remixes - 6 Day Riot and Lisa Lindley-Jones - and were sent to me by Maxim; others such as The London Souls and Marques Toliver I read about first, checked them out and wanted to share; the rest various friends have turned me onto at various times, most recently the lovely Andy Allo track via Maxim (again!).  Also, borrowing from the example set by Ymaginatif, I wanted to feature a bit more of the ladies than some of the recent webcasts have allowed.

Most of the tracks were assembled and enjoyed while on a beach

Wishing you some sunshine while listening to it.

For Maxim and Ymaginatif.  Thanks fellas

Enjoy



Tracklist
1.  31 Today - Aimee Man
2.  Maybe - 6 Day Riot
3.  Lime Green Sweater - Negro Problem
4.  Is It Too Late - World Party
5.  Road to Nowhere - Lisa Lindley-Jones
6.  Cellophane - Amanda Ghost
7.  Red Red Red - Fiona Apple
8.  Why Don't You Call Me - Macy Gray
9.  Red Headed Woman - The London Souls
10. You Don't Love Me The Same - Jesse Johnson
11. Come Home to Me - Andy Allo
12. Anywhere On This Road - Lhasi De Sela
13. Lovejoy - Livin' Out Loud
14. Stoned Pt 2 - Lewis Taylor
15. White Sails (demo) - Marques Toliver

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Mace2theO Webcast #24 - Three Kings

Maceo Musicology Webcast #24 - Three Kings

James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone

There may be only one Prince, but for me there were Three Kings - James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone.



I was lucky enough to have an older sister and a friend's older brother to introduce me to their music while I was a young lad (my sister took me to my first concert - James Brown at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh - when I was 11).  It seeped into my consciousness as I was chasing the latest Monkees and Jackson Five records.






As the music of the Three Kings was of the generation before me, they ended up influencing many of the artists I ended up listening to, from George Clinton to Mothers Finest to Prince to Living Colour, and others.
 





Given that all 3 are usually cited in most of the articles written to describe Prince, I thought I would put together this little webcast as background for those purple funkateers a bit younger than me, whose knowledge may be limited to greatest hits compilations, or casual fans of the 3 who haven't caught up on the unreleased tracks appearing on recent reissues and box sets. Enjoy

Warning: This turned out a bit funkier than I originally intended

  
Tracklist

1. Payback/Soul Power - James Brown (live 1974, Zaire)
2. Hear My Train A'Comin' - Jimi Hendrix (live 1967, BBC)
3. You Can Make It If You Try - Sly and The Family Stone (live 1969 Woodstock)
4. Sunny - James Brown w/ Dee Felice Trio (1969)
with Marva Whitney on co-lead vocals
5. Angel - Jimi Hendrix (home demo 1968)
6. I Remember - Sly Stone and Billy Preston (demo 1965)
7. Cold Sweat  - James Brown (False Start/Alternate Take, 1967 unreleased until 1996)
Slightly faster and a bit sloppier than the final funk-history-making version, this is notable in part as James explains the concept of "On The One" to the band
8. Freedom - Jimi Hendrix (No overdub take, 1970 unreleased until 2010)
9. Crossword Puzzle  - Sly & The Family Stone (outtake from 'Small Talk'- 1974, unreleased until 2007)
10. There Was A Time (I Got to Move) - James Brown (Alternate Take, 1970, unreleased until 1996)
Featuring Bootsy Collins on bass, with a guitar solo by Catfish Collins. That's right. A guitar solo. On a JB record. By Bootsy's brother.
11. Strato Strut - Band of Gypsys (1969 - unreleased until 2000)
Recorded during Band of Gypsys' rehearsals for the New Year's Eve 1969 shows at the Fillmore. BOG allowed Jimi to explore his funk and soul side, which allowed his ideas to flow from rhythm, rather than from lead guitar. As such, he could enjoy the grooves laid down by Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums to find a different way to express himself.  On the instrumental "Strato Strut" he plays a bit of lead and some rhythm as the band lay down a hardcore funky groove. BOG never released a studio album
12. Crazay - Jesse Johnson and Sly Stone (1986)
13. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins (1972)
The recording was produced by Brown (who also co-wrote the song) and featured instrumental backing from The J.B.'s. Along with "Funky Drummer" and "Funky President", "Think (About It)" is one of the most frequently sampled James Brown-produced recordings, having been used on tracks by dozens of hip hop artists.
14. Hear My Freedom - Jimi Hendrix (1969 unreleased until 2010)
Part of a handful of studio outtakes where Jimi starts incorporating some additional musicians on percussion and organ. "Hear My Freedom" is a studio jam with vocals, featuring Buddy Miles and (probably) Lee Michaels on organ.
15. Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - Sly & The Family Stone (1973)
From 'Fresh' Sly's classic cover of a song made famous by Doris Day.



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Mace2theO Webcast #22 - Mother's Finest

Mace2theO Webcast #22 - Mother's Finest

Maceo Musicology Webcast #22 (The Funk of Mother's Finest) by Mace2theo on Mixcloud

"They sound like Soul Train crashin' into Headbanger's Ball!"

Artist Spotlight - Mother's Finest

They are what can be called a rock-funk band with heavy overtones. Riff-heavy and soulful at the same time,they are a phenomenal stage act.  Formed in Atlanta,Georgia by vocalists Glenn Murdock and Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy, the original line-up was rounded out with Gary "Moses Mo" Moore on guitar, drummer B.B. Queen, Gary "Wyzard" Seay on bass and Mike Keck on keyboards.

'Discovered' by renowned hard rock producer Tom Werman (Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent, Motley Crue) who signed them to Epic Records and fronted by the amazing Joyce 'Baby Jean' Kennedy, Mother's Finest delivered in 1976 one of the eras most astounding albums. Fusing gritty funk with an explosive hard rock underbelly, the band was instantly praised as a welcome amalgam of Led Zeppelin and Sly & The Family Stone.   

They opened for the Who on their 1976 tour and got raves from the rock press. The band were guests on the German tv show Rockpalast and from that one oncert established a cult status in parts of Europe that lasts to this day. With all  this rock acclaim, their highest charting single was the ballad "Love Changes" which charted only on the R'n'B charts.(rock candy, rock roots)

 

While they had become well-known on the southern rock circuit, it wasn't until the single "Baby Love" in 1977 (a year before Prince's first album) that their sound reached most Funkateer's ears and blew us away.  Getting that album "Another Mother Further" and then discovering the previous self-titled Columbia debut released in 1976, I then heard the track "Gvie You All the Love (Inside of Me)" and I was forever sold. From there, it quickly became apparent that the combination of guitarist Moses Mo unleashing some of the heavy riffs and Baby Jean working a lyric with those soaring vocals was something different from what else was out there.  

They could rock, they could funk and they could "sang" but they were dangerous when they brought it all together. 

They remain almost criminally under-appreciated. They are one of my favourite bands.

So let me introduce you:

1.  Baby Love
2.  Mickey's Monkey
3.  I Can't Believe
4.  Love Ain't Goin' Nowhere*
5.  Give You All the Love (Inside of Me)
6.  Thank You for the Love
7.  Mr. Goodbar
8.  Funk-A-While (live @ Villa Berg)*
9.  Don't Wanna Come Back (live @ Villa Berg)*
10. Love Changes
11. Dis Go Dis Way, Dis Go Dat Way (Maceo mix)*
12. If 6 Was 9 (with Vernon Reid)*

*If you are already a fan of MF, then you'll enjoy these tracks

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