Digging yesterday in Kentucky. Checking out Stax and spinning TONIGHT in Memphis at the Poplar Lounge!

Kicking things off at Shake It Records in Cincinnati!

Hey everyone.  Over here at Title Town, we wanted to say thanks for all the support over the past year – for coming out early and having a beer or dancing for 5 straight hours.  If you didn’t get a mix CD in November, here it is – packaged up all nice n’ easy in an easy-to-download ZIP file.  No holiday tracks on this one (check out J.Malls’ Xmas mix for that), but an hour or so of rare funk and soul grooves, Title Town classics and a few things we’ve never played – all recorded from original 45s.

Get ready for New Year’s Eve 2012 with TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party at the Shadow Lounge & AVA!  Advance tickets are on sale now.  Click here to purchase.

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Pick up the long-overdue TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk 45 Mix Volume 2 this Saturday night at the Shadow Lounge.  We’ve dug through the crates to come up with this brand new batch of rare soul from ’60s and ’70s, funk and disco grooves – all recorded from original 45 RPM vinyl.  It’s a killer set mixed up with Title Town dance-floor favorites, never-before-played 45s and a few records recorded right here in Pittsburgh.

Track list:

1. Mighty Lovers – Ain’t Gonna Run No More (Soulhawk)
2. Lee Bracket – Ruby (Excello)
3. Four Tracks – Like My Love For You (Mandingo)
4. The Cashmeres – Show Stopper (HEM)
5. The Marvelows – Your Little Sister (ABC)
6. Smoke Sugar Company – Save A Little Love For A Rainy Day (Teri De)
7. The People’s Choice – Destruction (Wood City)
8. Ohio Players – Love Slips Thru My FIngers (Trip)
9. The Premonitions – In Love Together (Jade)
10. Guitar Crusher – Why, Oh Why (King)
11. Marilyn Brown – Fortune In Love (dra)
12. Disciples of Soul – That’s the Way Love Goes (Phantom)
13. Soul Communicators – Please Don’t Go (Fee Bee)
14. Bottom & Company – Gonna Find A True Love (Motown)
15. Floyd Beck – Show Me (Timeless)
16. Brothers By Choice – Baby You Really Got Me Going (ALA)
17. Milton Wright – Keep It Up (Alston)
18. Al Johnson – I’ve Got My Second Wind (Columbia)
19. Endless Night – Take a Chance (Plum)
20. The Every Day People – Wake Up, Wake Up (?)
21. Ann Robinson – You Did It (All Brothers)
22. Joe Bataan – Young Gifted and Brown (Uptite)
23. The Headliners – Little Sister (Sho Nuff Fine) (Super M)
24. Bobby Caldwell – The House is Rockin (PBR)
25. Lucy Stone – Giving Love Instead of Gold (Fire Mountain)

Did we mention it’s FREE to the first 100 people through the door?

Facebook RSVP link.

As we approach our 2-year anniversary, it just so happens that TITLE TOWN falls on Halloween weekend. And unless you’ve been living under a gravestone, you know this will be a party.

On Saturday, October 29, prepare for what is sure to be one of the wildest, soul-chilling Halloween dance parties around as Title Town invites Pittsburgh’s trail blazin’ ambassador of Northern SOUL & R&B Justin “Juddy” Hopper (Vipers Soul Club, Soulcialism, Pandemic…) to dust off his box of tricks n’ treats for the dance-floor.

After helping to cement Pittsburgh’s place in the burgeoning nationwide soul scene, we’re super excited to have Juddy back at the Lounge. What to expect: An unholy concoction of blister-inducing Northern soul, dirty-as-hell R&B, and a bit of psychopathic Jump Blues all mixed up in a stiff cocktail for your ever-lovin’ ears.

Life’s too short for mediocre music, so get to the Shadow Lounge where we’ll be slingin’ back vintage dance tunes galore while you pour back libations, dance manically and get sweaty with a bunch of your closest, costumed friends.

This month, expect 5 hours of wickedly rare, yet frightfully danceable soul, funk and R&B records including feel-good classics from SHIRLEY ELLIS, THE MIRACLES, JACKIE WILSON, THE 5 ROYALES, YOUNG JESSIE, THE ARTISTICS and so many more.

Prepare for what is sure to be a feast for all your senses – we’ll have Oktoberfest brews, funky projections on the wall, the Brassero Grill taco truck outside the Lounge, and we’ll be handing out a bunch of prizes including gift certificates, t-shirts, and vinyl records:

COSTUME CONTEST! (around 11:30 PM)
Prizes in each category for:

• Best Overall Costume
• Funkiest Costume
• Sexiest Costume
• Best Mashup Costume

Hands down, there is no better time you’ll have for 5 bucks on a Saturday night!

Details:

TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party’s HALLOWE’EN HAPPENING
w/ guest DJ JUDDY (Soulcialism, Vipers, Pandemic)
SATURDAY, October 29
Shadow Lounge (5972 Baum Blvd. E. Liberty)
9 PM-2 AM, Door Price: $5.00 (21+) $8.00 (18+)

Click here to RSVP.

Summertime flew by, but this party doesn’t skip a beat…TITLE TOWN gets down in less than a week at the Shadow Lounge!

Resident’s J. Malls and Gordy bring you a summer send-off dance party featuring 5 hours of nothing but the best handpicked soul, deep funk, disco and rhythm & blues 45s…all mixed up in the comfy confines of East Liberty’s #1 party destination. Get down with good friends and easy good vibes.

Expect feel-good jams, classy cuts and new grooves from Cyril Neville, Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers, Eddie Bo, The O’Jays, Darrow Fletcher all complemented with a new mix of funky projections on the wall.

On top of it all, we’re gonna be celebrating some birthdays… so tie those dancin’ shoes on tight and boogie your butts down to Title Town.

As always, thanks to everyone for coming out this summer and making this party the place to be every last Saturday night. We always have a blast and look forward to doing it again every month.

Doors at 9, and still only $5 at the door for 21+. We recommend that you get to the Lounge early…because waiting in line is no fun for anyone.

TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party
SATURDAY, September 24th
Shadow Lounge
5972 Baum Blvd. (E. Liberty)
9 PM-2 AM, Door Price: $5.00 (21+) $8.00 (18+)