Really didn’t think I had this much new material until I’d picked all my songs and realized I’d have needed a whole extra hour to play everything. New tunes from the Soul Jazz Orchestra (covering Gary Bartz!), Dum Dum Girls, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Miles Tackett, Joanna Gruesome, Chicano Batman and King avriel. Quite a few classics thrown into the mix, as you should expect. We’ll be on all vinyl this coming week which will likely feature a number of tracks I’m thinking about putting in the mix when I do a guest spot at LA’s venerable Funky Sole February 8th.
Melting Pot on KPFK #152: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #152: Second Hour
Playlist: 01-19-2014
{opening theme} Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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SCLC Operation Breadbasket Orchestra – Precious Lord, Take My Hand – The Last Request (Chess)
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – The Good Samaritan – Free At Last (Gordy)
The Soul Jazz Orchestra – Celestial Blues – Inner Fire (Strut)
Gary Bartz NTU Troop – Sing A Song – Follow, The Medicine Man (Prestige)
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Chicano Batman – She Lives On My Block – Cycles Of Existential Rhyme (El Relleno)
Tempo 70 – En Una Tarde Gris – Tu y Yo (Mericana)
Hurray For The Riff Raff – St. Roch Blues – Small Town Heroes (ATO)
The Electric Flag – You Don’t Realize – A Long Time Comin’ (Columbia)
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Miles Tackett & the 3 Times – Just What I Need – Single (milestackett.bandcamp.com)
Big Star – O My Soul – Radio City (Ardent)
Bart Davenport – Wearing The Changes – Physical World (Burger/Lovemonk)
Bobby Timmons – One Down – Got To Get It! (Milestone)
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Joanna Gruesome – Candy – Weird Sister (Slumberland)
Swervedriver – Deep Wound – Single (swervedriver.bandcamp.com)
New York Dolls – Who Are The Mystery Girls – Too Much, Too Soon (Mercury)
Girl Trouble – Wrecking Ball – Hit It Or Quit It (K Recs)
Tom Jones – Looking Out My Window – 7” (Parrot)
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Michael Dixon & J.O.Y. – You’re All I Need – Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound (Numero)
Jessy Lanza – Against The Wall – Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub)
Dum Dum Girls – Rimbaud Eyes – Too True (Sub Pop)
Real Estate – Talking Backwards – Atlas (Domino)
Jef Gilson – Ballet Lycra 1 – The Archives (Jazzman)
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The Step Brothers feat. Rakaa & Blu – Tomorrow – Lord Steppington (Rhymesayers)
King avriel – Prelude – Single (Self-Released)
Warpaint – Go In – Warpaint (Rough Trade)
King Crimson – Exiles – Larks Tongues In Aspic (Atlantic)
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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Bitar (Kemado)