RIBlets: We Remember Ron…
Ron Banks, founder of the Soul/R&B group The Dramatics, passed away on March 4, 2010. While maybe not a “supergroup” in the eyes of some, The Dramatics provided some great songs and memorable moments to “The Soundtrack Of My Life”. Rest well, Ron.
We Remember Ron Banks (May 10, 1951 - March 4, 2010) by TGrundy
RIBS Archives: Side Effect, Crusaders & Swing Out Sister…
Filed under: R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, jazz, podcasts/mixes, soul
Time has been tight over here at the RIBS kitchen lately. So this week I thought I’d pull a mix out of the RIBS Archives and replay it for you. Back in November, 2007 we presented to you: Side Effect, The Crusaders and Swing Out Sister. If you were with me way back then, hopefully you’ll enjoy this one again. If you are relatively new to RIBS, then I think you are in for a real treat today…
Man I think we’ve got us a real good one this week!
While it’s always fun putting together a new mix, sometimes the vibe you get from the combination of music selections feels like something special. It’s one of those things that you can’t exactly explain or put your finger on… but it is definitely there. Today’s TPTD is one of those kinds of mixes. Overall, I’d characterize this one as having that “jazzy” feel to it, although I think you’ll find enough toe-tapping rhythms in this one that you’ll be hard pressed t keep still while it’s playing.
This week we present to you:
Side Effect: What do Sylvia Nabors, Helen Lowe, Sylvia St. James, Miki Howard and Elaine Gibbs have in common? They all have, at one time or another, been the lead singer with the group Side Effect. It seems like with every new release there was a new female member of the group (although I believe Sylvia St. James actually recorded on two consecutive albums for the group!). Even with all of the various leads, Side Effect always had, IMHO, just the right mix of soulful rhythms and jazz influences to produce a dynamic, enjoyable sound.
Most of our SE selections are from their What You Need album, their first release on the Fantasy Records label. Helen Lowe is the lead singer on this one. My first taste of the group was the fantastic vocal version of Ronnie Laws’ Always There. Man, just listen to Helen blow it out on that one. Even better though is the final SE track in the mix S.O.S. Wow! I have to admit even though I’ve had this album since it first came out, I completely overlooked this song until now. And speaking of covers, Side Effect’s version of Toto’s Georgy Porgy just had to be included. My second favorite SE song after Always There.
The Crusaders: Joe Sample, Stix Hooper, Wilton Felder and Wayne Henderson. Also known for a time (1961-1970) by the name The Jazz Crusaders, this group is legendary (IMHO). Their jazz-funk style that they adopted in the early 70s right around the time they shortened their name to just “The Crusaders”, produced some of my favorite jazz music that I remember from my college days. Street Life for example (released in 1979, sorry not in this mix; gotta wait for a Crusaders ‘double-triple’ for that one), is a classic that sounds just as good today as when it was first released.
For today’s mix though we have some of my other Crusaders favorites: their fantastic instrumental cover of Carol King’s So Far Away, the funky Put It Where you Want It and Chain Reaction, the beautiful It Happens Every Day and my favorite Crusaders cut, And Then There Was The Blues. You how there are just some songs you never get tired of hearing and you can listen to them over and over and over again? ATTWTB is that kind of song to me. I’m so familiar with it that I tried not to include in the mix. No, really. I really did. Oh well, guess I didn’t win that battle, eh? {smile}
Swing Out Sister: I just love Corinne Drewery’s singing voice. Can’t tell you exactly why, but I just love to listen to her sing. Are they Jazz? Are they Pop? Soul? R&B? Smooth Jazz? The actuality of it is that SOS combines elements of all these genres, plus some others. The other interesting aspect of the group is how time and again they tend to tinker with their production and arrangements, essentially reinventing themselves with each release of new material.
While I love their original hits, Breakout, Surrender and Twilight World, there just wasn’t room in the mix to include them (looks like there may have to be a special SOS ‘double-triple’ in the future also). I did manage to squeeze in Waiting Game, couldn’t have omitted that one! Swing Out Sister also has a knack for producing quality interpretations of other artists’ songs, imbuing them with a freshness that more than does justice to the original. Just check out their versions of Dusty Springfield’s Am I The Same Girl?, the Delfonics’ La La (Means I Love You) and the Fifth Dimensions’ Stoned Soul Picnic.
RIBS TPTD: Side Effect, The Crusaders, Swing Out Sister
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- Side Effect - Always There
- The Crusaders - Put It Where You Want It
- Swing Out Sister - Waiting Game
- Side Effect - Keep That Same Old Feeling
- The Crusaders - Chain Reaction
- Swing Out Sister - Am I The Same Girl
- Side Effect - Georgy Porgy
- The Crusaders - So Far Away
- Swing Out Sister - La La (Means I Love You)
- Side Effect - Do Your Thing
- The Crusaders - It Happens Every Day
- Swing Out Sister - Stoned Soul Picnic
- Side Effect - S.O.S.
- The Crusaders - And Then There Was The Blues
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: More Randy Crawford…
Filed under: R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, jazz, podcasts/mixes, soul
Hey, welcome back, again. Another week (O.K., O.K., it’s actually been 2 weeks) and another edition of RIBS… a.k.a. “Rhythms In Black Satin”… a.k.a. “The Taste of Music to Satisfy Your Soul!” {smile}
Anyway… I have a confession to make, I’m suffering from an addiction. No, not THAT kind! (geez, what kind of a person do you think I am? On second thought, do me a favor, don’t answer that question {smile}) O.K. now, where was I… oh yeah, my confession. Yep, I have to confess I am hopelessly hooked/addicted/over the edge and I’m not exactly sure when it will end.
Actually, maybe some of you fine music lovers have suffered from the same thing I am currently experiencing. As a matter of fact, I’m sure you have. Alright, let me explain. You see sometimes when I’m futzing around in the RIBS kitchen having a good ol’ time mixing up this and mixing up that for the latest recipe, I get hooked on one of the ingredients. And even after the RIBS come out of the oven and are placed on the buffet table for the week, I still have a craving for one particular ingredient I used to make those RIBS with. I just can’t seem to get enough of it, no matter how much I consume.
This is what has been happening to me for the past couple of weeks. If you recall, two weeks ago I cooked up a very tasty batch of RIBS (IMHO) that featured Patrice Rushen, Stephanie Mills & Randy Crawford. Ever since then I’ve fallen in love with Randy Crawford all over again (just like I did when I first heard her on the Crusaders’ smash hit “Street Life” back in 1979!) It got so bad that while listening to the Patrice-Stephanie-Randy mix I found myself skipping over the Stephanie and Patrice cuts repeatedly to listen to the Randy Crawford songs in the mix. Oh boy!
Well, in an effort to cure myself of this addiction or, even better, to get you addicted also so you can “suffer” along with me {smile} this week I just had to cook up a complete mix with just Randy on it. Ahhhhhhh, I just love this woman’s voice and enjoy listening to her sing.
So… as Diana so eloquently put it, “If there’s a cure for this, I don’t want it!” Join me and let us “suffer” along together as I present to you…
RIBS TPTD: More Randy Crawford…
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- Can’t Stand The Pain – Abstract Emotions
[6:07]
- I’ll Be Around – Naked and True
[3:52]
- Rich And Poor – Rich and Poor
[4:25]
- Who’s Crying Now – Through the Eyes of Love
[4:33]
- The Glow Of Love - Naked and True
- Forget Me Nots – Naked and True
- Rainy Night In Georgia – The Very Best of Randy Crawford
[4:11]
- Give Me The Night (Chill Night Mix) – Erotic Lounge, Vol. 2
[4:47]
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Rich and Poor
- Secret Combination – Secret Combination
[3:20]
- Everybody’s Talking - Feeling Good
[3:54]
- We Had A Love So Strong - Windsong
[2:50]
- Your Precious Love – Best of Randy Crawford
[5:40]
- Love Is – Rich and Poor
- Save Your Love For Me – Feeling Good
- Lovetown - Feeling Good
- This Is The Love – Rich and Poor
- Cajun Moon – Naked and True
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: Michael Jackson, Interpretations & Covers…
Filed under: Michael Jackson, R&B, R.I.P., RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, podcasts/mixes, soul
This is the 3rd and final part (final for now that is, I have a couple of ideas for another MJ mix for a future date, most likely around his birthday in August) of our 3-part Michael Jackson tribute mix here on RIBS. I like to think of them collectively as “Memories of Michael”. In case you missed them here are the links to part 1, Michael Jackson, R.I.P. and part 2, Michael Jackson, Ballads & Love Songs.
For this mix I wanted to do something a little different. As I mentioned in the post for part 1, I know that over the past week (and probably for the next couple until MJ is laid to rest) you’ve been inundated (more like saturated {smile}) with Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 music on the radio and TV. The problem is that these commercial mediums have no creativity any more. While their intentions may be good, mostly all they are playing are the same 10-20 MJ/J5 songs that we are already well familiar with. Come on, play along with me here… how many times during the past 9 days have you heard the following songs:
- P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
- Billie Jean (O.K., have to admit I never get tired of this one!)
- Thriller
- Rock With You
- Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough
- Beat It
- Got To Be There
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- ABC
- Dancing Machine
- The Love You Save
- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
- Man In The Mirror
- Human Nature
- Bad
See what I mean? Nodding your head in agreement while reading that list weren’t you? {smile}
Now please don’t get me wrong, I LOVE these songs. As I mentioned previously MJ’s music is a large part of the “Soundtrack of My Life”. I just think that if you are going to honor what is arguably the most gifted entertainer in our lifetime then you need to dig a little deeper into the catalog to present a fuller picture of his talent.
Fortunately that is what many of us music podcasters do. We dig deeper. We set aside the very familiar and well known songs and we pull out the little known and/or lesser played tracks that we feel you would enjoy just as much as the monster hits.
So… now that I got all of that off my chest {smile}, this mix focuses on cover versions that Michael and/or the Jackson 5 did of other artists’ songs AND MJ/J5 songs covers by other artists. For example, the playlist includes the J5 doing La La (Means I Love You) originally by the Delfonics, and Stand! and I Want To Take You Higher by Sly and the Family Stone. On the other side I have a lovely version of The Lady In My Life by Silk, a reggae version of Don’t Stop till You Get Enough by Derrick Laro And Trinity, Weird Al Yankovic doing his classic parodies Eat It and Fat, and the crown jewel of the mix (IMHO) a cover/interpretation of Smooth Criminal by Carlos Santana!
And…don’t mean to beat a dead horse but if you want the best MJ/J5 information and commentary, without any of the negativity, check out this post: Remembering The Time. Michael Jackson (1958-2009) [Audio, Video Links] over on HoneySoul.com for a large list of MJ tributes on the ‘Net.
RIBS TPTD: Michael Jackson, Interpretations & Covers
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- Ain’t No Sunshine – Michael Jackson – Music & Me [4:12]
- Never Can Say Goodbye – Isaac Hayes – Black Moses, Michael [5:11]
- Reflections – Jackson 5 – G.I.T: Get It Together [2:55]
- La La (Means I Love You) – Jackson 5 – ABC [3:29]
- Standing In The Shadows Of Love – Jackson 5 – Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 [3:33]
- Come Together – Michael Jackson – HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I [4:02]
- Fat – Weird Al Yankovic – Even Worse [3:37]
- Rock With You – Quincy Jones ft. Brandy – IQ’s Jook Joint [4:09]
- I Want To Take You Higher – Jackson 5 – Goin’ Back To Indiana [2:09]
- Stand! – Jackson 5 – Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 [2:36]
- Eat It – Weird Al Yankovic - In 3D [3:21]
- Smooth Criminal – Carlos Santana - Live at Sunrise [6:11]
- My Girl – Michael Jackson – Ben [3:10]
- Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough - Derrick Laro And Trinity – Hustle! - Reggae Disco Kingston [7:31]
- Ready Or Not (Here I Come) – Jackson 5 – Third Album [2:34]
- Human Nature – Miles Davis – You’re Under Arrest [4:31]
- Lonely Teardrops – Michael Jackson – The Best Of Michael Jackson, Disk 2 [2:45]
- I’ll Be There – Mariah Carey – Greatest Hits, Disk 1 [4:28]
- The Lady in My Life – Silk – Always And Forever [5:08]
- You’ve Got A Friend – Michael Jackson – Got To Be There [4:53]
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: Michael Jackson, Ballads & Love Songs…
Filed under: Michael Jackson, R&B, R.I.P., RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, podcasts/mixes, soul
This is part 2 of our 3-part Michael Jackson tribute mix here on RIBS. Even tough all 3 mixes are going to end up with different names, I like to think of them collectively as “Memories of Michael”.
In part 1 of the mix, Michael Jackson, R.I.P., I listed several “memories” I’ve thought about over the past week after Michael’s death. However, late last night I realized I missed a couple of very important ones…
Memories Of Michael (addendum)
- Breaking the “color barrier” on MTV. It’s no secret that black artists and R&B music were virtually non-existent on MTV during the first couple of years after it’s debut. Michael and the “Thriller” video changed all of that… forever.
- Speaking of music videos, MJ was one of the first to produce a music video as a “mini-movie” with a storyline/plot (so to speak) as opposed to the glorified “concert footage” of the majority of pre-Thriller videos.
O.K., let’s get to the music. OBTW, remember to check out this post: Remembering The Time. Michael Jackson (1958-2009) [Audio, Video Links] over on HoneySoul.com for links to the best MJ tributes on the ‘Net.
RIBS TPTD: Michael Jackson, Ballads & Love Songs
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- Music & Me – Michael Jackson – Music & Me [2:38]
- Dear Michael – Michael – Forever, Michael [2:38]
- I Just Can’t Stop Loving You (Spanish) – Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett – Bad [2:09]
- Good Times – Jacksons – The Jacksons [4:58]
- Liberian Girl – Michael Jackson – Bad [3:53]
- The Way You Love Me – Michael Jackson – Diverse [4:30]
- Touch – Jackson 5 – Skywriter [3:01]
- Break Of Dawn – Michael Jackson - Invincible[5:32]
- Destiny - Jacksons – Destiny [4:53]
- I’ll Be There – Jackson 5 – Third Album [3:59]
- To Know – Jackson 5 - Lookin’ Through The Windows [3:22]
- With A Child’s Heart – Michael Jackson - Music & Me [3:30]
- Don’t Say Goodbye - Jackson 5 – G.I.T: Get It Together [3:40]
- Find Me A Girl - Jacksons – Goin’ Places [4:32]
- Maria (You Were The Only One) – Michael Jackson – Got To Be There [3:43]
- All I Do Is Think Of You - Jackson 5 – Moving Violation [3:09]
- I’ll Come Home to You – Michael Jackson – One Day In Your Life [3:02]
- If I Don’t Love You This Way – Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine [3:28]
- 2300 Jackson Street – Jacksons – 2300 Jackson Street [5:06]
- Gone Too Soon – Michael Jackson – Dangerous [3:23]
Remember, don’t forget to check back here for part 3 of the Rhythms In Black Satin “Memories of Michael” mixes!
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: Michael Jackson, R.I.P.
Filed under: Funk, Michael Jackson, R&B, R.I.P., RIBS, podcasts/mixes, soul
Hey folks, how is everybody doin’ today?
Note: This is part 1 of a 3-part MJ mix here on RIBS (parts 2 & 3 will be available over the next 24-48 hours). Try as I might there just were not enough hours in the day (nor days in the week) for me to get an MJ mix posted last weekend as I originally intended. Now I know that commercial radio has played MJ/J5 music to death over the past week and that everybody and their mother are posting MJ tribute mixes, but to be a music fan/podcaster and NOT celebrate his life at a time like this just wouldn’t be right. Hopefully there are a few things in these RIBS Michael Jackson mixes that you haven’t heard 100 or more times this past week and that the combination of songs chosen is pleasing to your ear.
Oh, and one more thing… I must give a shout out and major BIG props to Honey over on HoneySoul.com. She has done a great job providing information and links to the many, many MJ tribute mixes, video and information that have been posted online. If you want to find good music and info about the “King of Pop” (without all of the negativity those other sites are giving you) check out: Remembering The Time. Michael Jackson (1958-2009) [Audio, Video Links] over on HoneySoul.com
Well, as we are all well aware, Michael Jackson left us one week ago today. It’s still very hard to think of him as being gone. I, like so many others, was really looking forward to his planned tour later this year to see if he could stage a comeback in his career after all of the mess that he had been through these past several years.
The best way for me to describe MJ is this:
“He was one of the cornerstones of the foundation of the "Soundtrack of My Life"
I mean I’m not that much older than Michael, and from the early days with his brothers in the Jackson 5, to their move to CBS Records as The Jacksons, and of course his enormously popular and influential solo career his music was always there somewhere during all of the various trials, tribulations, happiness, sadness and discoveries of my life.
He was, without question, one of the best (if not THE BEST) entertainers that I’ve had the pleasure to see in my lifetime. I say "entertainer" and not just singer or singing artist because MJ could do it all: singer, dancer, actor (a little {smile}), songwriter, producer. The only person who I think comes close in comparison to Michael (that I can think of) is Sammy Davis, Jr. Hmmmm, MJ vs. Sammy, that could make for an interesting discussion in the comments section!
One of things I have been doing during the past week as the reality of Michael’s death has slowly been sinking in is thinking of the various memories that I have of him…
Memories Of Michael
- 7th grade music class with Mrs. Hoffman. She had us singing "ABC" by the Jackson 5
- Buying the UK pressing of the Maybe Tomorrow album over in London on the 9th grade class trip during Spring vacation. (forever grateful to my maternal grandfather, God rest his soul, for helping pay for the trip so I could go)
- How BIG of a J5 fan Jolene White was (girlfriend in 9th grade); she was one of the few girls I knew at that time that liked Marlon better than Michael
- Seeing the Jackson 5 in Madison Square Garden in 1971 (with Jolene). Opening act: The Commodores! (Hmmmm, wonder whatever happened to THEM? {smile})
- Watching the Jackson 5ive cartoon (nope that’s not a mis-spelling) on Saturday mornings
- Hating The Osmonds and the song "One Bad Apple" as they blatantly (but, I have to admit all these years later, very smartly) modeled themselves after the J5 and went on to quite a bit of success themselves during the 70s
- Hoping and praying that Michael’s solo albums would not cause the Jackson 5 to break up (hey, I was young then. I didn’t know anything about the music business)
- The changing sound of the group (as the boys naturally grew older) on the albums G.I.T.: Get It Together, Dancing Machine and Moving Violation
- The Jackson 5 leaving Motown (for CBS Records) and having to change their name to The Jacksons
- Jermaine leaving the group and staying at Motown due to his marriage to Motown founder Berry Gordy’s daughter Hazel
- Youngest brother Randy joining the group to replace Jermaine
- Michael playing the Scarecrow in The Wiz
- The monster success of the Off The Wall album (only to be surpassed by the Thriller album)
- The Motown 25 television special and Michael’s performance of Billie Jean! My favorite MJ moment/performance of all time.
- We Are The World (song and recording session)
- Watching the first airing of the Thriller video. Wow!
- Watching and listening to Marc Jones (a friend I had a short-lived mobile DJ business with after college) mix Billie Jean. Nobody could mix that song like he could!
- …and so many, many more!
Hopefully Michael is at peace now. Though we mourn his passing, we will always celebrate his life and the happy times he gave us all. He will continue to live on in our hearts and minds and ears via the wonderful legacy of music he has left behind.
RIBS TPTD: "Michael Jackson, R.I.P."
RIBS TPTD: Michael Jackson, R.I.P.
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- I Am Love, pts 1 & 2 – Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine [7:29]
- Walk Right Now – Jacksons – Triumph [6:29]
- Forever Came Today – Jackson 5 – Moving Violation [2:09]
- Can You Feel It (Disconet mix) – Jacksons – Triumph [7:44]
- Mama I Got A Brand New Thing – Jackson 5 – G.I.T: Get It Together [7:11]
- Feelin’ Alright – Jackson 5 – Goin’ Back To Indiana [4:12]
- Man In The Mirror (Instrumental) – Michael Jackson – Instrumental Version Collection [5:06]
- Dirty Diana – Michael Jackson - Bad [4:41]
- Money - Michael Jackson – HIStory: Past, Present and Future [4:42]
- Doctor My Eyes – Jackson 5 – Lookin’ Through The Windows [3:11]
- Lookin’ Through The Windows – Jackson 5 - Lookin’ Through The Windows [3:38]
- Don’t Want To See Tomorrow – Jackson 5 - Lookin’ Through The Windows [2:40]
- Corner Of The Sky - Jackson 5 – Skywriter [3:40]
- Maybe Tomorrow - Jackson 5 – Maybe Tomorrow [4:48]
- Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing - Jackson 5 - Lookin’ Through The Windows [2:28]
- Can I See You In The Morning - Jackson 5 – Third Album [3:09]
- It’s Too Late To Change The Time - Jackson 5 - G.I.T: Get It Together [4:00]
Remember, don’t forget to check back here for parts 2 & 3 of the Rhythms In Black Satin “Memories of Michael” mixes!
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: “Double Triple”-More Marvin, More Teddy, More Luther…
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As the saying goes, “So nice, I had to do it twice!”
Man, I’ve been waiting all week to share this one with you! Last week when I posted the first Marvin/Teddy/Luther mix (fast jams), I called it one of my 5 best. After jamming to it almost non-stop all week (in the car, at work, at home, in my dreams while I’m sleeping {smile}) I still feel that way. BUT… as good as these three are at funking it up, the real test was to lay down a mix of their slow, mellow, sensual melodies. I mean, which of us at one time or another when THAT moment was just right hasn’t thought to ourselves, “put on some Marvin” (or Teddy, or Luther)? I KNOW you know what I’m talkin’ ’bout! {smile}
The only problem, of course, with trying to make a slow jams playlist from this trio is that there is no way to do it justice in a single mix that would fit on one CD with only 80 minutes of audio recording time. So that is the main reason for the two entrees being served up from the RIBS kitchen today, something I like to refer to as a “Double-Triple”. Truthfully, with the vast catalog that Marvin, Teddy and Luther have given us, I could have easily made 2 or 3 MORE mixes to share with you today.
It goes without saying that these three are masters of the craft of sweet, soul music. Their stylings are very different from one another, each having a sound that is uniquely his own, yet separately and together they have established the standard by which all who come after them are judged by.
Time to sit back, relax, snuggle wit-cho-baby (don’t try this at work though; LOL!) and listen to the masters show us how it is done as we present to you parts 2 and 3 of…
“Marvin, Teddy & Luther (slow #1)”
RIBS TPTD: Marvin, Teddy & Luther (slow #1)
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- I Want You [Intro Jam] - Marvin Gaye - I Want You (Deluxe Edition) [1:40]
- Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love [4:09]
- Is It Still Good To Ya - Teddy Pendergrass - TP [4:39]
- Promise Me - Luther Vandross - Forever, For Always, For Love [4:43]
- You Sure Love To Ball - Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On (Deluxe Edition) [4:44]
- Pretty Flower - Teddy Pendergrass (HM & the BN) - To Be True [5:40]
- A House Is Not A Home - Luther Vandross - Never Too Much [7:07]
- Distant Lover - Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On (Deluxe Edition) [4:16]
- I Miss You - Teddy Pendergrass (HM & the BN) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Greatest Hits [8:37]
- I Can Make It Better - Luther Vandross - One Night With You: The Best Of Love [5:36]
- Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Anthology [2:58]
- Feel The Fire - Teddy Pendergrass & Stephanie Mills - TP [5:36]
- If This World Were Mine - Luther Vandross & Cheryl Lynn - Love, Luther [5:24]
- Please Stay [alternate mix] - Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On (Deluxe Edition) [3:52]
- The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me - Teddy Pendergrass - Right Stuff [4:30]
- Make Me A Believer - Luther Vandross - Busy Body [5:26]
- Just To Keep You Satisfied - Marvin Gaye - Anthology [4:14]
WAIT! Don’t leave just yet, you have GOT to check out the second slow mix too!
“Marvin, Teddy & Luther (slow #2)”
RIBS TPTD: Marvin, Teddy & Luther (slow #2)
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Playlist: (song - artist - album [time])
- Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On (Deluxe Edition) [4:51]
- Hope That We Can Be Together Soon - Teddy Pendergrass (HM & the BN) - To Be True [3:43]
- I’m Only Human - Luther Vandross - The Ultra Selection [5:27]
- You are Everything - Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross - Diana and Marvin [3:10]
- Yesterday I Had The Blues - Teddy Pendergrass (HM & the BN) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Greatest Hits [7:33]
- Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me - Luther Vandross - Always & Forever: The Classics [9:18]
- Since I Had You - Marvin Gaye - I Want You (Deluxe Edition) [4:05]
- Turn Off The Lights - Teddy Pendergrass - Teddy [5:58]
- Going In Circles - Luther Vandross - Songs [5:11]
- After The Dance - Marvin Gaye - The Master 1961-1984 [5:10]
- Love TKO - Teddy Pendergrass - Ultimate Collection: Satisfaction Guaranteed [4:53]
- Love Won’t Let Me Wait - Luther Vandross - Any Love [7:19]
- If I Should Die Tonight - Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On (Deluxe Edition) [3:59]
- Come Go With Me - Teddy Pendergrass - Ultimate Collection: Satisfaction Guaranteed [5:48]
- Any Day Now - Luther Vandross - Luther Vandross [5:11]
- Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man [4:54]
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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