Tuesday 8 October 2013

Cassette-Funk, Swing And Rare R&B Reels Vol. 1




This is the fifth Flagship mix on this blog, and the beginning of a minature project for this blog. The world of indie 70s and 80s soul is well documented, well regarded, well known and well represented. At the moment, none of those things can be said for 90s soul, and part of the reason is that most of it is on cassette. There is no "popsike" dedicated to cassettes, nor is there specialist sites for cassette sales, and consequently, most of it gets ignored. Here, I'm going to try and represent as much of the cassette only releases as I possibly can, by a series of mixes. Some of these are from unreleased demo tapes, but most are from cassette singles or albums at a time when vinyl releases were becoming outdated, and CD production was exorbitant in price. This is the first volume of the mixes, which I hope you'll enjoy!

*NOTE: The audio quality of the songs in this mix will vary greatly, because of the age of the tape*

1) Elektrikk Sparks - Mo' Bounce (1994)
2) Bill Scott - Midnight Tease (1993)
3) Fonte - Boogie Bang (1998)
4) Iron Horse - Peace In America (1991)
5) Andre Williams - I'll Wait For U (1991)
6) Sterling G. - Special Occasion (1993)
7) Kim Washington - Can't You Tell (1995)
8) T.R. McRae - All About Me, All About You (1990)
9) The Uptown Crew - All I Want To Do (199?)
10) Candell - We Can Work It Out (1990)
11) Mel Strong - Kiss U All Over (1991)

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