Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips, Pt.1 / Fingertips - Pt 2 1963 (Tamla)

Label : Tamla (Music Box greek press)

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This was the first live recording to hit #1 in the US, and it has quite a story behind it. Stevie Wonder, just 12 years old, was part of a Motown package tour called "The Motortown Revue," and was thrilling crowds with his high-energy performances. On March 10, 1963, the Revue came to the Regal Theatre in Chicago, where Wonder's performance was recorded. On this night, he played a highly improvised version of his song "Fingertips," which went on for about 10 minutes as the crowd went absolutely nuts and the stage manager, concerned because the show was running late, tried to get him off so the next act could perform. Wonder fed off the crowd and kept going, even doing a little bit of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on his harmonica. When Wonder ends the song (about 2:05 in), the band starts to clear the stage, and the band for the next act, The Marvelettes, hustles on. At this point, Wonder starts playing again, at which point you can hear the Marvelettes bass player Joe Swift ask "What key?" and the performance picks up again with a little encore played by at least some members of the new band.

Motown released the last 3 minutes of this performance as "Fingertips (Part 2)," as the B-side of a different performance of the first part of "Fingertips." Part 2 became the hit, and the single was quickly reissued with Part 2 as the A-side. The song spent 3 weeks at #1 in the summer of 1963 and launched Wonder to stardom.
An instrumental studio version of "Fingertips" was included on Wonder's first album, The Jazz Soul Of Little Stevie, in September, 1962. The song was written by the Motown writers Hank Cosby and Clarence Paul. This version of the song is much more mellow, jazzier and flute-heavy than the famous live version, which plays up the horns and harmonica.

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Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips, Pt.1

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Dusty Springfield - Summer is over

 

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....The rains tumble down in the sky
Young swallows have learned how to fly
The leaves that were green are no longer so green
And it looks like the summer is over...

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Dusty Springfield - Summer is over

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Σωτήρης Κοματσιούλης ‎– Σαν τον άνεμο / Ο Κοσμάς 2015 (Mr.Genie Records)

Label : Mr. Genie records

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Πρέπει καποια στιγμή η ιστορια μου να γραφτεί οπως πραγματικά ειναι. Μου ειπε ο Steve Gemos (α.κ.α Σωτηρης Κοματσιουλης). Απ την Ελλάδα του 70 με τους Lovers τους Καστορες στην Αγγλία με τον Robert Wyatt των Soft Machine στην Jamaica με τον Bob Marley τους Third World και ξανα στην Αγγλία με τους 10cc τον Gary Moore τον Phil Lynott τον Rory Gallagher ως την Ελλάδα το 2015 και τον Mr Gieneman.

P.s  Aφορμη για την συνεντευξη το καινουργιο 45αρι του Σωτηρη Κοματσιουλη στην Mr. Genie records του Λαμπρου Παπαλαμπρου με παραγωγο τον Jim Diamond.

Σωτήρης Κοματσιούλης. Ο άνθρωπος που θα θέλαμε να είχαμε ζήσει τη ζωή του (Μέρος Α’).  

Ο Σωτήρης Κοματσιούλης είχε μία φιλοδοξία. Να ζήσει τη ροκ μουσική στο μάξιμουμ. Τα κατάφερε. Από κλαμπ στη Λάρισα, βρέθηκε στο Λονδίνο παντρεμένος, με κουμπάρο τον Robert Wyatt και, λίγο αργότερα, ταξίδεψε ως την Τζαμάικα για να τζαμάρει με τους καλύτερους μουσικούς της ζωής του.Η συνεχεια εδω....

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Σωτήρης Κοματσιούλης - Σαν Τον 'Ανεμο (Το βιντεο ειναι εν συντομια η ιστορια του Σωτηρη Κοματσιουλη)

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Κώστας Καρράς ‎– Θυμήσου Τον Σεπτέμβρη / Θυμήσου Τον Σεπτέμβρη (instrumental) 1967 (Zodiac)

Label : Zodiac

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Κομμάτι από το ομώνυμο θεατρικό έργο του Νοέλ Κάουαρντ που ανέβασε ο θίασος Λαμπέτη-Καρρά το 1967. Το 45αρι κυκλοφόρησε αρχικα με τα κομματια "Θυμήσου Τον Σεπτέμβρη / Θυμήσου Τον Σεπτέμβρη (instrumental)" και "Ήρθες Αγάπη Μου / Θυμήσου Το Σεπτέμβρη" Zodiac 1967.

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Κώστας Καρράς ‎– Θυμήσου Τον Σεπτέμβρη

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Momo Trio - No Vacancy 2012 (Irida Music)

Label : Irida Music

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Είναι η πρώτη συνεργασία της Irida Music με Jazz σχήμα και η πρώτη κυκλοφορία της εταιρείας σε βινύλιο.
Oι "Momo trio" είναι ένα μοναδικό σύνολο τριών ιδιαίτερων μουσικών, που επιχειρούν παίζοντας πρωτότυπες συνθέσεις. Ο ήχος τους κινείται στα πλαίσια της σύγχρονης ευρωπαϊκής Jazz-Fusion, με όμορφα μελωδικά θέματα και πολύ groove.
Η μουσική τους χαρακτηρίζεται από μια δυναμική όπου το περίτεχνο παίξιμο συναντά την λιτότητα, η διαύγεια την πυκνότητα, η ευαισθησία την εκρηκτικότητα και η φαντασία την τεχνική. Ένα ιδιαίτερο σύνολο, με ιδιαίτερη μουσική άποψη και στάση. By Irida music

Τα μέλη του τρίο είναι:
Γιώργος Δούσης – πιάνο
Νίκος Κασσαβέτης – τύμπανα
Παρασκευάς Κίτσος – κοντραμπάσο

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Momo Trio - Lesson Seven

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Ramsey Lewis - Goin' Latin 1966 (Cadet)

Label : Cadet

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Goin Latin, and goin groovy too – thanks to some wonderful arrangements from Chicago soul legend Richard Evans – who really helps Ramsey Lewis open up his sound on the set! The format's less straight Latin than you might expect from the title – and Evans brings in a bouncing, bassy bottom that's still got a strongly American flavor – not really Latin Soul, but something of a blend of Latin and bossa elements with some of Evans' more soul-styled modes of the time! The mix of styles is really great – Ramsey's Chicago groove taken a bit south of the border – and tracks include the heavy smoker "Hey Mrs Jones", plus "Summer Samba", "Free Again", "Blue Bongo", "Function At The Junction", "One Two Three", "I'll Wait For You", and "Spanish Grease".

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Ramsey Lewis - Function At The Junction

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Melvin Bliss - Reward / Synthetic Substitution 1973 (Sunburst Records)

Label : Sunburst Records

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"Synthetic Substitution" is a 1973 song by Melvin Bliss. Originally starting life as a throwaway B-Side, with "Reward" as the A-Side, the song failed to chart anywhere on its initial release because of the collapse of Opal Productions, the parent company of Sunburst Records.However, after the song was sampled by Ultramagnetic MCs, many other artists followed suit and eventually the song became one of the most sampled songs of all time.

With the Exciters disbanded in 1971, Herb Rooney was out of a record deal. Having previously written for other artists,Rooney decided to continue down this path.  Meanwhile, Melvin Bliss had drifted from stage to stage since leaving the Army in 1957. Looking to boost his career prospects he visited a Queens concert hall intending to use it for self-promotion.Whilst awaiting a meeting with the hall's owner, he encountered the mother of Herb Rooney and it emerged that he wanted a singer to record one of his compositions.After an informal discussion with Rooney himself, Bliss hit the studio to record it.Rooney had intended the A-Side to be Reward and thus presented it to Bliss first.


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Melvin Bliss -   Synthetic Substitution

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