3rd Bass: Steppin’ to the A.M.
From: The Cactus Album [Def Jam, 1989]
Banbarra: Shack Up
From: Shack Up single [Atco, 1976]
James Brown: Stoned to the Bone
From: The Payback [Polydor, 1974]
Gary Wright: Can’t Find the Judge
From: The Dreamweaver [Warner Bros, 1975]
Pink Floyd: Time
From: The Dark Side of the Moon [EMI, 1973]
Kool and the Gang: Mother Earth
From: Spirit of [...]

 
 
 
 
Bobby Boyd Congress: Straight Ahead
From: S/T [Okapi, 1971]
Fire: Flames
From: Could You Understand Me [Estrella Rockera, 1973
Yuya Uchida and the Flowers: Intruder
From: Challenge [Sony, 2007]
Petalouda: What You Can Do In Your Life
From: V/A- Psych Funk 101 [World Psychedelic Funk Classics, 2009]
The Deviants: Fire In the City
From: Disposable [101 Distribution, 2009]
Neoton: Nora
From: V/A- Well Hung: Funk Rock [...]

Squarepusher:  Don’t Go Plastic, Ill Descent and Shin Triad
From: Music is Rotted One Note [Warp, 1998]
Before I dive into the subject matter of this week’s post, I would like to personally thank Junior and Chuck for making the switch over to Wordpress without any major issues occurring.   I apologize that I have [...]

Famous L. Renfroe: Introduction, Children, Believe, It’s SoFrom: Children [Fat Possum, 2008]
Last week while chatting with a friend after a concert, he asked me and another friend if we’d heard of a blues-gospel artist named Famous L. Renfroe. The answer to his question was undoubtedly written all over our faces. He started to wax [...]

Toni Tornado: Torniente, Sinceridade, Aposta and Eu Tenho Um Som Novo
From: S/T [Odeon Records, 1972]

After a brief flirtation with sub-tropical temperatures over the past couple weeks, I almost felt like Portland had relocated to the Brazilian rainforest. Awhile back, someone here on Ear Fuzz posted a couple tracks from Tim Maia, and while searching for [...]

Main Source: Just Hangin’ Out From: Breaking Atoms [Capitol, 1991]
Gwen McCrae: 90% of Me Is YouFrom: Rockin’ Chair [Cat, 1975]
Sister Nancy: Bam BamFrom: One, Two [Techniques, 1982]
Skull Snaps: I Turn My Back On LoveFrom: Skull Snaps [GSF, 1973]
Ike and Tina Turner: Bold Soul SisterFrom: Hunter [Blue Thumb, 1969]
Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper/Steven Stills: Season of the [...]

Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm: Ho Ho, Steel Guitar Rag, The Gulley and Trackdown Twist
From: Ike’s Instrumentals [Ace Records UK, 2000]

I was working at Music Millennium when the sound of Ike Turner’s blazing guitar leads first set my ears on fire. Bill Rhoades, Music Millennium’s resident blues expert and harmonica player extraordinaire, turned [...]

Michael Small: Casting Office, First Disco, Laguran’s Disco and Bree Followed on StreetFrom: Klute Soundtrack [Warner Brothers, 1971]
It’s been awhile since I’ve introduced a new concept here on the Fuzz, so allow me to introduce the first act of Cinema Musique. I couldn’t count the amount of times I’ve been disappointed with a film simply [...]

A Tribe Called Quest- Bonita Applebaum
From: People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm [Jive, 1990]

R.A.M.P.- Daylight
From: Come Into My Knowledge [Blue Thumb, 1977]

The Cannonball Adderly Quintet- Soul Virgo
From: The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free [Capitol, 1971]

Little Feat- Fool Yourself
From: Dixie Chicken [Warner Bros, 1973]

Rotary Connection- Memory Band
From: S/T [ Cadet, 1967]

It [...]

Deep Puddle Dynamics: Deep Puddle Theme Song, Candle and I Am Hip-Hop (Move the Crowd)
From: The Taste of Rain… Why Kneel [Anticon, 1999]

Chick Corea: The Woods
From: The Mad Hatter [Polydor, 1978]

Johnny Dyani: Traditional South African Songs
From: Music For Xaba [Sonet, 1972]

Tomita: Pacific 231
From: Kosmos [RCA, 1978]

First, I would like to say that history has [...]