VA - Florida Funk - Funk 45s from the Alligator State 1968-75 [EAC FLAC CUE LOG]

Various Artists - Florida Funk 1968-1975: Funk 45s from the Alligator State Exact Audio Copy FLAC | CUE and LOG Included | CD Rip | Funk | Artwork | 2007 The third in Jazzman's reissue series collecting rare and forgotten funk treasures from the late '60s and early '70s (the first two covered the Midwest and Texas funk scenes), Florida Funk shows that the Alligator State was also clearly in the groove of it. Fueled by Florida's active club scene and released on vibrant but distributionally-challenged small independent labels, none of the singles gathered here was ever anything more than a regional hit back in the day, but many of them have since become highly sought after by collectors and DJs looking for thick backbeats to sample. And thick is the word here, as grooves as wide as a mangrove swamp and every bit as deep follow here track after track, and it's a wonder Florida wasn't stomped into the ocean with the pulse of it all back in those glorious pre-disco days. Daytona Beach's Universals lead things off with the marvelous "New Generation," originally released in 1970 on Expression Records, and there's no reason on earth that this side shouldn't have been a huge and enduring hit. Pearly Queen, an all-Latin band from Miami Springs who took their name from the Traffic song, follow with the equally as impressive "Quit Jive'in," released by Sound Triangle in 1974. Miami guitarist Frankie Seay's 1969 instrumental "Soul Food," originally put out by Tropical Records, is a delightfully ragged, raw and lo-fi slice of hard soul with stomping drums that sound like they're about to push through the floor. The rarity of some of these 45s is made evident by Bobby Williams' James Brown influenced "All the Time," a 1969 single from Tropical Records, which is full of the cracks and pops that come from a vinyl source that has been played repeatedly. Mildly irritating as these slight defects are, it still beats not hearing this solid little single at all. Wonderfully paced, sequenced, researched and annotated, Florida Funk is an incalculable blessing in a 21st century world always in danger of running out of new, fresh and previously undiscovered beats to sample. Ripped to FLAC with Exact Audio Copy 01. New Generation - The Universals 02. Quit Jive'in - Pearly Queen 03. Save Me - James Knight & The Butlers 04. Super Cool - Carrie Riley 05. Cutting Room (Hot Pants) - Oceanliners 06. It's Gonna Be A Mess - The Mighty Dogcatchers 07. All The Time - Bobby Williams 08. Do Right Man - Sam Baker 09. Good Things - Pearl Dowdell 10. Pure Funk - Delrays 11. Everybody Has Some Dues To Pay - Little Beaver 12. Butterfly Theme - Blowfly 13. Lay It On Me - Willie Johnson 14. Funky Fast Bump - The Outlaw Band 15. Los Filigreses - Luis Santi 16. Na Na - Coke 17. Soul Food - Frankie Seay 18. Baby Don't Cry - The Third Guitar 19. Spider Web - Westom Prim & Backlash 20. Get Down - The Montereys 21. 90% Of Me Is You - Vanessa Kendrick 22. Soft Soul - Lavell Kamma (previously unreleased bonus track)

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wozcek21 (2014-03-29)

Brilliant, and I have to disagree with the write-up: this has far more value than simply being a sample source. This music deserves to be enjoyed for its own sake, both as dance music and an important part of African-American history.