Soul Stream Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 O,K...now that the crate diggers of the world have exhausted all plausable groove compilation ideas....we finally get the hype from the bastards about this crap. Wish I could recite the bogus hype that DG conjurs up for this thing, but read it for yourself on their site... Quote
ep1str0phy Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 O,K...now that the crate diggers of the world have exhausted all plausable groove compilation ideas....we finally get the hype from the bastards about this crap. Wish I could recite the bogus hype that DG conjurs up for this thing, but read it for yourself on their site... ← Have you heard this thing? Quote
JSngry Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 Those 45 comps are a seemingly bottomless pit. Some hold real treasures, some real trash, and some both. I'd not dismiss any of them out of hand, although it depends on what you're looking for as to what you're likely to find. Sometimes it can be something as small as a really wacked-out drummer (or guitarist, or whatever) on an otherwise totally mundane cut. For some people, that's worth the cost of admission by itself. I've got less disposable income than them, but hey... Quote
Noj Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 Looks like something I'd buy. The best funk 45 compilations I've found are on the Soul Patrol and Electrostatic labels. The latest ones I bought from Dusty Groove are called "The First Days Of Funk" from the Electrostatic folks. Definitely a few gems in there, but the majority are filler. The Soul Patrol "Natural Funky" series was much more consistent. Quote
sidewinder Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 Compiled by this man perhaps.. Quote
Soul Stream Posted November 9, 2005 Author Report Posted November 9, 2005 I've found the majority of even the best funk 45 comps less than worthy. Ya know, there was areason the JBs and the Meters were the best! Some stuff, yeah, great and different. But mostly it's just for guys who collect and collect and collect until they're satisfied they've got the most obscure shit in the world of funk...regardless of what the music's about. This Dutch 45 funk comp. just sent me over the edge. Aren't we done with this yet?! Quote
Free For All Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 ...and don't forget the distributor.... Quote
couw Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 Jerry Van Rooyen kicks some mean ass I tell you. Better get his "At 250000 Miles Per Hour" album on Crippled Dick Hot Wax, though. Quote
couw Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 BTW, samples of this stuff can be found here (needs some mediaplayer plug-in). Jerry van Rooyen kicks some mean ass I tell you. Quote
DatDere Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 (edited) Labeling Vitesse or Hans van Hemert as "Dutch Rare Groove" is really stretching it... Most of the stuff on this comp is Salvation Army dollar bin fodder over here, except for a couple of records that are truly rare. Anyway, I enjoy some of those rare groove compilations, but they certainly can be hit-or-miss, and the sound samples from this comp sound like generic jazzfunk-by-the-numbers. I've heard much better and more original sounding stuff on comps with records from Eastern European countries. A lot of those sought-after funk records that command high prices on Ebay don't live up to the hype as well. To me, the only one that really lives up to its reputation is that Stark Reality record. That album is wicked. Edited November 9, 2005 by DatDere Quote
RDK Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 Looks like something I'd buy. The best funk 45 compilations I've found are on the Soul Patrol and Electrostatic labels. The latest ones I bought from Dusty Groove are called "The First Days Of Funk" from the Electrostatic folks. Definitely a few gems in there, but the majority are filler. The Soul Patrol "Natural Funky" series was much more consistent. ← Hah! My very first thought, Jon, was that this was something you'd dig. Pretty cool Shag (or Shag-swipe) cover on the disc. Quote
Noj Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 (edited) Maybe I could put together something for our pal Soul Stream. Soul Stream, I've got some stuff that approaches Meters & JB's quality, at least! Edited November 9, 2005 by Noj Quote
sheldonm Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 O,K...now that the crate diggers of the world have exhausted all plausable groove compilation ideas....we finally get the hype from the bastards about this crap. Wish I could recite the bogus hype that DG conjurs up for this thing, but read it for yourself on their site... ← They really sell more of this type of stuff than jazz. The jazz section of the Bastards is rather small with a larger selection of soul, dance, funk, latin and what have you! m~ Quote
Joe G Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 (edited) BTW, samples of this stuff can be found here (needs some mediaplayer plug-in). Jerry van Rooyen kicks some mean ass I tell you. ← Right! And while you're at it, check out track 11 RONALD SNIJDERS "Lennox (edit)" :bwallace2: Even better (worse) is track 23 HANS VAN HEMERT "De Glazen Stad" Translation please? Edited November 10, 2005 by Joe G Quote
rostasi Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 Even better (worse) is track 23 HANS VAN HEMERT "De Glazen Stad" Translation please? ← The Glass City, I think... (City of Glass?) Quote
couw Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 Even better (worse) is track 23 HANS VAN HEMERT "De Glazen Stad" Translation please? ← The Glass City, I think... (City of Glass?) ← yup and the little snippet sez: "...and one day later, Huib is underway as co-driver to Copenhagen" Don't know what that is all about, but it made me spray some coffee Quote
tjobbe Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 (edited) ohoh, when looking into this it reminds me that I do somewhere have this record on vinyl... and it remember owning some of that Herman Brood&Vitesse stuff Cheers, Tjobbe Edited November 10, 2005 by tjobbe Quote
J.A.W. Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 (edited) Even better (worse) is track 23 HANS VAN HEMERT "De Glazen Stad" Translation please? ← The Glass City, I think... (City of Glass?) ← yup and the little snippet sez: "...and one day later, Huib is underway as co-driver to Copenhagen" Don't know what that is all about, but it made me spray some coffee ← De Glazen Stad was a series on Dutch TV in 1968, about people working in the Dutch glass-house horticulture situated in the Westland region of the Netherlands. Van Hemert's tune was the theme song. Edited November 10, 2005 by J.A.W. Quote
king ubu Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 Has anyone mentioned already that Jerry Van Rooyen kicks some real mean ass? Quote
couw Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 Even better (worse) is track 23 HANS VAN HEMERT "De Glazen Stad" Translation please? ← The Glass City, I think... (City of Glass?) ← yup and the little snippet sez: "...and one day later, Huib is underway as co-driver to Copenhagen" Don't know what that is all about, but it made me spray some coffee ← De Glazen Stad was a series on Dutch TV in 1968, about people working in Dutch glass-house horticulture. Van Hemert's tune was the theme song. ← proof once more that Hans is older than I am... Quote
J.A.W. Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 Even better (worse) is track 23 HANS VAN HEMERT "De Glazen Stad" Translation please? ← The Glass City, I think... (City of Glass?) ← yup and the little snippet sez: "...and one day later, Huib is underway as co-driver to Copenhagen" Don't know what that is all about, but it made me spray some coffee ← De Glazen Stad was a series on Dutch TV in 1968, about people working in Dutch glass-house horticulture. Van Hemert's tune was the theme song. ← proof once more that Hans is older than I am... ← Oh yeah Quote
Soul Stream Posted November 10, 2005 Author Report Posted November 10, 2005 (edited) Maybe I could put together something for our pal Soul Stream. Soul Stream, I've got some stuff that approaches Meters & JB's quality, at least! ← Noj, I've heard that before from local Funk 45 Nazis, but these little groups never live up in totality to the big names. I'm not saying there were not good bands. The Texas Funk comp. is a good example of that, but as good as Sunny & The Sunliners are, they weren't the JBs or The Meters. As good as Jimmy Dawkins is, he ain't no Buddy Guy, ect. There's a reason the best are the best and most widely recorded. There are some interesting obscure funk 45's no doubt (hey, Gabe Roth from Daptone has made a career off the obsession with this stuff), but this condition of the Funk 45 Collector is getting ridiculous. We are scraping the bottom of the vinyl barrel imho. Put on "Sex Machine" and be done with it! But to each his own Edited November 10, 2005 by Soul Stream Quote
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