New mixes on Sabrosura!

It's summer! Give a break and take a trip to the tropical sounds of the Sabrosura! blog.
More music for you, two new mixes : Verano Sabroso (follow-up of the first Sabrosura for Sofrito) and the new mix of Mr.Natella!!!

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L.

GUEST MIX: Michael Robinson aka Pomonkey!

POMONKEY ON MY BACK Vol. 1
POMONKEY ON MY BACK Vol. 2

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Playlist Vol.1

1. Intro - The Man Handlers
2. Steppin' ahead - Soul Distribution
3. Black wings have my angel (acetate organ version) - Hayes Cotton
4. Whole lotta loving - Explosive Dynamiks
5. Not what you’ve got - Verble Domino
6. Shoe shine - Presidents
7. Baby I'm over you - Fabulous Timps
8. Chances are this dance is mine - Rickey Andrews
9. Shing-a-ling Baby - King George and the Mischief Lads
10. Why did you - Deadbeats
11. Soul Thing - Tommy Dent
12. You know you know - Sultans V
13. Ain't you lying - Carl Underwood
14. Are you fooling - Lil Gray
15. I want you, I need you - Miss Helen Curry
16. I told you – Lela Martin
17. You know baby - Mary Lou Williams
18. Could this be love - El Paso Drifters / Yo-yo – Premiers
19. You know I'm gonna make it - Noqula and the Fabulous Spiders
20. Sookie - Mel Williams / Suzy Q – Lanny Hunt
21. Please Mr Skyjacker - PS154 Schoolyard Band
22. Share him - Lavells
23. Oh Mary - Constellations
24. Darling don't - Mel Williams
25. Issue of blood – Prophet Rosie and the Propheteers
26. Don't love and leave me - Briggette Koberley
27. SATAN

Playlist Vol.2

Orgy of the living dead
James Breezy Pocho – Try and make it alone
Connie Austin – Leaving here
Ray Camacho & Teardrops – I told you so
Steve Colt – Hey girl how you gonna act
Michael’s Mystics – Pain
Little Kenny – Agent 00 Soul
Edith Brown – You did it
Doty Roy – You got my boy
Eula Cooper – I can’t help it if I love you
Sonny and Mary Reed – Look into my mind
Monique – I wouldn’t believe
Chic Carlton – What price must I pay
Irv Peddrew – Take it from me girl
Richie Kay – It’s all over
Jimmy Love – Ghee Chee Woman down in New Orleans
Kent and Candidates – I’ve got a feeling
Sammy King - She’s moody with her love
Walter Washington – Mickey Mouse Boarding House
Jerry Walker – Mr Limp
Alice Rozier and Little Joe– I love you
J Young and B Hill with the Fabulous Dobbs – The Mess
Joe Wilson – I’m her only man
Thomas Bailey – Flintstone Shuffle
Daniel Madison – Funky popcorn
Mel Williams – Chicken backs
Cobra Kings – Get Frogish Pt. 1
Ronnie White – Out of breath
Billy Williams – So-called friend
Oscar Perry - Face reality
Brand New Faces – Brand New Faces
Rosa Lee Brooks – The Utee
Maria Tynes – Ain’t ready yet
Danny Cobb – My Isabella
Duane Yates – Passin’ on by
Debra Howard – A million tears
Betty Wright – Mr Lucky
Benny Gordon – You found a new love
Spontains – Uptown
Jim and Joe – What I want I can’t get
Barbara Davis – Why is it a sin?Rogues – And you let her pass by
Alice Rozier and Little Joe – Gonna hold onto you







An Englishman in New York for 20 years, Michael moved to the US to be closer to the source of the music he loves. Traveling all over the country looking for new sounds to break to dancefloors around the world, he's also the co-founder of Brooklyn's now famous Dig Deeper nights, putting a different 60's soul icon on stage every month, often for the first time in many years. Collecting rare soul, garage and r'n'b, he promises you a range of sounds you can't hear anywhere else.


FRIDAY 29th May TORINO - SOULFUL SUMMER@Imbarco Perosino, JIMMY' BIRTHDAY!
SATURDAY 30th May ROMA - TWIGGY60Party Closing Night @Mads
SATURDAY 6th June NOVARA - JAZZ FESTIVAL Closing Night @Blues Cafe'

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DANCING SOULFUL FRIDAY dal 22 Maggio ogni Venerdi' all' Imbarco Perosino (Viale Cagni, Parco del Valentino dietro Architettura, Torino)



resident Dj's: Luis & Jimmy (Soulful Torino Records)

INAUGURAZIONE VENERDI' 22 MAGGIO dalle 23.
Warm Up THE PEACHES AND CREAM: Mara Rude & Miss Bubble Zoe

SPECIAL NIGHT VENERDI' 29 MAGGIO
dalle 19 MERENDA SINOIRA con il Mod Clan (Dj's Cumiana and friends)
dalle 22:30 alle 4 JIMMY' BIRTHDAY, very special guest
MICHAEL ROBINSON aka DJ POMONKEY

DONT MISS THE HOT SEASON!!!!

Panama Soul Funk Mix - Luis April 2009 Podcast

THE EXCITERS Cleo Is Back LOYOLA
THE FESTIVALS C'Mon And Do It PANAVOX unissued test pressing 45
SOUL FANTASTICS Soul Train TABOGA
THE EXCITERS feat. RALPH WEEKS Let Me Do My Thing JACHER
THE BEACHERS The Walk Back LOYOLA
SOUL FANTASTICS Funky Puggin SONORADIO
THE BEACHERS Black Soul LOYOLA
THE EXCITERS Say Yeah LOYOLA
SKORPIO I Like To Be With You HAPPY
THE EXCITERS feat. RALPH WEEKS Algo Muy Profundo JACHER
THE EXCITERS Children Of The Night Part 1&2 TABOGA



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Some month ago I've been to Panama to look for new sounds, here's a mix with old spins and newies, enjoy! Luis

This mix has been posted also on Sabrosura! the new blog for the Latin Sound!

JIMMY LOVES SINGIN GIRLS

ETTA JAMES -I just want to make love to you - ARGO
PATTY AND THE EMBLEMS -Mixed up , Shook up girl - HERALD
THE MAGICS -Zombie Walk - BELL
BETTY TURNER - I believe in you- INFINITY
SUPREMES-Buttered popcorn- TAMLA
YVONNE GOMEZ-My man a go-go-HAWAII
CRISTINE KRITTEL -Call his name-FEDERAL
ARETHA FRANKLIN- Are you sure-COLUMBIA
BABY WASHINGTON -Move on-NEPTUNE
THE VELVELETTES-Needle in a haystack-V.I.P
THERESA LINSDAY-Gotta find a way- CORREC-TONE
DOROTHY BERRY- Standing on the corner -PLANETARY



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JIMMY SOULFUL SPRING MIX

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FLOYD DIXON - hey bartender - CAT
BULL MOSE JACKSON - whatch my signals- ENCINO
JOE HOUSTON- all night long-MONEY
BARBARA GREEN-long tall sally-ATCO
THE CRISTALS-he's sure the boy i love-PHILLES
CLAUDIA MORI - quello che ti dico -FANTASY
PEARL WOODS- don't tell it all- CRACKERJACK
PETE COOK AND BABY DOLLS- take and git-LOGO
LULU REED & FREDDY KING -you can't hide- FEDERAL
BOBBY PETERSON QUINTET-beem savin'all my love for you-V TONE
BETTY LA VETTE -what condition my condition-KAREN
THE FABULETTES-the bigger they are-MONUMENT

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Luis Soulful Torino March 2009 Podcast

THE CELEBRITIES The Rattler TEN HIGH
JIMMY THE PREACHER ELLIS I'll Gonna Do It By Myself JEWEL
RICHIE BARRETT Tricky Dicky ATLANTIC
THE NEPTUNES I Don't Cry Anymore VICTORIA
CARL LESTER Dont You Know That I Believe BRENT
FINNIMO Just Ask For What You Want DUCHESS
WAYNE POWELL OCTET Tutzy LO LACE
THE MILLERS SISTERS Pop Your Finger GLODIS
JOHN LEE HOOKER Money IMPULSE
SAXIE RUSSEL El Monkey RAN DEE
LITTLE GIGI Take The Bitter With The Sweet SELECT
JEAN STANBACK If I Ever Needed Love PEACOCK
THE PHILLIPS BROTHERS I Got Hurt NOW
LA PROTESTA Free RICO 45

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Soulful Torino Presents: VELVET SOUL CLUB
Soul - Funk -R&B - Latin... Quality!
Every Saturday of March,
Via S.Pellico 4 - Torino

Dj Gerd Daptunes (Gent , Belgium) guest of Soulful Torino. LISTEN THE MIX!

A great digger! Here a pic of Mr. De Wilde in a secret spot in Asia.

Oh Oh Oh, international guests at GRAN VARIETA'!
Friday 27th March the monster monthly show of Soulful Torino @ sPAZIO 211 will present, along with the Vice Raconteurs (Super Hot Burlesque girls from London' Madam JoJo's), the Dj incursions of Gerd De Wilde aka Dj Daptunes from Gent (Belgium). Gerd is an eclectic Dj, he collects: R&B, Soul, Funk, Belgian Pop-Corn and Grooves (still lookin' for that Kyosk man!), Libraries, Weird tunes, and even Asian monsters (that collection makes me so invious! ah ah)....
For your listening pleasure here's a show he made mixing sexy Pop-Corn tunes.
Listen and enjoy! Luis



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Playlist Daptunes does Popcorn

1) The Valli Boys - Nighthawk (Smash)
2) Sonny Knight - If you want this love (Aura records)
3) The Pathfinders - Sweet is the woman (Capehart)
4) Fred Darian - Strong Man (Jaf)
5) Richard Hayes - Misery's Child (Decca)
6) Brook Benton - Two tickets to paradise (Mercury)
7) Hoyt Hudson - Individuality (United Artists)
8) Matt Monro - Honey on the vine (Capitol)
9) Lorne Greene - Pop goes the hammer (Rca)
10)Diane Renay - Soft-spoken Guy (20th century fox)
11)The Chiefs - Apache! (Greenwich records)
12) The Webs - It's so hard to break a habit (Popside)
13) Erroll Garner - Affinidad (M-G-M)
14)Googie Rene and his band - Swingin' Summer Love (Class)
15)The Four Tophatters - One Arabian Night (Cadence)
16) The Frogmen - Underwater (Candix)
17) E.C.Beatty - Ski King (Colonial) - a bit distracted on the mix here...
18) Tiny - Aw! Shucks Baby (King)
19) Nancy Wilson - The best is yet to come (Capitol)

Slim from I Mangiadischi (Pescara) guest of Soulful Torino. LISTEN THE MIX!

Guest of the mix section, Dj Slim from Pescara will rock again the sPAZIO211 spinning records at the 4th episode of the allmighty Gran Varietà. (This pic, by Nadia Eblovi, has been taken at the 5th Soulful Bithday, 29th Feb 2008)





1)Carl Lester- When you see me hurt-Brent
2)Tawny Reed-I got a feeling-Red Bird (Usa press)
3)Luther and Little Eva-Ain't got no home-King
4)Barbara & the Browns-I don't want trouble-Stax
5)Ray Charles-I don't need no doctor-Abc
6)Big bo & the Arrows-Big bo's-twist-Duchess
7)Jessie Mae-Don't freeze on me-Dra
8)Billy Guy-If you want to get ahead, shake a leg- Verve
9)Latimore Brown-Say what-Duchess
10)Ruth Brown-As long as i'm moving-Atlantic
11)B.B. King-My baby's comin' home-Abc
12) Baby Jane-If you wanna-Stacy
13)Gene Mc Daniels-Sweet love no more- Columbia
14)Sarah Vaughan-Mama-Roulette
15) Ted Taylor-Somebody's always trying-Okeh
16)Big Ella-The Queen- Rush
17) Mighty Joe Young-Ladies man-Celtex
18)Hindall Butts-In the pocket-M-S records
19)Lou Rawls-When love goes wrong-Capitol
20)Johnny and the Debonaires- The jay hawk-Fenway
21)Sugar Pie Desanto-Soulful dress-Checker
22)Sonny Forest-Travelin'-Verve
23)Aretha Franklin-Rough lover-Columbia
24)Al Perkins-I feel all right- U.s.a records
24)Hank Crawford-Shake a plenty-King

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LUIS guest of "GOOD TASTE" Papito' weekly radio show

Papito is a Soul and Latin Dj from Salerno
Click on the pic for his Myspace.
His collection of colombian music is unbelievable, you can have a listen of his famous Papito Digs Colombia radio show, hosted on the This is tomorrow blog. Every week he invites friends to play records at the Good Taste show on Radio Pelle Nera . Now is my turn, have a listen and enjoy! Luis

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Luis @ Daptunes :: Urgent.Fm :: Gent BELGIUM :: 2 Hours show

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Wow Wow, Mr. Gerd De Wilde invited me for a superb week end in Gent, few kilometers from Bruxells. We played together two nights, at White Cat and Black Box, a new club. Then on Sunday (28/07/2008) I did this long show, guest of Daptunes, Gerd'weekly program, on air on Urgent.Fm .

Check it out! Here's the Playlist:

Daptunes op 29 juni 2008
Special Guest - Luis (Soulful Torino Records)

1) Soulful Orchestra - Soul Burger (Dj Tib feat brothermartin remix - Soulful Torino
2) Hank Ballard - Thrill On The Hill - King
3) Marvelle and the Blue Mats - The Dance called the motion - Dynamic Sound
4) Big Ella - Too hot to hold - Salem
5) The Constellations - oh mary - violet
6) Soul Fantastic - Funky Puggin - Sono Radio
7) Sexteto Caracas - Soul Crazy - AAA
8) La Lupe - Fever - Mercury
9) Lord Shorty - Cat Kissin - Antillana
10)Baron - Severe Lickin - Antillana
11)Cumbia Siglo XX - Naga Peddale - Machuca
12)Pervis La Vawn - Crossing over - BlackJack
13)Tony Morgan and The Mussel Power Band Why Build A Mountain Polydor
14)Naomi Davis - Forty First Street Breakdown - Desco
15)Benny Gordon - A Kiss To Build My Dream On - RCA
16)Wee Willie and The Winners - Get Some - Shotgun
17)Lee Austin (The Burner) - Tutti Frutti - Polydor
18)Otto De Rojas Y Los Ultra 76 - Choca Las Caderas - RCA peru
19)Dave Cortez and The Moon People - Happy Soul (With a Hook) - Speed
20)Lenni Sezar - Morris Park - Fania
21)Hector Rivera - I Want a Chance For Romance - Soulful Torino
22)Little Ray - Come Swim With Me - Faro
23)Betty Wilson - Don't give up - Dayco
24)Rudi Stewart - Baby you goofed - Uptite
25)The Midniters - Love special delivery - Whitter
26)Screaming Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you - Decca
27)The Tip Tops - Meetcha at the Cheeta - Roulette
28)Sara James and The Soul Babies - Takin Care Of Businnes - Faro
29)Lil Murray - Open The Door to Your heart - Tammy
30)The Tip Tops - Just A Little Bit More - Roulette
31)Frankie Lee - I love The Gogo Girls - International Artist
32)Roy lee Johnson - Boogaloo N3 - Josie
33)James Crawford - Much Too Much - Mercury
34)Candy Johnson Show - Ooh Poo Paa Doo - Canjo
35)Otis Goodwin - I Feel It Just A Little Bit - Jazz
36)Harvey Scales and The Fenomenals - Broadway Freeze - Magic Touch
37)Pete Terrace - No No No - Somerset
38)Tito Puente - Hit The Bongo - Tico
39)Carl Henry Hall - Summertime - Mercury
40)Eddie Bo - Every Dog Had His Day - Ric
41)Golden Toadstools - Silly Savage - Minaret
42) Bobby thomas and The Afros - Please Mr.Lovemaker - Lyndell

Soulful Torino Record - RELEASES

All the 45 releases now moved to the New Blog!

Check it out on: http://soulfultorinorecords.blogspot.com/

STR004 NEW!!! THE SOULFUL ORCHESTRA

STR003 Enzo Bontempi ITALIAN SPIDERMA THEME/ BANGARANG.
Check out Italian Spiderman on youtube..

STR002 YVONNE FAIR / LITTLE DENICE – 2 sister funk ultra indeman 45s in one

STR001 HECTOR RIVERA "I wanna chance for romance"- Killer latin-boogaloo 1st official reissue

NEW MIX ! May 2008 Listen and Download

Some new entries in this May mix. Made for dancers! Enjoy it! Luis

Let's party!!!

Saturday 24th May
The New New New Super Heavy
Dancing Soulful Saturday
Every Week at Puddhu Bar,
Po river Murazzi - Downtown Torino

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Oscar Peterson Trio - Mumbles- Mercury
Davey Jones - I'm In Pain - APT
Rudy Stewart - Baby You Goofed - Uptite
Little Ray - Come Swim with Me - Faro
FrankieLee - I Love The Gogo Girls - IA
Bobby Guy - Good Enought - APT
Sonny Forest - Travellin - Verve
Gene McDaniels-Sweet Lover No More-Columbia
The Tip Tops - A Little Bit More - Roulette
Screamin Jay Hawkins Put A Spell On You Decca
Betty Wilson - Don't Give Up - Dayco
Sarah James - Takin Care Of Businness - Faro
James Crawford - Much Too Much - Mercury
Elbie Parker - Lucky Guy - Veep

Luis April Mix 1 Listen and Download

New mix for April: some rockin' tune and rythm and blues songs.

listen HERE

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The Candy Johnson Show 45 was programmed for another comp. but I wanted to feature it cause it really rocked the dancefloor the last Soulful Saturday at Magazzino Di Giancarlo. (Next party at Magazzino will be next week Saturday 19th April, be there! This week we'll spin 45s at Wipe Out, check Dancing Soulful Party Blog and MySpace)

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Leonard Carbo - Pigtails And Blue Jeans - Vee Jay
Jesse Powell Orchestra with Fluffy Hunter - The Walkin Blues
Ruth Brown - I Want To Do More - Atlantic
Hank Ballard and The Midnighters - The Risin Tide - King
Popcorn And The Mohaks - Shimmy Gully - Motown 1002
Richie Barrett - Some Other Guy - Atlantic
Jessie Hill - Whip It On Me - Minit
The Candy Johnson Show - Ooh Poo Paa Doo . Canjo
Rufus Mr Soul Beacham - Take It Easy - Scepter
Little Esther Philips - Mojo Hannah - Atlantic
Yvonne Fair - Tell Me Why - King
Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Lovin - Fire
Teddy Vann - The Rythm And Blues Song - Columbia

2 hours of Dancefloor Jazz Mixed by Luis

Swing again your ass with 2 hour of mixes!!!

Vol. 1 HERE

Gene McDaniels - Sweet Lover No More
Jimmy Smith - The Cat
Hi Fly - Hi Fidelity
Rudy lambert - Love
Willie Bobo - Bobo Do That Thing
Buddy Rich Band - Big Mama Class
Leslie Uggams - I Want You To Be My Babe
Gordon Beck - The Hustler
Willis Jackson - Nuther n Like Thuther n
Buddy Rich - The Beat Goes On
Nancy Wilson - Smack Dub In The Middle
David Newman Jack McDuff - Duffin Round
Jimmy Smith - Stay Loose
Young Holt Trio - Ain t There Something That Money Can Buy
Billy Hawks - O Baby I Believe I M losing You
Brother Jack McDuff - Hot Barbeque
Hi Fly - Samboogaloo
Joe Lee Wilson - The Return of The Prodigal Son
Latin Blues Band feat Luis Aviles - Happy Man

Vol. 2 HERE


Elain Delmar - Sneakin Up On You
Della Reese - Sunny
Gustav Brom Orchestra - Waldmadchen
Dee Felice Trio - the Crickets Sing
Chris Connor - Lot Of Livin To Do
Dave Bruberk Carmen Mc Rae - Take Five
Line Kazan - Feeling Good
David Newman Jack McDuff - More Head
Googie Rene Combo - Smokey s Joe La La
Mark Murphy - Why Don t You Do Wright
Sheila Winkerson - Baby You re a Jive Cat
Ray Charles Orchestra - Sidewinder
Van Prince and Orchestra - Adlon Hully Gully part 1
Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce
Brother Jack McDuff - 601 North Poplar
Harry Stoneham Sextet - Tom Dick and Harry
Machito - Minor Rama
Hector Rivera - Hectomania
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Freaks For The Festival
La Lupe - Fever
Jimmy Sabater - The Times Are Changin
James Brown Marva Whitney - Sunny

NEW MIX !

MARCH 2008 Mix 1

Shame on us, it's so much we don't post new stuff!
For your delight a selection of soul and r&b: class and classics..
Among it a weird tune singed in italian, the classic Midnite Special, by Nino Ginex Con Orchestra Gino Mescoli and a scratchy french version of Mar-Keys' Last Night.
Enjoy it! Luis.

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Les-Barons - Last Night - CID
Johnny Little John And Guitar - Kitty O - Margaret
Bobby Peterson - Quintet The Hunch - V Tone
Lavern Baker - Love Me Right - Atlantic
Elvis Presley Let Yourself Go - RCA
SonnyTil - Hey Little Woman - CP Parker
The-Steinways - My Heart s Not In It Anymore - Oliver
Robert Parker - I Caught You In A Lie - Nola
Art Grayson - Bad Dreams - 4Corners Of The World
Elbie Parker - Please Keep Away From Me - Veep
The Metros - Since I Found My Babe - RCA
The Tams - Disillusioned - Arlen
Nino Ginex Con Orchestra Gino Mescoli - Midnite-Special - Phonocolor

45 SPOTLIGHT: La Lupe "Fever" (Mercury 72149)

Click on the label and get the fever!

The Queen of Latin Soul, La Ji Ji Ji.
La Lupe
in one of the best version ever of Little Willie John' classic.

45 SPOTLIGHT: Jimmy Nicol "Husky" - "Night Train" (Pye Denmark)

Listen: HUSKY - NIGHT TRAIN

This is the great Danish print of Jimmy Nicol' Husky, on the flip there's a very nice cover of James Brown' Night Train!

Jimmy's been a temporary member of The Beatles and toured Australia while Ringo was hospitalised with tonsillitis. (all about on wiki).

1964 Australian Tv footage:



The interview leaving Australia:

45 SPOTLIGHT: Jasper Woods - Hully Gully Papa (VPM 1009 A)

Click on the label an listen!

Featured in our previous Party Mix, this is a great R&B dancer found this summer for few bucks in the wounderful,
Rooky Ricardo's record shop in Haight Street, S. Francisco.

45 SPOTLIGHT: Gentlemen Jude Gardner "It's Gonna Rain" (Emarcy E-4050)

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Gentlemen Jude Garden does a version of Sonny Bono It's Gonna Rain.

This song has been used as the overture for The Fabolous Soulfulettes Dancing Show who greatly debuted last Saturday in our weekly venue.
All the pics are featured now on the Dancing Soulful Party Blog! Shake Baby Shake!

45 SPOTLIGHT: Roberto Y Su Nuevo Montuno (Bobby Valentin) "El Yerbero Del Barrio" (Fania De Panama 8015)

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Here in Soulful Torino we cure ourself with the same treatments Bobby Valentin gives to his barrio brothers. If you know some spanish hear the tune and find what we're talkin' about.
The song is dedicated to Bruno a.k.a The Preacher, one of the founders of the original Soulful Crew, who celebrated his birthday yesterday 11-11 together with Luis.

Soon a Latin Soul compilation will be on!

45 SPOTLIGHT: The Fabulous Ottomans "Shake Shout And Soul"

Click on the turban headed guys from Barcelona and listen some explosive gritty rock and soul!!!
it's the title track of their new great 7"EP.

It's two month we're spinning it at Dancing Soulful Saturday and it never fails to shake the dancefloor fitting perfectly in a 50 -60 R&B selection.
So go to their blog and buy straightaway a copy!

45 SPOTLIGHT: Jackie Shane "Comin' Down" (Sue 788)

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the fabolous, the flamboyante, the effeminate
Jackie Shane!

Lounge singer Jackie Shane was considered very risquè during the more subdued Toronto club era of the early 1960's. As a black androgynous soul singer, often backed by Frank Motley And The Hitchhikers (featuring saxophonist King Herbert) at the Sapphire Club, Shane commanded overflow crowds as much for his silky smooth voice as for his flamboyant effeminate stage persona. With constant club engagements throughout Canada and parts of the US as far away as California and Hawaii, Shane was able to release his one and only hit record, "Any Other Way", in April 1963. The song reached No. 2 in Canada and sustained itself on the charts for 9 consecutive weeks. To capitalize on his popularity he also recorded a live album but by the late 1960's drifted into obscurity. Many rumours have circulated over the years about his untimely death but none have ever been confirmed. Shane's whereabouts is unknown.
(from the canadian website jam.canoe.ca )


The pics are gently stolen from the great queermusicheritage a U.S. website about gay & lesbian music.

45 SPOTLIGHT: Bill Pinkney "I Do The Jerk" - "Don't Call Me"

Click on the labels to listen the tunes!

This is a great doublesider!
Bill Pinkney, one of the Drifters, recorded in 1964 this Fontana single produced by The Godfather of Soul Mr.James Brown.
Listen both sides!
I Do The Jerk is a 100mph dancer, Don't Call me sounds like a mid-tempo northern tune.
Which one do you prefer?

All about the Drifters and Bill Pinkney on MARV GOLDBERG'S R&B NOTEBOOKS

Swinging Soul and Jazzy Tunes MIX

Click on Mr Jimmy Smith and swing your ass off!

Click on the labels for large view.

1 James Brown - Who s Afraid Of Virginia Wolfe (Smash)

2 Cozy Cole - Topsy (part 2)
(Love)
3 Les McCann - Burnin Coal (Atlantic)
4 Mark Murphy - Why Don t You Do Wright (Riverside)
5 Joung Holt Trio - Ain t There Something That Money Can Buy (Brunswik)
6 Lou Donaldson - Signifying
(Argo)
7 Brother Jack McDuff - Hot Barbeque
(Prestige)
8 Van Prince And Orchestra - Adlon Hully Gully Part One (Adlon)
9 Carmen McRae with Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (Columbia)
10 Jimmy Smith - I Got My Mojo Workin (Verve)
11 Big John Patton - Fat Judy (Blue Note)
12 Mel Torme - Comin Home (Atlantic)
13 The Ray Charles Orchestra - Side Winder (Tangerine)
14 The Buddy Rich Big Band - Big Mama Cass (Pacific Jazz)
15 Les McCan and Eddie Harris - Compared To What (Atlanic)

Soulful Party Mix Vol. 1 ---- September 2007 ----

Need music for your house parties?
Prepare Yourself a drink,
then click the cover above
and listen it loudly!!!

Here's the first number of the "Soulful Party Mix". A selection of our parties hottest tunes.
Real R&B and Soul Dancers for quality ass shakin' !!!

1 Jasper Woods - Hully Gully Papa (VPM)

2 Mel Torme - Right Now
(Atlantic)
3 Lonnie Russ - My Wife Can't Cook (4 Records)
4 Lavern Baker - Jim Dandy (Atlantic)
5 Richard Barry And The Pharaons - Have Love Will Travel
(Era)
6 Jimmy Cliff - Let's Dance (Fontana)
7 Smokey Robinson - Mickey's Monkey
(Tamla)
8 The Fabolous Ottomans - Shake Shout And Soul
(Butterfly)
9 Mary Night - I Thought I Told Not To Tell You
(Baton)
10 Jerry Williams Boogaloo Baby
(Clan-juke box)
11 Prince Harold - Baby You Got Me (Mercury)
12 Elvis Presley - Rubberneckin (RCA)
13 The Pyramids - Shakin Fit (Vee-Jay)
14 George Weiner - Shout
(Top Six)
15 Ricky Dee - Work Out Part One (NewTown)