Saturday, August 27, 2005

Double the Fun: This week's Coffeetime and Lost and Found online now!

Whew! Two new shows are now up on the Coffeetime Archive for your listening pleasure. (It would be pleasure, right??) Coffeetime Aug 25, 2005 and Lost and Found Aug 26, 2005 -- I worked my you-know-what off this week.

I need to upload some pix for youz guyz and give you some more tasty links from around the world wiiiiide web. But, not tonight, dear. I need my beauty sleep.

Friday, August 26, 2005

Somebody's Watching...BOO!: Playlist for L&F today

Lost & Found, August 26, 2005

opening song
Little Sister / Somebody's Watching You / Stoneflower 45 (flip is Stanga) / 1970

bed 1
Isaac Hayes / soundtrack to film Tough Guys / Hung Up On My Baby / Enterprise LP / 1974

set 1
Stacy Lane / No Brags Just Facts / Excello  / 1969
Lulu / Melody Fair / Move to My Rhythm / Atco / 1970
Small Faces / There Are But Four Small Faces / Talk to You / Immediate LP / 1968
Major Lance / Since You've Been Gone / Dakar / 1969
The Duals / Stick Shift (instrumental) / Sue / 1961
The Young Rascals / Groovin' / You Better Run / Atlantic LP / 1967
Elvin Spencer / Lift This Hurt / TwiNight/ 1971

bed 2
Hubert Laws Group / soundtrack to film A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich / School's Out (Benji's Theme) + I'm Your Fool (Butler's Theme) (partial) / Columbia LP / 1978

set 2
The Fleetwoods / Little Miss Sad One / Dolton 45 (flip is Tragedy) / 1961
Del Shannon / Jody / Big Top 45 (flip is Runaway) / 1961
The Platters / Sleep Lagoon / Mercury 45 (flip is Harbor Lights) /
Garnet Mimms / Until You Were Gone / UA / 1963-64
Leroy & the Drivers / Don't Ever Leave Me / Coral / unknown date
Brothers of Soul / I Guess That Don't Make Me a Loser / Boo 45 (flip is Hurry, Don't Linger) / 1967
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / One Dozen Roses / Satisfaction / Tamla / 1971

bed 3
Bobby Womack with JJ Johnson & his Orch / soundtrack to film Across 110th Street / If You Don't Want My Love (instrumental) / UA / 1972

set 3
Wendy Rene / Gone for Good / Stax / 1964-65 / background vocals = The Drapels
Barbara Lewis / Think a Little Sugar / Chess / 1962 / background vocals = The Dells / because she sings, "don't want to hear no radio, don't want to hear no jazz..."
The Impressions / Greatest Hits / Grow Closer Together / ABC-Paramount / 1963
Aretha Franklin / Runnin' Out of Fools / I Can't Wait to See My Baby's Face / Columbia / 1964
Leroy & Junior / Break Up to Make Up / Treasure Isle / 1974
Gorgeous George (Odell) / You Can't Stop a Woman / Peachtree Records / late 70s?
Jackie De Shannon / New Image / I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do / Imperial LP / 1967

bed 4
The Cha Cha Rythm [sic] Boys / Cha Cha for Two / Fiesta 45 (flip is Lisbon Antigua (Cha Cha Cha)) / unknown date

set 4
Syreeta / Syreeta / Keep Him Like He Is / Mowest / 1972
Leroy Hutson / Feel the Spirit / Lovers Holiday / Curtom / 1976
Ecstasy, Passion & Pain / I Wouldn't Give You Up / Roulette 45 (flip is Don't Burn Your Bridges Behind You / 1974
Jerry Butler / Offering the Spice of Life / One Night Affair / Mercury / 1972

bed 5
Billy Preston / soundtrack to film Fastbreak / Books and Basketball (Montage) / Motown / 1979

set 5
The Uniques / Not Too Long Ago / Paula 45 (flip is Fast Way of Living) / 1965
The String-a-Longs / Am I Asking Too Much / Warwick 45 (flip is Wheels) / 1960
Betty Everett / You're No Good / Hands Off / Vee-Jay LP / 1964
Barbara George / You Talk About Love / AFO 45 (flip is Whip O Will) / 1962
The Gees / It's All Over / Benell (?) / 1966
Eddie Holman / It's All in the Game / ABC 45 (flip is Hey There Lonely Girl) / 1969

bed 6
Curtis Mayfield / soundtrack to film Claudine / Claudine Theme / Buddah Records / 1974

set 6
The Five Stairsteps / Come Back / Windy C / 1966
The Toys / Try to Get You Out of My Heart / Musicor / 1968?
Buffalo Springfield / Buffalo Springfield / Flying On the Ground is Wrong / Atco / 1966
Soul Generation / Ray of Hope / Ebony Sounds Records 45 (flip is Young Bird) / 1972
Earl Gains / Don't Take My Kindness for a Weakness / HBR 45 (flip is I Have Loved and I Have Lived) / 1966
Little Milton / Friend of Mine / Glades 45 (flip is the instrumental version) / 1976
Brenton Wood / Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin' / Double Shot / 1968

last song
Gene Chandler / The Gene Chandler Situation / Bright Lights and You, Girl / Mercury / 1970

Thanks to Alex for inviting me back into the L&F chair. It's been a few years since I last did it; and it felt groovy.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Hey, heeeyyy, gonna be a playlist...

Well, tomorrow, I'll be deejaying the 12 noon show, Lost & Found. Noon to 2, babycakes. Please join me; we'll have a blast and a half.

In the meanytimey, here's today's playlisty:


Coffeetime, August 25, 2005

bed

Barney Kessel / People // George Van Eps / The Man I Love

set 1
Harold Land / The Fox / One Second, Please / Contemporary / LA 8.59
Horace Silver / 6 Pieces of Silver / Enchantment / Blue Note / 11.10.56
Joe Thomas Big Six / Riff Street / HRS / 2.15.46
Claude Hopkins & his Orch / Who? / 9.19.34 / vocal = Orlando Robertson
Gene Krupa's Swing Band / Mutiny in the Parlor / Victor / Chicago 2.29.36 / vocal = Helen Ward
The Crickets / Fine as Wine / Jay-Dee / 4.24.53
Paula Castle / Lost Love / Love is a One Way Street / Bethlehem / 1955

set 2
Kenny Burrell / The Tender Gender / If Someone Had Told Me / Cadet / 4.66
Bobby Timmons / In Person / Goodbye / Riverside / live at Village Vanguard 10.1.61
Harry "Sweets" Edison, et al / Sweet Lorraine / Clef / LA summer 43 or 44 / I announced this as Lester Young on Norgran on air, more proof that I'm just a moron
Django Reinhardt / Ou Es-Tu Mon Amour? / Victor / Rome 1, 2.49
The Ink Spots / My Prayer / Decca / 9.19.39
Lionel Hampton & his Orch / I'd be Lost without You / Bluebird / Hollywood 5.10.40 / vocal = Helen Forrest
The Heartbreakers / Rockin' Daddy-O / RCA / 3.25.52

set 3
Charles Earland / Black Talk! / The Mighty Burner / Prestige / 12.15.69 / happy birthday, Virgil Jones
Illinois Jacquet Big Band / The Soul Explosion / The Soul Explosion / Prestige / 3.25.69
Willie "Blip" Thompkins / Everything's Been Done Before / Aristocrat? / Houston late 40s / vocal = Percy Henderson
The Dinning Sisters / Fun and Fancy Free / Capitol / 1947 / also sung in Disney's animated feature of the same name
Johnny Hartman / I Just Dropped by to Say Hello /I Just Dropped by to Say Hello / Impulse / 10.9, 17.63

set 4
Gerry Wiggins / Relax and Enjoy It! / My Heart Stood Still / Contemporary / LA 1961
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars / Volume 3 / Out of Somewhere / Contemporary / LA 7.22.52
Johnny Otis & his Orch / Good Ole Blues / Modern / LA 8.49
Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour, & Woody Herman / The Lady from 29 Palms / radio transcription from "The Electric Hour" (?) / LA 7.27.47
Lula Reed / Sample Man / King / Cincinnati 8.21.56
Aretha Franklin / Aretha / Who Needs You? / Columbia / 1961 / her secular debut
The Bailey Gospel Singers / Jesus is the Searchlight / Columbia/Okeh / 1.27.51
The Mello-Tones / Rough and Rocky Road / Columbia/Okeh / 10.50

last soul song
Archie Bell & the Drells / (There's Gonna be a) Showdown / Atlantic / 11.68

Sunday, August 21, 2005

Aug 18, 2005 show online, toot-de-dee-doooo!

Ah, the clarion call of another episode of Coffeetime ready for downloading or streaming at the Coffeetime Archive.

Doggy days of summer, the air's so thick you gotta chew it, clothes won't dry on the line, mushrooms popping up all over the place. The sort of days when you use the chilled sweat on the side of a glass of iced whatever to cool your forehead. Ah.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Learning to love you is easy...

Coffeetime, August 18, 2005

bed

Tommy Flanagan / Prestige Moodsville / 5.18.60

set 1
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers / Wake Up / Pacific Jazz / 2.11.57
Phil Woods, et al / Four Altos / Staggers / Prestige / 2.9.57
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orch / Memories of You / Decca / 40s (?) / featuring Sonny Dunham on trumpet
Whispering Jack Smith / Sunshine / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex 3.2.28 / with Joe Brannelly on guitar, unknown band
Louis Armstrong & his Orch / Sweethearts on Parade / Decca / 5.1.40
King Porter / Charlie the Boogie Man / Imperial / LA 12.19(?).47 / vocal = ensemble
Inez Jones / Have You Met Inez Jones / Since I Fell for You / Riverside / Berkeley 3.27.57

set 2
Wynton Kelly / Piano Interpretations / Blue Note / 8.1.51 / celeste opening or just the high, high keys?
Clifford Brown /[bonus track on CD Memorial Album] / Brownie Eyes / with Gigi Gryce on both alto sax and flute / 6.9.53
Tiny Grimes & his Highlanders / That Old Black Magic / Atlantic / 12.29.47
Rico's Creole Band de la Coupole (sous la Direction de Moïses Simons) / Les Trois Coups (Los Tres Golpes) / Gramophone / Paris approx 11, 12.31
Dorothy Lamour / from Paramount film Moon Over Burma / Moon Over Burma / 1940
Johnny Otis & his Orch / It Ain't the Beauty / Savoy / 3.19.51 / vocal = George Washington
Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland / from the first episode of The Judy Garland Show on CBS / You're So Right for Me / 6.24.63 (aired on 12.8.63)

set 3
Stan Getz / Getz Á Go Go / Summertime / Verve / Café á Go Go, Greenwich Village 8.19.64
Charlie Parker / At Storyville / Now's the Time / transcript from WHDH broadcast / Storyville, Boston, 9.22.53 / announcer = John McLellan
King Cole Trio / Just Another Blues / MacGregor transcription / Hollywood approx 1944
The Rivals / Rival Blues / Apollo / 4.14-5.9.50
Bobby Parker / Blues Get Off My Shoulder / Vee-Jay / 1958

set 4
Benny Carter / Additions to Further Definitions / Prohibido / Impulse! / LA 3.2.66
Buddy Collette / Jazz Loves Paris /C'est Si Bon / Specialty / LA 1.24.58
Lou Preager & his Band / It Jumps Like Mad / Vocalion (?) / live recording at The Locarno Ballroom, Streatham, London 1940s
T.J. Fowler & his Band / Red Hot Blues / National / Detroit 1949 / vocal = ensemble
Irma Thomas / Hip Shaking Mama / live at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4.76 / with Tommy Ridgely's Band
Ricky Nelson / I Wanna be Loved / Imperial /LA 10.20.59
The Helen Robinson Youth Choir / Sit Down Children / Specialty / 7.15.59 / with Jeanette Robinson Jones on lead vocal

last soul song
The Dells / Learning to Love You Was Easy (It's So Hard Trying to Get Over You) / Cadet / 1974 / from single, but also appears on LP The Mighty Mighty Dells

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Late Breaking News

I've been called up to do my dooty at jury duty tomorrow. ACK. So, luckily, Charlie Kohlhase of WMBR's fine fine Research & Development fame has kindly agreed to cover my ass and treat you to his stylings on Coffeetime. Should be a treat for everyone. Be gentle with him…

Sunday, August 07, 2005

Drum roll, please: Aug 4 show is online!

Yes, indeedy: the August 4 episode of Coffeetime is now online at the Coffeetime Archive. Guaranteed to quench thirst better than a medium Del's (with a handful of pretzel rods on the side).

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Ooooo, there's a lull in my playlist…

Coffeetime, August 4, 2005

bed
Barney Kessel / People // George Van Eps / The Man I Love

set 1
Richard Williams / New Horn in Town / Renita's Bounce / Candid / LA 9.27.60
Jimmy Heath / The Quota / Bells and Horns / Riverside / 4.14, 20.61
Gigi Gryce Jazz Ensemble / La Rose Noire / Vogue /Paris 9.26.53
Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Orpheans / On the Avenue – Part 2: This Year's Kisses, I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, The Girl on the Police Gazette / Columbia / London 7.12.37 / vocal = George Melachrino (probable)
The Spirits of Rhythm / Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes (take 1) / Decca / 9.14.34
Dean Martin / Take Your Girlie to the Movies / transcription, probably from Martin & Lewis radio show / early 50s (?)
Martha Davis and Spouse / A Tribute to Fats Waller / Blue Turning Grey Over You / ABC-Paramount / 50s (?) / spouse = Calvin Ponder on bass & vocals

set 2
Oscar Pettiford / The Oscar Pettiford Orch in Hi-Fi / Deep Passion / ABC-Paramount! / 6.11.56 / song written, arranged, and featuring the great Lucky Thompson, who, sad to report, passed away over the weekend
Booker Little / Booker Little / The Grand Valse / Time / 4.13-15.60 / aka Booker's Waltz and Waltz of the Demons
Willie Smith, et al / The Jazz Scene: Willie Smith Sides / Tea for Two (alt take) / Norgran / Hollywood 11.47
Fletcher Henderson & his Orch / Variety Stomp / Bluebird / 4.27.27
Mildred Bailey / Georgia on My Mind / Bluebird / Chicago 11.24.31 / probably with sextet comprised of members of Paul Whiteman's Orch, led by Matty Malneck, vn; an NPR salute to Mildred Bailey and, in particular, this song
Mickey Rooney & Bill Lee / Manhattan / from soundtrack to MGM film, Words and Music / Hollywood 4.26, 9.24.48 / Bill Lee dubbing for Tom Drake; Roger Edens on piano

set 3
Stanley Turrentine / Rough 'n' Tumble / Feeling Good / Blue Note / 7.1.66
Mundell Lowe / A Grand Night for Swinging / It Could Happen to You / Riverside / 3.7, 4.10.57
Bobby Smith & Orch / Jazz at the Apollo / Tippin' In / Apollo / 5.16.50
Pauline & her Perils (aka The Six Hits & a Miss) / I Can't Get Started / Standard transcription / 4.39 / with the King Cole Trio; solo by Pauline Byrns
The Cats & the Fiddle / Killer Diller Man from the South / Bluebird / Chicago 6.27.39
Mabel Scott / Fine, Fine Baby / King / 3.25.50 / with, among others, Milt Buckner
Woody Herman / Songs for Hip Lovers / Isn't this a Lovely Day / Verve / 1.11, 3.19.57

set 4
Mel Lewis / Mel Lewis Sextet / Jazz Goes to Siwash / Mode/ Hollywood 6.57 / with the Eva Diana cover painting
Stan Levey / Stan Levey Quintet / Lover Come Back to Me / Mode / Hollywood 6.57 / also with the Eva Diana cover painting
Boots & his Buddies / The Goo / Bluebird / San Antonio 9.17.37
Johnny Moore's Blazers / Freeway Comin' Thru / Aladdin (?) / Hollywood 1950 (51?) / vocal = Lex Nelson
Anita O'Day / Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day / There's a Lull in my Life / Verve / LA 12.19.56 / with Buddy Bregman's Orch
Sensational Saints of Ohio / Come On / Jobete / 12.60

last soul song
The Sapphires / Gonna Be a Big Thing / ABC-Paramount / 1965