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Harlem Underground Band - Harlem Underground (Paul Winley Records LP 127, 1976)

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Titres

A1 Smokin Cheeba Cheeba 7:44
A2 Fed Up (Vocal) 9:34

B1 Finger In It 5:42
B2 Ain't No Sunshine 2:21
B3 Fed Up 9:54

Crédits

Ann Winley : chant (A1, A2, B1)
Sterling McGee : basse (A2, B3)
George Benson : guitare (A1, A2, B3)
Earl Williams : batterie (A1, A2, B3)
Dave "Baby" Cortez : orgue (A1, A2, B3)
Willis ”Gator” Jackson : saxophone (A2, B2, B3)
Buddy "Bop" Lucas : harmonica (A1)

Composition : Bill Withers (B2), Paul Winley, Ann Winley
Production : Paul Winley


George Benson With The Harlem Underground Band - Erotic Moods
(Paul Winley Records LP 131, 1978)


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Titres

A1 Erotic Moods 3:18
A2 Fed Up 10:09
A3 Loose Joints 4:30

B1 Overture Erotic 2:06
B2 Smokin Cheeba-Cheeba 7:40
B3 Sweet Taste Of Love 8:29

Crédits

Ann Winley : chant (A2, B2)
Ruben Wilson : basse (B3), claviers (A1)
Sterling McGee : basse (A1 à A3, B2), guitare (A2, B2, B3)
Earl Williams : batterie
George Benson : guitare
Dave "Baby" Cortez : orgue
Willis Jackson : saxophone (A2, A3, B3)
Buddy "Bop" Lucas : harmonica (A1)

Composition : Paul Winley, Ann Winley
Production : Ninny


Harlem Underground Band Harlem Underground and George Benson with The Harlem Underground Band Erotic Moods are from the same session and contain two same tracks.

Harlem Underground Band - Smokin Cheeba Cheeba ou Mighty Tom Cats - Love Potion Cheeba Cheeba


Harlem Underground Band - Fed Up


Harlem Underground Band - Finger In It


Harlem Underground Band - Ain't No Sunshine


I - Episode mystérieux G. Benson

“The breakbeat classic ‘Smokin Cheeba Cheeba‘, penned by Winley and wife Anne was released on the Harlem Underground Bands 1976 album.
The same track 1st was released in 1974 as ‘Love Potion Cheeba Cheeba’ by The Mighty Tom Cats. The track resurfaces again on George Bensons 1978 ‘Erotic Moods‘ released on Winley records ,as well as on the Harlem Underground Band album. It’s quite possible that the Mighty Tomcats and the Harlem Underground Band are infact the same band.
Although, i ask why did and what was the point of Paul Winley changing the name
The Mighty TomCats to The Harlem Underground Band, if he and Ann I presume owned the rights to the initial recording of ‘Love Potion Cheeba Cheeba’ (?)
Furthermore, why? was George Bensons 1978 ‘Erotic Moods‘, never released commercially, as this album does not appear to be a widely recognized George Benson album. Was Winley exploiting, on the bootleg tip, George Benson’s solo success as a popular artist in 1978, when in theory ‘Erotic Moods‘ was more or less a Harlem Underground/Mighty Tom Cats record, recorded some years prior.


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A1 Soul Makossa 4:15
A2 Tom Cat Reggay 4:05
A3 Skin 'N' Soul 2:25
A4 Good Groove 4:10
A5 Mozambique 2:27
B Bahamas Melody 15:09

Lien d’écoute de l’album (deuxième lecteur en bas)
http://mfslinks.blogspot.com/2010/11/mi ... kossa.html

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Mighty Tom Cats – Dance Girl




II - Episode Hip Hop :

“By the end of the 70s, it was one of the earlier hip-hop imprints, and it’s founder one of the first people to record Afrika Bambaataa with 1980’s Zulu Nation -Throwdown. In between times, the label boasted a soul/funk roster destined to fuel the hip-hop records Winley would later focus upon; not least this laidback soul-jazz groover from 1974, recorded by a group of musicians Winley threw together himself.”
“Harlem Underground Band, augmented with the organ of the seemingly ever-present "Baby" Cortez, would function as the house band backing Winley's hip hop releases, hence having the same function, if not influence, as "Jiggs" Chase's band at Sugar Hill Records, or those of Pumpkin at Enjoy Records and elsewhere, i.e. solving the problem of how to translate the backing to raps heretofore provided live by DJs. In the case of the first of these Winley releases, "Rhymin' and Rappin'" by Tanya and Paulette Winley (1979), the backing was "straightforward r&b, without the percussive explosions that were hip-hop's raison d'etre" while the rapping was somewhat tentative. (Shapiro: 384) Tanya "Sweet Tee" Winley's "Vicious Rap" (1980) was a leap forward, with Tanya in confident flow and the band even replicating a break at points. Tanya Winley raps in the party spirit characteristic of early hip hop, but the lyrics nonetheless detail a case of false arrest, and prophecy that she will "scream and shout ... and tell the government what it's all about". Along with Kurtis Blow's punning "The Breaks" (Columbia, 1980) and the much more radical "How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise" by Brother D. (Clappers, 1980), "Vicious Rap" was among the first commercially recorded hip hop songs to feature social commentary rather than party rhymes. Such records would remain a rarity until the success of "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five on Sugar Hill two years later. (Chang: 179) The label's erstwhile claim that "Vicious Rap" was recorded in 1978, making it the first hip hop to make it to the recording studio, is sometimes repeated, but the apparent improvement in technique from 1979's "Rhymin' and Rappin'" makes this likely a piece of historical revisionism.”

Les Harlem Underground accompagnant les filles de Paul et Ann Winley :

Tanya « Sweet Tee »Winley - Vicious Rap


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Paulett & Tanya Winley - Rhymin' and Rappin'



Sur un sample de maman :
Ann Winley - Watch A Dog


...et Afrika Bambaata :

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Afrika Bambaataa Zulu Nation Cosmic Force - Zulu Nation Throwdown



Un groupe de studio obscur... Ecrivant l'Histoire dans l'ombre...
Un Cheeba Cheeba plus que sympathique et des instrumentaux Hip Hop qui me font kiffer !!
Pour la question de la présence ou non de Georges Benson... Paul Winley, surnommé l'Infamous par certains, a dû certainement chercher à profiter de sa notoriété... Il doit avoir certainement plein d'autres « infamies » à son compteur...

Edit :
C'est un "malin" ce Paul Winley...
http://board.oldschoolhiphop.com/viewto ... f=1&t=5189

Et les "erreurs" et "omissions" sur les compilations "Super Disco Brake’s"...
Modifié en dernier par Zou le 14 janv. 2012 01:35, modifié 3 fois.


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:ooops:
J'aurais p'têt dû mettre ça dans "Boogie Years"...?
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in the jungle groove

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Non, ça a bien sa place ici! Y'a de l'info dans ton post! :cool:

Super album... :cool:
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Zou a écrit ::ooops:
J'aurais p'têt dû mettre ça dans "Boogie Years"...?
Tu l'as fait, mais j'ai déplacé car on est loin du boogie avec le Harlem Underground. ;)
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