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.