With a lot going on in my personal life and the KPFK fundraiser upcoming, this will be the last Melting Pot for at least a couple weeks. Gave away a ton of tickets and played a good bit of new tracks. Show starts with a early birthday tribute to Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the patron saint of this blog and the show, his 21 minute epic “Saxophone Concerto.” Because of a recording mishap you don’t get the full song (or my intro to this show), but you still get to marvel at the virtuosity of Rahsaan, 19+ minutes of sax solo without taking a breath or a break. New tunes from Antibalas, Gaslamp Killer, Ondatropica, the Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra, KonKoma and more “lost” music from Can. Though I won’t be doing a show for several weeks, there will be plenty of music here on the blog and as I mention in the show, I’ll be spinning some records at The Virgil Tuesday night from 10pm-2am for a night I’m calling “Breakaway,” with hopes it might turn into a regular thing next month. The second hour starts off with a short set that features some funky tunes, a few classic breaks and the basic idea of what “Breakaway” is going to sound like. Enjoy the sounds, the radio show should be back later in August.
Melting Pot on KPFK #94: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #94: Second Hour
Playlist: 08-05-2012
{opening theme} Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Saxophone Concerto – Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle (Atlantic)
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El Remolon – Atras – Future Sounds of Buenos Aires (Waxploitation)
Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra – Onze De France – Last Odyssey (Ubiquity)
The Bamboos feat. Aloe Blacc – Where Does The Time Go? – Medicine Man (Tru Thoughts)
Can – Barnacles – The Lost Tapes (Mute)
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The Lions – Sweet Soul Music – Jungle Struttin’ (Ubiquity)
Ondatropica – Linda Manana – Ondatropica (Soundway)
Konkoma – Accra Jump – Konkoma (Soundway)
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Steve Karmen Big Band feat. Jimmy Radcliffe – Breakaway – 7” (UA)
Johnny Otis – Watts Breakaway – 7” (Epic)
Marva Whitney – Unwind Yourself – 7” (King)
Eddie Bo – The Thang Pt. 2 – 7” (Bo-Sound)
The Explosions – Garden Of Four Trees – 7” (Gold Cup)
Mandrill – Fencewalk – Composite Truth (Polydor)
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Antibalas – Ari Degbe – Antibalas (Daptone)
Adrian Younge & Venice Dawn – Turn Down The Sound – Something About April (Wax Poetics)
Gaslamp Killer feat. Miguel Atwood Ferguson – Flange Face – Single (Brainfeeder)
Echo Lake – Further Down – Wild Peace (Slumberland)
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Lee Fields & the Expressions – You’re the Kind Of Girl – Faithful Man (Truth & Soul)
Mexico Institute Of Sound – Se Baila Asi – Mexico (Nacional)
Shintaro Sakamoto – Mask On Mask – How To Live With A Phantom (Other)
Paul Weller – Amongst Butterflies – Paul Weller (Go Discs)
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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Batar (Kemado)