VARIOUS – Funky Funky New Orleans Vol. 7 – LP – Vinyl [OCT 13]

LP – Black Vinyl- Rare and Unreleased New Orleans Funk 1968.

Tuff Citys Funky Delicacies imprint has issued the 7th volume in its New Orleans Funk series. This edition has a side of vocal tracks and a side of instrumental ones. These tracks have been hard to find and many were CD only bonus tracks on earlier editions of the series now out of print.

Noted guitarist Little Buck Sinegal opens the record with Little Boy Blue. This was first issued in 1969 on the Seven B label. Little Buck (as he was credited on the original record) passed in 2019 after a lengthy career dating back to the late 50s as a session man for Slim Harpo & Lazy Lester. He also was a touring member of various Zydeco legends like Clifton Chenier, Rockin Dopsie and Buckwheat Zydeco. Drummer Chuck Conway leads the next track with the Amars, Get On Up. Cover feature Deacon John Moore still lives today. You Dont Know (How To Turn Me On) was a 1970 B-side on the Bell label. Brotherhood issued Suckey Suckey Feeling as a 2-sided single in 1974. At some point the track was renamed Sooky Feeling and we have Part 2 here. Singer and Pianist Tommy Ridgleys track Fly In My Pie was originally issued on our sister imprint Soul-Tay-Shus on The Best of International City compilation as well as a 7 on that imprint in 1968. Lonnie Jones recorded several singles for Jenmark in the early 70s including the B-side You Got To Do Better originally released in 1972. Sam Henry of Sam and the Soul Machine closes out the side with Loving You. This track was originally a CD-only bonus track on our Pok Bones and Rice compilation of that group we issued on Funky Delicacies in 2002.

Kicking off the instrumental second side is a recently located master by Anthony Butler and the Invaders covering the Otis Redding classic Hard To Handle. A bit of organ Funk here. Larry Jones jams out the Funky Jaws. The exact year is unknown, but the J.B.s label that issued the original record put their releases out primarily from 1974-1976. Tyrone Chestnuts B-side of 1969s The Bump is called Bumping. Hook and Sling piano legend Eddie Bo has two appearances. The first is the second part of the Getting To The Middle single that came out on Bo-Sound in 1970. Louisiana Purchase have Accept What You Expect before they moved from New Orleans to Detroit. The Scram Band that backed vocalist Mary Jane Hooper on her Dont Change Nothin single are here in an instrumental version of that song. The album closes with a 5-minute combined version of Eddie Bos If Its Good To You (Its Good For You) single, issued in 1969 on Scram.

Overall, this album contains 14 previously hard-to-find tracks that would take hundreds if not thousands of dollars to track down the original singles on the used market. These tracks have been recently remastered, including tracks that were issued as CD bonus tracks on earlier volumes.

Tracklist:

Side 1 – Vocal:
1. Buck Sinegal – Little Boy Blue
2. Chuck Conway & The Amars – Get On Up, Pt.1
3. Deacon John – You Don’t Know How To Turn Me On
4. Brotherhood – Sooky Feeling, Pt. 2
5. Tommy Ridgley – Fly In My Pie
6. Lonnie Jones – You Got To Do Better
7. Sam Henry – Loving You

Side 2 – Instrumental:
1. Anthony Butler & The Invaders – Hard To Handle
2. Larry Jones – Funky Jaws
3. Tyrone Chestnut – Bumping
4. Eddie Bo – Getting To The Middle, Pt. 2
5. Louisiana Purchase – Accept What You Expect
6. The Scram Band – Don’t Change Nothin’
7. Eddie Bo & The Soul Finders – If It’s Good To You, It’s Good For You