DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!

[Dewey1960]

As DJ-ChiO has pointed out, Don Cornelius is gone. But SOUL TRAIN
is forever with us...
Soul Train Dance Mix
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JAMES BROWN "Cold Sweat"
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GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS "Friendship Train"
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ARETHA FRANKLIN "Rock Steady"
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THE SPINNERS "I'll Be Around"
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[ChiO]

Thanks, DJ-Dewey, for those groovy Soul sides from Soul Train.
The tribute to Don Cornelius continues with...

The Five Stairsteps Ooh Child
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The Dramatics Me, Myself and I
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The Intruders I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)
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Johnnie Taylor Love Is Better in the A.M.
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The O'Jays Love Train (preceded by a classic interview)
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[Dewey1960]

Into the late night ethers with our Record Party memorial
bash for the departed Don Cornelius...
THE JACKSON 5 "I Want You Back"
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KOOL & THE GANG "Jungle Boogie"
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FUNKADELIC "One Nation Under A Groove"
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MICHAEL JACKSON "PYT"
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[ChiO]

The Soul Train is still at the station with star after star and song
after song making a soulful sound for Don Cornelius.

Ashford & Simpson Somebody Told a Lie
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Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes If You Don't Know Me By Now
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Curtis Mayfield Freddie's Dead
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The Isley Brothers That Lady
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Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On
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[JackFavell]

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[JackFavell]

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[ChiO]

The hometown remembers the engine for the hippest trip in America:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertain ... 4070.story

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/1 ... icide.html

[Dewey1960]

Today being Friday and what with the weather warming up,
the Oakland branch of the Record Party hereby pronounces
this day as the first day of False Spring!
SPANKY & OUR GANG "I'd Like To Get To Know You"
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THE MILLENNIUM "I Just Want To Be Your Friend"
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FIFTH AVENUE BAND "Eden Rock"
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MISS ABRAMS & STRAWBERRY POINT SCHOOL etc "Mill Valley"
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THE PARADE "Sunshine Girl"
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THE LEMON PIPERS "Green Tambourine"
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[ChiO]

"False" is right! As a mild snowstorm and high winds are buffeting
those of us on the Middle Coast. But we'll take a shot at this fine
sentiment.

The Dixie Cups Chapel of Love
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The Hollies Look Through Any Window
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The Turtles She'd Rather Be With Me
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The Monkees Pleasant Valley Sunday
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The Kinks Sunny Afternoon
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[ChiO]

Happy Valentine's Day to one and all!

The Valentines Don’t Say Goodnight
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Leo Valentine Don’t Leave Me This Way
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Little Tom & the Valentines Little School Girl
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Norman Connors Valentine Love
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My Bloody Valentine Soon
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[knitwit45]

here's to all my Valentines....

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[Mr. Arkadin]

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[JackFavell]

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[Mr. Arkadin]

I recently saw the giallo Un Detective AKA Detective Beli AKA Ring of Death (1969), which has a fabulous Jazzy score, featuring a trumpeter that sounds very much like Chet Baker. I know Baker was in Italy at this time (and always needed money for drugs), so it's very possible that it's his work. Unfortunately, I found none of the ballads on youtube, which seem to be more reflective of Baker's style (one which plays as a man discovers a murder victim is especially poignant), only the main theme:

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[ChiO]

Some are programmers in the dark, some are perfessers teaching
about the dark, and others are playing dark records at the party.
But someone is all of those rolled into one -- and is having his
Piscesian birthday today while standing in the shadows at the edge
of town on the dead end street.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEWEY!

The Four Tops Standing in the Shadows of Love
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The Rolling Stones Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in the Shadows)
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Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town
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Dan Penn & Bobby Emmons The Dark End of the Street
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The Kinks Dead End Street
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