Posted on the old blog after i started,since got the CD for the upgrade,and a request came through. High school funk/soul band from Hampton High School, Virginia.The stories of great high school funk bands are, thanks to an abundance of reissues, commonplace. The tales of great high school soul bands are still rare. A ballad or two on the random Douglass High School Stage Band album or Timeless Legend’s mesmerizing entry on Columbus’s 1972 1st Annual Inner City Talent Expo notwithstanding, high school bands rarely struck into the realm of “Adults” music. Enter The Equatics and their brooding masterpiece Doin’ It!!!! If this is categorized as a “funk” album and it was for the last ten years, by those few lucky enough to own an original copy, it holds its own. But it was as a soul band one as inspired by the melancholic musings of Bill Withers as the psychedelic pop of the self-proclaimed “Black Moses,” Issac Hayes that the Equatics shone. These young souls offered world weary, beat heavy ballads that stand on par with any of the great independent organizations of the early 1970s. That a group of teenagers could offer such an angst ridden plea as that of Leo Davis’s “Merry Go Round” not only transcends the limitations that came from the band’s average age (seventeen, at the time of the album’s recording), but also the barriers the stood in front of this group of small-city hopefuls. A Great mixture of raw funk and quality soul from these very young(at the time )guys!...you can read more about them HERE
AMM
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The Tasters!
Line Up & Tracks Below (FLAC)
Vocals – "Coach" Frank Johnson, Leo Davis
Alto Saxophone – Calvin Billups
Bass Guitar – Benjamin Crawford
Drums – Alvin Paige
Lead Guitar – Carlton Savage
Organ – Wayne Jones
Tenor Saxophone – Renon Sumpter
Trumpet – Daniel "Buddy" Slade
Producer – "Coach" Frank Johnson, Benjamin Crawford
01 - What They Doin
02 - Walk On By
03 - Merry Go Round
04 - Santana Pt. I
05 - The Touch of You
06 - Santana Pt. II
07 - Ain't No Sunshine
08 - Cicso Fare
09 - Where is Love
16 comments:
Thanks very much AMM for the upgrade
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Thanks AMM. Appreciate the extra info link as well.
Cheers for such an interesting review.
This looks interesting... many thanks for the review AMM
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Thanks AMM
Great review. I have never heard of this group. The first taster "Merry Go Round" is an excellent, reworked version of The Persuaders' "It's a Thin Line Between Love and Hate". The second taster is just down right funky. Thanks AMM!!!
Thank you for this Album AMM
Thank you for the equatics information. The sounds look good and it always is great to hear a different sound. Thanks AMM
much thanks for the review AMM
also would love to hear The Kashmere Stage Band if you could
Thank you AMM for all the effort that you put into preparing the audio material and the info on the artists before you post it on the blog. every file that you put on the blog is of the highest quality for the enjoyment of all you blog members!! I for one really appreciate all the beautiful music that you endow us with, without fail, on a daily basis. Great review AMM....As usual!!
Good to have this upgrade, too! Thanks for review, P.
Never heard this, the track Merry Go Round sounds pretty good, thanks for the review AMM
Thanks for the review AMM this new to me as always appreciated, looking forward to it
Must have missed this the first time round MM, thank you.
cheers,ELtel
Great review thanks
Seems sweet, and I dig the tasters, thanks AMM :) 🌞✌🏻☮️
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