Big Daddy Kane: Ain’t No Half Steppin
From: Long Live the Kane [Warner Bros, 1988]
Heatwave: Ain’t No Half Steppin
From: Too Hot to Handle [GTO, 1976]
Diana Ross and Michael Jackson: Ease on Down the Road
From: The Wiz soundtrack [Motown, 1978]
Billy Squier: Big Beat
From: The Tale of the Tape [Capital, 1980]
ESG: UFO
From: S/T [Nine Nine, 1981]
The Emotions: Blind [...]

Human Instinct: Stoned Guitar and Midnight Sun
From: Stoned Guitar [Pye, 1970]
Thanks to an in-depth post on RYM focusing on albums loaded with fuzz guitars, I have been slowly amassing quite the collection of fuzz-filled tracks to post here for your listening pleasure. Today I am featuring two songs from Human Instinct, a psychedelic blues band from New Zealand who released [...]

SRC: Daystar, Paragon Council and Refugeve
From: S/T [EMI Capitol, 1968]
I realize that it might not be the smoothest segueway to go from northern soul to mind-bending psychedelia, but this post has been on the backburner for awhile. In fact, ever since Junior dropped that fantastic post on Index a month ago, I have been itching to get some [...]

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 [...]