mystery deep funk acetate from new york

upskiboo

my boy N*ck unearthed this during one of his family visits to brooklyn, he always brings back heat...no info found on this, was it ever released ???early 70s instrumental funk, real dope!

mannybolone

Somewhere, Keb Darge is readying an offer.

ako

sound please?

upskiboo

sound please?

yeah, i'll post a mp3 later on today, condition is far from mint but the music is a bit along the lines of Sly Stone's Thank You

Unknown

is that my name on it????


, K.

upskiboo

listening to the acetate its pretty much a funk band working on a groove, here's acouple of bars:

http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3P5OHT2IQKMAF1IU7M4KCW8X8M

(i couldnt resist re-editing just a little bit)

noreille

crazypoprock

that doesn't sound VG+! wait wrong thread.

very nice cut...works just fine as an instrumental (with rhythm tracks and horns of course). very competent playing...wonder who the band is?

ariel_calmer

dope stuffs, thanks for posting! Wish other douds would post their super rares rather than keep them in the

djr

not bad - I like that bit of feedback near the end.

PABLO

That's Midnight Movers or Soul Runners or something. I think I still have that in my meager 45 collection, not rare I'm afraid.
Somebody with the info will pop up soon.

bull_ox

That's Midnight Movers or Soul Runners or something. I think I still have that in my meager 45 collection, not rare I'm afraid.
Somebody with the info will pop up soon.

I don't recognize it, and if its something common it must be retitled cuz I tried searching everywhere it should be and came up with nada.

Unknown

That's Midnight Movers or Soul Runners or something. I think I still have that in my meager 45 collection, not rare I'm afraid.
Somebody with the info will pop up soon.

I don't recognize it, and if its something common it must be retitled cuz I tried searching everywhere it should be and came up with nada.

I'll second DigDug, never heard that before.

K.

swope

That's That Ramrods doing "Soul Express" pts. 1&2 (same dudes who did the Soul Train theme song). I have it on the Rampage label....that's a crazy label, never seen it on that one before.

karlophone

this is my grandfathers band i have been seeking this record since 1969 when he disappeared plaese to help me find this record it will make my grandmother so happy

Unknown

I lied.

K.

PABLO

That's That Ramrods doing "Soul Express" pts. 1&2

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BigSpliff

Deep funk?

BreakSelf

That's That Ramrods doing "Soul Express" pts. 1&2 (same dudes who did the Soul Train theme song). I have it on the Rampage label....that's a crazy label, never seen it on that one before.

Agreed, though the mix that's posted is a version w/ horns that don't appear on the Rampage issue (as far as I can recall).

Though I don't know much about his personal history, I seem to remember hearing that the Bob who works at People's Records here in Detroit used to be in the Ramrods. I was always under the impression that the Ramrods recorded locally, as it seems like Bob has been around forever. Bell had strong ties to Michigan through the licensing of Al Green(e)'s first records, as well as through their involvement with local labels like Art Beagle's "Palmer", so I suppose it's feasible that it was recorded here and then sent to NY to be presseds. In any case, I'll see what Bob has to say about it.

upskiboo

Thanks to killallhippies for sending me this cleaned up version:

http://download.yousendit.com/CFF5DFB02D958D03

upskiboo

That's That Ramrods doing "Soul Express" pts. 1&2

A HREF=http://funk45.com/rm/ramrods,_the_-_soul_express_pt1.ram BORDER=0>IMG SRC=http://www.marksimonson.com/images/more-bingo.jpg>/A>

wow, i would really like to hear that Ramrods track, is it possible for anyone to post a mp3 ?

meatyogre

That's That Ramrods doing "Soul Express" pts. 1&2

A HREF=http://funk45.com/rm/ramrods,_the_-_soul_express_pt1.ram BORDER=0>IMG SRC=http://www.marksimonson.com/images/more-bingo.jpg>/A>

wow, i would really like to hear that Ramrods track, is it possible for anyone to post a mp3 ?

Try here

Soulhawk

That's That Ramrods doing "Soul Express" pts. 1&2 (same dudes who did the Soul Train theme song). I have it on the Rampage label....that's a crazy label, never seen it on that one before.

Agreed, though the mix that's posted is a version w/ horns that don't appear on the Rampage issue (as far as I can recall).

Though I don't know much about his personal history, I seem to remember hearing that the Bob who works at People's Records here in Detroit used to be in the Ramrods. I was always under the impression that the Ramrods recorded locally, as it seems like Bob has been around forever. Bell had strong ties to Michigan through the licensing of Al Green(e)'s first records, as well as through their involvement with local labels like Art Beagle's "Palmer", so I suppose it's feasible that it was recorded here and then sent to NY to be presseds. In any case, I'll see what Bob has to say about it.

the Ramrods that Bob( aka Bootsy X) played with are a Detroit punk group from the late 70's/early 80s - no relation to the East Coast funk group.

Bell Sound Studio is also unrelated to the 'Bell' label to my knowledge - Bell Sound was one of the most popular studios in NYC - closed in 1975?

btb

BreakSelf

That's That Ramrods doing "Soul Express" pts. 1&2 (same dudes who did the Soul Train theme song). I have it on the Rampage label....that's a crazy label, never seen it on that one before.

Agreed, though the mix that's posted is a version w/ horns that don't appear on the Rampage issue (as far as I can recall).

Though I don't know much about his personal history, I seem to remember hearing that the Bob who works at People's Records here in Detroit used to be in the Ramrods. I was always under the impression that the Ramrods recorded locally, as it seems like Bob has been around forever. Bell had strong ties to Michigan through the licensing of Al Green(e)'s first records, as well as through their involvement with local labels like Art Beagle's "Palmer", so I suppose it's feasible that it was recorded here and then sent to NY to be presseds. In any case, I'll see what Bob has to say about it.

the Ramrods that Bob( aka Bootsy X) played with are a Detroit punk group from the late 70's/early 80s - no relation to the East Coast funk group.

Bell Sound Studio is also unrelated to the 'Bell' label to my knowledge - Bell Sound was one of the most popular studios in NYC - closed in 1975?

btb

As soon as I typed that I was thinking it was probably a different Ramrods. Didn't know enough to discriminate b/w Bell Studios and the label Bell, though.

upskiboo

That's That Ramrods doing "Soul Express" pts. 1&2

A HREF=http://funk45.com/rm/ramrods,_the_-_soul_express_pt1.ram BORDER=0>IMG SRC=http://www.marksimonson.com/images/more-bingo.jpg>/A>

wow, i would really like to hear that Ramrods track, is it possible for anyone to post a mp3 ?

Try here

thanks for clearing this up, mystery solved!!!

beatstew72

it's not the same track as the ramrods...has anyone here heard THE GIT DOWN by little johnny hamilton and the soul pack on WATTS WAY records? they juice up their own take on the ramrods soul train. perhaps it was popular enough to wanna cover...like kool and the gang tracks were...i'm not convinced this is the ramrods. very cool find tho fella. i'll take it off yer hands if you tire of it

beatstew72

duh...it is soul express...it's NOT soul train.

ariel_calmer

it's not the same track as the ramrods...has anyone here heard THE GIT DOWN by little johnny hamilton and the soul pack on WATTS WAY records? they juice up their own take on the ramrods soul train. perhaps it was popular enough to wanna cover...like kool and the gang tracks were...i'm not convinced this is the ramrods. very cool find tho fella. i'll take it off yer hands if you tire of it

Go to funk45.com and do a comparison.