Professor Eddy

Enjoy this new part of ‘ Groovy, sexy and soulful ’! The opening track, ‘Fly away’ by Abraham (Abe) Battat, is a righteous combination of sonorous jazz guitar, crackling drums and warm acoustic piano. Floating through the tones as if in a private concert for you in your very living room, it is an earnest, honest vocal performance bringing a rainbow message of freedom and liberty to the world. The song is on a new compilation album called ‘Praise poems’ part 2, out on Tramp Records and originally the b-side of ‘Listen here’. Picture: Claudia Cardinale Don't forget to listen next week, then there will be a new Smooth Sailing part! Tracklist: Abraham Battat – Fly Away (1965) Bonnie Dobson – Milk And Honey (1970) Ambrosia ‎– You're The Only Woman (You & I) (1980) Richard Martian & Co – Dawn (Part II) (1960s) Paqua – We Came Far (2014) Finnigan & Finlon – Seasons Of Doubt (1970s) Pointer Sisters – Don’t It Drive You Crazy (1977) Robert Palmer ‎– Re...

Taylor LaShae R&B songs (mostly) from the pre-disco era (1958-1978), when you had to put a coin in the jukebox to hear the latest hits. It was before disco broke loose (after the success of 'Saturday Night Fever') and discotheques were all over the place. The songs were about high school love and holding hands, with only a little sexual innuendo here and there. The classic ‘Will you love me tomorrow’, composed by Gerry Coffin and Carole King, and sung by The Shirelles, contains the line ‘the magic of your sigh’, for instance. The song is about respecting a woman after the act of love. These mere two lines sum up the impact that two people can have on each other's feelings. 'Tonight with words unspoken,' sings the narrator. 'You say that I'm the only one.' Words unspoken? She is vulnerable, perhaps kidding herself, and she knows it: she is wishing for the best. Another epic track I selected is the ultra dynamic ‘Tell him’ from The Exciters: ...

The reason for this mix is a sad one. Exactly one year ago friends and family said goodbye to my good old dad after being ill for quite some time. To honour him I thought it was a good idea to compile ‘Daddy’s theme’: songs about dads and sons, but not about my father in particular, although he was a cool daddy, to paraphrase Boney M. Some of the songs seem to deal with fathers, but the lyrics are in fact about something completely different, like the ones from Jim Gilstrap and George Michael. But not the one from Feargal Sharkey, former frontman of the legendary Irish new wave band The Undertones. I remember my father didn’t like the lyrics of the song at all, because he only picked up the line ‘never listen to your father’. He misinterpreted the lyrics though, because I believe Feargal Sharkey sings that it’s only wise to listen to your father. That’s why I included the song as the final track. It strikes me that there are quite some men in my album archive singing about their dads...

Summer Soul Station is still on the road! I love those radio friendly and most of all car friendly songs I grew up with in the seventies and eighties. I lived in a small village back then, so the radio was the only source to hear new music. I listened a lot to common names like Toto, Steely Dan, Roxy Music and Boz Scaggs who made really enjoyable blue eyed soul. Or perhaps it’s better to call it (soft) rock with disco and soul influences. Pale British singer James Blunt is one of the latest artists in that tradition. By the way, glam rock star David Bowie was one of the first white guys (after Elton John and Gino Vannelli) to perform on the American television show Soul Train (in 1975). Luther Vandross used to be one of his background singers. This mixtape is a tribute to that disco/rock sound. It pays homage to the Volkswagen Beetle as well, a car my father used to drive. And no, it’s not my mother blowing bubbles in front of the colourful car in the picture… ;-) I included an edit...

Here are a handful of intimate songs for intimate moments. When the mix is closing down, you can take a few dance steps with your (imaginary) lover too... In interviews Tom Moulton always sounds a little bit grumpy, but his Philly remixes are superb. So look out for his latest album called ‘ Philly Re-grooved ’on Harmless Records! I tried to copy the Tom Moulton trick and DJ Dazler will play my Guilty [of stealing from Dimitri and Tom] remix of First Choice on his Dazling Soul Show on the 25th of September. Check it out, if you can! More Danny Krivit edits on his new album ‘ Edits by Mr. K Vol 2: Music of the earth ’ on Strut. DJ Dazler was a little disappointed after hearing the album and I agree with him to a certain extent. I like the jazz-funk approach of Mr. K., but the edits sound best in a mix when you go from one track to another. When I listen to them as an album, I start to lose interest after two or three tracks. The edits turn out to be quite alike. If you like this mix...

I like the summer and the sunshine, but the sunset after a warm day always gives me a sad feeling for some reason. To deal with those feelings I created this mix. One of the tracks is ‘ Sundown ’, the classic from Gordon Lightfoot. And one of the comments on YouTube was this one: "Think of all the great songs we'd never have if Gordon's first wife hadn't been such a bitch!" Gordon Lightfoot also wrote the wonderful ‘If you could me read my mind’ that became a disco hit for Viola Wills in 1980. Tracklist: Incognito – Sunburn (1981) Brenton Wood – Better Believe It (1975) Johnny Bristol – Strangers In The Dark Corners (1978) Faze-O – Riding High (1977) Joan Osborne – I’ve Got To Use My Imagination (2007) Minnie Riperton – Perfect Angel (1974) Evelyn King – I’m Just Warming Up (1981) Tavares – Turn Out The Nightlight (1981) Don Blackman – Heart’s Desire (1982) T-Connection – Everything Is Cool (1982) Gentle Persuasion – A Little Bit Of Love (1...