Ain't We Funkin' Now - Funky Beat

Ain't we funkin' now indeed. This is the 2nd part of a very long series of mixes that has the funky beat in common throughout.  Some 70s funk, some 80s mutant disco and some 90s post punk funk.


"Think I better dance now"





1.   The Brothers Johnson - Ain't We Funkin' Now (Blam!, 1978)
2.    Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove (One Nation Under A Groove, 1978)
3.    James Brown - Get up Offa That Thing (Release The Pressure) (Get Up Offa That Thing, 1976)
4.    The Isley Brothers - Live It Up (Live It Up, 1974)
5.    Eddie Kendrick - Keep On Truckin' (The Ultimate Collection, 1998)
6.    Diana Ross - Love Hangover (12" version) (Diana Ross, 1976)
7.    Tom Jones & The Art of Noise - Kiss (Reloaded: Greatest Hits, 2003)
8.    Prince - Erotic City (The Hits /The B-Sides, 1993)
9.    ESG - Moody (Come Away With ESG, 1983)
10.  James White & The Blacks - Contort Yourself (Off White, 1979)
11.  New Order - Blue Monday (Substance, 1987)
12.  Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Violator, 1990)
13.  Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (Fluke Remix) (Greatest Hits, 2003)
14.  Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (The Best of Thelma Houston, 1991)

All Aboard The Night Train - Decade 1

All aboard the Night Train... this is the fourth and final part of my First Decade series of mixes celebrating my early years of listening and collecting music.This collection gathers some stray songs that didn't flow well in the other mixes along with some others that just didn't fit. I may be a little old school here but all my mixes are structured to fit on a CD and run just a little over an hour. The series ends with the fantastic Sleep Walk.

Only three artists made an appearance on all four mixes in this series which I realized only after I completed the series. Elvis Presley, The Beatles and James Brown.


1.   James Brown - Night Train
2.   Dobie Gray - The "In" Crowd
3.   Booker T. & The MGs - Green Onions
4.   The Blendells - La La La La La
5.   Sam Cooke - Twistin' The Night Away
6.   The Orlons - Don't Hang Up
7.   The Bobbettes - Mr. Lee
8.   The Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady
9.   The Impressions - Gypsy Woman
10. The Clovers - Love Potion #9
11. The Fiestas - So Fine
12. The Marvelettes - Please Mister Postman
13. The Beatles - I Wanna Be Your Man
14. The Zombies - She's Not There
15. The Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night
16. Them - Gloria
17. The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
18. Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
19. The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving
20. Etta James - Don't Cry Baby
21. Roy Orbison - Crying
22. Gene Pitney - It Hurts To Be In Love
23. Elvis Presley - Little Sister
24. The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In
25. The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
26. The Chantay's - Pipeline
27. The Rebels - Wild Weekend
28. Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk

Lived In Bars - Ladies Night

Lived In Bars - a Ladies Night mix. This is part of a series of mixes featuring women artists.






The image is from the first frame of the Cat Power video for Lived In Bars.


1.   Cat Power - Lived In Bars (The Greatest, 2006)
2.   Amy Rigby - The Summer Of My Wasted Youth (Middlescience, 1998)
3.   Fiona Apple - Criminal (Tidal, 1996)
4.   Michelle Shocked - Come A Long Way (Arkansas Traveler, 1991)
5.   The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool (All Over The Place, 1984)
6.   Dar Williams - Party Generation (End Of The Summer, 1997)
7.   Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (Solitude Standing, 1987)
8.   Laurie Anderson - Babydoll (Strange Angels, 1989)
9.   Kathleen Edwards - 12 Bellevue (Failer, 2003)
10. Lucinda Williams - Righteously (World Without Tears, 2003)
11. Joan Osborne - Let's Just Get Naked (Relish, 1995)
12. Sam Philips - Baby I Can't Please You (Martinis and Bikinis, 1994)
13. Mary Lou Lord - Some Jingle Jangle Morning (Got No Shadow, 1998)
14. Katrina & The Waves - She Loves To Groove (Original Recordings 1983-1984, 2003)
15. The Slits - Typical Girls (Cut, 1979)
16. The B-52's - 52 Girls (The B-52's, 1979)
17. Blondie - One Way Or Another (Parallel Lines, 1978)
18. Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot (Wave, 1979)

I Only Have Eyes For You - Decade 1

I Only Have Eyes For You is part 3 of my First Decade series of mixes celebrating my early years of listening and collecting music. This is the slow side.











1.   The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
2.   The Heartbeats - A Thousand Miles Away
3.   The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow
4.   Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
5.   Solomon Burke - Cry To Me
6.   Etta James - At Last
7.   The Marvelettes - Forever
8.   The Miracles - Ooo Baby Baby
9.   The Temptations - My Girl
10.  Mary Wells - My Guy
11. Patsy Cline - Crazy
12. Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry
13. Tommy Edwards - It's All In The Game
14. The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
15. The Platters - The Great Pretender
16. Gene Pitney - Town Without Pity
17. The Four Seasons - Rag Doll
18. The Tymes - Wonderful Wonderful
19. The Dells - Oh What A Night
20. James Brown - Please, Please, Please
21. Martha & The Vandallas - Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)
22. The Chantels - Look In My Eyes
23. The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Rain)
24. Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
25. Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange
26. The Beatles - This Boy
27. Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

Come On, Let's Go - Decade 1

Come On, Let's Go is a continuation of my First Decade series of mixes celebrating my early years of listening and collecting music. The First Decade is approximately 1956 to 1964.

Part 2










1.   Ritchie Valens - Come On, Let's Go
2.   Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
3.   Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On
4.   Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
5.   Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
6.   The Contours - Do You Love Me
7.   The Marvelettes - Too Many Fish In The Sea
8.   The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do
9.   Bobby Freeman - Do You Want To Dance
10. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay
11. Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely
12. Dion - Runaround Sue
13. Peggy Lee - Fever
14. The Drifters - Ruby Baby
15. James Brown - Out of Sight
16. Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl
17. The Supremes - Baby Love
18. The Exciters - Tell Him
19. Lesley Gore - She's A Fool
20. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
21. The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
22. The Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away
23. Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
24. The Dave Clark Five -Can't You See That She's Mine
25. Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good
26. Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You
27. Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him
28. Del Shannon - Runaway
29. The Earls - Remember Then
30. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel