The Day After The Sabbath 52: Have Some Fun [funk pt.1]

 

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What's this, a volume of TDATS with jiving on the cover? Don't worry, what we have here is a volume which will go down well at a funk party, of course in true TDATS style, it would be a very  heavy funk party... 01. The Soul Bros. Inc. - Girl In The Hot Pants / Put It On Him (1971) 02. Kid Rock - Doctor Rock (1973) 03. Betty Davis - If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up (1973) 04. Dynamita - Señor Viento [Mr Wind] (1972) 05. Shotgun - Trouble Shooter (1977) 06. Black Merda - Prophet (1970) 07. Armaggedon- Oh Man (1972) 08. Jade - Paper Man (1974) 09. Iron Knowledge - Show-Stopper (1972) 10. Gipsys - Kamasutra (1971) 11. Skins - Equiana (1972) 12. Trio Galleta - Tomalo (1971) 13. Scorpion - Running From Myself (1969) 14. Count Down - Raptus (1976) 15. African People - On The March (1971) 16. Orange Peel - I Got No Time (1970) 17. Otis Waygood Blues Band - Have Some Fun (1971) About half of these tracks are from obscure and lost singles, but we have a few from albums. The Soul Bros. Inc. have recently had all their singles compiled to an LP on the German label Tramp Records. It is believed that Jimi Hendrix and track 3's Betty Davis (Miles Davis's second wife) had an affair that hastened the end of her marriage to Miles Davis, but Hendrix and Miles stayed close and even planned to record until Hendrix's death. Betty Davis remained a cult figure as a singer, due in part to her open sexual attitude, which was controversial for the time. Some of her shows were boycotted, as well as radio plays, due to pressure by religious groups. With the passage of time her records have become highly regarded by collectors of soul and funk music. Black Merda were a funky rock Detroit combo mixing fuzz-toned, psychedelic blues-rock with folky acoustic passages and contemporary late-'60s soul. Detroit features again here with Scorpion and their entertaining track "Running From Myself". Surprisingly, we have a couple of German krautrock era bands here too, Armaggedon and Orange Peel (see #19). Less surprisingly we have a strong trio of Argentinean bands in Dynamita, Gipsys & Trio Galleta. Tack 11 "Equiana"  is an infectious drum-heavy curiosity from an obscure French outfit "Skins" and African People produced one consistently great album in Italy, 1971, cashing in on the wave of early 70's blaxploitation and being over seen by none other than Vangelis's older brother Nikos Papathanasiou who worked at Polydor records Italy. Another Italian curio here is Count Down's "Raptus" which is an unusual slice of disco, and the comp ends on a Zimbabwean combo Otis Waygood Blues Band who impressed me greatly with their wide range of talents when I used them once before on my African comp. Thanks for listening! Rich. TDATS social links Facebook | Instagram | Youtube | Mixcloud | Twitter | RateYourMusic  Share via: