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

Same Song, Different Name

"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" is ofcourse the 1966 hitsingle recorded by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label (it was then still called Tamla Motown). One of his most popular early singles, "Uptight" was the first Stevie Wonder single to be co-written by the artist.



One year later, 1967, Bill Cosby recorded and released his single "Little Ole Man", off his musical comedy album "Bill Cosby Sings" (Warner Bros).
He basically took the Wonder song and put new words to it.



In 1969 reggea-singer Delroy Wilson released a record called "Good All Over" (Coxsone/Studio 1) with a song on it called "Funky Broadway" (not to be confused with another song called Funky Broadway, by Bobby Powell, released in the same year), which is obviously a re-work of the Uptight-song by Stevie Wonder with some different words.
It's hard to describe the style of the song. As someone mentioned on Youtube: "Is it reggea? Or is it Northern Soul?"
Anyways, it just kicks ass if you ask me.

Give all three songs a listen!

Stevie Wonder- Uptight (Everything Is Alright) (1966)



Bill Cosby: Little Ole Man (1967)



Delroy Wilson- Funky Broadway (1969)

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

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

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Bonus:

Another version, by "The Funky Muchachos":

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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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FUNK 5

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

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FUNK 4- A Swinging Collection By ABE TWIST

Funk 3- Abe Twist Presents: A Swinging Collection of 15 Awesome Funktracks

Tracklist:

01. Georgie Fame- The 'In' Crowd
02. Orgone feat. Fanny Franklin- Who Knows Who
03. Mack Rice- Three People in Love
04. Mel Brown- Son Of A Preacher Man
05. New London Rhythm & Blues Band- Soulman
06. Pal & The Prophets- The Whip
07. Quantic Soul Orchestra- The Dreaming Mind Part 2
08. Rob Agerbeek Quintet - The Chair Da
09. Bobby Adams- Love Ain't Nothing But A Business(Inst.)
10. Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & The True Loves- I'm Gonna Getcha Back
11. Frankie Beverley - Love (your pain goes deeper)
12. Groundhog- Bumpin' (Instr.)
13. Felice Taylor- I Can Feel Your Love
14. The Herbaliser feat Jessica Darling- You're Not All That
15. Dobie Gray- The 'In' Crowd

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FUNK 3- A Swinging Collection By ABE TWIST

Funk 2- Abe Twist Presents: A Swinging Collection of 15 Awesome Funktracks

Tracklist:

01. Big Al Torch- 25 Miles
02. Detroit City Limits - 98 Percent Plus Tax
03. Betty Barney- Momma Momma
04. Cyril Neville- Tell Me What's On Your Mind
05. Della Reese- Compared To What
06. Lena Mone- You Stay On My Mind
07. Bob Azzam and his Orchestra- Rain, Rain, Go Away
08. Betty Everett- Sweet Dan
09. Al Wilson- My Song
10. Liz McCall- Double Determination
11. Funkadelic- You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure
12. Aretha Franklin- The House That Jack Built
13. Jesse Anderson- Swing Too High
14. Erma Franklin- Hold On, I'm Coming
15. Katalyst feat Stephannie Mckay- Say What You Feel

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FUNK 2- A Swinging Collection By ABE TWIST

Funk 1- Abe Twist Presents: A Swinging Collection of 15 Awesome Funktracks

Tracklist:

01. Willie Mitchell- My Babe
02. Willie Bobo & The Bo Gents- Broasted Or Fried
03. Fred Hughes- Don't Let It Happen To Us
04. Betty Harris- Mean Man
05. Chris Clark- C.C. Rider
06. Mel Brown- Blues For We
07. The Shirelles- No Sugar Tonight
08. Slim Harpo- I Got My Finger on Your Trigger
09. Pete Thomas- Funky Skunk
10. David Batiste- Funky Soul
11. Hank Johnson- You Lost Your Thing
12. Clarence Wheeler- Right On
13. Sugarpie Desanto- The Woo-Pee
14. The Soul Tornados- Bobbys Mood
15. The Wallace Brothers- Whatcha Feel Is Whatcha Get

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FUNK 1- A Swinging Collection By ABE TWIST

REPOST: Abe Twist's Intoxicamix 2008

Get ready for an eclectic half-hour mix with a wide variety of artist (23 songs!!), from Snoop Dogg to the Beatles, from Nina Simone to Betty Boo!


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Tracklist:

1. Snoop Dogg- My Medicine
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Looking Out My Backdoor
3. The Castaways- Liar Liar
4. The Opposites feat. Dio en Willie Wartaal- Lomp Dom en Famous
5. Betty Ellis- The Clap Clap Song
6. Touch & Go- Would You Go To Bed With Me?
7. Juca Chavez- Take Me Back To Piaui
8. Juca Chavez- Take Me Back To Piaui (Dubben-Mix)
9. Jungle Brothers- V.I.P.
10. Aphrodite feat Big Daddy Kane- Off Limits
11. (Mash Up by Abe Twist:) Bernard Perdie- Good Livin’ + Timbaland & Nelly Furtado- Give It To Me
12. Mel Brown- Blues For Me
13. Ol’Dirty Bastard (feat Kelis)- Got Your Money
14. Jimmy Hendrix- Crosstown Traffic
15. Sarah Vaughan- Peter Gunn (Max Sledley RMX)
16. Doris- Beatmaker
17. King Bee- Back By Dope Demand
18. Young MC- Bust A Move
19. Groovefinder feat Nina Simone- I Got Life
20. Betty Boo- Doin’ The Do
21. Double Trouble and the Rebel MC- Street Tuff
22. Unknown Artist- Lady Madonna
23. The Beatles- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band

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ABE TWIST'S INTOXICA-MIX 2008

Angry Women- Funky Collection By Abe Twist

A lesson for the wining so-called R&B chicks nowadays...

Tracklist:

01. Ruby Andrews- Casanova 70
02. Candi Staton- Best Thing You Ever Had
03. Laura Lee- Crumbs Off The Table
04. Orgone feat Fanny Franklin- Who Knows Who
05. The 3 Degrees- You're The Fool
06. Doris- Don't
07. Irene Reid- Dirty Ole Man
08. Union- Strike
09. The Herbaliser feat Jessica Darling- You're Not All That
10. Lulu- Love Loves To Love Love
11. Kerrie Biddell- In Necessity

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ANGRY WOMEN

We All Love Hot Pants -Abe Twist Presents 14 Funky Hot Pants Songs-

Tracklist:

01. 20th Century- Hot Pants (part 1)
02. Guy Morris- Hot Pants Party
03. The Soul Bros- Girl In The Hot Pants
04. Syl Johnson- Annie Got Hot Pants Power
05. Oceanliners- Cutting Room (Hot Pants)
06. Lee Sain- Them Hot Pants
07. The Rhythm Machine- Hot Pants
08. Norma and the Heartaches- Hot Pants
09. Jimmy Bee- Hot Pants
10. James Brown- Hot Pants Pt. 1
11. Hank Carbo- Hot Pants
12. Carleen & the Groovers- Hot Pants
13. Wee Willie Mason- Funky Funky Hot Pants
14. Dramatics- Hot Pants In The Summertime

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WE ALL LOVE HOTPANTS