Reply With QuoteI enjoyed your mix very much thanks Greg. Can I just ask which LP the Chic track 'Open Up' is from as it's brilliant & I've never heard it before (it's on the 1st Norman Jay mix).
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A different type of 'mix' of mine has just gone online, more geared to radio than clubs (although there are still plenty of great club tunes included).
Definitely one for the Soul/Funk heads.
Hope you enjoy:
http://radio.sixmillionsteps.com
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I enjoyed your mix very much thanks Greg. Can I just ask which LP the Chic track 'Open Up' is from as it's brilliant & I've never heard it before (it's on the 1st Norman Jay mix).
...ya gotta beat the street......
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Hi Steely Dan: Thanks for the feedback, glad you like the 'mix'.Originally Written by Steely Dan
'Open Up' is from the album 'Real People' (1980).
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Thanx Greg. I never bothered with Chic's stuff post-Risqué. Very dismissive & unadventurous of me I know! :(
...ya gotta beat the street......
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hi GREG ive really enjoyed this too ive listened 5 times now :P its all in here! pleased to hear linda jones with 'my heart needs a break' in there i have always said she would have been the queen of disco had she not died young, she was headed that way when she recorded with the whatnauts on stang.one question about 54 minutes and a few seconds in theres a jazzer thats got me puzzled it is something i own but havnt heard for years is it..time of the season gap mangione ??????
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Greg: I was getting excited when I heard Ben E King's Supernatural Thing. I was waiting for Jimmy Ruffin - Tell Me What You Want and then George Soule - Get Involved popped into my brain......all to no avail. I must have mixed those together BITD. Never mind. An eclectic selection of tracks.
It was good to hear Phone Home and of course Mike T - Do It Anyway You Wanna (why don't more people like/know this track?) Captain Rapp - Bad Times.......Yowsah.
RJ's Latest Arrival - Ultimate Masterpiece (you left in the real cheesey sound FX, I laughed my ass off at the drill as I always do) Yep.
I'd be interested to hear your rationale behind the trax you chose and how much pre prod time went into it?. No nasty intentions or anything.
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Hi Discodisk: 5 times - quite a compliment coming from the Double-D! Really glad you've enjoyed it.
I only knew of Linda Jones from a mid-70's album called 'It's All Platinum', which included 'Your Precious Love', until someone who used to go out on the Northern Soul scene tuned me into 'My Heart Needs A Break' alongside some other tunes by different artists that you'll no doubt know ('That's Not Love', 'Send Him Back', 'Conscience' etc).
What a voice - absolutely unbelievable! Like you say, it seems she was destined to became a major star, but, sadly, it wasn't to be. Thankfully the Northern Soul scene has kept her memory alive, otherwise a unique talent would be more or less completely forgotten. For those who haven't heard of Linda Jones I seriously recommend you give your ears a treat and check her out (you can find 'My Heart Needs A Break' at 19.10 on the mix).
The track at 54 minutes is 'Strut' by Chico Hamilton, which was a huge on the Jazz-Funk scene around the time I came to Wigan Pier (1980). I'd forgotten all about the Gap Mangione tune you mentioned, a cover of an old Zombies track - must try to dig that out.
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Hi Quinny: I was asked to do a mix for Six Million Steps, who are a group of old Soulies from London who do a webshow on World Wide FM. I was more than happy to do this, their previous guests have included the likes of Norman Jay, Bob Jones, Todd Terry and Bill Brewster, so I'm in extremely good company.
I didn't want to put together a mix in the conventional sense, more of a selection of continuous music, all linked together. The tracks I chose reflect where I'm coming from with regards to black music - covering R&B, Soul, Funk, Disco, Jazz-Funk, Electro-Funk and Hip Hop. I put it together over a couple of nights, the first selecting all the tracks and link parts / samples, the second piecing it all together.
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Hi Greg, great mix (not mix)! I was just wondering how you put it together? Did you use a computer?
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Hi Squire Of Binsted:Nice one, glad you enjoyed.
Yeah, I put it together in the computer using Cool Edit Pro.
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yes greg strut it is! i havnt played that for as long as ive lived here,its sounding good :P
back to linda jones warners finally gave up my favourite track 'just cant live my life' for richard searlings after hours 2 c.d even as the c.d was being compiled he said they wouldnt let it out and they finally gave in :P [my heart needs a break is on vol 1] disco for 1968 id say, a really busy record, sheer class :P
both volumes rammed full of great stuff from atlantic/warners/loma
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Enjoyed listening to your mix Greg.. 8)
I especially liked the segway from
SUPERNATURAL THING/HOT
also the scratch mix: FREE - DENIECE WILLIAMS
:D
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Top drawer stuff Greg.
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Thanks efunk_adelic and marko.
BTW efunk, can't take credit for the scratching - it's courtesy of Kenny Dope (from album - 'Strange Games And Funky Things III'). However, I did edit his scratch version with the original of 'Free', so it does have its own unique angle!
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it's all still art to me :) I do edits like this also. Highlighting a segment.
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That was a weird part of the programme. Hearing the really scratched vinyl copy mixed in/edited with the more pristine sounding scratch version.
Confused of Southampton
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[quote="QUINNY"]It was actually the opposite way around from the way you heard it Quinny.
But, there you go, that's Hip Hop for you. I don't mind a bit of weird.
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I've always loved 'Free'. It's really strange that despite being a UK #1 it was never one of those records that has been overplayed down the years.it's all still art to me :) I do edits like this also. Highlighting a segment.
I loved what Kenny Dope did, his scratching bringing a real rawness to it (but without spoiling it in any way), resulting in a great contrast.
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TRACKLISTING:
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST YOUR RADIO
INTRO do not attempt to adjust your radio
GW TAPE EDIT get ready I’m a comin’
BENNY GOLSON the new killer joe rap
BEN E KING supernatural thing
JAMES BROWN hot (I need to be loved loved loved loved)
STEVIE WONDER jesus children of america
BIG BEAR rear insert
GW EDIT still lovin’ it
LINDA JONES my heart needs a break
OTIS REDDING shake (live in london)
RUSSELL BROTHERS the party scene
GW EDIT sesame seed
DENIECE WILLIAMS free (original / kenny dope)
GW MASH-UP amp trouble
JOHNNY CHINGAS phone home
GW EDIT t’s on the mike
CAPTAIN RAPP bad times (I can’t stand it)
MISCHIEF BREW lifted
INSERT rock it don’t stop it
GW EDIT worldwide
SOUL SEARCHERS blow your whistle
CHICO HAMILTON strut
THE WEBBOES under the wear
VAUGHAN MASON rockin’ big guitar
GW EDIT just a touch
RJ’S LATEST ARRIVAL ultimate masterpiece
GW EDIT this is for you
THE FLAMINGOS I only have eyes for you
MIXED (NOT MIXED) BY GREG WILSON FOR SIX MILLION STEPS MARCH 04.
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