Reid Inc- Reid Inc (1977) Bold - Rare Soul (MP3 66.7MB)

An obscure female soul project from 1977 on the tiny Bold Records label part of TK Records,Miami. Production by Clarence Reid, hence the group's name! The groove here is very much in the best Miami club mode of the time, upbeat, but still nicely gritty overall more fast funk in the instrumentation, with slight touches of strings and vocals from the quartet that slide nicely into the rhythms, which themselves bear plenty of TK touches! The whole thing's got a feel that's a lot better than you might guess from the cover, kind of a rougher take on the Gwen McCrae vibe of the time, almost set loose to do things with a more relaxed approach overall. And the vocals are surprisingly strong at points too with one singer coming to the forefront with a deeper soul mode than you might expect. I bought this LP as a new release and sold it to a very good friend who drove me nuts for it, so this is ye old faithfull back up with scans. Could never find out anything on the group. Don,t know if it was a real group or a studio put-together group or gals from his Blowfly Era, i suspect it was the latter. Whatever,it's a pretty good album. Clarence only recorded 4 albums under his own name but a whopping 29 under his Blowfly alias. To say this side of him is weird is an understatement, if anyone has checked Blowfly out!

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