Cosmo Baker's 45 Caliber Funk mixtape, the perfect sound track for the weekend run around.
-THE BAG MESSENGER
I recorded this for The Remedy’s infamous “Pimp’s & Hoes Masquerade Ball” in 2001. This is 60 minutes of dusty funk 45s mixed and ready for the party. Rare and not so rare alike, but all heavy pieces.
Maceo & All The Kings Men “Got to Get’cha” (House Of The Fox)
The South Side Movement “I’ve Been Watching You” (Wand)
The Parliaments “Good Old Music” (Revilot)
Gene Faith “Family Man” (Virtue)
Four Mints “In A Rut” (Capsoul)
Lee Fields “I’m The Man” (Soul Fire)
Ann Robinson “You Did It” (All Brothers)
Rhetta Hughes “Light My Fire” (Tetragrammatron)
Johnny Talbot “Pickin Cotton” (Jasman)
The Vibrations “Ain’t No Greens In Harlem” (Mandala)
Thomas East & The Fabulous Playboys “I Get A Groove” (Toddlin’ Town)
Afro SoulReview “Soft Soul” (Tupelo Sound)
Juggy “Oily” (Sue)
Louis Chachere “The Hen” Pt. 1 (Paula)
Steve Colt “Dynamite” (Big Beat)
JD& The Evil’s Dynamite Band “Just More Haaa-sheesh” (Soul Fire)
The Soul Searchers “Think” (Sussex)
Wilbur Bascome & The Zodiac “Just A Groove In ‘G’” (Carnival)
Joe Quarterman & Free Soul “(I’ve Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind Pt. 1” (GFS)
Tina Britt “Sookie Sookie” (Veep)
Tousaint McCall “Shimmy” (Ronn)
Dyke & The Blazers “Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man Be A Man” (Original Sound)
Syl Johnson “Come On Sock It To Me” (Twilight)
The Soul President “Get It Right” (Big Mack)
Spanky Wilson “Sunshine Of Your Love” (Mother Records LP)
Betty Harris “12 Red Roses” (Sansu)
Nina Simone “Save Me” (Jazzman)
Diplomats “I’ve Got The Kind Of Love” (Dynamo)
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When Victrola introduced the Revolution Go turntable to me and asked if we would be interested in trying one out, I was game, but these days I spend more time at my desk than hunting for records in dusty basements.