At CMFCP we love reissues... under the radar, rare as hen's teeth records that have been lovingly remastered and repressed in short runs for today's diggers. This is where we draw attention to our favourite new re-releases...
Supafunkanova Vol 1 Compiled by Joey Negro & Sean P Strange to have a reasonably recent compilation as our Reissue of the Week, but the original got snaffled up and is now rare as compassion in a Torie's heart. Re-released to coincide with the brand new Volume 2, this is a collection of super rare and hard to find B-sides, disco funk nuggets and boogie gems that deserve your full attention.
Here's one of the best tracks off the record...
Full Tracklist:
Side 1
1.
Backlash - "Hang With The Gang"
2.
The Pied Piper Of Funkingham - "Clap Song"
3.
Ray Munnings - "It Could Happen To You"
4.
Legacy - "I'm So Glad"
5.
J Gale Gaymon - "(If You) Study Long You'll Study Wrong" (instrumental)
6.
BLT - "Tighten It Up"
7.
Hypertension - "Got This Feelin'"
8.
Needa - "Come On & Rock"
9.
Foreal People - "Love Begins With You"
10.
South Bronx - "The Bottom Line"
11.
The Billy Mersey Band - "Soul Kick"
12.
VIP Connection - "West Coast Drive"
Side 2
1.
The Younger Generation - "We Rap More Mellow" (Joey Negro remix)
2.
Jahneen - "Gigolette"
3.
Billy Lamont & The Unn Band - "The Man With The Master Plan"
4.
Marcia Pharr - "I'll Be The One"
5.
Leprechaun - "Reach Out (& Touch Someone)"
6.
Jackie Cole & Hot Platinum Fantasy - "I've Got A Trouble Man" (Sean P edit)
7.
Billy Evans - "Prisoner Of My Weakness" (Joey Negro edit)
A few years ago I was visiting Colin Tully's house (composer of Gregory's Girl soundtrack, and winner of 1980 Eurovision Song Contest), when he played me a tune called 'Strangely strange, oddly normal', by the wonderfully monikered Dr. Strangely Strange. Their album was long out of print back then, and selling for £200 secondhand. Thankfully, it has recently been rereleased on lovely coloured wax by the folks at Back to Black.
Coming across like a slightly more incapable, significantly odder Incredible String Band, the album meanders through prog-folk stereotypes, only to break them now and again with oddly imposing vocals, setting forth the stories of such characters as 'a baker from Ferrara' and 'Dr. Dim'. It's all a bit silly, sounding very much like a drug induced lullaby for confused children, brimming with unusual - sometimes questionable - musical choices.
