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Big Poppa’s Funk Night Out

DJ – Mountain Rescue
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Big Poppa’s is an excuse for us to play out a selection of the songs we grew up partying to. When I first started clubbing Funk nights were always the one’s that had us dancing and smiling all night long. For me Funk & Northern Soul has always been a true image free party sound. Funk & Northern Soul clubs are about getting your grind on without a care in the world.

For the mix me and Jizzy have dug deep into our personal collections of old classics but also thrown in a few new faces like Plantlife and Quantic. Enjoy!

PLAYLIST

Intro – Sorry for this me and Jizzy were on Crack… Track is called Bongolia by the Bongo Band

1. James Brown – The Boss
2. I Gottcha – Joe tex
3. The Quantic Soul Orchestra – Hold It Down (4 Hero Remix)
4. The Soul 7 – Cissy’s Thang
5. The JB’s – Give me some more
6. Petula Clark – Bang, Bang
7. Georgie Fame – Somebody stole my thunder
8. The John Ottis Show – Watts Breakaway
9. Plantlife – Luv for the world
10. The Quik – Bert’s apple crumble
12. Spencer Davis Group – I’m the man
13. Ramon & Company – The Duck Walk
14. Dr John – Right place wrong time
15. ??? – Nothing but a Party
16. Charles Pryor – What they doin
17. Poets of Rythm – Guiding Resolution
18. Betty Wright – Clean up woman
19. Quantic – ???
20. Bobby Byrd – Try it again
21. The Meters – Chicken Strut
22. Mohawks – Champ
23. Noble Nights – Sing a simple song
24. Ohmega Watts – That Sound Remix (Will Holland Mix)
25. Jean Knight – Mr Big Stuff

Rhyme & Rhythm

DJ – Very Special Guests 4Series Sound
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4Series hail from Wolverhampton

and are basically a bunch of really solid guys. They love making music because they love music. They have never tried to hijack some trend but play what they grew up listening to and love… expect some real heart and soul from these boyo’s. myspace.com/4series.

This is what Mr Tomcat had to say about his mix for us.

4Series RHYME AN RHYTHM
Nice Mr L asked me to give you a bit of background on the mix so here we go….

All the tunes are selected by me, Mr Tomcat from my personal collection. I’m the bassist and dub mixing agent from 4Series the reggae / dubwise collective originating from Wolverhampton, but now scattered across the England . We’ve just had a tune released on Tanty Records called ‘Fire in the Skies’ on their wicked compilation ‘Roots of Dub Funk Vol. 5′, and this tune kicks off the mix. I tried to put together a mix of tunes to give a perspective on how we arrived at this track, and where we’re going now. I hope the tracks I have selected that follow achieve this aim.

You will notice that where possible I have listed where I bought each record from. Some selfish or musically over competitive folks will think I am foolish for giving away my sources. I look at it this way…if you like a track on this selection you have no excuse not to go and find it and put some money back into the music, not to mention the people that work hard to put the records on the shelves!

One that note, enjoy the tunes and keep your eyes out for the debut 4Series EP, to be released Autumn 2006.

www.myspace.com/4series
www.4series.co.uk

PLAYLIST

Intro – Rhyme and Rhythm (Help the Aged, Broomhill, Sheffield )

1. Fire in the Skies – 4Series Sound ( www.tantyrecord.com )
2. Lowride – Autechre (Mike Lloyd Music, Wolverhampton )
3. Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet (Finley Quaye, Forever Changes, Sheffield )
4. Rottan – Skream (Tribe Records, Leeds )
5. Another Homicide – Barrington Levy (Tribe Records, Leeds )
6. Murderer Version – Barrington Levy (Ernie Bs, California )
7. Cuss Cuss – Tristan Palmer (Ernie Bs, California )
8. One Jah – U Brown (Ernie Bs, California )
9. Warrior – Anthony B (Ernie Bs, California )
10. Cuss Cuss Version – Roots Radics and Skully (Ernie Bs, California ) 11. Love in the Ghetto (?) – Papa Levi (Private Seller)
12. Slow Down – Bob Andy (Oldies Unlimited, Wolverhampton )
13. War in the City – Bob Andy (Ebay Seller)
14. Peace in the City – Ken Booth (Swordfish, Birmingham )
15. Fade Away – Junior Byles (Fat City, Manchester )
16. Humble Yourself – Asher and Tremble (Tribe Records, Leeds )
17. Ruing my Life – Delroy Washington (Oldies Unlimited, Wolverhampton)
18. Children of the Ghetto – Senya (Selectors Choice , Germany )
19. One Step Forward – Max Romeo (Vinyl Revival, Manchester )
20. March Down Babylon – Chosen Brothers (Piccadilly Records, Man)
21. Mash Down Babylon – Chosen Brothers and Rhythm & Sound (Piccadilly Records, Manchester )
21. Elza – Mikkel Metal (A record shop, Copenhagen , Denmark )
22. Six Blade Knife – Dire Straits (VIP Record Fair, Wolverhampton )
23. Oh Well Pt. 2 – Fleetwood Mac (VIP Record Fair, Wolverhampton )
24. The Floral Dance – Brighouse and Rastrick Band (Weird shop, Chesterfield )
25. Fatality Demo Dub – 4Series ( www.4series.co.uk ) BONUS TRACK

Well isn’t that satisfying? A whole lot of great records, none of which were bought in London …