With influences by:
Sharon Jones, Lee Fields, The Mohawks, The Dap-Kings, Bobby Byrd, Fontella Bass, The Beginning of the End, Daptone, Jazzman, Funk 45, Keb Darge, Shadow, Madame Jo-Jos, Timmion, Tim Buckley, Stevie Wonder, BGP, Soulfire, K7, Roy Ayers, Grand Slam Magazine, Jazz Cafe, London, Texas.
Sharon Jones, Lee Fields, The Mohawks, The Dap-Kings, Bobby Byrd, Fontella Bass, The Beginning of the End, Daptone, Jazzman, Funk 45, Keb Darge, Shadow, Madame Jo-Jos, Timmion, Tim Buckley, Stevie Wonder, BGP, Soulfire, K7, Roy Ayers, Grand Slam Magazine, Jazz Cafe, London, Texas.
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| Walking On The Moon & Did You See Those Men |
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| Rev Jamel & Bob Johnson | |
| Funk 45 | |
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| One of the two latest reissues from the 'Funk 45' label and yet again soooo funky. This super rare soul pusher was found at the hand of Ian Wright, before making its way to reproduction by the jazzman and again, 'what a choice!' 'Walking On The Moon' touches down with a huge bass guitar that seems to set up the general groove for the track whilst, the good Reverand and Bob Johnson talk you through the absurdities of Men flying to the moon and not paying attention to the world in wich we live. Includes some lovely jazz horns and funky geetar which make the rare sound so good. Superb vocals and so full of character. 'Did You See Those Men' takes on a very similar groove but this time we hear some soulful flute and the addition of some very funky female vocal. I think everything just comes a little fatter here. Bouncy groove. Would be nice to see the 'Ca Ba Dab' on the funk45 label, would be nice to see it with original centre label though. |
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| Got A Thing On My Mind |
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| Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings | |
| Daptone | |
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| Possibly one of the funkiest singles to be released in the past decade. This is super soul dynamite at its finest. | |
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| Genuine |
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| Sharon Jones and The Dap kings | |
| Daptone | |
| We popped the seal on this to hear it open to a break, that will almost certainly be picked up by hip hop producers in time to come. And now scream the horns in the midst of cacophony, to then unleash that ever tight, undisputable, soul revue. My God! They just keep them coming. Like an un-stoppable train, Miss Jones & The Dap Kings seem to be right on track, to accomplishing a discography that will soon rival some of the greats of soul and funk and if 'Genuine' is one to go by, God only knows what is next for these guys.
Oh yes! What we have here is a genuine floor filler and I'm a little chuffed that my good friends at naldertown managed to obtained me a signed copy, marked by the Soul Queen herself. Ahh! Touched, thanks chaps. |
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| 7 Grooves For 7 Moods |
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| Smokey Brooks | |
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| 'Gather round, everyboby, clap yo hands'. As Smokey Brooks takes you through 2:20 sec, of screaching vocal groove. Bit of a favourite of ours at the moment, O.K so it's not a rare monster but it does have the 'raw funk' feel and Smokey screams a lovely 'ahh uhh ... ehhh'. We did find a copy for sale but how long it will be there for, who knows ? We also found a VEEP dicog for any welcome trainspotter. See the 'find out more' link. | |
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| The South Dallas Funk Festival 1970 |
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| The Appollo Commanders & Marchel Ivory | |
| Now- Again (Stones Throw Records) | |
| A live recording of The Apollo Commanders Medley 'Only You/Lowdown Popcorn' and Marchel Ivory Quintet 'Trippin', with a short speech intro from Charles hunt and yes recorded live at the South Dallas funk festival. A good idea if you were to ask us, you get to really feel how this stuff goes down live, you really want to be there and it sounds so good. The bands hold no hostage when it comes to solid captivating groove in that, 'just having a jam' way and with the intro being a real, all for the funk speech. In opinion this is a really good record, in an archive kind of way. | |
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| Don't Go |
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| The Aristocrats Organization | |
| Now-Again Records | |
| It took us ages to get our hands on this reissue, we think everybody wants one and why not, it's a corker of a funk track and apparently only one original copy is known to man, only the band have a vague recollection of its existence and there is a definite existence for the few with whom it has passed hands. The general idea is a hard up-tempo, horn driven, funky musical modem and Blakely's efforts as vocalist are supreme, especially when she shouts in the horn section about half way in (one of our favourite bits). The cover sleeve comes with a detailed liner note, as do all the Now Again re-issues. The B side a funk instrumental called 'Commin' Through' by the Mind Liberators, is a nice funky number recorded in the early seventies, co written and provided by Rick DeBow, we're wondering why they never put another Aristocratz track on the flip or just used the original A and B sides but you can't grumble. | |