Release : VA - Bay Area Funk 2 Sampler EP
Artist : VA
Album : Bay Area Funk 2 Sampler EP
Genre : Funk
Source : Vinyl
Label : Ubiquity Records
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Date : 2006-04-10
Quality : 213kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 2
Time : 06:02 min
Size : 9.71 MB
A1 Dawn And Sunset - Move In The Room 3:09
B1 Soft Touch - Plenty Action 2:53
Two super rare Bay Area funk tracks on one double-sided 7ö single
DJ friendly and highly collectible tunes on limited edition 7ö
For Bay Area Funk II we enlisted the help of Bay Area musicologist Justin Torres
to hone in on an even deeper selection than Volume I. Setting the tone is this
7ö single which features two super rare tracks previously only available on
ridiculously rare wax.
Side A is sure-fire DJ friendly raw-funk-jam with vocals. Almost nothing is
known about Dawn and Sunset other than the band was made up of Don Thompson, Tim
Jones and Virgil Rucker. They released this track on their own DT&V label for
Jim Moore (Jasman records, Sugar Pie Desanto etc) who distributed the record.
All the tapes, paperwork and records made in connection with the recording
session were unfortunately lost in the Oakland Hills fire of 1991. Moore only
remembers a tall brown skinned guy and a band who recorded at least one,
possibly two, 7ö singles. Otherwise the band is a mystery to anyone weÆve asked.
Side B is a minimal funk joint powered by a slick vocal, rude drums, and a nasty
bass line. Recorded in 1976 at Freeway Records in Oakland, Soft Touch had a
later sound than Dawn and Sunset with pre-disco electronic instrumentation.
Taken from the only single released by Soft Touch, ôPlenty Actionö is, according
to band member Vernon Roberts, ôA message to the man to leave those women alone!
If they donÆt want it then donÆt bother them.ö Soft Touch were an all-vocal
group made up of Vernon Roberts, William Lockett, Larry Beachamp, and Jim Brown.
Early on in their career the members of Soft Touch played with the Black
Panthers prior to the Lumpen becoming the Panthers main band.
The instrumental backing group was put together especially for this session by
the song writer Philip Hunt. Despite delivering this killer piece of sly funk
Soft Touch disbanded one year later before any more recordings were made.
ôFamily priorities and better jobs came our way,ö explains Roberts, ôbut we all
stayed in touch.ö
Soft Touch ôPlenty Actionö was used by a certain Bay Area producer of noteàcan
you guess who?
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