WHUDDA EVENIN’–y’all betta belieb I had gittin’ my narrow bee-hind all kindsa jiggly wiggly to this full loada Philly SOUL! Whoo…I SWEAR, this one schwanky handfulla o’ Jamie/ Guyden back-catalog reissues… y’all, they the folks who helped educate our WORLD on ‘at phamous Philly git-down sound!
Okay, firsta the bunch I spun was Mister Fantastic Johnny C.’s Boogaloo Down Broadway LP, a “YELL-pee” if I EVER heard one! Damn, he served uppa big-assed slab o’ Prime Rib “git it, git it, git it,” with alla the fixin’s! An’, tho’ this come out 30 years ago, it held up–how could the muthafugga NOT…it fulla Fantastic’s STRONG single sides! Hey, alla y’all needa get this, ’cause I KNOW it ain’t gonna hurt NOBODY to “Hitch It to the Horse.”
Secondly was The Ambassadors’ Soul Summit LP! DAMMIT!! I wish I’da known ’bout these fellas befo’ NOW!! But that ain’t my fault–fuck “oldies” stations everywhere fer NOT spinnin’ ’em! Anyways, I was thrilled to dig such fine soul fulla “sensual” groove appeal, like, they got “pop” a li’l like The Impressions pristine arrangin’, and the longer this played, the better it got, ‘specially the stomp-ravin’ live tracks!!!
Next, I dug upon thee Miss Brenda and the Tabulations’ Dry Your Eyes LP. ‘Course, befo’ hearin’ this, I’d done “danced” with Miss Brenda, as I own some o’ her singles, but in terms o’ diggin’ her Long Play appeal…meow. I was, however, sooprised to find some almost gritty R&B action mixed with polished “pop.” Oh, mind yer attitude ’bout the covers too–this WAS ’67 ‘n’ standard procedure inna singles-driven market. By the way, tho’ Brenda from Philly, y’all Mod o’ the Northern Soul descent take note, she got the REAL squeal!
Finally, was a buncha fo’dee fibes digitized on aluminum ‘n’ named Philly Original Soul Classics: Storm Warning, Vol. 1. Uh…if this the warning, I cain’t WAIT fer the STORM! This a SOLID, well-paced soul collection spannin’ ’64-’71, which cut MY mustard…like a flame-thrower! I’d say mo’, but I cain’t waste no mo time…I gotta go find alla these songs on the popular 45 format.
Now, if you got a persistent hankerin’ fer a hunk o’ GROOVE, ain’t no reason to skip any o’ these! Oh…if y’all wonderin’, there oughta be MORE comin’!