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Ace has for some years been looking to rectify this fault, putting out both Johnny's own Dig recordings and his major label recordings for Capitol - if you don't have them they are scorching. Now BGP has decided to delve where others have never gone before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last year has seen a burst of publicity for the work of Johnny's son Shuggie, who started appearing with his father's band at the age of 14. Shuggie made some great records - we have three tracks here, two of which are previously unreleased - but it was only the tip of a large iceberg of work that emerged from Johnny's Hawk Sound studios throughout the late 60s and most of the 70s. Those who like to dance to funk will already be aware of Watts Breakaway, the Vibrettes' Humpty Dump and Vera Hamilton's But I Ain't No More - each pure classics, but our excavations have dragged out potential dancefloor monsters from Delmar and Carla, Doug Wintz and Ice Water Slim. We also get to show you the great sound of Johnny's band throughout the period from the caustic blues-funk of Signifying Monkey through the 'deep funk' classic Jaws to the big band disco of Good To The Last Drop and Don't It Make You Feel Good. And for those who haven't been charmed by his own CD Omaha Bar B Q we have a touch of Preston Love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo clearly you can see that this is a good album, but even so I've still left out the best track which is an absolute monster, which seemingly came out on a Hawk Sound 45 in 1975 - if you have one I want it. That cut Spells and Incantations is a space soul record that will appeal to anyone who has been touched by the likes of Marlena Shaw, Minnie Riperton or Lorez Alexander. 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We have not only \nincluded tracks that were sampled back in the first golden age of \nsampling, but also tracks that have been utilised by some of today’s \nbiggest names.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe curtains open with Millie Jackson’s \nversion of ‘If Loving You Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Right’ originally a\n hit for Luther Ingram in 1972. This version recorded in Muscle Shoals \nand produced by Brad Shapiro was the opening track of Jackson’s “Caught \nUp” LP released in 1974. The use of a beat with sweeping strings as a \nsample, usually at a slow to medium tempo, as pioneered by the Wu-Tang \nClan, seems to be especially in vogue at the moment. ‘If Loving You Is \nWrong I Don’t Want To Be Right’ has been used over 50 times over the \nlast few decades and was sampled in 2023 by NLE Choppa on ‘Pistol \nPaccin’’. A similar sound is culled from Debbie Taylor’s 1969 track \n‘Let’s Prove Them Wrong’ which was sampled in 2021 by JID on his cut \n‘2007’. It was also used in 2023 on ‘Release Me’ by Nasty C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf \nthis suggests that sampling can be fashion-led, another example is \nLittle Ann’s ‘Deep Shadows’. Ann was a Detroit singer who released only \none single − 1968’s Going Down A One-Way Street (The Wrong Way) produced\n by Dave Hamilton for Ric-Tic Records − but left a handful of soul \nmasterpieces in the vault. While two of those − ‘What Should I Do?’ and \n‘Who You Trying To Fool?’ − are up-tempo northern soul dancers, the \ndowntempo ‘Deep Shadows’ is atmospheric, with a plodding beat, memorable\n vibes and piano parts. 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New York threw up bebop's sharp, hard improvisations; LA is renowned for the frenetic modernistic soul that fuelled so much of the early Northern Soul scene; Detroit captured the sound of its hot and heavy industrial production lines, not only with Motown and its myriad of imitators, but in its garage rock lineage that stretches on from Mitch Ryder, through the MC5 and Iggy on to the White Stripes. Louisiana as a musical centre is usually associated with New Orleans, but as with every part of the mainland United States, behind the headline story so much more went on. With its large black community and many independent record companies, collectors and DJs have been unearthing compelling funk and soul records over the last few years. With our unique connections in the region we have been able to round up some of the finest and rarest of these.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have drafted in 21 ¬? slices of vinyl beauty from a host of labels from this multi-faceted state. 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This is super rare and the very few copies that do turn up attract the most serious of collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of our records come from the Cajun lands in the south-west of the State. The population has its own unique culture, descended from the Acadians, French settlers forced out of Canada by the British in the 18th Century. The black and the white populations of the area have their own musics: creole, cajun and zydeco and their own record labels. These labels were invaluable for those in the area who wanted to record more mainstream music and much white pop (swamp pop) and R\u0026amp;B was recorded in the area. When funk came in some great records were made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe greatest representation of releases on this compilation come from Eddie Shuler's Goldband group of labels. 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