Was it by Lonnie Youngblood - Funky something Corners maybe?

Can someone refosoul it up for me please?

thanks...

Was it by Lonnie Youngblood - Funky something Corners maybe?

Can someone refosoul it up for me please?

thanks...

called funky 8 corners, not lonnie youngblood though

mark

called funky 8 corners, not lonnie youngblood though

mark

Thanks Mark - anyone know who it is then?

It is Lonnie Youngblood y'know, All Platinum Records..........................think Willie And The Magnificents (?) or whatever they're called did it too.

Cheers Paul

No not the same and pretty sure W&MMs was first, but would need to double check to be sure

No not the same and pretty sure W&MMs was first, but would need to double check to be sure

...yes, W&MM's was about a year earlier give or take a month or two, and it's considerably faster. And not as good, but I guess that goes without saying really...

I always believed the ORIGINAL version to be that of Archie Bell & The Drells 'Tighten Up' !! With the others just being takes of that ?? Or am I just plain stupid ?? (Answers NOT required.. )

Fingers..

I always believed the ORIGINAL version to be that of Archie Bell & The Drells 'Tighten Up' !! With the others just being takes of that ?? Or am I just plain stupid ?? (Answers NOT required.. )

Fingers..

I was just about to say something similar! - "Tighten Up" (Part 3) Sax on "Ton Of Dynamite" is Lonnie Youngblood.

Edited October 23, 200816 yr by mel brat

I always believed the ORIGINAL version to be that of Archie Bell & The Drells 'Tighten Up' !! With the others just being takes of that ?? Or am I just plain stupid ?? (Answers NOT required.. )

Fingers..

No "The Corners" was a dance craze Oh Fickled one, it was done to tighten up probably, but then we had the 4 corners, 8 corners, 16 corners etc. I have seen it performed . The dancers kind of move into the centre and then jiggle about and then go back to their corners. The funk boys on here will know more.

yeh just checked it out all platinum pl2309 funky(8) corners part 1&2 willie and the mighty magnificents nothing like the version posted up. one of these days i will get round to using my usb proper like and post a few tunes up

kev

yeh just checked it out all platinum pl2309 funky(8) corners part 1&2 willie and the mighty magnificents...

kev

Soul Bowl used to sell "Funky 8 Corners" on their lists as an alternative to the then unobtainable "Ton Of Dynamite" I recall.

Theory; 'Tighen up' comes first, to this they create a dance called the 'funky corners'. Then following the dance craze a bunch of 'corners' tunes appear including the 'Funky 8 corners' which was a fairly common accurance. As a homage to the original tune, they lift part of the rhythm, again common. A well know DJ (Frankie Crocker-New York) sees the craze and along with the record company decide to cash in on the it and you get 'Ton of dynamite'. Again not uncommon to use dj's name on records to help sell them, ie E. Rodney Jones (Chicago)-R&B time.

As an aside, it is also very possible that all or some of Willie & The Mighty Magnificients play on 'Ton of dynamite', as they are the main house/studio band at All Platinum at the time.

Theory; 'Tighen up' comes first, to this they create a dance called the 'funky corners'. Then following the dance craze a bunch of 'corners' tunes appear including the 'Funky 8 corners' which was a fairly common accurance. As a homage to the original tune, they lift part of the rhythm, again common. A well know DJ (Frankie Crocker-New York) sees the craze and along with the record company decide to cash in on the it and you get 'Ton of dynamite'. Again not uncommon to use dj's name on records to help sell them, ie E. Rodney Jones (Chicago)-R&B time.

As an aside, it is also very possible that all or some of Willie & The Mighty Magnificients play on 'Ton of dynamite', as they are the main house/studio band at All Platinum at the time.

I think all of this makes sense Dave, though TOD was the "throwaway" B side from memory wasn't it? Wasn't "Confession of love" the A side? Sorry don't have the record in front of me at the moment

Oh and Richard Marks did one of the best "Corners" records. Also there was "Cutting the corners" etc.

Edited October 24, 200816 yr by Steve G

It is Lonnie Youngblood y'know, All Platinum Records..........................think Willie And The Magnificents (?) or whatever they're called did it too.

Cheers Paul

where is lonnies version then, never heard it.

mark

will have to dig it out but im sure my w&mm part 1&2 has vocals on it

kev

Part 1 has vocals, part 2 is the much better instrumental. Got a spare copy if anyone's interested.

In all of this talk of Willie & The Mighty Magnificents, Lonnie Youngblood etc. we mustn't lose sight of the fact that Ton Of Dynamite itself is probably the greatest record known to humanity.

Yet more wise words Gareth.

In all of this talk of Willie & The Mighty Magnificents, Lonnie Youngblood etc. we mustn't lose sight of the fact that Ton Of Dynamite itself is probably the greatest record known to humanity.

Oscar Perry did 4 corners get down but that would have been considerably later methinks

John

where is lonnies version then, never heard it.

mark

Not in my record box anymore unfortunately.Had it on an All Platinum 45 black label vinyl copy

Maybe some kind soul sourcerer can post up a sound clip ?

Just cos you ain't heard it don't mean it don't exist

Cheers Paul

All of this was covered in an article on "Ton Of Dynamite", published in Black Music Magazine in 1975... including the fact that Lonnie Youngblood was playing sax on the record if I recall correctly.

But are they dancing to Frankie Crocker?? I think not.

Not in my record box anymore unfortunately.Had it on an All Platinum 45 black label vinyl copy

Maybe some kind soul sourcerer can post up a sound clip ?

Just cos you ain't heard it don't mean it don't exist

Cheers Paul

wasnt implying that just fired of a quick reply before i went out, just i have never heard it or heard of it. and wanted someone to post a sound file so i could hear the difference.

sorry if post came across wrong.

mark

I always believed the ORIGINAL version to be that of Archie Bell & The Drells 'Tighten Up' !! With the others just being takes of that ?? Or am I just plain stupid ?? (Answers NOT required.. )

Fingers..

Think you might have to TIGHTEN UP YOUR CORNERS Johnny.

I've always maintained that the Willie and the Mighty Magnificents and Frankie Crocker 45's use the exact same basic instrumental backing track , but that Sylvia and Joe Robinson used creative licence in the studio by fiddling around with the one take of the track ... for example putting party noises on Frankie Crocker's record , not to mention speeding up the tape , and the sax too ... whereas on Willie and the Magnificents' record the speed is slower , the tambourines are brought up and Willie and the boys rap over the top of it all ... but I am convinced they have the exact same track !!! Anyone who knows the story of the Robinson's eccentric and rudimentary set up at All Platinum/Stang/Turbo would concede that this is entirely plausible.