On June 29, The Funky Kingston returned to The Salt Box in Kingston, NY. Funky Kingston is the fabulous DJ night concocted by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and it features all sorts of funky music—including mambo and reggae. The event takes place on the fifth Saturday of the month, when there is one.

On this particular night there was a special guest DJ—$mall ¢hange. He is a cat who has been fighting the good fight of the DJ wars in New York City for about three decades. A few years ago, he moved up to Hudson and so he’s now a local DJ we can turn to. This guy has some fantastic records and was not shy about playing them!

The Salt Box regulars dug the music so much, that management has asked the Funky Kingston to be a little more regular. The people at Boogaloo Omnibus Productions are negotiating to see if this can happen. Meanwhile, the next Funky Kingston will take place on August 31. Don’t you dare Miss It.

Phast Phreddie the Boogloo Omnibus pulled out a few good records, too. Here’s a list of the ones he played:

• Tribe–Funky Kingston (Grenade)
• Soul Searchers–Soul to the People (Sussex)
• The Pazant Brothers–Skunk Juice (RCA Victor)
• Don Gregory & the Soul Trainers–Soul Line (Apt)
• Gene Willis & the Aggregation–We Got It (Coronado)
• Gil Scott-Heron–Gun (Arista)
• Merry Clayton–Forget It, I Got It (Ode)
• Napoleon Demps–Norma Jean (Daptone)
• Lester Young and the Famous California Playboys—Funky, Funky Horse (Part I) (Unity)
• Willie Tomlin–Stroke My Yoke (Peacock)
• Scott Bros. Orchestra–I Don’t Want to Lose You (Toddlin’ Town)
• The El Dorados–Loose Booty (Pt. 1) (Paula)
• Rudy Ray Moore–The Turning Point (Kent)
• Maytals–Fever (Dragon)
• The Heptones–Mama Say (Island; UK)
• Dillinger–Cokane in My Brain (Black Swan; UK)
• Willie Bobo and the Spanish Blues Band–Move On Over (Verve)
• Ray Barretto–Watusi ’65 (United Artists)
• Cumbias en Moog–Cumbia de Sal (Peerless; Mexico)
• Detroit Emeralds–Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) (Westbound)
• The Miracles–Don’t Cha Love It (Tamla)
• Fred Wesley & the J.B.’s–Doing It to Death (People)
• African Music Machine–Black Water Gold (Peaches) (Soul Power)
• The African Messengers–Blues for the Messengers (Page One; UK)
• Ondatrópica–Pig Bag (Soundway; UK)
• Wganda Kenya–Tipit Hayed (Peerless; Mexico)
• Lou Courtney–Hot Butter ‘n All – Part 1 (Hurdy-Gurdy)
• Jeff (Soulman) Brown and His Quartet–Ain’t That a Groove (Part 1) (Dinosaur)
• Maytals–Funky Kingston (Shelter)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers–Trench Town Rock (G & C)
• Owen Gray–Groove Me (Camel; UK)
• Stevie Wonder–Superstition (Tamla)
• Rabbits and Carrots–Expresate (Vampi Soul; Spain)
• Rodger Collins–Foxy Girls in Oakland (Galaxy)
• The Fabulous Shalimars–Funky Line – Part 1 (Rack)
• Bunny Sigler–Theme for ‘Five Fingers of Death’ (Philadelphia International)
• Groundhog–Take It Off (Jad)
• The Eddy Jacobs Exchange–Pull My Coat (Columbia)
• Buster Pearson Band–Big Funk (Action; UK)
• Black Blood–Chicano (MRL 5574)
• Leche–El Samurai (Steady Beat)
• Los Melodicos–Pow Wow (Tropical Tigers; Europe)
• Perez Prado Y Su Orquesta–Mambo de King Kong (Infopesa; Peru)
• The Meters–Hey Pocky A-Way (Saunus)
• Mighty Joe Drake–Get Out of My Life Woman (Kapp)
• Jerry-O–The Funky Chicken Yoke (Boo-Ga-Loo)
• Al Green–You Say It (Hi)
• Vernon Garrett–You Blew My Mind (Kapp)
• Al Brown–Here I Am Baby (Come and Take Me) (Tit for Tat)
• Clarence Reid–Master Piece (Alston)
• Vicki Anderson–I’m Too Tough for Mr. Big Stuff (Hot Pants) (Brownstone)
• Chairman of the Board–Life & Death (Invictus)
• Dyke and the Blazers–Funky Bull Pt. I (Original Sound)
• The Corner Boys–Gang War (Don’t Make No Sense) (Neptune)
• Lee Fields and Sugarman & Co.–Shot Down (Daptone)
• Jesse Johnson–Kickin’ the Habit (Turf)
• J. Gwangwa & African Explosion–African Sausage (Afra-Dellic Sound)

None of these records are for sale.