New Mix-- The Waite

This mix was a ton of fun to mix live powered by Iced Tea as the humidity lays its sloppiness over the area.

The title is a reference to a family name, but it could also refer to the weight of the hunidity here as well. The cover model is my faithful pet, known as Chooch.

I tried to keep it pretty funky in general, even when the soul is in the house, I still leaned to the funky side. Many of the 45s in this baker's dozen set are DJ items with both stereo and mono mixes, in which case the mono mix was consistently selected over the stereo. Many of the discs have been on the mental want list for quite some time, so it was most excellent to finally score some of these and get to spin them for y'all.

As per usual all of these original 45s were mixed live in cratedigger labs on the 1200s.

Please leave a comment, and let me know your thoughts!

Some random notes:

• Rasputin's Stash is a great Chi band, glad to finally get a copy of one of their 45s.


• I am a sucker for Andre Williams, and the '69 track shows him in fine Chitown funky finery.


• The Charles Wright was found in a dirty pile of records recently and I was able to clean it up so that it sounds pretty good. Freaking love that quiet intro!


• Funky Meters- really swinging track there.


• Try it Again is Byrd in the funkiest. The mono mix is LOUD here. Love the horn charts over the guitar. RIP Bobby!


• Spill The Wine was a request from Heavy Soul Brutha Dave. It is a rather surreal version of said track. Lalo was the man. Killer use of Moog noodling in there.

The Waite Tracklist

01 Your Love Is Certified Rasputin's Stash (Cotillion) Mono
02 My Part Make It Funky Pt. 4 James Brown (Polydor)
03 It's Gonna Be Fine in '69 Andre Williams (Checker)
04 What Can You Bring Me Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Band (Warners)
05 King Kong Pt.1 Jimmy Castor Bunch (Atlantic) Mono
06 Get Ready Rare Earth (Rare Earth)
07 Good Old Funky Music The Meters (Josie) Mono
08 Cold Blooded The Bar-Kays (Volt)
09 Mighty Mighty Children Pt.1 Baby Huey & The Babysitters (Curtom)
10 Here Comes The Judge Pigmeat Markham (Chess)
11 (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind Joe Quarterman & Free Soul (GSF)
12 Try It Again Bobby Byrd (Kwanza) Mono
13 Spill The Wine Lalo Schifrin (MGM)

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Comments

[Professor Jonathan]

Not a very talkative bunch around here, Cratedigger.

I guess it has to do with the lean, sunburnt and tequila-drinking hombres that Burge tends to hang out with: hard men of few words whose ears are more attuned to the heady music of supercharged engines than to the subtle arrangements of Pigmeat Markham or the Bar-Kays.

I for one appreciate your posting this hand-picked selection of rarities: stuff we'd normally never get to hear otherwise. It's part of our past, our musical heritage - and for some of us, our generation.

Like I say, don't the silence spook you: inquisitive and appreciative eyes and ears (and I don't mean Echelon and the NSA) are out there following our efforts to pass on what we know and love here on Bolus.

And as soon as the majority of these fans learn how to read and write, I'm confident that we'll soon wish that they hadn't.

As you can see, my optimism in humanity is boundless.

Best regards and keep hanging in there,

Professor Jonathan

[Professor Jonathan]

Oh yeah, did I forget to say that half these fuckers are deaf as well?

[cratedigger]

Thanks Prof Jonathan.
My skin is thicker than most. I have had many vehicular experiences involving all sorts of mayhem.
So I get it.
Most of my vehicular time is spent with vintage bicycles these days, though when I do drive either my Honda or my muscle car, I still tend to drive them like I stole them. Ask Dave...
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[Professor Jonathan]

Thanks for the invitation...you seem to have a thing for Raleighs; a few years back, I had the luck of finding a mint Royal Roadster (we're in 3-speed Sturmey-Archerland now, but I presume you won't hold it against me), ca. 1983.

Like all the Royal Roadsters, it was the definitive 3-speed: nothing could nor ever will touch it in terms of quality and pure craftsmanship.

As I'm sure you know, they went out of production around ten years ago: too expensive to make, too expensive to sell.

Sic transit gloria mundi...