Favoriting The Long Way Home with Kris Holmes: Playlist from April 21, 2020 Favoriting

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Twenty years of dusty fingers, frayed cuticles, & upper respiratory infections — from record digging and DJing around the globe — coalesces into a 2-hour journey through Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Blues, Latin, Rock & Roll, and all points in between. Your speakers will be head-nodding, toe-tapping & even two-stepping to this vintage 45rpm party in no time. Hear favorite songs you didn't know were your favorites, aural treats & record-world problems from the vinyl side of life.

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Favoriting April 21, 2020: Day 37 of lockdown.........

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Artist Track Label Format Approx. start time
Rudy & The Reno Bops  Do The Jerk Like Me   Favoriting Tear Drop  7"  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Fantastic Johnny C  Boogaloo Down Broadway   Favoriting Phil-L.A. of Soul  7"  0:03:38 (Pop-up)
Clarence Carter  I Can't Leave Your Love Alone   Favoriting Atlantic  7"  0:06:11 (Pop-up)
The Marvelettes  The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game   Favoriting Tamla  7"  0:08:36 (Pop-up)
The Marvelettes  I Think I Can Change You   Favoriting Tamla  7"  0:11:39 (Pop-up)
The Marvelettes  My Baby Must Be A Magician   Favoriting Tamla  7"  0:18:11 (Pop-up)
The Marvelettes  Locking Up My Heart   Favoriting Tamla  7"  0:20:45 (Pop-up)
Baby Washington & Don Gardner  Forever   Favoriting Master Five  7"  0:23:03 (Pop-up)
Baby Washington & Don Gardner  Baby Let Me Get Close to You   Favoriting Master Five  7"  0:26:05 (Pop-up)
Curtis Mayfield  Right On For The Darkness   Favoriting Curtom  7"  0:29:25 (Pop-up)
Curtis Mayfield  Kung Fu   Favoriting Curtom  7"  0:38:05 (Pop-up)
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band  Love Land   Favoriting WB  7"  0:41:53 (Pop-up)
Wylee Dixon  Just Like A Woman   Favoriting Checker  7"  0:44:37 (Pop-up)
Little Jerry Williams  Just What Do You Plan To Do About It   Favoriting Calla  7"  0:47:31 (Pop-up)
The Gems  All Of It   Favoriting Chess  7"  0:49:42 (Pop-up)
The Masqueraders  The Grass Was Green   Favoriting AGP  7"  0:59:24 (Pop-up)
Lee LaMont  I'll Take Love   Favoriting Back Beat  7"  1:02:18 (Pop-up)
James Brown  I'm A Greedy Man   Favoriting Polydor  7"  1:04:28 (Pop-up)
Rufus Thomas  Love Trap   Favoriting Stax  7"  1:07:15 (Pop-up)
Funkadelic  Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On   Favoriting Westbound  7"  1:10:08 (Pop-up)
The Techniques  Autumn Rain   Favoriting Venus  7"  1:18:36 (Pop-up)
Etta James  What I Say   Favoriting Argo  7"  1:20:55 (Pop-up)
Mercy Dee and Lady Fox  Get To Gettin'   Favoriting Specialty  7"  1:23:16 (Pop-up)
Bo Diddley  Hush Your Mouth   Favoriting Checker  7"  1:25:29 (Pop-up)
The Traits  One More Time   Favoriting TNT  7"  1:28:15 (Pop-up)
The Meters  Cissy Strut   Favoriting Josie  7"  1:35:23 (Pop-up)
Cal Green  Stormy   Favoriting Mutt & Jeff  7"  1:38:27 (Pop-up)
Larry Frazier  Before Six   Favoriting Impulse  7"  1:41:35 (Pop-up)
Willie Mabon  Got To Have Some   Favoriting Formal  7"  1:44:12 (Pop-up)
Varetta Dillard  You're The Answer To My Prayer   Favoriting Savoy  7"  1:47:05 (Pop-up)
Bobby Bland  Honey Child   Favoriting Duke  7"  1:52:04 (Pop-up)
Varetta Dillard  Promise Mr Thomas   Favoriting Savoy  7"  1:54:28 (Pop-up)
Mickey & Sylvia  Love Is Strange   Favoriting Groove  7"  1:57:02 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:58pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Hi Kris and everyone
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Kris Holmes:

Hi Matt
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:02pm
chresti:

Hi Kris and home bound! Hi Matt
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:02pm
Little Danny:

greetings all long way holmsers
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:02pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I saw you don’t have to go to back to school till next fall
Avatar 10:03pm
Kris Holmes:

Hi Chresti, Hi Dan. Correct Matt, online school only for the next 7 weeks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:06pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I wonder if kids will be able to play horns when you go back. From experience, I know spittle did fly.
Avatar 10:07pm
Kris Holmes:

That all depends on how this plays out
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:08pm
chresti:

I'd like to hear Boogaloo Down Broadway, again please.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:08pm
StringOFperils:

Hello. Lockdown sounds sounding great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:10pm
Matt from New Orleans:

How close are we to returning to the letter C?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:10pm
Little Danny:

Wow, this Marvelettes is cool and new to me. What a strange and attractive vocal style/recording technique.
Avatar 10:11pm
Kris Holmes:

Boogaloo Down Broadway & The Horse = a running joke here hahahahahaha
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:12pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Smokey Robinson Danny
Avatar 10:12pm
Kris Holmes:

Matt, 4 shows-ish
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:12pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Grace Jones does a version as well
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:12pm
Little Danny:

Ohhh, wow. Re: Smokey.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:13pm
Little Danny:

What record do you own the most copies of, Kris?
Avatar 10:14pm
Kris Holmes:

Not sure right now Dan, maybe a quarantine project for me.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:14pm
Little Danny:

@Matt: I thought you were suggesting that Smokey did the vocal himself.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:15pm
Matt from New Orleans:

He wrote and produced it
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:15pm
Franco Twinkie:

Hello assembled Tuesday soulsters!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:15pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Hi Franco
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:15pm
Little Danny:

@Matt: right. I'm just trying to figure out the idiosyncratic leading vocal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:18pm
Franco Twinkie:

And a couple over here as well. Yellow label Phil L.A. Of Soul with a fish bone, right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:19pm
Little Danny:

I imagine Mr. Fine Wine must feel that way about "Downtown Soulville."

I had a Latin jazz/mambo/boogaloo-oriented radio show back in Austin. Every week I started with Cal Tjader's "Soul Sauce" 45. Man I tired of that quickly.
Avatar 10:21pm
Kris Holmes:

I wonder if Matt still plays the same copy of Downtown Soulville every show?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:21pm
chresti:

Boyoyoyoing!
Avatar 10:21pm
Kris Holmes:

Hi Franco, yep, fish filet
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:22pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I’ve addressed that Kris. I think he sayif he’s on his fourth copy after all these years.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:22pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Said he’s
Avatar 10:22pm
Kris Holmes:

You know what, I'm not certain that I already have Locking Up My Heart, I might be able to file this one!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:23pm
Little Danny:

The quiet satisfaction of filing 45s. I'm doing it as I listen.
Avatar 10:26pm
Kris Holmes:

Dan that PC 45 went huge for being cracked!!!
Avatar 10:26pm
still b/p:

Know who else covered The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game? Jerry Garcia.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:27pm
Little Danny:

Thanks Kris. Glad to have it out of the house. Cracked records give me the heebie-jeebies
  10:28pm
Carmichael:

Heya Kris and soul survivors.
Avatar 10:28pm
Kris Holmes:

A couple of great results on the ones I was watching
Avatar 10:29pm
Kris Holmes:

The real question I didn't ask though was did you find it cracked or did you accidentally do it yourself?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:30pm
Little Danny:

Garcia's version of "Hunter Gets Captured..." has a cool almost soft-rock vibe. I dig it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:30pm
Little Danny:

It came cracked Kris.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:30pm
Franco Twinkie:

That's right still b/p. The Legion Of Mary. I saw them twice in 1975, it was mostly soul covers.
Avatar 10:30pm
Kris Holmes:

phew
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:32pm
JtotheK:

hi mr holmes, fellow chatters.
Avatar 10:32pm
Kris Holmes:

Gonna be the greatest run on this 45 ever if the 3 copies I bought before lockdown all play without distortion!!! 2 out of 3 so far.......
Avatar 10:32pm
Kris Holmes:

Hi Jason
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:33pm
JtotheK:

And hold on - Clarence Carter, on WFMU -- and it's NOT strokin' !!! wha???
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:33pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I almost forgot. Someone bootlegged the Syl Johnson doc from a few years back. Never got distribution. youtu.be...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:33pm
Little Danny:

I wish Legion of Mary had recorded a studio album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:37pm
Little Danny:

Not mandatory out here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:37pm
Little Danny:

The facemasks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:38pm
JtotheK:

I continue to fall further and further behind on movie watching, documentaries and all. The Criterion Channel has 'Columbia Noir' this month and I've yet to watch any. Though I still hope to soon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:38pm
Little Danny:

I could listen to you doing a Texas accent for hours, Kris.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:38pm
Franco Twinkie:

Me too, Danny. Martin Fierro added some smooth buttery sax. I have a transparency I took of Jerry and Martin in Venice.....someplace.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:38pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Have to wear masks here
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:39pm
Little Danny:

@franco: I guess there was a lot of crossover with the roster of the Jerry Garcia Band.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:39pm
Franco Twinkie:

Not in Los Angeles I'm sorry to say.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:39pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I’ve probably seen them all Jason. Do you want some suggestions?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:41pm
Franco Twinkie:

I never saw the JGB.
Avatar 10:41pm
Kris Holmes:

Look out for my name in the credits of the Syl doco & for my copy of his first Federal 45 rolling across the screen
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:41pm
JtotheK:

Sure Matt, I'll add to the queue, even if I don't watch soon the movies likely will rotate back in eventually. Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:41pm
Little Danny:

Awesome. What was your involvement, Kris?
Avatar 10:42pm
Kris Holmes:

Wondering how passable my Texas accent is.......I know my Boston accent is pretty sweet
Avatar 10:42pm
Kris Holmes:

Money plus 45 label scans
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I just reviewed the list Jason. I have in fact seen them all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:45pm
Little Danny:

@Kris: Excellent.

I'm now on the lookout for Johnson's "She's So Fine - I Just Gotta Make Her Mine" 45 on Federal, btw. Do you know it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:47pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I do Danny. I have it on the Numero Box.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:47pm
Little Danny:

Dang what a groove here on "Just Like a Woman"
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:47pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Jason have you seen any of them?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:48pm
Little Danny:

That's a fun comp, Matt. I keep forgetting it had Syl's pre-Twinight recordings too.
Avatar 10:48pm
Kris Holmes:

That is the only one of his Federal 45s I am still hunting to complete my collection
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:49pm
JtotheK:

Matt I actually haven't seen most of them...
Avatar 10:49pm
Kris Holmes:

One overpriced copy been sitting on Discogs for years :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:50pm
Matt from New Orleans:

The $50 promo?
Avatar 10:51pm
Kris Holmes:

yeah
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:51pm
Little Danny:

@Kris: definitely of his tougher Federal discs to pull. $50 is not a terrible price for it.
Avatar 10:52pm
Kris Holmes:

But I feel like it should roll up for around $35 or less sooner or later
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:52pm
Little Danny:

I agree.
Avatar 10:52pm
Kris Holmes:

Same with the only one on Twinight I still need
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:53pm
JtotheK:

Re: Syl Johnson 45s -- back in 2015 I had a chance to procure 'Do You Know What Love Is' on Special Agent Records. It was beyond my budget. And now I see one on Discogs for 600. Ugh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:54pm
Little Danny:

Slow death in discogs jail.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55pm
Little Danny:

Great double-sider either way.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:56pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I guess Kris dropped out
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:56pm
Little Danny:

Yeah that was weird. Refresh your player/app. He's back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:58pm
Little Danny:

I just played my fave Hi Records Syl Johnson 45 last week. ("The Love You Left Behind.")
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northguineahills:

When in a dispute, never call your spouse the C-word (yes, I called her Canadian) (we made up).
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:59pm
JtotheK:

Continuing on with my tales of 45s beyond my budget that I had a chance at -- the same shop on the same day I had to pass on Syl 'Do You Know' I also had to pass on The Topics 'Have Your Fun' on Dream Records.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:59pm
Little Danny:

You are definitely back on Kris.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:00pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Howdy
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:00pm
JtotheK:

I'm glad that I have a note that I could have purchased both of them on the same day 5 years ago, so that 5 years later I could be reminded. I should have continued that habit. Good grief.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:01pm
Little Danny:

I dig the spooky guitar in the background of this Masqueraders.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:02pm
Little Danny:

Another artist with some Hi Records outings, the Masqueraders.
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Kris Holmes:

I have the Special Agent thankfully, bought it off a good friend a few years back
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:03pm
Phillippe Bastille:

I see on the playlist that we have records from the Chess and Checker labels. Since chess is generally regarded to be harder that checkers, are the songs recorded on the Chess label harder to play than the ones on the Checker label? This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night.
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Kris Holmes:

hahahaha, good question Phillippe
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:05pm
Little Danny:

Think harder, Phillippe. It'll come to you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:06pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Thank goodness there isn't a 3D Chess label like that game on Star Trek
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:06pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Jason after pondering the list I have to say they’re all worth watching. I’d go by actor, director, or plot description. Whomever curated that list did a good job.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:07pm
Little Danny:

Tri-Dimensional Chess Records.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:08pm
JtotheK:

When that service launched they started with a bunch of Noir, including Mildred Pierce which I started watching, but it was late and I didn't finish it, and then it was off the service - and it hasn't been added back yet!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:10pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Mildred Pierce is a good’un
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:13pm
Matt from New Orleans:

There was a more solid remake with Kate Winslet & Guy Pearce
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:14pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Just solid I was writing something additional and forgot to delete more
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:16pm
JtotheK:

Matt, that's right! The Mildred w/Kate Winslet is on HBO, I'll add to the watchlist...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:17pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Vinyl nation was pretty good
Avatar 11:18pm
still b/p:

openculture website has some noir entries watchable for free. Made some notes but haven't viewed films yet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:20pm
Little Danny:

Of course now that you play it sounds way better to me, Kris.
Avatar 11:20pm
Kris Holmes:

hahahaha, Dan you always say that!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:22pm
Little Danny:

haha you are correct sir
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:24pm
chresti:

Have not watched movies in a while.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:24pm
Matt from New Orleans:

SBP I’ve seen all of these www.openculture.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:26pm
chresti:

The thing with the classics, I can watch them again and again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:26pm
Little Danny:

Thanks for that link, Matt. I dig the super noir-ish noir atmospherics; any of those titles you'd particularly recommend?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:28pm
chresti:

Beat the Devil, that's one I have not seen. I recommend it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29pm
WR:

Hursh you mouth coonskin alligator hide calling me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29pm
Little Danny:

Ah love this Traits 45. Both sides.
Avatar 11:30pm
Kris Holmes:

I apparently am going to need an immediate upgrade
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:31pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Kansas City Confidential, Detour, DOA, Scarlet Street, Big Combo, Hitchhiker, Too Late for Tears
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:32pm
Little Danny:

Thanks Matt. Duly noted.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36pm
Little Danny:

'night Kris and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Later gator
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:37pm
JtotheK:

good evening Danny!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:37pm
WR:

Doug doesn't mind mentioning other indie stations. I have hard time listening to most of the OZ djs, but live broadcasts they do are sometimes stellar.
Avatar 11:38pm
Kris Holmes:

Good night Dan
Avatar 11:39pm
Kris Holmes:

ah good to know
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:41pm
Matt from New Orleans:

They’re also doing a live stream of piano night as a fundraiser on Monday. That’s a fundraiser they do every year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:43pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Sadly I have to agree with WR. I used to be a devotee but the internal bullshit at the station turned me off to it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:48pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I have a few friends that are DJs. I’ll listen to their shows if I remember. I wished they’d archive the shows like WFMU. That’s an amazing resource here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:49pm
Matt from New Orleans:

That was way too hard to type. Time to put the phone down. Lots of CHOONS tonight. Bye everyone.
Avatar 11:50pm
Kris Holmes:

night matt
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:51pm
chresti:

Bye Matt.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:52pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Thanks Kris! I enjoyed it (both the easy and hard songs!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:55pm
JtotheK:

thank for the tunes, Kris! thanks for chatting everyone. cheers!
Avatar 11:56pm
Kris Holmes:

Thanks team
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56pm
chresti:

Thanks Kris! Cheers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:59pm
WR:

Thanks again Kris for spinning for us every Tuesday. Take care all. Laters.
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