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Sunday, 2 November 2025

"RESONATOR" by MARK BARRY (2 November 2025 Book of Poems - Number 4 in a Series - 114 Pages of Poems, Rhymes, Limericks, Funnies and Photos - Available on all Amazon Sites - Part of the 'Left Luggage' Series)

 


My new book RESONATOR 

Published today, Sunday, 2 Nov 2025

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MULL OF BIN-DIRE (Hair-Raising Decisions)

CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL (Re-Cooling Britannia)

BAZ AND FRANKLIN INADVERTENTLY GO BANANAS

(Laughing With Each Other And Not At Each Other)

MARY WHITEHOUSE WORRIES ABOUT MASHED-POTATO CONSISTENCY

THE PROBLEM WITH BEING OLD (Monster-Winning Dread)

FRANKENSTEIN HAS AN EPPY

PISSED IN THE TRENCHES (Some Like It Hot in the Rose In June)

LISTENING TO KINGFISHR

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS (The Proximity Of Stars)

IN THE END, I JUST WANT PEACE

POEMS YOU CAN AND CANNOT TRUST (For Your Own Protection)

LEXI, CHARLIE & BEA

DISNEY TAKES THE PISS (Alarmingly Minimalistic)

AN EVER-FIXED MARK

COOL IN OUR ENSEMBLE SINS (Energizing My Wardrobe)

KATIE JOHNSON'S ONLY FAN

WONDROUS NEW PATHS SHOWN (The Song Inside)

DEAFENING SILENCE, CALLING ITSELF SOUND

MAKING CAR BOMBS WITH AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI

(Have The Dogma Dogs Already Won?)

CHEMTRAILS

HORNPIPE MELODY FOR BASSOONS AND FLUTE (Ping's The Thing)

THE LOADED LAUNDRY BASKET (In Your Corner)

BEGUILE OF THE SLAP PILE (Lad Bible Dogs)

SHAMROCK A'HEM TO THE SOUND OF JE T'AIME

JANE AUSTEN'S HOUSE

BÓTHAR CHLUAIN TARBH, BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH (Clontarf Road, Dublin)

LIKE NO OTHER

CROIX DE GUERRE (Maid Of Honour) (for Elaine Marie Madden)

EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION DOWN TIME

THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN A TOILET

DEAFENING SILENCE CALLING ITSELF SOUND

QUIET JOY OF LIFE (Better Part Of Ourselves) (for Alan Rickman and Rima Horton)

NO ONE'S CALLED EUSTACE ANYMORE

THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF LONG TROUSERS


Book 4 of 12 in the Left Luggage Series


Saturday, 6 September 2025

"Woken-Up Flutter" by MARK BARRY from 'Significant Others' - Book 2 of 9 Poetry and Rhyme Books in the 'Left Luggage Series' (on Amazon sites in Paperback)


From my Book 'Significant Others'
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Wednesday, 3 September 2025

"Swamp Music: The Complete Monument Recordings" by TONY JOE WHITE – Featuring His First Three Studio Albums - "Black And White" and "…Continued" from June and October 1969 plus "Tony Joe" from July 1970 - All on Monument Records in Stereo. Extras Include Non-Album Singles, Album Outtakes and Previously Unreleased Live Material (on Disc 4) Recorded at The Isle Of Wight Festival in 1970 - Guest Cozy Powell on Drums (September 2006 USA Rhino Handmade 4CD Flip-Lid Box Set with Mini LP Repro Artwork Card Sleeves – Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch Remasters) - A Review by Mark Barry...





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"...Funky Fingers..."

Born in 1943 Louisiana as the seventh son (literally) in the White Family and reared on a weekly diet of Gospel and Church music – one fateful day Daddy White brought home a Lightnin' Hopkins album and the young Tony Joe was solid gone. 

Cut to the Union Chapel in Islington, London in 2014 (me and the missus present) and that young boy now walks on stage as a man with an electric guitar and a voice that rattles a church to its core as TJW simply says - "Evening Y'all!" Minutes later as he launches into his one-man Soul Francisco vibe – his loud boogie feels like the beginning of J.J. Cale morphing into a one-man ZZ Top. The effect as you can imagine is quite awesome… But then, amongst certain circles (especially within the industry) – Tony Joe White has always been a little bit special in the Mojo stakes. 

This fantastic September 2006 US 4CD Brick Block set from those fab dudes and dudettes over at Rhino Records offers up the first part of his career on Monument Records from 1968 to 1970 before he went for broke with Warner Brothers in 1971. If you find your neck jerking throughout in a Creedence Clearwater Revival meets J.J. Cale manner - then welcome to the vibe of Tony Joe White. To the swamp-mess details…

"Swamp Music: The Complete Monument Recordings" by TONY JOE WHITE was put out Stateside in September 2006 by Rhino Handmade on RHM2 7731 (Barcode 603497773121). Across 4 CDs and 83 tracks - it offers three full albums, the A&Bs of 10 x US 7" 45-singles (many non-album) and a whopping 41 Previously Unreleased. There are a lot of details to get through - so here are the dangerously well endowed Sheriff's Daughters and Dusty Marshmallows…

Disc 1 (75:37 minutes):
1. Willie And Laura Mae Jones [Side 1]
2. Soul Francisco
3. Aspen Colorado
4. Whompt Out On You
5. Don't Steal My Love
6. Pork Salad Annie
7. Who's Making Love [Side 2]
8. Scratch My Back
9. Little Green Apples
10. Wichita Lineman
11. The Look Of Love
Tracks 1 to 11 are his debut album "Black And White" released June 1969 in the USA on Monument Records SLP 18114 (Stereo Only) and June 1969 UK on Monument LMO 5027 (Mono) and SMO 5027 (Stereo) – Stereo Mix Used. Produced by Billy Swan. The LP first charted in the USA 26 July 1969, rose to a height of No. 51 with a 16-week chart run. In March 2021 and mastered by revered Sound Engineer KEVIN GRAY - "Black And White" by TONY JOE WHITE was reissued as a Limited Edition US-Pressed VINYL LP (of 1,000) on Analogue Productions AAPP 129 (Barcode 753088129315) - mastered from original tapes onto 180 Grams Audiophile Vinyl and featuring inserts plus a new interview with Original Producer BILLY SWAN. 

12. Willie And Laura Mae Jones (Alternate Version)
13. I Protest
14. A Man Can Only Stand Just So Much Pain (13 and 14 are the A&B-sides of a May 1968 US 7" single on Monument 45-1070)
15. Toil & Trouble (Early Version)
16. Georgia Pines (A-side of his March 1967 debut USA 7" single for Monument on Monument 45-1003, Produced by Ray Stevens)
17. It's Not What You Got
18. Prison Song
19. Hung up On You
20. Ten More Miles To Louisiana (B-side to "Georgia Pines", see 16)
21. Let The Party Roll On
22. Watching The Trains Go By (Alternate Version)
23. Georgia Pines (Alternate Version)
24. Baby Please Don't Go
Tracks 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23 and 24 are Previously Unreleased; Track 24 is the Big Joe Williams song made famous by Van Morrison's Them in the Sixties

Disc 2 (78:30 minutes):
1. Elements And Things [Side 1]
2. Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin)
3. Woodpecker
4. Rainy Night In Georgia
5. For Le Ann
6. Old Man Willis [Side 2]
7. Woman With Soul
8. I Want You
9. I Thought I Knew You Well
10. The Migrant
Tracks 1 to 9 are his 2nd LP "…Continued" – released October 1969 in the USA on Monument SLP-18133 (Stereo) and February 1970 in the UK on Monument LMO 5035 (Mono) and SMO 5035 (Stereo) – Stereo Mix Used

11. Watching The Trains Go By (Single Version)
12. Old Man Willis (Single Version) (Tracks 11 and 12 are the A&B-sides of a February 1968 USA 7" single on Monument 45-1053)
13. Funky Fingers
14. Soul Britches
15. Dusty Marshmallow
16. Toil & Trouble
17. What Does It Take
18. This Guy's In Love With You
19. Woodpecker (Alternate Version)
20. Laying Out All Night
21. I Want Your Sweet Love
22. Keep A Movin' Train
Tracks 13 to 22 inclusive are Previously Unreleased

Disc 3 (73:30 minutes)
1. Stud Spider [Side 1]
2. High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parrish
3. Widow Wimberly
4. Conjure Woman
5. Save Your Sugar For Me
6. Hard To Handle [Side 2]
7. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
8. My Friend
9. Stockholm Blues
10. Boom Boom
Tracks 1 to 10 are his 3rd album "Tony Joe" - released July 1970 in the USA on Monument SLP-18142 in Stereo and August 1970 in the UK on Monument SMO 5043 in Stereo

11. Groupy Girl (B-side of the February 1970 USA 7" single "High Sheriff Of Calhoun County" on Monument MN-45-1193)
12. Prisoner
13. Do You Want My Love
14. Gospel Singer
15. I Hate To See You Cry
16. Dusty Marshmallow
17. I Can't Stand It
18. Mississippi River
Tracks 12 to 18 are all Previously Unreleased

Disc 4 (76:30 minutes):
1. Mississippi Delta
2. Chain Of Fools
3. Woodpecker
4. The Ballad Of Hollis Brown
5. Blue Monday
6. Tobacco Road/Dead End Street
7. Caress Me Babe?
8. Dusty Marshmallow
9. Just Look At You
10. Skinny Legs And All
Tracks 1 to 10 recorded at Barclay Studios March 1969 – all Previously Unreleased

11. Boom Boom (Live)
12. Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin) (Live)
13. I Want You (Live)
14. Groupy Girl (Live)
15. Stud Spider (Live)
16. Pork Salad Annie (Live)
17. Save Your Sugar For Me (Live)
Tracks 11 to 17 recorded live at the Isle of Wight Festival 28 August 1970 - guest COZY POWELL on Drums

TONY JOE WHITE US Singles (UK follows below):
This Box set will allow fans to sequence all of the following American singles:

1. Georgia Pines b/w Ten More Miles To Louisiana (March 1967, Monument 45-1003 - Produced by RAY STEVENS - recorded October 1966)

2. Watching The Trains Go By b/w Old Man Willis (February 1968, Monument 45-1053)

3. I Protest b/w A Man Can Only Stand Just So Much Pain (May 1968, Monument 45-1070)

4. Soul Francisco b/w Whompt Out On You (August 1968, Monument MN 45-1086)

5. Pork Salad Annie b/w Aspen Colorado (October 1968, Monument MN45-1104)

6. Willie And Laura Mae Jones b/w Scratch My Back (27 June 1969 UK 45-Single on Monument MON 1036 in Stereo)

7. Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin) b/w The Migrant (October 1969, Monument MN45-1169)

8. High Sheriff Of Calhoun County b/w Groupy Girl (February 1970, Monument MN 45-1193)

9. Save Your Sugar For Me b/w My Friend (May 1970, Monument MN45-1206)

10. Old Man Willis b/w Scratch My Back (October 1970, Monument MN45-1227)

TONY JOE WHITE UK 45-Singles Discography for Monument Records:

1. Soul Francisco b/w Whompt Out On You (September 1968, Monument MON 1024)

2. Pork Salad Annie b/w Aspen Colorado (February 1969, Monument MON 1031)

3. Willie And Laura Mae Jones b/w Scratch My Back (June 1969, Monument MON 1036)

4. Roosevelt And Ira Lee b/w The Migrant (October 1969, Monument MON 1040)

5. Groupy Girl b/w High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parish (June 1970, Monument MON 1043)

6. A Night In The Life Of A Swamp Fox b/w The Daddy (June 1971, Warners Brothers WB 6129)

Compiled by BILL INGLOT and MASON WILLIAMS with Tape Research and Mastering done by BILL INGLOT and DAN HERSCH – the mini box set features a flip-back lid with 4 repro sleeves and a booklet contained within. The quality of the oversized card sleeves is superb with most of the rear liner notes and credits perfectly readable (even on the hard-to-read rear sleeve of the "Tony Joe" album). The sepia-feel 36-page booklet is numbered on the rear page to 5000 and features detailed liner notes by BEN EDMONDS and interviews with Tony Joe White, Friend and Musical Advisor Bob Beckham and Producer Billy Swan. Interspersed between the dense texts are full-page shots of several Monument 7" singles (some demos) and comprehensive reissue details at the rear. The remasters are fantastic – bringing out that deeply funky groove and far better than what I had before. 

His debut LP "Black And White" has huge fan-craves like "Soul Francisco" ("...some of those children got something to say…") and the equally cool "Pork Salad Annie". The racist-realistic "Willie And Laura Mae Jones" proved just too gritty for US radio. Side 1 gems too include the rarely heard "Don't Steal My Love" - a fantastic groover. After the hammerblow of originality and sheer TJW personality that hits you on Side 1 of the "Black And White" LP - Side 2 sounds something like another planet - Glen Campbell-light - and not in a good way. Having clearly run out of originals - Side 2 is almost all cover versions. The tail end of these is the undoing for me – saccharine versions of "Little Green Apples" and "The Look Of Love" where you can feel his cool wincing. 

Far better is his "right there!" take on Slim Harpo's "Scratch My Back" and amongst the previously unreleased are great discoveries like "Prison Song" ("...breaking up rocks in the hot, hot sun…"). It is not all good. The Mickey Newbury cover "A Man Can Only Stand Just So Much Pain" is a poppy brass-jabber that is awful and the early 45 "Georgia Pines" and its B-side sound like a Monkees-wannabe looking to jump on their bandwagon. The alternate "Willie And Laura Mae Jones" has great brass jabs and a spoken go-for-it pep-talk from Swan that sets up the take. An early take with wild guitar for "Toil And Trouble" is fabulous stuff - gruff and funking (be glad of what you got) and a have-at-it go at "Baby Please Don't Go" that sounds like Them on speed. I must also reiterate how good this Remaster of "Black And White" sounds - no wonder renowned Remaster Engineer KEVIN GRAY did an Audiophile LP version for Analogue Productions in 2021. 

Produced by Billy Swan (who would later have huge hits of his own on Monument Records in the mid Seventies) – the "…Continued" album did what it said on the tin – more Swamp Music tales of strange families ("Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night of The Mossacin)", leery moonshiners ("Old Man Willis", a great guitar-and-brass groover) and perplexing ladies ("I Thought I Knew You Well"). Other nuggets include "I Want You" - a fantastic groove with chugging guitar and Mike Utley putting in some funky organ. But it's strange now from the distance of 2025 to think that two of his most famous songs "Willie And Laura Mae Jones" and "Rainy Night In Georgia" never made it onto a US 45-single - "Willie And Laura Mae Jones" came out in the UK. Both Brook Benton and Eddie Floyd did fabulously soulful versions of "Rainy Night In Georgia" in 1970 - while Randy Crawford would make it a worldwide hit in 1981 (and probably paid a few TJW bills in the meantime). Fans of that groove are gonna die for the double-whammy of "Funky Fingers" and "Soul Britches" amongst the previously unreleased tunes – cool groovers with fabulous brass and organ backing. And as they play you can just see nattily dressed go-go dancers giving it some serious hip swivelling in some hip 6t's nightclub. Yeah baby…

Amongst its ten tracks the 3rd album "Tony Joe" harbours six originals and four superbly chosen covers – Otis Redding's "Hard To Handle", Jr. Walker & The All Stars "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)", John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" and a new one from Donnie Fritts and Dewey Oldham called "My Friend". Like Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and Eddie Hinton - Alabama-born white soul boy Donnie Fritts has been an underground hero for over 40 years – he would in fact record his own version of "My Friend" on the "Prone To Lean" album on Atlantic Records in 1974.

For fans Disc 4 is a total treat – the studio tracks are basically him playing funky solo renditions of songs he likes in his own inimitable way – Bobby Gentry’s "Mississippi Delta", Don Covay's "Chain Of Fools", a jagged "Ballad Of Hollis Brown" by Dylan and Joe Tex's "Skinny Legs And All". But best for me are the TJW originals called "Blue Monday" and "Caress Me Babe?" where he gets closest to his slyly sexy Lightnin' Hopkins roots. The 1970 "Isle Of Wight" stuff is live and rough - but you can hear the crowd grooving to his passionate Swamp Funk on "I Want You" where TJW goes at it with bravado. And with his Fogerty growls and Harmonica on "Stud Spider" - he sounds like a funked-up Dylan determined to shock his audience.

I've long been of the reasoning that J.J. Cale nicked his sound from Tony Joe White, Clapton nicked it from J.J. Cale and Mark Knopfler nicked it from all three for his Dire Straits debut. Tina Turner would take TJW's rock-groovy "Steamy Windows" and make another sexy worldwide hit too. Whatever way you look at it – this is a fabulous (if not illusive) box set. And while Rhino Handmade did not do the same for his fabulous Warners Brothers albums that quickly followed his termination with Monument Records - the Rhino-associated Real Gone Music did just that in February 2015 with their "The Complete Warner Brothers Recordings" 2CD set. It includes the Albums "Tony Joe White" (1971), "The Train I'm On" (1972), "Homemade Ice Cream" (1973), Single Sides and More (see my separate review).

In the meantime "Swamp Music" is the very best of starting points and a cool way to sample why so many followed/half-inched Tony Joe White's Crocodile shoes. Swamp Rock, Americana, Rock-Funk - Creedence meets J.J. Cale via Clapton and early Dire Straits - tis all here brother...

Monday, 11 August 2025

"Echoes Of You" by ANNA BODICOAT ELYARD - A Book Zine of Poems from June 2025 - A Review by Mark Barry...





"Echoes Of You" by ANNA BODICOAT ELYARD

A Book of Poems - June 2025

(Illustrations by Vivian Meadowes And Rowan & Fern Bodicoat Elyard)

As the author of nine books of poems and purchaser of one-too-many pamphlets and mini-books of poetry that don't quite cut it - it's a pleasure and something else to stumble on a writer that reminds me of Wendy Cope and Sophie Hannah - nice author company to be keeping any day of your rhetorical week.

"Echoes Of You" by ANNA BODICOAT ELYARD is only 20-pages long - a poetry zine if you like. But each piece is accompanied by related pencil drawings and what I love about it is the warmth of the works. Too many writers try to impress - come off all deep and aloof - Anna's mini-book is about becoming a parent and staying the course. You can feel the personal growth - the awe - the pride - the physical weariness that accompanies such a lifetime commitment. 

Everything changes when you have kids (we've got three - 34, 30 and 27) and pieces like "Skylark" and "You Start School Tomorrow" with their screaming songs and food-allergy-likes shopping lists nail that feeling. I won't spoil it for you by indepthing all of the work - suffice to say - this is a great start and a name you want to remember. I purchased two copies at an open-mic night at the '101 Social Club' in Northdown Road in Cliftonville, Margate on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025.  

Nice work Anna and keep on keeping on...

"Baz And Franklin Inadvertently Go Bananas" - A Poem for FRANKLIN KWAWU who passed July 2022 by Mark Barry - for a Friend and His Family...


For our Friend and his family - FRANKLIN KWAWU
Who passed 31 July 2022
A Poem by Mark Barry

          BAZ AND FRANKLIN INADVERTENTLY GO BANANAS
             (Laughing With Each Other And Not At Each Other)

A pasty-faced midriff Irishman and chubby-cheeked African American
Enter the South Woodford Odeon in 2008 with no idea of what’s on

Yet, in a flash-flood moment of on-the-go Mensa-level decision making
They settle on a movie poo-pooed by critics, but publicly beloved
Redoing the minor fleapit rounds. Yes folks – back by popular demand
It's Mamma Mia – a feature film with a lot of ABBA songs in it

A movie where a dungaree-clad Meryl Streep mulls over a Greek Island
Tragedy and the kind of fanny-fulfilling quandary that all ladies dread
(especially post the have-at-it-goer-years of old)
How do I navigate the triple-lock Shagathon that will be bonking senseless
Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgärd (yet again)
Without any of these three-possible-fathers knowing of their lost progeny
Who turned out to be an even bigger sea-and-sandals-sexpot than their mum…

Armed with triple-scoops of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Coke cartons
Bigger than Paraguay's national debt and King Kong's loving derriere
We quickly seat our late asses in the bat-blind disconcerting pitch black
But the moment the dappled-sea of the Mediterranean hits the screen
We notice that the small crowd of thirty or so are all Men decked out
In truly garish Seventies-period ABBA outfits complete with sequined 
Pink-heart belly-button cut-out crush-velvet onesies, feather boas
Handmade skinny knob-stems (as mikes) and PRIDE colour schemes…

Up comes the lyrics to the first song with a bouncing ball across the words
And the entire audience goes into mini-microphone waving routines
As they start laying into a full-throated Sound of Music Leicester Square
Type thing, because that's what it is, a Sing-Along Showing of Mamma Mia

Both Chunky Monkey and Banana Ripple Boys titter at their good luck
As we join in on what soon becomes an all-comers Disco Hootenanny…

I have many memories of Franklin like that, the two of us on the raz
Having a laugh, indulging in our dual passion for big-screen movies
And cool food accoutrements that sported way too many calories

And now he's gone, after years of cholesterol and heart complications
His grown-up kids Lauren and Selase mourning his loss on Facebook
Me sat there, with tears running down my face
But not like the tears of fun we had that night
When we were welcomed into their world and laughed ourselves silly
Alongside Trans Pop Music fans praising how well Frida and Agnetha
Have aged and aren't the music and fashion of Sweden just the best…

Originally from Ghana, and returned home to Africa in his final years
I have many memories of Franklin Kwawu, my unlikely pal, like that…

So, here's to the people who travel across oceans to better their lot
Who raise a family through thick and thin
Trek into work in the miserable rain, despite being worse for the wear

Here's to the risk-takers and mistake-makers and diversity jawbreakers
With their fuck-adversity determination to be true to themselves

Here's to friends chatting on a WhatsApp Video Call across continents
One now in a wheelchair, relearning speech after the first hobbling stroke

Here's to two very Hetro Types singing along with a troupe of very Gay Men
Laughing with each other and not at each other
The Dancing Queens and Super Troopers shaking their tailfeathers
Loving a Voulez Vous moment of pleasure 
So unexpected and acceptance divine

Here's to breaking down barriers, instinctive forward motion
To bringing cheer, to reaching out, remembering life at its best
Going loco, going nuts, going bananas with the best audience ever
Shedding skin in our drab picket-fence sexual stodginess

Here's to the young-at-heart and up-for-it friends, enjoying life's mess
Swimming towards the all-encompassing umbrella of Love
Stretching out to a no-chains-horizon
In a limitless sea...

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Monday, 28 April 2025

"Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2: 1972-1976" by ISAAC HAYES – Twenty 45-Single Sides on Enterprise, Stax Records and Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records in their 7" Single Edited Forms – Musicians Include The Bar-Kays, The Isaac Hayes Movement and a Duet with David Porter (April 2025 UK Ace Records CD Compilation of Nick Robbins Remasters – Volume 2 of a Series) - A Review by Mark Barry...





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Second Volume from those terribly with-it chappies over at Ace Records for the Singles Discography of all thangs Isaac Hayes on Enterprise, Hot Buttered Soul and ABC Records. 

Volume 1 hit us in October 2024 (Single CD, 2LP Vinyl set – the same here) and was something of an instant classic with fans and collectors alike. 

But - despite the NICK ROBBINS Remasters delivering big time and containing Enterprise and HBS/ABC single-sides that are difficult to find on CD – even the most die-hard shafting enthusiast would have to contend that Hayes pursued that Disco Dollar just a little too much in the later years (the "Juicy Fruit..." stuff isn't exactly my cup of Darjeeling) - so some of Volume 2 (like Volume 1) has not dated well. And there was the "Wonderful" 9-Track CD compilation that gathered up much of this stuff in Phil De Lancie Remastered form back in September 1994 (issued both in the USA and UK/Europe) which any self-respecting IH fan would already have. But here in April 2025 - that was more than 30-years ago – so updates ahoy.

This gold-chain-clanking beastie contains things like the sought-after B-side "Type Thang" that was featured in the Blaxploitation movie "Shaft's Big Score" but not on the vinyl album, the two single-edits of "Joy Pt 1" and "Joy Pt 2" that will allow fans to hear a more manageable eight-minutes of this wickedly good groove rather than the overdone near 16-minute LP version and the B-side instrumental 45-edit to "Hung Up On My Baby" from the "Tough Guys" Soundtrack of 1974. 

Fans and buyers alike should also note that although Volume 1 was dated 1969 to 1972 – space restrictions did not allow Ace to include his last 45 for that year in Volume 1. Thus Ike's last 45 of 1972 opens Volume 2 (September 1972 in the USA and November 1972 in the UK) - the rest concentrating on 1973 to 1976 on Enterprise Records and his own Hot Buttered Soul label (issued via ABC Records). 

So – and as it is with so many compilations - "Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2: 1972-1976" by Isaac Hayes has its highs and lows - but even the slips are not that bad. The UK VINYL 2LP Set (also issued 25 April 2025) on Ace Records HIQLP2 154 (Barcode 029667026116) offers the full 20-tracks/liner notes and will surely become a sought-after double. To the damn-right-baby details…

UK released Friday, 25 April 2025 - "Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2: 1972-1976" by ISAAC HAYES on Ace Records CDTOP 1660 (Barcode 029667112628) is a 20-Track Remastered CD Compilation of 45-Single Side Edits And Non-LP Material that plays out as follows (this review provides both US and UK 45-Single Discography details - 77:12 minutes total playing time):

1. Theme From The Men (Instrumental) (4:00 minutes)
2. Type Thang (3:49 minutes)
USA: released 18 September 1972, Enterprise ENA-9058, A&B-sides
UK: released 3 November 1972, Stax Records 2025 146, A&B-sides
A-side is a Leon Ware and Jacqueline Hilliard song. Later recorded by Third Creation and issued (Promo-only) in the USA on Motown M 1250F in 1973. The B-side Type Thang was featured in the "Shaft's Big Score" film but not on the soundtrack album.

3. Rolling Down A Mountainside (4:18 minutes)
4. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right (4:43 minutes)
USA: March 1973, Enterprise ENA-9065, A&B-sides as above
UK: 20 April 1973, Stax 2025 117, sides reversed, A-side was (If Loving You…)

5. Joy Pt 1 (4:35 minutes)
6. Joy Pt 2 (3:41 minutes)
USA: released November 1973, Enterprise ENA-9085, A&B-sides
UK: released 8 February 1974, Stax Records 2025 220, A&B-sides
Note: A&B-sides is an Isaac Hayes song – the full length 15:55 minute album cut is on the October 1973 US LP "Joy" on Enterprise ENS-5007 (October 1973 UK on Stax 2325 111, reissued UK on Stax STX 1016 in August 1974)

7. Wonderful (3:37 minutes)
8. Someone Made You For Me (4:00 minutes)
USA: released March 1974, Enterprise ENA-9095
UK: no UK issue
Note: Non-LP track in the USA at the time of release. A -side by Isaac Hayes, B-side by Henry Glover (both produced by IH). Finally released on a US compilation CD album called "Wonderful" in September 1994 on Stax SCD-8585-2 (Stax CDSXE 112 in the UK). The 9-track "Wonderful" CD compilation gathered up seven of his Non-LP Enterprise US singles and added in two Live Songs from the "Wattstax/The Living Word" two double-albums - "Ain't No Sunshine" (a Bill Withers cover at 17:38 minutes) and a longer live take of "Rolling Down A Mountainside" at 5:27 minutes – both recorded in Los Angeles, 20 August 1972 (from Volume 1 and 2 respectively)

9. Title Theme (2:32 minutes)
10. Hung Up On My Baby (Instrumental) (3:37 minutes)
USA: released July 1974, Enterprise ENA-9104, A&B-sides
UK: released 30 August 1974, Stax STXS 2004, A&B-sides
Note: the A-side is the same length as the "Tough Guys" Soundtrack LP cut to the Paramount film "Three Tough Guys" – but the B-side is an edit to the full-length LP version of 6:15 minutes

11. Chocolate Chip (Vocal) (3:45 minutes)
12. Chocolate Chip (Instrumental) (4:05 minutes)
USA: released August 1975, Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABC-12118, A&B-sides
UK: released 22 August 1975, ABC Records ABC 4076, A&B-sides
Note: written by IH, both tracks from the 1975 US LP "Chocolate Chip" on Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABCD-874 - LP versions are 5:30 and 5:32 minutes respectively

13. Come Live With Me (3:24 minutes)
14. Body Language (3:45 minutes)
USA: released October 1975, Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABC-12138, A&B-sides
UK: no UK issue
Note: written by IH, both tracks from the 1975 US LP "Chocolate Chip" on Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABCD-874 – LP versions are 6:35 and 5:31 minutes respectively

15. Disco Connection (3:38 minutes)
16. St. Thomas Square (4:39 minutes)
USA: released 15 February 1976, Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABC-12171, A&B-sides
UK: released 19 March 1976, Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABC 4100, A&B-sides
Note: credited to ISAAC HAYES MOVEMENT – both tracks on the 1975 US LP "Disco Connection" on Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABCD-923 – LP versions are 6:14 and 5:52 minutes respectively

17. Rock Me Easy Baby (Pt.1) (3:32 minutes)
18. Rock Me Easy Baby (Pt.2) (3:55 minutes)
USA: released April 1976, Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABC-12176, A&B-sides
UK: released 11 June 1976, Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABC 4111, A&B-sides
Note: from the 1976 US LP "Groove-A-Thon" on Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABCD-925 – full LP version is 8:17 minutes

19. Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) Pt. I (3:43 minutes)
20. Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) Pt. II (3:07 minutes)
USA: released August 1976, Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABC-12206, A&B-sides
UK: released 10 September 1976, Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABC 4136, A&B-sides
Note: from the 1976 US LP "Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)" on Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records ABCD-953 – full LP version is 6:15 minutes

As it was with Volume 1 - the 16-page booklet of Volume 2 features fantastically detailed liner notes from Ace's long-standing Soul Expert and Scribe – TONY ROUNCE – a sure sign of quality – and clearly a big fan of the mighty Hayes. All pages are sided with US, UK and European label repros and rare picture sleeves (dig the Pic Sleeves for "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" and "Joy" on Pages 5 and 7). By the time we get to 1974, 1975 and 1976 – most territories have dispensed with anything as elaborate as a picture sleeve and instead the booklet pops for 45 Promo Copies on the Hot Buttered Soul/ABC Records labels. A good read and fabulous Remasters from long-time Audio Engineer for Ace - NICK ROBBINS – this period featuring super clear Production values and a band in the pocket every time – even if the material does not reach the pinnacle of his earlier Stax output. To the tunes…

For 1972, "Theme From The Men" sounds like Disco four years before the charts caught on to its rhythms – gorgeous audio as those strings and brass jabs kick in. Loving the wah-wah and arrangement that has the slightest touch of 007 about its swagger. Followed by one of my fave-raves - you're a square type-thang if you're feet ain't moving to the so-period Soundtrack-meets-Soul of "Type Thang". Strings feature heavily before the Big Ike comes in with his winners-and-losers chocolate éclair vocals - "Rolling Down A Mountainside" – the Movement funking with those brass and strings backing up by a driving beat. I doubt there a wrong version of the right love song that is "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" – a fabulous Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson song made famous by Luther Ingram and others. Many countries probably played this over the official A. 

You can feel the sophistication and era changes in "Joy" – a fabulous groove on an admittedly patchy album (of the same name). Whittled down from its marathon 16-minutes on the LP – Hayes cleverly gives Part 2 to DJs on the flipside so with two copies they could cue-in Part II as punters got into the groove they did not want to end. This joyful Funky pairing is my current go-to combo on this compilation. "Wonderful" is another cool groove even if the lyrics are a tad cheesy – a Non-LP 45 with the Bacharach/David-embracing smoocher "Someone Made You For Me" on the flipside. No such lurve shenanigans with the wild guitars and very Blaxploitation vibe to "Title Theme" (the movie Two Tough Guys) – warbling high-hats, fuzz licks and brass – the production though has always bothered me and still does. Way better is the high-stepping instrumental "Hung Up On My Baby" which feels like George Benson and Phil Upchurch with something funky going on in a sensual guitar way (brass joins the soloing about one and half-minutes in to fab effect, followed by a fuzzed-up Isley Brothers type guitar solo). You can so hear why this cut is sought after – all business and no bollox.

Both cuts of "Chocolate Chip" have a relentlessly Funky backbeat that must have torn up dancefloors - James Brown and Isaac Hayes melted into one brass-driving gem. Time to lurve baby - Ike has done a lot of playing around (big cities and smaller towns) but now he's found a girl he wants to settle with and she needs to "Come Live With Me". Gorgeous production values for sure and a clear Remaster - but this kind of soppy smooch is hard to hack in 2025. Better is the guitar, high hat and piano slink in "Body Language" where her action produces satisfaction (steady now Ike). And again - really great audio with presence and power as the strings lift things up about 1:25 minutes in. 

For me the ever-so-slight rot started in on "Disco Connection" - a half-decent groove but one that still feels somehow uninspired. But I had forgotten how good the instrumental B-side "St. Thomas Square" was - a pleasant surprise. 1976 and we're embracing a combo of Disco and Funk with (mostly) great results - his "Rock Me Easy Baby" and "Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)" singles filled with loverman lyrics and sexy-lexy 'long as you please me' grooves (check out Part 2 of Rock Me Easy Baby – heavy on the Tablas and Heavy breathing). For sure "Juicy Fruit..." is the lesser of the two – but I know genre lovers who swear it's a forgotten deep cut that should be revisited. And again - fantastic audio filling your overheating speakers.

Like its predecessor Volume 1 - despite its occasional dips - I am going to keep coming back to "Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2: 1972-1976". This is another win-win compilation for Ace - suave Symphonic Soul and Funk making me dig it...easy baby...

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Wednesday, 26 March 2025

1976 - MORE THAN A FEELING - Your All-Genres Guide To Exceptional CD Reissues and Remasters - A SOUNDS GOOD MUSIC BOOK by Mark Barry...


1976
MORE THAN A FEELING 

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* A Huge 1,243 e-Pages of information in your e-Book
* 151 in-depth reviews for quality CD Reissues and Remasters across many genres
Spring 2025 Draft
* Formats included - CD, SACD [Super Audio CD], HDCD [High Density Compatible Digital], Japan SHM-CD and Japan Platinum SHM-CD  [Super High Materials] 
* Major Label Box Set Retrospectives from – EMI, Sony/Legacy, Universal and WEA
* Best Independent Reissue Labels highlighted...
– Ace, Audio Fidelity, Bear Family, Beats Goes On, Big Break Records (BBR), Cherry Red, Craft Recordings, Earth, Edsel, Esoteric Recordings, Grapefruit, Hip-O Select, Lemon, Light In The Attic, Mobile Fidelity, Raven, Repertoire, Rev-Ola, Rhino, Salvo, Soul Music Records, Sundazed and Panegyric 
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* Release Date, Catalogue No and Barcode to locate the correct issue
* CD Track lists and Details on Bonus material (if any)
* VINYL Discographies referencing CD Box sets (track numbers to sequence singles and albums from the discs – huge number of record labels covered
* UK and US catalogue numbers and release dates for original vinyl albums, 7" singles and EPs within each review
* Remaster/Tape Transfer Engineers highlighted 
* Packaging descriptions, size of booklets, what's contained within, who wrote the liner notes, repro artwork explained 
* Reference to the Audio Quality of the CD - analysis of songs 
* Guest Musicians highlighted – Cover Versions noted

Having worked for RECKLESS RECORDS in London for over 20 years as one of their principal Vinyl and CD buyers (one of the best secondhand record shops in the West End) and having been an Amazon Hall Of Fame Reviewer six times - as you can imagine - I come across a huge number of reissues - some far more worthy than others. 

To that end I've collated together these SOUNDS GOOD MUSIC BOOKS as guides to Exceptional CD Reissues and Remasters offering up in-depth reviews on a wide range of titles. And it doesn't have to cost the earth to Sound Good either – you just need to know which CD is the right issue to buy. 

Like my e-Books for the Seventies first five years proved (1970 to 1975) - the Rock Music is King onslaught continued full pelt in 1976 (especially American Rock) with elements of Disco, Soul and Jazz Funk beginning also to dominate. But this equally productive year also showed music lovers continuing to spread their listening wings – embracing genres many thought conservative ears would never give the time of day to (Reggae, Country, Blues Rock, Avant Garde, Jazz Fusion and Prog and Disco in 1976 - that would eek out a niche amongst fans and dancers until 1980 and years beyond. And while you'll undoubtedly see some well-known titles in here - others were obscure even then and remain so to this day (if they're worth a digital revisit, I like to champion them all). 

Many entries in this large and unique book cost less than £10 too, while others are under a fiver. And even if some Box Sets/Deletions have acquired a price tag - because they’re the best I've included them along with artists/titles that deserve your attention

Enjoy The Reads - MARK BARRY (2025)

PS: in this series, see also
1968 - VOODOO CHILE
1969 - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE 
1970 - ALL THINGS MUST PASS
1971 - GET IT ON
1972 - TUMBLING DICE 
1973 - US AND THEM 
1974 - PICK UP THE PIECES
1975 - CAPT. FANTASTIC
1976 - MORE THAN A FEELING
1977 to 1979 - PROVE IT ALL NIGHT

Monday, 3 February 2025

"Right On!" CD SERIES from Warner Brothers UK - An INDEX for All 5 Volumes - by Mark Barry...






INDEX for the RIGHT ON! Series of CDs 
on Warners ESP and Warner Strategic Marketing (WSM) in the UK
ARTIST in ALPHABETICAL ORDER for All Five Volumes

Mr. Man – AIR (from their Debut and Only US LP "Air" released May 1971 on Embryo SD 733 in Stereo – features Herbie Mann on Flute and Googie on Vocals – Guests Randy and Mike Brecker on Trombone and Sax) – see Volume 5 Track 15

Sandy's Love – HAROLD ALEXANDER (from the July 1974 US LP "Raw Root" on Atlantic SD 1657 in Stereo – featuring Junior Hansen on Guitars and Joe Bonner on Keyboards) – see Volume 2 Track 19

DAVID AXELROD – see The Electric Prunes on Volume 1

Hambone – JOHN BALDRY [aka Long John Baldry] (from the album "Everything Stops For Tea" released May 1972 in the USA on Warner Brothers BS-2614 – a Sam Mitchell song – LP produced by Elton John and Rod Stewart (Stewart for "Hambone") and features Sam Mitchell (of Uncle Dog) on Guitar, Ian Armit (of Argent) on Piano with John Porter (of Uncle Dog) on Bass, Terry Stannard (of Kokomo and Uncle Dog) on Drums and Baldry on Vocals) – see Volume 4 Track 5

Searching The Circle – BARBARA & ERNIE (from the US Debut LP "Prelude To" released May 1971 on Cotillion SD 9044 in Stereo – featuring Barbara Massey on Keyboards and Ernie Calabria on Guitars with Bill Salter and Grady Tate on Bass and Drums and Orchestrations by Eumir Deodato) – see Volume 4 Track 17

When She Made Me Promise – THE BEGINNING OF THE END (from the November 1971 US LP "Funky Nassau" on Alston SD 33-379 in Stereo) – see Volume 3 Track 7

Tighten Up - ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS (from the April 1968 US LP "Tighten Up" on Atlantic SC-8181 in Stereo) – see Volume 1 Track 7

Let Me Fix It – BROOK BENTON (from the US LP "Home Style" released August 1970 on Cotillion SD 9028 in Stereo – Written and Sung by Brook Benton with Backing Vocals from Cissy Houston and The Sweet Inspirations, Rhythm Section by The Dixie Flyers, Saxophone from King Curtis and Production by Arif Mardin) – see Volume 3 Track 16

Wanaoh – BLACK HEAT (from the October 1972 US Debut LP "Black Heat" on Atlantic SD 7237 – written by Guitarist Bradley Owens) – see Volume 2 Track 8

You Should've Listened – BLACK HEAT (from the March 1974 US Second LP "No Time To Burn" on Atlantic SD 7294 – written by Guitarist Bradley Owens) – see Volume 3 Track 8

Zimba Ku – BLACK HEAT (from the June 1975 US LP "Keep On Running" on Atlantic SD 18128) – see Volume 1 Track 13

Gang Bang – OSCAR BROWN, Jr (from the November 1972 US LP "Movin' On" on Atlantic SD 1629 in Stereo) – see Volume 2 Track 7

Chicken Heads – OSCAR BROWN, Jr. (from his January 1975 US LP "Fresh" on Atlantic SD 18106 – featuring Phil Upchurch on Guitar – a Bobby Rush cover version) – see Volume 4 Track 9

Leroy The Magician – GARY BURTON (from the August 1970 US Studio LP "Good Vibes" on Atlantic SD 1560 in Stereo – Keyboards and Vibes by Gary Burton and Richard Tee, Eric Gale and Jerry Hahn on Guitars with Chuck Rainey on Bass and Bernard Purdie on Drums) – see Volume 5 Track 11

For What It's Worth – CHER (from the June 1969 US LP "3614 Jackson Highway" on Atco SD 33-298 in Stereo – a Buffalo Springfield cover version, written by Stephen Stills) – see Volume 1 Track 1

Crosswind - BILLY COBHAM (from the March 1974 US LP "Crosswinds" on Atlantic SD 7300 – featuring Billy Cobham on Drums, George Duke on Keyboards, Randy and Michael Brecker on Horns with John Abercrombie as the Guitar Soloist) – see Volume 1 Track 17

I Just Want To Make Love To You – COLD BLOOD (from their November 1969 US Debut LP "Cold Blood" on Atlantic/San Francisco SD 200 in Stereo – written by Willie Dixon and made famous by Muddy Waters of Chess Records fame – Cold Blood featured Lydia Pense on Lead Vocals – Samples used by Jurassic 5 and Edan) – see Volume 5 Track 4

It's A Funky Thing To Do – HANK CRAWFORD (from the May 1971 US LP "It's A Funky Thing To Do" on Cotillion SD 18003 – Hank Crawford on Saxophone, Eric Gale and Cornell Dupree on Guitars, Richard Tee and Alfred 'Pee Wee' Ellis on Keyboards, Chuck Rainey and Ron Carter on Bass with Bernard Purdie on Drums) – see Volume 5 Track 10

They Call It Rock & Roll Music – DELANEY & BONNIE & FRIENDS featuring KING CURTIS (from the US LP "To Bonnie From Delaney" released September 1970 on Atco Records SD 33-341 in Stereo – Written by Delaney Bramlett - featuring King Curtis on Saxophone, Ben Benay on Guitar, Duane Allman on Slide Guitar, Jim Gordon Keyboards and more) – see Volume 4 Track 16

Teasin' – CORNELL DUPREE (from his Debut Album "Teasin'" released December 1974 in the USA on Atlantic SD 7311 – Written by Curtis Ousley (King Curtis) and Delaney Bramlett (of Delaney & Bonnie) - featuring Dupree on Lead Guitar, Richard Tee on Keyboards, David Newman on Saxophone with Chuck Rainey and Bernard Purdie on Bass and Drums) – see Volume 4 Track 6

Bad Tune – EARTH, WIND & FIRE (from the March 1971 US Debut LP "Earth, Wind & Fire" on Warner Brothers WS 1905) – see Volume 1 Track 9

Moment Of Pain – EARTH, WIND & FIRE (from the March 1971 US Debut LP "Earth, Wind & Fire" on Warner Brothers WS 1905 – featuring Maurice White) – see Volume 3 Track 1

General Confessional – THE ELECTRIC PRUNES (from the November 1968 US LP "Release Of An Oath" on Reprise RS 6316 in Stereo - Arranged and Written by DAVID AXELROD) – see Volume 1 Track 2

Angela, My Sister – RICHARD EVANS (from the US LP "Dealing With Hard Times" released February 1972 on Atlantic SD 1604 in Stereo – Richard Evans plays Bass, Arranges and Produces with guests Phil Upchurch on Guitar, Odell Brown on Organ and Leonard Druss on Flute) – see Volume 3 Track 18

Jan Jan – THE FABULOUS COUNTS (from the August 1969 US Debut LP "Jan Jan" on Cotillion SD 9011 in Stereo – written by Keyboardist Mose Davis of the bands Moses (1978) and Free Spirit (2003) – The Fabulous Counts aka The Counts also included Guitarist Leroy Emmanuel) – see Volume 3 Track 4

The Bite – THE FABULOUS COUNTS (from the August 1969 US Debut LP "Jan Jan" on Cotillion SD 9011 in Stereo – written by Keyboardist Mose Davis of the bands Moses (1978) and Free Spirit (2003) – The Fabulous Counts aka The Counts also included Guitarist Leroy Emmanuel) – see Volume 4 Track 14

Get Ready – ELLA FITZGERALD (from her October 1969 US Cover Versions LP "Ella" on Reprise Records RS 6354 in Stereo – a Smokey Robinson cover featuring Nicky Hopkins on Piano) – see Volume 2 Track 3

Saigon – WILLIAM S. FISCHER (from the US LP "Circles" released August 1970 on Embryo Records SD 529 in Stereo – featuring Fischer on Synth and Keyboards, Bill Robinson on Vocals, Eric Weissberg and Hugh McCracken on Guitars with Ron Carter and Billy Cobham on Bass and Drums) – see Volume 4 Track 17

Soul Sound System – THE FREEDOM SOUNDS featuring WAYNE HENDERSON (from their Second US LP "Soul Sound System" released December 1968 on Atlantic Records SD 1512 in Stereo – Written by and Featuring Wayne Henderson on Trumpet) – see Volume 4 Track 13

Rien Ne Va Plus – FUNK FACTORY (from the March 1975 US Debut LP "Funk Factory" on Atlantic Records SD 36-116 – featuring Solo Vocalists Urszula Dudziak (see also Track 19) and Bernard Kafka (aka Kawka) with Secondary Vocalists Ann Tripp, Bill Ruthenberg, Linda "Tequilla" Logan and The Bernard Kafka Singers - Plus Keyboardist Wlodek Gulgowski, Bassist Anthony Jackson and Drummer Steve Gadd – song title is a French phrase used by croupiers in the game of Roulette that loosely means no more bets) – see Volume 2 Track 9

Space A La Mode – HERB GELLER (from the studio album "Rhyme And Reason" released January 1976 on Atlantic SD 1681 – featuring Herb Geller on Saxophone and Flutes, Philip Catherine on Guitar, Rob Franken on Keyboards and Mark Murphy on Vocals) – see Volume 5 Track 17

Tuane – HAMMER (from their November 1970 debut album "Hammer" on Atlantic/San Francisco SD 203 in Stereo – Written by and featuring Norman Landsberg on Keyboards with Jack O’Brien on Guitar) – see Volume 4 Track 1

Fat Mama - HERBIE HANCOCK (Instrumental from the December 1969 US LP "Fat Albert Rotunda" on Warner Brothers WS 1834 in Stereo - featuring Billy Butler and Eric Gale on Guitars with Joe Farrell and Joe Henderson on Saxophones) - see Volume 1 Track 3

Live Right Now (Promo-Only EP Single Edit) – EDDIE HARRIS (1968 US Promo-Only 45-EP-single Edit on Atlantic EP-A 1011, 2:46 minutes – from the album 1968 US LP "Plug It In" on Atlantic SD 1506 where the LP version is 6:56 minutes) – see Volume 4 Track 8

Drunk Man – EDDIE HARRIS (from the August 1973 US 2LP-set "Excursions" on Atlantic SD 2-311 – features Guitarist Ronald Muldrow, Frank Gordon and Billy Howell on Horns with Rufus Reid and Billy James on Bass and Drums respectively) – see Volume 2 Track 14

Stepping Stones - JOHNNY HARRIS (from the July 1970 UK LP "Movements" on Warner Brothers WS 3002 – guests include Chris Spedding on Guitar with Mickey Gee (of Love Sculpture) also on Guitar, Tony Fisher on Trumpet, Harold McNair on Flute and Herbie Flowers on Bass) – see Volume 1 Track 12

Magnificent Sanctuary Band – DONNY HATHAWAY (from his second studio album "Donny Hathaway" released April 1971 in the USA on Atco SD 33-360 in Stereo – a Dorsey Burnett cover) – see Volume 2 Track 5

WAYNE HENDERSON – see The Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson

South Street Stroll – FREDDIE HUBBARD (from the June 1969 US LP "A Soul Experiment" on Atlantic SD 1526 in Stereo – features Kenny Barron on Piano, Billy Butler on Guitar, Carlos Garnett on Tenor Saxophone, Jeremy Jemmott on Bass, Grady Tate on Drums with Freddie Hubbard on Trumpet – a Kenny Barron cover version) – see Volume 2 Track 15

Pick Up The Pieces – WILLIS JACKSON (from the August 1975 US LP "The Way We Were" on Atlantic SD 18145 – Willis Jackson on Tenor Saxophone - a cover version of the song from the 1974 film of the same name starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford) – see Volume 5 Track 8

Mortgage On My Soul (Wah-Wah) – KEITH JARRETT (from his studio album "Birth" released May 1972 on Atlantic SD 1612 in Stereo – recorded July 1971 - LP featuring Keith Jarrett on Keyboards and Saxophone with guests Charlie Haden on Bass and Dewey Redman on Tenor Saxophone) – see Volume 3 Track 17

Slow Flow – PAUL KELLY (from the April 1972 US LP "Dirt" on Warner Brothers BS 2605) – see Volume 2 Track 11

Funky – FREDDIE KING (from the March 1969 US LP "Freddie King Is A Blues Master" on Cotillion SD 9004 in Stereo – guest musicians include Billy Butler on Guitar with David "Fathead" Newman and King Curtis on Saxophones – song written by Freddie King and King Curtis) – see Volume 2 Track 16

Teasin' – KING CURTIS (from the August 1970 US LP "Get Ready" on Atlantic SD 33-338 in Stereo – a King Curtis and Delaney Bramlett song featuring Eric Clapton on Lead Guitar with Delaney Bramlett on Rhythm Guitars) – see Volume 2 Track 6 – see also Volume 4 Track 6 for Cornel Dupree with King Curtis

Ridin' Thumb (Jam) – KING CURTIS (from the February 1972 US LP "Everybody's Talkin'" on Atco SD33-385 in Stereo – Piano by Richard Tee, Organ by Billy Preston, King Curtis On Vocals) – see Volume 4 Track 11

Freaks For The Festival – RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK (from the August 1975 US 2LP set "The Case Of The 3 Sided Dream In Audio Color" on Atlantic Records SD 1674 - featuring RR Kirk on Horns, Richard Tee on Keyboards, Cornell Dupree on Guitars and Steve Gadd on Drums – as Sampled by The Beastie Boys on the song "Finger Lickin' Good" from their 1992 album "Check Your Head") – see Volume 5 Track 1

Live Humble – YUSEF LATEEF (from his album "The Diverse Yusef Lateef" released January 1970 on Atlantic SD 1548 in Stereo – written by Yusef Lateef – Features YL on Saxophone, Richard Tee on Piano, Chuck Rainey and Bernard Purdie on Bass and Drums with The Sweet Inspirations on Backing Vocals) – see Volume 4 Track 4

Prayer – YUSEF LATEEF (from the US LP "Hush 'N' Thunder" released March 1973 on Atlantic SD 1635 – a Kenny Barron cover version - features Yusef Lateef on Tenor Saxophonist, Cornell Dupree on Guitar with Alfred White on Organ and more) – see Volume 5 Track 14

No More – HUBERT LAWS featuring MELBA MOORE (from the US LP "Laws' Cause" released January 1969 on Atlantic SD 1510 in Stereo – features Melba Moore on Vocals, Hubert Laws on Flute, Kenny Burrell on Guitar, Chick Corea on Piano with Ron Carter and Grady Tate on Bass and Drums) – see Track 15 Volume 4

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky - CLAUDIA LENNEAR (from her US Debut LP "Phew!" released January 1973 on Warner Brothers BS 2654 – an Allen Toussaint song (one of five on her album) featuring (amongst others) Arthur Adams and Marlin Greene on Guitars, Spooner Oldham on Electric Piano, Harold Battiste, Jr and Gene Cipriano on Saxophones with Allen Toussaint on Backing Vocals) – see Volume 3 Track 13

Spanish Moon – LITTLE FEAT (from their fourth studio album "Feats Don't Fail Me Now" released August 1974 in the USA on Warner Bros BS 2784 – featuring Lowell George and Paul Barrere on Guitars (song written by LG), Bill Payne on Keyboards, Kenny Gradney on Bass and Richie Hayward on Drums with Backing Vocals from Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris – Produced by Van Dyke Parks) – see Volume 5 Track 2

Nuki Suki – LITTLE RICHARD (from the studio album "The Second Coming" released September 1972 in the USA on Reprise RS 2107) – see Volume 3 Track 6

Feeling Alright - LULU (from the January 1970 US LP "New Routes" on Atlantic SD 33-310 in Stereo - Dave Mason song, Traffic cover) – see Volume 1 Track 16 – other another cover of "Feelin' Alright" in this series – see also Wade Marcus - Volume 5 Track 5

Mo Jo Hanna – TAMI LYNN (from her Debut Album "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" released February 1972 in the USA on Cotillion SD 9052 – Produced by Jerry Wexler – Note: there was also a 1972 UK LP on Mojo 2916 007 but it does NOT contain this track) – see Volume 4 Track 2

Almendra – MACONDO (from the August 1972 US Debut LP "Macondo" on Atlantic SD 7234 – featuring Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar by Max Uballez, Guitarist and Backing Vocals by Albert Hernandez, Keyboardist Fred Ramirez with Drummer Frank Ramirez) – see Volume 2 Track 10

Don't Cha Hear Me Calling To Ya - JUNIOR MANCE (from the August 1970 US LP "With A Lotta Help From My Friends" on Atlantic SD 1562 - backing band is Chuck Rainey on Bass, Eric Gale on Guitar, Billy Cobham on Drums with Mance on Keyboards) – see Volume 1 Track 11

Our Man Flint – HERBIE MANN (from his album "Our Mann Flint" released January 1966 in the USA on Atlantic Records SD 1464 in Stereo – Flute by Herbie Mann with Arrangements by Arif Mardin – written by Jerry Goldsmith) – see Volume 4 Track 3

Hi-Jack – HERBIE MANN (from his album "Discothèque" released April 1975 in the USA on Atlantic Records SD 1670 – Flute by Herbie Mann with Pat Rebillot on Keyboards, Hugh McCracken on Guitar, Steve Gadd on Drums with Backing Vocals from Cissy Houston) – see Volume 5 Track 3

Spinning Wheel – WADE MARCUS (from the March 1971 US LP "A New Era" on Cotillion SD 9043 – a Blood, Sweat & Tears cover – featuring Eric Gale and Richard Tee on Guitars) – see Volume 1 Track 8

Feelin' Alright – WADE MARCUS (from the March 1971 US LP "A New Era" on Cotillion SD 9043 – a Traffic cover (song written by Dave Mason) – this Instrumental Version by Motown and Stax Producer and Arranger Wade Marcus features Eric Gale and Richard Tee on Guitars with a Piano Solo from Paul Griffin) – see Volume 5 Track 5

Forms – ARIF MARDIN (from the October 1974 US LP "Journey" on Atlantic SD 1661 in Stereo – features Randy and Michael Brecker on Horns, Urszula Dudziak on Vocals, Pat Rebollit on Keyboards and Tony Levin on Bass) – see Volume 2 Track 18

Shamading – LES McCANN (from the October 1972 US LP "Talk To The People" on Atlantic SD 1619 – Les McCann on Piano and Vocals, Keith Loving on Guitar) – see Volume 4 Track 10

Cherrystones – EUGENE McDANIELS (from his US LP "Outlaw" released May 1970 on Atlantic SD 8259 – Guitars by Eric Weissberg and Hugh McCracken, Keyboards by Mother Hen (Jane Getz) with Ron Carter on Bass) – see Volume 4 Track 12

Headless Heroes - EUGENE McDANIELS (from the May 1971 US LP "Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse" on Atlantic SD 8281 - Miroslav Vitous of Weather Report on Bass with Alphonse Mouzon on Drums) – see Volume 1 Track 5
The Shadow Of Your Smile - JACK McDUFF (from the February 1967 US LP "Tobacco Road" on Atlantic SD 1472 in Stereo) – see Volume 1 Track 6

Soul Bowl – MEMPHIS HORNS (from the US Debut LP "Memphis Horns" released February 1970 on Cotillion SD 9014 in Stereo – features Saxophonist and Producer Andrew Love, Saxophonist Floyd Newman, Trumpeter, Trombonist and Producer Wayne Jackson, Guitarist Charlie Freeman and Keyboards from Don Chandler) – see Volume 3 Track 14

MELBA MOORE – see Hubert Laws featuring Melba More

Funky Canyon – PHIL MOORE JR. (from his third US LP "Right On" released July 1969 on Atlantic SD 1530 in Stereo – written by Organist Phil Moore III – Guests Also Included Guitarist Steve Khan, Keyboards from Clarence McDonald with Bass and Drums by Wilton Felder and Nesbert "Stix" Hooper of the (then) Jazz Crusaders - later as The Crusaders) – see Volume 3 Track 12

Shiloh – DAVID NEWMAN (from his third US LP "The Many Facets Of David Newman" released July 1969 on Atlantic SD 1524 in Stereo – features David Newman on Flute, Joe Zawinul (later with Weather Report) on Piano with Richard Davis on Bass and Bruno Carr on Drums) – see Volume 3 Track 15

Captain Buckles - DAVID NEWMAN (from the March 1971 US LP "Captain Buckles" on Cotillion SD 18002 - featuring Eric Gale on Guitar, Newman on Saxophones and Flute) - see Volume 1 Track 4

Get Out Of My Life Woman - GRASSELLA OLIPHANT (from the December 1967 US LP "The Grass Is Greener" on Atlantic SD 1494 in Stereo - Grant Green on Guitar, Harold Ousley and Clarke Terry on Horns with John Patton on Organ - song is Allen Toussaint cover) – see Volume 1 Track 15

Jungle Eyes – GENE PAGE (from his second US LP "Hot City" released January 1975 on Atlantic SD 18111 – written by Billy and Gene Page –Keyboards by Gene Page, Guests Include Keyboards and Production by Barry White, Guitars by Dean Parks and Ray Parker, Jr. with Wilton Felder of The Crusaders on Bass) – see Volume 5 Track 12

The Cat From Katmandu – PASSPORT (from the studio album "Second Passport" released November 1972 on Reprise MS 2143 in Stereo – featuring Klaus Doldinger on Keyboards and Saxophones with Wolfgang Schmid on Guitars and Bass and John Mealing on Piano and Organ) – see Volume 4 Track 19

Hang Loose – THE DON RANDI TRIO (from the US LP ""Live" On The Sunset Strip!" released September 1967 on Reprise Records RS 6252 in Stereo – Original Song - Don Randi on Piano, Pat Smith on Bass and John Clauder on Drums) – see Volume 5 Track 16

Mr. Cool – RASPUTIN'S STASH (from the September 1971 US LP "Rasputin's Stash" on Cotillion SD 9046 - Lead Vocals by Bruce Butler) – see Volume 1 Track 10

It Was Good Enough For Daddy – CLARENCE REID (from his Third studio album "Running Water" - released July 1973 in the USA on Alston Records SD-7027) – see Volume 4 Track 7

15° Capricorn Asc. – SAM SAMUDIO [aka Sam The Sham] (from his March 1971 US Debut Solo LP "Sam, Hard And Heavy" on Atlantic SD 8271 – real name Domingo Samudio - Backing Band is The Dixie Flyers (including Michael Utley and Jim Dickinson), Horns by The Memphis Horns (including Wayne Jackson) and Backing Singers by The Sweet Inspirations (led by Cissy Houston)) – see Volume 5 Track 9

It's Your Thing – SHIRLEY SCOTT & THE SOUL SAXES (from the December 1969 US LP "Shirley Scott & The Soul Saxes" on Atlantic SD 1532 in Stereo – an Isley Brothers cover featuring guests King Curtis on Saxophone, Eric Gale on Guitar, Richard Tee on Piano with Chuck Rainey and Bernard Purdie on Bass and Drums) – see Volume 2 Track 4

Messie Bessie – SHIRLEY SCOTT (from the February 1970 US LP "Something" on Atlantic SD 1561 in Stereo – Shirley Scott on Keyboards with Guests Eric Gale and Billy Butler on Guitars, Charles Rainey on Bass with Ralph McDonald and Jimmy Johnson on Percussion and Drums) – see Volume 3 Track 9

Mama Soul – SOUL SURVIVORS (from their second studio album "Take Another Look" released January 1969 in the USA on Atco SD 33-277 in Stereo – while much of the album was produced by Gamble & Huff - this song was Produced by Rick Hall of Fame Studios, the Muscle Shoals Southern Soul Sound) – see Volume 3 Track 5

Hang On In There - THE STOVALL SISTERS (from the August 1971 US Debut LP "The Stovall Sisters" on Reprise RS 6446 – featuring Gospel and Funk Vocalists Joyce and Netta Stovall with Guests - Guitarist Russell DaShiell later with Crowfoot and The Don Harrison Band and Bassist Doug Kilmer ex-The Beau Gentry and later with Commander Cody) – see Volume 2 Track 13

It Ain't Easy - SWEETWATER (from their US Debut LP "Melon" released November 1971 on Reprise Records RS 6473 – featuring Albert Moore on Flute (also wrote the song) with Nanci Nevins on Vocals and Guitar and Alex Del Zoppo on Keyboards) – see Volume 5 Track 13

Goin' Down – ALLEN TOUSSAINT (from his second album "Life, Love And Faith" released July 1972 in the USA on Reprise Records MS 2060 – backing band is The Meters) – see Volume 3 Track 3

Giggin' Down 103rd – THE WATTS 103rd STREET RHYTHM BAND (from their second studio album "Together" released April 1969 in the USA on Warner Brothers WS 1761 in Stereo – instrumental written by Gabe Flemings, Trumpeter with the band) – see Volume 2 Track 2 – see also CHARLES WRIGHT on Volumes 1 and 2

Right On – CLARENCE WHEELER & THE ENFORCERS (from the April 1970 US LP "Doin' What We Wanna" on Atco SD 1551 in Stereo – a Leo Rolland cover version, female backing vocalists include Cissy Houston, Jackie Verdell and Judy Clay) – see Volume 2 Track 1

Voodoo Village – TONY JOE WHITE (from his fourth studio album "Tony Joe White" (debut for Warner Brothers) - released March 1971 in the USA on Warner Brothers BS 1900 – song by Lee Ann White – Michael Utley of The Dixie Flyers plays Keyboards - the song "Voodoo Village" was also issued February 1971 as a US 45-single on Warner Bros 7468, B-side of "The Daddy" – both tracks from the "Tony Joe White" LP) – see Volume 5 Track 7

Express Yourself (Album Version, 3:50 minutes) – CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103rd STREET RHYTHM BAND (from their fourth studio album "Express Yourself" released June 1970 on Warner Brothers WS 1864 in Stereo) – see Volume 2 Track 17 (see also The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band on Volume 2 Track 2)

Soul Train - CHARLES WRIGHT (from the September 1972 US LP "Rhythm & Poetry" on Warner BS 2620) – see Volume 1 – and The 103rd Street Rhythm Band (under O) on Volume 1 Track 14 - see also The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band on Volume 2

The Creeper – YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED (from their sixth album "Mellow Dreamin'" released September 1970 in the USA on Cotilion SD 18001 - featuring Bassist Eldee Young, Drummer Isaac "Redd" Holt with ex-Ramsey Lewis Keyboardist Kenneth Chaney and future Trumpeter with The Awakening (1972 and 1973 LPs) Frank Gordon – the instrumental is written by Kenneth Chaney – sample used on Dr. Octagon track "Dr. Octagon") – see Volume 5 Track 6

Wah-Wah Man – YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED (from their seventh album "Born Again" released October 1971 in the USA on Cotillion SD 18004 – featuring Bassist Eldee Young, Drummer Isaac "Redd" Holt with ex-Ramsey Lewis Keyboardists Bobby Lyle and Kenneth Chaney – Guests include Donny and Eulalah Hathaway on Backing Vocals) – see Volume 3 Track 2

Bumpin' On Young Street – YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED (from their ninth album "Oh Girl" released February 1973 in the USA on Atlantic SD 1634 – a Bobby Lyle song featuring Bassist Eldee Young, Drummer Isaac "Redd" Holt with ex-Ramsey Lewis Keyboardists Bobby Lyle and Kenneth Chaney) – see Volume 3 Track 10

Rubber Lips – YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED (from their ninth US LP "Oh Girl" released February 1973 on Atlantic SD 1634 in Stereo – featuring Bassist Eldee Young, Drummer Isaac "Redd" Holt - written by Drummer and Band Founder Isaac "Redd" Holt) – see Volume 2 Track 12

It's Love – THE YOUNG RASCALS (from the July 1967 US Third Studio LP "Groovin'" on Atlantic SD 8148 in Stereo – Lead Vocalist Felix Cavalieri with Atlantic Records Guest Hubert Laws on Flute) – see Volume 3 Track 11

RIGHT ON! 
CD and Vinyl 2LP Series by Warners UK 
A List of Releases

1. Right On! Break Beats And Grooves From The Atlantic And Warner Vaults 1967-1975 
CD, 17-Tracks: released 27 September 1999 UK on Warner/ESP Warner/Atlantic/Reprise 9548378052 (Barcode 095483780525) - 67:23 minutes
VINYL, 18-Track 2LP-set: released September 1999 UK on Warner/Atlantic Reprise 9548-378041 (Barcode 95483780401) – Bonus is "North Carolina" by Les McCann, last track on Side 4 – playing time 9:20 minutes

2. Right On! Vol.2: More Break Beats And Grooves From The Atlantic And Warner Vaults 
CD, 19-Tracks: released Monday, 29 May 2000 UK on Warner/Atlantic/Reprise 9548384002 (Barcode 095483840021) - 69:30 minutes
VINYL, 20-Track 2LP-set: Warner/Atlantic/Reprise 9548-38401-1 (Barcode 095483840113) – Bonus is "Harlem Buck Dance Strut" by Les McCann, last track on Side 4 – playing time 5:55 minutes

3. Right On! Vol.3: More Break Beats And Grooves From The Atlantic And Warner Vaults 
CD, 18-Tracks: released Monday, 11 June 2001 on Warner Music UK 9548392072 (Barcode 095483920723) - 71:33 minutes
VINYL, 19-Track 2LP-set: Warner Music UK 9548392061 (Barcode 095483920617) – Bonus Track is "Can you Dig It?" by Herbie Mann, last track on Side 4 – 5:51 minutes

4. Right On! Vol.4: More Break Beats And Grooves From The Atlantic And Warner Vaults 
CD, 19-Tracks: 26 August 2002 UK Warner Strategic Marketing UK 0927-42567-2 (Barcode 809274256720) - 69:42 minutes
VINYL, 20-Tracks 2LP set: Warner Strategic Marketing 9274-6388-1 - Bonus Track is "Respect Yourself" by Herbie Mann, last track on Side 4 – 6:50 minutes

5. Right On! Vol. 5: More Break Beats And Grooves From The Atlantic And Warner Vaults 
CD: 17-Tracks: 26 January 2004 UK Warner Strategic Marketing 5046691472 (Barcode 5050466914729) – 72:59 minutes
VINYL, 18-Track 2LP-set: Warner Strategic Marketing 5046696401 (Barcode 5050466964014) – Bonus Track is "Schirokko" by Passport, last track on Side 4 – 5:44 minutes

6. Right On! Box Set: Break Beats And Grooves From The Atlantic And Warner Vaults 
2001 UK Warner Strategic Marketing 092 740477 2 (Barcode 809274047724) 
4CD 67-Track Box Set housed in Book Packaging containing CD Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the Series (61 Tracks) with a further fourth Bonus CD of Six Tracks. 

The six bonuses for the Box Set are (1) "People Say" by The Meters, (2) "Fried Okra" by The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, (3) "Can You Dig It?" by Herbie Mann, (4) "Harlem Buck Dance Strut" by Les McCann, (5) "People" by Graham Central Station and (6) "North Carolina" by Les McCann.

Three of the six Book Set CD Bonuses appeared only on the VINYL 2LP variants of Volumes 1 to 3 (Tracks 3, 4 and 6) – the other three (Tracks 1, 2 and 5) are new to the series here and do not appear on the CD variants of Volumes 4 and 5.

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