▄▄███████▄ IGR - Infinite Grooves
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│║ VA-Living In The Streets 2 ║│
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┌────────────────────────────--·(Release Info)·-────────────────────────────┐
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│║ Record Label: Ace Records No Of Tracks: 16 ║│
│║ Genre: Soul Quality: 192K HQ ║│
│║ Rip Date: Jul-29-2001 Total Size: 90,3 MB ║│
└╢ Ripped By: walpe Original Media: [x] CD - [ ] Vinyl ╟┘
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│║ Tracklisting: ║│
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│║ 01 - Katie Love & The Four Shades Of Black-Don't Let Go To Y02:06 ║│
│║ 02 - Brenda George-I Can't Stand It 02:43 ║│
│║ 03 - Letta Mbulu-Afro Texas 03:33 ║│
│║ 04 - Joe Houston-Kicking Back Pts 1 &2 07:30 ║│
│║ 05 - Joe Bataan-Theme From The Men 07:19 ║│
│║ 06 - King Errisson-Sleep Talk 03:08 ║│
│║ 07 - The Mighty Tom Cats-Love Potion-Cheeba-Cheeba 04:28 ║│
│║ 08 - Macho-Mucho Macho 03:53 ║│
│║ 09 - Irene Reid-I Must Be Doing Something Right 02:37 ║│
│║ 10 - Byrdie Green-Return Of The Prodigal Son 03:19 ║│
│║ 11 - Sharon Cash-Fever 02:40 ║│
│║ 12 - Spanky Wilson-Kissing My Love 04:16 ║│
│║ 13 - Esther Marrow-And When I Die 05:01 ║│
│║ 14 - Walter Hawnkins And Selah-Where Will You Run 03:29 ║│
│║ 15 - Jambo-Harrambee 03:14 ║│
│║ 16 - Preston Epps-Africa 06:20 ║│
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│║ AMG expert review: ║│
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│║ According to the back cover, this compilation is designed as ║│
│║ "another dip into the melting pot of early-'70s black music ù a ║│
│║ time where Latin, jazz, soul, and funk mixed together and would ║│
│║ eventually beget disco." It's a fair description of the contents, ║│
│║ which are a real quilt of obscure soul-funk from the late '60s to ║│
│║ the late '70s, concentrating most heavily on the earlier years of ║│
│║ that span. A quick scan of the track list reveals just two names ║│
│║ that might be known to even the reasonably knowledgeable R&B ║│
│║ enthusiast, and those two artists, Joe Houston and Preston Epps, ║│
│║ are far more identified with 1950s sounds than these much later ║│
│║ (and surprisingly worthwhile) efforts. Anyway, it's an impressive ║│
│║ compilation, not just for the high quality and wide diversity of ║│
│║ the music, but also because this genre of music has been far less ║│
│║ subject to obscurity anthologies than styles like 1960s Northern ║│
│║ soul or 1950s rockabilly have. Katie Love's "Don't Let It Go to ║│
│║ Your Head" is an uncanny Jackson 5 imitation; Brenda George's "I ║│
│║ Can't Stand It" also has a Jackson 5 influence, but more of an ║│
│║ earthy soul feel; Joe Houston's "Kicking Back" has cool ║│
│║ "Shaft"-style guitars and snake-charming sax; Byrdie Green's ║│
│║ "Return of the Prodigal Son" is ear-catching sullen soul, with ║│
│║ compelling blues-soul riffs; Spanky Wilson's "Kissing My Love" ║│
│║ puts good female vocals on top of percolating organ soul-jazz; ║│
│║ and Preston Epps' previously unreleased "Africa" is invigorating ║│
│║ Afro-percussive soul. Not every track is up to the level of these ║│
│║ highlights, but they usually offer worthy combinations of ║│
│║ straight soul with jazz, African music, and hard rock guitar ║│
│║ (though not often all at once). ║│
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│║ Remember to support these artists by some method if you like them ║│
│║ by going to their concerts / buying more of their material / etc. ║│
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┌───────────────────────--·(About Infinite Grooves)·-───────────────────────┐
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│║ Infinite Grooves was founded in early 1999 with the belief that ║│
│║ the best music has already been made. This was a neglected part ║│
│║ of releasing in the MP3-scene - now that has changed with Infinite ║│
│║ Grooves at the top. We will constantly keep bringing you the very ║│
│║ best in disco-soul, rare grooves, jazz-funk etc. Like wine, a good ║│
│║ groove only gets better with age - so we will bring you back to ║│
│║ the olde school! ║│
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┌──────────────────────--·(We Are Infinite Grooves)·-───────────────────────┐
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│║ Founder: Felony ║│
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│║ Members: Burro, Draua, The Funkateer, Grifter, Han-Zo ║│
│║ I-Way, JLG, jNa, Kaptain Koin-Op, Kelloggi ║│
│║ Midnight Rambler, Rufus, Scuba, Sevsxp, Sml ║│
│║ Spectral, Voodooism, Walpe ║│
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│║ Old Schoolers: Cld, El Nino, InSpirit, LukeDogg, Phreaknes, Xylene ║│
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│║ Everybody contributing to the MP3-scene, but these in particular: ║│
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│║ Individuals: Imo, Morgoth, Flaev, StepH ║│
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│║ Groups: RNS, EGO, RADIUM, ATM, ROTATION, iMPG, SB, IDM, kW ║│
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┌─────────────────────────--·(How To Contact Us)·-──────────────────────────┐
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│║ Infinite Grooves is always open for new true funk-friends to help ║│
│║ us in our efforts to spread groovy music. This includes rippers, ║│
│║ site-ops, box-ops and just about anybody with skills or services ║│
│║ to offer that could be of interest to a group like us. People with ║│
│║ no talent, brains, patience or couriers needn't bother contacting ║│
│║ us... All you gotta do is to love the funk! ║│
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│║ IRC: #IGR (EFNet) or email: felony@thainter.net ║│
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