Revelation Funk out of Akron??
bass_fever
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on the Revelation Funk "bear funk/elastic lover" 45 on Gold Plate?Can't find much on this 45 from the Dayton, OH band.Dante?
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nah, they are on the Dolemite OST... they do "Time Is On Our Side". James Ingram was down with them too.
Oh I see that we are actually talking about 2 different records. THe Expensive RF tune is "Running" not Bear Funk.
oh yeah, shit, the Bear Funk record is 20$, I kinda missed that important detail whilst skimming over the thread....
The Bearkat record is rare, the Gold Plate record is common, but both are good.
Future star James Ingram got his start with this group, leaving the fold when the group traveled to Los Angeles in the mid-70s.
During this time in LA, they played often and eventually showed up on the Dolemite soundtrack.
Members of Revelation Funk played with many other Akron acts, including Axis, Alias Funk and Soul, Pleasure Web, and the Silky Vincent Group.
I have a reel of unreleased RF material that is very, very good.
Sidebar: Just before Jessie & the Mel-O-Tones changed their name to the Pleasure Web, they were briefly known as PREGNANT SOUL.
Here???s a pic of James Ingram from the RF days:
And here's a clip of the Bearkat A-side, "Running":
http://www.ohiosoulrecordings.com/ebayAudio/bearkat.mp3