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MARGRI 012LP
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RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2019
Mad About Records present a reissue of Johnny Griffith's The Geneva Connection, originally released on the Detroit Geneva label in 1974. Detroit jazz-funk, hard-to-find -- an extremely rare album left by Detroit-based jazz keyboard player Johnny Griffith known for the album Together, Togetherness on RCA (1974). Music From The Connection was composed by jazz pianist Freddie Redd for Jack Gelber's 1959 play The Connection. This first recording of the music was released on the Blue Note label in 1960. It features performances by Redd and Jackie McLean. Jack Gelber originally planned for the play to feature improvised music performed by jazz musicians who would also play small roles in the production. Freddie Redd, however, persuaded Gelber to include his original score. Redd re-recorded the score later in 1960 as Music From The Connection. In 1974, the pianist Johnny Griffith, a member of the prestigious Motown rhythm section Funk Brothers at the time, covered the whole album, playing electric piano here, which really changes the vibe of the music -- and the players are supposedly a host of Motown studio musicians -- playing jazz here, but with a nice funky soul undercurrent. Pianist Johnny Griffith can be heard on classic Motown sides, as well as on recordings from other Detroit-area labels. Like Motown's other pianists, Joe Hunter and Earl Van Dyke, Griffith's had an extensive musical background. Signed to Motown's Jazz Workshop label, he recorded the albums Detroit Jazz and The Right Side of Lefty Edwards (1964). When the march of the Motown hits began, Griffith started playing on sessions for their R&B/pop acts. But rather than signing a work-for-hire contract with Motown like other musicians, Griffith remained a freelancer, doing other dates and sessions in New York and nearby Chicago. The Motown hits that Griffith played on include: Marvin Gaye's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", his celeste trills are heard on "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", adding Wurlitzer electric piano on both Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and the Temptations' "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", organ on the Supremes' "Stop In The Name Of Love", and organ and shotgun effects on Junior Walker and the All Stars' "Shotgun". Griffith's non-Motown hits are with Edwin Starr, Jackie Wilson, The Chi-Lites, and Young-Holt Unlimited's "Soulful Strut". 180 gram vinyl; Heavy cardboard sleeve with obi.
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MARREG 011LP
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$31.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2019
Mad About Records present a reissue of Reggie Andrews and The Fellowship's Mystic Beauty, originally released in 1969. '60s jazz holy grail LP out of California -- a mythical album on many jazz collector's want-lists. This LP is on the extremely limited and sought-after private press label HME. It has deep Latin, Afro/Cuban-influences, and consists primarily of acoustic jazz pieces. Influences also range from the cerebral to the soulful, but it defies any one-dimensional tag like "spiritual jazz" or "soul-jazz" or "jazz-funk." Heralding from LA and led by pianist Reggie Andrews, it doesn't sound particularly "west coast". It's a beautiful session all around, really something special and profound. In recent years, Reggie Andrews has taught, mentored, and produced many talented musicians including Patrice Rushen, Terrace Martin, Ndugu Chancler, and the Dazz Band who wrote "Let It Whip", along with his close friend Leon Ndugu Chancler. He is the founder of the jazz-fusion group Karma. He worked with Earth, Wind & Fire, produced Moacir Santos for Blue Note Records, served as an "electronics consultant" for Donald Byrd, and took to mentoring The Pharcyde and J Dilla. 180 gram vinyl; Heavy cardboard sleeve with obi.
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MAR 011LP
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Mad About Records present a reissue of Imani's Out Of The Blue, originally released in 1983. The incredible San Francisco area jazz funk spiritual band Imani's Out Of The Blue was originally privately pressed in an edition of 500 copies. This is a deluxe reissue of an "impossible to find" original. Privately pressed by Preston Phillipps and Pam Byrd, this record has been called the "ultimate private press vocal anthem" of bay area jazz. If you like John Heartsman, Aposento Alto, or Minority Band, don't miss a true killer record.
The label head of Mad About Records on the reissue: "I was at a 'jazz bop' party in Brighton, the UK in the late 1980s and Giles Peterson played an amazing track that I asked him about from across the booth. I could barely hear what he said -- all I caught was the word 'Imani'. Too much time had passed but finally, my own label, Mad About Records, is proud to present this ultimate jazz private press holy grail fully licensed."
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MAR 010LP
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Mad About Records present the first worldwide reissue of Zeca do Trombone & Roberto Sax, originally released in 1976. Another Brazilian funk landmark made by two of the most exceptional instrumentalists of the soul funk scene of the '70s. José da Silva, better known under the pseudonym of Zeca do Trombone, is a trombone player who has worked with a multitude of Brazilian artists, including Tim Maia and Carlos Dafé, Elizeth Cardoso, Beth Carvalho, Milton Nascimento. Roberto Sax, or Zé Roberto Simonal, is none other than Wilson Simonal's brother. The original press of this LP is one of the rarest in Brazilian music.
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MAR 006LP
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Mad About Records present the first vinyl reissue of Ronie & Central Do Brasil's self-titled album, originally released in 1975. Sweet soul funk from '70s Brazil. Ronie, aka Ronaldo Mesquita, was the drummer of Bossa Três Combo. This album has a smooth grooves and luxurious use of Fender Rhodes, gliding alongside sweet samba soul arrangements in a mode that's a bit like some of the funkier '70s work by João Donato. 180 gram vinyl.
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MAR 005LP
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Mad About Records presents a reissue of Edson Frederico's Brazilian jazz-funk masterpiece, Edson Frederico e a Transa, originally released in 1975. Reissued for the first time worldwide, this rare LP that has all the hallmarks of the best to come out of Brazil during the '70s: a perfect fusion of funky rare groove, tropicalia, and jazz. A lush warm vibe throughout is underpinned by Frederico's use of Fender Rhodes for the date. Remastered from the original master tapes, top musicians on this one include Bebeto, Luiz Eça, and Orlandivo. Limited/numbered edition on 180-gram vinyl, includes hardcover sleeve and obi.
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MAR 007LP
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Mad About Records present the first-time reissue of Robson Jorge 1977, an MPB/Brazilian soul album form 1977. One of the most important background figures of Brazilian soul in the '70s and '80s arranger/producer/composer/instrumentalist Robson Jorge, together with his partner Lincoln Olivetti defined the sound of the genre. While Olivetti took most of the fame, Robson Jorge was perhaps the mastermind of the duo, having doubtlessly influenced Tim Maia, but being obscured by his own problems with alcohol (which would finally conduce to his precocious demise). The rare Robson Jorge 1977 LP is a testimony of his genius, Born in Rio de Janeiro, he started out in music playing the acoustic guitar that belonged to his brother at age 11. Before turning 15, he was already playing at balls and even recording sessions. By the mid-70s played keyboards on Tim Maia's band (Seroma). Later on that decade, met with keyboardist/arranger Lincoln Olivetti, establishing a solid partnership and making songs recorded by countless artists. Robson and Lincoln were in charge of writing the arrangements for most of the big MPB stars in the '80s, which granted them fame, money, and hard critic reviews that accused them of turning MPB into lame pop. Robson Jorge died alone and forgotten in 1992.
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MAR 004LP
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2019 repress. Mad About Records present a reissue of Toni Tornado's legendary funk soul album, from 1972. Toni Tornado is a black Rio masterpiece, reissued here for the first time on vinyl. Son of a Guyanese father and a Brazilian mother, at eleven years old Toni ran away from home and ended up in Rio, where he made a living selling peanuts and shining shoes. Tony began his artistic career in the 1960s with the stage name Tony Checker, lip-synching and dancing on Jair Taumaturgo's Hoje é dia de Rock. In the 1960s, he traveled to the United States, where he lived for five years in New York, serving as a drug dealer and pimp, whilst pretending to be an employee of a car wash. At that time, Tony met another Brazilian in the form of singer Tim Maia. Back in Brazil, he worked in the group of Ed Lincoln and also sang under the pseudonym Johnny Bradfort, the owner of the club forcing him to pretend to be a foreigner. In 1970, he adopted the name with which he came to be known, Tony Tornado. Influenced by James Brown, Tony was one of the artists who introduced soul music and funk into Brazilian music. Brown's in-your-face approach to racial pride resonated in the ghettos as well as the slums abroad. Many black people, all around the world, embraced the consciousness and music of the black power movement. Working-class black cariocas (residents of Rio) of Zona Norte began using the English phrases "black power", "brother", and "black is beautiful". They played soul records at their bailes (dances) and incorporated the lyrics and sounds into their music. Maia, the godfather of "música soul", spent five years in the United States, coming to know the sounds of black America intimately. When he returned to Brazil in 1964, Maia incorporated these influences into his songs. By the 1970s, other Brazilian musicians, such as Tony Tornado, Banda Black Rio, Cassiano, Gerson King Combo, Jorge Ben Jor, and Gilberto Gil had begun making soul records. This new music spoke to an experience both universal and unique at the same time. By the end of the 1970s, funk and disco would take over where soul left off, but it was the latter that helped to shape a generation of artists around a universal black identity. 1970s "paste-on" packaging and obi; Edition of 500.
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MAR 002LP
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2019 repress forthcoming. Mad About Records present a reissue of 1971 soft-core porn soundtrack Procura-Se Uma Virgem by prolific Brazilian composer Erlon Chaves. Working here with the Orquestra Saint Moritz, this is one of the most sought-after of Chaves's releases. This soundtrack was recorded for a Brazilian soft porn movie with killer organ funk instrumental tracks as well as several funky, erotic, and modal tracks, all arranged and directed by maestro Chaves. Deluxe packaging includes a thick card stock cover and obi strip.
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