Zulema - 1976 - Suddenly There Was You (RCA Victor
/ APL1-1423)
Tracks :
1 All I Need Is You (5:22)
2 Here's Where Love Begins (4:19)
3 Suddenly There Was You (3:49)
4 I Love You Baby (4:29)
5 Remember (5:03)
6 New Day Is Coming (3:20)
7 Pity for the Children (3:16)
8 Hungry for Your Love (3:23)
9 Takes Time (3:37)
An obscure rocking funk combo from the early 70s -- one of a few, like Sweet Apple or High Voltage, who seemed to crop up on Columbia after the success of Sly & The Family Stone. Like those groups, and Sly, Mother Night's got a guitar-driven groove that was probably easy funk for the crossover crowd -- but like Sweet Apple, they're a bit hard-driven, with a heavy sound that really takes them over the top with a wild energy that probably kept them off of radio, and stuck in the underground. Lots of nice jamming, though, and these guys really know how to lay some jazzy chords into the mix to keep things fresh! Titles include "Julie Nixon", "Utopia", "Scuffle", "Warm Spot", "Groupie", "Guitar Man", and "Fools Are You" (from Dusty Groove America)
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Biography : Though little known in their native U.S., the Parisian-based Lafayette Afro Rock Band was among the premier funk outfits of the 1970s, later becoming a seemingly endless source of samples and breaks for artists from Public Enemy to Janet Jackson. The group was formed on Long Island, NY as the ... Read more »
Bobby Boyd Congress (France) - 1971 - Bobby Boyd Congress (Okapi T 36.505)
Tracks : A1 Straigt Ahead 2:55 A2 In A Toy Garden 7:24 A3 In A Strange Land 3:50 A4 I'm Undecided 5:03
B1 Train 3:13 B2 It's Good To See Your Face Again 6:16 B3 Are You Gonna Stay He While 2:16 B4 Dig Deep In Your Soul 2:55 B5 Bright Flowers 4:22
Ultra rare French recording (little press less 300 ex in LP). A very
good and collectible soul funk lp... This is Rare grooves, Deep Funk !
So many good titles, a full record. With the musical director Franck
Abel and a special help from Pierre Jaubert (... Read more »
Tracks : A1 Standing In The Back Row Of Your Heart (3:44) A2 A Whiter Shade Of Pale (5:27) A3 Wanna Be Where You Are (3:33) A4 People (4:05) B1 Hail, Hail America (3:53) B2 Love To Last Forever (4:38) B3 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (3:44) B4 No Time Next Time (5:21) B5 It's All Right With Me (4:35)
Credits: Vocals, Piano, Piano [Electric] - Zulema ... Read more »
Tracks : 1 Ohio/Machine Gun 2 Fire and Rain 3 Lay Lady Lay 4 Spill the Wine 5 Nothing to Do but Today 6 Cold Bologna 7 Love the One You're With
Givin' It Back is as much a time capsule as an album. Not that it
can't be enjoyed on its own absolute musical terms by someone just off
a boat who wasn't even around in 1971, but to really appreciate how
daring it was and how delightful it is, that side of its history should
be known. Those who are old enough should recall the time whence it
came, an era in which hatred and disunity over the Vietnam War, civil
rights, school desegregation, the environment, and a multitude of other
issues were threatening what seemed, potentially, like the beginning of
a new civil war, this one not between states but between factions and
ethnic and racial groups in 1,000 individual neighborhoods. The opening
cut of Givin' It Back, "Ohio/Machine Gun," is a slap-in-your-face
reminder of just how angry the times and the people were. The track
evokes instant memori
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Soul & piano vibe with "Miss. Z" by famous singer Zulema Cusseaux with beautiful "I Was so Wrong". Also track "Giving Up" sampled by Beatnuts on "Beatnuts Forever". Great Sussex LP !
Ms Z was Zulema’s second album after her self-titled
debut. Again, like her first LP, Zulema not only sang, but wrote most
of her own material. She starts off great with Giving Up that has a
sophisticated and heavily orchestrated neo-Disco beginning that’s
contrasted with some funky wah wah guitar work. Also worth listening to
are the slower and Gospel tinged I’m Watchin You and the funkier
Telling The World Good Bye. ~Reviewed by Motown67
Side 1 A1 Giving Up (7:12) A2 I Was So Wrong (3:22) A3 I Was There (3:46) A4 Tree (4:10)
Independent rare funk lp from 1977 produced by George Semper. Perfect Circle were another Paul Mack discovery and George Semper once again
was caught choosing whether he should work with one band over another.
He turned down Mandrill to finish up work on the now collectible
Perfect Circle album that blended funk, soul and disco influences. Tracks : A1 Dip Stick (3:33) A2 For Your Funkification (3:58) A3 This Love Is Mine (4:35) A4 Jungle Disco (4:04) A5 Spread The News (3:51) <
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. Bo Axelzon & His Exotic Sounds - 1996 - Bo Axelzon & His Exotic Sounds
The 1st release from this new label out of Sweden. A small orchestra
plays Classic & pure Exotica: featuring a nostalgic sound performed
by brass, reeds, bird calls, sitar, percussion, accordian, guitars,
vibes, bongos, congas All original compositions I think. This is really
great!
B1 Elins Blue Eyes 1:58 B2 El Manicero 3:02 B3 Solamente Una Vez 4:56
Personnel: Bo Axelzon: Drums, Percussion Adam Axelzon: Percussion, Bird Calls Curt Landberg: Trumpet Roger Petersson: Valve Trombone Gunnar Ericsson: Tenor Saxophone Stig Bäckström: Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bassoon Ebbe Belfrage: Accordion Dick Malm: Accordion, Guitar Gunnar Örtenstrand: Guitar Stefan Kéry: Lap Steele, Sitar, Saz, Guitar Anders Paulsson: Bass La
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Gladys Knight & The Pips - 1971 - Standing Ovation
Almost a deeper soul sound than before from Gladys Knight -- a record that features some very strong southern-styled production from Johnny Bristol and Clay McMurray
-- but in a way that reflects the new sort of "adult" mode of the time!
The style here is a careful blend of the raspiness of Knight's roots
and some of the changes going on in Memphis and Muscle Shoals -- modes
that are still a bit down home, but which show a more mature
presentation of their themes -- served up in arrangements by HB Barnum,
David Van DePitte, and Paul Riser.
The Politicians - Psycha-Soula-Funkadelic (The Hot Wax Sessions) 1971-1972
This
rare groove quintet, were obviously influenced by the Parliament. This
album was cut in 1972 in the midst of the invictus/hotwax regime.If you like raw, guitar influenced funk this is an album you can not overlook !
Tracks : 1 Psycha Soula Funkadelic 3:50 2 The World We Live In 4:23 3 Church 3:17 4 Free Your Mind 2:52 5 ... Read more »
The onlyBlack Bloodthat's actually worth having in my opinion. It contains their great downtempo funk track 'Avenue Louise' and the catchy breakbeat track 'AIE', which are both available on 45, but it also ha
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Beautiful and haunting at times, Linda Lewis
has the smooth, pop-jazzy sound that is truly unique. As a singer and
songwriter Linda Lewis was exceptional. She was a brilliant talent with
an uplifting spirituality. Not only did it bring back fond memories,
but her voice is, like the album name, as clear as a bird.
Lewis is very much the British equivalent of Minnie Riperton,
with her band Ferris Wheel in the place of Riperton's Rotary
Connection. If we're going to further the comparison, Lark is her ... Read more »
Tracks : 1 Something So Right (5:24) 2 Tears On My Pillow (4:00) 3 Love Without Sex (4:50) 4 Mr. Everything (3:42) 5 Iron Woman (4:12) 6 Damn' Right It
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