dead links

Sorry folks but as the links to these podcasts keep on disappearing as quickly as i put them up, as of today the archive will be moving to
http://www.mixcloud.com/smilingirl/

one big love xx

BOOGIE IN MY BONES PART 3

Time to get your dancing shoes on, roll up the carpet and grab a partner for an hour long boogie. Another (and probably the last in the series) selection of funk, latin, ska, northern soul, r&b and reggae for your listening and dancing pleasure (apologies for the poor sound quality of some of the tracks). If anyone knows who the unknown artists are please say. Thanks for listening.

1 ??- boogie woogie roll
2 Baby Earl and the Trinidads - back slap
3 King Solomon - separation
4 Jackie Wilson - i'm so lonely
5 Lee Perry - mad head
6 Madness - the prince
7 Jimmy McCraklin - i'll see it through
8 Pat Powdrill - do it
9 D.Glover + G.Crockett – latin soul strut
10 The Music Doctors - electric shock
11 James Brown - night train
12 Rufus Thomas - funkiest man alive
13 The Mar-Keys - sit still
14 Kid Gungo - hold the pussy
15 I Roy & Mudies Allstars - heart don't leap
16 The Soul Brothers - crawfish
17 ??? - hot shot
18 T.Beckford - tell me little lady
19 Ruth Brown - i gotta have you
20 Ray Charles - i want to know
21 Booker T & The MGs - terrible thing

boogie on down

ALL OVER NOW

Every one has had their heart broken at some time and these tunes express the way that you feel so well.
‘The whole Caribbean sea is as blue as you have left me’

1 The Tonetttes – what you gonna do about it
2 The Cables - you lied
3 The Cables - love is a pleasure
4 Phyllis Dillon - picture on the wall
5 Ruby And Gloria - worried over you
6 Jackie Brown – blue
7 Cornell Campbell - a tear fell
8 B. Howard & C. Hall - how i miss you
9 The Ethiopians - rim bam bam
10 Sonia Spence – when
11 Janet Lee Davis - baby i've been missing you
12 James Brown - send me some loving
13 The Gaylads - i need your loving
14 Eric Fratter - since you've been gone
15 Phyllis Dillon - don't stay away
16 Bob Marley – nice time (soul mix)
17 Little Bobby and Glen Lee - cupid

CUPIDS ARROW

REMIXORAMA

What can I say, a whole heap of mash ups/remixes/refixes whatever they called and a bit of shameless advertising. Many thanks to The Magic Fly http://www.myspace.com/themagicfly (coming up to the beat/diamond dread available now on 7”)
and DJ Dangerfunk (if you have a website post it in a comment or e-mail it and I’ll post it) for the permission to use the tunes and thanks also to J Star who doesn’t know about it.http://www.myspace.com/jstarmusic (music time/passin me by/no diggity available on 12”) More to come.

1 J Star – musictime
2 The Magic Fly - diamond dread
3 J Star - (still) passin me by
4 The Magic Fly - honeyboyjackson
5 DJ Dangerfunk (aka Mr Moneybags) - bad man no inna dat mash up
6 Smilingirl - busta mash (my first go at this mularky)
7 The Magic Fly - coming up to the beat
8 J Star - no diggity
9 Smilingirl – whatever meets truths and rights (my second attempt)

get your remixes here

ROCKSTEADY ROCKA MY SOUL PART 2

first broadcast May 07, 2007

Rocksteady is great, languid, soulful music that makes you want to dance. To me it’s timeless, some of the best tunes are rocksteady tunes. Get ready to do rocksteady cos this music got soul!

Rocksteady rock my soul part 2

1 The Soul Agents - get ready it's rocksteady
2 The Tartans - far beyond the sun
3 Prince Buster - bitter & sweet
4 Joe Nolan - cool it with reggae
5 Prince Buster - ain't saying that a lot
6 Freddie McKay - little bit will do
7 The Emotions - go & cry
8 Ken Boothe - mother word
9 Owen Gray - i'm gonna take you back
10 The Daltones - never kiss you again
11 Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - 1,2,3 kick
12 Keith Hudson - erotic touch of hot skin
13 The Silvertones - cool down
14 Freddie McKay - so long farewell
15 The Heptones - ain't that bad
16 Lee Perry & The Sensations - something you've got
17 Lyn Taitt Band - dee's special
18 Clancy Collins - dread man special
19 Lord Charles - jamaican bits & pieces
20 Delano Stewart - tell me baby
21 Hopeton Lewis - this music got soul

leave a comment if you feel the urge

rock your soul here

BOOGIE IN MY BONES PART 2

first posted April 15, 2007

Boogie in my bones part 2
Long time coming. Here is, by popular demand, part 2 of boogie in my bones. So don’t just lie there on your back, get up and take a chance, DANCE! A dancing mixture of reggae, ska, soul, r&b, latin and rocksteady for your listening pleasure. (psst Dave, spot the newie x)

1 Carl Bryan - night curfew
2 Dandy Livingstone - when i see her
3 Lord Brynner - teach me to ska
4 Rafael Cortijo & Ismael Rivera - arrecotin arrecotan
5 U B Barret - thinking about my baby
6 The Skatalites - step down
7 Lee Allen & His Band - boppin' at the hop
8 U Roy – the tide is high
9 The Cougars - i wish it would rain
10 The Viceroys - wrap up now
11 The Coasters - young blood
12 Monguito Santamaria - hey sister
13 Joe´s Allstars - musical feet
14 King Perry - big fat mama
15 Booker T Averhart - take your shoes off (part 2)
16The Interpretations - soul affection
17 King Coleman - hang it up
18 Prince Buster - remember me
19 Rudy Mills - place called happiness

Any comments would be gratefully received. Thank you xx

get it here

BITE OF THE CHERRY

bite of the cherry (first broadcast 15.03.2007)

Hello. I am one half of, as Rhys (Reggae Fi Wan) puts it, ‘dj’ing greats’ Gal Tek Ova. We had a dance last week and here for you is a little bite of the sweet and juicy cherry that is Gal Tek Ova.

1 Funkhouse Express - music makes you move
2 Oscar Sulley & the Uhuru Dance Band - bukom mashie
3 Latin Xpress - elegua
4 A.Skillz & Krafty Kuts - tricka technology (feat. TC Izlam)
5 James Brown & The Famous Flames - night train
6 The Upsetters - for a few dollars more
7 Shark Wilson & The Basement Heaters - make it reggae
8 Mungos HiFi & MC Ishu – belly ska dub
9 Shenley Duffus - christopher columbus
10 Bob Marley - judge not (first cut)
11 Clifton White & His Royal Nights – fix it
12 Yellowman - strong me strong
13 Kanka – revolution (feat. Brother Culture)
14 DJ Dolores vs Taraf de Haïdouks - dumbala dumba
15 Roosevelt Mathews with Billy Ball & The Upsetters - tighten up
16 Mungos HiFi & Kenny Knots – meditation dub
17 Johnny Ringo - rub a dub style
18 Prince Mohammed – let the power fall version
19 The Supersonics - touch a dub

have a nibble