Review: An intriguing song is 'Aftershower Funk', the Latin American musician Joe Bataan's curt salsa single from 1974. Fresh, cologned, groomed, and with towel firmly wrapped round hair, Bataan's largely instrumental track is about as lightfooted as the sprightly young man he was, then at 34 years old. With heavy tin drum and cowbell clangings peppered throughout, a toe-tapping mood is sure to beset the listener. B-sider 'Fin' continues the mood, uniting percussion with piano, brass, whistle and rhythm guitar; a much fuller exercise in triumphant finality.
B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition
All The People - "Cramp Your Style" (2:14)
Helene Smith - "You Got To Be A Man" (2:43)
George McCrae - "I Get Lifted" (2:41)
James Knight & The Butlers - "Funky Cat" (4:09)
Gwen McCrae - "90% Of Me Is You" (2:53)
Little Beaver - "Funkadelic Sound" (2:33)
James Knight & The Butlers - "Save Me" (3:09)
Joey Gilmore - "Do It To Me One More Time" (2:30)
Helene Smith - "A Woman Will Do Wrong" (2:36)
James Knight & The Butlers - "Fantasy World" (4:25)
Timmy Thomas - "Funky Me" (2:56)
The New Clarence Reid - "Cadillac Annie" (2:42)
Frank Williams & The Rocketeers - "The Spanish Flyer" (2:08)
Della Humphrey - "Don't Make The Good Girls Go Bad" (2:36)
Frank Williams & The Rocketeers - "You Got To Be A Man" (2:42)
Joey Gilmore - "Somebody Done Took My Baby" (3:28)
Little Beaver - "I Love The Way You Love" (3:11)
Review: ***B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition***
It's time to track back 20 years to one of the true gems from Soul Jazz's heavyweight range of compilations. Miami Funk takes into the beating heart of the late 60s-early 70s scene hovering around Florida's most famous city, and introduces us to some of the hip underground cats who were laying down the sweetest grooves at that time. Some it's rocking, some of it rolls, at times it's sweet and elsewhere it's nasty, but as you'd expect the quality never dips. This one has been long out of print, and now a limited run is making its way back, with this coloured vinyl edition sure to fly out, so don't sleep!
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