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2010 highlights!

1^st Hour

Intro

Mavis – Puzzles & Riddles feat. Ed Harcourt (!K7)

Blue Daisy – Only For You feat. Stac (Black Acre)

Electric Wire Hustle – Perception (BBE)

Greymatter – Only To Fall (Wolf)

Souleance – Le Plaisir (First Word)

Debruit – Nigeria What? (Civil Music)

Incarnations – Make You Mine (Lovemonk)

Brass Roots – Good Life (Do Right!)

Bill Callahan – Jim Cain (Drag City)

Belleruche – Backyard (Kidkanevil Remix) (Tru Thoughts)

Gil Scott-Heron – I’ll Take Care Of You (XL)

Courtney Dowe – On The Rise (Counterpoint)

Hackney Colliery Band – Money (Wah Wah 45s)

Flowering Inferno – Swing Easy (Tru Thoughts)

Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7 – Jaipur (Truth & Soul)

2^nd Hour

Intro

Resonators – Sweet Love Affair (Cyantific Remix) (Wah Wah 45s)

CNN – Be My (White)

Corinne Bailey-Rae – Closer (EMI)

The Roots – Dear God 2.0 feat. Monsters Of Folk (Def Jam)

Bilal – Free (Plug Research)

Agape – If Love feat. Nadia Harris (Bagpak)

Andreya Triana – Far Closer (Tokimonsta Remix) (Ninja Tune)

New Zealand Shapeshifter – Lifetime (Logistics Remix) (Hospital)

Ahu – To Love (One Handed)

Gideon Conn – State Of The Nation (Skinny Dog)

Flash Atkins – Make Your Move (Paper)

Mike L – Eye Woke Up (First Word)

Sampha – Rainstars (Young Turks)

Sonny Moon – Houstatlantavegas (CDR)

3^rd Hour

Intro

Stateless – Ariel (Ninja Tune)

Ari Roze – Why You Wanna (Mighty Highness)

Isaac Martin – A New Dawn (Oh Baby) (Surely Bassy)

Radio Citizen – World (Ubiquity)

Ebo Taylor – African Woman (Strut)

Brother’s Rise – Make Love (Wolf)

Bonobo – El Torro (Ninja Tune)

Brittany Bosco – It Was You (Put Me On It)

Mount Kimbie – Before I Move Off (Hot Flush)

Jono McCleery – Tomorrow (Ninja Tune)

Jamie Woon – Night Air (Candent Songs)

Stac – Head On Me (Wah Wah 45s)

James Blake – Limit To Your Love (Atlas)

So it’s with a great deal of pride that we have finished up this amazing year with THREE Wah Wah tracks in the iTunes R&B/Soul Best of 2010 list.

There are about 71 tracks in the list and we are three of them. Our lovely winners are:

• Scrimshire – The Low Road (Rapson Remix)/I Was Love
• Stac – Turn That Light Out
• Hackney Colliery Band – Money/What’s the time, Mr. Wasp?

Look at Stac in amazingly good company in the top 23 Soul albums here.

Massive congratulations to everyone involved in those releases. It’s a lovely way to finish off a year of some of our best releases to date.

And there is SO much more to come next year. Stunning albums, remixes, singles, live shows and more! We cannot wait.

But don’t forget to pick up our final release of the year either – our Christmas EP is raising money for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.

Please find it here: http://wahwah45s.bandcamp.com/album/another-wah-wah-christmas-ep and hand over just 2 small pounds for charity.

See you next year!

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Christmas Special

1^st Hour

Intro

Scrimshire – This Christmas feat. Rob Hynd (Wah Wah 45s)

James Brown – Hey America (King)

The Jive Turkeys – Get Down Santa (Colemine)

Dee Dee Sharp Gamble – Easy Money (Greymatter re-edit) (CDR)

The Brute Force Steel Band Of Antigua – Jingle Bells (Nirobi edit) (CDR)

Lou Rawls – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Seasons Beatings)

Wild Cookie – Heroine (Tru Thoughts)

Annabel (Lee) Trio – Christmas Time Is Here (Wah Wah 45s)

Stac – Please Come Home (Wah Wah 45s)

Scrimshire’s Christmas Selection

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Motown)

Beach Boys – We Three Kings (Capitol)

Lou Rawls – Merry Christmas Baby (Capitol)

Alma Cogan – Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo (HMV)

Louis Armstrong – Cool Yule (Columbia)

Julie London – Warm December (Columbia)

Julie London – I’d Like You For Christmas (Capitol)

Peggy Lee – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (EMI)

Stevie Wonder – What Christmas Means To Me (Motown)

Nat King Cole – Silent Night (Capitol)

Diana Ross & The Supremes – White Christmas (Motown)

2^nd Hour

Intro

Daptone Soul Santa Mix by JBX

1. Jing Jing A Ling ~ Honey and the Bees (Chess)

2. Merry Christmas, Baby ~ Otis Redding (Atco)

3. This Christmas ~ Donny Hathaway (Atco)

4. Stevie Wonder Drop (Motown)

5. Snowflakes ~ Betty Lloyd (Thomas)

6. What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas? ~ The Emotions (Volt)

7. The Gift of Giving ~ Bill Withers (Sussex)

8. Eddie Kendricks drop (Motown)

9. Soul Santa ~ Funk Machine (Creative Funk)

10. Silent Night Chant ~ Rotary Connection (Cadet Concept)

11. Christmas in Vietnam ~ Private Charles Bowen (Rojac)

12. Let’s Make This Christmas mean Something This Year ~ James Brown (King)

13. Without The One You Love ~ The O’Jays (Neptune)

14. Gwendolyn Berry (The Sisters Love) Drop

15. Let’s Get It Together This Christmas ~ Harvey Averne Band (Fania)

16. Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas ~ Carla Thomas (Atlantic)

17. Back Door Santa ~ Clarence Carter (Atlantic)

18. I Wanna Spend Christmas With You ~ Lowell Fulsom (Kent)

19. Mr. Santa Claus (Bring Me My Baby) ~ Nathaniel Mayer (Munster)

20. It’s That Time of the Year ~ The Manhattans (Starfire)

21. Santa’s Got A Bag of Soul ~ The Soul Saints Orch. (Jazzman)

22. Pull My Sled ~ Raindeer Runners (Soul Fire)

23. Merry Christmas Baby ~ Charles Brown & Johnny Moore’s 3 Blazers (Hollywood)

24. Smokey Robinson Drop

3^rd Hour

Intro

Scrimshire – Christmas Love feat. Rob Hynd (Wah Wah 45s)

Billy Taylor Orchestra – Bright Star In The East (Bell)

DJ Format – Mr. DJ (B-Boy Version) (CDR)

Bo Diddley – Hit Or Miss (Chess)

Gary Bartz – Dozens (The Sounding Song) (Prestige)

Stac – Merry Christmas Baby (Wah Wah 45s)

Stephen McCleery – We Three Kings (Wah Wah 45s)

Jesse Futerman Exclusive Mix

Jesse Futerman – Blue (cdr)

Kira Neris – Melly Medony (Futuristica)

Lowrell – Mellow Mellow Right On (Avi)

Breakwater – Work It Out (Arista)

Andres – Step To The Side (Mahogani Music)

Ahwlee- Ajar (Soulection Comp Promo)

B.lewis – Frozen (Soulection Comp Promo)

Elis Regina – Memorias de Marta Sare (Universal)

20syl- Track 1 (cdr)

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100^th Birthday Special!

1^st Hour

Intro

The Creole Choir Of Cuba – Peze Café (Real World)

Quantic – Cumbia de Mochilla (Strut)

Smalltown Romeo – Party Motion (James Pants Remix) (Plant Music)

Root Soul – Fuselage (Guynamukat Fela Is Alive And Well Remix) (Mukatsuku)

The Incredible Bongo Band – When The Bed Breaks Down (Seiji Remix) (CDR)

Jaymez Nylon – Live In This Light (Bagpak)

Tokimonsta – Solitary Joy feat. Shuanise (Listenup)

Wolf Music In The Studio

Atmosfear – Dancing In Outer Space (Greymatter Remix) (Wolf Music)

Be – No Thrills (Wolf Music)

Greymatter – Only To Fall (Wolf Music)

KRL – Recession Beat (Wolf Music)

Ilija Rudman – Who’s Crying Now (Wolf Music)

Brothers Rise – Make Love (Wolf Music)

2^nd Hour

Intro

Ross Allen In The Studio

Zinja Hlungwani – Nwa Gezani My Love (Honest Jons)

Kanye West – Hell Of A Life (Roc-a-fella)

Unknown – Unknown (cdr)

Unknown – Jam City Refix (Night Slugs)

Rose Mitchell – Baby Please Don’t Go (Roseann)

Little Willie John – I’m Shakin (Gusto / Kent)

Charles Sheffield – It’s Your Voodoo Working (Excello)

Black Coffee – Juju (City Deep Music)

Storm Queen – Look Right Through (Environ)

Chieko Kinbara – Changed My Life (Code Red Vocal Mix) (King Street)

Mandigo – Black Rite (EMI)

Janelle Monae – Dance Or Die (Bad Boy)

Yellowman vs Horsepower Productions – Zunga Zunga (Greensleeves)

3^rd Hour

Intro 3

Blue Daisy In The Studio

Jamie Woon – Night Air (Blue Daisy Remix) (Candent Song)

Pional – We Have Been Waiting For You (Blue Daisy Remix) (Hivern)

Tracey Thorn – Late In The Afternoon (Blue Daisy Remix) (Strange Feeling Records)

Blue Daisy – Shade Of The Colour Blue (Black Acre)

Blue Daisy – Shadow Assassins (Black Acre) Exclusive

Deborah Jordan – I Know You (Unreleased)

Kurt Elling – Matte Kudasai (Decca)

John Stubblefield – Song For One (Storyville)

Marvin Gaye – Far Cry (Motown)

Sandy Barber – I Think I’ll Do Some Steppin’ On My Own (Olde World Records)

Christmas Special

Intro
Scrimshire – This Christmas feat. Rob Hynd (Wah Wah 45s)
Moonstarr – Greed (PTR)
Quantic – Cumbia de Mochilla (Strut)
Laki Mura – How Dare You (Part-Time Heroes Remix) (CDR)
Jamie Woon – Night Air (Candent Song)
Stephen McCleery – We Three Kings (Wah Wah 45s)
Jaymz Nylon – Live In This Light (Bagpak)
Marvin Gaye – Calypso Blues (DJ Kunto Remix) (CDR)
Incredible Bongo Band – When The Bed Breaks Down (Seiji Remix) (CDR)
Matthew Halsall – Ode To The Big Sea (Recorded live at Maida Vale)
Stac – Please Come Home (Wah Wah 45s)
The Temptations – Let It Snow (Motown)
Outro

Such is the state of things at Wah Wah 45s now that myself and Dom are beginning to bend under the weight of jobs that need doing!

Next year promises to be our biggest yet, with a glut of albums from our favourite artists and because of that we thought it was about time to get some help in! So please welcome Miss Vicky Green. Here is a little review from Vicky of the Scala party at the end of November. You can find some photos at the bottom too…
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The other week I experienced my first ‘Wah Wah Live’ event held at The Scala in Kings Cross and oh my days did it not disappoint! We arrived early in the day to get cracking with setting up the venue and making it look pretty for the night ahead. My jobs varied between anything that people needed/wanted help with – from hanging Wah Wah 12” sleeves from the ceiling (without getting them tangled, ahem Paul!) to setting up the tables and chairs and decorating the venue.

There was much joking and laughter and I don’t think I’ve seen two men eat so much all you can eat buffet in a long time! We rolled said fatties back to the venue to deal with any last minute issues and with sound checks complete, the doors opened at 9pm. Temperatures weren’t the most tropical but that didn’t stop the soul brothers and sistas from experiencing a night of quality music.

Resonators got things warmed up in room three with their skankin dub reggae and Stac lured us into the main room with her velvety voice, beautiful backing vocalists and band. Later The Hackney Colliery Band started jamming in room three and made their way into the main room in the style of a big brassy conga with some people dancing along behind them.

I was generally floating between the backstage area checking in on the artists and the various rooms soaking up the atmosphere and enjoyed seeing how much fun everyone was having. I had the pleasure of meeting Will Quantic briefly backstage and I have to say he has one of the softest beards I’ve ever felt! Definitely a winner for Decembeard. I wonder whether he uses conditioner on it…? Anyway, I digress. His set later in the night definitely increased the temperature of the main room packing in a big crowd of smilers and dancers – everyone was having an incredible time. One guy was loving it so much he kept trying to show off his dance moves to everyone on the stage (much to the dismay of a nearby bouncer)!

Musical Bingo went down a storm in the top room with the great Jess Indeedy on the mic. I have to say I timed things pretty damn poorly and didn’t manage to take part in an actual game of bingo but every time I was there it seemed as though there were as many people up dancing to the music as there were playing bingo! I was also surprised to see how many of my friends had taken a new shine to this musical game. Perhaps it’s time for a trip down to Mecca Bingo next weekend!

Thanks to Dom, Adam and everyone involved for making it such a success and so much fun to be a part of.

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Yesterday we had the deep joy of taking the Hackney Colliery Band into our favourite London studio to record pieces for their next single and begin work on the debut album!

Once again we have been fortunate enough to have the amazing Ben Lamdin (Nostalgia 77) engineering the session. Ben’s knowledge is on another level when it comes to recording live music like this, and with a treasure trove of mics, devices, boxes and other treats, the sound and setup was beautiful.

Also there was our very lovely Simon Capstone who will be on production and mix duties for both the single and album. Between the two of them we captured something really amazing yesterday.

The Hackney Collieries themselves were on incredible form and it’s a real treat to finally start digging in to the original material they have been busily writing and arranging over the last few months. You’re going to love their original pieces. Full of all the personality, humour and energy you’ve come to expect but with deep, deep soul, funk and a touch of jazz too. We’re mad about them.

Tracks recorded include:

• Africa (by Toto, arrangement by Jeff Miller – Sousaphone);
• Right Foot Up (by Cath Roberts – Alto/Baritone saxophone);
• Happy Daze (by Olly Blackman – bass drum and percussion);
• House Arrest (by Steve Pretty – Trumpet/Melodica).

Below are one or two photos from yesterday, have a little peek. But also, you can read at the Hackney Citizen a timely feature on the band, looking back over their incredibly eventful 2010, their origins and what’s to come…

Hackney Citizen feature on the Hackney Colliery Band

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This is a big week. We don’t know how to wind down at Wah Wah! Although we’re going to try, very soon. But before that…

This week we have some very special new music out. First up is the now traditional Christmas EP! And this year we’re donating all proceeds from sales made on our bandcamp page to the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation! Minimum payment is £2 for 3 gorgeous tracks but you can pay a little more if you would like to make a bigger donation. One track on there from me featuring Rob Hynd, a lovely acoustic number from Stac and a debut from the lovely Stephen McCleery.

Have a listen on the site and hit the buy link to get your copy! Another Wah Wah Christmas EP!

Second up – two immense remixes for the summer beauty that was Sweet love Affair. One from D&B don Cyantific and another from twisted dub master Jstar! these two new versions take the track somewhere a little different, a little more dancefloor, a little more punchy.

Again, you can listen to both Resonators remixes here on this site and buy direct from us!

Check out both these beautiful new records today!