Various Artists - A Funky Trip: Detroit Funk From The Dave Hamilton Archive
Various Artists - A Funky Trip: Detroit Funk From The Dave Hamilton Archive
Artist:
Various Artists
Title:
A Funky Trip - Detroit Funk From The Dave Hamilton Archive
Label:
BGP Records
Cat.No.
HIQLP 037
Released:
2015
Style:
funk, soul
Format:
LP
Condition:
NEW
Dave Hamilton’s astounding productions were hardly known about 20 years ago. Who knew that this producer who had made a couple of northern soul rarities could possibly have more than a handful more in his vaults. The truth emerged that for the best part of two decades Hamilton had made in his tiny Detroit studio a host of great recordings – not just soul, but jazz, funk and even early electro. Although these tracks often had an artisanal home-made feel to them, they were also quite brilliant. One of our first discoveries was ‘Brand New Girl’ by Billy Garner, which when released rapidly became a classic on the deep funk scene. Since then we have issued two CDs of Hamilton-related funk and another of his own solo recordings. The vinyl resurgence now allows us to gather the best 12 of these tracks to create this LP. Along with the Billy Garner track, highlights include Prophet & His Disciples’ ‘You Fool, You Fool’, a salutary tale of drug addiction, originally released on the tiny Pressco label, plus the Webb People’s ‘Bump With Me’ and Hamilton’s ‘The Deacons’, both of which appeared on his TCB imprint. All in all, a fitting tribute to this side of Hamilton’s work. I fully expect DJs the world over to give these tunes a spin.
TRACKLIST :
A1. Billy Garner - Brand New Girl
A2. The Future Kind - The Devil Is Gonna Get You
A3. OC Tolbert - The Grown Folks Thing
A4. James Carpenter - Party Time
A5. Johnny Walker - Funky Trip
A6. The Deacons - A Drop In The Bucket
B1. The Prophet & His Disciples - You Fool, You Fool
B2. Dave Hamilton - The Deacons
B3. James Carpenter - (Marriage Is Only) A State Of Mind
B4. The Webb People - Bump With Me
B5. Chico - Remember
B6. Dave Hamilton - Soul Suite
