Disponibile in 5/7 gg * Awesome 1970s instrumental funk and rock sounds * A must have for fans of Isaac Hayes or KC and the Sunshine Band * Could be the soundtrack for an imaginary police movie of the 70s * Excellent sound and performance by high class professional musicians * First official rerelease of this long lost holy grail instrumental funk * Fully licensed * Remastered audio * LP housed in a superheavy 430g art carton cover * CD housed in a beautiful digipak * Ultimate collectors item for fans of 1970s funky gangster movie soundtracks For the major part this is instrumental dance music combining elements of funk, soul, disco and pop rock. The production is excellent for its time and the seven songs really have a big recognition value. The musicians playing here are the creme de la creme of their genre. Some tunes even generate an atmosphere like in old 70s police movies. A real gem! Another studio outfit of the late 70s club music scene that has gained cult status among collectors of funky, soulful dance music of the disco era. Originals in mint condition fetch prices of 500 USD and sometimes more but for all who want to taste the feeling of dancing well dressed in satin and lace on through the night in one of the hip clubs, there is now a fine reissue on EVERLAND records, black wax for sure, so collectors will go crazy for it. And now for the music, which of course is what I focus my review on. You can say that this is a great mixture of funk, west coast rock, lightfooted pop and soulful elements, mostly instrumental with the exception of a "Yeah!" and some wordless choirs here and there, just as known from the black soul music in the late 60s and 70s. Well, sound and feeling of this record are clearly 70s. The production is slick and crystal clear, you can hear every instrument and the arrangements fit perfectly with each other. The tight and vivid playing tells me that the participating musicians are all high class professionals and they really bring these dance instrumentals to a life on their own. You do not need any front vocals when you have such beats and harmonies pouring from the black grooves of this record. The album begins with "Satisfied sity", a midpaced, flashing funk song generating a spacey atmosphere due to the use of synthesizers as lead instruments and swirling electric pianos. Bass guitar and drums dance around each other while a brass section, the synthesizers and keyboards, plus a chugging rhythm guitar build an exciting weave of melodies on top. It gets more lightfooted but still energetic with "Help yourself", a joyful and straight pop rock dancefloor sweaper with nice guitar leads and harmony melodies of the greatest kind. The use of hammond organ and the upfront lead guitar turn this song more into a rock direction than most of the others. "Why don't you help yourself" is the only sung phrase here. A cool middle of the road tune that makes you push your accelerator while you drive your car into the evening twilight. "The hassle" comes floating in from your speakers in a very relaxed way. The funky jumps in the rhythm department are there as well as the wah wah guitars, but all well wrapped up in a garment of brass, organ and electric piano arrangements, that add this smooth and silky touch to it. This tune along with "Satisfied sity" might even be the soundtrack to an imaginative 1970s police movie. Once more some backing vocals appear singing "It's the hassle". Still this is an instrumental affair for its major part. "Livin' it up" is cool funk with an enchanting synthesizer melody on top and jazzy flute solo. Another exception to the disco music rule. The guitar kicks in and plants another simmering melodic solo into the musical soil. Funk music at its best! This will certainly reach out further than to the genre aficionados only. This is easy to listen music, but if you take a closer ear you will realize what nuggets these players have hidden for you in the arrangements. You are now in the mood for some sheer joy with happy melodies and steaming rhythms that fill you with positive energy? Just listen to "Warkoid walk" and start flying. Once more we have these utterly slick pop sound and excellent performances on the synthesizer as lead instrument. We move forward and stop by at another funky masterpiece with jumping grooves in the verses and a floating, faster paced chorus with a pop appeal. Great brass arrangements and this utterly tight interplay will capture your attention and not let you go anymore. This music has complex structures, layer upon layer, but that does not necessarily mean it is complicated. It's the other way round, a rather accessible thing. And it is just beautiful. Now that "Holdin` on" says goodbye "The search goes on", just don't ask me for what, because if you wish to find a true musical gem in the field of funk, soul, disco and fusion, you do not need to look any further. The album ends with this slightly bombastic, yet still utterly groovy soul pop tune. Giant brass arrangements grow on a soil made of beats with a latin flavor, combining elements of salsa, samba, rhumba and the likes, with a rather modern and fresh disco affinity. This is a reason to prefer the old style disco and soulfunk music for real people play real instruments with passion and professional attitude. A great album for vinyl DJs in cool dance clubs and great fun to spin on your turntable at home. SONGS: 1 Satisfied city 2 Help yourself 3 The hassle 4 Livin‘ it up 5 Warkoid walk 6 Holdin‘ on 7 The search goes on

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DESCRIPTION Here at Tuff Kong Records we really like to push our boundaries and explore different sounds, we're passionate with music at 360° and so are these guys we have decided to bring to your attention. Dumbo Station is a nu-jazz ensemble out of Roma, Italy that we've met during a live jam with legendary MC Danno of historical roman hip-hop group Colle Der Fomento. They immediately caught our attention and after listening to this masterpiece we decided to collaborate with them and Roman jazz imprint AlfaMusic to release their debut full-length "Tirana Cafè" on limited edition vinyl. The 11 songs featured on their first studio effort will take you on a trip through different soundscapes with the quartet as your guide, joined by Italian talents the such as vocalist Davide Shorty as well as Maurizio Giammarco's sax and Elvio Ghigliordini's flute. These young fellas have managed to merge nu-jazz with soul, funk and modern sounds creating a true masterpiece. Limited edition of 400 hand-numbered copies with only 300 up for sale through our channels, head over to THIS link to stream their album, trust us you don't want to sleep on these guys. TRACKLIST 1. Dumbo Station (feat. Maurizio Giammarco) 2. Big One (feat. Elvio Ghigliordini) 3. Narvalo 4. Your Poison (feat. Davide Shorty) 5. Sugo Forense 6. Stutter (feat. Elvio Ghigliordini) 7. Gyro 8. Smashing Sushi (feat. Vincenzo Presta) 9. Praise The Lord 10. Dr. Gattolonio (feat. Maurizio Giammarco) 11. Triathlon

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Disponibile in 5/7 gg * Juke joint blues, folk, country and stripped down post bop meet on this album for a rendezvous * Made for fans of Max Roach, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane * Featuring piano wizard Stanley Cowell * Obscure late 70s acoustic jazz performance * Excellent sound and performance by high class professional musicians * Due to the high demand finally a reprint of the first official rerelease outside Japan * Fully licensed * Remastered audio * LP housed in a superheavy 430g art carton cover * Ultimate collectors item for fans of post bop jazz obscurities This obscure and difficult to find LP is the Heath Brothers' debut album and is considered to be their best. 'Marchin'on' is unquestionably a masterpiece and is a much sought-after album. With its wealth of riffs, it is much appreciated by samplers and has been sampled by various contemporary artists. It was originally released in 1976 on Strata-East, a label at the time co-owned by Stanley Cowell. The album flows fluidly, meticulously in a warm rich blend with the four part 'smilin' Billy suite being a tour de force on its own. All suites have the same anchor in melody but each branches out to its own distinctive song varying from relaxed to light to dramatic and upbeat. The Heath Brothers was formed in 1975 by brothers Jimmy, Percy, Albert Heath and the much celebrated pianist Stanley Cowell in Philadelphia. The band later on continued with the brothers and alternate new members, with at one point the very talented 'Mtume' who is Jimmy Heath's son, joining. SONGS: 1 Warm valley 2 Tafadhali 3 The Watergate blues 4 Maimoun (from Illusion Suite) 5 Smilin‘ Billie Suite

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Disponibile in 3/4 gg lavorativi LP 180gr. | Limited Edition 500 copies Previously unreleased out on 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 TRACKLIST: A1 – Sharon Tate – 2:46 A2 – Villa Polanski – 4:24 A3 – Malattia – 3:09 A4 – Kissing – 5:39 B1 – Hip Now – 3:55 B2 – Lovable – 3:37 B3 – Petting – 4:06 B4 – Malattia #2 – 3:34 B5 – Under Funereal – 2:32

Disponibile in 5/7 gg lavorativi * A hot latin album mixing cumbia, boogaloo and salsa elements with a funky atmosphere * A must have for fans of Compay Segundo or Tito Puente * First pressings fetch insane prices among collectors if they ever turn up * A legendary yet long lost sacred gem for 60s and 70s latin pop aficionadoes * Packed to the last groove with irresistible anthems * Skilled songwriting results in an utterly catchy album * Incredible latin sounding coverversion of „Low rider“ originally by WAR * Excellent sound and performance by high class professional musicians * First ever official rerelease * Fully licensed * Remastered audio * LP housed in a superheavy 430g art carton cover * CD is housed in a beautiful digipak * Ultimate collectors item for fans of the late 60s and early 70s latin pop and rock Tito Puente style salsa, mambo and cumbia from the late 70s by one of the most productive musicians of the genre. A gem rare as gold dust as an original pressing and composed of only massive Latin music anthems, handmade from start to finish, by a group of passionate and highly professional musicians. The "Low rider" coverversion is outstanding. If you love this kind of Latin music look no further, this is sheer awesomeness. It has been a while since I had the pleasure to review Mr. Camacho's 1980 album "Reach out" with his RAY CAMACHO BAND. Now one of its predecessors ends up on my turntable and really finds me unprepared for what I listen to here. No sign of disco music at all but an opening track that has this three-quarters beat and a slightly slushy melody that reminds of those 1950s love songs, which dragged the kids to the dancefloor for a slow narrow dance. It is quite uncommon to start an album with such a song, especially when you expect music pouring from the grooves that takes you away to far away street cafés in the centre of Havanna. Well, at least it is sung in Spanish. A happy little salsa groover joins in next and here we go straight to the steaming streets of the Cuban capital with its bars and night clubs where people still dream the unfulfilled dreams of a sugarcane cutter out in the fields after a hard day of labour. And "La casita" develops, changes passages, rhythms, paces. It comes like three songs in one and showcases the talent of a truly inspired music ensemble. The pace on this album is quite often moderate and relaxed, but that especially creates a special atmosphere you as the listener can relate to, while dreaming of a life of ease in Latin American countries. A rather romantic idea but it works well here. This is good time salsa music with different energy levels, played with passion by highly professional musicians. You cannot even tell from which year this album is by only listening, for it has this classic Latin feel which was popular when Tito Puente was still a freshman on the scene. But no matter if this would have been a late 50s or late 70s recording, it has kept a vibrant atmosphere even decades after the initial release. Actually this album should have attracted the attention of Mr. Carlos Santana who grew his new, wild and progressive style on the soil folks like Tito Puente have cultivated years before, though he was more a contemporary of Ray Camacho instead. Anyway, I digress, but this album invites you to let your mind drift away from your allday's issues. Salsa, cumbia, mambo, you will enjoy the variety of Latin music elements, from which the very memorable songs were built. The most wicked tune here for certain is "El Pachuco", which is nothing but a latinized coverversion of WAR's "Low rider" with title and lyrics in Spanish, combining funky elements with this boogaloo and salsa atmosphere. Ray Camacho and his band really shine on this tune, but this is the case on through the whole album. Fans of Latin music from the heart will certainly want to grab a copy and since originals in even a less excellent shape already fetch higher prices among collectors while mint copies go for 280 to 300 US$, the new reissue by Everland Music is more than welcome. This might have been retro in 1978 but due to its natural flow and feeling it will never age actually. These 1950s style slow dance ballads, there is more than one, fit in perfectly somehow and add a different flavor to the whole picture. Among his many albums, this should be one Ray Camacho might be especially proud of due to being composed of outstanding hit songs only. Go for it, ye Latin cats, gems like that are scarce. SONGS: 1 Ruego de amor (Indian love call) 2 La casita 3 Madrecita Linda 4 Dulce y amarga 5 Testigo fui 6 Confesion 7 El pachuco (Low rider) 8 Dime la verdad (Tell it like it is) 9 La culebra 10 Me patina el coco 11 Tomas al timbal 12 Contrabando y traicion 13 Movin on

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