Feel It Advent...ure 8. Oscar Brown Jr.

This was recorded in New York, and as far as I know none of the personnel have any connection to New Orleans, but a few tracks on this album have a real Crescent City feel.


Bernard "Pretty" Purdie is the sticksman here, and the female vocalist is Jean Pace, Oscar Brown Jr's wife.


Reviews of this album don't normally highlight this track as one of the standouts, but I really like this. 


Oscar Brown Jr. - To Stay In Good With You  1972




Behind door #8: a Robin (or a bird of some description).  

Feel It Advent...ure 7. Master Force

Alluded to this record a few years back. Sold it last year on behalf of a friend. If you look it up on Popsike you will get the idea he had a nice Christmas present. 


Disco boogie business, and very rare.   


Master Force - Don't Fight The Feeling 1979


Behind door #7: Angel (at least I think it is, looks more like an elephant to me!)

Feel It Advent...ure 6. Prince Far I & Peter Broggs

No time to post some real vinyl tonight. It will have to be a Youtube link.


This was buried in one of Sidewalk Doctor's essential mixes. Roots! Crazy and brilliant.





Behind door #6: Christmas pudding (yum yum, eating it as I type). 

Feel It Advent...ure 5. Dennis Brown

Like the favourite decorations that re-emerge every year from their blankets of tissue paper and beds of tinsel to be lovingly hung on the Christmas tree I thought for this Advent run I would pick a few favourites songs that have made a previous appearance here on Feel It.


Here is the first of them, spinning gently around.

Dennis Brown - Should I 1979    

Behind door #5:  another Christmas tree!

Feel It Advent...ure 4. Margie Joseph & Blue Magic

The B side of yesterday’s Blue Magic single was “What’s Come Over Me”, which was included on their debut album released early in 1974. In the following year the powers that be at Atlantic took the, I think, unusual decision to team Blue Magic with one of their solo artists – Margie Joseph. One of the songs they recorded together was a new take on “What’s Come Over Me”. The result was stunning – an underappreciated, and now largely forgotten(?), gem. And, I apologise if I sound like and old broken record, but they just don’t make them like this anymore.  

Margie Joseph & Blue Magic – What’sCome Over Me 1975

Behind door #4: a Christmas cracker! 

Feel It Advent...ure 3. Blue Magic

Featuring the Margie Joseph 45 the other day made me think of Blue Magic. 


I dug deep in the boxes for this one. I think it must be 30 years at least since it was last played. Not forgotten though, I must have played it so many times back then that is has always been a song that has stuck with me. From time to time it still pops in my head.


Some Philly magic.


Blue Magic  - Look Me Up 1973


Exactly as I remember it! 


The B side of this 45 links into tomorrow's post so if you know your Blue Magic you should be able to work it out.


Behind door #3: Christmas tree (Again already! This could get a bit boring. Nice chocolate though). 

Feel It Advent...ure 2. Etta James

Parish Notices:

The Feel It Advent..ure will feature very simple post titles.  

Each day I will tell you in what image my Advent Calendar chocolate has been crafted. (Yes Mrs Darce has bought me a Cadbury’s Advent Calendar (she has accurately identified the fact that I am just a big kid).

Behind door #2 : Angel  (yesterday was a Christmas Tree).

Heard Etta James on the radio today doing “Misty Blue”.  Good version.

It prompted me to play this.

Muscle Shoals magnificence!

It cooks!

Etta James – I Got You Babe  1968

Buy “The Dreamer”. We wish her well.