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Götz Tangerding - piano
Alan Ett - saxophone
Urs Hammerle - bass
Rudolf Roth - drums
Lisa Dawson - vocals
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tramp records' second release
in the recent established jazz dance series
is another jewel from the munich jazz scene of
the late 1970s.
bhakti jazz
has been originally founded by piano player gotz
tangerding in the late 1970s. born in a small
town in bavaria in 1951, tangerding made the move
to the new england conservatory of music in boston
in 1976 to study composition and piano. before
studying in the USA though, he travelled throughout
the east with drummer tudolf roth. the west may
have satisfied his question of "how?",
but the east as the mother of spirituality knows
the answer to his "why?". to really
know the effect that afghanistan and india had
on tangerding and roth, simply listen to glimpses
of truth and eastern moods and you
get the perfect answer.
this is, by the way, bhakti jazz's first
45rpm single release, simply because they have
never released anything on this format during
their existence. another joyous reason to celebrate
this wonderful release. limited to 500 copies.
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glimpses of truth
eastern moods
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Hannes Beckmann - electric violin
Charles Campbell - congas, timbales, percussion
Johannes Faber - trumpet, flugelhorn, mellaphone
Anatol Gerasimov - tenor-saxophone, flute
Ken Rhodes - piano
Pery dos Santos - lead-vocal, berimbao, percussion
Ken Taylor - bass
Edir dos Santos - drums, percussion
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tramp records' newly discovered
love for soulful european jazz recordings lead
to a new series on the label, the jazz dance
series.
the first release is actually from munich, tramp
records' home base. the brainchild of sinto
is hannes beckmann who founded the band back in
1971. their concept of playing music in a sophisticated
yet danceable way and incorporating salsa and
afro-brazilian rhythms into their sets as one
of the first bands in europe matched and shaped
the musical taste of many teens and twens.
for two and a half years - from 1977 to 1979 -
sinto held a residency at "domicile",
europe's best known and most respected jazz club
at that time. during that period many new musicians,
especially horn players, joined the formation.
highlight of the domicile-years were several shows
with baden powell. in 1978,
the band released their second album entitled
"sonho negro" on the tiny amayana label
from which both songs of this 7" release
have been taken.
actually this is Sinto's debut concerning a release
on 45rpm single as the band never released anything
on 7" before. An even more exciting fact
is that the version of Man On The Banks here is
a special DJ edit with the same intensity as the
original version. limited
to 500 copies.
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man on the banks
vamos par georgia
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the first
re-issue 7" single on tramp was "nothin'
but a party" by the blenders. it was originally
recorded in north carolina in 1971, the same year
as four wheel drive's "fussin'
and cussin'". the producer on both sessions
had been walter grady. during the early 1970s,
grady was busy producing several bands. he also
ran his own small, short-lived labels such as
'cobra,'' grayslak,' and 'linco,' the label on
which "fussin' and cussin'" was released
in august of 1971. grady had some local success
with bands such as the electric express, whose
song, "it's the real thing," was a local
hit and thus one of the easier records to find
today. "fussin' and cussin'" is exactly
the opposite; it is probably the rarest and most
sought-after release on the linco label
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fussin and cussin (voc)
fussin and cussin (instr)
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blue label = first issue
orange label = second issue
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tramp records continues where
it stopped in late 2008. our aim is to save great
music from getting lost in this modern world of
disposable mp3s. or, as in this case, to bring
out beautiful masterpieces which until now have
only been released on a long-player but not on
7" single.
therefore, our first release in 2009 is something
special. sarah webster fabio's album, 'jujus-alchemy
of the blues' is considered something of a holy
grail LP in the collectors' scene. we selected
the best two songs to release for the very first
time on a properly re-issued, loud 45 rpm single
pressing. as always, officially licensed by tramp
from the label which put it out originally more
than 25 years ago.
"sweet songs" is THE tune of
the album. not only a dj's dream but also a highly
respected dance floor number. several breakdowns
by drums, percussion, bass, and guitar makes this
one a real standout track.
"jujus-alchemy of the blues"
is featured twice on the album, one being the
instrumental, the second version with vocals.
we thought that the instrumental version is the
more suitable b-side. raw funk done the right
way, just perfect for the flip of this sweet release.
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sweet songs
jujus-alchemy of the blues (instr)
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james reese is a legendary
figure in the deep-funk scene since his work has
been released on several compilations like stones
throw's fabulous "funky 16 corners".
his one and only ever released 7" single
"let's go (it's summertime)" b/w "jody's
freeze", which was re-issued by jazzman records
some years ago, was recorded at the mark v studios
in greenville, south carolina in 1969.
trombonist james reese
hit the studio again about 6 years later. his
goal was to record an updated, disco-fied version
of "let's go (it's summertime)"
which, until this day, had remained unreleased.
recorded at the sound pit studios in atlanta,
georgia, james reese produced and arranged the
session on his own.
as a special gift to collectors
we pressed two different issues. only available
from our website comes a black/white label promotional
issue. limited to 200 copies, be quick as once
it is gone you'll never have the chance to call
it your own.
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let's go (it's summertime)
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after focusing on new recorded
funk and afrobeat on the latest releases, we at
tramp records are now back on the track to discover
some more rare and obscure funk tunes. this has
been our passion since we started the label in
2003 and it still thrills us to continue doing
that.
not much is needed to describe
those two songs on this re-issue. although pretty
unknown even in collector circles, donald ray
recorded three 7" singles in the early to
mid 1970s. while his last outing from 1976 is
probably the easiest one to find (and the one
of less interest for us deep funk lovers), his
others remain sought after 45rpm singles in the
deep funk scene.
'strut your stuff', taken from his first
released 7" single, is a midtempo masterpiece
led by a strong bassline which contains a wonderful
wah-wah guitar solo. donald ray's vocals
fits perfectly, it could not have been done better.
'we don't need it' is from his second 7"
single which is even harder to find nowadays than
his first one. funk lovers might be disppointed
when hearing the intro, expecting something like
a soul song or a ballad. but after the mellow
intro, when the band kicks in you know for sure
that some serious deep funk business is going
on.
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strut your stuff
we don't need it
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'tramp' issue = issue copy
'amark' issue = ltd. edition
(200 copies, only available through our website)
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milt larkin led one of
the greatest of all territory bands but tragically
it never recorded and today can only be thought
of as legendary. during 1936-42 he led his famous
band which toured in the southwest and played
briefly in kansas city, chicago and at new york's
apollo theatre. the orchestra broke up when he
went into the military. in 1946 after his discharge
he had his first opportunity to record, but by
then his moment had passed. larkin continued
leading bands throughout much of his career, settling
in new york in 1956 where he often headed a septet
at the celebrity club. in the late 60s he recorded
the now sought after 45 rpm single for the 'amark'
label (amark 930/1 "you ain't my brother"
b/w "no good woman") under the name
the soul shakers. in 1976 he released his
final longplayer on 'copasetic' records out of
new york which includes an updated instrumental
version of "you ain't my brother". this
time he called himself milt larkin & his
all-stars.
as a special gift for all collectors out there
we pressed again two different issues. the
'tramp'
issue contains both versions of
"you ain't my brother" while the limited
'amark'
issue (move your mouse over the
'tramp' label on the left and it will show up)
is limited to 200 copies and comes with the original
b-side, a blues track titled "no good woman".
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tramp issue
you ain't my brother (60s version)
you ain't my brother (70s version)
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amark issue
you ain't my brother (60s version)
no good woman
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'tramp' label = issue copy
'tarantel' label = promo copy (ltd to 300)
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in
the late 60s/early 70s many american soldiers
where stationed all over germany. among those
where musicians who played in several army bands
like the "east of underground" which
recorded a now sought after album after they had
won the special services entertainment showband
contest held in frankfurt in 1971. nobody knows
which other bands participated in this contest,
maybe also the soul explosion which were
stationed in augsburg, upper bavaria. around the
same time, a man named charles held opened a club
in augsburg town called "tarantel".
furthermore he was running a record label of the
same name on which he released a handful of 7"
singles from different, local bands, mainly not
funky at all though. the soul explosion's
release remains the only one in the field of american
soul & funk music. the band recorded a fantabulous
double-sider with barn yard pimp on one,
and love is the answer on the flip.
unfortunately there is no more information available
about the band, only that they even performed
live at the "tarantel" club.
as on our last release
we decided to make collectors happy again, that's
why we pressed two different issues. the regular
issue reads 'tramp' as the label, the strictly
limited promo copies (300 pressed) comes with
the original 'tarantel' label artwork
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love is the answer
barn yard pimp
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yellow label = issue copy
black label = promo copy (ltd to 300)
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tramp records is very happy
to present you two more unreleased deepfunk tracks
by philly's one and only 1984.
the first release by 1984 on tramp (tr-104,
'there's a wrinkle in your time' b/w 'theme')
in early 2006 was one of the best selling singles
so far. therefore it was just a matter of time
to release the final recordings of this fantastic
band. 'trip' has been recorded during the
same session as 'theme', the production
and arrangements are of sheer quality, delievering
a powerful funk bomb. the vocals on 'trippin'
were recorded and overdubbed in early 2000 with
the help of philly funk aficionado dave brown.
much thanks to dave again who first introduced
me to this band, without him it would have never
worked out. the linup here is the same as on the
first release, however we do not hesitate to tell
you the names of all the fabulous musicians. here
we go:
Arthur 'Sly' Ray - vocals, Harold 'Rashid' Johnson
- drums, Gerald Foster - congas, Ron Hynson -
bass, Stan Burton - lead guitar, Andre Johnson
- rhythm guitar
last but not least, to satisfy the collectors
needs we did two pressing with different label
artwork. the black label issue (which you can
see whe moving your mouse over the yellow label
pic on the left) will be available directly from
us only and is limited to 300 copies.
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trip
trippin'
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tramp
records strikes back with a double sider of the
highest order. originally released on two different
7" singles on the mil-smi label way back in
the early 70s, this release is the real deal which
saves you much $$$ and provides the two best funk
outings on one 45 rpm single ever released on this
label. skin williams and the soulfadelics
were both local acts out of mobile, alabama. the
original a-side to 'skins funk' titled 'blues for
sonja' was written and recorded by skin williams
and actually dedicated to his daugther sonja. unfortunately
no more info is available on skin williams, the
same goes for the soulfadelics. even the label owner
can't remember them, it's a shame. luckily we were
able to save these two jewels on a strictly limited
7" pressing, so 1000 people out there have
the chance to buy it. This fact ensures that these
two songs will not get lost in this modern world
of mp3s and iPods, at least not for the next 30
years.
so, here you have it all, bustin' uptempo funk plus
a downtempo killer on the flip, what else are you
asking for?
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skins funk
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after
a six-month break tramp records continues his re-issue
series with a deep-funk killer and a serious funky-soul
nugget on the flip. billy john and his fellows,
the continentals, provides the 12th release in the
series of rare and heavy funk reissues on tramp!
both tunes were originally released on two different
45rpm singles on the louisiana based 'Jin' label
in the mid 60s and mid 70s. billy john and his brothers
recorded this breakbeat monster in 1966, quite unusual
for this time as it is superheavy deep funk with
drum breaks half through the song. the b-side is
more on the soulful tip, provided by po'boy,
an obscure local band which release on 'Jin' remained
their sole recording. We hope you enjoy tramp records'
return, keep watching us as the next release will
be out soon!
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slap it to me
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jimmy bo horne was born
september 28th, 1949 in west palm beach, florida.
after schooling at the local roosevelt high school,
jimmy has been singing since his teens and professionally
since his college years at bethune cookman. in
1967, while still at college, jimmy entered the
golden gates of henry stone and was assigned to
his alston label.
his first release, "I can't speak,"
was penned by clarence reid and produced by steve
alaimo and brad shapiro. actually, the record
was released on the alston sister label, dade,
as was its successor, "hey there jim."
a third release was forthcoming in "sweet
love power," but jimmy went into a voluntary
recording retirement until 1972 when he returned
to the main alston label with the follow up to
betty wright's mammoth worldwide smash, "clean
up woman." jimmy's version was entitled "clean
up man" and it allowed him his first taste
of success. in the late 70s he had some more chart
appearances with disco tunes like "get happy"
and "dance across the floor".
deep funk fans all over the world have been desperately
looking for the ultimate "hey there jim",
his rarest and by far best funk recording while
soul collectors have been searching for "sweet
love power" which original copies sell for
silly money too. now you can get both for cheap!
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hey there jim
sweet love power
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carlton basco was born
on february 17th, 1944. he started playing guitar
and then moved over to the piano. upon graduation
from high school, carlton went to college and
studied music. a few years after leaving college
he formed his own musical group, a quartet who
started performing right away at the most popular
club in central louisiana, "the imperial
lounge". carlton wanted to expand musically
so he bought a new instrument on the market, the
hammond b3 organ. after a couple of years with
the hammond b3, he started writing and arranging
tunes for studio recordings, one of them being
'don't chain my soul'. sadly enough, carlton basco
died on october 26th 2003 after suffering from
diabetes for several years. (an interview with
his brother Charles is available at soulgeneration.co.uk)
beside that, "don't chain my soul" appears
on tobias kirmayer's second compilation "movements
pt.2" which is available from july 2006
on perfect toy records.
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don't chain my soul
it's just an illusion
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the rhythm machine was
formed by james boone and james brantley after
they had left the highlighters band in 1970. the
new band was extremely hot and that's why they
were always on the road and not often in the recording
studio. "the kick" was one of three
45rpm singles they ever recorded, the one we like
most.
spider harrison was probably indianapolis'
first soul dj in the late 60s. in 1970, jerry
herman, founder of lulu records, offered him to
record a 7" single. harrison accepted and
recorded "beautiful day" backed by the
highlighters' rhythm section. he thought "beautiful
day" was going to be a big hit, because he
knew that sly stone, percy sledge and also bb
king were djs before they had hit records. unfortunately
this was not the case. both tunes appeared first
in 2001 on the excellent "funky 16 corners"
compilation from stones
throw records, you gotta have this one too!
the rhythm machine's original
band members were:
Kevin "Flash" Ferrell - vocals, James
Brantley - guitar, Robert
Dycus - drums, James Boone - bass, Julius "Mackie
Boy" Mack - tenor sax, Mardie Williams -
alto sax
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the kick pt.1&2
beautiful day
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another
treasure from the vaults of henry stone's incredible
musical archive, originally released on 'blue candle
records' in 1972. 'blue candle' was one of those
small sub- labels run by henry stone and friends.
a few words about this funky combo, the three core
members of the oceanliners were betty wright's
first tour band. after they played on many hits
for t.k. records they eventually became 'the sunshine
band' of 'kc & the sunshine band' fame. both
sides are heavy funk instrumentals with strong guitars,
pounding bass lines and tight drums. an original
copy is hard to get, and if one turns up you have
to spend at least a few hundred dollars. now it
is available for a fair price and for the first
time, distributed world wide because of the excellent
work of our distributors.
for us at tramp records it is always a pleasure
to step back into the raw funk sounds of the early
70s, just because this is the only true music done
with SOUL!
original band members were:
Jerome Smith on guitar, Robert Johnson aka Shotgun
on drums, Anthony Turner on bass, the horns were
led by Jerome's brother, Ronald Smith
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funky pants
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it's
time for round two on tramp records' florida funk
special!
we are proud to present you the weirdest group which
henry stone has ever worked with, the mighty
dogcatchers. both parts have been recorded in
one take, and wow, it could not have been better!
listening to this, you instantly hear the fun the
band must have had recording it. neither the vocal
nor the instrumental version has been legally re-issued
yet, however the instrumental has been pressed on
a dodgy 7" bootleg some years ago. but, as
on all reissues we have done at tramp records yet,
the label artwork is authentic and similar to the
original. much more important though, the sound
quality is amazing as well. we hope you agree that
this is again another great choice for a re-release.
original band members were:
Charlie Smith on guitar, Reed Roberts on bass, Vernon
"Piggy" Teague on saxophone, Clifford
Hawkins on drums, King Edwards on hammond B3
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in the
1960's and early 1970's henry stone started to record
some local miami talent.
he was strongly influenced musically by his association
with james brown at that time. this you can hear
when you listen to these two sides. funky nassau
consists of 4 members (albury, orlando, hepburn,
tayler). the horns came from the famous marching
100 of FAMU who played on most of the deep city
and t.k. records in the early days. the a-side is
a latin-funk monster of the highest order, while
the b-side is midtempo, soulful vocal funk at its
best. put the needle on the record, sit back, relax
and listen to one of the finest funk 45s which ever
came out of miami, florida.
original band members were:
Arnold 'Hoss' Albury - Hammond B3, Ivan 'Cool Breeze'
Orlando - Drums, Simeon Taylor - Guitar, Charles
'Carlos' Hepburn - Bass / Lead Vocals
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bahama soul stew
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eddie bo is a very important
figure in new orleans' music history. in the late
60s/early 70s he produced and released tons of
45s, more than 20 under his own name and at least
40 for other artists like mary jane hooper, skip
easterling, the explosions and many others.
david robinson was one of them. he was
singing with dave bartholomew at that time. one
day david (robinson) came to the studio and said
he wanted to do something on his own. luckily
bo said "let's try it!". probably any
funk 45 collector in the world, and especially
we at tramp records, are happy that eddie bo agreed
spontaneously to produce him. you can guess, it's
a funk monster of the highest order!
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i'm a carpenter part 1
i'm a carpenter part 2
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1984
hails originally from philadelphia, pa. unfortunately,
this record has never seen well distribution. even
in collectors circles this 45 is quite unknown.
anyway there is NO reason not to buy this 45 because
it is as great as ANY poets of rythm release. (just
a note for those who buy anything which reads poets
of rhythm but nothing else just because they don't
know it.) "there's a wrinkle in our time"
is a fantastic funk tune with a groove that never
stops! you must shake your hips while listening
to it! no chance to keep still! amazing! the b-side,
which has never seen the light of the day until
today, is an uptempo funk instrumental with a drum
/ percussion breakdown half through the song!
original band members were:
Arthur 'Sly' Ray - vocals, Harold 'Rashid' Johnson
- drums, Gerald Foster - congas, Ron Hynson - bass,
Stan Burton - lead guitar, Andre Johnson - rhythm
guitar
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there's a wrinkle in our time
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back again with another essentiell
release, this 45 has everything you need! the
a-side is smoking deep funk with fantastic vocals
(originally released as "tee'n'cee &
the l.t.d.'s"), the b-side is a great
instrumental with hammond organ and two frantic
drum breaks, originally released as the u-f-o's.
although these two songs were originally released
on two seperate 7"s under different band
names, these are actually the same guys! enjoy
the fantastic funk sides of this great philly
group!
original band members were:
Herman Carter - organ, Harold Carter - sax, Norman
Satchell - sax, Arthur Irons - guitar, Rusty 'Stone'
Jackman - bass, George Fels - drums
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tighten up with soul pt.1
too hot to hold
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tramp records is proud to present
to you our second 45 reissue. originally released
on the tiny 'occonee' label out of philadelphia,
this was guy morris' only recording. the
special thing on this reissue is the previously
unreleased version of 'cool it' on the b-side
which has never been released, until now!
an absolutely essentiell piece, it will rock any
dancelfoor! this track is also to be found on
tobias kirmayer's first deep funk compilation
"movements" released on perfect
toy records in early 2005.
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hot pants party
cool it (previously unreleased)
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the first release in the series
and what an opener! the blenders are originally
from greensboro, north carolina, and this is the
place where they recorded this devestating double-sider.
both parts are killer funk tracks, probably the
best examples of what deep funk is all about!
uptempo and hard with breaks and beats to die
for. check out the soundfiles which give you an
impression what you will miss if you don't buy
it!
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nothin' but a party part 1
nothin' but a party part 2
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