
Nogood Nick and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus presented a program of mostly soul records at WHAM-O WATUSI!
Day Two of the great DJ cultural exchange program took place on Saturday June 4 when Nogood Nick was guest DJ at WHAM-O WATUSI, hosted by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Bootleg Bar in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The WHAM is a little more raucous than Rip! Rig! Panic!, which took place the night before. At the WHAM, the DJs play a lot of jumpin’ R&B, garage rock and rock’n’roll records. On this night, inspired by the presence of Nogood Nick, a fine soul music DJ, an extra helping of stomping soul records were played. Indeed, at one point, Mr. Nick turned to The Boog and declared, “I’m going into my Northern set here…” and he proceeded to play some slammin’ records. Man, you should have been there!!
Everyone who attended the two days of this DJ cultural exchange can attest that it was a great success and there were many requests for it to happen again. This will depend on quirks in calendars and schedules, of course, but who knows, perhaps it can happen again soon.
Meanwhile, chew on this–a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at WHAM-O WATUSI:
- The Pagents–Enchanted (Era)
- The Impacs–Cape Kennedy FLA. (King)
- Bob and the Messengers–Splash Down (Rust)
- The Grasshoppers–Twin Beat (Warner Bros.)
- Allyn Ferguson and His Orch.–Your Red Watermelon (Äva)
- Hollywood Argyles–The Grubble (Paxley)
- Billy and the Kid–Shut Down Again (Decca)
- Jay and the Americans–French Provincial (United Artists)
- Les Bel-Air–Restons Ainsi (Télédisc; Canada)
- The Monkees–Mary, Mary (RCA; Australia)
- The Perfection–Three Rooms and Running Water (Astor; Australia)
- The Tokens–Dirt Track Twister (RCA Victor; France)
- The Dave Clark Five–Poison Ivy (Columbia; UK)
- Bobby Darin–Queen of the Hop (Atco)
- Dr. Feelgood and the Interns–What’s Up Doc (OKeh)
- The Chanters–No, No, No (DeLuxe)
- ‘Rolls’ Royce and the Wheels–The Frog (Constellation)
- Bobby Allen & the Gee Pees–The Ya Ya Song (UPPP)
- Harold Betters–Tall Girl (Gateway)
- Big Joe Turner–I’m Packin’ Up (Coral)
- Bobby Peterson Quintet–Love You Pretty Baby (V-Tone)
- B.J. and the Geminis–Scratch My Back (Part I) (Atco)
- Al Hurricane and the Night Rockers–Lobo (Challenge)
- Don & the Goodtimes–Straight Scepter (Wand)
- Los Bravos–Come When I Call [from EP Los Chicos Con Las Chicas] (Columbia; Spain)
- The Peeps–Now Is the Time (Philips)
- Episode Six–Baby, Baby, Baby (Elektra)
- The Surfaris–A Surfer’s Christmas List (Decca)
- The Surf Breakers–Ridin’ in Number Nine (Mercury)
- Chuck Berry–Joe Joe Gun (Chess)
- Cannibal and the Headhunters–I Need Your Loving (Rampart)
- Sebastian and the House Rockers–Nobody Can Do the Dog Like I Do (Key)
- The Migil 5–Don’t Wanna Go on Shaking (Mercury)
- Erick Bamy–Pupee Made in Liverpool (Disques Vogue; Canada)
- Mickey Farrell & the Dynamics–Wong Foo (Bethlehem)
- The Astronauts–Pipeline (RCA; Japan)
- The Rainbows–Balla Balla (Epic)
- Jack E. Lee and the Squires–Love That Louie (RCA Victor)
- The Premiers–So Fine (Warner Bros.)
- Mutt and Jeffo–Soul L-O-V-E-R (Jerry-O)
- Mongo and McCall–Mongo and McCall (Audio Arts!)
- Eddie & Ernie–We Try Harder (Chess)
- Ron Holden–Girl I Love You (Rampart)
- Billy Preston–Billy’s Bag (Vee Jay)
- Jimmy Castor–Block Party (Jet Set)
- The United Four–She’s Putting You On (Harthon)
- James & Bobby Purify–Help Yourself (To All My Loving) (Bell)
- Edwin Starr–My Weakness Is You (Gordy)
- The Monitors–Number One in Your Heart (V.I.P.)
- The Shalimars–Stop and Take a Look at Yourself (Verve)
- Chuck Bernard–You’re an Indian Giver (Maverick)
- Shirley J. Scott–Goose Pimples (Stephanye)
- The Soul-Jers–Crazy Little Things (Rampart)
- Yvonne Gomez with Eddie C. Campbell and his Studio Band–My Man A-Go-Go (Hawaii)
- Jackie Wilson–The Kickapoo (Brunswick)
- Philly Pops String Band–You Can’t Hurry Love (Bell Sound Studios acetate)
- Jimmy Castor–Magic Saxophone (Smash)
- Jerome Richardson–Knock on Wood (Verve)
- Cornell Blakely–I Want My Share (Rich)
- Pic & Bill–Gonna Give It to You (Blue Rock)
- The Party Brothers–Do the Ground Hog (Revue)
- Timmy Brown–Do the Crossfire (Mercury)
- Los Brincos–Renacerá (Novola; Spain)
- Johnny Noble and the Mods–That’ll Be All Right (Linda Lee; Australia)
- Hal Blaine and the Young Cougars–Hawaii 1963 (RCA Victor)
- Bo Diddley–Mr. Khrushchev [from EP Eddy Mitchell Presente Les Rois Du Rock: Bo Diddley] (Barclay; France)
- John Lee Hooker–Shake It Baby (Polydor; France)
- John Mayall–Key to Love (London)
- Don & the Goodtimes–Little Sally Tease (Dunhill)
- Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich–Touch Me, Touch Me (Fontana; UK)
- The Sounds Like Us–Outside Chance (Fontana)
- The Everly Brothers–I Used to Love You (Warner Bros.)
- Turley Richards–Since You’ve Been Gone (M-G-M)
- The Untouchable Sound: Bill Black’s Combo–Little Jasper (Hi)
- Del-Mingos–Young Queen Chunka Bo Bo (Lumar)
- Joe Barry–Little Jewel of the Vieux Carre (Old Square) (Princess)
- The Pretty Things–Midnight to Six Man (Fontana; UK)
- Q ‘65–The Life I Live (Decca; Netherlands)
- The Nashville Teens–Find My Way Back Home (London)
- Bill Deal and the Rhondels–Swingin’ Tight (Heritage)
- Joe Brown & the Bruvvers–Popcorn (London International)
None of these records are for sale.