Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller sit in
Craig hands over the wheels of souly steel for this one-off special, where actor Martin Freeman and DJ and record label founder Eddie Piller chat about their new music project.
You might know him as Tim from The Office, or Dr Watson in the Â鶹Éç series Sherlock or even Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's film trilogy The Hobbit......But did you know Martin Freeman is also a Secret Soul Boy?
Craig hands over the wheels of souly steel for this one-off special, to Martin and Eddie Piller, DJ and founder of Acid Jazz Records. You can hear them chat about their new music project that marks 30 years of Acid Jazz Records. Expect tunes from Kamasi Washington to Marlena Shaw, plus a crate load of funk, Northern Soul, jazz and Motown goodness, as they spin their favourite tracks from their personal record collections.
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Music Played
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The Pointer Sisters
Yes We Can Can
- Ace.
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Ike & Tina Turner
Bold Soul Sister
- Blue Thumb.
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Miriam Makeba
Pata Pata
- Reprise.
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Aretha Franklin
(Sweet, Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
- Lady Soul.
- Atlantic.
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Corduroy
Magic Mountain
- Acid Jazz.
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New Mastersounds
Tantalus
- One Note Records.
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Vibrettes
Humpty Dump
- Lujon Records.
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The Mohawks
The Champ
- Pama Records.
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Willie Hutch
Lucky to Be Loved by You
- RCA.
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Street People
Gotta Get Back With You
- Vigor.
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Santana
Everybody's Everything
- CBS.
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Detroit Emeralds
Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
- Westbound.
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Donald Byrd
Places and Spaces
- Blue Note Records.
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Leroy Hutson
Lucky Fellow (Disco Freaks Edit)
- Acid Jazz.
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Prince
Alphabet St.
- Paisley Park.
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Leon's Creation
This Is The Beginning
- Acid Jazz.
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Reunion
When The Well Runs Dry
- Tramp.
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Charles Williams
Trees And Grass And Things
- Acid Jazz.
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Les McCann
Sad Little Girl
- Acid Jazz.
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Gilberto Sextet
Good Lovin'
- Cotique.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Mighty Mighty
- CBS.
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Rotary Connection
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
- Stateside.
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Roberta Flack
Compared To What
- Atlantic.
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N.W.A
If It Ain't Ruff
- Ruthless Records.
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Bo Diddley
I've Had It Hard
- Chess.
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Mose Allison
If You're Going To The City
- Acid Jazz.
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Herbie Hancock
Fat Mama
- Warner Bros.
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P.P. Arnold
The Magic Hour
- White.
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Alice Clark
Don't You Care
- BGP.
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Jimmy Holiday
You Won't Get Away
- Kent Soul.
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Noonday Underground
The Light Brigade
- Blow Up Records ‎.
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Harold McNair
The Hipster
- Acid Jazz.
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George Benson
Nature Boy
- Warner Bros.
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Alabama Shakes
Future People
- ATO Records.
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Gwen McCrae
90% Of Me Is You
- Cat Records.
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Bobby Womack
Woman's Gotta Have It
- United Artists.
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Love Unlimited
Move Me No Mountain
- 20th Century Records.
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Durand Jones & The Indications
Smile
- Dead Oceans.
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The Knight Brothers
Temptation 'Bout To Get Me
- Kent Soul.
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Horace Silver
Liberated Brother
- Blue Note Records.
Broadcast
- Sat 31 Mar 2018 18:00Â鶹Éç Radio 6 Music