Titres
A1 Hey Ya'll, We're Miami
(Curran, Williams, Scott, More, Thompson, Jackson)
A2 Funk It Up
(C. Reid, W. Clarke)
A3 Nobody But You Babe
(C. Reid, W. Clarke)
A4 Freak On Down My Way
(C. Reid, W. Clarke)
A5 Party Freaks (Part Two)
(C. Reid, W. Clarke)
B1 Party Freaks
(C. Reid, W. Clarke)
B2 I Can See Through You
(C. Reid, W. Clarke)
B3 Same Ol' Beat
(B. Shapiro, H. Stone)
B4 Chicken Yellow (Let Me Do It To You)
(Laird, C. Reid, Clarke)
Crédits
Robert Moore : Chant, Percussions
George Perry, Willie Jackson : Basse
Freddie Scott : Batterie, Percussions
Warren Thompson : Guitare
Andrew Curran : Guitare, Percussions
Bobby Williams : Orgue
Willie Clarke : Percussions
Arrangements [Cuivres] : Mike Lewis
Producteur : Clarence Reid (A1 à A3, A5, B1, B2, B4), Richard Finch (A3, A5, B1, B3, B4), Willie Clarke (A1 à B4)
Le Groupe Miami, créé par le producteur Willie Clarke en 1974, est composé de Andrew Curran (guitare), Willie Jackson (basse), Robert Moore (chant), George Perry (basse), Freddie Scott (batterie), Warren Thompson ( guitare), Bobby Williams (orgue) et Clarke lui-même aux percussions. Le groupe a sorti quelques albums mais surtout servi de backing band. Avec la disparition du label TK dans le début des années 1980, Miami a été dissout.
Excellent !!!!
Que ça fait plaisir de n'avoir rien à jeter !!! A la limite peut être "Same Ol' Beat" qui ne m'emballe pas des masses... Mais tout de même... C'est pas courant (du moins pour moi) de quasiment tout kiffer sur un vynil !!
A noter : Mr Blowfly en tant que compositeur et producteur.
L'excellente intro de "I Can See Through You" samplée par le groupe de rap parigot des années 90 TSN (Tout Simplement Noirs).
Un album parsemé d'échos "Shaftiens"...
Party Freaks
Chicken Yellow (Give It To Me Baby)
I Can See Through You
Funk It Up
Nobody But You Babe
Hey Ya'll We're Miami
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Freak On Down My Way
Same Ol' Beat
A noter aussi que Same Ol' Beat est sorti en premier par le batteur du groupe Freddy Scott sous le nom :
Freddy Scott & the Four Steps – Same Ole Beat
"The Freddy Scott who is featured on today’s selection was a Florida based drummer and vocalist who recorded a number of slamming soul and funk sides for Henry Stone’s Marlin and Dade labels. He recorded 45s as Freddy Scott and his Orchestra, Freddie and the Kinfolk, the Five Steps and as listed on today’s single, Freddy Scott and the Four Steps. Though I haven’t been able to track down a discography I’m willing to make an educated guess and say that most of this stuff falls in the 1966-1968 time frame.
The one thing all of these records have in common is a certain variety of slamming, party time soul, spilling over into the funk vibe.
‘Same Ole Beat’ is no exception, with a pounding beat, organ, drums and sax and Freddy getting wild over the whole thing.
Scott went on to be a member of the group Miami, where in addition to their own records – like ‘Party Freaks’ – they served as the house band at TK records, playing on countless Florida funk, soul and disco hits."
Source : Funky16Corners
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