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Sounds Spectacular is the new show from New York producer and DJ Ursula 1000 where our host blends an exotic cocktail of aural delights.
His time machine is set for retro/future beats beyond delving in esoteric disco, leftfield grooves and lots of guilty pleasures!

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Favoriting June 11, 2020: Charles Stepney Special!

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Artist Track Year Images Approx. start time
The New Rotary Connection  I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun   Favoriting 1971 
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Marlena Shaw  California Soul   Favoriting 1969 
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Earth Wind and Fire  Can't Hide Love   Favoriting 1975 
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Terry Callier  You're Goin' Miss Your Candyman   Favoriting 1972 
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Minnie Riperton  Les Fleurs   Favoriting 1971 
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The Dells  Free and Easy   Favoriting 1971 
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Your Sweet Inner Self  Jeannie Piersol   Favoriting 1969 
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Dorothy Ashby  Myself When Young   Favoriting 1970 
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Ramsey Lewis  Sun Goddess   Favoriting 1974 
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Marlena Shaw  Woman Of The Ghetto   Favoriting 1969 
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The Dells  I Can Sing a Rainbow / Love Is Blue   Favoriting 1969 
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Deniece Williams  Free   Favoriting 1976 
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Listener comments!

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Ursula1000:

Today we'll be showcasing some of the work of Charles Stepney, an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and musician noted for his work with artists such as The Dells, Ramsey Lewis, Rotary Connection, Minnie Riperton and Earth, Wind & Fire.
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Here we go!
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Ursula1000:

hi Hopey!
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solo mon:

Omg stepney one of my idols!
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Ursula1000:

hey Solo---yay!
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solo mon:

Rotary connection 4 Eva!
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StringOFperils:

This should be interesting. :)
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Ursula1000:

hi Strings!
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solo mon:

So excited for this. Thank you U1k
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solo mon:

Ugh his vocal arrangements heavenly!
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Ursula1000:

otherworldly
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hi Ursula1000 and Sounds Spectators!
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Ursula1000:

hiya Jan! loved your show!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Ah, California Soul. Nice.
  1:08pm
Martinibomb:

hey Mister Ursula 0b1111101000
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solo mon:

Those drums signature stepney
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Ursula1000:

what up MB!
  1:09pm
Martinibomb:

@u1k just cookin' up that second pot o coffee
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Domenic:

this Marlena Show is groovy. She's from New England, Or lived here.
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solo mon:

His sound changed a lot w earth wind a fire.
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Ursula1000:

hi Domenic--oh cool--didn't know--this album is amazing!
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solo mon:

It’s still gorgeous just a lot less orchestral.
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Ursula1000:

I have an older sis who LOVED EWF and this era of their catalog holds a special place in my heart
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Sem:

Earth signing in, U1K. Fire and Wind maybe later, Greets, all.
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Ursula1000:

hiya Sem
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

So much EW&F when I was a teen as well, U1K.
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Ursula1000:

on those old record players where they'd repeat the side when that holder thingy was off---this stuff is blueprinted on my brain!
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solo mon:

I didn’t appreciate ewf til later. But 100 % remember that record player biz.
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chresti:

Hiyas!
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Ursula1000:

hey chresti!
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solo mon:

This. One.
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Ursula1000:

Oh yes. Timeless
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Sem:

Concur. What pipes.
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solo mon:

Powerful! Phil Spector couldn’t clean his chicken coop!
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solo mon:

This has “dynamic range” covered in all aspects.
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StringOFperils:

Large production.
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solo mon:

I would love to visit chess records around this time, musta been so much fun smoking weed out of a giant hooka and coming up with concepts.
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Ursula1000:

can u imagine? oh to be a fly on the wall catching those vibes
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StringOFperils:

The spontaneity isn't lost on this Dells session either, despite the complexity of studio stuff going on. Lot of separation and balance, well-recorded parts, analog compression, overdubs, 1 inch tape. OMG
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joe:

There is something of an opioid like effect about the package of this music time period, artist and recording/producing technique For me it creates an almost surreal comfort in some ways. Or maybe it's because of the time period of life/youth I first experienced it.
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Ursula1000:

hi Joe! yep I hear u
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solo mon:

String- agree! Feels off the cuff but so focused it’s stunning to hear all the layers and actually hear them too. Mixed so well.
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Martinibomb:

hey Ursula have u checked out ezstems/spleeter?
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Ursula1000:

no--is that a band?
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solo mon:

Because there’s always a harp in this studio.
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Ursula1000:

haha!
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Ursula1000:

MB---is it a plugin?
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solo mon:

Oh U1k it’s a vocal remover
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Ursula1000:

ooooh intriguing! insta-instrumental
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

Hi, U1K and folx! I've been listening and enjoying while i prepare food in Granny's Faux Real Diner.
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solo mon:

I think MB is making some karaoke videos with it.
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Ursula1000:

hiya GSP!
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solo mon:

Gran! I have a reservation for 01001 at your faux diner.
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Ursula1000:

by the way--b4 I forget--I was able to mail out those French faux punk comps yesterday---hopefully you should be receiving them in the next few
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

groovy! and groovy!
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solo mon:

I hope you received my diet restrictions - no legos not even for dessert.
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Domenic:

The Dorothy Ashby track had a vocal. That was different!
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solo mon:

Uhm the cover to this record I’m deceased.
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Martinibomb:

@U1K it's not a plugin yet no.. but the ezstems is a web version of this machine learning ai system called "spleeter" that is trained to take a stereo track and break it into bass, drum, vox, other... etc...
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Martinibomb:

good for making edits/remixes hint hint
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solo mon:

Sun goddess indeed!
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Martinibomb:

and of course karaoke!
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Ursula1000:

nice MB! will def check it out
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solo mon:

Can we karaoke if the Dorothy Ashby track please?! Lol
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Ursula1000:

that would be amazing!
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solo mon:

Stepneys weird effects in effect!
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Sem:

KIckin' stuff, Gettin' a real earful. Thanks, U1K.
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Ursula1000:

though I do love the sitar usage in a lot of psychedelic soul he didn't really go there to make it "trippy"
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Ursula1000:

but a kalimba with a shit load of reverb....YES!
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solo mon:

Speaking of sitar ursula not without mention a certain sitar from stepney that is a backbone to some hip hop??? You know wha I’m talking about I’m sure ;)
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

solo mon: if i just slice the "L" off can i serve you Eggos?
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solo mon:

If eggs had L’eggs!
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Domenic:

wow! this version of Love is Blue / Rainbow is superb.
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

When I was a kid I used to collect the L'eggs eggs.
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solo mon:

I forgot how great the dells are.
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

my partner moved to the US as a teen in the 1970s, and had never seen TV commercials before. He's still confused about L'Eggs and Eggos and are they connected?
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StringOFperils:

Wow. I want all of these original Dells LPs now. Never gonna happen. Nice to dream.
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solo mon:

Hopey yeah those l’egg eggs were super useful and kinda futuristic fun.
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Martinibomb:

I always enjoyed hear this song on the radio when I was a kid
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Ursula1000:

Funny---I was just thinking the same thing about the Dells--gaps need filling!!!
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

(PS: English is not his first language, either)
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Martinibomb:

This is a big one from my early years
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solo mon:

My I never thought abt it, are they connected?!? LEGO my L’eggo egg!
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Martinibomb:

I always liked hearing it in my dad's cavernous machine shop with all the reverb - they always left the radio on
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StringOFperils:

This stuff is as good, in a later and different way, as Hal David/Burt Bacharach stuff. It's very uptown.
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Ursula1000:

Maurice White from EW&F on this too---smooth AF
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Jan Turkenburg:

Thanks U1K! (f.i. for making aware of Marlena Shaw!)
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Ursula1000:

my pleasure Jan! Thanks 4 tuning in :)
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Martinibomb:

thanks for the tunes today
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solo mon:

Thanks so much for the hour of stepney
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Ursula1000:

thanks everyone!
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Domenic:

Superb program. Thanks
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solo mon:

Love this cozy club house
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Ursula1000:

love our clubhouse!
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Ursula1000:

xoxo
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Ursula1000:

oops forgot to mention---German producers Jazzanova did a fun megamix of Stepney's work a few years ago--fun mash up! soundcloud.com...
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chresti:

Thanks U1000!
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