Los Lobos vs. Barrett Strong

Los Lobos knocked out a fine version of Barrett Strong's "Misery" for their great new Native Sons album.

R.I.P. Phil Anastasi aka Dean Parrish, 1942-2021

Sadly, Brooklyn singer/actor Phil Anastasi, aka Northern Soul great Dean Parrish, has passed away at the age of 79. He'll be missed. 

Midweek Mixdown: Mission45 with Mr Fine Wine & Double Agent 7

Downtown Soulville's Mr. Fine Wine joins Double Agent 7 for an end-to-end burner of rockin' R&B sevens. 

Our guest selector this month on The Mission45 radio show is the one and only Mr. Fine Wine from Downtown Soulville on WFMU-FM in New York (https://wfmu.org/) His show, which we are huge fans of, has been running a incredible 27 years and his phenomenal collection of records is truly a treasure trove to behold, a glimpse of which you will hear in his two amazing sets which are riddled with back to back killer 45s. And we got to have a little chat with him as well so stay tuned in for that. Oh, and we also play a stack of toe-tappin', hip shakin', head spinnin' records too. Listen on Mixcloud right here. 

This show was originally broadcast on www.musicboxradio.co.uk and just to say this is going to be our last radio show for a while as we're taking some time out but we will back soooon, we promise! x

Here's the tracklist: 

Double Agent 7 -

The Lamplighters – Bebop Wino

Judy Harriet – Goliath

Dick Banks – Dirty Dog

The Fabulous Gardenias – What’s the Matter with Me?

The Cadillacs – Holy Smoke Baby

Billy the Kid – A Dancin’ Whippersnapper

Sinner Strong – Don’t Knock it

Ruby Lee – I’m Gonna Put the Watch on You

Conne Christmas - Big Chief 

Arthur Alexander – Baby Baby

Jerry Mcain – Twist ‘62

Chuck Fayne – Tokyo Stomp

The Latins – Habibi Twist

Sally Stanley – I’ll Have to Let You Go

MR. FINE WINE - 

Gus Jenkins and Orchestra, Copper Tan (Flash)

The Composers, You and Yours (Era)

The Soulsmen, It’s Hard but It’s Fair (Juggy)

Goodtime Charlie, Let Me Love You (Break Out)

The Starlets, Guitar Twist (Middle C)

The Wilder Brothers, Loca Chica (Fenwick)

Charlie Gabriel and His Sextet, Two Way Pa-Ka Way (Jam)

Jim Jackson, You Make Me Feel So Good (Space)

Prince Royals, Anna Mae (Kari)

Mo Jo and His Chi 4, She’s a Whole Lot’s a Woman (Adell)

Willie Wilcher, Hoopy Doo (Mary Jane)

Professor Shake ‘Em Up, Why You Wanna Leave Me (Double L)

Buddy Franklin, The Deacon (Reverb)

Deloris Ealy, I’ve Been Looking (Velvet)

Willie Robinson and Rockin Imperial, I Feel Alright (Stephanie)

Daniel Madison, It Don’t Matter Baby (Transnational)

Jarvis Jackson, Show Me (Sims)

Barbara Christian, Not Like You Boy (Brownie)

Tommy Dent, Soul Thing (Cobblestone)

John Wesley, Love Is Such a Funny Thing (Melic)

Ruby Johnson, Don’t Start Nothing (Neb’s)

The Out-Crowds, Shake Yourself (Newark)

George Woods, I Know You Got Someone Else (Hot Line)

James McMurry, I’m in a Trance (Southern City)

Charley Wynn, Action Time (Jim Gem)

Althea Allison, When It Rains It Pours (C-O-S)

Double Agent 7 -

Ruby Johnson – Keep On Keepin On

Jean Wells – Hello Baby Goodbye Too

Thelma Jones – Stronger

Barbara Carr – Don’t Knock Love

Willie Mitchell – That Driving Beat

Etta James – Fire

Margo Thunder – Expressway to your heart

Ted Taylor – You Give Me Nothing to Go On

The Thorton Sisters – I Keep Forgettin’

Mia Vergara – Mr. Doctor

Happy Birthday Jools!

Celebrating Julie Tippetts birthday with a performance of "Season Of The Witch" and some early interview footage. 

Watch Toronto's Hateful Snake live in 1984

Check out Toronto metal crew Hateful Snake performing "Dark Of Night" back in 1984. 

Before They Were Famous: Ronnie James Dio

Prior to his time in Rainbow and Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio (aka Ron Padavona) was rockin' with the Red Caps and Electric Elves. 

Cover Cop: Bloodshot Bill vs. Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Norton sought design inspiration from Sister Rosetta for Bloodshot Bill's 2013 album, The Lonesome Road.