Movements Vol​​.​​9

RELEASE DATE : 2 FEVRIER 2018.

TRACKLIST

01: Gee Gee Shinn & Boogie Kings - Fever 02:48 - LISTEN

02: Connie Kaye Trio - I'm A Woman 02:59

03: Bus Brown - Mr. L.B.J. 02:55

04: Earl Demus Band - Her Spare 01:48

05: Chuck Finney Combo - I Want A Man Like You 02:43 - LISTEN

06: Chick Willis - Sometimes Soon 05:41 - LISTEN

07: Australia - Wide Awake 03:21

08: J.R. - Any Time Now 03:19

09: Joe Akens - Nice 03:22

10: Hummingbird 4 - Cho Cho San 03:32

11: Evangeline Made - Burnt Flesh 03:50

12: Dario & The Inferno - Brother, Where Are You 04:56

13: Swoop - Upside Down 02:46 - LISTEN

14: You - You Got It 03:11

15: Hot Cakes - Harlem Shuffle Theme 03:24

16: Reunion - When The Well Runs Dry 03:35

17: The Counts - Get Up, Get Dancin' 02:38 - LISTEN

18: Mel-O-Madnezz - What You Getting High On 03:05 - LISTEN

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DESCRIPTION

**INITIAL 400 LPs CONTAIN A BONUS 7 BY MEL-O-MADNEZZ**

IT'S TIME TO PAAAARTY!

Why? The Universe knows that Tramp is celebrating their 40th trip around the sun in 2018. And what about planet Earth? Well… it is as blind as it is in so many other situations. Therefore, it is time to shine the light on Tramp for all of its unremitting efforts. As musical diversity is vanishing, especially in the field of African American music from the 1960s/70s, it is our duty to stop the extinction of threatened species of music in the same way an animal welfare activist would do anything to save a gorilla's life.

Tramp Records keeps this beautiful heritage alive, every single day, again and again and again. So we are here wondering why Earth people and especially to those from our beloved home country; why? why are you just sitting there, going about your life unaware of this historic event? What a pity! The announcement is especially striking when it comes to the prestigious Movements series.

Like all its predecessors, this ninth volume contains Rare Groove nuggets recorded between the early 1960s and the late 1970s. The fact that only one of the songs appear anywhere else is a jaw-dropping phenomenon!

The chronological track listing starts with two amazing cover versions: Fever by Gee Gee Shinn & the Boogie Kings and I'm A Woman by Connie Kaye Trio.

Bus Brown, Earl Demus and Chuck Finney remain in the same direction although their contributions are slightly jazzier.

Chick Willis' gut-wrenching Sometime Soon easily rivals James Brown's It's A Man's World and the recordings by Australia, J.R. and Joe Akens are beautiful examples of privately produced soul from the 1970s.

The latin-soul of Cho Cho San by Hummingbird 4 heads the sound in another direction for the next three tunes, highlighted by one more stunning cover version, Oscar Brown Jr.'s Brother, Where Are You?.

The album closes with some pre-disco tracks from the mid-to-late 1970s. Funk 7 collectors will freak out to finally get a chance to listen to Mel-O-Madnezz' superheavy What You Getting High On but will certainly also enjoy The Counts, Reunion and Hot Cakes' dance floor bomb cover of Harlem Shuffle.

Over a hundred great unknown songs have been re-released on the first eight volumes in the Movements series, the majority of which can not be found elsewhere, and Vol. 9 is no exception.

The work of Germany's tiniest but grooviest record label is still incomprehensibly underestimated.

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