For December, I mixed the tunes to the WLWF Monthly Mix Up. All Funk 45s I scored mostly at the Platenbeurs in Utrecht, spiced up with some contemporary deep Funk bombs that have been just recently (re)released. Voice by Rich Jammin. Now git!
I’ve posted a new mixtape on Mixcloud. It’s an all-45 affair, raw sounds from the late 60s, early 70s. Hope you enjoy hearing it as much as I enjoyed making it!
Funk 45s mixtape vol. 6 – Raw Funk by Don Gio on Mixcloud
Tracklist:
1. 5th Dimension – Sunshine Of Your Love (Soul City)
2. Soul Partners – Spead (Bell)
3. John Phillip Soul And His Stone Marching Band – That Memphis Thing (Pepper)
4. Leon Austin – Turn Me Loose (King)
5. Jay Dee Bryant – Get It (Come On And Get It) (Enjoy)
6. Sam And The Soul Walkers – Soul Walk (Trans American)
7. The Fabulous Shalimars – Funky Line Pt 1 (Rack)
8. Wilmer And The Dukes – Get It (Instr) (Aphrodisiac)
9. Sandy Nelson – Alligator Boogaloo (Audition)
10. Buddy Miles – Life Is What You Make It (Mercury)
11. Johnny Otis – The Hash (King)
12. Clarence Reid – Chicken Hawk (Alston)
13. The National Souls – Bony Moronie (Lanor)
14. Laura Lee – Wanted: Lover, No Experience Necessary (Chess)
15. Soul Machine – Bag Of Goodies (Pzazz)
16. Mighty Sam – I Need Alot Of Lovin’ (Amy)
17. Clarence Carter – Tell Daddy (Fame)
18. The Maskman & The Agents – One Eye Open (Dynamo)
19. Dave “Baby” Cortez – Born Funky (All Platinum)
20. Bobby Patterson And The Mustangs – Broadway Ain’t Funky No More (Jetstar)
21. The Packers – Go ‘Head On (Pure Soul Music)
22. Jimmy Hughes – A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues (Fame)
Next Sunday, I’m spinning the goods with my man DEES (www.dees.tv) at Ketelhuis – two steps away from Skatepark Area 51 in Eindhoven. There’s a huge BBQ and a chef that’s second to none. There’s even a pool, and it’s not just there for keeping the beer cold. Bring boardshorts & bikinis!
Sunny Sundays @ Ketelhuis Eindhoven
Restaurant Ketelhuis
Ketelhuisplein 1
Eindhoven, NL
04.08.2013 18:00 – midnight
The fifth installment of a series of mixtapes that’s improving in quality as my digging / collection of 45s grows. For this one I wanted to make a point. Music with a message…hmmm yes, sort of.
Sometimes I hear folks dissing new funk bands and releases, only because it’s not from the late sixties. First of all, that’s lame. Second of all: I’m-a prove you wrong, motherfucker!
As a real battle strategist I gathered some of my latest acquired troops and mercenaries on the 1 and 2, separating the old and the new 45s in two teams. These fierce teams battle song by song for the listeners’ respect. I dare to think that after an hour you will never diss new funk no more.
Funk 45s mixtape vol. 5 – Old vs New Funk by Don Gio on Mixcloud
Tracklist:
1. James Brown – Lowdown Popcorn (King)
2. On The Spot Trio – Critically Acclaimed Shit (Colemine)
3. Rufus Thomas – Funky Mississippi (Stax)
4. The Grips – Tennessee Strut (Ged Soul)
5. Little Oscar – Funky Buzzard (Deke)
6. Monophonics – Like Yesterday (Colemine)
7. Davy Jones – Sophisticated Sissy (Philips)
8. Mighty Imperials – Matador (Daptone)
9. Jesse Anderson – Swing Too High (Cadet)
10. Third Coast Kings – Tonic Stride (Record Kicks)
11. Soul East – Funky Lady (Deluxe)
12. Td And Jimmy James 3 – Jalapeno Pep Part 2 (Mosquito Hawk)
13. The Alliance – Cupid’s Holding (Wand)
14. T Bottoms – Pistol Whip (Funk Night)
15. Raw Soul – Leave My Beat Alone (Plut)
16. Jungle Fire – Comencemos (Colemine)
17. Juggy – Oily (Sue)
18. Kool Men & Diamond T – One For The Road (New Look)
19. Hank Ballard – Come On Wit’ It (King)
20. Sharon Jones – Got A Thing On My Mind (Daptone)
21. Seven Souls – Groove In (Venture)
22. Lefties Soul Connection – Have Love Will Travel (Melting Pot Music)
Everyone that missed out on last week’s weLOVEweFUNK party, your worries are over. The exclusive deep funk mixtape by Rich Jammin is now available for streaming on Mixcloud!
WeLOVEweFUNK mixtape vol.3 w/ Rich Jammin by Don Gio on Mixcloud
My man Damn RIJT and me put together the second installment of the vinyl-only weLOVEweFUNK mixtape series. It features some not-so-common songs of well known funk and soul artists, flavoured with some rarer obscurities which results in an hour of relaxed grooves. Plus the more serious diggers out there will recognize some killer samples. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD HERE.
WeLOVEweFUNK mixtape vol.2 by Don Gio on Mixcloud
DOWNLOAD WELOVEWEFUNK MIXTAPE VOL. 2 HERE!
Recorded and mixed by DamnRIJT and DonGIO @ The Soul Shack, Eindhoven, NL, January 2012
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Tracklist:
1. Orgone Ft. Fanny Franklin – Who Knows Who (Album: The Killion Floor)
2. Johnny Guitar Watson – Superman Lover (Album: Ain’t That A Bitch)
3. Average White Band – Stop The Rain (Album: Feel No Fret)
4. Marlena Shaw – California Soul (Album: The Spice Of Life)
5. Johnny Hammond – Rock Steady (Album: Wild Horses Rock Steady)
6. The Propositions – Africana (Album: Funky Disposition)
7. James Brown – Blind Man Can See It (Album: Black Caesar)
8. Grover Washington Jr. – Mister Magic (Album: Mister Magic)
9. The Head Hunters – If You’ve Got It, You’ll Get It (Album: Survival Of The Fittest)
10. Dr. John – Right Place, Wrong Time (Album: In The Right Place)
11. Kool And The Gang – Jungle Jazz (Album: Spirit Of The Boogie)
12. The Sugarman Three – Soul Donkey (Album: Soul Donkey)
13. Alvin Cash – Stone Thing (Album: 90s bootleg)
14. Funk Inc. – Chicken Lickin’ (Album: Chicken Lickin’)
15. The Poets Of Rhythm – Funky Runthrough Pt 1 &2 (Album: Practice What You Preach)
16. Bo Diddley – Hey Jerome (Album: Where It All Began)
17. Lulu – Love Loves To Love Love (Album: Lulu Sings To Sir With Love)
18. Herbie Hancock – Hang Up Your Hang Ups (Album: Man-Child)
19. Love Unlimited Orchestra – I Wanna Stay (Album: Music Meastro Please)
20. Dennis Coffey – Wild Child (Album: Finger Lickin Good)
21. Senor Soul – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Album: Senor Soul Plays Funky Favorites)
22. Cookin’ On Three Burners – Keb’s Bucket (Album: Baked, Broiled & Fried)
Also check out the flyer of the 17th edition of weLOVEweFUNK, featuring a special guest as always!
ALL TRACKS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD (RAR – separate MP3s).
Funk 45s Mixtape Vol. 3 – the US trip by Don Gio on Mixcloud
Tracklist:
1. The Impressions – Mighty Mighty Spade & Whitey (Curtom)
2. Buddy Guy with Dr. John and Eric Clapton – A Man Of Many Words (Atco)
3. Joe Cocker – Woman To Woman (A&M)
4. Ike and Tina Turner – Bold Soul Sister (Blue Thumb)
5. Lou Rawles – Bring it on Home (Capitol)
6. The Turtles – Buzz Saw (White Whale)
7. Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Band – What Can You Bring Me (Warner Bros)
8. Johnny Tolbert – Check Your Battery part 2 (Jasman)
9. Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Nitty Gritty (Soul)
10. Leroy & The Fabulous Rocking Soul Band – Just Jiving Around (Plut – Reissue)
11. Z.Z. Hill – I Think I’d Do It (Mankind)
12. Hank Ballard – Butter Your Popcorn (King)
13. Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk Popcorn (King)
14. The People’s Choice – Cause That’s The Way I Know (Phil – L.A.)
15. Lou Courtney – Do The Thing (Riverside)
16. Alvin Cash ft. The Registers – Diff’rent Strokes For Diff’rent Folks (Mar-V-Lus)
17. Bill Cosby – Funky North Philly (Warner Bros)
18. The Fantastic Johhny C – Look What Love Can Make You Do (Phil – L.A.)
19. Wilson Pickett – Funk Factory (Atlantic)
20. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Treat Her Like A Lady (United Artists)
21. Shirley Ellis – The Clapping Song (Congress)
22. Jimmy McGriff – I’ve Got A Woman (Sue)
Together with my man DamnRijt, we put together this late 60s/ early 70s mixtape with some golden oldies on it. At the last weLOVEweFUNK party in January we gave away this mixtape to the first 50 visitors. It’s available for download now. DOWNLOAD WELOVEWEFUNK MIXTAPE VOL.1
WeLOVEweFUNK mixtape vol.1 by Don Gio on Mixcloud
Tracklist:
1. Kool and the Gang – Who’s Gonna Take the Weight (album: Live at the Sex Machine)
2. Johnny Pate – Shaft in Africa (Addis) (album: Shaft in Africa)
3. Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street (album: Across 110th Street)
4. David Axelrod – You’re So Vain (album: Heavy axe)
5. The O’Jays – For the Love of Money (album: Ship Ahoy)
6. George Mc Crae – I Get Lifted (album: Rock your Baby)
7. James Brown – Funky President (album: Reality)
8. The Mohawks – Beat Me Till I’m Blue (album: The Champ)
9. Cyril Neville – Gossip (album: New Orleans Funk 2)
10. Gil Scott Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (album: Best of)
11. Cymande – The Message (album: Cymande)
12. George Jackson – Aretha, Sing One for Me (album: Shaolin Soul 2)
13. Donny Hathaway – Little Ghetto Boy (album: Live)
14. Roy Ayers – We Live in Brooklyn Baby (album: He’s Coming)
15. The Meters – Can You Do Without? (album: Fire on the Bayou)
16. Fred Wesley and the J.B.’s – Damn Rijt I Am Somebody (album: Damn Rijt I Am Somebody)
Recorded and mixed by DamnRIJT and DonGIO @ The Soul Shack, Eindhoven, NL
Mastered by Napzter/4XM Records
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I put together a new mixtape. DOWNLOAD DJ DON GIO – FUNK 45s MIXTAPE VOL.1 Hope you enjoy! Volume 2 is on the way.
Funk 45s Live Mixtape vol. 1 by Don Gio on Mixcloud
Tracklist:
1. Pigmeat Markham – Sock it to ‘em Judge
2. Bobby Freeman – Midnight Snack
3. Warm Excursion – Hang Up (Part 2)
4. Breakestra – Come on Over
5. Bama and the Family – Feeling Good
6. Chubukos – House of Rising Funk
7. Dyke and the Blazers – Stuff
8. Chantal Mitvalsky – Friend or Foe
9. James Brown – Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn (Part One)
10. Curtis Mayfield – Right on for the Darkness
11. Chambers Brothers – Funky
12. Robert Moore – Make it Alright
13. Donald Ray – Strut your Stuff
14. Aretha Franklin – Rocksteady
15. Speedometer ft. Ria Currie – Answer to Mother Popcorn
16. Maceo and all the King’s Men – Thank You for Letting me be myself again
17. Bobby Williams – Funky Superfly
18. Sammy Gordon & the Hiphuggers – Upstairs on Boston Road (part 2)
19. Joe Chopper and the Swinging 7 Soul Band – Soul Pusher
20. Willie Mitchell – Soul Serenade
Recorded at The Soul Shack, Eindhoven NL, december 2010
Mastered by Napzter / 4XM Music
I was looking a while on eBay for this record, which is virtually impossible to get here in Europe. It was featured on the 4th edition of Ultimate Breaks & Beats, but the 45 is *of course* much cooler to add to the ol’ collection. Part one has a great intro, but the flipside features a massive break. Give it a listen…