CHOCOLATE MILK - ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS
A killer
album of 70s New Orleans funk! Chocolate Milk were an amazing funk group in
their best moments – and this album is certainly one of those moments – a
blistering batch of tracks that set a whole new style for the Crescent City
scene, and which showed that producers Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn
could easily hit the hipper notes of the 70s! There's a tight rhythmic sound at
the core of most numbers, but expanded instrumentation over the top – bits of
spacey electrics or jazzier electronics that never would have shown up in Sansu
records of years back, but which show that with the right group, New Orleans
funk could easily take on the hippest styles going down on both coasts! The
title cut, "Action Speaks Louder Than Words", is a slow funk classic
– and the record also includes the incredible electronic-tinged "Time
Machine", a perpetual favorite these days. Other nice tracks include
"Pretty Pimpin' Willie" and "Ain't Nothin' But a Thing".
Arguably the band's best album ever! ~ Dusty Groove
LALO SHIFRIN - BULLITT ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
Fantastic
stuff! In case you don't know it, this is one of Lalo Schifrin's most
incredible soundtracks, and it's a stunning mix of jazz, bossa, and groovy
grooves. There's lots of cool bubbling electric bass, lilting keyboards, and
moody breezy rhythms. Nearly every cut's a winner, and if you like his stuff,
we can bet that this will become one of your favorites. The record's darn tough
to find, and this reissue is a real treat to have around! Cuts include
"Bullitt", "Room 26", "On the Way To San Mateo",
and "Shifting Gears". 2014 vinyl version from Aleph Records includes
cues never before released on vinyl! ~ Dusty Groove
BIG MAMA THORNTON - SASSY MAMA!
70's
release that has this classic shoutin' blues singer paired with a small combo
of modern blues and soul studio players, like Cornell Dupree, Paul Griffin,
Wilbur Bascomb, and Buddy Lucas. Like a lot of stuff on Vanguard, the sound's
still pretty rootsy, and Big Mama blasts it out on tracks like "Lost
City", "Mr. Cool", "Private Number", and
"Everybody's Happy (But Me)". ` Dusty Groove
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