Sometimes the flipside is the hipside. Quite often, buried on those classic hit singles was a dusty groove that fascinated those that were brave enough to flip over a 45rpm single. Quite often, even from established acts, those tracks never actually made an LP. The B-side is quite often actually were it’s at. For just…
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Listening with Larsupreme Episode 29 – A Jazzy, Snazzy, Lady March 4, 2022
Welcome to Women’s History Month, 2022! In the general hysteria of the moment I thought we could use some smooth, sassy, jazzy ladies of the transition period from Jazz, Blues into Soul from the mid 50’s into the mid 60’s to calm our nerves. The interesting thing to note is although the bulk of these…
Listening with Larsupreme Episode 26 – Virgo Harvest September 1, 2021
Back to School? Hopefully not in person! After a wild summer, it’s time to roll up our sleeves, put on a soundtrack and get to the hard work life has tasked us with. Of course, it’s Virgo Season. We have a lot of the prophets of diligent efforts ready for you for this month’s zodiac…
Listening with Larsupreme Episode 25 – A Midsummer’s Soul Soirée August 14, 2021
Hey y’all! In the midst of the chaos of the world, it’s also the dog days of Summer. Get your cocktails and culottes together, congregate around your streaming source of Hi-Fi delight, regardless. It’s time to dance at the end of the world. Devil may care, fall in love with something special for the next…
Listening with Larsupreme Episode 20: Love Covered Volume II
Spring’s in the air, and it’s filled with love… …yet we aren’t listening to the cover of “When You’re Young And In Love” for this episode of love covered through cover songs. We’ll save that for another time. Meanwhile, we have a fresh 90 minutes of love for you to flirt and frolic with as…
I’m Still Standing: Chillin’ since the 60’s to the 80’s Femme Gems
I think I say, perhaps snidely, that I didn’t come into loving Sixties Soul Music via Punk, as basically every white DJ I’ve ever met has. That’s mostly because I’m a Black Queer of mixed ancestry that was born in 1982. In 1982, names that had set stages as diverse as The Apollo, Ed Sullivan,…
What’s New for ’62? Forty Femme Gems For Cosmopolitan Consumption
In terms of Pop Culture, 1962 is an interesting year. In a lot of ways, it’s the first full fledged year of “The Sixties” as we currently conceptualize it. Out were tailfins on cars, up were beehives. Lucille Ball returned to television minus Desi Arnaz. And, as a little nugget, two Aries superstars battled it…
Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff: Brotherly Love In The Recording Booth
Picture it, Philadelphia. 1963. Okay, it’s Leo season, and time for me to round up another pioneering set of songwriters. Given the season of the lion, I had to pay tribute to one member of Royal Soul. But you can’t really go into the spectacle that is the influential career of Kenneth Gamble (born August…
That Seventies Show – Vol. 2: A Superfly Sequel Of Lady Soul From The Decade Of Me
About 18 months ago, I ventured out of the avenues of my typical fawning over 1960’s R&B and dropped the electronic needle on a bunch of 1970’s shadow classics. The 1970’s was also the first real era of the sequel blockbuster, so like any other producer, one looks at the returns of former successes and…
Philly Premiere – 33 Sister Love Gems from City Brother Love
Most every big city had lights bright enough downtown to entice singers into small studios to produce music. Philadephia was no different, despite its close proximity to New York City. Especially in the flow of the great migration, Philadelphia was a trendsetter in the fields of R&B, Rock and Soul music. Giving an extra boost…
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