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Heavy Friends
Saturday November 11th, 2023 with Heavy Ben & Chris I
Vocoders + new releases * funk / French covers = inspiration to donate to CKCU

This is Heavy Friends' third and final funding drive episode for 2023. Thank you to those who made your donation to the station! Help us reach our program goal of $2,500 to keep the heavy rolling into 2024... Music with vocoders, new releases, funk, French covers, and a special request.
Let's get this rolling with 7 7"s of funk!
Hey! Last Minute
The Meters - 7" - Josie - 1970
Soul Express
The Ramrods - 7" - Rampage - 1972
Razor Blade
Little Royal - 7" - Tri-Us - 1972
I'm Too Tough For Mr. Big Stuff (Hot Pants)
Vicki Anderson - 7" - Brownstone - 1971
We Got More Soul
Dyke And The Blazers - 7" - Original Sound - 1969
Get Back Baby
Al Green - 7" - Hi - 1972
Bold Soul Sister
Tina Turner - 7" - Blue Thumb - 1969
A special request and new releases
Scared To Death
Kaytranada - Bubba - RCA - 2019 Canadian
Working Man
Rita MacNeil with The Men Of The Deeps - Reason To Believe - Virgin - 1988 Canadian
Gem & I
Animal Collective - Isn't It Now? - Domino - 2023 New
Chi-Town Reggae
Gypsy Fari - 7" - Fari Productions, Soundway - 1979, 2023 New
V-III
Föllakzoid (Follakzoid) - V - Sacred Bones - 2023 New
ROBOT VOICE segment - vocoder and talk box in effect!
Rito Pegajoso
Los Disco Duro - 7" - Discos Más - 2015
F-4000
The Fearless Four - 12" - Elektra - 1983
Tit For Tat
Bruce Haack - Haackula - Telephone Explosion Records - 2015 (1978 originally) Canadian
Six Simple Synthesizers
Man Parrish - Man Parrish - Importe/12 - 1982
The Haunted House Of Rock (Vocoder Version)
Whodini - The Haunted House Of Rock - Jive - 1983
La Rage Du Funky (Remix)
Manu - 7" / France Chébran Volume 2 - (self-released) / Born Bad Records - 1985 / 2019
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Roger - The Many Facets Of Roger - Warner Bros. - 1981
Sound Chaser
Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest - Profile - 1985
Born on November 11:
LaVern Baker (b. 1929 in Chicago, USA; d. 1997 in New York, USA)
Dennis Coffey (b. 1940 in Detroit, USA)
Bumble Bee
LaVern Baker - 7" - Atlantic - 1960
Do Your Thang
Dennis Coffey - Hair And Thangs - Maverick - 1969
A left turn to French-language covers of English and Spanish songs
Les Mouches Au Plafond
Les Surfs (orig. The Statler Brothers.) - 7" - RCA Victor - 1966
La Prison De Folsom
Adé Gagnon (orig. Johnny Cash) - 7" - Caprice - 1969 Canadian
Noir C'est Noir
Johnny Hallyday Avec The Blackburds (orig. Los Bravos) - 7" - Philips - 1966
Garde-Moi Dans Ta Poche
Sylvie Vartan (orig. The Four Tops) - 7" - RCA Victor - 1966
Money
César Et Les Romains (orig. Barrett Strong) - 7" - Citation - 1968 Canadian
Let's mark the birthday of Montreal's Pierre Perpall (b. 1948) and close with a Heavy Ben personal favourite
We Can Make It
Purple Flash - 12" - JDC - 1984 Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey all!

8:09 PM, November 11th, 2023
Jas Nasty
Hey Heavies thank you for holding it down! Here in MTL but wanted to bid you good evening! The link to donate, if you can is https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/FD2023/page/heavy-friends/ 🙏🏼

8:11 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hi Jas, thanks for checking in! Have a fun night in MTL

8:15 PM, November 11th, 2023
hb
The Mighty got MORE SOUL!!! 📻💵💵💵

8:19 PM, November 11th, 2023
Vicomte R
Good evening Heavies, Good luck tonight !

8:19 PM, November 11th, 2023
Eddy
Knowing the RCMP Rita is still under surveillance but they haven’t got to it yet 😂

8:29 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks hb!

8:32 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey Vicomte, thank for joining tonight

8:33 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Haha Eddy. Here is the CTV piece on Rita. https://www.ctvnews.ca/rcmp-spied-on-rita-macneil-feminists-in-1970s-1.313362 And the Trailer Park Boy skit https://youtu.be/3N877Nps_Nk

8:34 PM, November 11th, 2023
Dandy
Play it again!

8:34 PM, November 11th, 2023
Professor Mike
I have the Reasin To Believe album in original vinyl and reminds of my original birth province of Nova Scotia in which me and my late mother were from

8:37 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Dandy, wouldn't Bruce love that!

8:38 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Nice Professor Mike, thanks for your comment

8:39 PM, November 11th, 2023
Union guy✊
Dad has exquisite taste.... Saw Rita & Men of the Deep, National Union Convention, Mtl....( Mounties watchin' NatUnion for sure!) We're talkin' awesome music...transcendent!! ..addin' $10 to Monday cheque.... Thanks Dad!;-)

8:41 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks for your pledge, Union guy! Cool that you saw The Men Of The Deeps

8:46 PM, November 11th, 2023
National Union guy
@Dandy! I agree! @ HF...play again & I'll add another $15 =$25 total! Hit me up Dandy!! ✊

8:46 PM, November 11th, 2023
Dandy
Love the new Follakzoid!

8:47 PM, November 11th, 2023
Jas Nasty
Lol not the Rita McNeil Workin man TPB hahaha omg what the heck is going onn

8:48 PM, November 11th, 2023
Eddy
V-111 sounds like Ai

8:49 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Yeah Dandy the new Follakzoid is a space goover

8:59 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Jas, it's a wild night in the booth!

9:18 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Eddy, resistance to the robot grooves is futile

9:18 PM, November 11th, 2023
Natalie M
Hey Ben! :)

9:30 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hi Natalie! Nice to hear from you

9:41 PM, November 11th, 2023
Sean
Programming like this you can only get here...

9:42 PM, November 11th, 2023
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks Sean!

9:47 PM, November 11th, 2023