As a young Rude Boy in the 80's i was deeply enveloped in Jamaican music and specially the falsetto tinged vocals of Rocksteady.... Slim Smith, Ken Parker... mostly Treasure Isle stuff. Then one night in a soul club i heard the DJ play this amazing track. I raced over and asked what it was he had just played. He replied "it's called 'Move On Up' by Curtis Mayfield". That was THE moment i became hooked.
As a young Rude Boy in the 80's i was deeply enveloped in Jamaican music and specially the falsetto tinged vocals of Rocksteady.... Slim Smith, Ken Parker... mostly Treasure Isle stuff. Then one night in a soul club i heard the DJ play this amazing track. I raced over and asked what it was he had just played. He replied "it's called 'Move On Up' by Curtis Mayfield". That was THE moment i became hooked.
I remember the first time I heard that shit as well. I was driving down Sunset Blvd and it came on the radio, most likely KCRW's Chocolate City, back when the show had a weekly midnight-3am slot. Once the song hit the breakdown, I flipped. I heard "Places and Spaces" for the first time a few minutes later. This was about 15 years ago. Crazy.
my friend borrowed DJ Drezs "Rare Soul vol.2" mixtape from his homie, we always use to play that shit in his beat up old car.two tracks in particular REALLY stood out to me...Whole Darn Family "seven minutes of funk" and kool and the gang "summer madness" but back then i had no idea what they were cause there was no tracklisting.i was in like 9th grade,and that mixtape is what turned me on to digging.
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This album was originally recorded as the soundtrack to Hell Up In Harlem. The Studio said it wasn't funky enough
The bug that bit me was Sly's "If you Want Me To Stay"
I followed that up with the purchase of all 4 cd's in this series
then I started working at a record store and John Doe got me started on the vinyl habit with Some Idris Muhammad Power of Soul
in Jamaican music and specially the falsetto tinged vocals of
Rocksteady.... Slim Smith, Ken Parker... mostly Treasure Isle
stuff. Then one night in a soul club i heard the DJ play this
amazing track. I raced over and asked what it was he had just played.
He replied "it's called 'Move On Up' by Curtis Mayfield".
That was THE moment i became hooked.
I remember the first time I heard that shit as well. I was driving down Sunset Blvd and it came on the radio, most likely KCRW's Chocolate City, back when the show had a weekly midnight-3am slot. Once the song hit the breakdown, I flipped. I heard "Places and Spaces" for the first time a few minutes later. This was about 15 years ago. Crazy.
Track was Isleys "this old heart" - still one of the best 60s soul tunes ever!