Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - Best of 2012 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - Best of 2012

Tracklisting

1. Into the Black - Chromatics 
2. Inspector Norse - Todd Terje 
3. Au Seve - Julio Bashmore 
4. Running (Disclosure Remix) - Jessie Ware
5. Amanaemonesia - Chairlift 
6. Gun-Shy - Grizzly Bear 
7. Sweet Life - Frank Ocean 
8. Look At Where We Are - Hot Chip 
9. If There Wasn't Something There - Bobby Womack 
10. The Fall - Rhye 
11. 110% - Jessie Ware 
12. Goldie - A$AP Rocky 
13. Myth - Beach House
14. Losing You - Solange 
15. Take A Walk - Passion Pit 
16. Zumm Zumm - Django Django 
17. Stronger - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs 
18. Inside My Love (Redlight Remix) - Delilah 
19. Rave Weapon - Alex Metric

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COU Soundtrack links - November 2012 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud

Tracklisting November 2012

1.         Burt Bacharach ~ SouthAmerican Getaway

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The Bahler Brothers featured on the above soundtrack and also on Suicide Is Painless, Johnny Mandel's theme to the 1970 film M*A*S*H.  Here’s Grady Tate’s wonderful version

2.         Grady Tate – Suicide is Painless (Theme From M-A-S-H)

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Mr Mandel, He won the Grammy, for the work he did in 1981 for Quincey Jones on the album Velas Quincey wrote the OST for "Dollar$", from which this track comes, "Money runner"

3.         Quincy Jones - Money Runner

1981, a great year for film & televison .

4.         "It Takes Diff'rent Strokes - Alan Thicke

Dano Plato, (Kimberly Drummond) committed suicide in in 1999, so here's Suicide is...no done that one.

Pre Differet Strokes she appeared in one of the great TV programmes

5.         Theme from CHiPs – Alan Parker (12")

Billy May also wrote music for CHIPS

6.         Batgirl Theme Song – Billy May

Billy May wrote arrangements & songs for many famous people including Frank Sinatra.

Sinatra starred in a 1955 production called Our Town with a certain Paul Newman.

Paul Newman's last ever film role was in 2002 in Road to Perdition....

Thomas Newman made the music.

7.         Thomas Newman - 'Road To Perdition'

Thomas Newman also appeared on The American Beauty soundtrack as did this song, which is very nice.

8.         Betty Carter –  Open The Door

Thomas Newman scored American Beauty, is scoring "Skyfall" the most famous Bond film composer was obviously John Barry

9.         On Her Majesty's Secret Service – John Barry

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John Barry scored nuff superb films including the great Midnight Cowboy. I prefer another brilliant composer's version of the theme tune , Breakfast at Tiffanys legend Henry Mancini..(& his orchestra)

10.       Midnight Cowboy Henry Mancini

A Mancini double, and a song that has featured on many soundtracks

11.       Pick Up The Pieces Henry Mancini

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Pick Up the Pieces" is a 1974 song by the Average White Band from their second album, AWB. The principal composer of the track was founding member and saxophonist Roger Ball.

Before forming AWB in 1971, Ball was a session musician in London, arranging and playing for Vinegar Joe, Badfinger, Kiki Dee and Elton John, Mama Cass, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music and others. He has played on stage with Chaka Khan and Marvin Gaye. As an arranger with AWB he wrote and played with Michael and Randy Brecker.

from the brilliant Almost Famous....

12.       Tiny Dancer – Elton John

Tracklisting September 2012

1. Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
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2. Gino Vannelli - Love And Emotion
3. Ned Doheny - Get it Up For Love (Quark's Viagra Edit)
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4. Stretch - Why Did You Do It
5. Lewis Taylor - The Leader Of The Band
6. The Style Council  - Changing Of The Guard
7. Mario Biondi - This is What You Are
8. The Deirdre Wilson Tabac - I can't keep from crying sometimes
9. Timebox - Beggin'
10. Blue Sharks - These things will keep me lovin you
11. Jim Ford - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
12. Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
13. Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again (Walter Mengoni Edit)
14. Seals And Croft - Summer Breeze
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15. Mike Francis - Features Of Love (Apiento Edit)


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Blue-Eyed Soul Special - September 2012

Blue Eyed Soul Special - September 2012 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud

Enjoy a selection of tracks from this months mix

Terry Reid - Seeds of memory


 The Meteors - Wreckin' Crew


The Milkshakes - Brand New Cadillac


Dr Feelgood - Roxette

Mixcloud tracklisting and downloads

1.    1.    Roxette – Dr Feelgood

Wilco joined the Blockheads about the same time Chaz Jankel left, and

played on the album "laughter", from which this comes: "I want to be

straight".

2.    I Want To Be Straight  Ian Dury & The Blockheads

The only way is Essex

3.    Eddie and the Hot Rods - Beginning of the End

Essex, Canvey Island, The Feelgoods and Eddie and Hot Rods all links to this man

4.    Lew Lewis – Lucky Seven

Lew Lewis played on a album by "Sniff n the Tears", this being their greatest track:

5.    Sniff'n The Tears - Driver's Seat

Sniff n tears on Chiswick records and this lot also......

6.    The Milkshakes - Brand New Cadillac

Milkshakes released on the legendary 'Big Beat Records', and so did this band, and keeping in with the rockabilly vibe.

7.    The Meteors - Wreckin' Crew

The Meteors recorded, "The Meteors meet screaming lord sutch". SL Sutch's early recordings were with the legend, the loon, Joe Meek. Joe Meek also recorded with The Tornados, who, aside from the well known "Telstar", recorded this:

8.    The Tornados – Stingray

Clem Cattini , drummer with the Tornados , was on the shortlist to be the drummer with Led Zeppelin . Terry Reid was rumoured to be the first choice for singer ahead of Robert Plant, but turned it down as he was going on tour to support the Stones in America.

9.    Terry Reid - Seeds of memory

The Terry Reid song "Without Expression" from Bang Bang, You're Terry Reid, was recorded by The Hollies in 1968 as "A Man With No Expression" and by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in 1969 as "Horses Through a Rainstorm".

10. MAU vs Crosby Stills & Nash - Darkest Star

From the film "Dark Star", (the original name of the CSN track that Tim used) is this, the main theme tune to the film.

11. Benson Arizona (Theme from ‘Dark Star’) - John Carpenter

If John Carpenter were a carpenter

12. Tim Hardin - If I Were A Carpenter

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - July 2012

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BLOSSOMS - GRANDMA'SHANDS

They recorded at one time for ODE records which was the label, that this brilliant version of a rock classic , was recorded on...

MERRY CLAYTON – GIMME SHELTER

Rolling Stones into the Rolling Stones. Better than the original? Possibly yes!

LITTLE RICHARD – BROWN SUGAR

Little Richard recorded on Okeh records - as did Billy Stewart, who covered Doris Day's "Secret Love"

BILLY STEWART - SECRET LOVE

Doris Day came from that era of  the so-called "girl singer" ,movement pre Rock n Roll, — Doris Day, Kay Starr,  Patti Page ( who Groove Armada sampled ) & my favourite of them Peggy Lee

PEGGY LEE - SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY

As sampled by the Beastie Boys on ‘Check it ou’t, another Beasties sample on ‘Hold it Now’, and heralding the upcoming Go-Go revival!

TROUBLE FUNK – LET’SGET SMALL

Trouble Funk featured on the GTA Vice City ost as part of the playlist for Wildstyle radio.

From the GTA series, San Andreas to be precise, comes this:

HUMBLE PIE - GET DOWN TO IT

With the incomparable east london legend Steve Marriot on the vocal...this is a reworking from a few years ago of the  brilliant Small Faces  ...

LACK OF AFRO - FEAT. STEVE MARRIOTT "TOUCH MY SOUL" 

Small Faces links keep on coming,

RONNIE LANE – THE POACHER

Ronnie moved out to Texas, where he formed an American version of his "Slim Chance" band, members of which included: Alejandro Escovedo (whose niece was Sheila E ! - who is still hot now) and his brother, was Coke Escovedo.

COKE ESCOVEDO - I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING -

Written by Johnny Bristol who produced lots of the later stuff on Motown

THE SUPREMES – BAD WEATHER

It’s raining Georgie

SHORTY FEATURING GEORGIE FAME - SOMEBODY STOLE MY THUNDER

Georgie Fame recorded a track called "Rosetta" with ex-Animals keyboard player, Alan Price of The Animals 1966, whose hit "Inside looking out", although covered by many, was only bettered by one

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - INSIDE LOOKING OUT

Grand Funk Railroad's producer in the early 70's was Todd Rungdren......

TODD RUNDGREN - I SAW THE LIGHT

Todd Rundgren’s original band

THE NAZZ - OPEN MY EYES

Stewkey & Mooney, from The Nazz, played together in a band called "Fuze" - that later became Cheap Trick, no less.

CHEAP TRICK - I WANT YOU TO WANT ME

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - May 2012 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - May 2012

1. Beastie Groove – Beastie Boys (Rock Hard, Def Jam, 1985) 2. EL-P - Deep Space 9MM (Fantastic Damage, Definitive Jux, 2002) From the same label and year 3. RJD2 vs MosDef vs Common - Ghostwriter (Ghostwriter Definitive Jux, 2002) There’s a ghost in our house 4. Ghostpoet – Liiines (2011) The piano chords' progression in Ghost Poet's track is extremely similar to "Love will tear us apart" So here’s a beautiful cover version of the Joy D song: 5. Susanna and The Magical Orchestra - Love will tear us apart - (Melody Mountain, Rune Grammofon, 2006) Susanna and the Magical Orchestra are a Norwegian electronica and jazz duo, formed in 2000. Also from Norway and also a great cover version 6. Kings of Convenience - Free Fallin' (Live) - (Failure, Source, 2001) Free fallin' original by Tom Petty from the album Full Moon Fever.....leads us not to "Moon "Fever but this cover of the Cat Stevens choon "Moon"shadow” 7. LaBelle - Moon Shadow (Moon Shadow, Warner Bros, 1972) From the album, "The Black Madonnas have taken over the moon", comes the ball breakin, 8. The Black Madonnas - Theme to the Black Madonnas (The Black Madonnas have taken over the moon, Trunk, 2005) Black is black 9. Hugo Strasser - Black Night (Und Sein Tanzorchester - Tanzhits ´71, 1971) Big up the clarinets 10. Benny Goodman - One O'clock Jump (RCA, 1959) One is the magic number 11. KRS-One - Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Jive 1997) Back to my old school 12. Boogie Down Productions – Poetry (Criminal Minded, 1987)

A Charles Stepney Special Mix - Full Tracklisting and selected downloads

1. Look Around the Corner Alice Russell & Quantic Single 2012 2. Ordinary Joe Terry Callier Occasional Rain 1972 3. Tom Cat Muddy Waters Electric Mud 1968 4. For Love I Come Thundercat The Golden Age Of Apocalypse 2011 5. Dancing Girl Terry Callier What Color is Love 1972 6. Evil Howlin' Wolf Evil 1969 7. I Took A Ride (Caravan) Rotary Connection Aladdin 1968 8. Woman of the Ghetto Marlena Shaw DJ Raw Sugar Redub 2011 9. Liberation conversation Marlena Shaw Spice of life 1969 10. Les Fleur Minnie Riperton FUG Edit 1968 11. Flowers The Emotions Single 1976 12. Lucky Lewis Taylor Lewis Taylor 1996 13. Shadows on Behalf The Stepkids The Stepkids 2011

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - April 2012

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - April 2012 (a Charles Stepney special) by Muchomacho on Mixcloud

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - March 2012 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - March 2012 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud

1. Gil Scott Heron - Who'll Pay Reparations (Small Talk at 125th Lennox, Flying Dutchman, 1970)
   
   
   Link: 'Who'
   
   
2. The Who - Daddy Rolling Stone (Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere B-Side, Brunswick, 1965)
   
   
   Link: Composed by Otis Blackwell, and so was this
   
   
3. Patti Drew - Fever (I've Been Here All The Time, Capitol, 1969) Download
   
   
   Link: Capitol records became Capitol Inds EMI in the 70's . One of the shed loads of artists on there was Bob Seger.

4. Bob Seger - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, Capitol, 1969)
   
   
   Link: Mr Seger worked extensively with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

5. Muscle Shoals Horns - Born To Get Down (Single, Bang Records, 1976)
   
   
   Link: 2010 album by Band of Horses partly recorded at Fame Studios, Alabama the home of Muscle Shoals

6. Band of Horses - Factory – (Infinite Arms, Brown Records, 2010)
   
   
   Link:  Irene Cara sang the theme tune to Fame, she was a backing vocalist for Evelyn "Champagne" King...
   
   
7. Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame -  (Single, RCA, 1977)
   
   
   Link: King

8. Freddy King – Texas Oil (Single, Federal, 1962)
   
   
   Link: From a King to a queen, the ‘queen of rockabilly’ Wanda Jackson, also recorded in 1962

9. I Gotta Know – Wanda Jackson (Rockin' With Wanda, Starline, 1962)
   
   
   Link: The Jackson Sisters made this famous, but this is the original version

10. Mark Capanni - I Believe In Miracles (Single, Capitol, 1974) Download
    
    
    Link: The Jackson sisters recorded for Tigerlilly records - technically, Tigerlilly was an attempt at a tax swizz by Roulette Records, who at one point had Sammy on their roster of artistes.

11. Sammy Davis Jr. Up Tight/ You Got Your Troubles (Lonely is the Name, Reprise, 1968) Download
    
    
    Link: Stevie Wonder cover to a cover by Stevie
    
    
12. Stevie Wonder - Bang Bang (Down to Earth, 1966, Motown)
    
    
    Link: Down to earth to feeling it move
    
    
13. First Gear Featuring Larnelle Harris - I Feel The Earth Move (First Gear, Myrrh, 1972) Download
    
    
    Link: Introduction to a Caveman" by Caveman, containing (amongst others) a sample of "Shifting gears" by Johnny Hammond, but from the same album
    
    
14. Caveman – Fry You Like Fish (Profile, 1990)
    
    
    Link: Caveman were descended from monkees according to Mr Darwin
    
    
15. Porpoise Song (Theme from 'Head') – The Monkees (RCA, 1968)

Davy Jones RIP

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - February 2012 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud

Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - February 2012 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud

Mixcloud Mix February 2012

Tracklisting and Links between the songs

1.    Praise The Lord - Mary Lou Williams - (Black Christ of the Andes, 1963)  Download

Link - Andes – Mountain range in South America

2.    Tenorio Jr. – Nebulosa (Embalo, 1964) Download

Link - South America’s finest export born in Argentina

3.    Lalo Schifrin - Scorpio's Theme - (Dirty Harry, 1971)

Link - Dirty Harry soundtrack – Harry Nilsson

4.    Nilsson - One (Aerial Ballet, 1968)

Link – Harry

5.    Harry J Allstars – Liquidator (Trojan single, 1969)

Link - Shirley sang the theme to the film, "The Liquidator"

6.    Shirley Bassey - Light my fire (Something, 1970)

Link – Arranged by Johnny Harris, and so was this

7.    Nita Rossi - Untrue Unfaithful (That Was You) (Hickory, 1965) Download

Link - Last track was recorder on Hickory records. Hickory Wind by Gram Parsons

8.    The Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses (Burrito Deluxe, 1970)

Link - Flying Burrito Brothers - Bernie Leadon, went on to be one of the founder member of The Eagles, who recorded a track called Tequila Sunrise

9.    Minutemen - Jesus And Tequila (Double Nickels On The Dime, SST, 1984).

Link – Minutemen recorded on SST and Sonic Youth signed to them in 1986


10. Sonic Youth – Sugar Kane (Dirty, 1993)

Link – Sugar

11.Etta James & Sugar Pie Desanto - In the basement part 1 (Cadet, 1966)

Link – Cadet Records/Chess

12.American Gypsy - Stuck On You (Angel Eyes, Chess, 1974)