Joe Cuba Sextet - Psychedelic Baby (TICO 510 DJ)

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Hello Strangers....Yes I've been away FAR too long for my liking as well! Well, today I am going to make all that hurt go away with 3 songs instead of my usual 1. ACTUALLY, I'm going to go 1 better by posting FOUR songs today....The fourth is that Arthur Prysock extra track I recorded off the album "Where The Soul Trees Grow". Just scroll down to the posting below and you'll see it ready for listening (or download). I've been spending too much of my free time digging and not enough sharing. I need to sit down one day and actually commit some of these slabs to my digital repository...I think you'll like them.
Moving right along, My first post today is The Joe Cuba Sextet - Psychedelic Baby DJ copy. Now, I've never seen a regular copy of this single (oes anyone know if they exist?) but it did appear on the Mexican LP "My Man Speedy". Joe was was possibly the first Latin musician to bring the english language into their music. He also pioneered the way for the late 60's Latin Boogaloo craze. This track is pretty addictive. It's not too fast but has a great groove. Plus it's on Tico. I've not heard much I didn't like on Tico if you were looking for quality Latin music. So go download and SHINDIGGIT!

Billy Sha-Rae - Do It (HourGlass HG-007)

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This is from a digging expedition that I explain a bit in the Winston's post below. I liked the label, He had an interesting name and I especially like short titled songs...DO IT, falls nicely into that category. I'm afraid I have nothing I can tell you about this fellow except to say that He's from Detroit. This label is based out of New York (apparently the Detroit label for this single was Spectrum...correct me if I'm wrong). This a rough and tumble funky soul track probbly dating late 60's MAYBE early 70's. If anyone has any more info, I'd love to hear it. In the meantime, download and SHINDIGGIT!

The Winstons - Amen, Brother (Metromedia MMS-117)

***UPDATED*** (I Found a better copy!)

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So here we have it folks. I've not seen this posted at all (although I'm sure Larry Grogan has done it at SOME point!). I was digging through a cellar of one of my favourite shops in Toronto (Yes, they let me dig through their immense piles everytime I make the trip) and Lo and Behold, I found a copy of a track I've been searching for for years. Now, as I may have mentioned before, I can easily get this on GEMM or one of the other music websites. However, I've always been a digger and so I may wait years for singles to pop up that I can otherwise get in 3 clicks of a mouse button.....really, where is the fun in that?
This track is known to most Funk/Soul enthusiasts as well as pretty much the world of HipHop, Jungle AND Drum n Bass. Amen Brother on it's own is a great little instrumental number. The fact that MOST people want this track is for the 6 seconds stuffed into the middle. This has come to be known as the Amen Break. You might have heard it in , oh I don't know, 95% of the Hip Hop tracks made in the 80's and even up to today. This is the most sampled track ever known. Sure JB has a lot of samples, even Lyn Collins may be more instantaneously recognizable, but this break basically founded a whole musical genre, possibly more.
The Winstons themselves were a backup band for the Impressions in the 60's and when this single came out (The A-side was "Colour Him Father") it hit the Billboard Hot 100 at #7. They're not a household name like some artists from the same period but they definately left their mark. Imagine, your whole lifes work summed up by a 6 second drum break.....whatever, I'd take it.
I've listed both the break AND the song above. The song has some noise at the beginning and clears up before the break. SHINDIGGIT!