Revisiting & Sharing Retro Eclectic Music

Thursday, November 26, 2009

**New Podcast + Pal Joey & Alfreako Wish You A Happy Thanksgyrate!!**

I wanted to share this new radio show podcast that I recorded for the fine folks at WTNR: We Take No Request Radio. Download it now & soak in the grooves while feastin' on your feast!!!
Happy Holidays to you all from *DanceCamp* headquarters!!!
Download link:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/689580992e7612e7/

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here's the playlist!
WTNR-DC#001

As a bonus here's a song that NYC Darling Pal Joey & Alfreako made last Thanksgiving(2008) called "Thanksgiving"...Enjoy!

Monday, November 16, 2009

*Billy Preston=Mr. Outer Space Collaborator*

Billy Preston's music has been a part of just about everyone's world whether they know it or not. He was a well accomplished piano/organ keys player who sowed his oats early on by playing organ for such figures as Ray Charles and Little Richard.
Shortly after he worked on a bunch albums with bands that rocked the 60's & early 70's. He played keys on records for Sly Stone, The Rolling Stones, Quincy Jones, The Beatles and pretty everyone in the spectrum of the music scene at the time. He also wrote the now standard "You Are So Beautiful" which his homie Joe Cocker ended up singing.
He eventually got to doing his solo thing which scored him a string of No.1 singles, he even won a few coveted Grammy Awards for "Outta Space" and "Space Race" to name a couple.
He lived right up to 2006 actively touring & making records.
This one is "Sock it Rock It"
http://www.mediafire.com/file/nzdomwmm5f3/Sock it Rock it.mp3
Billy Preston Sock It Rock It
Here he is rocking the Hammond B3

Sunday, November 8, 2009

*Ralph MacDonald Is More Than A Calypso Breakdown!*

Ralph MacDonald biggest pop record came in the form of Calypso Breakdown which was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. If you're a Dj it's a mandatory piece of vinyl in your collection or if you're a 70's child you had the poster hangin' on your wall & the cassette in your parents stereo annoying the crap out of them with your newly found fancy gyrating disco moves..
Anyways for the eclectic heads that know of MacDonalds discography he's an all around maverick and in my eyes is the father of "Calypso Disco Funk".
He still tours to this very day as a matter of fact he's playing Madison Square Garden w/ Jimmy Buffet Nov.24th 2009...Boooom there you go!!
http://www.ralphmacdonald.com

This song is called "It Feels So Good" from his Lp called "The Path"
:Link below:
http://www.mediafire.com/?yonvj1zd2hy
Ralh Macdonald
Here's Calypso Breakdown from Saturday Night Fever::