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No idea. We were very drunk, and Sad Eagle joined us.

Bit late this one. Hey ho. Better late than never, right? RIGHT.

Eddie Henderson - Inside You
Kimiko Kasai - Use Me
Sylvia - Sweet Stuff
Linda Williams - Elevate Our Minds
Donald Byrd - Steppin' into Tomorrow
Tinga Stewart - The Message
Lennie Hibbert - Rose Len
Dennis Bovell - Jazterpiece
Mega Banton - Sound Boy Killing (remix)
Willis Jackson - Pick up the Pieces
Youngblood Brass Band - Human Nature
Sam Reed Band - Ambassador's theme
Barbara Mason - Give me Your Love
The Harvey Averne Dozen - You're No Good

Ray Brown - Vibes Ahoy!
Thelma Houston - Nothing Left to Give
Gwen McRae - 90% of Me is You
24 Carat Black - Ghetto Misfortune's Wealth
The Masau - Across the Tracks (part 1)
Joao Donato - Cala Boca Menino
Andre Previn - Executive Party
Maze - Twilight
Cashmere - Let the Music Turn You On
King Biscuit Time - I Walk The Earth
True Mathematics - After Dark
Taana Gardner - Heartbeat
Brass Fever - Time is Running Out

The Philly Armada Orchestra - For the Love of Money
The Winstons - Color Him Father
Dave Hamilton - The Deacons
Rufus and Chaka Khan - Stop on By
Isley Brothers - For the Love of You
Johnny Guitar Wilson - Superman Lover
Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm - Gettin' Nasty
The Last Word - Keep on Bumpin'
Lights Out - Loves to do it
James Royal - House of Jack
Tony Hatch - Herbin'
De La Soul - I Be Blowin'
Mustafa Ozkent - Burcak
Leon Haywood - Party
Sweet Sensation - Mr Cool
Denis Lopez Liquid Latin - Lamento
Donald Byrd - Wind Parade
Latyrx - Lady Don't Tek No
The Bar Kays - Holy Ghost
Freddie Cruger - The Hustle
TNTH - Hippopotamus
Sam Sklair/Gus Galbraith - Computer Talk
Staples Sisters - Trippin' on your Love

Ben E King - Supernatural Thing (Treva Whateva re-nudge)
Tania Marie - Come With Me
Light of the World - London Town
Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
Cedric IM Brooks - In a Silent Way
The Moments - Sexy Mama
Sapo - Been Had
McDonald & Giles - Tomorrow's People
War - Flying Machine
John Holt - Living for the Love of the People
Gappy Ranks - Heaven in Her Eyes
Christine Levin - Juicy Fruit
Helio Matheus - Eu, Reu, Me Condeno
Tim Maia - No Caminho Do Bem
Modulo 4 - Salpicando
Boz Scaggs - Lodown
Locksmith - Far Beyond
Lowrell - Overdose
Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger - Season of the Witch
Ferrante and Teicher - Lady Love
Lillian Alexander - A Dream Without You

Peter Herbolzheimer - Hipp Walk
O-Jays - When the world's at peace
Virgin Stigma - Now you're gone
Tom Scott - Sneakin' in the back
Astra Nova Orchestra - Soul Sleeper
Gregory James Edition - Changing Times
Peddlers - I have seen
Ramsey Lewis - Tambura
Schifters - Gost
Pierre Cavalli - The Red Blouse
Maxine Weldon - Right on
Clarence Carter - I'm just a prisoner of your sweet loving
Rene & Angela - Secret Rendezvous
Dawn - Victim of a Joyride
Superior Movement - Wide Shot
Clausel - Let me love you
The Chequers - Check it out (at the disco)
The Strikers - Inch by Inch (classic garage groove mix)
Jackson 5 - Mirrors of my mind
Curtis Mayfield - Love me, Love me now
Darondo - Let my people go
War - Beetles in the bog
Mama! Music - Hourglass
Odyssey - Don't tell me tell her

Yasuko Agawa - LA Nights
Tina Turner - In your wildest dreams
Jimmy McGriff & Joe Thomas - Space cadet
Jeffree - Mr Fix it
Vera Hamilton - But I ain't no more (GSTSKDTS)
Jay Dee - Strange funky games
Curtis Mayfield - Short eyes
Fred Wesley - We came to funk you
Lee Dorsey - Night people
Mischief Brew - I get lifted
Pieces of a Dream - Mt Airey groove
Peter Brown - For your love
Ernie HInes - Come on y'all
Creative Source - You can't hide love
Chaka Khan - Fate
Patrice Rushen - Number 10 (instrumental)
Uncle Louie - Full tilt boogie
Plumstead Radical Club - One way
Astrud Gilberto - Agua De Beber
Jamie & Nair - Sob O Mar
Francis Weyer - No lady
Marvin Gaye - T plays it cool
Isaac Hayes - Hung up on my baby
Deneice Williams - You love me baby

Sad Eagle and Northern Comfort get drunk and play records for two hours. Very drunk. It shows, to be honest, but there you go. Ace tunes though, from Donald Byrd to John Martyn, psychedelic sitar funk to hip-hop.

2 idiots take over a previously respectable online radio show and play some tunes.

Pharaoh Sanders - Morning Prayer

Dorothy Ashby - Soul Vibrations
Roy Burns with the Dick Grove Big Band - Dead Ringer
John Klemmer - Free Soul
Neil Merryweather - Sunshine Superman

Zell Black - Fly Me
Harry Rabinowicz and The London Orchestra - Quiller
Marc Moulin - Tohu Bohu V
The George Shearing Quintet - Cubano Chant
Walter Wanderley - ??
Krystyna Pronko - Oto Pryzyczyna

101 Strings - A Taste of Soul
Guy Bower - Bongos and Sound
Lonnie Liston Smith - Sais
Nat Birchall - Higher Regions
Mike Longo - Angel of Love

Seatrain - Flute Thing
Dave Hamilton - Pisces Pace
Donald Byrd - Lansanna's Princess
Dom Um Romao - Caravan
The Hawksworth Studio Sound - Industria a Go Go
Webster Lewis - Up on the Roof

Rashaan Roland Kirk - Spirits up Above

With special guest stand in Andy Madhatter:

Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands
William De Vaughan - Creme de Creme
Jean Torrell - How can you live without love
The Impressions - We're a Winner
Knef - Im Achtzigsten Stockwerk
Four Tops - The way nature planned it
Gil Scott Heron - Almost lost Detroit
Individuals - Sorry Sorry
Donald Byrd - Spaces and Places
BarKays - Shine
Lamont Johnson - Benign Beginning
Afrique - House of the Rising Funk
Main Ingredient - Summer Breeze

Rubbish chat and great tunes from Robd and Treva Whateva. Check out http://www.northerncomfort.co.uk innit.

Cymande - Genevieve
Marcos Valle - Mentira
Jon Lucien - Would you believe in me
Kool and the Gang - Ouiji
Barone-Burghardt Orchestra - Bumper thumper
Joe Thomas - Mr Mumbles
Pastor TL Barret & The Youth for Christ Choir - Like a ship
Kay Robinson - The Lord will make a way somehow
Neil Merryweather - Step in the right direction
Vickie Anderson - Step on by
The Presidents - 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 years of love
Maxi Anderson - Lover to lover

A few bottles of red wine, and a load of great vinyl. Robd and Treva Whateva return for the third episode of their semi-coherent rambling about records and nonsense.

Tracklisting:

Earth Wind and Fire ft Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess
Joe Thomas - Soul Sermon
Lalo Schifrin - Quiet Village
Atila Zoller - The Birds and the Bees
The Temptations - The Jones'
Gang Starr - Jazz Thing
Al Green - Strong as Death (Sweet as Love)
Mark Capanni - I Believe in Miracles
Walter Wanderley - Kee-Ka-Roo
Sathima Bea Benjamin - Africa
The Blackbyrds - Wilford's Gone
The Jones Girls - Nights over Egypt

Microphone rumble and haemorrhoids are just two of the subjects covered in another hour of semi-coherent muttering in between some of the finest jazz, soul, funk and breaks that you'll hear. Robd and Treva Whateva all-vinyl show.

Brian Bennett - Fantasia
Archie Whitewater - Cross Country
Grover Washington Jr - Loren's Dance
Syreeta - Tiki Tiki Donga
Weather Report - River People
Paul Butterfield - I Don't Wanna Go
Charlie Byrd Trio - O Passaro
The 5th Dimension - Loves, Lines Angles and Rhymes
?- ?
John Martyn - Don't Want to Know
Meters - Can You Do Without
OC Smith - Sounds of Goodbye

Treva Whateva and Robd dig out some jazzy business for an hour of lovely, lovely vinyl, punctuated by semi-coherent ramblings and nonsense. Bacon punching, roasts and the intricacies of sleeve design are all covered, along with music form the likes of Ramsey Lewis, John Gregory and Azymuth.

Easy all

Here's the latest one, a couple of hours from last month's Northern Comfort, with special guest Hewan Clarke. Starts off with me for a half hour or so, and we had a little technical hiccup half way through which meant that a little bit of Hewan's set wasn't recorded, oops. Anyway, a lovely mix, have a listen. The next Northern Comfort is on the 14th December, with Pete Haigh. Ace.

"After October’s excellent session with Colin Curtis (he loved it and wants to come back) and anticipating December’s Rafters re-union at the Music Box we are delighted to announce Colin’s former Rafters partner Hewan Clarke as our selector of choice for November.

No stranger to the luxe-grime of our homely back room Hewan’s up for his third visit as he embodies the Northern Comfort ethos perfectly, playing considered and refined selections across the board. Last time he played our pens ran out as we tried to note down all the gems he was dropping. Such is the beauty of the man that he can keep both trainspotters and the dancefloor rapturously happy with some of the best music you’re ever likely to hear.

All this comes as no surprise when you remember he earned his stripes behind the decks at venues such as Rafters, Berlin, Legend, The Playpen and the Hacienda; influencing numerous local acts with his all-inclusive DJ stylings. A real unsung pioneer in the city’s musical history we are always happy to host a true humble magnificent. "

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