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Mark Lamarr with The Mouse Outfit

Mark Lamarr plays a host of tunes that you rarely hear on the radio and is joined in session this week by Manchester based hip hop band The Mouse Outfit.

Mark Lamarr plays a host of tunes that you rarely hear on the radio and is joined by this week's band, The Mouse Outfit. Hailing from Manchester, The Mouse Outfit are an eight-piece, live hip-hop band who perform a blend of hip-hop, jazz and funk breaks.

The featured artist this week is Shirley Ellis who despite only making three albums became famous for her wordplay lyrics with songs like 'Ka Ta Ga Boom Beat' and 'The Puzzle Song'.

Inspired by one of Shirley's songs the theme for the night is 'Nitty Gritty' with Mark playing different versions of the track by Primal Scream, Ricardo Ray, Gladys Knight and Pips, Chuck Berry and of course Shirley herself.

The album this week is 'Jamaica - Mento from 1951 - 1958', a collection of songs that represent the original popular music from Jamaica. Mark picks tracks by Lord Flea, Hubert Porter with the Tower Islanders, Hubert Porter and Count Lasher.

In the gospel slot, Mark chooses one of the biggest bands in this field, The Pilgrim Travellers and picks two great a capella songs 'I Want My Crown' and 'Standing On The Highway'. Elvis Costello's mellow vocals provide the aural massage and Count Basie will be taking us pre-war with his song 'Stop Beating Around The Mulberry Bush'.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Primal Scream

    Nitty Gritty

    • Riot City Blues.
    • Columbia.
  • Big Band Splash

    That's What Happens

    • Another Apple.
    • Wime.
  • Shirley Ellis

    The Name Game

    • Shirley Ellis The Complete Congress Re Connoisseur Collection.
  • Shirley Ellis

    The Nitty Gritty

    • Shirley Ellis Complete Congress Recordin Connoisseur Collection.
  • The Pharcyde - Passing Me By

  • The Mouse Outfit

    Break of Dawn

  • The Mouse Outfit

    Ready

  • Lord Flea

    Donkey Bray (The Jackass Song)

    • Jamaica - Mento 1951 - 1958.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
  • Hubert Porter With the Tower Islanders

    Bargie

    • Jamaica - Mento 1951 - 1958.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
  • POP ETC

    Excuses

    • Big Echo.
    • Rough Trade.
  • Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - Cumbia Sobre El Mar

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    The Nitty Gritty

    • The Ultimate Collection.
    • MOTOWN.
  • Sheetah et les Weissmuller

    Mets Des Badges

    • Hola Ye Yeah.
    • Screaming Apple.
  • Solomon Burke

    Detroit City

    • King Solomon (Bonus Tracks).
    • Sequel (UK).
  • Shirley Ellis

    The Puzzle Song (A Puzzle In Song)

    • The Complete Congress Recordings.
    • CONNOISSEUR.
  • Shirley Ellis

    Ka Ta Goom Boom Beat

    • Great Googley Moo.
    • Ace.
  • John Scofield

    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

    • This Meets That.
    • Universal Distribution.
  • The Mouse Outfit

    Chills The View

  • Lord Power & His Calypsonians

    It All Began With Adam And Eve

    • Jamaica-Mento 1951-1958.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
  • The Wrigglers Featuring Ernest Ranglin

    Mary Ann

    • Jamaica - mento 1951 - 1958.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
  • The Costello Show Ft. The Attractions;

    Sleep Of The Just

    • and the Confederates.
    • King Of America.
  • Mary Wells

    Bye Bye Baby

    • Single.
    • Motown.
  • Sixty Nine

    Too Drunk to Truck

    • Too Drunk To Truck.
    • Voodoo Rhythm.
  • Lattie Moore

    Drunk Again

    • I'm Not Broke But I'm Badly Bent: The Be Westside Records.
  • The Spencer Davis Group

    On The Green Light

    • The Spencer Davis Group - Eight Gigs a W Island.
  • Ricardo Ray

    Nitty Gritty

    • The Nuyorican Funk Experience.
    • NASCENTE.
  • Movie Star Junkies

    Under The Marble Faun

    • A Poison Tree.
    • Voodoo Rhythm.
  • The Isley Brothers

    The Heat Is On

    • The Heat Is On.
    • Sony Music Dist.
  • Pilgrim Travelers

    I Want My Crown

    • The Best Of the Pilgrim Travellers Vol 1 Speciality Records.
  • The Go! Team

    Bottle Rocket

    • Thunder Lightening Strike.
    • MEMPHIS.
  • Pilgrim Travelers

    Standing On The Highway

    • The Best Of The Pilgrim Travellers Vol 1 Speciality Records.
  • Shirley Ellis

    Soul Time

    • The Best Of Soul Time.
    • EPIC.
  • Shirley Ellis

    Sugar, Let's Shing A Ling

    • Soul time With Shirley Ellis.
    • Columbia.
  • Mayer Hawthorne

    Just Ain't Gonna Work Out

    • A Strange Arrangement.
    • STONES THROW.
  • The Mouse Outfit

    The Recipe

  • Hubert Porter

    Iron Bar/Mas Charley Bell (Jamaica Farewell)

    • Jamaica - Mento.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
  • Count Lasher

    Perseverence

    • Jamaica - Mento 1951 - 1958.
    • Fremaux & Associes.
  • Chuck Berry

    Club Nitty Gritty

    • Chuck Berry's Golden Hits.
    • Mercury.
  • Count Basie & his orchestra with Jimmy Rushing

    Stop Beating Around The Mulberry Bush

    • Basically Basie.
    • JSP.

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Jun 2010 00:00