Professor Eddy

Unsplash Booty calls, calls (and cries) for freedom, prank calls, calls for help, nature calls, love calls, you hear all kinds of calls. Pick up & get down! Ramsey & Company were the group Mainor Ramsey had pieced together to play the Catskills supper club circuit. Their only release being the super charged sexy disco hit ‘Love Call’ backed with super blaxploitation fodder ‘Leg Grease’, release on Mainor’s own label, Ramco. This limited styrene 7” single was sold exclusively at the groups live shows and never saw its way into proper distribution. Oddly this limited release eventually found its way onto the dancefloors of the UK’s northern soul/modern soul scene, and became a super smash ripping up floors whenever played. The sheer quality of this tune mixed with the utter rarity has made this record nearly impossible to find and quite valuable on the collector’s market. Enjoy the telephone conversation! Next week a new part of Smooth Sailing . Tracklist: Yarbrough ...

John Goodman, Phone Booth, Turro, From Not Recent Color, 1980 The Smooth Operators ( Martijn Soetens and I) pay tribute to the 1970s FM radio sound with our series Mellow Moods . This is our latest chapter: Mellow Phone Moods! Back in the day people used to say, of a particularly great singer, that she or he could sing the phone book and it would sound good. Now, it's safe to say that if someone actually said that, quite a few would ask themselves: ‘What's a phone book?’ Still, songs about phones are relevant. Everyone has a phone and the universal themes about (unrequited) love can stand the test of time easily. There are lots of songs about not being phoned, not (or fear of) picking up or simply about the joy of a telephone call. So enjoy this 2 hour telephone conversation! Tracklist: Carol Douglas – Doctor's Orders (1974) Trinity ‎– 002.345.709 (That's My Number) (1976) Symbol 8 – Call Me (1978) The Stylistics – One Night Affair (1979) Jim Croce ‎...

Professor Eddy is your ‘ switch board operator '… This cloudcast is a disco-soul-funk extravaganza, based on telephone calls. Booty calls, calls (and cries) for freedom, prank calls, calls for help, you hear all kinds of calls. So enjoy my long distance conversation! Ramsey & Company were the group Mainor Ramsey had pieced together. Their only release being the super charged sexy disco hit ‘Love Call’ backed with super blaxploitation fodder ‘Leg Grease’, was released on Mainor’s own label, Ramco. This limited 7” single was sold exclusively at the groups live shows and never saw its way into proper distribution. Oddly this limited release eventually found its way onto the dancefloors of the UK’s northern soul/modern soul scene, and became a super smash, ripping up floors whenever played. The sheer quality of this tune mixed with the utter rarity has made this record nearly impossible to find and quite valuable on the collector’s market. Picture: Elvis Presley, the King of Ro...

This mix is inspired by the best performance of Donna Summer ever, when she sang ' The Hostage ' on Dutch TV-show Van Oekel's Discohoek in 1974. It paved the way to international success. Donna introduces my new cloudcast when she picks up the phone, followed by a wonderful Todd Rundgren composition, sung by the legendary Isley Brothers. This mix is a follow-up to Hello, It's Me that I made two years ago. And no, 'Hello' from Lionel Richie is not one of the chosen songs... ;-) Enjoy this telephone call! Tracklist: The Isley Brothers – Hello It’s Me (1974) Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators – Delete My Number (2013) Syleena Johsnon – And Then… (Interlude) (2000) Carolyne Bernier – Hold Me, Touch Me (1977) Billy Griffin – Romantic Number (1996) The Super-Phonics – Dial L For Love (2005) Eberhard Schoener ‎– Why Don't You Answer (1985) Andrea True Connection ‎– What's Your Name, What's Your Number (1977) Bromar – Call Me...

There are lots of very cool songs about not being phoned, not picking up a phone or simply about the joy of a telephone call. Two years ago I did a telephone mix for Dazlingsoul , called ‘Tunes for your telephone’. For 'Hello, it's me' I replaced some of the songs and changed the sequence. One of the new songs is a track from Mayer Hawthorne. It is from his very nice new album ‘How do you do’. Am I getting old or am I getting gay, but I like the new (quite soulful) Cliff Richard album (‘Soulicious’) too… ;-) Tell me, what are your favourite telephone songs? NYC's lush disco crew Escort are readying their self-titled debut LP for digital release next month and early next year on CD and vinyl through Escort Records (Tirk will handle the release in Europe). There's a free download of the album's opening cut, ' Caméleon Chameleon (Club Remix) '. Check it out, it's cool! Playlist: Charles Bradley – The Telephone Song (2011) Mayer Hawthorne – You...