Here's a selection of funky sounds from the late 60s and early 70s... This time Ticchio mix together obscure funky takes of classic blues stars (Howlin Wolf, Jack Dupree, Slim Harpo, Lowell Fulson, Ruth Brown) with some new orelans funk (Eddie Bo, Jean Knight, Ray J) and other classic & rare funky gems (Hannibal, King Coleman, Alvin Cash, Harmonica George, Z.Z. Hill, Reggie Milner. Rodger Collins).

Tracklist:

01 Hannibal - Jerking The Dog (Shurfine 011)
02 Howlin' Wolf - Pop It To Me (Chess 2009)
03 King Coleman - Hang It Up (King 6098)
04 Alvin Cash - Funky 69 (Toddlin Town 119)
05 Ruth Brown - Try Me And See (Skye 4521)
06 Harmonica George - Get Some Order About Yourself (Toddlin Town 106)
07 Champion Jack Dupree - Barrel House Woman (Decca 12611 UK)
08 Lowell Fulson - Funky Broadway (Kent 4535)
09 Reggie Milner - Soul Machine (Volt 4048)
10 Slim Harpo - I've Got My Finger On Your Trigger (Excello 2309)
11 Eddie Bo - Check Your Bucket (Bo-Sound 5551)
12 Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff (Stax 0088)
13 Ray J - Right Place, Wrong Time (Hep'Me 111)
14 Z.Z. Hill - Think People (Hill 222)
15 Rodger Collins - I'm Leaving This Place (Galaxy 775)

Tommy is back with a rockin' reggae selection, which is introduced by a handful of roots takes (T Touchers, I-Roy, Glen Brown) and mix together soulful rocksteady (Hamboys, Clarendonians), early reggae obscurities (Lloyd Greene, Keelyn Beckford, Lloyd Charmers, Stranger Cole) and weird instrumentals (Clive's All Stars, Vin Gordon, Leslie Butler, Dandy).

Tracklist:

01 Tall & The T Touchers - Touching The President
02 I-Roy - Prime Minister
03 Glen Brown - Mr. Harry Skank
04 Clive's All stars - San Sebastian
05 Conquerors - Jumpy Jumpy Girl
06 Lloyd Charmers - Cuyah
07 Vin Gordon - Soul Trombone
08 Dandy - East Of Suez
09 Hamboys - Harder On The Rock
10 Clarendonians - Bye Bye Bye
11 Stranger Cole - One Toke Over The Line
12 Leslie Butler - Revival
13 Sensations - Those Guys
14 Kneelyn Beckford - Suzy Wong
15 Lloyd Greene - Reggae A Go Go

This time Ticchio provides you a selection of all female stars of 60s & early 70s black music... A soulful mix starting with strong r&b cuts (Marlena Shaw, Mitty Collier, KoKo Taylor, Big Maybelle), turning to classic 60s soul (Barbara Lewis, Big Ella, Alder Ray Mathis, Etta James, Margie Hendrix) and ending into more funky sounds (Betty Jarris, Delia Gartrell, Jackie Moore, Jean Knight, Lyn Collins)

Tracklist:

01 Marlena Shaw – Let’s Wade In The Water (Cadet 15192)
02 Mitty Collier – Git Out (Chess 2035)
03 KoKo Taylor – Egg Or The Hen (Checker 1166)
04 Barbara Lewis - Sho Nuff (It's Got To Be Your Love) (Atlantic 2482)
05 Big Maybelle – 96 Tears (Rojac 112)
06 Big Ella – It Takes A Whole Lotta Lovin’ (Lo Lo 2101)
07 Alder Ray Mathis – Take Me Baby (Jetstar 122)
08 Etta James – You Got It (Cadet 5620)
09 Margie Hendrix – Jim Dandy (Sound Stage 7 2624)
10 Loleatta Holloway – Bring It On Up (Galaxy 780)
11 Betty Harris – Mean Man (Sansu 478)
12 Delia Gartrell – Fight Fire With Fire (Right On 109)
13 Jackie Moore – Singing Funky Music Turns Me On (Kayvette 5122)
14 Jean Knight - Jessie Joe (You Got To Go) (Dial 1026)
15 Lyn Collins - Think (About It) (People 608)

Here's a bunch of tunes that ranges from the rocksteady of "Mercy Mercy Mercy", cover by The Paragons of the Marlena Shaw's soul number, to the roots of "Deliver Me From My Enemies" of the recently passed away Yabby You (RIP). Unfortunately "Now I Know" by Stranger Cole is quite scratchy but it was too good for not including it. However it could be found on his digital format on the Trojan Stranger Cole's anthology "BANGARANG" (#TJDDD 116). "Saturday Night Special" is a great tune not often heard that i discovered thanks to the great "Rebel Music" anthologies compiled by Dave Hendley (check out his wonderful pictures at http://davehendley.co.uk/Home.html). Enjoy!

Tracklist:

1 MERCY MERCY MERCY - The Paragons (JA Treasure Isle)
2 LIVING LIKE A KING - Hopeton & Glen (UK Fab)
3 NOW I KNOW - Stranger Cole & Gladstone Anderson (JA Pre)
4 EASTERN ORGAN - Dandy (UK Trojan)
5 IT AINT'T (YOUR CHEATING HEART) - Lloyd Randolph (JA Pre)
6 NO BUSINESS OF YOURS - George Williams (JA Pre)
7 DOWN IN THE PARK - The Inspirations (UK Camel)
8 NOT FOR SALE - Ken Boothe (JA Pre)
9 MAN NEEDS A WOMAN - Peter Austin (UK Pre)
10 ROCKING ON THE GG BEAT - GG All Stars (UK GG)
11 SOMETHING'S WRONG SOMEWHERE - The Gaylads (JA Pre)
12 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE - The Paragons (JA Studio One)
13 SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL - Michael Dyke (UK Attack)
14 BURN BABYLON - Sylford Walker (UK Locks)
15 DELIVER ME FROM MY ENEMIES - Yabby You (Vivian Jackson)

Ticchio is back with a mix selection of early r&b, jump blues & doo-wop, from classic takes like Floyd Dixon, Etta James and Coasters to obscurities like Ann cole, Mercy Dee and Big John Greer... Pure rockin' sounds from the 50s!

Tracklist:

01 Floyd Dixon – Hey Bartender (Cat 114)
02 Louis Jordan - Cat Scratchin' (Mercury 70993)
03 Etta James – Good Rockin’ Daddy (Modern 962)
04 Amos Milburn – I Done Done It (Aladdin 3253)
05 Gene & Eunice – Bom Bom Lu Lu (Aladdin 3351)
06 Percy Mayfield – Baby You’re Rich (Specialty 544)
07 Cadets – I Want You (Modern 994)
08 Ann Cole – Each Day (Baton 232)
09 Ruth Brown – I Want To Do More (Atlantic 1082)
10 Mercy Dee – Romp & Stomp Blues (Flair 1073)
11 Big John Greer - I'll Never Let You Go (RCA Victor 5170)
12 Wynonie Harris - Down Boy Down (King 4685)
13 Wynona Carr - Nursery Rhyme Rock (Specialty 575)
14 Monitors - Rock 'n' Roll Fever (Specialty 622)
15 Coasters – Three Cool Cats (Atco 6132)

«Mix It Up, Mix It Up,… That’s the way I like It!» Ticchio & Tommy are back with a 60 minutes episode in which they alternate spinning rockin’ r&b, early & soulful reggae, southern soul and funky stuff.

Ticchio begins the selections with some wild r&b takes all coming form the late 50s (except Busty Brown’s one which was issued 1962). Then Winston Groovy’s «Josephine» (an explosive 1969 reggae cut “inna New-Orleans-R&B style”) introduces Tommmy set of uptempo early reggae. After that Rufus Thomas’ «Memphis Train» take us to a powerful southern-soul set from Ticchio and than Tommy is back with Ken Boothe’s «Keep My Love From Fading Away» and another set of soulful early reggae. «Downtown Soulville» by Chuck Edwards begins Ticchio closing set of gritty early funk.

Tracklist:

Ticchio
01) Buster Brown – Raise A Ruckus Tonite (Fire 516)
02) Professor Longhair – Look What You’re Doing To Me (Ebb 106)
03) Rudy Ray Moore – Buggy Ride (Federal 11259)
04) L.C. McKinley – Nit Wit (Bea & Baby 102)
05) Junior Parker – Barefoot Rock (Duke 193)

Tommy
06) Winston Groovy – Josephine (Nu Beat 42)
07) Pioneers – Caranapo (Trojan 7746)
08) Eric Donaldson – Never Get Away (Punch 9)
09) Black & George – Candy Lady (blank)
10) Jamaicans – Festival Spirit (blank)

Ticchio
11) Rufus Thomas – Memphis Train (Stax 601037 - UK)
12) Mickey Murray – Shout Bamalama (SSS International 715)
13) Spencer Wiggins – He’s Too Hold (Goldwax 337)
14) James Carr – Coming Back To My Baby (Goldwax 309)
15) Jack McDuff – Gonna Hang Me Up A Sign (Atlantic EP SD71463)

Tommy
16) Ken Boothe – Keep My Love From Fading Away (Beverley’s JA)
17) Carl Dawkins – Don’t Get Weary (blank)
18) Ethiopians – Woman Capture Man (blank)
19) Sivlerstars - Old Man Say (blank)
20) Pat Kelly – What Am I To Do (Horse 58)

Ticchio
21) Chuck Edwards – Downtown Soulville (Punch 21107)
22) Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (King 6378)
23) Billy Sha-Rae – Let’s Do It Again (Triple B 004)
24) Shorty Long – Here Comes The Judge (Tamla Motown 663 - UK)
25) Lee Dorsey – Four Corners (pt. 1) (Amy 8783)

Tommy selects for you about half an hour of early reggae from ‘69 and ’70 with an exception with the Dave Collins number that comes from 1974.

We start our uptempo-selections with “In The Summertime” by The Music Doctors produced by the UK-based jamaican producer and legend Dandy Livingstone on his J-Dan label. Then we have the aforementioned “Sunshine Rock” released on Rhino for the Lee Perry production. Then we go back to 69, the golden era of reggae, with a bunch of mostly Pama releases. We have the “aggressive” Stranger Cole b-side on Camel Pama subsidiary and a boss reggae version of the southern-soul top singer James Carr’s “Freedom Train”.

We keep going on in a 69 style with more Pama releases like the sad “Broken Heart” by Busty Brown on the rhythm of Slim Smith’s “Slip away”, the splendid Clarendonians number, an instrumental version of LLoyd Charmers “Death a Come”, a Tennors b-side on Crab label and then we move to ‘70 for a blusey reggae number by John Holt on the Unity label and then back to 69 with the last three tunes, the former is a Trojan release, then again a Cole’s one on the Joe Gibbs Amalgamated label and the last a Hippy Boys and Cool Sticky scorcher... Enjoy!

Tracklist:

1) IN THE SUMMERTIME - The Music Doctors (J-Dan JDN4414)
2) SUNSHINE ROCK - Dave Collins (Rhino RNO111)
3) GIVE IT TO ME - Stranger Cole (Camel CA15)
4) FREEDOM TRAIN - Ernest Wilson (Crab CRAB17)
5) TELL ME TELL ME - Winston Shand (Bullet BU413)
6) BROKEN HEART - Busty Brown (Blank CRAB32)
7) BABY DON’T DO IT - The Clarendonians (Blank)
8) WHA SHE DO NOW - The Gaylads (Blank)
9) TWELTH OF NEVER - Pat Kelly (Pama Supreme PS379, reissue of UN511)
10) CHERRY - The Tennors (Crab CRAB36)
11) THE SWORD - Matador All Stars (Blank)
12) OH TELL ME - The Schoolboys (Gas GAS104)
13) SEA CRUISE - John Holt (Unity UN548)
14) NOT FOR SALE - Ernie Smith (Trojan TR680)
15) WHAT MOMA NO WANT SHE GET - Stranger Cole (Blank)
16) WHATS YOUR EXCUSE - Hippy Boys (Buller BU413)

From obscure rockers like Clarence Samuels and Elmer Parker to famous artists like Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker and B.B. King, from the soulful doo-wop singing of the Five Keys and Little Willie John to the weird screamin’ of H-Bomb Ferguson, Bill Johnson and Ba Ba Thomas, from pure rock’n’roll cuts by Don & Dewey and Billy LaMont to more bluesy stuff by Big John Greer and Young Jessie… here are 30 minutes of wild and explosive rockin’ sounds from the mid 50s to the very early 60s selected by Ticchio.

Tracklist:

1) Clarence Samuels – We’re Goin’ To The Hop (APT 25028)
2) Big John Greer – Bottle It Up And Go (Groove 0002)
3) Ruth Brown – Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’ (Atlantic 1197)
4) LaVern Baker – Whipper Snapper (Atlantic 1189)
5) Five Keys – My Pigeon’s Gone (Capitol 2103)
6) Little Willie John – Don’t Be Ashamed To Call My Name (King 5147)
7) B.B. King – Bim Bam (RPM 479)
8) Ba Ba Thomas – Miss Shake It (King 5889)
9) Billy Lamont – Country Boy (Okeh 7125)
10) Don & Dewey – Justine (Specialty 631)
11) Bill Johnson – You Better Dig It (Talos 402)
12) H-Bomb Ferguson – Mary Little Mary (Federal 12411)
13) Young Jessie – Hit Git And Split (Modern 1002)
14) Elmer Parker – You Know I Love You (Music Cleef 3002)