Marvin Holmes & The Uptights has been played on NTS in shows including Black Impulse, featured first on 9 January 2016. Songs played include Ooh Ooh The Dragon and Day Of Rest.

Marvin Holmes was one of the major movers and shakers of Bay area soul and funk through the 60s and 70s, recording with the Uptights, Justice, and under his own name. He recorded 45s for a number of different labels including Revue, Brown Door, Uni, Kon-Kord, and Boola Boola, as well as 1969 LP for Uni.