Various Artists - R&B Hipshakers Vol 1 - Teach Me To Monkey (Vampisoul) 50 - 60"s
- Uptempo and danceable collection of R&B and early soul from the Federal and King vaults, compiled by renowned DJ Mr Fine Wine (Downtown Soulville, WFMU). First volume of our new series, sure to keep you dancing in the months ahead. Most tracks have never been reissued.
Side B: Little Willie John - My Nerves (King) 1956
Side A: Lulu Reed - What Make You So Cold (Federal) 1961
7" 45 rpm BoxSet (Vampisoul) 2010
- I wasn't even close to being a twinkle in my dad's horn-rimmed eye in 1961. But I have to conclude that there's something special about that year for me. When compiling Vampisoul's dip into King Records' deep, deep rhythm-and-blues vaults, I realized that I'm a sucker for the sounds of '61. And, well, '62 too. Not that other years slightly earlier and later aren't represented as well, but… fully a quarter of the tracks herein are from 1961. What happened then? President Kennedy happened then, for one thing, inaugurated on January 20. Also: chimps and their perhaps marginally more civilized human cousins in space; Roger Maris eclipsing the Babe, albeit with a conceptual asterisk; Jets vs Sharks on the West Side; the Cold War in full swing; a hot war in Vietnam just starting to smolder, though few Americans had even heard of the place yet. And brilliant black musicians making timeless records for a Cincinnati, Ohio family of labels - gibbling and gobbling down Broadway, implanting indelible, stinging guitar lines in the public consciousness, and making folks do the ginger snap like there was no tomorrow, which I'm sure there didn't always seem to be.
This collection of genuine King and Federal R&B sides encompasses crazy dances (the impossible-but-highly entertaining-to-picture 'Slummer The Slum'; 'Posin'', which beat Madonna to the voguing punch by some 30 years); intense guitar instrumentals (what can you say about a label employing so many superstar guitar slingers that even Freddie King probably has to fight for a spot in one's top 3, what with Johnny Watson, Ike Turner, Mickey Baker and Lowman Pauling staking pretty strong claims for inclusion themselves?); inspired forays into mind-altering whimsy ('Hog Killin' Time', the first of a trilogy of swinetingling masterpieces by Eddie Kirk, along with 'The Hawg' on Volt and 'The Grunt' on Fortune); the timeless ode to male horniness 'One Zippy Zam'; and hook-filled, honest-to-goodness love songs (try to get 'I Don't Know About You' out of your head - or your heart).
We can argue endlessly about the appropriateness of one's mom teaching one to monkey. If it's polite, sober propriety you're after, look elsewhere. For a raucous and potentially life-changing R&B dance party in a box, though, you'll find TEACH ME TO MONKEY to be just the thing. - Vampisoul
Mr Fine Wine
WFMU's "Downtown Soulville"
New York City, 2010
1st hour - Guitar Rhythm & Blues - Rock a Billy Soul - Early Drum Funk - Blazing Grooves !
- My Nerves 2:33 Little Willie John
- The Freedom Riders 2:26 Harold Jackson & The Jackson Brothers
- Rock Everybody Rock 2:11 Mitchell McKinley
- Oh Oh Mojo Mojo 1:41 The Volcanos
- Have Mercy Baby - 2:13 The Dominoes
- Hep Hep Hooray 2:34 Eddie Bo
- Let a Woman Through 2:53 Morine And The Zercons
- I've Got a Little Boy 2:22 Ann Cole and the Suburbans
- Try Love One More Time 1:50 Norma Jenkins
- Getting the Corners 2:23 The T.S.U. Tornadoes
- Making Nassau Fruit Drink 2:35 African Music Machine
- Thread The Needle 2:42 Al White & The Hi-Liters
- I Want Love and Affection Not the House of Correction ! 2:33 Nathaniel Mayer
- How Sweet It Is 3:23 Menard Rodgers
- You Got Me Crazy Baby ! 2:24 Lew Conetta
- Ocean of Tears 2:32 Big Maybelle
- That's A Pretty Good Love 2:34 Big Maybelle
- You'll Never Know 3:04 Big Maybelle
- Baby I'll Come 3:02 Mary Love
- Everybody Needs Somebody 2:51 Jimmy Holiday
- I Caught You In A Lie 2:42 Robert Parker
- I Can't Stand It 1:52 Jimmy Holiday
2nd hour - ORGAN PIANO HARP SAX SWINGING SOUL JAZZ MOTHER FU@#KA !
- Play It Cool 1:24 Billy Larkin & the Jivers
- Fredricks Dream 4:35 Leo's Five
- Watch Your Motives 4:52 Billy Larkin & the Delegates
- In the Midnight Hour 2:19 Billy Larkin
- Easy Does It 4:53 Bobby Timmons
- This Terrible Planet 8:06 Ahmad Jamal
- Funky Poinciana 9:07 Ahmad Jamal
- The Fantastic Vehicle 4:09 Ahmad Jamal
- Bohemia After Dark 6:20 Dorothy Ashby
- Sunday Go Meetin' 5:50 Eric Dolphy & the Latin Jazz Quintet
- Dem Tambourines 5:37 Don Wilkerson
- George's Dilemma 5:38 Clifford Brown W/ Max Roach Quintet
- Congo Call 5:08 Prince Lasha
3rd hour - REAL DEEP SAX FLUTE AFRO DRUM JAZZNESS !
- Yogiana 10:56 Joki Freund Sextet
- Aisha 3:49 Joki Freund Sextet
- The Plum Blossom 4:56 Yusef Lateef
- Mandingo's Pad 5:34 Nathan Davis
- The Flute In The Blues 4:53 Nathan Davis
- Bakai 8:47 John Coltrane
- Tanjah 8:41 Randy Weston
- Igbesi Aiye (Song of Praise to God) 13:23 Solomon Ilori and His Afro-Drum Ensemble
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