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Disponibile in 5/7 gg * Awesome 1970s instrumental funk and rock sounds * A must have for fans of Isaac Hayes or Henry Mancini * 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 Here we have an album that merges funk, disco, AOR and soft rock into an electrifying brew with an utterly cheerful atmosphere, made to either get up and dance to or sit back and make it work as a soundtrack for an imaginary movie dragging you straight to the streets of San Francisco with hundreds of Mustangs, Challengers and Firebirds buzzing around. Especially recommended to fans of library records from the 70s. Once more Everland Music give us a beautiful reissue of an otherwise lost classic from the era of disco funk and dance music. This time we have the pleasure to listen to an album originally released in 1978 that is entirely instrumental yet does not require vocals at all due to its captivating songs. The music is a cool hybrid of rock and funk with a soulful edge, which means we get to hear horns allover the place as leading instruments, which even replace the vocal melodies and a melodic, yet powerful lead guitar joining in, whenever it fits perfectly. Sometimes saxophone and lead guitar chant unisono upon a base of pulsating, steaming grooves. The electric piano calls great late 70s AOR to mind, while the bass guitar and the chugging wah wah of the rhythm guitar is typical for the funk music that was the hot stuff earlier in the decade. The overall atmosphere is just cheerful and positive, which makes this record work like a soul energizer. Due to the instrumental nature of the album it also works perfectly as a kind of soundtrack to an imaginary movie. Close your eyes and you will be dragged to the streets of San Francisco with hundreds of Mustangs, Stingrays, Firebirds, Challengers and Pintos cruising up and down the streets and people groovin' around with golden glitter clothes, big fluffy hairstyles and the likes. You can feel the Californian sun pour out from every note despite the fact that this outfit originally came from Georgia. The interplay between the members of this project is breathtaking. The music feels vibrant, just like it was played by a real band in one room right in the moment you listen to it. The lengthy B side opener "Get up and get down" is my personal favorite jam here, for it really swallows you into a whirlwind of sounds and melodies. The saxophone lays down a few killer solos in the earlier electric jazz vein, the grooves have a hypnotizing effect on you and the whole atmosphere is electrically charged. You may jump up and dance until you lose your breath and then lose your consciousness but you also could sit and listen and enjoy the intensity of the music. Amazing for sure. The six and a half minutes title track closes down this gem, of which original copies in good shape, just in case they turn up, fetch 250 USD or more. And this is well deserved. There are no real comparisons that come to my mind but I can say if you love late 70s pop, disco and AOR combined to an unusual but always accessible and memorable sound, this is all you ever wanted. The spacey synthesizer lines and the giant brass arrangements of the title track make it another stand out and there are only five tunes here, all quite long in playing time. Sound, performance, composition, everything flows into another perfectly and the result is an album that would appeal to a widespread mainstream audience, if this ever got to know about THE DISCO SPACE FUNK BAND. Hot groovers, dancefloor sweepers and dreamy middle of the road cruising rock songs, it can all be found here. It could have been one of these cool library music records from the 70s, merging funk and rock to give the moving pictures an exciting mood. But whatever this was meant to be, it is a masterpiece one should know. Oh, I am also a little bit of a liar for... there really is a passage in the opening track "A simple song", the most rock oriented piece here, where a human voice can be heard as it goes "lalalala" with a beautiful melody for maybe three or four seconds. Anyway, this is music that will make you happy and enlighten your day, so grab your copy now. SONGS: 1 Simple Song 2 Randy’s nap 3 Summer love 4 Get up and get down 5 Journey through the night

Tracklist A1 Operation Heartbreak Written By – Al Kasha, Alan Thomas ,Curtis Williams 3:02 A2 Today I Sing The Blues Written By – Curtis Lewis 2:48 A3 Won't Be Long Written By – J. Leslie McFarland 3:14 A4 It Ain't Necessarily So Written By – George & Ira Gershwin 2:58 A5 I Surrender, Dear Written By – Gordon Clifford, Harry Barris 2:50 A6 Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody Written By – Jean Schwartz, Joe Young ,Samuel Lewis 2:28 A7 Rough Lover Written By – J. Leslie McFarland 2:51 A8 It's So Heartbreakin' Written By – J. Leslie McFarland 2:44 A9 Over The Rainbow Written By – E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen 2:43 B1 That Lucky Old Sun Written By – Harry Beasley Smith , Haven Gillespie 3:23 B2 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive Written By – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer 2:20 B3 Try A Little Tenderness Written By – Harry M. Woods,James Campbell, Reginald Connelly 3:21 B4 Without The One You Love Written By – Aretha Franklin 2:53 B5 Don't Cry, Baby Written By – James P. Johnson, Saul Bernie, Stella Unger 3:27 B6 Lover, Come Back To Me Written By – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg 2:38 B7 Trouble In Mind Written By – Richard M. Jones 2:18 B8 God Bless The Child Written By – Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday 3:07 B9 Hard Times Written By – Ray Charles 3:08

Ristampa

Disponibile in 5/7 gg * Smooth and silky yet utterly intense disco funk of the late 70s * A must have for fans of Donna Summer, Donatella, Lipps Inc * First pressings fetch insane prices among collectors if they ever turn up * A legendary yet long lost sacred gem for 1970s disco aficionadoes * Packed to the last groove with irresistible dancefloor sweepers * Skilled songwriting results in an utterly catchy album * Excellent sound and performance by high class professional musicians * First ever official vinyl 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 70s disco sounds This is a long overdue reissue of a fantastic album! Here we find a pure disco classic from the US scene of the late 70s. The original copies retail at plus $300, that's only if you can find one at all! So those who love to spin good music, but are unwilling or unable to lay down too much money can now lend an ear to this fine vinyl! The opening track is 6.5 minutes long and consists of ongoing grooves with a hint of rock thanks to the melodic lead guitar. The driving rhythms are irresistible with soulful and strong female lead vocals that capture you right away. This reminds me strongly of the lengthy Donna summer dance classic, released during the same period 'Better than walking out' which became a dance floor sweeper. There is nothing complicated here, just sheer groove interwoven with catchy melodies. "Lovin' you is so easy" follows and is a mid-paced soul anthem that comes as clean, slick and close to pop music a tune can come, but the melody of the chorus will stick to your mind. The arrangements are tight revealing several layers of instrumentation on second take. The lead singer's expressive voice matches with the best of its genre. A grand dame of soul familiar to a wide audience. While we ruminate about the different stylistic ingredients of this album we reach ''Woman", an entire instrumental with a straight groovy beat paired by cool funky rhythm guitar that lies beneath a soundscape made by the electric piano. Both seem to interact tightly and communicate with another. This tune just moves you physically with ease. Lushly orchestrated ''Our love is special" turns out to be a wonderful soul pop anthem of the kind that stays with you when you have only enjoyed it once. I'm almost certain that most fans of the late 70's soulful dance and pop will spin this record over and over again. This is what the DISCO LADIES are made for. Their music has this certain disco feeling but the classic 60s Motown Soul roots are so obvious and keep the whole collection of songs so grounded, that the music will go straight to the heart, nestling there for a long time. ''I second that emotion" is again a mid-paced groover that has this fluttering beat with great instrumental figures build upon this footing. One might hear elements of reggae, gospel and funk melting into an utterly joyful soul pop tune that eventually would become an evergreen in the clubs. Last but not least we are treated to ''Woman", again the arrangements of lead and backing vocals are amazing! These are footed by equally amazing strings and horns. These melodies, soulful, expressive, intense and full of joy! The last tune is a vocal version of "Woman". Definitely being the highlight of the entire album and a worthy finale for a record that sticks out of the masses of disco music productions of it's era! All this makes a wonderful and delightful reissue ! worthy of joining every black music aficionado of the 1970s. SONGS: 1 Better than walking out 2 Lovin‘ you is so easy 3 Woman (Instrumental) 4 Our love is special 5 I second that emotion 6 Woman

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Disponibile in 5/7 gg * A hot blooded late 70s release merging classic soul with street funk and pop elements * Made to get fans of Marvin Gaye, Isaac Hayes, James Brown, The Temptations or The Four Tops into a dancing mood * Bandleader Jack Ashford once was a member of Marvin Gaye’s touring band as well as Motown’s in-house band The Funk Brothers * Might work as a soundtrack to an imaginary 1970s action movie * Excellent sound and performance by high class professional musicians * First official rerelease on vinyl * 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 classic funk and soul music A crown jewel of the US American soul music of the 1960s. The earthy production and vivid feeling makes this album way more tangible for fans of the genre than most polished and slick major productions. A true gem for all collectors of underground soul from the USA. Oh, sweet soul music, you make my life so wonderful. Well, especially when I have the pleasure to rediscover long lost treasures from the late 60s soul music scene that were not the obvious albums by the obvious bands or artists like Four Tops and Marvin Gaye but appeared and fell under the radar despite the great quality of the songs. Now here we have Freddy Butler, a man with a smooth and soft, yet powerful voice that you will be able to recognize from a dozen or more soul singers oft he same era. A kind expression lies on his face when you look at him smiling from the cover of his sole album "With a dab of soul" released in 1967. Original mono copies of this gem already fetch 150 US$ or even more when they turn up in a more or less good shape. So it was time for a vinyl reissue and this comes from Dutch label Everland Records. And they dug out a vinyl treasure par excellance here. "With a dab of soul" is a jewel of Northern Soul or Street Soul far from the mainstream productions of the 1960s big labels that held most positions in the charts. It has this earthy feeling, a simmering atmosphere that highlights its authenticity. This man is for real and his music comes as honest as music can. For sure he offers sweet ballads, steaming dancers and thoughtful tunes with a certain pop appeal just as many of the mainstream acts also did but the vivid production that only focuses on the main instruments such as drums, bass, guitar, piano, blues harp and a sparingly used brass section with Mr. Butler's vocals upfront makes this feel like something real. Freddy Butler has this lush voice that pushes the songs with great emotions into the heart and soul of the listener. This power and his charisma make him an outstanding star at the sky of soul music but this album makes one thing crystal clear. Talent alone will not bring you fame and fortune. Being on par musically with all the big names will not get you to the top positions of the charts. We can only thank Everland Records for dragging this album by the long gone Freddy Butler back to the light. Soulfanatics who love a good mix of moods will certainly enjoy these tunes. Freddy Butler puts an emphasize on the song, the melody and the longevity of his works rather than just going for a hot blooded groove that stays with the listener as long as the song lasts. He wanted to create anthems for a generation to come and voilà, here we go. As good as everything the FOUR TOPS have ever put on vinyl, as good as BABY HUEY might have been if he just stayed with us for longer than just 26 years. These are songs so timeless that they will always sound fresh and vivid when you give this record a spin. And be sure, this album won't let you go with just the occasional round. You feel like one turn per side is not enough when you are in the mood for good soul music. There were even two 45s released from this album, "There was a time / This thing" and a promo 7" "That's when I needed you / Give me lots of lovin'". Just to mention that. Band and singer of course are top notch, musicians who really deserve the title. They play with passion and fire while staying precise at any moment. On top of the instrumental substructure you will find vocals with a great range and good variety of intensity levels. Freddy Butler was a crooner who could sing like a gentleman and be a savage the next moment. He always had the situation under control and knew to bring in the right emotion at the right time. They don't make them like this anymore. He should be listed with the greatest of his genre whenever people talk about soul music. And now go and buy your copy of this jewel. SONGS: 1 Hotel sheet 2 I’ll fly to your open arms 3 This ain’t just another dance song 4 Hi Mom Hi Al 5 Shar 6 Get right on top (cause I need someone) 7 Baby I’m so glad 8 Funky disco party

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Ristampa disponibile entro il 5/2/20