Month: December 2005

Leon Mitchison And The Eastex Freeway Band – Street Scene (12″)

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Now-Again offers on this exclusive 12-inch release the original and alternate versions of Mitchison’s “Street Scene” – the most sought-after Mitchitone heavy funk classic recorded by the dynamo Eastex Freeway Band (named after Highway 59 that cut across Houston’s Fifth Ward near Mitchison’s home).

Tracklist:

Side A
1.Street Scene (Original Version)
2.Street Scene (Original Instrumental)

Side B
1.Street Scene (Alternate Version)
2.Street Scene (Alternate Instrumental)

Credits:

Produced by Leon Mitchison.
Produced for reissue by Egon. Mastered at Bionic, L.A., by Dave Cooley. Artwork and design by Matt Rowland. Photography by B+ (www.mochilla.com).

Written by Leon Mitchison (Mitchitone Publishing – BMI). Produced by Leon Mitchison. Licensed courtesy Leon Mitchison. Original version released on Mitchitone Records 7-inch #8025. Recording date unknown, perhaps 1974. Unknown studio, perhaps Claude Robinson’s Studio, Houston, TX. Unknown engineer, perhaps Claude Robinson.

12″ Single. 2005. NA5018.

Various – Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974 Vol.1

Tracklist:

Side A
A1. Carleen & The Groovers – The Thing
A2. Amnesty – Free Your Mind
A3. Detroit Sex Machines, The – The Stretch (Edit)

Side B
B1. Michael Liggins And The Super Souls – Loaded To The Gills (Edit)
B2. Kenny Smith & Loveliters, The – Go For Your Self (Edit)
B3. Dayton Sidewinders – Slipping Into Darkness

Side C
C1. Apollo Commanders, The – James Brown Medley (“I Made A Mistake / Lowdown Popcorn” Edit)
C2. Lil’ Lavair And Fabulous Jades, The – Cold Heat
C3. Soul Seven, The – The Cissy’s Thang
C4. L.A. Carnival – Color (Original 7″ Version)
C5. Aristocrats Organisation, The – Don’t Go

Side D
D1. Ebony Rhythm Band – Drugs Ain’t Cool (Instrumental)
D2. Soul Seven, The – Mr. Chicken — (Alternate Take)
D3. Leon Mitchison* – Street Scene
D4. Kashmere Stage Band – Scorpio
D5. Leroy & The Drivers – The Sad Chicken

Credits:

Compilation Producer – Egon
Mastered By [Re-mastering & Sound Restoration] – Dave Cooley

2LP, CD, Digital. 2005. NA5017.

Detroit Sex Machines – The Funky Crawl (12″)

Tracklist:

Side A
1.Rap It Together / Funky Crawl (J.Rocc’s Edit)

Side B
1.The Stretch (Egon’s Edit)

Credits:

Producer – Ted Dudley Sr.*
Reissue Producer – Egon
Written-By – The Detroit Sex Machines

Personnel:

Leroy Hutson – tenor saxophone, Malachai Williams – trumpet, Carl a.k.a. “Moochie” – trumpet, Ronnie Dudley – trumpet, Curtis Dudley – bass, Harvey Gray – lead guitar, “Sonny” – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, Renee “NeNe” Rucker – congas, Robert Hooker – organ, Ted Dudley – drums, Unknown trombone.

12″ Single. 2005. NA5016.

Carleen And The Groovers – Can We Rap? (12″)

South Carolina’s Carleen and The Groovers released only two 7” singles, in the early 1970s. They have gone on to become standards in the burgeoning scene known as Deep Funk due to bootlegged, poor-sounding, anonymous compilations. The singles themselves are so rare that copies almost never exchange hands.

Now, for the first time, the group’s entire recorded output (including the psych-funk masterpiece “The Thing,” never before compiled) is available on a fully licensed, carefully remastered, full annotated 12” EP.

Tracklist:

Side A
A1. Right On
A2.The Thing

Side B
B1. Can We Rap
B2. Hot Pants

12″ Single. 2005. NA5015.

Connie Price And The Keystones – Wildflowers

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The debut album by Connie Price and the Keystones, featuring Malcolm Catto, the Poets of Rhythm/Whitefield Brothers/Karl Hector & The Malcouns’ mastermind JJ Whitefiled, members of the legendary funk band L.A. Carnival and key members of Los Angeles funk revivalists Breakestra. When it came out in 2004 we called it “Cinematic Soul,” a term which still fits today.

Tracklist:

Side A
A1.Sticks & Stones
A2.Sucker Punch
A3.Western Champion

Side B
B1.The Buzzard
B2.Tall Dry Grass

Side C
C1.The Shadows Of Leaves
C2.Fuzz And Them

Side D
D1.Double Dutch
D2.Wildflowers

Bonus Track
1.Get Thy Bearings

Credits:

Bass – Dave Wilder, Richard “Doo” Lee
Bass Clarinet – Tracy Wannomae
Drums – Connie Price, Josh Cohen, Malcom Catto (tracks: C1 to D1), Pete McNeal
Executive-producer – Egon
Flugelhorn – Hoagie Haven
Guitar – Dan Ubick, Leo Price, Willie Lee
Harmonica [Bass] – Dave Cooley
Keyboards – D’Wayne Kelly, Jeremy Ruzumna, Leo Price, Willie Lee
Mastered By – Dave Cooley
Melodica – D’Wayne Kelly
Mixed By – Connie Price, Dave Cooley, Todd M. Simon*
Percussion – Connie Price, Davey Chegwidden
Producer – Dan Ubick
Recorded By – Dan Ubick
Saxophone – David Ralicke, James King, Tracy Wannomae
Sitar [Choral] – Dan Ubick
Trombone – Dan Osterman, David Ralicke
Trumpet – Todd Simon
Vibraphone – Connie Price

2LP, CD, Digital. 2005. NA5014.