Catching up...

No featured artists in this post, more on them in posts to come, but this one is simply to allow those of you who are interested to catch up with my radio shows just in case you haven't been able to listen to them live.

I've been told one thing then another and another, but it seems that my 'regular' show, entitled 'Variable Wavelengths', is now on Sunday nights (Monday mornings) from midnight till 2am (UK time), with occasional shows on Saturday nights (Sunday mornings) at the same time.

Anyway, please find below the shows that I remembered to record (I really should be more organised by now) and their track listings. Hopefully you'll find something you enjoy among my selections:



Sunday 29/07/12

1. Deja Vu - A.B.'s
2. Liberation - Outkast
3. Heaven Must Be Like This - Ohio Players
4. Pretty Wings - Maxwell
5. La Costa - Natalie Cole
6. Where I Wanna Be - Donell Jones
7. Hush Hush - Kruez
8. That's The Way Of The World - Earth Wind & Fire
9. More Love - Roger Robin
10. And God Said To Man - Earl Zero
11. It's Me Again Jah - Luciano
12. Fight Dem Off - Doniki
13. Get To Love In Time - Dennis Brown
14. In Loving You - Junior English
15. Waiting On You - Foster McElroy
16. Starlight & You - Lonnie Liston Smith
17. Say Yes - Whispers
18. Pass Me Over - Anthony Hamilton
19. Thank You For The Many Things You've Done - Betty Wright



Monday 30/07/12

1. Black Family - Roy Ayers
2. All School - KRS-One & Marley Marl
3. Got To Give - Brand New Heavies
4. Spread The Word - Kindred The Family Soul
5. If I - Kindred The Family Soul
6. You & Me - Omar
7. Me feat. Erik Rico - Ty
8. Nobody But You - Juicy
9. That's Just My Way - Eric Benet
10. What You Won't Do For Love - Peabo Bryson & Natalie Cole
11. Jamaica - Leontre
12. Tell Me This Is Real - Private Collection
13. Let's Go Dancing - Danglin
14. Mama Mama - Freddie McGregor
15. Who Feels It Knows It feat. Etana - Romain Virgo
16. Feel The Feeling - Bob Andy
17. My First Love - Anthony Hamilton
18. Everlasting Love - Glenn Jones
19. Do You Get Enough Love - Shirley Jones
20. I Choose You - Paris
21. Cry Baby - Nadine Charles



Sunday 05/08/12

1. Sky Islands - Dianne Reeves
2. Life In The City - Melvin Hudson
3. You're Special - Commodores
4. Behind The Bush - Jungle Brothers
5. Black Hand Side feat. Styles P & Phonte - Pharoahe Monch
6. Aquarius - Mystro
7. Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart - Kashif
8. Children Of The Ghetto - Real Thing
9. Work It Out - Breakwater
10. Peace On Earth - Hi Tension
11. Blind Over You - Black Ice
12. Call On Me - Trevor Hartley
13. Woman Of Moods - Trevor Dixon
14. We Need Love - Rudy Thomas
15. No Tears Woman - One Blood
16. Dial My Number - Barry Boom
17. Pretty Little Girl - Maxi Priest
18. Portuguese Love - Teena Marie
19. This Masquerade - George Benson
20. While I'm Alone - Maze
21. Rivers Of My Fathers - Gil Scott Heron



Sunday 12/08/12

1. Lush Life - Wayne Henderson
2. Self Saviour feat. Chace Infinite - Talib Kweli
3. I'll Be Good To You - Brothers Johnson
4. Another Star - Stevie Wonder
5. What We Are feat. Quiana - Little Brother
6. Second To None - Atlantic Starr
7. She's My Shining Star - Fatback
8. Giving You The Best That I've Got - Anita Baker
9. Angel - Anita Baker
10. Time For Love - Rudy Thomas & J C Lodge
11. I Love You - Sanchez
12. Sandy - Sugar Minott
13. I Have Been In Love - Delroy Wilson
14. Love Between A Boy And Girl - Chosen Few
15. Lately - Natural Ites
16. Next Time It's For Real - Kleeer
17. Keep Love New - Betty Wright
18. We Got The Love - Plush
19. Sunshine Lady - Willie Hutch
20. I'm So Glad feat. Chuck Stanley - Alyson Williams
21. Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
22. So In Love - Leroy Hutson



Sunday 26/08/12 (Recording starts at track 7, sorry about that)

1. Sun Goddess - Ramsey Lewis
2. You're The Best - Emotions
3. Hard To Get Around - BB&Q
4. Ain't That The Truth - Frankie Kelly
5. Subtraction - MC Mell'O
6. T.R.O.Y. - Pete Rock & C L Smooth
7. The Days Of Old - Paris
8. Runnin' - Pharcyde
9. Never Had A Love Like This Before - Barbara Mitchell
10. Love You Anyway - Cameo
11. Get Myself Together (Foundation) - Dennis Brown
12. Leave Yah - Freddie McGregor
13. Christopher Columbus - Little Roy & Ian Rock
14. Bucket Bottom - Prince Alla
15. Rasta Tell You - Judah Eskander
16. Jah Love Is Sweeter - Lacksley Castell
17. His Majesty Is Coming - In Crowd
18. Investigator - Cornell Campbell
19. You Know You Want To Be Loved - Keith Barrow
20. It's My Turn - Bobby Glover
21. Whisper Of The Heart - Body
22. Give It Up - The Jacksons
23. Love Has Arrived - Everis
24. You Oughta Be In Pictures - Lamont Dozier
25. Move Me No Mountain - Love Unlimited
26. This Feeling's Killing Me - Jones Girls
27. Family - McKoy
28. I Should've Known Better - Mica Paris
29. Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up - Patrice Rushen
30. Best Of Your Heart - Rufus
31. Doin' Alright - O'Bryan
32. Share My Love - Betty Wright
33. Fool's Paradise - Me'Lisa Morgan
34. When You Smile - Barry Boom
35. She's My Lady - Administrators
36. Keep It Like It Is - Louisa Mark

There's a couple of shows that I didn't record or write the track list down but I'm sure you can live without them. So until next time, enjoy your Bank Holiday and I'll see you around.

One Love, Spy!

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I know you got SOUL...

It's been a long while since I left you without a dope post to get through; mainly due to laziness on my part (after all, there's been a lot of good music released over the last few months) but partly because I was waiting to make an announcement, which as time went by seemed less and less likely to be made. However, I didn't lose hope and now I can officially state that I am one of the S.O.U.L. UK Radio family.

Those of you that know me will know that I'm not keen on the use of the word 'urban' as a euphemism for Black/African but it is what it is. Apart from that small niggle I really think that this station has potential and, from what I've observed so far, will achieve most, if not all of it. The challenge for me is to keep up!

If you're reading this post at the time of publication, you can listen to me live now, otherwise you can catch a recording of the show at your convenience. Either way, don't expect 'Friday Night Raw' type content, not on this station and certainly not at this time of day. I'm toying with the idea of recording separate podcasts for the hard core crew (myself included) but we'll see how it goes.

Anyway, enough about me, above is the video for K-Nite 13's 'Long Road', which was taken from his new project, released today, called 'According To Plan'. Now, you've probably noticed by now that I'm a fan of the 'Stow Boys' both individually and collectively. I haven't heard everything they've done but I have yet to hear anything by them that was shit, so even without hearing it I doubt you'll be disappointed by what K-Nite 13 has to offer.

Insane Macbeth has been busy in the studio working alongside the likes of Karl Hinds and Reveal to produce 'Can't, Couldn't, Could Never' and 'The Strongest Endz' respectively. The mad king is currently working on a third release, 'Likk Off Banks', featuring Big Ripz, Dave Courtney and possibly Demolition Man. I'll return to this when I know more.

My friends over at Associated Minds recently released 'Hold That' by P.L.O. and Ralph Rip Shit. A moody, guitar laden production that's typical of the quality that I've come to, ahem, associate with P.L.O. Nice work lads.

I'm sure all the heads have it by now, but I can't go without mentioning what is, in my opinion, the best complete project Nas has done since the seminal 'Illmatic'. If you haven't already purchased it I suggest that you go for the 'Deluxe Edition' with the four bonus tracks. The only let down track on the album is 'Summer On Smash', although that might just be me showing my age. However, with tracks like 'Daughters', 'World's An Addiction' and 'Stay', you'd be a fool not to grab it.

One Love, Spy!

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