California Soul – Funk & Soul From The Golden State 1967-1976 – Various Artists CD (BGP)

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1. If She Wants To Go – Choice Of Colors
2. Just Ain’t My Day – Entertainers Iv
3. What You See Is What You’re Gonna Get – Brenda George
4. Strike – Union
5. Think People – Zz Hill
6. The Git Down (Part 1) – Little Johnny Hamilton & The Soul Pack
7. The Git Down (Part 2) – Little Johnny Hamilton & The Soul Pack
8. The Feeling – California Soul Explosion
9. The Man (Y’all Keep On Watching You) – Jesse & Anita
10. Thank You For The Part – Chucky Thurmon
11. When I Had You Baby – Soul Sensations
12. Butterfly Aka I Wish I Knew – The Ballads
13. Funky With My Stuff – The Natural Resources Unpolluted
14. I’m Gonna Speak Out – Eddie Horan
15. Check Me Out – Little Denise
16. Hang Up (Pt1) – Warm Excursion (Terrible Three)
17. Pickin’ Cotton – Johnny Talbot & De-Thangs
18. Tuned In Turned On – Alvin Robinson
19. Is It Worth It All – Eleanor Rigby
20. The Sneak (Vocal) – The Douzer
21. You Don’t Know (The Damage You’ve Done) – Vernon Green & The Medallions
22. Earthquake – Rulie Garcia

Weight 120 g
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California Soul – Funk & Soul From The Golden State 1967-1976

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Various Artists

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This CD kicks off a brand new BGP series which looks at the obscure and wonderful from different areas of American black music. The first collection digs into the West Coast studio scenes that produced so much great street funk and ghetto soul in the late 60s and early 70s. We’d argue the CD presents a compelling case to demonstrate California was the most creative US state as a source of soul music

Focusing mainly on Los Angeles and San Francisco, the music ranges from the sweet harmonies of the Ballads’ ‘Butterfly’ to the relentless groove of ZZ Hill’s ‘Think People’.

As well as previously unreleased masters by Eleanor Rigby, Chucky Thurmon and Choice Of Colors, “California Soul” includes the super-rare ‘Strike’ by Union and Little Johnny Hamilton’s ‘The Git Down’ from the rare Watts USA label. There are floor-fillers by Warm Excursion, Brenda George and Little Denise.

Housed in a glorious sleeve featuring a Bill Ray shot of sharply dressed youths at the Watts Tower, it includes a detailed note housed in a fully illustrated booklet.

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