Here's the 193rd Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "80's Groove Special" its been Presented by Mike Pantelli and it Features some Great Dance Tracks from the 80's, its in 2 Parts, so Pt 2 Next Week, Artist's Include: Sos Band, Change, Zapp, Howard Johnson, Patrice Rushen, Stevie Wonder, Fat Larrys Band, Kahif and Donald Byrd amongst Others!
Here's the 186th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "Disco Classics" its been Mixed by DJ Colin Cruz and it Features some Great Tracks From: The Jammers, Billy Griffin, Evelyn King, Fat Larrys Band and George Duke.
For a Full Track Listing go to Colin Cruz's Podomatic Page! Related articles
Here's the 108th Mix selection for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by DJ Kitcho, its called "Fireplace of Funk", there's some Classic 70's and 80's Funk and Dance on here, including: Detroit Spinners, Fat Larrys Band, Peech Boys, Zapp & Roger, Chocolate Milk and Young & Co!
Press play button below or go to DJ Kitcho's Mix Page for other Great Mixes!
I was now Working on my Own, in the Butchery Department, as I said I had to do everything myself, but it did have its Perk's!
One being I had a Choice of all the Meat in the Shop, at that time I think you could have around £3.00 of Meat each Week Allowance, (as a Staff Purchase) 30 Years ago that was a Decent amount of Meat, so of course any Meats I took home for my Family, was the Best Cuts, i.e Steaks and Loins, one thing I remember doing was Making Home Made Sausages, I use to use Prime Pork Leg Meat and hardly any of the Extras, which normally went into Sausages (Rusk, Fat etc) So our Bangers were always Tasty with Hardly no Fat!
I got on with all the Staff in the Co-op Supermarket (where my Butchery Department was) I remember a couple of the Old Girls names (who worked there) one was Vi and Ivy, I also remember one of them had a Son (who used to shop there) who was about 6 feet 9 inches Tall.
The Area where the Shop was situated was a place called "Cobholm" I knew it well as I used to have Friends in that area and when I was a Kid, and when I was about 13 years old, every Sunday Morning I used to play Football (for about 2/3 hours) in the Hairdresser's College Playground, it was about 20 a Side, that was a Great Memory from my Childhood!
As for Music around '82, a Great single Release was "Zoom" from "Fat Larry's Band" it reached Number 2 in the UK, it was taken from the Album "Breakin' Out" (this reached Number 58 in UK)
Fat Larry was Larry James, he was a Vocalist and Drummer with the Band.
Before his Death in 1987 (from an Heart Attack) FLB Released 8 Studio Albums and 19 singles in a 10 year Career.
Zoom was by far his Biggest Hit in the UK, but it was a different story in US, where about 10 of his other Releases faired better in their Charts!
STAX RECORDS One of the Better Record Labels STAX started life as Satellite Records back in 1957 by a Brother and Sister Team, by the Names of Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, they were White and from Memphis!
In 1961 they Discovered somebody else was already using the Name of Satellite so they Decided to Combine the First Two Letters of their Surnames, Stewart and Axton, and came up with..... Stax.
They wanted the Music on the Label to be a Mix of the Southern and Memphis Soul Styles!
In them Days, all Record Labels had their Own House Band, as well as doing their Own Music, they use to Play on other Artists Recordings (on the label) and Stax was no different, their band was the Great "Booker T and the Mg's"
In 1968 a New Co-Owner came into Stax, it was Al Bell he was a Record Producer, Song-Writer and Record Executive, he was Credited with Helping the likes of Isaac Hayes, Staples Singers, Dramatics and Mel and Tim become Big Recording Artists.
Later in his Life he would become President of Motown Records!
In 1972 Stax organised one of the Biggest Musical Events in History, with"Wattstax" over 100,000 attended, it was a Memorial to the People who had Died in the Riots, in the Watts District of L.A. seven years Previously.
But by 1975 things started going wrong for "STAX" and the Company went Bankrupt.
In 1977, Fantasy Records brought "STAX" back Catologue, and by 1978 started Signing New Acts and Recording New Material, but this did not last too long, by 1980 all this had Finished and they started to Re-Issuing some of the Old Recordings again!
Here's the 45th Mix for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by Frantz DFK, there's some classic Disco / Soul Music Tracks on here, Its called Cant Stop The Fever (Episode 12 Disco Funk Mix)!
Its features Artistes including some Freeez, Fat Larrys Band,Patrice Rushen and Stevie Wonder !
Here's the 30th Mix for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by DJ Colin Cruz, its called "Disco Classics", there's some classic Disco Tracks on here, including Fat Larrys Band, Evelyn King, Inner Life and Billy Griffin. Either press play to listen or press link to go to Colin Cruz's page and download to your pc.
