For those who have been following FMF since it’s inception, y’all know the deal. I like to do collaborations. In fact, this is the year of collaborations. I’m trying to do a week of collabos in the near future, and I will have some guest mixes which should make you very happy. For now though, I finally was able to pin down the elusive DJ Jack the Ripper. Here’s a low key kinda guy that has quietly made a niche for himself here in New Jersey, spinning dirty R&B, pre 1990 Hip Hop, Rockabilly, and heavy doses of Horace Andy. We have been talking about a joint mix for quite sometime, and over some Sly Fox Dunkel Lager, we whipped this baby up. I have to give Archie Shepp a nod, because his cover art is exactly what we needed. It’s all 45’s from start to finish, even the breaks inbetween. You see, people call us losers. Not just any losers, record losers, record nerds, vinyl heads, old record men, you name it. The thing is, we’re OK with that. Getting into records has been one of the most rewarding things I have done in my life. It may not be a huge deal to many, but for guys like us, music is life, and we go to great lengths to preserve it, and get it out there to share with others. Which leads me to this: FMF Vol. 28: DJ Prestige & Jack the Ripper – Funk & Soul For Losers. Enjoy this trip, we’re taking the train. Next stop: Loserville, and along the way hear some drug references, blaxploitation tales, and kung fu fighting, but most of all, solid Deep Funk, Rare Grooves and Raw Soul 45’s. We’ll keep digging up the lost gems, and you keep listening.

FMF Vol. 28: DJ Prestige & Jack the Ripper – Funk & Soul FOR LOSERS Tracklist

1. Counts – Funk/ Aware
2. Clarence Paul & The Members – Operation Breadbasket (Part 1)/ Pride
3. Merced Blue Notes – Thompin’/ Galaxy
4. Vic Pitts Cheaters featuring Omar Dupree – Loose Boodie/ Jewel
5. The Zeet Band – Moogie Boogie/ Chess
6. Simtec & Wylie – Do It Like Mama/ Shama
7. Helen Shapiro – Woe Is Me/ Epic
8. Merced Blue Notes – Do The Pig/ Mammoth
9. Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists – Funky L.A./ Lizard
10. The Electric Express – It’s The Real Thing-PT.1/ Linco
11. Dave Bartholomew – Junk Man/ Broadmoor
12. Harmon Bethea – She’s My Meat/ Musicor
13. Filthy McNasty – Filthy McNasty/ Filthy McNasty’s
14. Javier R. Rodrigez – Rumble/ Raw-Wax
15. Memphis Black – Why Don’t You Play The Organ Man/ Ascot
16. Wendy Rene – Bar-B-Q/ Stax
17. Brother Jack McDuff – Can’t Get Satisfied-Part 1/ Atlantic
18. Harold Burrage – Got To Find A Way/ M-Pac!
19. Assagai – Telephone Girl/ Vertigo
20. Marsha Gee – The Peanut Duck/ Joker

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