Episode #190: Darkest Light

I feel our programmer-listener relationship is on solid enough ground that I can be honest when I, more of less, "phone it in," which especially happens with shows near the end of the calendar year. What's ticklish is that many of these reduced-energy, low-mojo shows end up being pretty good. This may be because I'm suspending much of the criteria by which I program songs, letting some unique quality items sneak onto the playlist. I think that happened this week. I feel as proud of this result as I am perturbed about the process. First World Problems R Us.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Freddie Roach	Party Time	1963	Blue Note
Big John Patton	Pig Foots	1963	Blue Note
Richard Groove Holmes	Soul Message	1965	Prestige
Shuggie Otis	One Room Country Shack	1969	Columbia
Letta Mbulu	Aredze	1967	Capitol
E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band	Save Me	1969	Decca (Nigeria)
Set 2
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Fire (She Need Water)	1970	Birchmount
The Nite-Liters	Itchy Brother	1970	RCA Victor
Maceo & All the King's Men	Better Half	1970	House of the Fox
Isaac Hayes	Good Love 6-9969	1971	Enterprise
Joe Cuba Sextette	Do You Feel It (Tu Lo Sientes?)	1972	Tico
The Fantastics	Something Old, Something New	1971	Bell
Gene Allison	Almost Sundown	1970	Ref-O-Ree
Set 3
Ruby Winters	I Will	1973	Polydor
Mike Longo	Like a Thief in the Night	1974	Groove Merchant
Lafayette Afro-Rock Band	Darkest Light	1974	Makossa Int'l
Gonzalez	Rissoled	1975	EMI
Black Heat	Zimba Ku	1975	Atlantic
Set 4/Outro
Trammps	Rubber Band	1975	Buddah
The Blackbyrds	Rock Creek Park	1975	Fantasy
Creative Source	I'd Find You Anywhere	1976	Polydor
George Duke	Dog-Man	1979	Epic
Teddy Pendergrass	You Can't Hide from Yourself	1977	Philadelphia Int'l
High Inergy	Lovin' Fever	1978	Gordy