Just a little snack...

Little mini-mix I made last night when I was bored... (6 songs, 8 minutes)



Tracklist:

Jimmy Norman- Gangster Of Love
Das EFX- Real Hip Hop
Suff Daddy- Next Level Refill (The Alkaholics feat. Diamond D)
Suff Daddy- Psycho Refill (D3CCPT feat. Guilty Simpson)
Black Nasty- Party On 4th Street (pt.1)
Beastie Boys- Sure Shot

Enjoy :)

Download! Abe Twist presents: 'Perfectly Mashed EP'

EXCLUSIVE FREE DOWNLOAD!
4 exclusive mash-ups made by me, Mr Twist, in 2010 (with exception of 'Intergalactic Freak Out Skank, made in 2009).



Tracklist:
A1: Bigger Better Baby Love (Daft Punk vs Aurra)
A2: Funk 'Em In Fun (Nhtyjar vs Del the Funkee Homosapien)
B1: Intergalactic Freak Out (Beastie Boys vs the Upsetters)
B2: Poppa Large Is Happening (Ultramagnetic MC's vs Peter Richard)

DOWNLOAD!!!:'PERFECTLTY MASHED EP'

FUNK 9- Abe Twist Presents: A Swinging Collection of 15 Awesome Funktracks

It's been a long time..... But here's part 9 in the series of my favourite funktracks!

Tracklist:

01. Little Milton- Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World)
02. Dee Edwards- Why Can't There Be Love (Abe Twist Edit)
03. Curley Moore- Don't Pity Me
04. Junior Parker- Taxman
05. Howard Tate- Stop
06. J. Hines And The Fellows- Camelot Time
07. Senor Soul- The Mouse
08. Sugar Billy- Super Duper Love Pt 1
09. The Staple Singers- For What It's Worth
10. Akiko Wada- Doshaburino Ameno Nakade (In The Pouring Rain)
11. Eddie Bo- Getting To The Middle pt. 1
12. The Mighty Flea- Ode to Billy Joe
13. Lee Dorsey- Rain Rain Go Away
14. Booker T and the MG's- Slim Jenkin's Place
15. Pat Hunt- Super Cool

Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD HERE:FUNK 9

Abe's Faves 2

While we're at it, let's just post number two as well!

Tracklist:

001. Alvin robinson- Down Home Girl
002. Smokey Rogers- Dimples or Dumplins
003. Lord Creator- Big Bamboo
004. Randy Van Horne and the Tigers- Get A Load Of That Walk
005. Roland Johnson- Cincinatti Dancing Pig
006. Chuck Jackson- I Keep Forgettin'
007. Charlie Palmieri- Fat Papa
008. Charles Sheffield- It's Your Voodoo Workin'
009. Charlotte Leslie- Les Filles C'est Fait
010. Cornell blakely- I want my share
011. Clancy Eccles New Beat- Feel The Rhythm
012. Clarence Paul- Baby Don't You Leave Poor Me
013. Marsha Hunt- Hot Rod Poppa
014. Wanda Jackson- Tunnel of love
015. The Salt- Lucifer
016. Charles Chalmers- Chess
017. Contributors Of Soul- Look What You Done For Me
018. Dick Curless- Juke Box Man
019. Third Wave- Eleanor Rigby
020. Ramblin' Jack Elliot- Cigarettes & Whiskey


DOWNLOAD HERE:ABE'S FAVES 2

Abe's Faves 1

Hi All,

It's been a while but I'm back with a nice collection of some of my favourite rare gems, ranging from (freak)beat to reggea, from Northern Soul to Boogaloo....

Tracklist:

001. Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes- Like, I Love You
002. Gillian Hills- Tut Tut Tut Tut
003. Toots and the Maytals- Louie Louie
004. Little Willie John- My Nerves
005. Willie Mitchell- Take Five
006. Devotions- Devils Gotten Into My Baby
007. Little Johnny Taylor- Sweet Soul Woman
008. Bobby Darin- Me & Mr. Hohner
009. Show Stoppers- Houseparty
010. George Guzman- Lazy Boogaloo
011. Wilson Pickett- Mini Skirt Minnie
012. Steve Aldo- You're Absolutely Right
013. Bob McFadden and Dor- The Mummy
014. The Johnny Otis Show- Willie Did The Cha Cha
015. Chapparal Trio- Roxanne
016. Lynne Randell- Wasn't It You
017. Loot- Baby Come Closer
018. Anna Karina- Roller Girl
019. Epics- Louie Louie, Come Home
020. The Rare Breed- Beg, Borrow and Steal

DOWNLOAD HERE:ABE'S FAVES 1

Abe's Batman Fever 1

I can't help it... I love Batman and therefor I love songs about Batman....

Tracklist:

01. Intro
02. Jean & Dean- The Joker Is Wild
03. Adam West- The Story Of Batman
04. Nelson Riddler- Batman Riddles The Riddler
05. Gate Wesley And Band- Do The Batman
06. 60's Batman Radio Spot
07. Sonora Dinamita- La Cumbia De Batman
08. Nelson Riddler- Batgirl (Recorded from VHS)
09. Bobby Valentin- Batman Boogaloo

14 Minutes Of Bat-fun:

Abe Twist presents: 15 x Spinning Wheel

Merry Christmas everybody!

Here are 15 versions of the tune made famous by Blood, Sweat and Tears:

Tracklist:

01. Blood Sweat & Tears- Spinning Wheel
02. James Brown- Spinning Wheel (Pt. 1)
03. Eddy Mitchell- Vieille Fille (Spinning Wheel)
04. Raulzinho- Spinning Wheel
05. Jimmy McGriff-Spinning Wheel
06. The Upsetters- Double Wheel
07. The Electric Indian- Spinning Wheel
08. Wade Marcus- Spinning Wheel
09. Horace Faith- Spinning Wheel
10. The Moog Machine- Spinning Wheel
11. Peggy Lee- Spinning Wheel
12. Howard Roberts- Spinning Wheel
13. Shirley Bassey- Spinning Wheel (DJ Spinna Mix)
14. James Brown- Spinning Wheel (Pt. 2)
15. Melanie Jonas & Dave Barker- Spinning Wheel

DOWNLOAD HERE:15 x SPINNING WHEEL

Same Song, Different Name

I recently discovered "Heart Trouble" by the Welsh band "Eyes of Blue" on this fantastic compilation of rare 60's beat, freakbeat, RnB, psych & soul, called "Go Gear! vol.5" (released on a label called "13th Dimension").
When I heard it for the first time I immediately fell in love with the song.

The original single was released in 1967.
Sadly there's not a whole lot of information to be found on the internet about this group.



As I first listened to the tune I noticed that the lyrics sounded familiar to me, and not much later it came to me: Funkadelic's "You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure" from the band's "Cosmic Slop"-album (released in '73) has taken a good bit of the lyrics of this song.

After some more searching I found out that the original tune was written by the Parliaments and released in 1965, two years before the release of Eyes Of Blues' version.



The Parliaments, who's style at that time would be best described as Northern Soul, would later on turn into Parliament and Funkadelic; two bands consisting of the same members, recording for different labels, and as we all know, were the main performers of the soul- and funk subgenre known as P-Funk. So that's were it all comes together...



Have a listen to all three tunes, they are equally great:

Eyes Of Blue- Heart Trouble:



The Parliaments- Heart Trouble:



Funkadelic- You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure:



PS. Later on George Clinton did another solo version of "Heart Trouble" which is just too awful to post here...

FUNK 8- Abe Twist Presents: A Swinging Collection of 15 Awesome Funktracks

Tracklist:

01. Bettye Lavelle- Do Your Duty
02. Cyril Neville- Gossip
03. Black Nasty- Party On 4th Street (pt.1)
04. Sugar Billy Garner- I Got Some
05. Sugarpie Desanto- The Woo-Pee
06. African Pop Session- African Voodoo
07. Tony Camillo's Bazuka- Dynomite
08. Baby Huey- Hard Times
09. Fuzzy Huskins- The Fuzz and da Boog
10. Howart Tate- I'm Your Servant
11. Marsha Hunt- Oh No! Not The Beast Day
12. Keith Mansfield- Loot's The Root
14. Sugarpie Desanto & Etta James- In The Basement, Part One
15. The Jimmy Castor Bunch- The Bertha Butt Boogie Pt.1

Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD HERE:FUNK 8

FUNK 7- Abe Twist Presents: A Swinging Collection of 15 Awesome Funktracks

Another 15 funky tracks in the Abe Twist series :)

Tracklist:

01. Spanky Wilson- Sunshine Of Your Love
02. Guy Morris & Band- Cool It
03. Sly & The Family Stone- Underdog
04. Timebox- Beggin'
05. Sugar Pie DeSanto- Soulful Dress
06. Bo Diddley- I'm High Again
07. Brian Auger- Tiger
08. Underground Express- I Never Found A Girl (to love me the way you do)
09. Dum Dum- Art The Grass
10. Ernie Hawks- Soulful Trip Part 2
11. Lulu- Feeling Alright
12. Kris Peterson- Mama's Little Baby (Is A Big Girl Now)
13. Esther Marrow - Chains of Love
14. Ground Hog- Bumpin (Vocal)
15. Placebo- Humpty Dumpty

Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD HERE:FUNK 7

"THE TWIN RECORDS"

Hi all,

This is something I'll do more often. The "Twin Records".

The idea for it came to me when recently I was listening to Howlin' Wolfs rare album called "This is Howlin' Wolf's new album. He doesn't like it. He didn't like his electric guitar at first either.".
It contains a version of "Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy", played on an electric guitar, that instantly reminded me of another song. That song was "Got My Finger On Your Trigger" by Slim Harpo, a personal favourite.

The two pieces are so much alike, it's unbelievable.

I tried to find information on both songs, but there's not a whole lot to find.

Slim Harpo's song was put out in 1970, Howlin' Wolfs album was released in either 1968 or 1969. There doesn't seem to be any connection between the two.

Anyways, have a listen and judge for yourself:

Howlin' Wolf- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy (Electric Version)


Slim Harpo- Got My Finger On Your Trigger

Abe Twist Presents: 12 x "I'm Comin' Home Baby"

12 versions of this great song, first recorded by Mel Tormé in 1962, and written by Bob Dorough (left) and Ben Tucker (right).


Tormé's '62 Hit:


Tracklist:
01. Mel Tormé- I'm Comin' Home Baby
02. Klaus Doldinger- I'm Comin' Home Baby
03. Muddy Waters- I'm Comin' Home Baby
04. Joe Thomas Group- I'm Comin' Home Baby
05. Booker T & The M.G.'s- I'm Comin' Home Baby
06. Buddy Rich Big Band- I'm Comin' Home Baby
07. Funky Organ Grooves- I'm Comin' Home Baby
08. Cymbaline- I'm Coming Home Baby
09. Peddlers- I'm Comin' Home Baby
10. Madam Laos In House Showgirl Band- I'm Comin' Home Baby
11. Zachary Breaux- I'm Comin' Home Baby
12. Skeewiff- I'm Comin' Home Baby

DOWNLOAD:
HERE
or
HERE

Bonus:

Another version, by "The Funky Muchachos":

SAME SONG, DIFFERENT NAME

I've known the Taj Mahal song for quite a while now, but I recently discovered the version by Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation.
Different name, same song.

Very different versions though, and where Taj Mahal just buys stuff for his girl because he likes it, the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation expects a little more in return for all the goods they're providing their honey with...

Both very nice and mellow :)

Taj Mahal- Chevrolet:

Or DOWNLOAD:
HERE

Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation- Watch `n' Chain:

Or DOWNLOAD:
HERE

FUNK 6- Abe Twist Presents: A Swinging Collection of 15 Awesome Funktracks

Another 15 funky tracks in the Abe Twist series :)

Tracklist:

01. Gloria Lynne- If You Don't Get It Yourself (It Ain't Yours)
02. Earnest Jackson- Joy And Affection (Vocal)
03. Delights Orchestra- Do Your Thing
04. Body & Soul- In The Beginning
05. Harvey Scales- What's Good For You Don't Have To Be Good To You
06. Johnny Pearson- Assault Course
07. The Ikettes- Don't Feel Sorry For Me
08. Wendy & Bonnie- It's What's Really Happening
09. Peggy Lee- Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
10. Bo Diddley- Bite You
11. Conjunto Nueva Onda- Golden Soul
12. Kelly Gordon- Independently Poor
13. Howlin' Wolf- Three Hundred Pounds
14. Manua Holcolm- This Generation
15. Earnest Jackson- Joy And Affection (Instrumental)

DOWNLOAD:
FUNK 6

UPDATED!- Abe Twist presents 31 versions of Lee Dorsey's "Get Out Of My Life Woman" part 2

Updated!!!

No less than 31 versions of Lee Dorsey's "Get Out Of My Life Woman".
Great tune, gotta love it!

Here's part 2...

Tracklist:

16. Grassella Oliphant- Get Out Of My Life Woman
17. Tony Gregory- Get Out Of My Life Woman
18. Albert King- Get Out Of My Life Woman
19. The John Schroeder Orchestra- Get Out Of My Life Woman
20. Joe Tex- Get Out My Life Woman
21. The Mighty Diamonds- Get Out Of My Life Woman
22. Iron Butterfly- Get Out Of My Life Woman
23. Hu and the Hilltops- Get Out Of My Life Woman
24. Graham, C. Quintet- Get Out Of My Life Woman
25. Freddie King- Get Out Of My Life Woman
26. Five D- Get Out Of My Life Woman
27. W. C. Clark- Get Out Of My Life Woman
28. The Jaybirds- Get Out Of My Life Woman
29. Jimi Hendrix- Get Out Of My Life Woman (Live)
30. Jormas- Get Out Of My Life Woman
31. Nils Landgren & Joe Sample- Get Out Of My Life Woman

DOWNLOAD:
31 VERSIONS OF LEE DORSEY'S "GET OUT OF MY LIFE WOMAN PT 2"

UPDATED!- Abe Twist presents 31 versions of Lee Dorsey's "Get Out Of My Life Woman" part 1

Updated!!!

No less than 31 versions of Lee Dorsey's "Get Out Of My Life Woman".
Great tune, gotta love it!

Here's part 1.

Tracklist:

01. Lee Dorsey- Get Out My Life Woman
02. Solomon Burke- Get Out Of My Life Woman
03. Ian & the Zodiacs- Get Out Of My Life Woman
04. The Mad Lads- Get Out Of My Life Woman
05. Bill Cosby- Get Out My Life Woman
06. Allen Toussaint- Get Out Of My Life Woman
07. Dee Dee, Barry & the Movements- Get Out Of My Life Woman
08. Joe williams- Get Out Of My Life Woman
09. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band- Get Out Of My Life Woman
10. George Semper- Get Out Of My Life Woman
11. Q65- Get Out Of My Life Woman
12. Thad Jones and Mel Lewis- Get Out Of My Life Woman
13. The Leaves- Get Out Of My Life Woman
14. Mick Taylor- Get Out Of My Life Woman
15. Ant Trip Ceremony- Get Out Of My Life Woman

DOWNLOAD:
31 VERSIONS OF LEE DORSEY'S "GET OUT OF MY LIFE WOMAN PT 1"

Used 1... Hip Hop

Hey guys...

I didn't want to post the obvious and well known "sampled" stuff (Dr. Dre, Snoop etc.), but here are a few hiphop-tracks (a), followed by the recordings that were sampled in these songs (b). I thought you might me interrested.

Tracklist:

01a. The Hilltop Hoods- Nosebleed Section
01b. Melanie- People In The Front Row

02a. Dilated Peoples- Proper Propaganda
02b. New York City- Sanity

03a. Eric B & Rakim- Pass The Hand Grenade
03b. Betty Everett- Take Me

04a. Jeru The Damaja- Worldwide (feat. Frank n Dank)
04b. Kalyanji Anandji- Theme From Don (edit)

05a. Jay Z- Roc Boys
05b. Menahan Street Band- Make The Road By Walking

06a. DangerDoom- Old School
06b. Tony Newman- Soul Thing

DOWNLOAD:
USED1 HIPHOP

FUNK 5- Abe Twist Presents: A Swinging Collection of 15 Awesome Funktracks

Another 15 funky tracks in the Abe Twist series :)

Tracklist:

01. Charles Whitehead- Between The Lines
02. The Sugarman Three- Cherry Pickin'
03. Five Stairsteps- Don't Change Your Love
04. Snooky and the Cosmic Flowers- Hearing Things
05. The Meters- I Need More Time
06. Ceasar Frazier- Funk It Down
07. Dudley Moore- Bedazzled
08. King Coleman- The Boo Boo Song
09. James Knight and the Butlers- Save Me
10. Keith Mansfield- Loot's The Root
11. Phil Flowers- If It Feels Good Do It
12. The Nilsmen- Sandstep
13. Randolph Bros- What It Is, pt 1&2
14. Zeke Strong & The Ladyetts- I Laugh & Talk (instr.)
15. The Newborn Hippopotamus- Jazz Rock Machine

DOWNLOAD:

FUNK 5

Pierre Cavalli - Un soir chez Norris

Hi All,

I found this briliant cinematic piece the other day and I could not believe that there was no video for it on Youtube, so I posted one....
(Just some stock footage of exploitation/B-movies from the 70's)

Check it out:


Or download the original here:
Pierre Cavalli - Un soir chez Norris

Funk 4- Abe Twist Presents: A Swinging Collection of 15 Awesome Funktracks

Tracklist:

01. Ernie K Doe- Here Come The Girls
02. Willie Tell & The Overtures (A.K.A. The Buena Vistas)- Kick Back
03. Union- Strike
04. Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham- Lover & a Friend
05. Marlena Shaw- It's Sure Is Groovy
06. Ralph Carmichael- Switchblade Theme
07. The Barkays- Soul Finger
08. The Meters- Stretch Your Rubber Band
09. The Soul Machine- Twitchie Feet
10. The Three Sounds- Repeat After Me
11. Tony Newman- Soul Thing
12. The Emotions- I Like It
13. Edd Henry- Two Heads Are Better Than One
14. Robert Lowe- Put Your Legs Up High
15. The Fun Company- Zambezi

DOWNLOAD:

FUNK 4- A Swinging Collection By ABE TWIST