It’s midweek already, and I’m happy to say that DJ Bluewater and I have done a little collaboration together, finally. For those of you that do not know Lou, he has some of the heaviest crates in Central Jersey when it comes to 45s. Therefore, we present a “joint collabo” as the hip hoppers say. It’s called, surprise, surprise: Heavy Crates: An All 45 Funk and Soul Session. We’ve been trying to get together for a bit, and I’m glad it all came together this past weekend, because this mix is definitely H-E-A-V-Y. It’s a good mix of Raw Funk and Soul, a little bit of the old, and a little bit of the new, all with one thing in common: these tracks are heat! There are some you will know, and some that you won’t know, but I’m sure you’ll dig it. I know we had a great time putting it together. Enjoy the mix!

DJ Prestige and DJ Bluewater: Heavy Crates Mix

Heavy Crates: An All 45 Funk and Soul Session Track Listing

Joe (Youngblood) Cobb – It’s LB Time/ exSPECTmore
Lou Toby & His Heavies – Heavy Steppin/ Peach-Mint
Funkshone – Stop the Bus/ Skyline
The Sound Stylistics – Soul Dynamite/ FreeStyle
Masters of Soul – I Hate You (In the Daytime and Love You At Night)/ Duke
The Vibrettes – Humpty Dump Pt. 1/ Lujon
Lorenzo Holden – The Wig/ Cee-Jam
Billy Garner – Brand New Girl/ BPG
Johnny Talbot – Pickin’ Cotton/ Jasman
Wee Willie Mason – Funky Funky Hot Pants/ Jay Walking
Mighty Hannibal – Get In the Groove/ Loma
Willie Mitchell – Hey Babe/ Hi
The Hidden Cost – Vibrations/ Marmaduke
Dorothy Norwood – Get On the Soul Train/ GRC
The Polyversal Souls – Muswellhill Run/ Fryers
The Pan Atlantics – Rhodesian Girl/ BMJ
Barbara & the Uniques – What’s the Use/ Arden
Sammy Brown – Gotta Leave This Town/ Grassroots
Lynn Williams – Donn’ Be Surprised/ Suncut
Intensive Heat – Keep An Eye On Your Close Friend/ Soul Mate

I will be taking part, along with bunch of other bloggers, in celebration of Vinyl Record Day, which is August 12th. The participating blogs will be writing about their love of vinyl, digging stories, etc., from August 10th to the 12th. My post will be Friday. For more information, check out The Hits Just Keep on Comin’. I’m delighted to be a part of it, after all, I love vinyl.

Here’s a list of who’s participating as of today (including FMF):

Bloggerhythms
Davewillieradio
Echoes in the Wind
Fufu Stew
Funky16Corners
Good Rockin’ Tonight
Got the Fever
Ickmusic
Jefitoblog
Lost in the 80s
Py Korry
Retro Remixes
The Stepfather of Soul

Keep Diggin’!