miharu koshi - love step (1978)

this performance is so great! this was miharu koshi's debut single that started a long career. more info on her here:

http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2013/01/miharu-koshi-love-step.html

EDIT: video is down :( here's another video of miharu, in her spunky new wave phase:

natalia lafourcade - mi lugar favorito

toni basil

today is my birthday!

it is my duty every september 22nd to share the joys of toni basil, fellow 9/22-born woman and a true creative force!

thief on the loose:

nobody:

shoppin from a to z:

diet cig - sleep talk (2015)

brand new stuff!! heard it on a local college radio station (88.9 kxlu), on a sweet lil show called "sweaty palms" that runs every wednesday afternoon. listening to that show in particular really brings me back to my own days on college radio, and all the friends that i made there -- many of whom are still my friends today! one of whom is my dude! the dude that i live with and married!!

delta 5 - mind your own business (1979)

irma thomas - think again (1964)

betty harris - there's a break in the road (1969)

PHENOMENAL!

...it was produced by Allen Toussaint & Marshall Sehorn, but the backing band is The Meters, who Aaron Neville was a part off. They were the backing band for a lot of acts from New Orleans in the late 60s / early 70s such as Lee Dorsey, Aaron Neville, Betty Wright, Dr John...

peggy lee - ac-cent-uate the positive (1952)

june christy - it's a most unusual day (1957)

carly simon - we have no secrets (1972)

fox - s-s-single bed (1976)

france joli - gonna get over you

sandi & matues - the world pt 1

miss toni fisher

the big hurt


train of love

Pop music fans who are familiar with Miss Toni Fisher would certainly know her biggest hit "The Big Hurt". And those who are familiar with "The Big Hurt" undoubtedly have noticed a unique "sound" which is heard on that recording. Well, that sound was not planned in advance but came about quite by accident. In Mark Ribowsky's book "He's A Rebel" about legendary pop music producer Phil Spector, some information is provided about music engineer Larry Levine who worked extensively with Mr. Spector. Larry worked at Gold Star studios in the mid fifties on into the 1960s, and he engineered many famous recordings, including Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" and Toni Fisher's "The Big Hurt". Quite by accident, Mr. Levine established a milestone in overdubbing - by layering a copy of the tape over the original at a slightly different speed, it caused an in-and-out "phasing" effect (which Larry wanted to correct on "The Big Hurt" - but it came to characterize the record, so it was left in). Wayne Shanklin - Miss Fisher's husband and producer - liked this sound so much that he had it employed on two of Toni Fisher's subsequent releases - "How Deep Is The Ocean" and "The Train Of Love". To my ears, it is particularly interesting on "The Train Of Love" since it sounds at times like the "train" is entering a tunnel! So - if you were ever curious about the unique "sound" that was achieved on "The Big Hurt", and some of Toni Fisher's other recordings - that is the inside story about it!

-Michael McKenna

how deep is the ocean

(nice buildup, nice sax solo!)

here's one without the phasing effect -- "love big"

i'm pretty into the arrangement of this song!!

paula watson - love me forever

gwen guthrie - it should have been you (1982)

another classic 80s funk track!!

fonda rae - over like a fat rat (1982)

classic tune, long mix

gladys mcfadden & the loving sisters - never gonna turn around (1977)

good song to hold close to you

gal costa & caetano veloso - baby (1969)

laura mvula - jump right out

so beautiful