Monumental House anthem alert! Another classic jammer from 1992 lifted straight from the Strictly vaults. This one's HUGE. Phuture aka acid House pioneers Spanky and DJ Pierre (with a little help from Roy Davis JR) turn in a driving, acidic monster in true Wild Pitch style. Probably the only record that begins with a sinister voice saying 'This is cocaine speaking' before diving head-long into one of the best anti-drug House records ever. Absolutely brilliant. Bubbling 303 basslines and cavernous handclaps combine with a funked out, dubbed out synth line that just doesn't stop. Phuture will survive, and they weren't lying when they said that as this record (among too many others they had a hand in) still rock today. Yep, still fresh. Tried and tested, often imitated, never bettered. Phuture are the originals. Open up your eyes (and ears). This one's a tasty 2017 reissue and remaster, featuring all 4 mixes as per the original release way back when. Essential stuff here. You simply NEED this one.
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Spanky Wilson's 'Let It Be' is the lead single from her album of the same name back in 1970. The original version of the tune was of course written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and was first recorded by The Beatles in the same year. Her version is a big band celebration with Spanky's gritty soul vocal soaring up top. The album features other lung-busting performances from Spanky such as on the raw and guttural soul of 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' and the slower, more sentimental 'Love, Or Let Me Be Lonely'. Spanky has one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in soul and never was that clearer than on this classic.
REISSUE
Spanky Wilson has a famously powerful voice but that is matched by just as potent a horn section, with some added staccato guitar chords and a super groovy rhythm section here on this much warranted reissue. She is a conduit for "The Funk' here with a mega fine vocal performance time after time on this well curated selection of classic covers. The likes of The Doors' 'Light my Fire', Cream's 'Sunshine of your Love' and 'Loveland' are all included and stand right out. Each one shows a different but equally essential side to the voice of Spanky Wilson. All tunes have been newly remastered for this release by P-Vine.
In addition of carefully re-masted versions of those classics each EP will feature an unreleased track from this time period.
SGR 1 features two tracks from the Solid Groove 12 - Spanky Rogers EP aka (Aubrey) originally releases in 1997.
The A2 Track is re-master from the under looked Dark Techno Series: Dark 1, originally releases in 2001 and finally B2 is an unreleased track with the self-explaining name "Unreleased 1" originally recorded in 1997.
- A1: Junie - Suzie Thundertussy (4:11)
- A2: Funkadelic - You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks (3:39)
- A3: The Detroit Emeralds - You're Gettin' A Little Too Smart
- A4: King Errisson - Back From The Dead (4:41)
- A5: Pleasure Web - Music Man (Part 2) (2:11)
- B1: Magictones - Good Old Music (3:53)
- B2: Funkadelic - I'll Bet You (4:09)
- B3: Junie - Tight Rope (Single Mix) (4:06)
- B4: Caesar Frazier - Funk It Down (5:04)
- B5: Fuzzy Haskins - The Fuz & Da Boog (3:27)
- C1: Ohio Players - Funky Worm (2:40)
- C2: Spanky Wilson - Kissing My Love (4:15)
- C3: The Detroit Emeralds - Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) (3:41)
- C4: Unique Blend - Does He Treat You Better (3:17)
- C5: Fantastic Four - Mixed Up Moods & Attitudes (5:32)
- D1: Funkadelic - I Wanna Know If It's Good To You (2:53)
- D2: The Counts - Pack Of Lies (4:12)
- D3: Fantastic Four - Disco Pool Blues (4:45)
- D4: Denise Lasalle - Heartbreaker Of The Year (2:52)
Celebrating its 50th birthday this year, Westbound Records is the Detroit institution that discovered Funkadelic and the Ohio Players, with a rich catalogue that is probably amongst the most sampled in the world.
Our 'Super Breaks' series makes a welcome return, throwing the spotlight on the records which have been sampled on both Westbound and its Eastbound subsidiary. These come not only from the more obvious names such as the Detroit Emeralds, Denise LaSalle, Junie Morrison, Funkadelic and Ohio Players, but also the lesser-known Pleasure Web and the Magictones.
The list of artists who have sampled these records reads like a Who's Who of the hip-hop and dance worlds. These tracks will be recognised from well-known records by Kanye West, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Fatboy Slim, and many more.
Both the double vinyl and the CD come with extensive sleeve notes and a breakdown of where each track has been sampled.
- A1: Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio
- A2: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
- A3: B T. Express - Energy Level
- A4: James Brown - Get On The Good Foot
- A5: Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
- B1: Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
- B2: Esther Williams - Last Night Changed It All
- B3: The Mohawks - The Champ
- B4: Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummer’s Beat
- B5: Spanky Wilson - Sunshine Of Your Love
- C1: James Brown - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
- C2: Candido - Soulwanco
- C3: Arthur Baker - Breaker's Revenge
- C4: Manu Dibango - The Panther
- D1: Abaco Dream - Life And Death In G & A
- D2: The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine
- D3: Mongo Santamaria - Cloud Nine
- D4: Edwin Starr - I Just Wanna Do My Thing
- D5: Badder Than Evil - Hot Wheels
Compiled by legendary producer Arthur Baker, ‘Breakers Revenge’ is a near-definitive collection of original Funk, Soul, Latin, Disco and Electro classic tracks from 1970-1984. These tracks, a combination of classics and obscurities, have all since become legendary to Breakdancers everywhere.
First played at South Bronx block parties, community halls and park jams in the 1970s and 80s, spun endlessly by the first three major hip-hop DJs – Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa – and found in the record crates of any DJ of note ever since. Seminal funk and soul tracks such as Dennis Coffey’s ‘Scorpio’, The Jimmy Castor Bunch’s ‘It’s Just Begun’, James Brown’s ‘Get on the Good Foot’, The Mohawks’ ‘Champ’ sit side-by-side here with the ground-breaking, classic electro of Afrika Bambaataa’s ‘Planet Rock’, and Arthur Baker’s own definitive ‘Breaker’s Revenge.’ Breakdancing has come a long way from its New York roots to its respected position as an art form today where, for the first time ever, it is to be featured in the Olympics held in Paris this August 2024.
The ‘breakbeat’ remains at the very heart of hip-hop, the mercurial funk, soul and disco tracks, always 100% guaranteed to get B-Boys, B-Girls and Breakdancers moving at any block party, with the percussive breakdown of each track the pinnacle soundtrack to any dance/battle between Breakdancers of any note. Similarly these tracks have been sampled many 1000s of times over by every hip-hop artist and producer of note. KRS-ONE, Marley Marl, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Public Enemy, Eric B, The Fugees, Outkast, Mos Def, Main Source, Jungle Brothers, LL Cool J, De La Soul and, well, everyone!
Compiler Arthur Baker played a pivotal role in hip-hop history when in 1982 he produced Afrika Bambaataa’s seminal ‘Planet Rock’ (as featured here), introducing electronic instruments into hip-hop for the first time ever and in the process created electro. After ‘Planet Rock’, Arthur Baker went on to remix or produce every major artist of note – from New Order to the Rolling Stones, Al Green to the Pet Shop Boys
- If I Lose
- You Promised
- The Wise Man
- The Morning After
- Moon Ride
- More Understanding Than A Man
- More Understanding Than A Man (Instrumental)
- There I Was
- Kiss & Tell
- Half-Way In Love
- Goodbye July
- Four Letter Words
- Hurry On Home
- I Ought To Stay Away From You
- I Love
- Under My Umbrella
- I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
- Sunday Morning
- Thoughts
- Love Songs
- Don't Go Away
- Take A Picture
- Sun
- What Can I Give You
- Come To Me Slowly
- The 8.17 Northbound Success Merry-Go-Round
- Something's Wrong With The Morning
- Think Of Rain
- Can You Tell
- Someone I Know
- Love
- Why Do I Cry
- Spanky And Our Gang
- Most Of My Life
- It's Alright Now
- Timothy Gone
- The Hum
- Please Believe Me
- Yes I Am
- I Think A Lot About You
- I'd Like To See The Bad Guys Win
- Values
- California Shake
- Hold Me Dancin
- Shine
- Goodbye July
Black VINYL[68,03 €]
Words And Music" ist eine 3xLP-Box mit dem Werk der im Jahr 2021 verstorbenen Sängerin und Songwriterin MARGO GURYAN. Als Zeugin von Revolutionen in Jazz und Pop hat sich GURYAN ihren Platz im Pantheon der Songwriter verdient. Dass sie jahrzehntelang weitgehend unbekannt war, liegt nicht an zerstörten Träumen, sondern an ihren eigenen Entscheidungen und Prioritäten. Von den bescheidenen Anfängen über die Höhepunkte ihres barocken Pop-Meisterwerks "Take A Picture" von 1968 und die gesammelten Demos bis hin zur jüngsten viralen Verbreitung von "Why Do I Cry" - das Boxset "Words And Music" fängt die gesamte Karriere von GURYAN ein, einschließlich 16 bisher unveröffentlichter Aufnahmen und einem 32-seitigen Booklet, das ihre ganze Geschichte erzählt. Produziert wurde die Box von ihrem Stiefsohn Jonathan Rosner, ihrem Freund und Historiker Geoffrey Weiss und den Numero Group-Mitarbeitern Douglas Mcgowan, Rob Sevier und Ken Shipley. Alle Tracks wurden von Jessica Thompson neu gemastert. In ihrer Blütezeit veröffentlichte GURYAN nur ein einziges Album: "Take A Picture" von 1968. Da MARGO jedoch kein Interesse daran hatte, aufzutreten, zu touren und für ihr Werk zu werben, wurde das Album damals kaum beachtet. Dennoch wurde die Platte in den 1990er Jahren zu einem begehrten Kultobjekt. Eine neue Generation von Hörer*innen lernte ihre Arbeit kennen, als "Take A Picture" im Jahr 2000 neu aufgelegt wurde. Kurz darauf folgten die gesammelten Demos, eine unglaubliche Zusammenstellung von ausgegrabenen alternativen Aufnahmen und neu veröffentlichten Songs, die MARGO selbst betreut hat. GURYANs Leben war in den dazwischen liegenden Jahren weiterhin von Musik erfüllt; sie wurde Musiklehrerin, schrieb weiterhin Songs und pflegte Freundschaften mit einem wachsenden Kreis von Anhängern. Die Geschichte von MARGO GURYAN ist die einer Frau, die von klein auf in die Tiefe ging und nie Angst vor Veränderungen hatte. Ihr Gespür für Ton, Phrasierungen, Spannung, Präsenz und Texte, die treffen, machen ihren Namen heute zu einem Synonym für ausgefeiltes Songhandwerk und die unnachahmliche Coolness der 1960er Jahre. Ihr Einfallsreichtum und ihre Technik stellen sie in die Tradition von Kammer-Pop-Ikonen wie Brian Wilson und Burt Bacharach, während die bittersüße Offenheit in ihren Beschreibungen des Frauseins einen Mittelweg zwischen Carole Kings Pop-Fabrik und der Singer-Songwriter-Ära aufzeigt. Aber die unaufdringliche Strenge von MARGOs künstlerischer Stimme ist ganz ihre eigene.
- If I Lose
- You Promised
- The Wise Man
- The Morning After
- Moon Ride
- More Understanding Than A Man
- More Understanding Than A Man (Instrumental)
- There I Was
- Kiss & Tell
- Half-Way In Love
- Goodbye July
- Four Letter Words
- Hurry On Home
- I Ought To Stay Away From You
- I Love
- Under My Umbrella
- I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
- Sunday Morning
- Thoughts
- Love Songs
- Don't Go Away
- Take A Picture
- Sun
- What Can I Give You
- Something's Wrong With The Morning
- Think Of Rain
- Can You Tell
- Someone I Know
- Love
- Why Do I Cry
- Spanky And Our Gang
- Most Of My Life
- It's Alright Now
- Timothy Gone
- The Hum
- Please Believe Me
- Yes I Am
- I Think A Lot About You
- I'd Like To See The Bad Guys Win
- Values
- California Shake
- Hold Me Dancin
- Shine
- Goodbye July
- Come To Me Slowly
- The 8.17 Northbound Success Merry-Go-Round
THINK OF RAIN VINYL[72,69 €]
Words And Music" ist eine 3xLP-Box mit dem Werk der im Jahr 2021 verstorbenen Sängerin und Songwriterin MARGO GURYAN. Als Zeugin von Revolutionen in Jazz und Pop hat sich GURYAN ihren Platz im Pantheon der Songwriter verdient. Dass sie jahrzehntelang weitgehend unbekannt war, liegt nicht an zerstörten Träumen, sondern an ihren eigenen Entscheidungen und Prioritäten. Von den bescheidenen Anfängen über die Höhepunkte ihres barocken Pop-Meisterwerks "Take A Picture" von 1968 und die gesammelten Demos bis hin zur jüngsten viralen Verbreitung von "Why Do I Cry" - das Boxset "Words And Music" fängt die gesamte Karriere von GURYAN ein, einschließlich 16 bisher unveröffentlichter Aufnahmen und einem 32-seitigen Booklet, das ihre ganze Geschichte erzählt. Produziert wurde die Box von ihrem Stiefsohn Jonathan Rosner, ihrem Freund und Historiker Geoffrey Weiss und den Numero Group-Mitarbeitern Douglas Mcgowan, Rob Sevier und Ken Shipley. Alle Tracks wurden von Jessica Thompson neu gemastert. In ihrer Blütezeit veröffentlichte GURYAN nur ein einziges Album: "Take A Picture" von 1968. Da MARGO jedoch kein Interesse daran hatte, aufzutreten, zu touren und für ihr Werk zu werben, wurde das Album damals kaum beachtet. Dennoch wurde die Platte in den 1990er Jahren zu einem begehrten Kultobjekt. Eine neue Generation von Hörer*innen lernte ihre Arbeit kennen, als "Take A Picture" im Jahr 2000 neu aufgelegt wurde. Kurz darauf folgten die gesammelten Demos, eine unglaubliche Zusammenstellung von ausgegrabenen alternativen Aufnahmen und neu veröffentlichten Songs, die MARGO selbst betreut hat. GURYANs Leben war in den dazwischen liegenden Jahren weiterhin von Musik erfüllt; sie wurde Musiklehrerin, schrieb weiterhin Songs und pflegte Freundschaften mit einem wachsenden Kreis von Anhängern. Die Geschichte von MARGO GURYAN ist die einer Frau, die von klein auf in die Tiefe ging und nie Angst vor Veränderungen hatte. Ihr Gespür für Ton, Phrasierungen, Spannung, Präsenz und Texte, die treffen, machen ihren Namen heute zu einem Synonym für ausgefeiltes Songhandwerk und die unnachahmliche Coolness der 1960er Jahre. Ihr Einfallsreichtum und ihre Technik stellen sie in die Tradition von Kammer-Pop-Ikonen wie Brian Wilson und Burt Bacharach, während die bittersüße Offenheit in ihren Beschreibungen des Frauseins einen Mittelweg zwischen Carole Kings Pop-Fabrik und der Singer-Songwriter-Ära aufzeigt. Aber die unaufdringliche Strenge von MARGOs künstlerischer Stimme ist ganz ihre eigene.
- A1: Start It Up
- A2: Find A Way
- A3: Da Booty
- B1: Steppin' It Up (Feat Busta Rhymes & Redman)
- B2: Like It Like That
- B3: Common Ground (Get It Goin' On)
- B4: Moms (Feat Spanky)
- B5: His Name Is Mutty Ranks
- C1: Give Me (Feat Noreaga)
- C2: Pad & Pen (Feat D-Life)
- C3: Busta's Lament
- C4: Hot 4 U
- D1: Against The World
- D2: The Love
- D3: Rock Rock Y'all (Feat Punchline, Wordsworth, Jane Doe & Mos Def)
- E1: Scenario (Remix - Bonus Track)
- E2: Money Maker (Bonus Track)
- E3: Hot Sex (Bonus Track)
- F1: Oh My God (Remix - Bonus)
- F2: Jazz (We've Got) (Re-Recording - Bonus Track)
- F3: One Two Sh*T (Feat Busta Rhymes - Bonus Track)
A Tribe Called Quest wurde 1985 in Queens, New York City, gegründet und bestand ursprünglich aus dem Rapper und Hauptproduzenten Q-Tip, dem Rapper Phife Dawg, dem DJ und Koproduzenten Ali Shaheed Muhammad und dem Rapper Jarobi White. Alle sechs Alben der Gruppe wurden mit Gold oder Platin ausgezeichnet. ATCQ gilt als eine der innovativsten und künstlerischsten Rap-Formationen der 1990er Jahre.
Some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time have passed through Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Kenny Dorham, Wayne Shorter and Donald Byrd, among many others. However brief their stay, working with the demanding and full-throttle drummer not only increased their visibility, but also their chops and interpretive capacity. Blakey's ability to drum up the best players in the game may have even eclipsed his superhuman ability to play drums.
Altoist Jackie McLean, trumpeter Bill Hardman, bassist Spanky deBrest, and pianist Sam Dockery deliver whole-bop goodness on five propulsive, fiery tracks. True to its title, this LP bops hard, with a ferocious swing, boundless energy and telepathic communication between players - especially Blakey and Hardman. Considering the rhythmic demands of Blakey's locomotive playing style, this was an incredible achievement.
Impex Records has cut this gorgeous 180-gram LP with the original analogue mono master tapes and without computer processing of any kind. You hear all the vivacious interplay that occurred on that weekend in 1957 when Blakey and crew forged a bold new vision of muscular, funky jazz. This is music that still resonates over 50 years later. Not to be missed!
- A1: Clarence Reid - Get Back
- A2: Spanky Wilson - Sunshine Of Your Love
- A3: Incredible Bongo Band - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- A4: Pretty Purdie & The Playboys Feat. Norman Matlock - Funky Mozart
- A5: Redd Holt Unlimited - I Shot The Sheriff
- A6: Dennis Coffey - Never Can Say Goodbye
- B1: The Mighty Mocambos - The Next Message
- B2: Electro Deluxe - Staying Alive
- B3: Marcus Miller - Girls & Boys
- B4: Lenny White Feat. Donald Blackman & Foley - Kashmir
- A1: Gloria Lucas - One Sweet Song
- A2: Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
- A3: Minnie Riperton - Adventures In Paradise
- A4: Ruby Delicious - Rock Steady
- A5: Brenda George - What You See Is What You're Gonna Get
- A6: Jackie Dee - Love You Wholeheartedly
- A7: Gwen Mccrae - All This Love That I'm Givin
- B1: Marva Whitney - What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You
- B2: Ruth Davis - I Need Money
- B3: Millie Jackson - Do What Makes The World Go Round
- B4: Gladys Knight & The Pips - Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)
- B5: Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Don't Joke With A Hungry Man
- B6: Ann Peepbles - Slipped, Tripped & Fell In Love
- C1: Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
- C2: Little Rose Little - Family Tree
- C3: The Quantic Sould Orchestra - Hold It Up
- C4: Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles
- C5: Rose Royce - Car Wash
- C6: Taana Gardner - Heartbeat
- D1: Melba Moore - Mind Up Tonight
- D2: Sisters Love - Gimme Your Love
- D3: Diana Ross - Upside Down
- D4: Donna Summer - Hot Stuff (Single Edit)
- D5: Carrie Lucas - Dance With You
In May of 1957, Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers went into the studio with Thelonious Monk to record a one-off album for Atlantic. The Jazz Messengers were a loose collective of young Jazz musicians, with a constantly rotating lineup to keep the music fresh, and help launch new careers (akin to today’s hip hop collectives.)
Blakey had recorded with Monk on various occasions, but this was the first time Monk sat in with the Jazz Messengers. The result is a true meeting of the minds, a beautiful union of Monk’s melodies with Blakey’s unshakable sense of swing, and Thelonious Monk’s only appearance on Atlantic. This 65thanniversary deluxe edition includes an extra disc of previously unreleased outtakes, celebrating the most sensational jazz collaboration of the 1950s.
PERSONNEL:
Art Blakey, drums; Thelonious Monk, piano; Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone; Bill Hardman, trumpet; and Spanky Debrest, bass.
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