Best of 2012

With NYE right around the corner, it's time for the best of new vinyl releases of 2012, plus some key reissues & comps. Who will make the cut? Drop by Wednesday night to find out!

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December 26, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Moonlight Mile"  Lee Fields  Faithful Man  (Truth & Soul)

"Shambala"  Beastie Boys  In Sound From The Way Out!  (Grand Royal)

"The Name of Fela Will Always Stand for Freedom"  Jessica Lauren Four  Jessica Lauren Four  (Freestyle)

"Girl & Robot with Flowers (part 1)"  Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers EP  (Jazzman)

"Soul Sides"  Karl Denson & Soulive  Spark!  (Royal Family)

"Chicken Grease"  D'Angelo  Voodoo  (Modern Classics/Virgin)

"Shootin' Dice"  Timo Lassy  In With Lassy  (Schema)

"Girlfriend"  The Filthy Six  The Fox  (Acid Jazz)

"But It's Alright"  The Sugarman 3  What the World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Stay Away"  Charles Bradley  7 Inch  (Dunham/Daptone)

"Him Belly No Go Sweet"  Antibalas  Antibalas  (Daptone)

"Spin"  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  (Honest Jons)

"Nobody Can Live Forever"  Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia  (Luaka Bop)

"I'll Slip Away"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Light in the Attic/Legacy)

"I'll Get Along"  Michael Kiwanuka  Home Again  (Polydor)

"Take One"  Will Sessions  Mix Takes EP  (Fat Beats)

"Sweet Power of Your Embrace"  James Mason  Rhythm of Life  (Chiaroscuro)

"The Lope Song"  Eddie Russ  Fresh Out  (Jazz Masters/Soul Jazz)

Variety is the spice.

Indeed, a variety of funky vinyl grooves goin' down at the Junction.  Got a Heavenly Sweetness Blue Note reissue of a lost Grant Green date, Argentinian fusion on the Numero label and a coupla tracks from the few lps drummer Louis Hayes released as a leader.  Plus, D'angelo's Voodoo just got the deluxe reissue from Modern Classics/Light in the Attic!  Stop by for a spell Wednesday night.

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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Jazz (we've got).

December 19, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"White Rabbit"  Gabor Szabo & The California Dreamers  Wind Sky & Diamonds  (Impulse)

"Green Jeans"  Grant Green  Matador  (Blue Note/Heavenly Sweetness)

"I Can See Clearly Now"  The Junior Mance Touch  The Junior Mance Touch  (Polydor)

"Bring It On Home To Me"  Aretha Franklin  Soul '69  (Atlantic)

"Little Sunflower"  The Louis Hayes Group  Variety is the Spice  (Gryphon)

"Olea"  Louis Hayes  Breath of Life  (Muse)

"Hamba Nami"  Cannonball Adderley  Phenix  (Fantasy)

 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Quincy Jones  Gula Matari  (A&M)

"Devil's Pie"  D'Angelo  Voodoo  (Modern Classic Recordings/Virgin)

"Pzancai"  Ceccarelli/Chantereau/Padovan/Pezin  CCPP  (Flamophone/Vadim)

"Clear Skies Select Stick"  The Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers  (Jazzman)

"Tropical Jazz"  Alfonso Lovo  La Gigantona  (Numero)

"Flying to L.A."  Arthur Verocai  Timeless: March 15, 2009  (Mochilla)

"Amor Em Jacuma"  Cravo & Cavela  Preco de Cada Um  (Mr. Bongo)

"Theme From Hong Kong"  Lee Perry-The Mighty Upsetter  Kung Fu Meets The Dragon  (Justice)

"Home Again"  Archie Whitewater  Archie Whitewater  (Get On Down/Cadet Concept)

"Sounds of Feelings"  Joachim Kuhn & Rolf Kuhn  Bloody Rockers  (BYG/WahWah)

"Directly From My Heart to You"  The Mothers of Invention  Weasels Ripped My Flesh  (Bizarre)

"Corruption is the Thing"  Creations Unlimited  Chains & Black Exhaust  (Memphix)

Girl & robot with flowers.

Keyboard heavy grooves goin' down at the Junction Wednesday night.  The Greg Foat Group returns with another great analogue recording and it's just as great as last year's debut!  Plus, we learned about Dave Brubeck's passing just before leaving for last week's show, so let's pay proper tribute to a true legend in jazz.  And the usual vinyl-only madness will ensue, including scores from the Philadelphia Record Riot...see you then!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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All the squares go home.

December 12, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Femme Fatale"  Aloe Blacc  Good Things  (Stonesthrow)

"Blue Rondo a la Turk"  Dave Brubeck Quartet  Time Out  (Columbia)

"The Sermon on the Mount"  Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan  Live at the Berlin Philharmonic  (Columbia)

"Polka Dots & Moonbeams/It Could Happen to You"  Dave Brubeck  All The Things You Are  (Atlantic)

"Girl & Robot with Flowers (part vi)"  The Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers  (Jazzman)

"Sister Serene"  George Duke  I Love the Blues--She Heard My Cry  (MPS)

"Voodoo Woman"  Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes  Expansions  (Flying Dutchman)

"Earth (Still Our Only Home)"  Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer  Like Children  (Nemperor)

"It Could Be Better"  Timo Lassy  In With Lassy  (Schema)

"Henceforth"  Roy Ayers Ubiquity  Red Black & Green  (Polydor)

"Foodstamps"  The 24-Carat Black  Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth  (Stax)

"Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need)  Howard Roberts  Guilty!!  (Capitol)

"Satan"  Jon Lucien  Rashida  (RCA)

"I'll Slip Away"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Legacy/Light in the Attic)

"I'm So Thankful"  Eugene Blacknell  We Can't Take Life for Granted  (Luv-n-Haight)

"Low Down Popcorn/Spinning Wheel"  James Brown  Sex Machine  (King)

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"  The Temptations  Cloud Nine  (Gordy)