Who was the first to discover / play this track and when was it made, i can't tell just listening & how many copies are out there?

Ste.

https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/rarest-of-the-rare/23

1976 I think looking at the dodgy scan on popsike.

Edited June 6, 200817 yr by chalky

Hasn't it been mentioned that the singer/group are very well known - Or is that marketing guff? Legal re-issue on 12" now I see.

Best

Rich

who care's aboot a 12" RELEASE..THE MORE THE MERRIER

what a f***kin tune..

SUPERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRB

TOP RECORD...IMO

but Pedro Smiff will likely disagree

:D

Edited June 6, 200817 yr by GASHER

From St. Louis, 1976. I first heard Keb Darge play this at Deep Funk in about 2003-4, and it was subsequently popularised on the Northern scene by Butch then Sam. Apparently it was a known and indemand record in Japan for a few years before Keb bought it over to Europe.

Have heard rumours that Poke played this as a relatively new release: can anyone confirm this particular hearsay?

The band are not comprised of well known musicians. Fryer (Motherfunk on here) and Gerald have been in touch with the surviving members and have legally re-issued this so they can presumably fill in more details.

Edited June 6, 200817 yr by garethx

From St. Louis, 1976. I first heard Keb Darge play this at Deep Funk in about 2003-4, and it was subsequently popularised on the Northern scene by Butch then Sam. Apparently it was a known and indemand record in Japan for a few years before Keb bought it over to Europe.

Have heard rumours that Poke played this as a relatively new release: can anyone confirm this particular hearsay?

The band are not comprised of well known musicians. Fryer (Motherfunk on here) and Gerald have been in touch with the surviving members and have legally re-issued this so they can presumably fill in more details.

I was pretty certain it was mid to late 70's, great track though, still sounds really fresh all these years after release - I've bought the re-issue as it wasn't £2000!

...but how many are out there - obviously not many, i hope somebody unearths a batch of them pretty soon?!

Ste.

From St. Louis, 1976. I first heard Keb Darge play this at Deep Funk in about 2003-4, and it was subsequently popularised on the Northern scene by Butch then Sam. Apparently it was a known and indemand record in Japan for a few years before Keb bought it over to Europe.

Have heard rumours that Poke played this as a relatively new release: can anyone confirm this particular hearsay?

The band are not comprised of well known musicians. Fryer (Motherfunk on here) and Gerald have been in touch with the surviving members and have legally re-issued this so they can presumably fill in more details.

from you popular in Japan comment can I assume it has a nice sweet soul or even a deep soul flip ? Sorry for generalising but I suspect this may be the case...

I've only ever heard the funk side which is OK but does get a little tiresome after lots of listens.

I've only ever heard the funk side which is OK but does get a little tiresome after lots of listens.

great record but so tired of hearing it the last few years, totally hammered to death which is a shame. Same for many records I suppose.

great record but so tired of hearing it the last few years, totally hammered to death which is a shame. Same for many records I suppose.

Agreed Chalky. I've got a copy of the legit reissue but i doubt i'll play it out tomorrow night at Nuneaton. It just feels so over played now, plus i can think of many others i'd rather play that i rarely hear anywhere.

i could listen to my copy all day every day

never tire of it

best holiday I never had..

gasher

Yep a great tune. Overplayed as has already been mentioned although from a release date point of view it still sounds fresh and definitely has that extra "something" about it.