Soul Strut 100: # 4 - East of Underground

[LoopDreams]

I joined in 08 so I don't have the katrina backstory and whatnot and only have my musical impressions to balance against the hype, and shit doesn't add up. This record is :weaksauce: wrapped in phenomenal packaging. But everyone hears something different.

 

[Mjukis]

Otis_Funkmeyer said:The material, inspired performances, raw aesthetic, and stripped-down arrangements are right up my alley. It doesn't get much better.

Agreed. Can't believe people deny the awesomeness of EoU :nagl:

 

[bassie]

Provenance - 9/10


Actual music - 6/10





Smiling Faces is the best track by far and mostly on account of the drums. I do love the whole thing's recording quality, though.





Looking over the list as a whole, I am definitely out of touch with the rest of the board. Don't get me wrong, I have more than half of the records but placements, omissions and the Top 10...


I am

 

[Jimster]

bassie saidrovenance - 9/10


Actual music - 6/10




Wow. I was about to type pretty much the exact same thing. Numbers match.





Everything ain't for everyone. You know that, believe that.

 

[The_Hook_Up]

If anyone needs the wax po reissue of this, holleur via PM and make me an offer.

 

[skel]

J i m s t e r said:bassie saidrovenance - 9/10


Actual music - 6/10




Wow. I was about to type pretty much the exact same thing. Numbers match.





Everything ain't for everyone. You know that, believe that.




Reworked numbers:





Back story: 10/10


Estimate of 10/15 extant copies: lol


Reish quality: 9/10


Actual music: 0.5/10





A real Marmite album, it seems.

 

[HarveyCanal]

I picked up a used reissue last year for cheap and upon listening to it, quickly put it in the "To Sell" pile.

 

[billbradley]

HarveyCanal said:I picked up a used reissue last year for cheap and upon listening to it, quickly put it in the "To Sell" pile.




Did you sell it already? If not, bring it to ARC and we can do a trade.

 

[batmon]

Young-Holt Unlimited Plays Superfly > Curtis Mayfield Superfly

 

[HarveyCanal]

billbradley said:HarveyCanal said:I picked up a used reissue last year for cheap and upon listening to it, quickly put it in the "To Sell" pile.




Did you sell it already? If not, bring it to ARC and we can do a trade.




Sorry, long gone.

 

[Horseleech]

bassie saidrovenance - 9/10


Actual music - 6/10





Smiling Faces is the best track by far and mostly on account of the drums. I do love the whole thing's recording quality, though.







My take exactly.





An album of good but not great covers, not a single one of which improves on or offers a new take on the OG.





The rest is all hype.

 

[DOR]

When this list is done. I'd love to see some of your (No one person in particular) Top 10 "Soul Strut Related Records".

 

[batmon]

DOR said:When this list is done. I'd love to see some of your (No one person in particular) Top 10 "Soul Strut Related Records".




id like to see the list personally reconfigured when its said and done by the board.

 

[LoopDreams]

DOR said:When this list is done. I'd love to see some of your (No one person in particular) Top 10 "Soul Strut Related Records".




1 Harlem River Drive


2 Lyman Woodard


3 Kendricks: Got a Date With the Rain


4 shuggie


5 S.O.U.L


6 Leroy Hutson Hutson


7 Bohannon Stop and Go


8 Bill Withers Still Bill


9 Syl Johnson Is It Because I'm Black


10 Donald Byrd Places and Spaces





BTW I think 98% of the material on the list so far is exceptional in so many different ways. This exercise got me to revisit a lot of music that got filed BITD and has been collecting dust in recent yrs (I hadn't listened to Black Moon in a minute...)

 

[HarveyCanal]

1. Ridin' Dirty


2. Ridin' Dirty


3. Ridin' Dirty


4. Ridin' Dirty


5. Ridin' Dirty


6. Ridin' Dirty


7. Ridin' Dirty


8. Van Full of Pakistans


9. Ridin' Dirty


10. Ridin' Dirty

 

[BallzDeep]

^^haha.


that reminds me i haven't listened to ridin dirty in awhile.


is there an og vinyl for that? i've never seen it.





oh and if anybody wants a waxpo RE of EOU, let me know.

 

[HarveyCanal]

BallzDeep said:^^haha.


that reminds me i haven't listened to ridin dirty in awhile.


is there an og vinyl for that? i've never seen it.










Yep, there's a clean promo lp.

 

[LaserWolf]

#100 on the list is Jr. and His Soulettes - Psychodelic Sounds





Like EOU it was discovered by a strutter, it's innocence, amateurness adds to the charm, it has often been talked about here.





To me, JAHS story, music, originality is far greater than EOU's.





Yet 100v4.





Which is what makes lists so fun I guess.

 

[JefDam]

Bought the reissue of EOU. Occasionally return to it for Smiling Faces. Interesting record but musically utterly forgettable.