The GO Mechanism is an audio Odyssey scientifically engineered and programed in the secret laboratory of Boogaloo Omnibus Productions by Phast Phreddie Patterson. The program incorporates ultra-phonic techniques not available to other broadcast entities. The G stands for GROOVE, and there is always plenty of GROOVE in each GO Mechanism. The O stands for O’Roony, an intricate and complex attitude that is incomprehensible to those who possess standard-issue precepts. Listen and you will hear.

The GO Mechanism is first aired on the Luxuria Music web streaming hustle as a Saturday Night Special; this one will air on March 14. It will then be available as a podcast on the Luxuria Music web site for a few weeks before we will put it into the Mixclouds.

In order to achieve total comprehension of this and every GO Mechanism, it is strongly recommended that one listens to it while reading this corresponding post. Here is a complete track listing of the records played on the program, as we do not stop to back-announce records.

Halfway into the GO there will be a Science Corner—a segment of the trip where we discuss a topic of musical importance. This Science Corner we will feature the great Australian surf combo The Atlantics.

Here we go!!!

• Earl Bostic—Lester Leaps In (King)
• Bud Powell—Wail (Blue Note)
• James Davis—Doodle Bee (Federal)

J.C. Davis was the saxophonist in James Brown’s band around 1960. At that time, Brown wanted to showcase his band on records but his record company wouldn’t let him. However, he was able to talk them into releasing an instrumental credited to James Davis with Brown’s band—that’s JB with the “doodle bug” shout outs. Soon after this, Brown’s band recorded “(Do the) Mashed Potatoes” and released it as by Nat Kendrick & the Swans—Kendrick being the drummer in JB’s band. That record was issued on a different label and became a sizeable R&B hit. Brown’s record company then gave him a little more leeway. After J.C. Davis left the James Brown show around 1961, he worked with Etta James and other R&B acts in their respective live shows and made some really cool records for Argo, Chess and New Day.

• Laurel Aitken—Last Night (Rainbow; UK)
• Okuno & his Afro-Calypsonians—Oboli (from LP Afro-U.S.A.; Imperial)
• The Ventures—Wack Wack—(From LP Guitar Freak-Out; Dolton)
• Chip Kinman—Let’s Go Dark Shark, edit—(from album The Great Confrontation; In The Red)
• Arthur Lee—You Can Save 50% but You’re Still a Long Way From Home (from LP Vindicator; A&M)
• Lord Sitar—Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in the Shadows (Capitol)
• Running Jumping Standing Still—Diddy Wah Diddy (Sunshine; Australia)

Running Jumping Standing Still was a group from Australia that was named after a short film by Richard Lester and Peter Sellers. The group formed in 1966 in Melbourne, released two singles that were heavily influenced by The Yardbirds in 1967, and was broken up by 1968. This version of the Bo Diddley song is one of the best—probably the only version better is the one by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band. Look for a great video of Running Jumping Standing Still performing the song on the youtubes.

• Eddie Kirk—Monkey Tonight (King)
• The Loons—Blue Ether (Dirty Water; UK)

We briefly met Mike Stax when he was in the fabulous Crawdaddys back in the eighties. Since around 1983 he has been the publisher of a fantastic fanzine dedicated to the boss sounds of the sixties (“wild sounds from the past dimensions”) called Ugly Things. In the middle of the nineties he formed a band that incorporated all the elements of the music he loved and called it The Loons. Somehow, “Blue Ether” came to our attention and we can’t get enough of it so we finally had to share it with the GO Mechanism faithful.

• Stanley Black & His Orchestra—Caravan (from LP Exotic Percussion; London)
• Marvin Gaye—You’re What’s Happening (In the World Today) (Tamla)
• Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra—Theme From “The Cool World” (from album The Cool World, soundtrack; Philips)
• —spoken—Robert Hardy—Will It Be So Again (from LP Will It Be So Again; Argo; UK)
• Spanky Wilson—Sunshine of Your Love (BGP; UK)
• Kai Winding—Comin’ Home Baby (from LP Soul Surfin’; Verve)
• The Temptations—Ball of Confusion (backing track) (Gordy)
• Son Rompe Pere—¡Ay David! (from album Batuco; Aya; Europe)
• The Stooges—Slide (Slidin’ Blues) (from album 1970: Complete Fun House Sessions; Rhino)
• Pharoah Sanders—Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt—edit (from LP Tauhid; Impulse)
• The Grass Roots—Feelings (Dunhill)

———The Science Corner———

• The Atlantics—Bombora (CBS; Netherlands)
• Tom Gardner—Illudium !-36 (bed music)
• The Atlanticis—The Crusher (CBS Australia)
• The Atlantics—War of the Worlds (CBS; Australia)

According to the website discogs.com, there ave been about 40 different acts that have called themselves ‘The Atlantics.’ The Atlantics that we are concerned with today was a fantastic surf band from Australia. We’ve heard a couple of Atlantics records in previous GO Mechanisms, but today we’ll tell their story. The band’s guitar-driven instrumentals explode with excitement. Obviously influenced by the British group The Shadows, The Atlantics would build on that and often work their instruments in unconventional ways—much like The Yardbirds in 1965. The Atlantics were formed in 1961 and began issuing records two years later. The group’s first single, “Moon Man,” didn’t do so well, but the second, “Bombora,” went to the top of the Australian pop charts in 1963. Also, it was released in several markets around the world—including the U.S. We started The Science Corner with the song. Bombora is an indigenous Australian word for dangerous waves—thus they thought of themselves as a surf combo—of which there were many in Australia at the time. The Atlantic’s next single was “The Crusher,” another reference to dangerous surfing conditions. This record was modeled after “Bombora” but has a hot drum break in the middle. The third track we listen to in The Science Corner is “War of the Worlds.” This is a science fiction mini space opera: it builds to a peak when the martians invade then changes tempo a few times. The guitars are employed in a way that became more popular during the psychedelic era that followed. The record was issued in the U.S., but some dipshit at Columbia Records edited more than a minute out of it for domestic release! The full Australian version is heard in The Science Corner.

• Ted Auletta & His Orchestra—Voodoo Moon (Enlloro) (from LP Exotica; Cameo)
• Lee Dresser—El Camino Real (Amos)

Lee Dresser began his musical career as a Rock’n’Roll singer in the Kansas City area around 1957 when he formed The Krazy Kats right out of high school. His early records, such as “Beat Out My Love” and “Wiggly Little Mama” are cool rockabilly records that were issued around 1960 or so. In 1967, Dresser was drafted and served in Viet Nam. After his discharge in 1969, he settled in Los Angeles to further his music career. He cut a folk/rock/pop album in the vein of those Johnny Rivers “Live at the Whiskey A’ Go-Go” records. Dresser’s album had a few bright moments—one of them being “El Camino Real.” When the record didn’t burn up the charts, he became a guitarist in the touring bands of several well known, mostly country, acts and played in small clubs in the San Fernando Valley. During the eighties he returned to Kansas City and reformed The Krazy Kats to play around the Midwest. He died of leukemia in 2014.

• Brass Rail—Do the Penguin (Part 1) (Buddah)
• Manuel Villanueva y su Orquesta—El Estereophonica (from album Cumbias y Gaitas Famosas 3; Discos Fuentes; Colombia)
• Barbara Lewis—Break Away (from album The Many Grooves of Barbara Lewis; Enterprise)
• Charles Mingus—Original Faubus Fables (edit) (from album Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus; Candid)

This Charles Mingus composition was origiinally recorded in 1959 for his album Mingus Ah Um. However, his record company (Columbia Records) wouldn’t let him use the politically charged lyrics that mocked the then-governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, who wouldn’t allow nine black teen agers to attend a white high school in Little Rock. It took direct intervention by the president—Dwight Eisenhower (the last decent Republican president)—to allow the kids into the school. After his contract with Columbia was over, Mingus recorded the song with the lyrics, a call and response between him and drummer Dannie Richmond. In order to get to the point, the GO Mechanism producers have edited out the solos so that only the important vocal parts remain.

• The Golden Cups—Love Is My Life (Capitol; Japan)
• Guem—Foret Vierge (from album Percussion; Le Chant du Monde; France)
• —spoken—Jack Kerouac—excerpt from Subterraneans
• Culture—Two Sevens Clash (from LP Two Sevens Clash; Joe Gibbs Record Globe; Jamaica)
• Bo Diddley—Crawdad (Checker)
• Steve Reich—Four Organs (& Maracas) (excerpt from LP Three Dances & Four Organs; Angel)
• —spoken—Oweinama Biu—Pity the Nation (Lawrence Ferlinghetti after Kahil Gibran)
• Booker T & the M.G.’s—Wang Dang Doodle (from album Booker T & the M.G.’s Play the “Hip Hits”; Stax/Ace; UK)

During the nineties, British record company Ace Records went through the old Stax Records tapes and issued a bunch of stuff that had never been released before. One of the best things they did was assemble this Booker T. & the M.G.’s album called Hip Hits, where the band covers songs that were popular during the sixties. All 25 tracks are good; in fact, this may be our all-time favorite Booker T. & the M.G.’s album, with the group’s version of “Wang Dang Doodle” being a stand-out. Some of Steve Croppers best guitar playing is right here—and it sat on a shelf in Memphis for about thirty years before anyone could hear it! 

• Millie Small—Carry Go Bring Come (Fontana; UK)
• Claude Righi—Machine (Riviera; France)
• The Road Runners—Road Runnah (Falsted)
• Curtis Mayfield—Freddie’s Dead (GO edit) (from LP Superfly; Curtom)
• The Atlantics—Come On (Sunshine; Australia)

In 1965, instrumental music was going out of fashion and the subject of today’s Sciene Corner, The Atlantics, decided to reinvent themselves. They added a singer, Johnny Rebb. Rebb was already a rock star in Australia having released several hit singles starting around 1959. After he joined the group, Rebb released some solo records backed by The Atlantics, and also sang on actual records by the group. In 1967, they cut a version of The Beau Brummels’ “You Tell Me Why” and the flip side was this song, “Come On,” an extremely great example of Ausie freak beat; we end this GO Mechanism with this fabulous record.

Once again, we thank the Luxuria Music folks for sponsoring The GO. The GO Mechanism producers ask each of you to go to Luxuria Music and find out how you can help support them. They have a lot of cool trash available in their online store. We urge you to get as much money as you can, stuff it into a shoe box and send it to Luxuria Music. Do it today.

Also, we’d like to thank the excellent cartoonist Mary Fleener for allowing us to use one of her images for our graphic. We have known Ms. Fleener since the early seventies when she was dating (and eventually married) the guitarist of the great proto-punk rock band The Imperial Dogs. Her art is amazing—some of it can be seen on her facedog page. Find out more about her HERE, HERE and HERE.

If you missed the original airing on Luxuria Music, you can find it as a podcast on its website [ RIGHT HERE—after it airs] for a few weeks, and then it will be posted in the Mixclouds and accessible below.

On February 7, the Shim Sham Shimmy took place on what may have been the coldest night of the year—with temperatures going below zero! The fear was that no on would turn out for the Shimmy. However, the fear was all in vain; dozens of folks came out to swing with DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Salt Box in Kingston.

It turned out to be a great night, with folks boppin’ all over the place, and with Miss Nancy’s fabulous coconut blondies, it was sweet indeed!

Pete and Phast traded short sets of five records each all night, which kept the DJs on their toes and totally involved.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the February Shim Sham Shimmy:

• Horace Silver–You Gotta Take a Little Love (Blue Note)
• Fat Daddy Holmes–Where Yo Is (Jet)
• Jerry Reed and the Hully Girlies–I’m Movin’ On (Columbia)
• Billy Clark & His Orch.–Tonker (Nale)
• Donnie Elbert–Hey Baby (Vee-Jay)
• Stu Gardner–Stop By Here (United Artists)
• Memphis Slim–Chunkin (Calumet; France)
• Eddie Bo–Warm Daddy (Ric)
• Eddie Holland–It Moves Me (United Artists)
• Mose Allison–Foolkiller (Atlantic)
• Sonny Boy Williamson–Fattening Frogs for Snakes (Checker)
• Jonathan Winters with the Martians–Nee Nee Na Na Na Na N Nu Nu (Coral)
• Neil Sedaka–I Go Ape (RCA Victor)
• Jaycee Hill–Bump! (Epic)
• John Lee Hooker–Big Legs, Tight Skirt (Vee-Jay)
• Tommy Ridgley and Orchestra–Ooh Lawdy My Baby (Atlantic)
• Henry Lumpkin–Mo Jo Hanna (Motown)
• Nicole Delarc–Twiste et Chante (Panorama; France)
• Eddie Jefferson–Psychedelic Sally (Prestige)
• Freddy King–Side Tracked (Federal)
• Red Rodney Sextet; Bobby Savitt on tenor sax–Dig This Menu Please (OKeh)
• The Mystics–Hushabye (Laurie)
• Lilyann Carol and the Jan Raye Quartet–Ooo-Poppa-Doo (Mercury)
• Slim Gaillard–Cement Mixer (Putti Putti) (Era)
• Nat “King” Cole with Dave Cavanaugh’s Music–Do I Like It (Capitol)
• Arlene Williams–Duck ”All Over Town” (Part One) (Musette)
• Toño Quirazco–Batman (Orfeon; Mexico)
• The “Rockin” Ramrods–Jungle Call (Explosive)
• James Brown and the Famous Flames–This Old Heart (Federal)
• Tommy McLain–Sticks & Stones (Jin)
• The Dave Bartholomew Orchestra–Wild as a Tiger (Trumpet)
• The Fabulous Joe Houston and His Band–Go Joe Go (Lucky)
• The Tyrones–Year Round Love (Mercury)
• Piano Red–Jump Man Jump (Groove)
• Frankie Marshall–Every Minute of the Day (Atco)
• Roy Milton and His Orchestra–Fools Are Scarcer (Dooto)
• Tico & the Triumphs–Express Train (Amy)
• Blues Rockers–Calling All Cows (Excello)
• The Isley Brothers–Wild Little Tiger (Atlantic)
• The Platters—Bark, Battle and Ball (Mercury)
• The Monitors–Mama Linda (Specialty)
• The Thornton Sisters–Watch Your Step (Bobsan)
• The Dells–Swingin’ Teens (Vee-Jay)
• The Busters–All American Surfer (Arlen)
• I New Dada–T-Bird (Bluebell; Italy)
• Pearl Galloway–Get Wit It (Amp 3)
• The Dardenelles featuring Little Bo–Baby Do the Froog (Cameo)
• Karl Holmes et les Commanders–Come On [from EP Stop Op!] (Barclay; France)
• Bo Diddley–The Twister (Pye International; UK)
• Chubby Checker–Twist Train [from EP For Twisters Only] (Columbia; France)
• Ted Jarrett & Band–(Let’s Twist) Slow and Easy (Spark)
• Darron Lee–Everybody’s Twisting (Myrl)
• Jack Harris and the Arabians–Son of a Twister (Witch)
• John Mayall with Eric Clapton & the Blues Breakers–Hideaway (London)
• Lala Wilson Band–Flea Pot (Aura)
• Dick Stanford & the Teenbeats–Money Honey (Dode)
• Chuck Carbo–Be My Girl (Rex)
• Chris Kenner–Rocket to the Moon (Ron)
• Howlin’ Wolf–My Mind Is Ramblin’ (Chess)
• Junior Wells–You Oughta Quit That (Bright Star)
• Emmett Davis–You Changed My Night Into Day (Fling)
• T.L. Clemons and Combo–Let’s Jerk (Combo)
• The Rising Sons–The Devil’s Got My Woman (Columbia)
• Alf Newman–It’s A Gas (Golden 12; Germany)

None of these records are for sale.

January 31 was the fifth Saturday of the month. That means it was Funky Kingston night, and so, Funky Kingston rolled into the venerable Salt Box with much fanfare. This actually marked the last time the Funky Kingston will be held on a fifth Saturday. Going forward, the Funky Kingston will now be held on every other third Saturday night, starting in March. It will be alternating third Saturdays with Pete Pop’s new concoction, Shingaling Boogaloo—an evening of jumping around to exotic, Afro-Cuban rhythms and other hot stuff from south of the border.

Meanwhile, January 31 was one of the coldest nights of the year. However, inside the Salt Box was some of the hottest music imaginable: about six hours of super bad funk and reggae records played by host Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and his special guest DJ Mikey Post of Daptone Records.

The place was packed most of the night. Miss Nancy brought brownies and chex mix. The adjacent food truck was in full operation (the cold weather had it literally steaming!) and the Phast Man partook in its excellent French fries.

Our pal Sean McDJ (whose DJ night Smash! Crash! Bash! is a must attend event on the last Friday of the month at the Salt Box) got into a deep conversation with Mikey Post about growing up in the same town in Long Island. It’s a small world after all!

Mr. Post played some fantastic records, including a test pressing of Daptone product that won’t be available until the spring. We’re looking forward to seeing it race up the charts!

For his part, Phast Phreddie played a bunch of funky records, some reggae records and a few other interesting things, including a bunch of “thing” records. Here’s a list of it all:

• Tribe–Funky Kingston (Grenade)
• The Cals–Amazon Bossa Nova (Loadstone)
• Darnell Simpkins and the Family Tree–The Whip (Part I) (SCM)
• Lionel Hampton and His New York Jazz All Stars–Blackout – Part One (Vantage)
• Zip-Codes–Sweet Meat Part 1 (Better)
• Jesse Gresham Plus 3–Shootin’ the Grease (Head)
• Billy Preston–Outa-Space (A&M)
• The PutBacks–Busted (Hope Street)
• The J.B.’s with James Brown–Everybody Wanna Get Funky One More Time – Part1 (People)
• Bobby Marchan–Push the Button (Ace)
• Pace-Setters–Push on Jessie Jackson (Kent)
• Fela Ransome Kuti and the Africa ’70–Egbe Mi O (Regal Zonophone; UK)
• Willie Williams–Armagedeon Time (Studio One; Jamaica)
• Night Owls featuring The Lions with Alex Désert–Hercules (F Spot)
• Spanky Wilson–Sunshine of Your Love (BGP; UK)
• Archie Shepp–Attica Blues (Impulse/Mr. Bongo)
• Abram & Néstor–Four Minutes of Funk (Original Gravity; UK)
• Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs–The Four Corners (Veep)
• Earl King–Tic Tac Toe (Wand)
• Tappa Zukie–Man a Warrior (Stars; Jamaica)
• Big Youth–What’s Going On (Trojan; UK)
• Marie Franklin–I Don’t Need No Man (Tangerine)
• James Brown–Papa Don’t Take No Mess – Part II (Polydor)
• Joseph Henry–I Feel Right (Desco)
• Joe Quarterman & Free Soul–(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (Pt. 1) (GSF)
• The Marvels–Rock Steady (Pama Supreme)
• Lou Courtney–Hot Butter ’n All – Part 1 (Hurdy-Gurdy)
• The Eddy Jacobs Exchange–Pull My Coat (Columbia)
• Bobby Williams and His Orchestra–Funky Super Fly – Pt. I (Duplex)
• Titus Turner–Do You Dig It (Josie)
• Detroit Jr.–Young Blood (Tip-Top)
• All the People featuring Robert Moore–Cramp Your Style (Blue Candle)
• Wild Tchoupitoulas–Big Chief Got Golden Crown (Island)
• Maytals–Funky Kingston (Shelter)
• Jimmie Willis–Soul Power Pt. 1 (ORR)
• The People’s Choice–Let Me Do My Thing (Phil-L.A. of Soul)
• Frank Williams Rocketeers featuring Little Beaver–Good Thing (Part 1) (Lloyd)
• Ted Taylor–Funky Thing (Ronn)
• The T.S.U. Toronadoes–My Thing Is a Moving Thing (Volt)
• Winfield Parker–Shake That Thing (Arctic)
• Curtis Johnson–Sho-Nuff the Real Thing (Pelican)
• Vivi Hernández y su Conjunto–Tocando Macizas (Eclypse)
• Los Melodicos–Pow Wow (Tropical Tigers; Europe)
• Damaso Perez Prado y su Orquesta–Mexico 70 (Orfeon; Mexico)
• The Cliffs of Rhythms Band–The Boogaloo Popeye (Dit Dot)
• Bobby Wright & the Burners–Hookaboo Pt 2 (Toy)
• Magic Sam–I’ll Pay You Back (Bright Star)
• Esther Phillips–Home Is Where the Hatred Is (Kudu)
• Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings–Little Boys With Shiny Toys (Daptone)
• Paul Serrano & the Latin Souls–Latin Soul Boo-Ga-Loo – Part I (Met)
• Rita Marley–Man to Man (Tuff Gong; Jamica)
• Don Julian and the Larks–Shorty the Pimp – Part 1 (Money)
• Martini’s–Hung Over (Bar)

None of these records are for sale.

Our friends Sean McDJ and Peter Aaron have a groovy DJ night called Smash! Crash! Bash! that is held on the last Friday of the month at the Salt Box in Kingston, NY. On these nights, these two play predominantly New Wave and Punk records from the seventies and early eights. They play other stuff, too: sixties garage rock, soul, funk, power pop, reggae… whatever they please, but they seem to lean on the New Wave and Punk stuff. The last Friday in December landed on the 26th—the day after Christmas. Both DJs have families that live several hours away and both DJs wanted to be with their families during the holiday season. Who can blame them? So they asked Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus to fill in for them—as they did on the day after Thanksgiving. However, a monster snow storm blew in on December 26 and the Salt Box decided to close down for the night in stead of serving their tasty alcoholic beverages to folks who may not be able to drive home safely in the storm. Thus, after rounding up a another helping of appropriate records for the night, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus missed out on another opportunity to play them.

Or did they?

At the next Shim Sham Shimmy, Pete and Phast approached Salt Box management and offered a proposition. Pete and Phast would like to DJ on the third Saturday of the month. For the first one they’ll play the records they pulled for Smash! Crash! Bash! Then, going forward, they will alternate a Latin Boogaloo night with the Funky Kingston. That means Funky Kingston will now take place six times a year instead of four. Also, it means that Pete Pop will get his Latin Boogaloo night (yet to be named) that he’s been wanting to do for so long.

So on January 17, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus dragged their records up the stairs to the Rumpus Room at the Salt Box and played their New Wave records. We do mean ‘dragged!’ Pete Pop and Phast both decided that it was copacetic to play LPs, however Phast only brought about eight and Pete brought eight crates!!! The event was called Wig Wam Bam and it was an exciting night of rockin’ trash from mostly the seventies. The place jumped from around 8:30 or so until they kicked everyone out around 3:00 AM. Folks were boppin’ all night. Miss Nancy supplied brownies and chex mix. Attendees supplied foot stomps, hand claps and ‘yippeees!’

The Wig Wam Bam was a blast. Will there be another? Who knows; perhaps it can be squeezed into one or two of the third Saturdays this year. Anyway, here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Wig Wam Bam—including many by his close personal friends:

• Elliott Murphy–Graveyard Scrapbook (Polydor)
• John Lennon–Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (Apple)
• The Elevator Operators–As Jenny Ages (Clarke)
• The Style Council–Speak Like a Child (Polydor; UK)
• Chariot–Un Poco de Animo (Munster; Spain)
• The Pop–Hit and Run Lover (Back Door Man)
• Dr. Feelgood–Back in the Night (United Artists; UK)
• Elvis Costello and the Attractions–Radio Radio (Radar; UK)
• Backstage Pass–Let Me Show You Love (Hozac)
• The Dickies–Nights in White Satin (A&M)
• Stalkers–In Your Street Today (New York Night Train)
• The Plimsouls–Hypnotized [from EP Zero Hour] (Beat)
• X–Blue Spark (Elektra)
• The Fall–Cruiser’s Creek (Beggars Banquet; UK)
• The Clash–London’s Burning (CBS; UK)
• Blue Öyster Cult–Career of Evil (Columbia)
• The Adverts–Gary Gilmore’s Eyes (Anchor; UK)
• The Zeros–Wild Weekend (Bomp!)
• The Weirdos–We Got the Neutron Bomb (Dangerhouse)
• The Prissteens–The Hound (Ectoplasm)
• Eater–Thinkin’ of the U.S.A. (The Label; UK)
• The Iguanas–Mona (Forte)
• Underdogs–Get Down on Your Knees (Hideout)
• The Other Half–Mr. Pharmacist (GNP Crescendo)
• The Sparkles–Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help) (Hickory)
• The Ardells–Stronger Than Dirt (Thor)
• Charanjit Singh–Hey Mujhe Dil De [from LP Instrumental Film Tunes] (Odeon; India)
• Captain Beefheart–Click Clack (Reprise)
• Yellow Magic Orchestra–Tighten Up/Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please (Alfa; Japan)
• The Twinkeyz–Aliens in our Midst (Grok)
• Sea Monkeys–Food Emporium (Vital Music)
• Shocking Blue–Send Me a Post Card (Pink Elephant; France)
• Karen Verros–You Just gotta Know My Mind (Ace; UK)
• Be Bop Deluxe–Maid in Heaven (Harvest)
• Christopher Milk–I Want to Hold Your Hand (Reprise)
• New York Dolls–Who Are the Mystery Girls? (Mercury)
• David Bowie–Queen Bitch (RCA Victor)
• Silverhead–Rolling With My Baby (Purple; UK)
• Mott the Hoople–Sweet Jane (Columbia)
• Raspberries–Ecstacy (Capitol)
• Wizzard–I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Harvest; UK)
• Bonzo Dog Band–King of Scurf (United Artists)
• The Neapolitans featuring The Essentials–Crosstown Traffic (Hot Funky & Sweaty; UK)
• Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention–Tears Began to Fall (Bizarre)
• X-O-Dus–See Them A’Come (Factory; UK)
• The Urinals–I’m a Bug [from EP Another EP] (Happy Squid)
• The Long Ryders–Southside of the Story (Island; UK)
• The Plimsouls–Playing With Jack (Bam Balam; Spain)
• The Last–Weekend Girl (Backlash/House Arrest)
• Dave Alvin–Fourth of July (Demon; UK)
• The Fleshtones featuring the Vindicators–Festa di Frankenstein (Yep Roc)
• Mouse and the Traps–Wicker Vine (Bell)
• Lou Reed–I Can’t Stand It (RCA)
• Lee Dresser–El Camino Real (Amos)
• Van Morrison–Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile) (Warner Bros.)
• Garland Jeffreys–Wild in the Streets (Atlantic)
• Buzz and the Flyers–You Crazy Gal You (Sing Sing)
• The Whyos–Full Arms and an Empty Heart (Fake Doom)
• The Blasters–Blue Shadows (MCA)
• Vibeke Saugestad Band–Hey Now Sunshine (Red Chuck)
• The Black Diamonds–See the Way (Festival; Australia)

None of these records are for sale.

The GO Mechanism is an audio Odyssey scientifically engineered and programed in the secret laboratory of Boogaloo Omnibus Productions. It incorporates ultra-phonic techniques not available to other broadcast entities. The G stands for GROOVE, and there is always plenty of GROOVE in each GO Mechanism. The O stands for O’Roony, an intricate and complex attitude that is incomprehensible to those who possess standard-issue precepts. Listen and you will hear.

The GO Mechanism is first aired on the Luxuria Music web streaming hustle as a Saturday Night Special; this will air on January 24. It will then be available as a podcast on the Luxuria Music web site for a few weeks, then we will put it into the Mixclouds.

In order to achieve total comprehension of this and every GO Mechanism, it is strongly recommended that one listens to it while reading this corresponding post. This has a complete track listing of the records played on the program, as we do not stop to back-announce records.

Halfway into the GO there will be a Science Corner—a segment of the trip where we discuss a topic of musical importance. This Science Corner we will feature three instrumentals by the backing bands of soul and R&B legends.

Here we GO:

• Earl Bostic—Lester Leaps In (King) [GO Mechanism Theme Song]

• Roland Kirk—From Bechet, Fats and Byas (from album Rip, Rig and Panic; Limelight)
• ———On this track, Roland Kirk salutes some of the musicians who have inspired him: Sidney Bechet, Fats Waller and Don Byas. The album from which this recording was first issued, Rip, Rig and Panic, was originally released with a fold-out, die-cut, gatefold cover with photos and liner notes on the inside. In the notes, Kirk explains his music and the title of the album. (The track was recorded and released before Kirk added “Rahsaan” to his name, thus we don’t use it here.)
• [spoken] Adrian Henri reads his “Tonight at Noon”
• Olatunji and his Percussion, Brass and Choir—Ajua (from LP Zungo!; Columbia)
• Dale Serano—Ou-Wee Man (Stix)

• Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros—La Pollerona (from LP Cumbias de Colombia; Discos Fuentes; Colombia)
• ———Pedro Laza was a band leader from Colombia who specialized in a regional musical style called porro. He and his band, The Pelayeros, also played cumbias, gaitas, fandangos and mapalé. His career started in the thirties and reached the peak of its popularity in the sixties. All of his records were issued by the Colombian record company Discos Fuentes.
• The Century-Five—La Moomba Kasa Boo Boo Cha Cha Cha (Belmont)
• Gil Scott-Heron—The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (from LP Small Talk at 125th and Lennox; Flying Dutchman)
• Iron Butterfly—In the Time of Our Lives (from LP Ball; Atco)
• Laika & the Cosmonauts—Caravan (from album Surf’s You Right; Texicala; Finland)
• Big Joe Tuner—Roll ‘Em Pete (from LP Boss of the Blues; Atlantic)
• Charlie Parker—A Night in Tunisia (Savoy)

• Biggie Ratt—Escape (Apt)
• ———“Escape” is a minimalist funk instrumental that is driven by some serious percussion action. It’s possible that the drummer is Vernon Garrett, an underrated journeyman R&B singer, as he was known to play drums; plus he is the vocalist on the flip side, “We Don’t Need No Music” (although not credited). Garrett also is a known guitarist, so maybe he’s the guitarist. This record was originally issued on the Watts U.S.A. label that also released several other singles by Garrett. Garrett appeared at one of the fabulous Dig Deeper shows in Brooklyn in 2010 and that was certainly a gas.

• Los Bravos—La Moto (Columbia; Spain)
• ———Los Bravos was a Spanish group that had a couple hits in the U.S., the biggest being “Black Is Black.” Most of the group’s records were recorded in London and sung in English. “La Moto” is sung in Spanish and it’s about the singer’s desire to ride around on a motorcycle that he can’t afford.
• Don Randi Trio +—Tomorrow Never Knows (from LP Revolver Jazz; Reprise)

• The Last—Jungle Book (from LP Look Again; Backlash/House Arrest)
• ———In 1980, The Last recorded an album that never came out. Test pressings were made in order to shop it to record companies (and some lucky fans received copies) but it never had a cover and it was never really released. Look Again is actually the group’s best, most comprehensive album. About five years ago, the tapes were dug up and remixed the way they should have been in the first place and given a proper release. It is highly recommended to all GO Mechanism listeners. “Jungle Book” is a Jeffrey Lee Pierce composition that was written for his pre-Gun Club band The Red Lights.
• The Remo Four—Peter Gun (Piccadilly; UK)
• Budos Band—Seizure (Daptone)
• Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band—Dachau Blues (instrumental) (from album Grow Fins; Revenant)
• Chocolate Watchband—No Way Out (from album No Way Out; Tower)
• Steve Reigh—Four Organs (& Maracas) (excerpt) (from LP Three Dances & Four Organs; Angel)
• Tom Paxton—Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney (from album Ain’t That Good News; Elektra)
• ———Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney were Civil Rights Movement activists who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1964 in Mississippi. Some of those involved in the murders were members of local law enforcement. News of these killings was among the deciding factors in the passing of the Civli Rights Act later that year, signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. Up until that moment, the South had been mostly Democrat voters—in opposition to the Republican Abraham Lincoln who freed the slaves. After Johnson signed the bill, the South, almost over night, switched to the Republican Party.

—-Science Corner—-
In this edition of The Science Corner we listen to three instrumentals recorded by three different backing bands belonging to three soul and R&B legends. In a typical blues or R&B concert, the backing band would often take the stage and perform a few songs before the star comes out to perform. This is called, ‘the walk-on.’ The band that an R&B singer tours with is often not the same band that he records with. However, in today’s Science Corner, we will listen to three recordings by bands that are nominally the backing bands of great singers.

• First is “Just a Little Bit of Soul” by The Chuck Jackson Orchestra. Chuck Jackson placed about 20 records in the Billboard R&B charts between 1960 and 1980.

• Next up is “Oon-Guela Part One” by The Joe Simon Band. Joe Simon racked up nearly fifty R&B hits between 1965 and 1981.

• This is followed by “Chocolate Cherry” by The Joe Tex Band. Joe Tex landed more than thirty records into the R&B charts between 1965 and 1978.

• Mohamed Jerrari—Sidi Mansour (Elfen; France )
• ——— “Sidi Mansour” is a Tunisian folk song that was turned into a major pan-Arab hit in 2000 by Saber Rebaï and has since been covered and sampled several times. The version here comes to us from the mid-seventies (we think) by Mohamed Jerrari, a Tunisian musician.
• The Sharp Hawks—Itsumo No Tokoro De (King; Japan)

• Sil Austin; vocal: Lester Young—The Girl With the Foxy Frame (Mercury)
• ———Sil Austin was a tenor saxophonist whose “Slow Walk” was a bluesy and greasy instrumental that hit Number Three on the R&B charts in 1956. Many of Austin’s records were boss, rockin’ and honkin’ sax workouts. “Girl With the Foxy Frame” is one of his few releases that feature a vocalist—in this case a fellow named Lester Young. This guy is not to be confused with the legendary jazz saxophonist (and composer of GO Mechanism theme song, “Lester Leaps In”). We believe that this Lester Young is the same one who cut the cool R&B records “Barefoot Time in Chinatown” and “Wobble Time.” The flipside is a hot R&B rocker with a tuff guitar solo which we’ll feature in a future GO.
• Freek’s Garage—Operation Fullerton (Bandcamp)
• Darlene Love—Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (from LP A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector; Philles)
• The Atlantics—Rumble and Run (CBS; Australia)
• Pierre Boulez: Ensemble InterContemporain—Varèse: Intégrales (from album Varèse: Arcana Amériques, Ionisation, Etc.; Sony Classical)
• [spoken] Ian Holm reads “How to Kill” by Keith Douglas (from LP Will It Be So Again? Argo; UK)
• Jeff Bridges—Big Lebowski Mega Mix (GO Mechanism exclusive)
• Mighty Sparrow—Calypso Boogaloo (from LP Calypso Carnival; RA; Trinidad)
• The Squires—Going All the Way (Atco)
• Dave Hamilton—Can You Dig It? (Remind)
• Red Rodney Sextet—Dig This Menu Please (OKeh)
• Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band—Japan Is a Dishpan (from LP Lick My Decals Off Baby; Straight)
• [spoken] I Am the Walrus (lyrics read by nice AI lady)

• Takeshi Terauchi & the Blue Jeans—Ski-A-Go-Go (King; Japan)
• ——— Takeshi Terauchi was a legend in Japan and among those who take guitar playing very seriously. Terauchi, also known as Terry, was fantastic and his music has appeared in several previous GO Mechanisms; and will be in future ones, for sure. To the untrained ear, one would call his sound ‘surf music,’ but really, he was beyond that. In Japan, his style was called Eleki—for electric beat. One listen to the song here, “Ski-A-Go-Go,” and you will hear how completely unique his style was.
• Curtis Mayfield—Freddie’s Dead (GO edit) (Curtom)
• Swan Court—The F-Word (youtube)
• ———This is a song we found on the Youtubes. There is not a lot of information regarding the song or artist, so we guess that it was generated by Artificial Intelligence. We could be wrong, and we would be happy to be proven so. However, “The F-Word” is a very topical song that clearly applies to current events. Vote accordingly.

Once again, we thank the Luxuria Music folks for sponsoring The GO. The GO Mechanism producers ask each of you to go to Luxuria Music and find out how you can help support them. They have a lot of cool trash available in their online store. We urge you to get as much money as you can, stuff it into a shoe box and send it to Luxuria Music. Do it today.

If you missed the original airing on Luxuria Music, you can find it as a podcast on its website [ RIGHT HERE] for a few weeks, and then it will be posted in the Mixclouds and accessible below.

The first Do The 45 of the year got off to a terrific start! Lots of folks showed up to jump around. It took place on January 9 and Quinn’s was hoppin’ all night with folks slurping their ramen noodles and boppin’ to the wild sounds put down by the DJs, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus. Miss Nancy made flower-shaped chocolate sugar cookies and chex mix. Bella Bombora danced around and was often joined on the raised dance floor by swingin’ folks who dig the music.

Pete and Phast have settled into their new DJ format quite nicely—with each selector alternating sets of five songs. Sometimes the songs are related; sometimes they’re not. But it’s all in fun.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the January Do The 45:

• Quincy Jones and His Orchestra–The ‘In’ Crowd [from EP Quincy Plays for Pussycats] (Mercury)
• The Spotnicks–Space Party [from EP Karella] (Polydor; Japan)
• Geno Washington & the Ramjam Band–Beach Bash (Congress)
• Jan Davis–Run for Your Life (White Whale)
• Gabriel and the Angels–Chumba (Amy)
• Twistin’ Kings–Xmas Twist (Motown)
• Andrea Carroll–The Doolang (Bigtop)
• Nana Kinomi–Go-Kart Twist (King; Japan)
• Little Jerry–(I’ll Always Remember) Chapel on the Hill (Aldo)
• The Fugitives–Bo Diddley (Shoestring)
• James Brown and His Orchestra–Out of Sight (Smash)
• Sound Dimension–Time Is Tight (Studio One/Soul Jazz; UK)
• Dave Dee, Dozy, Beacky Mick & Tich–Hands Off (Fontana; France)
• The Surfaris–Don’t Hurt My Little Sister (Decca)
• Lorraine Myra–Vingt Cinq Ans (Rusticana; Canada)
• Eddie & the Showmen–Mr. Rebel (Liberty)
• The Animals–I’m Crying (M-G-M)
• Shaggy Men–Les Parents (Télédisc; Canada)
• Rocky Roberts and the Airedales–E Lasclatemi Stare (Durium)
• Toño Quirazco y su Conjunto–Shat Goon (Orfeon; Mexico)
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band–Abba Zaba (Buddah)
• Los Brillos–Sookie Sookie (Falcon)
• Eddie Holland–Leaving Here (Motown)
• Billy Butler–Right Track (OKeh)
• The Glories–I Stand Accused (Of Loving You) (Date)
• Candy & the Kisses–The Last Time (Scepter)
• Randy Fuller Four–The Things You Do (President; UK)
• Wee and the Revelations–Somebody to Love (Ryder)
• The Doors–Take It As It Comes (Elektra; UK)
• The Beatles–Sie Liebt Dich (Odeon; Germany)
• Dennis Coffey–Whole Lot of Love [from EP LP Sampler] (Sussex)
• The Attack–Any More Than I Do (Decca; UK)
• The Action–Hey Sha-Lo-Ney (Edsel; UK)
• The Dave Clark Five–At the Scene (Epic)
• The Atlantics–Come On (Sunshine; Australia)
• The Rumblers–It’s a Gas (Dot)
• The Pilgrimage–You Satisfy Me (Mercury)
• The Honeycombs–Can’t Get Through to You (Warner Bros.)
• The Quid–Crazy Things (Eagle; Canada)
• Beverley–Happy New Year (Deram)
• The Pacers featuring Bobby Crafford–Diddley Diddley Daddy (Razoback)
• The Accents–Road Runner (Garrett)
• Barbara Greene–Long Tall Sally (Atco)
• The Princeton Five–Summertime Blues (Princeton)
• Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited–Phantom Rider (Sheep; Switzerland)
• Thee Allyrgic Reaction–Small Steps (Disques Rogue; France)
• The Sound Minds–She Won’t Stay for Long (Go-Time)
• The Bo-Keys–Wind-Up Monkey (Electraphonic)
• Brian Diamond and the Cutters–Shake Shout and Go (Fontana)
• The Hour Glass–I Still Want Your Love (Liberty)
• Diane Renay–Dynamite (United Artists)
• Los Sirex–El Tren de la Costa (Vergara; Spain)
• Claude Righi–Machine (Riviera; France)
• Johnny Eager–The Howl (Design)
• Les Versatiles–Bolide X16 (London; Canada)
• The Yardbirds–I’m Not Talking (Epic)
• The Mighty Avengers–So Much in Love (Decca)
• Lenne & the Lee Kings–Stop the Music (Union; Japan)

None of these records are for sale!