If it is Sunday, it is time for a Funky Brunch at Mama Roux—Newburgh’s fabulous New Orleans-themed dinery. On April 16, the Funky Brunch’s gracious host DJ Pete Pop was unable to make the scene, so Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus was called in to dish with the discs. Boy, did he dish—more than one hundred 45s were turned. Not only that, but he did all the behind-the-scenes work usually performed by Pete Pop, like dragging the equipment into the joint and setting it all up. Then, at the end of the day, tearing it all down and packing it up. Probably about ten hours of the day was spent dealing with the hustle, including driving from Pleasant Valley to south of Newburgh to pick up the electronics, up to Newburgh to set everything up at Mama’s, then packing up and taking it back to it’s home, THEN, finally driving home.

But it was worth it. During the five hours of disc spinning 107 records were played. We were even given compliments by a fellow who said he was visiting from Austin, Texas. Quite a coincidence as Pete Pop was, that very moment, in Austin Texas!!!

Here’s a list of every record played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the April 16 Funky Brunch:

• Les McCann Ltd. with Stanley Turrentine & Blue Mitchell–Twist Cha-Cha (Pacific Jazz)
• Odell Brown & the Organizers–No More Water in the Well (Cadet)
• Billy Preston–Hey Brother (instrumental) (Capitol)
• Shirley Scott Trio–A Shot in the Dark (Impulse)
• Montego Joe–Soul Man (Ninandy)
• Kris Peterson–Mama’s Little Baby (Is a Big Girl Now) (Capitol)
• Marvin Sims–Sweet Thang (Karen)
• Donnie Fritts–Sumpin’ Funky Going On (Atlantic)
• Bob & Earl–(Pickin’ Up) Love’s Vibrations (Uni)
• Al Green–Here I Am (Come and Take Me) (Hi)
• The Hot Tamales–You Are My Sunshine (Diamond)
• Ray Barretto–Do You Dig It (United Artists)
• René Touzet and his Orchestra–Crazy Rhythm (Mambo) (M-G-M)
• The Latin All Stars–Cha Cha Uno (Roper)
• Cal Tjader Sextet–Afro Blue (Fantasy)
• Judy Mowatt–Only a Woman (Ashandan; Jamaica)
• Ras Midass–Kude a Bamba (Mango)
• Fats Domino–I Done Got Over It (Mercury)
• Jimmy Ruffin–I’ve Passed This Way Before (Soul)
• Jimmy Smith–Chain of Fools (Part I) (Verve)
• The Harvey Averne Band–Run Away Child Running Wild (Uptite)
• Slim Harpo–Baby Scratch My Back (Excello)
• Jesse Hill–Naturally (Blue Thumb)
• Tony Morgan and Muscle Power–Racial Segregation (Chess)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers–Trench Town Rock (Trojan; UK)
• The Skatalites–Guns of Navarone (Island; UK)
• Sergio Mendes–My Favorite Things (Atlantic)
• Walter Wanderley–Cheganca (Verve)
• Walter Pegeas with Johnny and the Charmers–Si-Si-Si (Swan)
• Fruko y sus Tesos–El Patillero (Fuentes)
• Little Beaver–Party Down – Part 1 (Cat)
• Denise LaSalle–Trapped by a Thing Called Love (Westbound)
• Joe Hicks–Life and Death in G&A – Part I (Stone Flower)
• Jean Knight–Mr. Big Stuff (Stax)
• The Bobby Williams Group–Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt. 2 (Capitol)
• Laurel Aitken–Do the Boogaloo (Big Shot; UK)
• The Da-Kars–Shot in the Dark (Josie)
• Parliament–Star Child (Casablanca)
• The Wild Magnolias–Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right) (Polydor)
• The Wailers–Rock It Baby (Island)
• Marie ‘Queenie’ Lyons–Fever (DeLuxe)
• The Fabulous Rhythm Makers–Mini Mini Afro Twist (Forte)
• Chris Jones–I’m the Man (Goodie Train)
• Jeff (Soulman) Brown and His Quartet–Ain’t That a Groove (Part 1) (Dinosaur)
• Steve Colt–Dynamite (Big Beat)
• Jacob Miller–Shakey Girl (Joe Gibbs Record Globe; Jamaica)
• Buster Pearson–Ain’t It Groovy (Big Shot; UK)
• Johnny Nash–Hold Me Tight (JAD)
• Staple Singers–I’ll Take You There (Stax)
• Aretha Franklin–Baby I Love You (Atlantic)
• Smokey Robinson & the Miracles–Yester Love (Tamla)
• The Pristines–Do-Re-Mi (Date)
• Barbara Randolph–I Got a Feeling (Soul)
• Mongo Santamaria–Cloud Nine (Columbia)
• Toddlin’ Town Sounds–It’s Your Thing (Toddlin’ Town)
• Lalo Schifrin–Ape Shuffle (theme from Planet of the Apes) (20th Century)
• [no artist listed]–Super Fly (Hoctor)
• The Chosen Few; music by The Now Generation–Shaft (Crystal)
• Isaac ‘Redd’ Holt Unlimited–I Shot the Sheriff (Paula)
• Ramsey Lewis–Function at the Junction (Cadet)
• Ernie K-Doe–My Mother-In-Law (Is in My Hair Again) (Duke)
• Carlos Malcolm & His Afro-Jamaican Rhythm–Bonanza Ska (Up-Beat; Jamaica)
• Ray Lang with Jamaican Room Boys’ Orchestra–Keetch (Hey! Bernice) (Decca)
• Dave and Ansell Collins–Monkey Spanner (Techniques; UK)
• Johnny Pate Combo–Cha Cha Blues (Drake)
• Marlowe Morris Quintet–Play the Thing (Columbia)
• Frankie Ford–You Talk Too Much (Imperial)
• Kim Weston–Little by Little and Bit by Bit (Mikim)
• Sir Mack Rice–Mustang Sally (Blue Rock)
• Sam & Dave–Get It (Atlantic)
• The Dutones–Done Got Over It (Columbia)
• Yvonne Fair & the James Brown Band–It Hurts to Be in Love (King)
• Edwin Starr–Running Back and Forth (Gordy)
• François Carel et ses Amis–Je Me Fous De Tout (Carrousel; Canada)
• Montego Joe–Ouch (Prestige)
• Ollie & the Nightingales–I’ve Got a Feeling (Stax)
• Cesar et Ses Romains–Pour Toi (Choc!; Canada)
• Little Ben & the Cheers–Brown Eye’d Devil (Rush)
• Jackie Wilson–(Why Don’t You) Do Your Thing (Brunswick)
• James Brown–I Love You (King)
• The Millionaires–(I Never Know When to Leave) The Party (Big Bunny)
• Sugar & Spice–Ah Ha Yeah (Kapp)
• Kitty Montgomery–Hey Boy (Sanns)
• Percy Mayfield–Walking on a Tightrope (Brunswick)
• Swamp Dogg–Total Destruction to Your Mind (Canyon)
• Tyrone Davis–Need Your Lovin Every Day (Dakar)
• Johnny Williams–Your Love Controls My World (Bashie)
• Eddie Floyd–People Get It Together (Stax)
• Shay Holiday–Fight Fire With Fire (Soul Power)
• The Charlie Underwood Glide Band–Sunny (Warner Bros.)
• The Shoelaces–Work Song (Brite Leaf)
• Philly Pops String Band–You Can’t Hurry Love (Bell Sound Studios acetate)
• Gladys Knight & the Pips–The End of Our Road (Soul)
• Anne Renee–Le Jonc D’Amitie (Nobel; Canada)
• Rufus Thomas–(Do The) Push and Pull Part I (Stax)
• Winston Groovey–Funky Chicken (Jackpot; UK)
• The Latin Brothers canta: John Jairo–Dale al Bombo (Fuentes; Panama)
• Tokyo Cuban Boys–El Mambo [from EP All About the Mambos Vol. 1] (Columbia; Japan)
• Quincy Jones–Choo Choo Ch’Boogie (Mercury)
• Cliff Nobles & Co.–The Horse (Jamie)
• Jimmy Caravan and His Trio–Higher and Higher (Tower)
• Willie Mitchell–Barefootin’ (Hi)
• Martha Reeves & the Vandellas–Jimmy Mack (En Español) (Tamla/Motown; Spain)
• Cannibal and the Headhunters–Out of Sight (Rampart)
• Annie Markan—Un, Deux, Trois [ One, Two, Three ] (Mercury; Canada)
• Jean King–The In-Crowd (HBR)
• The Contrails–Mummy Walk (Walking Death) (Diamond)

None of these records are for sale!