Release : VA - Super Cool, California Soul II
Artist : VA
Album : Super Cool, California Soul II
Genre : Soul
Source : CDDA
Label : Luv 'n' Haight
URL :
Date : 00-00-2007
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 179kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 16
Time : 62:23 min
Size : 81.60 MB
1 Gow Dow Experience - Compared To What 3:18
2 Buddy Corner - Halfway Loving 2:28
3 Pat Hunt - Supercool 2:04
4 Joey Jefferson Band - Revolution Rap 4:03
5 Mokie JJ & ROB - Beverly 2:51
6 Carmelita - Isn't It Lonely 2:23
7 Sy Hightower - I Know You're Leaving Me 3:39
8 Spanky Wilson - Fancy 5:27
9 Big Herm - Lapd 6:35
10 Johnny Morisette - I'm Hungry 3:18
11 David Glover - We Got To Get It Together 4:05
12 HP Riot - I Have Changed 5:31
13 Gow Dow Experience - Psychedelic Sally 3:02
14 Rodney Trotter - Space Nigga' 5:14
15 Darondo - Such A Night 4:06
16 Gow Dow Experience - Compared To What (Bonus Version) 4:19
Lovers of rare groove, soul and funk should lick their lips as Ubiquity
subsidiary Luv NÆ Haight delivers once again, focusing on lesser known artists
from the California area
One of many brilliant 2-3 minute long, æsized for 45Æ tracks æBeverleyÆ by Makie
JJ & Rob has wonderful energy-fuelled drums and exquisite vocal harmonies. More
vocal treats feature in songs by Cal Green and Carmelita, before a queen of this
scene Spanky WilsonÆs æFancyÆ, tells the tale of a transition from ghetto to
glam over wonderful funk and choral accompaniment.
Bass and tambourine begin the engaging instrumental grooves in the LAPDÆs æBig
HermÆ while David Glover singing and vocalese skills are shown in æWe Got To Get
It TogetherÆ as he prophesies on how mankind needs to shape up soon, else it
will all end abruptly, touchΘ! Eddie JeffersonÆs æPsychedelic SallyÆ is reworked
instrumentally by the Gow Do Experience, who also bookend the album with two
versions of æCompared to WhatÆ, a lovely steady soul funk track with plenty of
horn crescendos and tremendous vocals sounding like Marlena Shaw. Rodney Trotter
(pre-Only Fools & Horses!) adds some P-Funk sounds with æSpace NiggaÆ.
My favourite song from the whole album is DarondoÆs æSuch a NightÆ. The
slick-haired and seriously sharply dressed Bay Area singer has gained prominence
with æDidnÆt IÆ featuring on Gilles Peterson Digs America . As with the other
songs from DarondoÆs Legs EP the master tapes for æSuch a NightÆ spent 30 years
in an attic before getting released by Ubiquity. The result is the sexiest of
sultry bedroom songs as breathy vocals flirt with ôCha cha chaàö
It is wonderful to hear these vintage recordings, which have been out of earshot
for decades. The artists who feature, along with more prominent names such as
Shuggie Otis, War or Sly & the Family Stone have influenced numerous modern acts
from Sharon Jones to The Sweet Vandals. Original copies of many tracks on the
compilation will fetch four figured sums, yet the real delights are not the
rarity of the songs but the uplifting outstanding music which brilliantly
chronicles the work of skilled musicians who have not reserved all the plaudits
they deserve.
In case you missed it first time around, the original volume of California Soul
is also available from Luv NÆ Haight, featuring Adele SebastianÆs Nimbus
masterpiece æDaydreamerÆ and more funky cuts such as Sweet StuffÆs æFreaky (To
You)Æ.