Why spend 12 hours playing through thousands of pounds worth of old records and recording the grooviest and rarest to upload for strangers to enjoy? Would’ve seemed stranger if you told me I’d be doing this ten years ago when I was on a serious mission to collect these rare grooves, traveling worldwide to USA, Canada, Europe. I even brought back funky soundtrack LPs from India. I still buy records every week but in the 90s when I started it was all about Lps. Now 7” are carrying the swing but it’s all good. I’m sharing partly because I appreciate so much the other sharers, partly because I DJ so rarely now I like the opportunity to air the sounds. These tunes are all taken from vinyl, mostly original, some represses. These collections are very multinational this time, with representations from Latin America- especially Brazil, Italy, England, West Africa, France, the Caribbean and India, as well as the usual players from North America- black, white and Latino. Some of these selections may be found to be quite left-field, some may be light, some very jazzy, but all have that soulful swing and funk power that gets them into the serenades series. You’ll hear storming dancers as well as laid back chill out sounds, next to more challenging listening. Beat diggers will be pleasantly surprised by the abundance of juicy breaks. I hadn’t played Tough Talk for a while and twigged it was the same tune as the Skatelites’ Tuff Talk (Tuneico). So now I’m looking for earlier American versions of that if you know any please hip me. Also get in contact if you’d like obviously lossless format CD copies of the below. Full colour sleeves for all discs are in the SS20 zip. If you like these collections you may well like my mixes available for download at http://mrsoundtapes.podomatic.com/
Though the styles of music on these are different and diverse. Check em out and be the first to leave a comment.
Enjoy
Stephen T, July 2007 (originally posted at mrsoundtapes' trading places)

JAZZ SERENADES 4

1. REPOUSO- WILSON DAS NEVES (ELENCO) 2:47
2. AFRO SOCO LIVE- GERALDO PINO & HIS HEART BEATS (SUZEMI) 6:20
3. LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE- MELVIN SPARKS (PRESTIGE) 5:26
4. ROASTED OR FRIED- ST VINCENTS SUPERSOUND LATINAIRES ORCHESTRA (SOULFRIERE) 4:04
5. HARD TO HANDLE- LARRY WILLIS (LLP) 2:48
6. SPINNING WHEEL PT 2- JAMES BROWN (KING 7”) 1:53
7. GITTIN' A LITTLE HIPPER PT2- JAMES BROWN (KING 7”) 2:05
8. INTERMISSION- MIRAGEMEN (LA DOUCE) 3:04
9. APOTHEOSIS- MIRAGEMEN (LA DOUCE) 3:14
10. GIGGIN DOWN 103RD- THE WATTS 103RD ST RHYTHM BAND (WARNER BROTHERS) 2:57
11. H.N.I.C.- CLIFFORD JORDAN (VORTEX) 3:20
12. MACH 1- BUTTON DOWN BRASS (PYE) 3:34
13. RITUAL- NICO GOMEZ (OMEGA) 3:43
14. TROPICOLA- NINO NARDINI (JAZZMAN 7”)2:35
15. SHEGGE- LESIMAN (EASY TEMPO) 2:41
16. PHUNCKY BILL- THE WATTS 103RD ST RHYTHM BAND (WARNER BROTHERS) 5:51
17. JOOKIN- NOBLE WATTS (ENJOY 7”) 2:34
18. NO IDEA- BRUNNING SUNFLOWER BLUES BAND (SAGA) 2:29
19. THE SNAPPER- JOHNNY LYTLE (TUBA) 2:14
20. TEMPO- LUIS CARLOS VINHAS (FERMA) 2:14
21. RITUAL- JIMMY SMITH (VERVE) 4:05
22. THE LOOK OF LOVE- ERROL GARNER (MPS) 2:37


JAZZ SERENADES 5

1. FORECAST- ERIC GALE (KUDU) 7:38
2. HAPPINESS- LIONEL HAMPTON (BRUNSWICK) 3:39
3. CANDY MAN- QUINCY JONES (REPRISE) 3:00
4. SENOR BLUES- CLIFFORD JORDAN (VORTEX) 5:24
5. TALGO- PONY POINDEXTER (SPIRAL) 4:56
6. THE SNAKE- HARVEY MANDEL (JANUS) 3:03
7. BATUQUE- DONATO & DEODATO (MUSE) 3:59
8. CANDIDO'S FUNK- CANDIDO (POLYDOR) 4:10
9. EVERY BROTHER IS A BROTHER- JOE THOMAS (TODAY) 5:49
10. NO PLACE TO HIDE- THE CRUSADERS (BLUE THUMB) 8:28
11. ON THE UP- MELVIN SPARKS (PRESTIGE) 5:49
12. FORTY DAYS- BILLY BROOKS (CROSSOVER) (6:06
13. BLAP- JIMMY SMITH (VERVE) 10:35
14. SPINNING WHEEL- ERROL GARNER (MPS) 3:25


SOUL SERENADES 19

1) A TEAR AND A SMILE- THE ROMEOS (MARK 2 7”) 2:36
2) YOURS AND MINE- JAMES BROWN (BETHLEHEM 7”) 2:39
3) SOULIN'- SIR STAN & THE COUNTS (MAGNUM 7”) 2:23
4) HAVE SOME BOOGALOO- TIMMY THOMAS (GOLDWAX 7”) 2:11
5) NOSE FULL OF WHITE- MR D & THE HIGHLIGHTS (JAS 7”) 2:25
6) LOOSE JUICE- ANDRE WILLIAMS & HIS ORCHESTRA (WINGATE 7”) 2:22
7) 65 BARS AND A TASTE OF SOUL- THE WATTS 103RD ST RHYTHM BAND (WARNER BROTHERS) 2:38
EGG ROLL- ARTIST NOT KNOWN (FUNK 45 7”) 2:00
9) MONEY RUNNER- QUINCY JONES (REPRISE) 3:00
10) ROCKIN' JULIUS- BILLY BROOKS (CROSSOVER) 3:45
11) BUG-EYE- JOHNNY STATES & SON (FUNK 45 7”) 2:57
12) ASHLEY'S ROACHCLIP- THE SOUL SEARCHERS (SUSSEX) 5:27
13) GANGSTER BOOGIE- THE CHICAGO GANGSTERS (GOLDPLATE) (4:00
14) GOTTA GET IT ON- THE CRUSADERS (BLUE THUMB) 2:47
15) TOUGH TALK- THE CRUSADERS (BLUE THUMB) 5:54
16) DOO DOO- DAVID T WALKER (ZEA 7”) 4:02
17) SCRABBLE- RENE COSY (SOUL DYNAMITE 7”) 4:06
18) QUIET WATERS- GP & THE SOUL EMISSARIES (FATBACK 7”) 2:28
19) SOUL DESIRE- LITTLE CURTIS & THE BLUES (FUNK 45 7”)3:37
20) YOU'RE THE ONE- JIMMY MCGRIFF (GROOVE MERCHANT) 3:08
21) I GOT YOU I FEEL GOOD- CLIFFORD JORDAN (VORTEX) 2:30
22) SOUL PRIDE PT 1- JAMES BROWN (KING 7”) 2:06
23) JOHNNY'S JIVE- JOHNNY LITTLE JOHN & GUITAR ROGERS TENOR SAX (MARGARET 7”) 2:38
24) OH HAPPY DAY- QUINCY JONES (A&M) 3:32

Line up looks nice. Thanx for the link

Sounds like a valuable resource

Yes thanks, thanks a lot for these.!!

Was trying to find the track titles to the first mixtape for so long!

After cross-referencing the titles, just wanted to point out that the following tracks are the correct ones:

08. Mirageman - American Woman
09. Mirageman - Paroxysm
15. Lesiman - Bagliori