Professor Eddy

Spring time feels like one burning desire and that's what this mix is all about! Of course there's disco music in it, because disco is an immense 'fire of desire', to say it metaphorically. The lyrics of disco songs are about big expectations and high hopes, most of the time. And when the game's over (to paraphrase Bettye Swann) there's always the possibility of thinking about old flames (like Pleasure does). There's only a little bit of smoke left and that's what Cypress Hill is rapping about... ;-) The track from Archie Bell & the Drells is A Tom Moulton Mix, although a little bit edited by A Digital Needle . More Tom Moulton mixes are on the very cool ' Philadelphia International Classics: The Tom Moulton Remixes ' that came out recently. No one can lay his hands better on disco tracks than this legendary inventor of the 12 inch remix! Music from Glasgow's extraordinary editor Scratchandsniff is also available on cassette . So try ...

Enjoy this 5th part of ' It's soul covered up '! For the 5th time I chose cover versions that sound at least as good or even better than the originals. The album 'Soul 2' from Seal, from which I selected 'Love TKO', isn't that good, to be honest. He reinterprets soul classics in quite a boring, non-creative way, but I like his version of the Teddy Pendergrass classic. He probably had his marital problems with Heidi Klum in mind, when he was recording it, don't you think? He sounds very inspired, anyway. The song was first recorded by David Oliver on his album 'Here's to you' that came out in 1980. He sadly passed away two years later. One of the best blue eyed soul singers of the moment is Joss Stone (picture right). I don't particularly like her latest album and her performances on SuperHeavy with Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart, but her first two albums still sound great. The song from Incognito is from their latest album 'Su...

When I was working on this tenth episode of ‘ Groovy, sexy & soulful ’, I realized halfway I was making some kind of soundtrack to a cheap adult movie or something. So don't forget to cover up the ears of minors when you start to play this one... ;-) The track from Tommy Seebach is the b-side to ' Apache ', which became a YouTube hit a couple of years ago. The picture is from the movie The Great Silence (1968), starring Vonetta McGee and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Enjoy this x-rated version of ' Groovy, sexy and soulful '! Next up is the fifth part of ' It's soul, covered up ', including new tracks from Quantic, Incognito and Katie Melua. Tracklist: B-Movie Orchestra – Sexy Girls (2012) Air – Sexy Boy (1998) The Seebach Band – Bubble Sex (1977) Lynden David Hall - Sexy Cinderella (1997) Handsome Poets – Silence Is Sexy (2011) Johnny Pate - Ms Johnston's Sex Scene (1973) The Brand New Heavies – Sex God [A Tom Moulton Mix] (2008)...

My Easter surprise is yet another part of ' It's soul covered up '! For the 4th time I selected cover versions that sound at least as good or even better than the originals! The track from Tempest Trio is written and produced by the legendary Dennis Coffey. His name is not known to many, but he played guitar on quite a few Motown and soul classics, like 'Cloud nine' from the Temptations, 'War' from Edwin Starr and 'Band of gold' from Freda Payne. He also worked with Del Shannon, wrote the soundtrack to 'Black Belt Jones' and was one of the creators of classy disco act CJ & Co ('Devil's gun'), which I played last week. Coffey made a nice self-titled album on Strut Records last year. Check out the great mix of House Shoes that is inspired by the work of Dennis Coffey. I selected a Philly mix that is produced by Vincent Montana Jr. (Salsoul Orchestra) and sung by Ron Tyson . Some of the original Philly classics are recently ...

Look out, behind you! I selected a couple of creepy tracks for a 'scary night out'. It's my fictitious soundtrack to a funny horror movie. The opening track from R. Dean Taylor has some nice haunting sound effects, like running up and down the stairs. R. Dean Taylor was one of the few white employes of Motown. He wrote some great tracks, like 'Love child' for The Supremes, but he was a magnificent singer/songwriter too, although he wasn't very successful. 'There's a ghost in my house' became a British hit in 1974, which was seven years after its original release. It was picked up by the so-called 'northern soul' scene at the time. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour is well-known for their Heineken commercial and I selected a track from their latest album. Check out their new single ' Heart attack ' as well. Tracks 4 and 5 are produced by Joe Meek, who was way ahead of his time in the early 1960s. He's often compared to Phil Spector, but h...