Playlist 26.03.2011: Dan Sartain, Obits, The Computers

I brought a lot of new records with me to the studio last night. Some of which should be out now (Obits), in april (Dan Sartain) or may (The Computers). I just had to play a track off that new Rival Schools-record. Pedals, as it is called is out now. I remember seeing this band in my hometown somewhere in I guess the early 2000s when they did't even have a record. Time sure does fly.

Furthermore I played some soundtrack-material for you from the late & great John Barry and Giorgio Moroder, whose Midnight Express theme The Chase recently got a nu-disco update courtesy of Martin Brodin. Pretty ok, if you ask me.

01. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
album: Let There Be Funk-compilation cd
02. Obits - No Fly List
album: Moody, Standard & Poor
03. Secret Sisters - I've Got A Feeling
album: s/t
04. Lemonheads - Ride With Me
album: Lovey
05. Dan Sartain - Perverted Justice
album: Legacy Of Hospitality
06. Jay Reatard - See Saw
album: Matador Singles '08
07. Youth Brigade - Did You Wanna Die?
album: Sink With Kalifornija
08. Twilight Singers - Get Lucky
album: Dynamite Steps
09. John Barry - The Persuaders - Main Titles -
album: The Music Of ITC-compilation
10. Mogwai - San Pedro
album: Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will
11. Flats - Never Again
album: Never Again 7"
12. Kyuss - Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop
album: Welcome To Sky Valley
13. Rival Schools - Wring It Out
album: Pedals
14. The Computers - Group Identity
album: We Are The Computers
15. Giorgio Moroder & Martin Brodin - The Chase 2011

Listen to Dan Sartain's Record Store Day 7" here!

Record Store Day 2011 is less than a month away and the list of limited releases is already piling up. A nice piece of vinyl that is up for grabs, is Dan Sartain's Fuck Friday 7". It's an appetizer for a new cd/dvd-set which will be out on One Little Indian at the end of april. Legacy Of Hospitality, as this set is called, collects - rare- recordings by our favorite 'rock'n'roll cadaver' (as John Reis called him onstage during the last European tour) from 1999 through 2009. A dvd with a documentary is also included. The good folks at One Little Indian have placed the three tracks from that special 7" on Soundcloud. You can listen to them below. Enjoy!

Dan Sartain - Fuck Friday. Fuck Saturday. Fuck Sunday by One Little Indian Records

Yes We Can Can

So, I played this song called Yes We Can Can on the show last saturday. The version you heard on Tegentonen was by a group called The Discoettes. I took it from a compilation called Strange Breaks & Mr. Thing. Great compilation with some really obscure and strange songs by groups you've never heard of. Indeed, I had never heard of The Discoettes before, but I like the song, so I thought about diggin' up some info. That proved to be quite a tough search. The only thing I know is that The Discoettes were from Australia and released an lp called Disco Dance Party back in 1976. Yes We Can Can wasn’t the only coversong on this record as it featured a lot of classic tunes reworked. I found their rendition of Pick Up The Pieces on YouTube, but would love to hear what these folks did with Day Tripper or Kung Fu Fighting.



Meanwhile, Yes We Can Can, the song we played, was originally written by Allen Toussaint and recorded by Lee Dorsey. It was orginally called Yes We Can and released on his 1970 album with the same title. The Meters were his backing band on that one. It sounds like this:



I bought a nice compilation today called Let There Be Funk! (Brown Sugar / BSR 1003-2) on which I found this song I played you all last saturday. This version however, was by The Pointer Sisters. Theirs is the most successful version to date. Love this live performance from '74:

Playlist 13.03.2011: funk & soul extravaganza!

Somewhat inspired by a few tweets and facebook-postings Tegentonen kinda got inspired last night. We played a lot of funk & soul. Vintage, new, black, white... It's all good. Classics/rarities from the likes of Timothy McNealy, Bola Johnson, The Meters, Tom Scott and David Axelrod mixed up with modern artists like Mayer Hawthorne, Lefties Soul Connection, The Roots and Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings.

Man, we really had a blast. We had to ditch some stuff we had planned to play for you, because we were running short on time. So, no Lee Fields, Miles Davis, Booker T. & The MG's and a few others, but since we had so much fun doing this, I'll guess these will pop up in a future episode. We'll do this again soon...

01. Tom Scott - Today
album: The Honeysuckle Breeze
02. David Axelrod - The Mental Traveler
album: The Edge: David Axelrod At Capitol Records 1966 - 1970
03. Lefties Soul Connection - Sling Shot
album: Hutspot
04. Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No
album: A Strange Arrangement
05. Aloe Blacc - Take Me Back
album: Good Things
06. The Meters - Ain't No Use
album: Rejuvenation
07. Bola Johnson - Lagos Special
album: Vampisoul Goes To Africa: Afrobeat Nirvana promo sampler-cd
08. The Discoettes - Yes We Can Can
album: Strange Breaks & Mr. Thing compilation-cd
09. The Roots & John Legend - Hard Times (Baby Huey & The Babysitters-cover)
album: Wake Up!
10. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I'll Still Be True
album: I Learned The Hard Way
11. Timothy McNealy - Sagittarius Black
album: Texas Funk 1968 - 1975