Mr Peabody Records - The Real Sound Of Chicago

Dollar Disco @ Smart Bar w/ Mr Peabody Records Jan 19th

2012-02-14T16:49:00.000-08:00

Dollar Disco @ Smart Bar - Chicago
w/ Mr Peabody Records Feb 19th
Dj's Mark Grusane, Mike Cole

Sponsored By: Gramaphone Records

50% All Inventory CYBER MONDAY SALE.... STARTS AT MIDNIGHT

2011-11-27T17:13:00.000-08:00

Peabody Radio Show #005

2011-08-17T13:03:00.000-07:00

Another installation featuring Mark Grusane & Jeff Black. Featuring new material from Lono Brazil, and our newest compilation The Real Sound Of Chicago and Beyond (BBE).

Now Available - The Real Sound Of Chicago & Beyond (BBE Music)

2011-08-01T16:21:00.000-07:00

Compiled By Mr Peabody Records - The CD Info Is Below, Don't Forget To By The Vinyl Version Of This Release For The Alternate Takes And Edits!

CD1 Chicago:

01. The Moore Brothers - I Want To Marry You
02. Crystal Wind - It Ain't Easy
03. Oscar Strickland - Changing With The Times
04. Sun Sect feat. Pam - She's Hot
05. Sheila Hutchinson-Whitt - A New You In '82
06. Lady Gwendolyn - Shout!!
07. Nedra - Get Up And Dance
08. Dan Boadi And The African Internationals - Play That Funky Music
09. Conway Brothers – Turn It Up
10. Kenny Wells - What You Got Left For Love

CD2 Beyond:
01. Elouise Burrell - It's Alright
02. Vanatti - I've Got To Break Away (Instrumental)
03. Clive Stevens - CHEGA
04. Hot Pepper - Cancion Ritual
05. Total Eclipse - Disco Boogie
06. Nadie La Fonde - Three Way Situation
07. Nate Williams - Mugged By Love (Instrumental)
08. Lily Fields – Lover
09. The Energy Comission - I Only Have Eyes For You
10. SpaceArk - Do What You Can Do
11. Judy Clayton - Loves Gonna Find You (Mr Peabody Re-Adjusted Edit)
12. Jaisun - I Fall In Love Everyday
13. Kurtis Scott - Build (Pt.1 & 2)

Chicago. A place celebrated the world over for the talent of its musicians spanning across countless genres of music. You name it---Soul, Funk, Rock, Jazz, Blues, etc. In modern times, Chicago’s Dance floors have had a worldwide reputation for House music; it’s a sound that has pretty much reached to areas all across the globe. Yet, in the early developmental stages of the Chicago Dance era (mid-late 1970’s to early 1980’s), there were scores of musicians recording Dance music, hoping to be the next mainstream success story. As it goes, for the artists in this compilation---it didn’t quite turn out that way. Budget problems, the politics of the time, being told, “I don’t like it”, or simply having the door slammed in their face, is what many of these artists were faced with instead. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that the musicianship that these artists possessed by far equals---even defined---the infinite status of what today’s market calls “Good Music”.
For over a decade now, we, Mark Grusane and Mike Cole, have been distributing rare Dance gems across the globe. Being the music enthusiasts that we are, we opted to bring the art of record collecting to a higher level. So, 7 years ago, while the both of us were walking down the street ‘talking vinyl’, we decided to open a record store. Thus, Mr. Peabody Records was born. Now…that name doesn’t quite fit two Black guys from the south side of Chicago according to some folks’ equation, but according to our math---it would work. And it did. As a result, we’ve spent many years travelling to various destinations, home and abroad, in an effort to snare every possible unique vinyl gem we could get our hands on. To support this massive record collecting habit, we would sell widely diverse and eclectic assortments of collectible vinyl globally to fellow vinyl-heads who shamelessly shared this same addictive passion. Being both vintage collectors as well as dance-floor DJs, our selections gravitate toward rare and un-played Dance material from the past, with of course a few modern day exceptions. Warning: We are pretty strict in our programming, so expect nothing but the best. Originally, this series of RSOC compilations was to be the musical insight from the Black underground Dance material made in Chicago. But after further thought we decided to provide Dance music from all around the world as well, since we did not want to limit ourselves in the scope of what we present, as we are well versed with Dance music on a global scale. We know that you, the listeners and lovers of good music, will appreciate and love these selections from areas outside Chicago as well. It is also important to us that those non-native Chicagoan artists receive their just dues as well. So, without further ado, we at Mr. Peabody Records, and BBE, present to you: THE REAL SOUND OF CHICAGO & BEYOND!

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Chicago Soul Legends Party w/ WHPK @ Mr Peabody Records

2011-07-29T14:48:00.000-07:00

It's that time again ! Join the WHPK Thursday Night Dusties Party DJs (Andy,King George and "the Amazing Michelle",Gary,PJ,Ray,and Andre) for our annual event.
Great food,(courtesy of Hollywood Wings and Olivia's Soul Food) special guests and plenty of dusty music, spinnin' all day long !

A $10.00 donation is required, and will be credited towards a vinyl or CD purchase.

Saturday July 30th
1-6pm @ Mr. Peabody Records
11832 S. Western

Visit Our facebook Invite Page

For more info,tune in to "The Dusties Party"
Thursdays 9pm-midnight (cst) on http://whpk.org/ and iTunes

Our Commercial Spot

2011-07-29T13:28:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Paula from Groove Parlor TV for spear-heading this for us. You'll be sure to be seeing it in the future. Enjoy!

$1.00 Vinyl Blowout Weekender Is Back...

2011-07-12T15:04:00.000-07:00

The time of the year is here everyone. By popular demand we are thowing our Annual Vinyl Blowout. 45,000+ Records will be marked down to just $1.00 - 1 Weekend Only - Sat, Sun - 23rd & 24th. The sale is for In Store Only.. Early Arrival Suggested!

Mr Peabody Records
11832 S. Western Ave
Chicago Il. 60643
773-881-9299

Peabody Tradmark Hour Radio Show #004

2011-04-27T14:39:00.000-07:00

Check out our lastest radio show recorded live @ Mr Peabody Records
Brought to you by Mark Grusane & Jeff Black

Mr Peabody Records @ Danny's - Chicago

2011-01-13T23:15:00.000-08:00

Boogie Electonique w/ Mr Peabody Records

Peabody Trademark Hour #003 w/ Mark & L-Genius

2011-01-11T18:05:00.000-08:00

Another candid installment of good music from the Mr Peabody Records Camp In Chicago. Show #003 - Featuring Rare & Unplayed B-SIdes, 1970's, 1980's, Beyond, and also featuring a track from the - Fabulous Vibrations Funk Band (Osaka Japan).

Peabody Records @ Danny's (Chicago)

2010-12-09T21:23:00.000-08:00

The Osaka, Japan (Brankett) Experience with Mr Peabody Records

2010-12-03T15:42:00.000-08:00

We finally made it back home after our visit to japan. Good people and tons of good music.
ミスター・ピーボディのブランケットと過ごした大阪日本体験記
（抜粋妙訳）

To start off, we missed our flight leaving due to Chicago's Infamous traffic jam's. Should have known better, trying to get to O'hare airport in time on the Kennedy Expressway, at 8am dead in the heart of the rush hour. Being the gig was scheduled a couple days after our arrival in Japan, we still were able to leave the following day. Upon our arrival we were greeted by Keiko, Hankyo (Brankett), And DJ Taizo (lesson zero).
ええ人たち、山もりイカした音楽俺たちついに大阪への旅から戻って来たよ。

The airport was beautiful, Most of the structure was made of glass we noticed as we walked out.. We made our way through the city passing many street signs (which we could not understand) other than the letter spelling which were are familiar with from shipping many records to the area. We got to our rooms downtown, which the accomadations where very nice thanks to Keiko & The Brankett Crew.
この旅は出だしでつまずいた。シカゴの悪名高い朝の渋滞にハマって、飛行機に見事に乗り遅れてしもた。もっと調べといたらよかったなぁ、あの時間帯に高速のケネディ経由で行くとどうなるか。朝

We settled our bags down and hit the streets with Keiko, Hankyo & Taizo. We went throught the streets and saw many sights and shops.
時頃までに着くようにって、ラッシュ時のドまん中やってんなぁ。幸いパーティは当初の日本到着予定日より数日後やったから、
日遅れで到着しても余裕があって助かった。てなわけで、迎えに来ていたケイコと再会、ブランケットのハンキョウとレッスンゼロのタイゾーとご対面。

We ended up having dinner at a place that was in a basement of an office building downtown. There, we met DJ Mitsuki(brankett / J.A.N.) had our first experience with Sushi, Octopus, Fine Beer, And Japanesse Fried Chicken, Yummy! After that we ended up going to have a drink at the Contort Bar, did we say bar? Opps, we mean Bar & Record Shop. We met some cool people Owner Yamano and his really cool bartender Yulliy. She hooked us up with some drinks to get our buzz on, Thanks Yulliy. We had good conversation, and they had some fantastic records as well as live Dj's. After that, ended up going back to our rooms to rest up. The next day, we went on a tour of our friends/record stores throughout osaka. We visited 10 stores total:
歩きながら見てて、空港きれいやなぁ、ほとんどがガラスでできてるやんそれから（空港から車で）街のいろんな通りを眺めながら、看板（スーパー玉出の看板に過剰反応：笑）や通りの名前を見てたら、俺たちがシカゴからレコードを送ったことがある、見覚えのある通りや住所の名前もあったよ。で、ダウンタウン（難波）のドまん中にあるホテルの部屋へ、どっこらしょ。エエ場所や、ナイスな所にしてくれてありがとう、ケーコとブランケット。ひとまず荷物をほりこんで、ケイコ、ハンキョウ、タイゾーと、その足ですぐストリートへ繰り出した。あっちこっち通りや路地を歩き回って、いろんな街の風景やお店を見たよ。で、そろそろ晩ご飯で一段落。ダウンタウンのオフィスビルの地下にあるレストラン
（御堂筋のビアホール・ミュンヘン）へ。
J.A.N. /
ブランケットのミツキも駆けつけち
ょこっとご対面。初体験の日本の味、寿司・タコ・生ビール・フライドチキンマイウー！その後、バー・コントートでほっこり。バーって言ったっけ？おっと、バーとレコード
屋が一緒になってたよ。ここでクールな人たちに出会った。オーナーのヤマノと（金曜
日に入っている）ユリは本当にクールな人たちだよ。ユリが相手してくれて、ちょうどええ具合に、俺たち気持ちよくほろ酔った。ありがとうユリ、楽しいお喋り。コントートにはステキなレコードあって、
DJ
がライブでイカした音楽も流してたよ。その後は、ホテルに戻ってバタンキューで充電。（のハズがその後、も一度コントートに行きたい！と呼び出されましたが：笑）



















































RECORDS & BAR CONTORT
http://contort.exblog.jp/

RUBIC RECORDS

http://www.rubic-records.com/

DISC J.J.
http://www.discjj.com/

GROOVENUT RECORDS
http://www.groovenutrecords.net/

RARE GROOVE
http://raregroove.shop-pro.jp/

NIGHT BEAT RECORDS
http://www.nightbeatrecords.com/

BOON COON RECORDS
http://www.booncoonrecords.com/

VOX MUSIC
http://www.voxmusicweb.com/

ROOTDWON RECORDS
http://www.rootdownrecords.jp/

AFRO JUICE RECORDS
http://www.afro-juice.com/

View Record Shopping Video & Slideshow here:

そして翌日。（パーティ前に）大阪のレコード屋巡り、いくつかの店は俺たちの友達／お客さんだ。すみずみ
軒も堀り倒した。

Later we headed down to Namba Rockets which was a
Sub-Rock Club converted to a dance club that night
complete with mirror-ball and all. A fantastic place,
sound booth, light booth, nice and dark yeah!! We dug
it! We met Kasago & The Namba Rockets Staff who were
all very cool indeed. We all got together and started
setting the place up for the party and talked with each
other.Not soon after the sound check, the lights went
down and the party was underway. Thanks to all supporting
Dj's that came down to play and support. ADACHI(brankett,
SANSHIRO aka tough-san(brankett), TAIZO(Lesson Zero),
YUSUKE(J.A.N.),DJ UME-CHANG & MITSUKI aka
Mits-chang(J.A.N., brankett).

.

Click Here To See More Video From The Party

Click Here To View More Photos From The Party 1
Click Here To View More Photos From The Party 2

その後、難波ロケッツへ。その日はライブバンドが演った後、さあ、俺たちでダンスク
…
ラブに変身させようぜ。ミラーボールはもちろん、すべてが揃ってるじゃないのなん
…
とファンタスティックな場所。サウンドブース、照明ブース、いい感じでダークイェー最高！ロケッツのカサゴ、実にクールな人だ。それとスタッフも。現場のみんなにもご挨拶。
準備万端
、
全員集
合、
乾杯
、さあ、パーティだ。いろんな人が
集
まって来て、
…
互
いに笑い、喋りサウンドチェックが
終
わったら、ほどなくフロ
ア
が
真
っ
暗
になり、いよいよ、パーティの
始
まりだ。
全
てのサ
ポ
ートしてくれた
DJ
たちに感
謝
。
ア
ダチ（ブランケット）ウ
メ
チ
ャ
ンサンシロウ（ブランケット）タイゾー（レッスンゼロ）
ユースケ（
J.A.N.
）
ミツキ（
J.A.N./
ブランケット
)
パーティは朝まで
続
き、
祭
がはけた後もみんなと喋りつるみ、楽しんだ。
3

俺たちから、ス
ペ
シ
ャ
ルありがとう。
ピ
ーボディは、このパーティをいろんな面でサ
ポ
ートしてくれた人へ、この旅を実現させてくれた人へ、
以
下のみんなに
声
を大にして感
謝
していると言いたい。
ケイコ
ブランケットをつくったハンキョウ当日来れなかった／
DJ
をしなかったブランケットクルーイシ
ム
ラ、キ
ム
ラ、ミ
ヤ
ゴ、イタッテ、
ア
ラタ、イナガキロケッツのカサゴとそのスタッフ達
http://www.namba-rockets.com/
レッスンゼロのタイゾー
　多
大なる
貢献
感
謝
、車での出迎えも
http://www.lessonzero.com/
ヨ
コチン
　
ホットドックありがとう
ソ
ウル本
舗
のダイ
ジ
ロウ
http://love.ap.teacup.com/soulhonpo/
東京のタケ　東京でのフライヤー配布尽力に感謝
ディスクユ
ニ
オンのシシド
京都ブーツィーズレコーズのヒラノ教授
大
西
ユカリ
http://bls-act.co.jp/artists/onishi-yukari
名
古
屋の
ソ
ウイチロウ、
ピジ
ョンレコーズ、その友達たち
http://pigeon-records.jp/
シス
ム
レコード
http://www.cisumrecords.com/

We partied well into the morning and even hung out for
awhile afterwards. We want to give a big special thanks
and Peabody Shout to the following people that made
this happen:




































KEIKO & HANKYO (Brankett founder)

Kasago & the staff (Namba Rokets)

http://www.namba-rockets.com/


ISHIMURA(brankett) - FM radio station
(J-WAVE) as a sound engineer.

KIMURA, MIYAGO, ITTATE, ARATA, INAGAKI

















Taizo (Lesson Zero) - You were a great help.
                    Thanks for the ride also!


YOKO-CHIN (brankett) - Thanks 4 The Hotdogs!!

“Professor” HIRANO (BOOTY'S RECORDS in Kyoto)
The owner of one of the oldest record stores in Japan.
He introduced good music to the independent record
labels like P-Vine. He used to live in Chicago around
late 70s, his store’s name BOOTY’S came after the
blues club in South Side he always visited. Now he soon
becomes 60 years old but still doing DJing/collecting records!

DAIJIRO (Soul Honpo in Tokyo)
He’s one of the collector/ unique music writer in Japan
http://love.ap.teacup.com/soulhonpo/

TAKE in Tokyo - UME-CHANG’s friends, he visited every
record stores in Tokyo to hand over the Brankett
party flyers.

SHISHIDO (Disc Union in Tokyo)


YUKARI (hustle records)
http://bls-act.co.jp/artists/onishi-yukari
She is a singer , James Brown collector, also,used
to have her own radio show where she got Tatsuro
Yamashita as a guest.


SOICHI-LOW, PIGEON RECORDS & Their friends ( in Nagoya)
http://pigeon-records.jp/
They took 3-4 hours drive in mid night just to
come to our party.

CISUM RECORDS (online store in Osaka)
http://www.cisumrecords.com/
The owner came to our party and has visited our shop.

Thanks Osaka!
ありがとう、大阪！

Dusty Record Convention (Chicago) - Nov 2010 - Honoring Richard Pegue, Another Great Night Out..

2010-11-16T14:52:00.000-08:00

Once again we have another installment Of The Chicago Dusty Record Convention/Richard Pegue Memorial Party. I'd have to say the highlight of the night was catching a glimpse of the legendary Gene Chandler doing his thin on stage. The "Duke Of Earl" was in full effect. That guy moves better than me! It was a pleasure to meet him and get a pic and along with so many more people and many new faces. Definately a party not to be missed as I said 6 months ago. The Dj's were Ray Nea (WKKC-FM) , Tyrone Cannon (Ohio), & Al Greer (WKKC-FM). They played some serious soul that evening ON A SERIOUS SOUND SYSTEM provided by Chicago's Own Earnest L.

(Gene Chandler / Top Photo - Right)
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More About Richard Pegue:

Richard Pegue was born in Chicago to a beautician and a policeman. His father died in the line of duty when he was only two years old. Pegue would go on to develop a strong career in radio. This career began at age eleven, when Pegue's grandmother gave him a reel-to-reel tape recorder for his birthday. By sixteen, he was using his recorder to D.J. at dances at South Side schools. He even formed a doo-wop group, the Belvederes, at Hirsch High School. After graduating in 1961, Pegue worked bagging groceries at Del Farm Foods and selling records at Met Music. While working both jobs, Pegue still found time to attend radio broadcasting classes at Columbia College. Pegue continued performing doo-wop with a group called the Norvells. In 1965, Pegue wrote and produced "I'm Not Ready to Settle Down." Performed by the Cheers, the song still enjoys radio airplay today. In 1968, he became the music director at WVON. When WVON was sold in 1975, Pegue found work at various radio stations in Chicago and Northwest Indiana, including WOPA and WGCI, where he worked as a program director and fill-in disc jockey. In 1987, he returned to WGCI and facilitated a popular format change to urban oldies, or dusties. He stayed with the station for thirteen years. Then in 1993, Pegue began appearing every Friday at a Chicago dance club called Taste Entertainment, where he developed a following. In 1996, Pegue attended a movie with his wife, Sevina, and suffered a stroke. He spent six months recovering before recovering enough to work. In 2000, Pegue returned to WVON. By the mid 2000's Richard Joined his DJ friends AL GREER, LAMONT WATTS, RAY NEAL AND PJ WILLIS AT WKKC 89.3 FM Where continued to play the best music of your life un Saturday nights at midnight. Sadly to announce, RICHARD PEGUE passed away on MARCH 3 2009 at JACKSON PARK HOSPITAL. To all fans please feel free to post your comments and thank you for supporting THE BEST MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE. REST IN PEACE RICHARD. YOUR FRIENDS PJ WILLIS, AL GREER, TYRONE CANNON & RAY NEAL

Richard Pegue Wesite

Peabody Trademark Hour Show #002 w/ Mark Grusane, Mike Cole & L-Genius

2010-11-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

Here's another episode of the Mr Peabody Records Trademark Hour - show #002 - brought to you by Store Owners - Mark Grusane & Mike Cole - (On-Air) Support from L-Genius. New boogie music from the master tapes of the beige archives.

Early Remix Pioneer: Bobby Viteritti

2010-11-01T11:28:00.000-07:00

Lono Brazil - Down Tempo Jazz Dance Floor Mix

2010-10-31T13:07:00.000-07:00

Well, here we are winding down the weekend. What better way to end it of than with some smooth jazzy down tempo dancefloor grooves by no one other than our guy Mr. Lono Brazil of The Disco Unusual Social Club. Check this mix out below.

(Lono Brazil)

NU-JAZZ REVIVAL. ACID JAZZ/DOWNTEMPO, DANCE FLOOR JAZZ, Acid Jazz was a term coined in the late 80's by Gilles Peterson, Chris Bangs and Eddie Piller. It describes a funky music style which incorporates elements of jazz, 70's funk, hip-hop, soul, as well as other genres.

Culminating soon afterwards in the creation of Acid Jazz Records. It's first signing was Galliano, featuring lead singer Rob Gallagher. Hot on Galliano's heels came The Brand New Heavies, The New Jersey Kings (an alias for The James Taylor Quartet), Mother Earth and The Sandals.

In 1990, Gilles Peterson left Acid Jazz Records and started a new label called Talkin' Loud, which continued the tradition, signing acts such as Courtney Pine, Incognito, The K-Creative, Omar and MC Solaar.

Jazzillmatic Arksetra pays homage to the original Acid Jazz mob. AND TAKING IT FORWARD..... Nuff Respect to United Future Organization, Young Disciples, 4hero, Jazzanova, Nathan Haines, Boozoo Bajou, Laurent Garnier, Gotan Project, Nicola Conte, St. Germain, Crazy Frenchman, Pal Joey,

Special Acknowledgement: Lisa Koger Original Acid Jazz Diva

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Chicago Soul Legends @ Mr Peabody Records (Part 3)

2010-10-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

Once again, The Chicago Soul Legends Party goes off with even a better turn out than before. We predict that in a year or so time it will outgrow the shop. Special thanks to The DJ's @ WHPK-FM 88.1 For coming thru and layin down a fantastic mix of 60's & 70's Soul - PJ Willis, Gary Tyson, And King George. Yep, we had a blast.. yuckin it up with the likes of the lovely roaring Ruby Andrews, Ray Hayden, Doris Lindsey (Barbara & The Uniques), Johnny Coleman (The Soul Majestics), Rick Evans (The Artistics), Valerie (Bill Street), Ron (The Deltas), Karl Williams, Emmett Gardner (Smoke City), Mario Connie(The Magestics)... Alphonse Franklin (formally of "The Miracles), Donna D (WKKC-FM), and a host of many & I mean, many Others. A special shout out to the furthest traveled vistitors Renee & NaQuavaha, Coming In All the way from New York. For some reason towards the end of the night things tended to get blurry. lol, A good time had by all. We would also like to extend our thanks and appreciation to our contributing photographers: Bruce Anthony - a longtime supporter of ours & Shaun Davis Of Iceburg Entertainment (773) 491-5198. Thanks Fellas.
We throw these soul reunions every season, 4 times a year so don't miss out as it will be growing to large numbers in the future. We call it, The Real Sound Of Chicago Soul Reunion!! To see all of the photos, Check us out on facebook

Early Rare Prince Artifact: The Lewis Conection

2010-10-26T12:50:00.000-07:00

Check out this Extremely rare independent release from 1979. A funk album featuring Prince produced in the Twin Cities. Supposedly, this is Prince's first recording. It consist of of late seventies funk with great sound effects!

Early life

Prince Rogers Nelson was born June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to John L. Nelson and Mattie Shaw.[13] Prince's father was a pianist and songwriter and his mother was a jazz singer. Prince was named after his father, whose stage name was Prince Rogers, and who performed with a jazz group called the Prince Rogers Trio. In a 1991 interview with A Current Affair, Prince's father said, "I named my son Prince because I wanted him to do everything I wanted to do."[14] Prince's childhood nickname was Skipper.[15]

In a PBS interview Prince told Tavis Smiley that he was "born epileptic" and "used to have seizures" when he was young. During the interview Prince also said that "my mother told me one day I walked in to her and said, 'Mom, I'm not going to be sick anymore,' and she said 'Why?' and I said 'Because an angel told me so.' "[16]

Prince's sister Tika Evene (usually called Tyka) was born in 1960.[17] Prince's parents then separated when Prince was ten years old and Prince lived with his father. Prince moved out after his father found him in bed with a female friend. Prince moved into the home of a neighbor, the Andersons, and befriended their son, Andre Anderson who later became known as André Cymone.[citation needed]

Prince and Anderson joined Prince's cousin, Charles Smith, in a band called Grand Central while they were attending Minneapolis's Central High School. Smith was later replaced by Morris Day on the drums. Prince played piano and guitar for the band which performed at clubs and parties in the Minneapolis area and was managed by the mother of one of the band members.[citation needed] Grand Central later changed its name to Champagne and started playing original music influenced by Sly & the Family Stone, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, Miles Davis, Parliament-Funkadelic, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and Todd Rundgren.[citation needed]
Career

In 1976, Prince created a demo tape with producer Chris Moon in Moon's Minneapolis studio. Unable to secure a recording contract, Moon brought the tape to Minneapolis businessman Owen Husney. Husney signed Prince, at the age of 17, to a management contract and helped Prince create a demo recording at Sound 80 Studios in Minneapolis using producer/engineer David Z. The demo recording, along with a press kit produced at Husney's ad agency, resulted in interest from several record companies including Warner Bros., A&M, and Columbia Records. With the help of Husney, Prince signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records. Warner Bros. agreed to give Prince creative control for three albums and ownership of the publishing rights.[citation needed] Husney and Prince then left Minneapolis and moved to Sausalito, California where Prince's first album, For You, was recorded at the Record Plant recording studio. Subsequently, the album was mixed in Los Angeles and released in 1978.
Musical beginnings: 1974–80

In 1975, Pepe Willie, the husband of Prince's cousin, Shauntel, formed the band 94 East with Marcy Ingvoldstad and Kristie Lazenberry. Willie hired Andre Cymone and Prince to record tracks with 94 East. Those songs were written by Willie and Prince contributed guitar tracks. Prince also co-wrote, with Willie, the 94 East song, "Just Another Sucker". The band recorded tracks which later became the album Minneapolis Genius – The Historic 1977 Recordings. Prince also recorded, but never released, a song written by Willie - "If You See Me" a.k.a. "Do Yourself A Favor". In 1995, Willie released the album 94 East featuring Prince, Symbolic Beginning which included original recordings by Prince and Cymone.

Prince released the album For You on April 17, 1978. The album was written and performed by Prince, except for the song "Soft and Wet" which had lyrics co-written by Moon. According to the For You album notes, Prince produced, arranged, composed and played all 27 instruments on the recording.

The cost of recording the album was twice Prince's initial advance. Prince used the Prince's Music Co. to publish his songs. The single from the album reached #12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #92 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song "Just as Long as We're Together" reached #91 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

In 1979 Prince created a band which included André Cymone on bass, Dez Dickerson on guitar, Gayle Chapman and Doctor Fink on keyboards, and Bobby Z on drums. Their first show was at the Capri Theater on January 5, 1979. Warner Bros. executives attended the show but decided that Prince and the band needed more time to develop his music.[18]

In October 1979, Prince released a self-titled album, Prince, which was #4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Black Albums charts, and #22 on the Billboard 200, going platinum. It contained two R&B hits: "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover". "I Wanna Be Your Lover" sold over a million copies, and reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 for two weeks on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Prince performed both these songs on January 26, 1980 on American Bandstand. On this album, Prince used Ecnirp Music – BMI.[

Centerstage Chicago Interview by Jeff Min

2010-10-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

Mr. Peabody Records

Two local guys have made a small record shop into an international destination.

Six years ago Mark Grusane and Mike Cole had a problem, a big problem. They had been avid record collectors for most of their lives and their collections had grown beyond a manageable size. You know things are getting out of hand when your house transitions from "place to sleep" to "place to store records." Their solution? Sell off some of the stock to all the international collectors they'd become friends with over the years. And thus, Mr. Peabody Records was born.

Walk into Grusane and Cole Southwest Side shop and you'll feel as if you've entered a different galaxy, one occupied by an entire community of soul-music fiends. Many of the customers have left their mark on the place - the walls bear signatures from visiting musicians and DJs like Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam-Funk, Kool Herc and Mr. Scruff.

It was a chance meeting through a friend of a friend that allowed Mark and Centerstage to cross paths. With record fairs about to hit full swing, we thought it would be a perfect time to sit down with him and ask about everything from how Mr. Peabody Records came about to what the duo's relationship is with the legendary UK label BBE.

How long have you been collecting records and what started the obsession?
I started around the age of 7-8 years old. My older brother was a teenager and had gotten off into the mix thing. He would take me with him downtown to a store called Imports Etc. It was a premier place in Chicago to find the hottest dance music, 1970s thru 1980s, US and International disco records. When he went away to college, I would take the trains and buses around town to record shop. I was younger and the music I collected for the most part was a generation older than me. Then, I found myself selling music as a hustle to DJs — mostly older — that had been looking for titles for quite some time. They would say things like, "You'll never find this. I bet you can't get this." Being I was always underestimated, I made it my business to fulfill people's wants as well as turn them on to music they haven't heard, mostly along the genre of disco music. Those questions soon turned into, "What the hell is this? I never heard that before, can you find me a copy of that?"

At that time the Internet wasn't an option for music. So to find even more undiscovered music I went to the library and checked phone books from every major city in the US. I called shops in New York, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, etc and bought music. I had found my brother's friend's Phreek LP in 3 days. I met an older guy who worked at a store in Pittsburgh. He was a DJ for a pirate disco radio show in Pittsburgh during the 1970s. I worked a deal with him, as he was selling his personal collection, to ship me boxes of stuff based on a system of classification for the type of sound I wanted. He would call me and say "Hey Mark I've got some good class stuff for you." I would send money and he would ship.

I ended up having this type of relationship with many people over the years. I often would buy entire collections and flip them to local DJs and record stores. I kept the things I wanted and always enjoyed having obscure music others around me didn't know about. I gained a lot of respect as a young collector amongst my musical peers. I met Mike in a record shop not long after around the age of 20. Turns out he had the same serious obsession. Out of respect and trust we shared each other's resources for music and teamed up. We figured two would do more work than one.

Opening a record store is not an easy thing to do, especially in the digital age. How did you guys come to the decision to open Mr. Peabody?
After Mike and myself met, we started hustling records around town to various venues, clubs, collectors, stores, etc. We would travel out of town, and Mike even traveled overseas and made connections with music merchants. We had a huge trade system of vinyl going as his basement turned from a DJ's basement to looking more like a music distributor. We ended up putting shelves and racks throughout the entire floor space so collectors could deal. We would accommodate DJ's and stores, locally and internationally, that came by. He was only a block away from the Metra train so it was easy access for out-of-towners. We had been contemplating opening as the Internet started being a dominant source of music — more record dealers emerging — so we had to step our game up. We wanted a definite, endless source of music for ourselves and also to be a resource to collectors worldwide. We ended up scoring a multi-truckload collection out of Detroit, an entire record shop to be exact, that had an inventory that had been off the sales floor for years. After that came a decision point. With a ton of inventory that was mounting quicker than we could get rid of it, we decided to take a leap of faith and seize the opportunity to open a shop. We decided on a professional, unpretentious, yet quirky name and Mr. Peabody Records was born.

When I look at the success of an independent record store, a lot of it has to do with how they've utilized technology as opposed to fighting it. How have you adjusted over the years?
As far as the new age, we knew we would not exist with the overhead unless we operated on-line, which to this day has been 90 percent of our business. The out-of-towners and international people are the reason we still exist to this day with our retail store during these economic times. We have a worldwide presence and we're respected globally amongst music lovers, more so than in Chicago itself.

I imagine you get a lot of business from overseas...
As I said, 90% of our business is international and overseas, even through the door, most of our bigger receipts are from traveling customers who come here from out the area. We have a worldwide presence and respect globally amongst music lovers, more so than in Chicago itself.

With your deep ties overseas, how do you think American funk/soul/disco/hip-hop has affected the international music scene?
Well, I will say that there is still and has been a strong market/respect for good vintage music from the United States overseas; mostly of the soul, funk, jazz and dance genre. How has it affected it the international scene? It runs it. Current music has a strong place as well, yet I will say that industry markets overseas are more tasteful and desirable to the ears than the United States. Just listen to the satellite radio stations. Japan which is a market in itself still has a strong identity with old school hip-hop, vintage dance music, as well as being home to some of the top rare-jazz collectors in the world. People say, "they're taking our music away," but honestly, I'd rather have good music on vinyl in the hands of people that appreciate, collect, and archive good music rather than it ending up in Comiskey Park at a "Disco Sucks" jamboree.

In regards to your relationship with vinyl enthusiasts overseas, how did you link up with BBE for the Real Sound of Chicago project?
A couple years ago we met Frankie Valentine from London as a customer. After talking with him we were able to compare stories, concerns, and problems with today's music industry, including people playing follow the leader in Chicago and surprisingly in Britain as well. We quickly became friends with Frankie and started the process of change. He told us he had a friend who ran a label that was suitable for what we all wanted to get accomplished. Frankie presented our idea to Peter Ardarkwah and Lee Bright (BBE Label Owners) to consider doing a release as we felt we would be an asset to each other. We figured that label would be a good avenue for us to present good undiscovered music to a larger audience of listeners, and also set the stage for us to re-start our DJ careers to promote our sound. For the first compilation, we all agreed to highlight the type of vintage dance material we collected and played, in this case from a Chicago point of view: The Real Sound Of Chicago.

Putting together a comp. is a really tough thing to do, especially when you're representing a specific time and place. What approach did you take?
Well, first off you have to have enough music to do so. The scope of the Real Sound Of Chicago was to highlight underground/undiscovered dance music from Chicago before house music, which Chicago is known for. Pre-house or local Chicago disco was our choice, also highlighting the style of stuff we like and always collected and played as far as DJs. With having the records, and the knowledge of what has been surfaced in the music market, what music is still mostly unknown, we were able to compile a series of comps desirable for music lovers as well as rare music collectors. One of the tracks, The Moore Brothers' "Bass Come Back," only existed in the one acetate we discovered as it never made it to press. Its debut release is on the compilation itself. It came through the door of the store along with some gospel records.

Real Sound of Chicago is one in a series of comps, right?
Yes, definitely.

You've had a pretty eclectic clientele come through, who are some of your most memorable guests?
We've had plenty, if we named one, we'd have to name all. It's probably better to visit our photo gallery at http://mrpeabodyrecords.com.

Some people flip records solely for the money, but it seems like you guys are really looking to add something significant to the music scene.
Well, someone asked us in an interview at an event, "what are you guys doing for the music scene in Chicago?" Mike looked at him kind of funny and replied, "we opened a record store!" We opened with two purposes, to collect records for ourselves as DJs and also supply others. In between it all, our heart is keeping music that would be let alone forgot or lost, available to lovers of good music and sound.

Peabody Radio Show #001 - The Trademark Hour w/ Mark, Mike, & L-Genius

2010-10-11T16:41:00.000-07:00

This Month - Boogie Electronique w/ Mr Peabody Records

2010-10-05T16:51:00.001-07:00

New Discoveries Daily

2010-09-22T14:12:00.001-07:00

"We're Always On The Hunt For Odd And Interesting Titles"

For Over 15 Years Now, Mark Grusane & Mike Cole of what is now Mr. Peabody Records in Chicago have been a vast music resource for D.J.'s, Producers, Collectors, Rare Music Compilers, and stores all around the world. Their store and personal selections have attracted attention from real music lovers. Their idea to open Mr. Peabody Records was to snare selections for there unique style of playing music for dance floor crowds and also to provide an outlet for others that collect music. Years before, they were trading on the Underground to mostly those " In The Know".

They are world renoun for their selections and unique style of play. They play quality music from the yesteryears up til modern times. Their style of play spans from the rare & rarely unplayed dance music from the 1970's coming through to the 80's, Off course, with a few modern day exceptions - But, let them be the judge of that.... The dance floor material they are known for spans across many genres. Many describe some of them today as Disco, Boogie, Modern Soul, Funk, Jazz Fusion, House, Club, New Wave, Garage, Mid-Tempo, Up-Tempo, etc...But more importantly, It's how Mr. Peabody Records put their music together for crowds eager to hear something different and new. Their style is like no other, definitely geared for crowds of sophistication, lavish, and even venturing off into the wild and experimental! Whatever it is quoting Mark & Mike, "It's Gonna Sound Damn Good".

Now teamed up with london's powerhouse BBE Music & Germany's - Rush Hour Recordings, expect Mark & Mike to be bringing those hidden gems to the forefront of dance floors all around the world.Their style can unmistakingly not be denied by real music lovers. Be sure to check out their release "The Real Sound Of Chicago" On BBE Music direct from london, And "Time And Space" - A new age cosmic house selection avaliable on Rush Hour Recordings direct from Germany. Both will be available in a store near you.

Cash Paid For Vinyl Records - We Buy Records Daily

2010-09-22T14:00:00.000-07:00

If you have a Record Collection, we would like to give you Ca$h for it. The more records the better. Condition must be perfect to near perfect. Lp's must have original sleeves and "unscratched". Don't worry about the dust, we'll clean them!! If you have 45's, they must be perfect to near perfect as well, which means NO SCRATCHES. We buy anywhere along the lines of Soul, Jazz, Funk, Disco, Rock, Blues, House, And World Music. We will travel for large collection. We pay top price, Hands Down.

Important: If "Some" of your records have been purchased before you call us, we probably won't find much, so make sure the records you are selling have not been seen by anyone else!!!

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2010-09-22T13:05:00.001-07:00

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Mr Peabody Records & ShredOne Live @ Dannys - Chicago

2010-09-09T13:10:00.000-07:00

Coming Soon This Fall.....

2010-08-17T12:45:00.000-07:00

Mr Peabody Records | Brankett | Osaka Japan - Sat. November 20th

Lono Brazil Bringing The Unusual Disco To Tha Chi

2010-08-07T12:50:00.000-07:00

The most reliably tasteful dance party in the city, Disco Unusual Social Club, has been running for just over a year now. Indie kids pack the compact Danny’s Tavern floor to the distinctive bass lines of disco edits while DJ Lono Brazil blows whistles and passes out tambourines. Things get a little nuts.

“I’ve been lucky. Most of the things I’ve dreamt about, I’ve been able to do,” says fortysomething Gold Coaster Brazil without exaggeration. Raised in the South Shore/Windsor Park section of Chicago, Brazil spent much of the ’80s as a downtown New York personality, throwing parties with Pete Rock and Red Alert for Russell Simmons and Def Jam Records in New York, England and Tokyo. At the suggestion of his chums the Beastie Boys, Capitol-EMI hired him as a marketing director, then label executive. When he wasn’t exploring the dance halls of Kingston with Mad Cobra or working in the studio with Foxy Brown, he was picking up prominent DJ and modeling gigs.

Brazil’s latest venture, the monthly DUSC at Danny’s, comes out of his life as a fervent clubber—which began at Tree of Life Health Spa’s disco on 95th and Jeffery in 1981. Brazil worked his way to the Warehouse (U.S. Studio) where Frankie Knuckles was making electronic-dance history. “That did it for me. I found my place and my music,” Brazil says. In mid-’80s Manhattan, Brazil stayed up all night at the Loft and indulged in dance marathons at the Paradise Garage.

Over the course of the ’90s, Brazil was a resident at Tokyo megaclub Gold’s and hosted the popular Global Village radio show, bringing Fela Kuti and Nuyorican Soul to Los Angeles listeners on Monday mornings. Yet, he considers deejaying only a sideline.

Back in Chicago, Brazil returned to party throwing with the Urban Renewal Project at Sonotheque, focusing on Afro, Latin and nu-jazz. Burned out on hip-hop a decade ago, he’s based DUSC on a passion for the free-ranging underground sounds of his early club years. He even sports a David & Nicky & Larry & Frankie T-shirt celebrating his DJ muses.

It’s not just disco music; it’s the disco era he’s after. Brazil cites David Mancuso, the curator of seminal ’70s spot the Loft, as a role model. “I don’t say I’m a DJ; I say I’m a music host—the music, the place, the people are all a part of it,” he says. Like Mancuso, Brazil looks for an eclectic mix of music-focused people, not the look-at-me crowd that fancies bottle-service joints. At boho neighborhood joint Danny’s, he’s found his niche. The vinyl-oriented programmers there even allow Brazil to use his Serato and laptop rig.

Paradise Garage great Larry Levan’s free-ranging style provides a stylistic sonic template—Brazil spins vintage dance music, mostly pre-’84 material, not just disco but also Italo, mutant disco and classics from the Prelude and West End labels, along with disco edits and nu-disco from Lee Douglas, perhaps with an Obama speech layered on top. Like Levan, he doesn’t fuss over beat matching. The night’s overarching mantra comes courtesy of Mancuso himself, says Brazil: “Disco just means come ready to dance.”

Sweat it out at Disco Unusual Social Club every 2nd Saturday at 10pm at Danny’s in Bucktown and venues around the world.

Check Out Some Of Lono Brazils Podcast Here: http://discounusualsocialclub.podomatic.com/

Chicago Soul Legends Party @ Mr Peabody Records

2010-07-23T16:56:00.000-07:00

We kicked of our Chicago Soul Legends (Pt1) meet and greet this past Saturday. We had the pleasure of having Ruby Andrews, Doris Lindsey (Barbara & The Uniques), Lorenzo Johnson (The Steelers), Rick Evans (The Artistics),Brunswick Records very own Willie Henderson and a host of many others stop by for the day. Thanks to the WHPK DJ's (PJ Willis, Gary Tyson, Ray Hayne) for coming thru and giving a fabulous set, Many good & rare tunes played by all. While we were there, we decided to do a live stream broadcast of the web. If you missed it, make sure you don't next time! Check Out Some Of The Photo's:

Ruby Andrews (Zodiac Records) & Willie Henderson (Brunswick Records)

Preston McCaffe (Worked With Various Artist Including Chuck Benard & Ruby Andrews)

Lorenzo Johnson (The Steelers)

Gary Tyson (WHPK)

Doris Lindsey (Barbara & The Uniques) & PJ Willis (WKKC)

Rick Evans (The Artistics)

Richard Pegue III (Son Of The Late DJ Richard Pegue - The Best Music Of Your Life)

Earlene Jones (Daughter Of Rodney Jones/R&B Time - Tuff Records)

Set Sail - Matt Stackswell Modern Soul

2010-07-10T12:44:00.000-07:00

Here's a Modern Soul Mix From Matt Stackswell (Washington). All Private Modern Soul/Jazz. Cool times when he makes it to the shop while in town.

From the words of Matt:Private label jazz & modern soul mix. No release date [198?]. There is some water damage on the cover from what looks to be red wine, and there is some sand inside the jacket. Nothing but smooth sailing from start to finish.

Listen Here: http://www.soulstrut.com/index.php/mixes/indepth/set_sail/

4th Of July

2010-07-05T19:58:00.000-07:00

L-Genius (Mr Peabody Records)

Al Greer (WKKC Radio 89.3fm - Chicago)
We'll being we had plenty invites to various parties going on, I decided to stay south and go hang and check out a Backyard BBQ/Party spun by L-Genius(Mr Peabody Records) And Al Greer (WKKC-Chicago). Many in Chicago may remember Al from the "Whispers in the Dark" show on WKKC. Now he's running a show titled "Bedtime Stories" whereas he plays music that will put you to bed but not to sleep. L-Genius is employed here as our "Go To" man here at Mr. Peabody Records. His knowledge and passion for music is astounding. What can you expect being the nephew of a Chicago legend, The late Richard Pegue who ran a popular radio show here titled: The Best Music Of You Life. If you all remember him referring to an individual named "junior" sitting in the studio, then your already familiar with L-Genius. You can catch Al on Sundays on WKKC-Chicago 89.3fm 8pm til midnight. You can also catch L-Genius spinning a very popular steppers/dusties set at the Taste Disco (63rd & Lowe) Friday's After 6pm. A special shout out to Chris & his wife for opening their home up. The food was bomb and the drinks were killer!
-MG

Boogie Electonique w/ Mr Peabody Records

2010-07-05T19:55:00.000-07:00

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The Real Sound Of Chicago Goes To Oakland, CA - April 30th

2010-07-05T19:32:00.000-07:00

This was a fun get away as our guy's Murray The Magnificent & Darryl Diggs (Formerly from Chicago Now California Natives) have dug in and set up what is now one of the premier afterhour sets in Oakland. THE LIFT TICKET. We flew out, check out the sites, and did a little shopping. Didn't have time to make it to any record stores tho. I will say that the grass is much greener out that way. Met alot of cool people, thanks to Murray for bringing us over and also damon bell & cali chris for bringing us out. If your in Cali be sure to know those in the know so you can make it to this private event. Here are some of the photos.

Mike Cole (Mr Peabody Records)

Mark Grusane (Mr Peabody Records)

Looking At Historic Memorabilia

Darryl Diggs & Murray The Magnificent

Damon Bell

Cali Chris

Midnight Sun Soul Band - Chicago

2010-06-23T18:16:00.000-07:00

Being that Sunday is literally our only off day, it's the time whereas the Peabody crew gets to get out and about and see whats happening. I gotta speak up on an awesome band who's home is right here in Chi-town. Robert Collazo (Midnight Sun Band Member),a friend of ours who we originally met as a customer, hipped me to this spot where he play's weekly. Honestly it took me awhile to make it there but when I finally did, I was hooked. I check them out semi-regularly whenever time permits. Even ran into Eric Johnson (Drummer) who we've known for quite some time as well. If you like sounds such as Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang, Motown, Kay-gees, etc. Midnight Sun doesn't miss a beat or a note.... Early arrival suggested, Last time I stepped in, had the pleasure of hearing a guest appearance Cicero Blake who is a Chicago legend and also in the world of record collecting, has many titles sought after by record collectors worldwide. One being "You Gonna Be Sorry" on the Mar-V-Lus label out of Chicago. Back to Midnight Sun... What I'm talking about here is a big soul band. Complete with keys, Guitars, Percussion Area, Drummers, Excellent vocalist And full horn section. These guys and gals are, and have been established life long musicians/artist, which it shows. 5 stars if you ask me... Click their website link below to see their history and band members. Be sure to check their schedule to see when they're in a area near you.. Here are some more pics..

The full list of band members are as follows:

Isiah Mitchell - Lead Vocals & Percussion,
Bruno Thompson - Guitar & Vocals, Dave Brooks -Bass Guitar & Vocals
Maurice Johnson - Keyboards & Vocals
Ray Glower - Keyboards
Marqueal Jordan - Sax & Vocals
Robert Callazo - Sax, Vocals & Percussion
Doug Corcoran - Trumpet, Vocals & Percussion
Eric Johnson - Drums
Khari Parker - Drums
Chris Miskel - Drums
James Knowles - Drums
Hamisi Jackson - Drums
Walter White - Percussion
Shauntia Flemming - Vocals
Angela Martin - Vocals

Check Them Out On Sundays:

A Touch Of The Past
947 Mannheim Rd.
Bellwood, IL
1030-130
Every Sunday

http://www.midnightsunchicago.com/

-Mark G

Mr Peabody's Annual Vinyl Liquidation Blowout $1.00 Sale

2010-06-22T12:21:00.000-07:00

You Want It You Got It - 2 Days Only - This Saturday & Sunday. Entire Store On Mark Down. $30,000+ Records Will Be Marked Down To $1.00 - We've Gotta Make Room. We also Will Have Food So Come Get Something To Eat

Disco Unusual Social Club/BBE Music/Mr Peabody Records PRESENTS The Real Sound Of Chicago Release Party

2010-06-11T19:45:00.000-07:00

Had a good time this night as our fellow friend and supporter Lono Brazil took time to set this up with us at his Monthly Disco Unusual Social Club Event at Danny's -Chicago. We had plenty of fun and the night was a blast. You can check him out monthly as he travels through Chicago for his international traveling moving disco party. Click here to check out Lono Brazil's Disco Unusual Social Club: http://discounusualsocialclub.blogspot.com/

Check Out The Video Footage From The Night:

Memorial Dusty Record Convention celebrating the legacy of Richard Pegue

2010-06-10T14:52:00.000-07:00

St. Elizabeth Hall - Chicago - Saturday -March 6, 2010

Soul lovers, here's an event we went to that is thrown on a yearly bases. This past year was different than all the previous years being that The late great Chicago legendary DJ Richard Pegue Had Past On. We were invinted by some close friends L Genius (Jr.) - Mr Peabody Records (Staff & Pegue Nephew) & Cynthia Bean (Steppers Internet Connection - Chicago). I had the pleasure of meeting his widow Ms. Pegue along with a host of many others.

Richard Pegue (1943 - 2009)

On the decks they had Ray Neal (WKKC), Al Greer (WKKC), King George (WHPK), PJ Willis (WKKC), Tyrone Cannon (Cincinnatti, OH). This event was a serious 1960's-1970's throwback to Soul. The best music of your life. Artistics, Lost Generation, Notations, Ruby Andrews and Linda Jones were only a few out of many serious tunes played that night. Much food and fun, let's say I had to get outta there before I lost my footing, lol... Definately worth checking out if you in Chicago around that time. For more info and more photos click here to check out the Dusty Record Convention Website http://www.thebestmusicofyourlife.com/Home.htm
-Mark

The Real Sound Of Chicago (BBE)

2010-05-25T19:33:00.000-07:00

The Real Sound Of Chicago (Underground Disco From The Windy City)

In Stores Now....For Over 13 Years Now, Mark Grusane & Mike Cole of what is now Mr. Peabody Records in Chicago have been a vast music resource for D.J.'s, Producers, Collectors, Rare Music Compilers, And Stores All Around The World. Their store and personal selections have attracted attention from real music lovers all around the world. Their idea to open Mr. Peabody Records was to snare selections for there unique style of playing music for dance floor crowds and also to provide an outlet for others that collect music. Years before, they were trading on the Underground to mostly those " In The Know". They are world renoun for their selections and unique style of play. They play quality music from the yesteryears up til modern times. Their style of play spans from the rare & rarely unplayed dance music from the 1970's coming through to the 80's, Off course, with a few modern day exceptions - But, let them be the judge of that.... The dance floor material they are known for spans across many genres. Many describe some of them today as Disco, Boogie, Modern Soul, Funk, Jazz Fusion, House, Club, New Wave, Garage, Mid-Tempo, Up-Tempo, etc...But more importantly, It's how Mr. Peabody Records put their music together for crowds eager to hear something different and new. There style islike no other, definately geared for crowds of sophistication, lavish, and even venturing off into the wild and experimental! Whatever it is quoting Mark & Mike, "It's Gonna Sound Damn Good". Now teamed up with london's powerhouse BBE Music & Germany's - Rush Hour Recordings, expect Mark & Mike to be bringing those hidden gems to the forefront of dance floors all around the world.Their style can unmistakingly not be denied by real music lovers. Be sure to check out their latest release "The Real Sound Of Chicago" On BBE Music direct from london. http://www.mrpeabodyrecords.com/

http://www.bbemusic.com/