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innerspaceboy · 02-14-2015, 08:05 AM

Happy V-Day everyone!

Getting down to the funky sounds of Sesame Street this morning.

A few stand-out recordings instantly come to mind -

For starters, here's everyone's favorite jazz-funk segment - "Pinball Number Count" from 1976, sung by none other than The Pointer Sisters.

Spoiler for Get down to the funky sound here.:

Surprisingly, the track didn't see a proper vinyl release until 2003 when DJ Food released it as the B-Side to "C is for Cookie" on the Ninja Tune label.

Next up is The Year of Roosevelt Franklin - Columbia C 30387 released in 1970 (and once more four years later as My Name is Roosevelt Franklin.) This LP is highly-sought after by DJs in search of funky samples of Roosevelt scatting his A-B-Cs.

Spoiler for Check out Roosevelt here.:

But I'll end with a favorite of mine which has been filed away in the dusty Forgotten Memories of Sesame Street section of our culture's collective consciousness - an early children's synth pop video and the only hit offered by purple post-punk rocker, "Billy Idle."

Spoiler for Here is "Rebel L.":

Keep it funky everyone.

02-14-2015, 08:05 AM	#11 (permalink)
innerspaceboy Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: The Organized Mind Posts: 2,044	Happy V-Day everyone! Getting down to the funky sounds of Sesame Street this morni Happy V-Day everyone! Getting down to the funky sounds of Sesame Street this morning. A few stand-out recordings instantly come to mind - For starters, here's everyone's favorite jazz-funk segment - "Pinball Number Count" from 1976, sung by none other than The Pointer Sisters. Spoiler for Get down to the funky sound here.: Surprisingly, the track didn't see a proper vinyl release until 2003 when DJ Food released it as the B-Side to "C is for Cookie" on the Ninja Tune label. Next up is The Year of Roosevelt Franklin - Columbia C 30387 released in 1970 (and once more four years later as My Name is Roosevelt Franklin.) This LP is highly-sought after by DJs in search of funky samples of Roosevelt scatting his A-B-Cs. Spoiler for Check out Roosevelt here.: But I'll end with a favorite of mine which has been filed away in the dusty Forgotten Memories of Sesame Street section of our culture's collective consciousness - an early children's synth pop video and the only hit offered by purple post-punk rocker, "Billy Idle." Spoiler for Here is "Rebel L.": Keep it funky everyone. Last edited by innerspaceboy; 02-14-2015 at 09:00 AM.