95bFM: The Swap Meet

This week we have Dan Sperber guesting, and he arrived with a stack of "Jesus jams", most of them dug out of opshops around New Zealand.

Highlights are: The Clark Sisters, the Detroit family group whose vocal arrangements influenced a lot of gospel and R&B that followed, and there’s a mix of private-press and church-leaning cuts from the Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio and the Sensational Williams Brothers, alongside records from Paul Clark and Keith Thomas. Stephen Bell-Booth’s “Love Came Down” is some NuZillund Jesus juice.

Elswhere we spin Bill Withers’ “Close to Me” as his LP "Naked & Warm" turned 50 this year, and Minnie Riperton, whose birthday it was, along with Jeanette McGruder of the Brides of Funkenstein.

There are some secular jazz fusion moments: Bob James, Harvey Mason, Alphonse Mouzon and the Mahavishnu Orchestra; as well as some rando bits thrown in for good measure.

Lay your hands on the radio!

This week we have Apera in as guest, with some Halloweeny faves, in addition to a slew of funky newies including: Joe Kaptein, Megiapa, Kofi Stone & Children of Zeus, Soft Chaos, Greg Foat and Jeleesa all turn up, along with newer collaborations like Kiefer, Tony Stone, Erick the Architect and Cartoons, and Corey Fonvitte, Sam Fribush and Morgan Burrs. Plus the usual Betty Swallocks you have come to expect.

Bosh.

Tairāwhiti's finest delivers this week's Swap Meet sesh - will all that good stuff you expect. press the button.

James Brown – After you done it (1970)

Bacao Rhythm & Steel – Port of Spain hustle (2016)

P-Bass Expressway – Easyride (2005)

Super 3 – When youre standing on the top (1982)

Tihomir Pop Asanovic – Berlin I (1974)

BW & The Next Edition – Work work work (1974)

 

Chicago – Happy cause I’m going home (1971)

Ron Everitt – Mood two latin for you (1977)

Maceo & All The Kings Men – Southwick (1970)

Curtis Mayfield – Get down (1971)

 

D Influence – Good life (1997)

Collective Peace – Let the music play (2020)

Altitude – Silly (1991)

Joe – Let’s stay home (2002)

Jeroboam – Surrender (2026)

 

Cymande – Fug (1973)

Rhythm Heritage – Three days of the condor (1976)

O’Jays – This air I breathe (1973)

Isley Brothers – Let’s make love tonight (1983)

Caesar Frazier – Another life (1978)

Carl Douglas – Dance the kung fu (1974)

 

Tunde Mabadu – Viva disco (1980)

Sensational Roots – Calypso zest (1975)

Spyro Gyra – Leticia (1978)

Ray Camacho – Movin’ on (1978)

Sun Ra – Children of the sun (1985)

Tutus – Nanao nanao (1972)

 

Rufus & Chaka – Live in me (1979)

Skwares – Step by step (1984)

Second Image – Starting again (1985)

Joey Negro – Beyond the dance (2010)

Another Taste – Party lights (2025)

Usje Sukatma – Waiting for your love (1983)

 

George Duke – Let your love shine (1982)

Black Truth Rhythm Band – Save D musician (1976)

Gil Scott-Heron – Madison Avenue (1978)

Marvin Gaye – Anger (1978)

Teena Marie – I’m just a sucker (1979)

Mango – Ajoporro (1980)

Kirk's back at it. This week we celebrated 2 birthdays on the 11th, Mr. Daryl Hall turned 80 & Mr. Brian Jackson turned 74, so played some of their tunes. We had some amazing local business from new 'Soft Chaos' album & played a couple of jams from friend of the show & one of Kirk's favorite producers, not only in NZ but out of all the producers worldwide, Mr. Doug Allen the man behind 'Sudo Records', do yourself a favour & check his stuff out on Bandcamp. On sader news we lost Mr. Freddie Jackson on the 5th, 3 days after his 80th, so played a few of his solo jams, a couple of classics with him on backup vocals & also 2 songs from Mystic Merlin with him on lead vocals, R.I.P to yet another legend! A whole bunch of other heat as well. Hope you enjoy it, folks. Turn it up!

It was the four o'clock roadblock this week, with in studio crew pulling up to the Swap Meet including: heavy collectors Campbell Ngata & Cassawarrior from Tairāwhiti, and also local hearoes Dylan Biscuit & Leon Aoki of Arcade Radio.

We kicked off with two cuts from the unreleased Stevie Wonder EP that dropped this week marking 50 years of Songs in the Key of Life. The Mighty Sparrow's passing gets its due, and there's a first play of two tracks from Nathan Haines' new Soft Chaos album, "The Answer" and "Modulatea" getting an early airing ahead of release.

From there the five of them more or less split off into their own territory, which makes for a set that moves around more than usual, soul and boogie rarities running alongside Brazilian and heavy West African that will put your Shazam on the fritz. 

Good people and fine tunes for your earholes...