L.A. CARNIVAL / WOULD LIKE TO POSE A QUESTION / 2LP /
$ 12.64
- (US / NOW-AGAIN / NA 5009 / 2003 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX-) あのCRACKIN’の前身バンドによるLATE 60’S DEEP FUNK発掘音源！「CAN YOU HAM A TUNE?」はチカーノ ・ソウル/スウィート・ラテン・ソウル好きにも！ STONES THROWのサブレーベルとしてEGONが主宰したNOW-AGAIN初期カタログの目玉でもあった、ネブラスカ州オマハにて、1968〜1970年にかけて活動したディープ・ファンク・バンドL.A. CARNIVALの発掘音源。NAS「STAY」〜J.COLE「STAY」〜CYHI THE PRYNCE FEAT. BIG SEAN「WOOPTY DOO」などでサンプリングされた「SEVEN STEPS TO NOWHERE」、CUT CHEMIST AND MEDAPHOAR「BLIND MAN」〜METAL FINGERS「VINCA ROSEA」〜ALOE BLACC「BLIND WORLD」などでもネタになったサイケデリック・ファンク「BLIND MAN」、ストレートなミディアム・ファンク「POSE A QUESTION」に、切なく胸を打つ哀愁メロウ・ソウル「CAN YOU HAM A TUNE?」、WE NEED PEACE AND LOVE」など、埋もれていたことが信じられない衝撃の内容。メンバーは後にCRACKIN’として活動し、A.O.R./ディスコ・ファンク名盤を残しています。 Would Like To Pose A Question L.A. Carnival TRACKLIST A1 FLYIN’ A2 WE NEED PEACE AND LOVE B1 POSE A QUESTION B2 7 STEPS… B3 BLIND MAN C1 CAN YOU HUM A TUNE? C2 COLOR C3 THE KLAN D1 BLACK MAN’S MARCH D2 RON’S TUNE MANUFACTURED BY – FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTED BY – FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION MASTERED AT – MASTERDISK ALTO SAXOPHONE – MICHAEL PATTERSON DRUMS, VOCALS, ORGAN, PIANO [ACOUSTIC], PERCUSSION – LESTER ABRAMS ELECTRIC BASS, BACKING VOCALS – RICK CHUDACOFF ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR – RON COOLEY ENGINEER – SKIP WILSON LINER NOTES – DANTE CARFAGNA PRODUCER [ORIGINAL SESSIONS] – L.A. CARNIVAL, LESTER ABRAMS REISSUE PRODUCER – EGON REMASTERED BY – DAVE COOLEY TENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE – PERCY MARION TRUMPET – GENO DEVAUGHN VOCALS – LESLIE SMITH VOCALS, PERCUSSION – ARNO LUCAS ALL SONGS RECORDED DATE UNKNOWN – CIRCA 1969-1971, PACIFIC AVENUE, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. ALL SELECTIONS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED EXCEPT “COLOR”, RELEASED ON A STONES THROW/NOW AGAIN RECORDS 7″ (STH 7024/NA 7003 – ORIGINAL VERSION RELEASED ON PACIFIC AVENUE RECORDS 7″, PA-45-458), “BLIND MAN” RELEASED ON A STONES THROW/NOW AGAIN RECORDS 12″ (STH 2053/NA 2003) AND “POSE A QUESTION” B/W “CAN YOU HUM A TUNE” RELEASED ON A NOW AGAIN RECORDS 7″ (NA 7011).
