Saturday Night party!! - The playlist

[Blaxman]

Hi friends, like I promissed, this is the playlist from the "SENHORES DO GROOVE" saturday night meeting. It took place at Zelig Bar & Club (Porto Alegre - Brazil).

My set was more funk oriented, check it out:

- GERSON "KING" COMBO - MANDAMENTOS BLACK
- LEON HAYWOOD - STROKIN
- INSTANT FUNK - I'LL BE DOGGONE
- BRASS CONSTRUCTION - GET UP TO GET DOWN
- PLEASURE - GOT TO THE FEELING
(Sammy, this is for you)
- BAR-KAYS - SHUT UP THE FUNK
- JIMMY 'BO' HORNE - YOU GET ME HOT
- GANG DO TAGARELA - MELÔ DO TAGARELA
instrumental)
- KANO - CANT HOLD BACK
- CENTRAL LINE - WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE
- TRAMMPS - UP ON THE HILL
- DUNN & BRUCE STREET - SHOUT FOR JOY

I hope you enjoy,

Blaxman

[jazz_pilgrim]

A good funky set ... My fave from your list is the BAR-KAYS track ... And PLEASURE!!! Hope a good night was had by all!!

A couple of those I haven't heard of. Could you give me some info on GERSON "KING" COMBO - MANDAMENTOS BLACK and GANG DO TAGARELA - MELÔ DO TAGARELA
instrumental) ?

Funnily enough I heard that DUNN & BRUCE STREET - SHOUT FOR JOY on the radio last week (And I recorded it on my minidisc!) That is a really fine track ... I'm really getting into that one at the moment.

[sammyperez]

Blaxman:

I was looking forward to your playlist and I must say, great stuff here. 'Walking into Sunshine' by Central Line is an absolute fave of mine; Many memories with this one as it reminds me so much of my college days. Also, Instant Funk and Jimmy 'Bo' Horne are also big in my collection. Sounded like a great party; Wish I could have been there to check it out. I too am unfamiliar with the two tracks Jazz mentioned. Can you give some more info on these as I am interested in knowing a little more background on them. Once again, great set. Let me see what I can come up with this Friday. By the way, thanks for throwing some Pleasure in there for me.

Easy,

Sam "ALL JAM"

[Blaxman]

Jazz and Sammy, you can be sure, was a great night there, big crowd (120 people in a small club) :grin: , great 70's atmosfere. Perfect!!

Let me explain the "SENHORES DO GROOVE" party "rules". (from now on I'll call just "SG" ok?)

We are 7 record collectors from the 70's, and we use to promote public meetings to share & trade records, CD's, memories, etc...
This party/meetings gained some attention on the local radios, tv and newspapers last two years but we make just two or three meeting by year. In this meetings we prefer to play our "not so mainstream" fave tracks and we MUST (yes, MUST, it's the rules) play at least one obscure track on the set. That's the case of "GANG DO TAGARELA" track of my set. This way we share the obscure tracks, on the party!

Every SG member have his own "specialty", 60/70's soul/r&b, 70/80's funk (my case), philly, disco-funk, eurodisco and house.


Well, about the tracks you like.

- GERSON "KING" COMBO: Is a kind of "brazilian James Brown", he recorded two albuns in the 70's, the track "Mandamentos Black" is from 77 (great funk track!!!)It's available on Audiogalaxy.The lyrics....well...it's in portuguese, is all about "commandments from the black people", like the bible commandments, you know.

- GANG DO TAGARELA: It's a really obscure brazilian track, it's an early 80's instrumental version from "GOOD TIMES/RAPPERS DELIGHT" from CHIC/SUGARHILL GANG, with no lyrics but, several small solo works from guitar, bass, horns. This track really was the smash hit of the party !!! :grin:
And better.....It's available on Audiogalaxy !! It's available on a British CD compilation called "Black Rio". BTW, "tagarela" in portuguese means.....hmmm.....
somebody who talks too much....like the rappers in "Rappers Delight", got it?
"MELÔ" is a shortened form to melody.

Well, I think is enough to my poor english knowledgment, if you had patience to read this until the end, sorry and thanks.

Peace,

Blaxman

P.S. If you hear tha songs, let me know your impressions, ok?





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[ruoffended]

Well ive got that track by GERSON KING COMBO after reading one of your post 2 or 3 weeks ago , sure is good funk , i love it , if you have other good suggestion like this one go ahead , we dig funk and disco from all over the world,ive also discovered lately MASS PRODUCTION - Welcome to our world , LOOOOOVE IT..........RU

[Blaxman]

On 2002-05-28 10:01, ruoffended wrote:
Well ive got that track by GERSON KING COMBO after reading one of your post 2 or 3 weeks ago , sure is good funk , i love it , if you have other good suggestion like this one go ahead , we dig funk and disco from all over the world,ive also discovered lately MASS PRODUCTION - Welcome to our world , LOOOOOVE IT..........RU

Hi RU, I'm glad you like the songs.

If you want more from GERSON KING COMBO you can try:

-"SWING DO REI" (King's Swing) - my fave.

-"FUNK BROTHER SOUL"

-"ANDANDO NOS TRILHOS"(Walking On The Rail)

It's all available in audiogalaxy. :grin:

You can try too:

-"SOSSEGO" by TIM MAIA - my fave too, great horn-driven funk.Not available in Audiogalaxy :cry:

-"GERAÇÃO BLACK"(Black Generation)by UNIÃO BLACK

-"BLACK RIO" by UNIÃO BLACK

It's available on AG.


I hope you enjoy,

Blaxman

[Blaxman]

RU, I forgot about MASS PRODUCTION, I like "PEOPLE GET UP". I think they sounds like BAR-KAYS or BRASS CONSTRUCTION, two band that I like so much. Good choice!

Blaxman

[sammyperez]

Blaxman:

Thanks for the info on the tracks. The idea of Brazilian funk sounds interesting and definitely something I'm going to check out.

Ru:

Mass Production was a very underrated funk band from the '70's. I have at least four LP's, possibly five, that are all very good. I'm not at home right now so I can't give an accurate account of the number of LP's or the great tracks on each which I'll know once I look at the albums. I'll do that once I get home. Great discovery.

Easy,

Sam "ALL JAM"

[sammyperez]

Blaxman:

By the way, the idea of getting together with other collectors for trading and sharing music a few times a year sounds great. The closest thing I have to that is attending record conventions throughout the year where vendors sell hard to find classics. Your venture sounds alot more fun.

Easy,

Sam "ALL JAM"

[Blaxman]

On 2002-05-28 12:54, sammyperez wrote:
Blaxman:

By the way, the idea of getting together with other collectors for trading and sharing music a few times a year sounds great. The closest thing I have to that is attending record conventions throughout the year where vendors sell hard to find classics. Your venture sounds alot more fun.

Easy,

Sam "ALL JAM"

Sammy, in fact all of us are close friends and we dinning frequently at each other houses. The parties/meetings are to gather all of us at same time (and place), what is not so easy because the lack of time, you know, the real life is tough! About the parties, we use to say: "We play for ourselves", the attendants just be at the right place at right time. We are not professional DJ's. That's why we dont play so much mainstream songs. We play what we like and the open-minded attendants like it. At least the most part of them, thank God! :grin:

And of course, it's very very fun. Its a real "pleasure".

Take care,

Blaxman

[jazz_pilgrim]

Thanx for the info, Blax. I shall be looking out for those in the future.

I haven't got a lot of Brazilian funk as such - my faves are Azymuth "Outburo" and Tania Maria "Come With Me" from my collection but I have a lot of latin-influenced disco and funk (I REALLY love the music ..). I made a tape of some of the latin stuff from my collection for someone a few months back, and it was such fun that I made myself a Minidisc entitled "Latin stuff - part One" - with artists like Willie Colon, Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Cedar Walton, Sergio Mandes. Good listening for sunny days :grin:

Talking about Mass Production, I have a couple of Mass Production LPs, both picked up in Germany, I remember, for peanuts ....
around $1 - $2 in the 80's. My fave is "Cosmic Lust" ...

Yeah, and I like the idea of reunions - we have one reunion a year in Central London and it is good to talk about those times Way Back When ...

[Blaxman]

On 2002-05-28 02:27, jazz_pilgrim wrote:
....... I heard that DUNN & BRUCE STREET - SHOUT FOR JOY on the radio last week (And I recorded it on my minidisc!) That is a really fine track ... I'm really getting into that one at the moment.

Jazz, "Shout For Joy" was (also or originally) recorded by the group called "REVELATION". REVELATION's version is more "joyous", better produced. I played the DUNN & BRUCE's version (I like it, of course) because it was more convenient to the set (more "rare groove" style at that moment).

I you dont know Revelation's version, try it.I think you'll like it.

[Blaxman]

On 2002-05-29 06:41, jazz_pilgrim wrote:
I haven't got a lot of Brazilian funk as such - my faves are Azymuth "Outburo" ...

Talking about Mass Production, I have a couple of Mass Production LPs, both picked up in Germany, I remember, for peanuts ....
around $1 - $2 in the 80's. My fave is "Cosmic Lust" ...

Yeah, and I like the idea of reunions - we have one reunion a year in Central London and it is good to talk about those times Way Back When ...

Jazz,

I like "Azymuth" so much, saddly they are more famous outside than in Brazil. :sad:


Saddly, "Mass Production" stuff is pretty rare in Brazil, everything I have is some tracks from some compilations or downloaded tracks from AG. However, I can see they are a good band, I really like one 80's instrumental track called "BOOP", it's very similar to the some BAR-KAYS synth-driven track from the same era, wich is "BACKSEAT DRIVER".

And finally, I was wondering. How would be a "discomusic.com" forum members meeting!?!?....OK......just a delyrium!! :sad:

Peace,

Blaxman

[zeca azevedo]

Well guys,
I was a DJ on that party too and my selection was far away from the funky stuff BLAXMAN played. Here's the set list:

- PHYLLIS HYMAN: UNDER YOUR SPELL
- MARY J BLIGE: FAMILY AFFAIR
- EN VOGUE: MY LOVIN'
- WHITNEY HOUSTON: STEP BY STEP
- JANET JACKSON: TOGETHER AGAIN
- DIANA ROSS: NOT OVER YOU YET
- NATALIE COLE: LIVIN' FOR LOVE

At the very end of the party, when most of the people were gone, I played some slow songs like INVISIBLE by ALISON MOYET and... MANHÃS DE SETEMBRO, by VANUSA! Who the hell is VANUSA? Well, she is a brazilian pop singer that appeared in the late 60's and, among other things, made a very funny cover of I WILL SURVIVE with lyrics translated to portuguese! Wild stuff indeed!
Peace (paz)
zeca azevedo

[Blaxman]

Hey friends from "discomusic forums", finally I can say welcome to Zeca Azevedo, he's a good friend of mine and another "Senhores do Groove" member.

Sammy and Jazz, you both can see. The guy has great taste, like both of you. And better, his english is much better than mine.

Welcome, Zeca! :grin:

Blaxman

P.S. Is you want to see our "pretty faces" :lol: .Take a look at our "Senhores do Groove Website" http://www.sgroove.hpg.ig.com.br/index.htm
click on the "Festas com SG" button to see photos of the party, click on the "Quem Somos" button to see our "pretty" faces. Click on the photos to see our personal preferences.

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