30-10-2016

Today I'm joined in the studio by my great friend Mr Clinton Coleman and he's just flown in from Las Vegas to be on the show, I am sure you will enjoy his selections. If your wondering where the play list has gone, I have not done one for this show because we plan on going were the music takes us.

Clinton Coleman & Bill

Yet more sad news! as I mentioned live on last Sunday's show the loss of DJ Herb Kent, but now I'm putting it to paper Mr Kent was a real radio legend, known all around the world as "The cool gent" he is probably Chicago's most popular DJ of all time, he was such a nice humble guy.

Thanks to all the people who visited the Site last week for the CP Spencer interview, it was truly amazing to hear it again. Mickey is continuing his mission to restore the historic interviews and Louvaine Demps of the Andantes will be made available from Wednesday. Time to hit the play button and enjoy ...

The Originals Special with CP Spencer

This special podcast only edition is is being made available thanks to Mickey Nold, in more ways than one Mickey is responsible, it was him who put a reel to reel recorder in my bag and said interview these people! you know now all these years later I am so glad he did. This particular one is very dear to me having been a big fan of The Originals.

I first heard "Baby I'm For Real" when I was just a kid in school it blew me away then, it still does the same thing today. Back then I would never have imagined in my wildest dreams that one day we would become true friends. This interview was recorded in Warren, Michigan after Hank Dixon, Freddy Gorman & Walter Gains had relocated to California and Ty Hunter had joined the group. 

C P was the only Original left in Detroit. Just hearing this transports me back in time some 19 years, and thankfully Mickey has preserved this and many other interviews I did back then for PCRL and he continually works tirelessly to restore and convert them from the original reel to reel tapes to a digital format to achieve the best sound quality possible. Sit back and enjoy a slice of Motown history ... they were the golden years.  Next  Wednesday, Louvain Demps Special.

Recorded on 10-07-1997 in Detroit and broadcasted on Mickey's Basement Soul Show on PCRL Radio Birmingham 103.5 FM later that year

1966	1969	1970
1970	1972	1974
1975	1976	1979

The Originals 45's
Soul
35029 - Goodnight Irene / Need Your Lovin' (Want You Back) - 1966
35056 - You're The One / We've Got A Way Out Love - 1969
35061 - Green Grow The Lilacs / You're The One - 1969
35066 - Baby, I'm For Real / Moment Of Truth - 1969
35069 - The Bells / I'll Wait For You - 1970
35074 - We Can Make It Baby / I Like Your Style - 1970
35079 - God Bless Whoever Sent You / Desperate Young Man - 1971
35085 - Keep Me / A Man Without Love - 1971
35093 - I'm Someone Who Cares / Once I Have You - 1972
35102 - Be My Love / Endlessly Love - 1973
35109 - First Lady / There's A Chance When You Love, You Lose - 1973
Motown
PR-1 - Young Train / Young Train - 1973
Soul
35112 - Supernatural Voodoo Woman Part 1 / Part 2 - 1974
35113 - Game Called Love / Ooh You (Put A Crush On Me) 0 1974
35115 - You're My Only World / So Near And Yet So Far - 1975
Motown
1355 - Good Lovin' Is Just A Dime Away / Nothing Can Take The Place - 1975
1370 - Fifty Years / Financial Affair - 1975
1379 - Everybody's Got To Do Something / Instrumental - 1975
Soul
35117 - Touch / Ooh You (Put A Crush On Me) - 1976
35119 - Down To Love Town / Just To Be Closer To You - 1976
35121 - (Call On Your) Six Million Dollar Man / Mother Nature's Best - 1977
Fantasy
820 - Ladies (We Need You) / Take This Love - 1978
847 - Blue Moon / Ladies (We Need You) - 1979
856 - J-E-A-L-O-U-S (Means Is Love You) / Jezebel (You've Got Under Your Spell) - 1979
(45's via Dave Rimmer - soulfulkindamusic)

Eric Benét

Big Sonny

Thanks for stopping by this weeks Science of Soul, yet more sad news! yes I'm afraid one of the founding members of the legendary Philadelphia group The Intruders, has passed Robert "Big Sonny" Edwards died from a heart attack in his home town last week. From the original group line-up only Phil Terry still survives, I send my condolences to Big Sonny's family.

Stan Moseley

Music wise this week I will be featuring Eric Benét's new album, I am a big fan of Eric's and look-out Stateside because he's doing dates with Anthony Hamilton and Lalah Hathaway ..  gonna be hell of a show! As I mentioned last week my Chi-Town soul brother, namely Stan Mosley, had taken a trip to the 'City of brotherly love' to do some recording with Bobby Eli, a man who was a major part of TSOP [The Sound Of Philadelphia] back in the day. well I've got the first results of that session and you can hear it here today. I will also be album tracking with Kindred The Family Soul and one of my favorite Southern soulstresses, that being Adrena, with a real classic from her "Better Days" album.

With my regular mix of Old Skool jams I hope there's a little something for everyone to enjoy today, so hit the play button, sit back and enjoy ...

Playlist for 23-10-2016

Hour one
Eric Gable - I Can Make You Feel Good
The Four Tops - Strung Out For Your Love
Barry Black - We've Got Love
Kindred The Family Soul - Welcome To My World
Debra Laws - Meant For You
Latasha Lee & The Black Ties - I Regret It
Adrena - You Know About Jodie (What About Joanne)
Stan Mosley - My Problem
Lady Wray - Do It Again
Marcus Hampton - Feels Good
Gene Chandler - Here Comes The Tears Again
Eric Benét - Broke Beat & Busted

Eric Benét - Sunshine

Lady Wray

Hour Two

David Simmons - The World Belongs To Me

Michon Young - Something About Me

Eric Benét - Fun & Games 

The Spinners - I Found Love

Walter Jackson - We Could Fly

Main Ingredient - You've Been My Inspiration

Leroy Hutson - Love Oh Love

The Natural Four - Heaven Right Here On Earth

Ann Nesby - I Apologize

Randy Jackson - How Can I Be Sure

Young & Company - Got To Be Free

Eric Benét's biography:

Benét was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is the youngest of five siblings. Benét sang with a Top 100-style group called Gerard in the late 1980s. Benét, his sister Lisa, and his cousin George Nash Jr. formed a band called Benét and released a self-titled album in 1992, and it went on to sell over 100,000 copies. Two years later, Eric Benét broke onto the music scene with his solo career and signed with Warner Bros. Records, releasing his debut solo album, True to Myself in 1996. His second album, A Day in the Life, was released in 1999 and featured his smash hit "Spend My Life With You (featuring Tamia)". The song rose to #1 on the US Billboard R&B charts (for 3 weeks), was certified gold, and nominated for a 2000 Grammy Award for "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group". The album also won a Soul Train Music Award for "Best R&B/Soul Album, Male". More at Wiki

Anthony Hamilton

"Today's show is dedicated to my late Mum who would have celebrated her birthday on October 16th  -  Not a day passes that I don't think of her"

The Featured Artist/album this week will be Anthony Hamilton  and although his current album as been out awhile, I never got a chance to feature it, and the opportunity arose this week. "What I'm Feeling" is one of those albums that just grows in stature, pay particular attention to the lyrics, Anthony Hamilton is a soulful man.

Other new music this week comes from Mo B and Gwendolyn Collins and I'll be album tracking the latest sets from David Hollister and Keith Sweat .. I never tire of Sweat's latest album "Dress To Impress" . I got a ton of Od Skool classics, some of which you just might have forgotten but I know you will enjoy.

Robert Bateman in August

On the news front this week I sadly have to report the passing of both Robert Bateman & Sonny Sanders, they were both truly iconic figures during soul music's transition from 1950s Doo Wop to the more sophisticated soul of the 1960s. I was with Robert in August at the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame ceremony in Detroit, never thought it would be the last time I would see him.

On a happier note my good friend Stan Mosely has been out to Philadelphia to record with legendary writer producer Bobby Eli, I've had a little sneak preview of the results .....WOW stay tuned there's great things to come.
Now it's 'music time' so hit the play button and enjoy, oh  ....  and tell a friend .

Playlist for 16-10-2016

Hour One
Next Movement - Night Stalker
Mo B. - Toast It Up
Gwendolyn Collins - I Think I Like You
Lighter Shades Of Brown - On A Sunday Afternoon
Keith Sweat - Better Love
David Hollister - Creation H.E.R.
Speedometer - Just The Same
Ryan Carty - Gratitude
Godchild Presents - I Wanna Walk With You
Anthony Hamilton - Walk In My Shoes
Anthony Hamilton - What I'm Feeling
Masterplan - Clinton Park
Virgil Henry - You Ain't Saying Nothing New





Hour Two
Jarrod Lawson - Music & It's Magic
Benny Johnson - I Just Gotta Know
Joe Simon - Somebody For Everybody
Brother Nature - Heavy On My Mind
Jimmy Lewis - She's Gone
Al Lindsey - Come As You Are
Southern Relative - Uh Oh
Anthony Hamilton - Amen
Quedon - Alway's On My Mind
Anita Baker/feat. Babyface - Like You Used To Be
Eddie Kendrick - Never Alone
Archie Bell & The Drells - I Just Wanna
 
Anthony Hamilton Biography:
A soul singer who drew comparisons to such classic vocalists as Bill Withers and Bobby Womack,Anthony Hamilton struggled for the better part of the 1990s as two of his albums went unreleased. While he didn't always get the label support his talent deserved, Hamilton established himself during the 2000s as one of the rawest, most singular, and relatable voices in R&B. He did so while racking up several Top Ten R&B albums and a handful of Grammy nominations.

The Charlotte, North Carolina native got his start at age ten in his church's choir. As a teenager, he progressed by performing solo at various nightclubs and talent shows. In 1993, while in his early twenties, he moved to New York City, where he signed with André Harrell's Uptown Records, a major source of the new jack swing sound and home to artists such as Jodeci and Mary J. Blige. By 1995, Uptown was set to push Hamilton's debut album, but the company went out of business, leaving the album unreleased. More at Allmusic