The Bar-Kays - Gotta Groove - LP Vinyl

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SKU:
c0019338
UPC:
888072092679

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Specifications

Artist:
The Bar-Kays
Album:
Gotta Groove
Format:
12" Vinyl
UPC:
888072092679

Description

2019 reissue - In the wake of the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of four of their bandmates and soul legend Otis Redding, trumpeter Ben Cauley and bassist James Alexander formed a new edition of the Bar-Kays to cut Gotta Groove, a celebration of life and music that ranks among the funkiest, hardest-driving LPs ever released under the Stax aegis. The record's immense debt to Sly & the Family Stone is repaid via the two-part "Don't Stop Dancing (To the Music)," which galvanizes the Bar-Kays' trademark deep-fried soul grooves with an infusion of psychedelia. Even further out is the blistering "Street Walker," with its shrieking guitar licks and organ fills. But most of all Gotta Groove serves as a showcase for the ferocious drumming of Roy Cunningham and Willie Hall, whose relentlessly funky rhythms push cuts like "Humpin'" and "Jiving 'Round" well past their somewhat pedestrian melodies -- little wonder the album's proven a fecund source of samples for acts including Cypress Hill, Ice Cube, and GZA.
A1Don't Stop Dancing (To The Music) Part I2:53
A2If This World Were Mine3:10
A3In The Hole2:54
A4Funky Thang3:09
A5Jiving Around3:15
A6Grab This Thing2:14
B1Don't Stop Dancing (To The Music) Part II2:21
B2Street Walker3:20
B3Yesterday3:19
B4Humpin'2:44
B5Hey Jude6:04