Still fancy a little bit of afro-tinged grooves to finish the week..Lifted from the "Ritual" LP recorded in the early 70's by Nico Gomez on the Omega International label, a very tasty and tight selection of afro-cuban, funkiness at it's finest....Very rare the original and the re-issue by Lupita records in 2005 was limited to only 500 copies......deeep!!!
1. Caballo Negro 2. Naci Para Bailar 3. Cuba Libre 4. Samba De Una Nota So 5. Baila Chibiquiban 6. El Condor Pasa 7. Lupita 8. Pa!Pa!Pa!Pa! 9. Ritual 10. Eso Es El Amor OM 444.022
'Uphill Peace Of Mind' Lifted from the 1976 LPG released LP 'Music...Music', Lloyd Price's cover of an earlier version by Frederick Knight. There's a bunch of other versions including Kid Dynamite's which was sampled on 'Shakiyla' by the Poor Righteous Brothers in '91. The UK's Carol Grimes and a great slow disco cover by Yvonne Elliman...But we like this version....Njoy!
Dropping this into our recent mayhem mix the electro-synth workout of 'Disco Energy' (originally released in 1977 and given a limited bootleg release in 2006), was a collaboration by Frenchmen Jean Pierre Bourtayre and Bernard Estardy as Universal Energy. An abSOULlute classic kraftwerkesque style cosmic disco hustler...essential!
Dropping a dope funky soul/jazz floorfiller from Esther Marrow, or Queen Esther Marrow on the legendary Fantasy records 1972...with, get this!..Bernard Purdie, Jimmy Johnson and Idris Muhammad on drum duties, Richard Tee piano, Cornell Dupree on guitar, and Ralph McDonald on congas, what a line up!..going out to my man CV in Barcelona.
Yep! you know what day it is, so get out there and love up your lady or man whatever way you can..Released in '79 here is Solid Gold Revue's "she's so good" featuring Ray Crumley on vocals, originally released on CASTANET Records an in demand rare little 7", but given a well earned rinse on the bbe's Soul Spectrum compilation...Njoy!
Double post today as we have another Japanese holiday celebrating the "Coming Of Age" of people reaching 20 years of life and thus over here maturity...(well that's debatable.!) Anyway that's a long way off for my own. So i'll indulge you in a little afrocentric spiritual jazz for the moment.....The sublimely beautiful "River Luv Rite" from The Oneness Of Ju Ju's 1976 LP on Black Fire Records. For me the warm, humanly emotive vocals of Lady Eka-Ete Jackie Lewis stretches the tune far beyond the tight polyrhythmic jazzy composition of Plunky. Essential sounds inna world full of trouble and uncertainty...Given a well deserved re-issue by Strut records in 2002.
After a little interruption in space & time, we`re back in the groove.
And this post is dedicated to my man down TKO way YAMASAN who`s moving into a new positive direction for his life........respex bro`
Lifted from his Capitol Records 1978 LP "New Warrior" but also released as a 7" promo..."groove, (aint no doubt about it)" is one of those tunes that used to rock the old london warehouse parties in the 8T`s.. As well as Keyboardist Lyle the LP was produced by Wayne Henderson and included a top A-list of players - Harvey Mason, Sunship, Paulinho Da Costa, Roland Bautista, Joe Blocker, Nathaniel Philips, David T. Walker and Michael Boddicker, plus background vocals by Ron Banks, Gregory Matta, Augie Johnson, Jim Gilstrap, Vance Tenort, Alexandra Brown, Angela Winbush, Martinette Jenkins and Stephanie Spruill...Pheww!
"New Warrior, reflect on the past, acknowledge the present and move forward with faith, helping to create tomorrow - that your song may be both a balm to a troubled world, and an inspiration to future warriors who will inherit your legacy."
No it`s not the number of goals that an opposing team will score against my beloved football club later today, but a cracking tune from 1972 given a well deserved re-press by Atlantic in 2004. "getting uptown (to get down)" is the kind of tune that you just can`t keep still when the ole plug-holes hear these vibes. With the shakers, tambourine, horns, guitar, drums all mashing together in one fine damn funky groove....enjoy!
Coming on the flipside of Timothy McNearly`s own SHAWN label track "Funky Movement No.2". The Laid back flutey funk of "Sagittarius Black" is in my humble mind so much better. The intro flutey swells helps the drum beat kick in while the wah wah and the piano electric keeps it chugging along...So simple so nice! Given a 2008 re-issue on US funky label Truth & Soul
Regarded as one of the greatest funk jams ever..Ernie Vincent Williams, the man behind Ernie & The Top Notes, Inc, wrote and produced "Dap Walk" in 1972... Original copies on Fordom changing hands on ebay for $500/600...Re-issued by Stones Throw Records on The funky 16 corners compilation.
As we have been delving into the funky soundtracks of 7T's
blaxploitation movies on here, word reaches mytea@om that the UK's Soul Jazz records massive will soon release a double CD/vinyl compilation titled Can You Dig it?"The Music and Politics of Black Action Films 1969-75" . Will post something about it later, but here we continue with the classic kung-fu movie starring bad-boy Jim 'Enter The Dragon' Kelly and Gloria Hendry.
This soundtrack is really one you should try and obtain a copy of, It has loads of amazing dialogue and fight sound effects woven into the funky instrumentals - The killer main theme track featured here with the sound effects version that always brings a smile to my face. A perfect soundtrack in my opinon!
Dennis Coffey The funky guitar genius composed and conducted the soundtrack alongside Luchi De Jesus. Originally released on the Weintraub-Heller label 1974.
Main Theme.
Main Theme (version 2) with the fight effects.
Tracklisting. 1. Main Theme 2. Sydney's Theme 3. Opening Theme 4. Main Theme (version 2) 5. At The Beach 6. Symphony for Jones: (Warehouse Battle/Pinky/Collectors Theme/ Drug Monkey/Wrong Answer) 7. Drama 8. Mafia Theme (Drama Part 2) 9. Love Theme 10. Battle Theme 11. Dragon Style 12. Sexy (Love Theme Part 2) 13. Mr Jones 14. Excerpts: (Don't Stop/One Two (Dialogue)/Come on In (Dialogue)/Papa Bird/ Turn Her Out/The Money Pinky/Stay/Double Cross) 15. Super Slick (Get Pinky)
And what a scorcher it was.the year of the endless summer, months of temperatures in the 90`s but as the sun shone the economy was crumbling along with the dried-up riverbeds, not that i noticed that much cause in my world there was only music, football and of course my final school exams..I was 15, sitting in those large Victorian halls sweating balls of, not over the difficulty of the tests but the heat was unbearable..by the end, with about three papers to finish i could take it no longer, during geography i upped sticks and just walked out, never to set foot in the place ever again. At first there was trepidation, what have i done, what`s my parents going to say...but as i was slowly walking passed Lord`s cricket ground, in St. John`s Wood where my school was situated, another feeling came over me.....A feeling of Freedom!!. It was about the same time I was outliving the 3 C`s youth club and it was time to venture out...The two good friends i met there were also in the same frame of mind...Timmy, born of a Swedish mother and Jamaican father and Michael Darko of Nigerian decent and me born of parents who were themselves born in London, but having Irish/Sephardim Jew on my fathers side and Scottish/French on my mothers side....A right old cocktail of ethnicity, but to these unlikely 3 amigos...we were just London inn't!!
In those days as you can image there wasn`t much dosh around, the average wage was around £72 a week then....both Timmy and i had P/T jobs on weekends, he at Wimpeys the burger bar of choice before the American invasion and me on my uncle Peggy`s stall in Piccadilly Circus, that sold dolls & postcards to tourists, It`s still there today right outside Tower records.
Coming from Central London, the boys from Cleveland Street, right under the GPO tower as it was known then and me from across the Euston Rd on the Regent`s Park Estate, we were well positioned to take advantage of all that was on offer and there was plenty.
The soundtrack that was waffling across the airwaves that summer that had any interest for us was "Tear The Roof Off The Sucker" by Parliament, "Young Hearts Run Free" - Candi Staton, "Getaway" - Earth, Wind and Fire, "Wake Up Everybody "- Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes, Brass Construction - "Movin"and a gem from Johnnie Taylor called "Disco Lady". But i was digging a sound from 3 years earlier..
Bobbi Humphrey - Harlem River Drive
There was, "I Love Music" by O'Jays, "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry and the Seminal and sexy vocal of Donna Summer and "Love To Love You Baby", Boz Scaggs, "Lowdown" and the wonderful "Love Hangover" by Diana Ross, later to be remixed into a stomper of a chugging house numberremixed by Frankie Knuckles. But the tune that was rocking my world was this classic by; Crown Heights Affair - "Far Out"
Disco was in full swing but we was looking for that elusive Groove and we knew where to find it!
Still fancy a little bit of afro-tinged grooves to finish the week..Lifted from the "Ritual" LP recorded in the early 70's by Nico Gomez on the Omega International label, a very tasty and tight selection of afro-cuban, funkiness at it's finest....Very rare the original and the re-issue by Lupita records in 2005 was limited to only 500 copies......deeep!!!
