Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974 Vol. 1 (CD)

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• Release Date: March 22, 2005
• Label: Now-Again
• UPC: 659457501723
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106206565
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Personnel: Calvin Williams (vocals, guitar); Michael Liggins (vocals, flute, saxophone); Leon Mitchison (vocals, saxophone); Herman Walker (vocals, trumpet); John R. "Ricky" Jackson (vocals, organ); Joseph Trotter (vocals, keyboards, percussion); Lester Abrams (vocals, drums); Danny Malone, Delbert "Lil Lavair" White, Linda Blakely, Kenny Smith , Leslie Smith, Arno Lucas (vocals); Manuel Ruelas (guitar, background vocals); Jimmy Welch, John Scott, Earl Spiller, Harvey Gray, Andrei Carriere, Eugene Goff, Robert L. "Master Boobie" Townsend, Ray Hickman, Ralph Payan, James H. Brown, Paul Brooks, Ron Cooley, William Penn (guitar); Bruce Middleton (flute, saxophone); Alva Nelson (saxophone, Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Leon "Shorty" Harris, Johnny Brown, Timothy Dunham, Robert Torres, Arthur Armstrong, George Miller , Bobby Otero, James "Gion" Johnson, Randy "Butch" Yates, Clyde Walker (saxophone); Jonas Jarrett, Alfredo Aguila, William Mitchell, Michael Patterson (alto saxophone); Carl Cowen (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet); Larry Blake, Buddy Brown, David R. Wood, Franklin Woods, Harold "Hal" Smith, Gerald Grey, "Sweet" George Williams, Percy Marion, Willie "Maceo 2" Rhodes, Leroy Hutson (tenor saxophone); Bishop Berry, Carlos Tillman (baritone saxophone); Carl "Moochie", David Alvarez, Byron Wooten, Issac Banks, Malachai Williams, John "Icewater" White , Calvin Harvey, Harold Carrol, Ronnie Dudley, Jason Seville, George Grimes, Artulla "Beau" Miller, Cloyce Muckelroy, Howard Burnley, James Curtis, Geno DeVaughn, Elray Wiseman, Clarence Butler, Tom Wright (trumpet); Shirley Ploucha (French horn); Byron Starling, Gary Tifford, Charles Hunt, Dwight Harris, Dennis Byas, Finnell Clark, Lawrence Foster, James Cleveland (trombone); Kashmere Stage Band (horns); Robert Hooker, Nathaniel White (organ); Dean Hummons (keyboards); Popo Otero (bass guitar); Don Smith , Gerald Curvey, Carleen Jean Butler, Wendell Sneed, Alexander Kirik, Craig Green, Juan "Malo" Macias, Paul Murrell, Reggie Cavinaugh, Maurice Tyler, Stanley M. Brooks, Ronald "Foots" Glover, Terence Dudley, Matthew Watson (drums); Renee "NeNe" Rucker, Morris 'Sonny' Hall (congas); Bobby Davis , Raphael Barnes, Dupa Jack, Damon Malone (percussion); The Charmaines (background vocals).

Recording information: 700 West Recording Studio, Indianapolis, TN; Central Forest Club, Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; Claude Robinson's Studio, Houston, TX; Cyberteknics Studio, Dayton, OH; Eastwind Studios, Tempe, AZ; Fultz Studio, Louisville, KY; Los Angeles, CA; Music World Recording Studio, W. Columbia, SC; Nashville Sound Studios, Houston, TX; Ohmit Recording Studio, Indianapolis, IN; Sonny Charles Studio, Covington, KY; Studio Seven, Dallas, TX; TCB Studios, Detroit, MI; UPC Studios, Omaha, NE.

Editors: Egon ; Dave Cooley.

Now-Again Records, run by hip-hop label Stones Throw manager Egon, does release some new material, but it is dedicated to finding and reissuing the music from both obscure and more celebrated funk artists of the 1960s and '70s. 2001's The Funky 16 Corners reintroduced some of the lost names of the genre to the world, and Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974, Vol. 1 is a follow-up to that, with, as stated in the title, tracks that most people have never heard before, and that would otherwise be nearly impossible to find. Luckily, in this case "rare" doesn't also mean "bad." Egon went to great length to find the master tapes of these tracks (many of which were the B-sides to the artists' less-obscure releases), and when needed, edited different versions together himself, so the sound quality is superb, as is the music itself. Probably due to the fact that he is also a DJ, Egon focuses on songs that are rhythm-heavy. Vocals, if they even exist, generally consist of short, repeated phrases that interact with the horn parts (the two notable exceptions being the Aristocrats Organization's "Don't Go," featuring soul vocalist Linda Blakely, and Leon Michison's nearly rapped verses on "Street Scene"). Instead, the focus is absolutely given to the groove, the beat, and almost all the songs have a breakdown where the rhythm section -- the tinny guitar, the frenzied drums, the syncopated bass -- is allowed to show off its chops. And while everything definitely falls within the deep funk realm, influences vary from psychedelic soul (like in "Loaded to the Gills" by Michael Liggins & the Supersouls) to blues (in "Cold Heat" by Lil' Lavair & the Fabulous Jades) to rock (in the instrumental version of "Drugs Ain't Cool" by Ebony Rhythm Band, the house band for the Indianapolis-based LAMP Records during the label's golden years). It's a good album, with a lot of talent, and a lot of great music that has been lost in dusty record crates for years, all of which is funky and soulful enough to make even the sternest of listeners shake his hips. ~ Marisa Brown

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