Breakdown: August 22nd on KPFK’s Melting Pot

{A couple of weeks ago I was out of town, and the August edition of “Side Dishes” with Oliver Wang of Soul-Sides.com ran at 4pm instead of 5pm.  If you missed it,  here it is: Sides Dishes #2 with Oliver Wang}

Raised a few funds, along with Steve Martin of My Side Of The City (thanks again for filling in on Aug. 15th!), for KPFK during our “Summer of Love” mini-fundraiser. Also got a chance to play some new tunes from Aloe Blacc, Shawn Lee and the Heliocentrics, as well as pay tribute to “Catfish” Collins and a major hero in my life, Abbey Lincoln. I’d hoped to do a much longer tribute to Abbey Lincoln, but I’m still proud to have been able to pay tribute to her here playing some of my favorite tracks by her including “Long As You’re Living,” which I like to think of as the original “My Philosophy.” This week’s show is all vinyl with a guest DJ set from Clifton James Weaver III aka Soft Touch of Funky Sole! And BTW, we “should” be fundraiser free until October…

Melting Pot on KPFK #12: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #12: Second Hour

Playlist: 8-22-2010

{opening theme} Booker T. & the MGs – Melting Pot – 7” (Stax)

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James Brown feat. Phelps “Catfish” Collins – Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved / Soul Power – Love Power Peace: Live At the Olympia 1971 (Polydor)
The Mgababa Queens – Akulalwa Soweto – Next Stop…Soweto Vol. 2 (Strut)
Troubleman – Paz – Babylon Central: Original Soundtrack (ESL)
Lloyd Miller & the Heliocentrics – Pari Ruu – Lloyd Miller & the Heliocentrics (Strut)
Soul Jazz Orchestra – Rejoice – Rising Sun (Strut)
Gabor Szabo – Ravi – Jazz Raga (Light In The Attic)

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TL Barrett & the Youth For Christ Choir – Just Like A Ship – Just Like A Ship (Light In the Attic)
Aloe Blacc – Take Me Back – Good Things (Stones Throw)
The GZA – Duel Of The Iron Mic – Liquid Swords (MCA)
Budos Band – Black Venom – III (Daptone)
Various artists – Selections from the Babylon Central Soundtrack – Babylon Central: Original Soundtrack (ESL)

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Shawn Lee – Fade Up – Sing A Song (Ubiquity)
Serge Gainsbourg – Ballad De Melody Nelson – Histoire De Melody Nelson (Light In The Attic)
The Walkmen – Victory – Lisbon (Fat Possum)
Shawn Lee – Selections from Sing A Song – Sing A Song (Ubiquity)

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Abbey Lincoln Tribute Set:
Max Roach feat. Abbey Lincoln – Garvey’s Ghost – Percussion Bitter Sweet (Impulse)
Abbey Lincoln – Long As You’re Living – Abbey Is Blue (Riverside)
Abbey Lincoln – Tender As A Rose – That’s Him (OJC)
Abbey Lincoln – Retribution – Straight Ahead (Candid)
Max Roach feat. Abbey Lincoln – Mendacity – Percussion Bitter Sweet (Impulse)

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M.I.A. – Space – MAYA (NEET/Interscope)
Pupajim – Cool Out – 12” (Hyperdub)
Dusty Springfield – Something From Nothing – Love Songs (Rhino)
Best Coast – I Want To – Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
Budos Band – Selections from III – III (Daptone)

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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)