Episode #217: Rise Above It All



Last Monday was the 50th anniversary of Funkadelic's Maggot Brain, an album now recognized as one of the greatest psychedelic albums of all time. I'd been planning on commemorating it by playing the title track on Star Time, and decided to build a show of psychedelic-ish '60s and '70s soul numbers around it. That took some trawling through some psych-soul compilations to find some of the rarer stuff. I think it's a pretty good lineup, though it's a stretch to call the Solomon Burke song psychedelic. More like hyper-aware disco.
ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1   
The Deidre Wilson TabacThe Other Side of Life1969RCA
Demon FuzzDisillusioned Man1970Janus
Sweet Linda DivineYoung Girl Blues1969Columbia
Muddy WatersTom Cat1968Cadet Concept
Sly & the Family StoneI Want to Take You Higher1969Epic
Set 2   
The New Rotary ConnectionI am the Black Gold of the Sun1971Cadet Concept
The TemptationsMessage From a Black Man1969Gordy
Rahsaan Roland KirkFreaks for the Festival1975Atlantic
Black NastyIt's Not the World1973Enterprise
Howlin' WolfDown in the Bottom1969Cadet Concept
Eugene McDanielsHeadless Heroes1971Atlantic
Set 3   
Solomon BurkeThanks, I Needed That1975Chess
The 5th DimensionRequiem: 820 Latham1967Soul City
Herbie HancockWiggle Waggle1969Warner Bros.
Joe HicksRusty Ol' Halo1973Enterprise
Black HeatCheck It All Out1974Atlantic
Set 4/Outro   
Saxie RussellPsychedelic Soul Part 11968Thomas
Shuggie OtisStrawberry Letter 231971Epic
Terry CallierHo Tsing Mee (A Song of the Sun)1972Cadet
Lee MosesCalifornia Dreaming1971Maple
FunkadelicMaggot Brain1971Westbound

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