Musical Episode #071 : Gotta Push On – An Hour of Funk & Soul 45s

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Greetings all! Happy to be back with another Musical Episode podcast for you all. This weeks mix is a bit looser than usual. I was listening to a weekly show I really like recently and it dawned on me that my insistence on each episode being a cohesive full hour theme really slows me down from putting out new episodes. While I really enjoy putting together episodes with a thread that ties it altogether I often find myself hesitating to even start knowing I won’t have the time to see it through right then. So it gets delayed and delayed and delayed again and next thing you know I haven’t posted in four months. Allowing myself some freedom to treat the podcasts a little more like a radio show at times makes it a lot easier for me to post more consistently. To be clear, that’s not to say radio shows don’t take a lot of work or that they lack the depth of a more refined show!

So with that I hope you enjoy today’s mix, it’s mostly funky soul from the late 60’s, some organ instrumentals, a dash of gospel and more than one tasty drum break. Thanks for listening.

Peace,

-George / Snack Attack

Tracklist:
The Dynamic Tints – Package of Love (Twinight, 1969)
J.J. Barnes – Don’t Bring Me Bad News (Ric-Tic, 1966)
Truman Thomas – Funky Broadway (Veep, 1968)
Van Harris & The Vanguards – Hey, Hey (Feel Alright) Pt. 1 (ABC, 1968)
The Sandpebbles – Love Power (Calla, 1967)
Jodi Gales – You Gotta Push (Savern, 1971)
Marie Franklin – Bad, Bad Woman (Westbound, 1976)
Don Bryant – Coming On Strong (Hi, 1966)
Sims Twins – Soothe Me (SAR, 1961)
The Soul Stirrers – If I Had A Hammer (Checker, 1967)
Alfred Bolden – Get Right Church (Atlantic, 1967)
Aretha Franklin – Soulville (Columbia, 1968)
Aretha Franklin – Mockingbird (Columbia, 1967)
Mighty Sam – Baby Come On Home (Amy, 1968)
Betty Bibbs – I Want Some Satisfaction (GeNeva, 1972)
Ruby Andrews – Help Yourself Lover (Zodiac, 1970)
The Parliaments – Don’t Be Sore At Me (Revilot, 1968)
Shorty Long – Sing What You Wanna (Soul, 1968)
Tony Clarke – Ain’t Love Good Ain’t Love Proud (Chess, 1964)
Marie “Queenie” Lyons – Drown in My Own Tears (DeLuxe, 1968)
Melvin Davis – Save It (Never Too Late) (Mala, 1968)
Patti Drew – There’ll Never Be Another (Capitol, 1968)
The Masqueraders – I Got It (Bell, 1968)
Vivian Reed – Walk On My Side (Epic, 1968)

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